GRAVITON LANCE [Full Breakdown] Goes Hard In Onslaught!

In this video I'll be breaking down what has become my go-to weapon for Destiny 2's Onslaught hard mode, the exotic pulse rifle Graviton Lance! So well take a look at the numbers and what makes the weapon so effective. Enjoy! 🍻
Time Stamps
0:00 Stats and Perks
1:24 PvE Functionality
2:56 PvE Damage
5:04 PvE Performance
6:51 PvP Damage
8:35 PvP Performance

[@IronworkerGaming]

My appologies for disrespecting Graviton Lance and accidently calling it a Scout Rifle initially! 😅☠

[@FirstDragon777]

Heresy!!!! lol

[@DJTyme209]

I've always felt its a pulse scout sniper all into one 😉 when witch queen came out, Gravaton was used dam near through the whole campaign 🙂

[@escapenguin]

To be fair, for a long time I didn't even realize it was a Pulse. It definitely feels like a Scout :)

[@jbheavyequipmentservicesin820]

lol. It’s not as bad as calling a he, she…. 🤷‍♂️ lol

[@jasondick5402]

It should be a class all on its own.

[@lithsgamecorner7108]

I used to get baked with a friend and one of our favorite things to do is go to the moon with this thing and go to altars. We'd laugh so hard that it literally takes one shot to keep ads clear for up to 15 seconds at a time. The daisy chaining is art with this gun.

[@IronworkerGaming]

Hahaha! I love that story! 😂🍻

[@snappar795]

A pulse rifle that acts like a scout rifle, a sidearm and hand cannon that acts like a sniper, a fusion rifle that acts like an autorifle, a scout rifle that acts like a grenade launcher; exotics often blur the lines between archetypes

[@IronworkerGaming]

A very true statement! 😁👍

[@iancopp5417]

Auto rifle with a grenade launcher, bow that hits like a sniper, fusion that acts like a burst shotgun, handcannon that acts like a pulse, sidearm that acts like a fusion, shotgun that acts like a fusion

[@Gamer3427]

Don't forget the sidearm that acts like a trace rifle, Devil's Ruin. I actually have a bad habit, (particularly when I try it in pvp), of forgetting it can shoot like a normal sidearm because I end up focusing on using the laser.

[@randomguy51090]

​@@Gamer3427 devils ruin is more like a fusion which he said

[@AlantisPrime]

I wish I wasn't so allergic to the catalyst... it just wont drop...

[@IronworkerGaming]

Ahhhh, that is very unfortunate! You've been playing for quite some time, right? It's crazy that it hasn't dropped for you yet! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you though! 😁🍻

[@jaggerknife]

One of my favorite weapons, got the catalyst back when it was only given out as a faction reward. Really fun to watch the chain explosions!

[@IronworkerGaming]

Seeing is a group of enemies evaporate in a purple mist never gets old! 😁👍

[@charlestonjew7587]

GL was one of my first exotics in D2 and remains one of my go-to's as a Void Hunter. In spite of relentless Strike, Nightfall runs and Crucible matches, I only just got the Catalyst a couple weeks ago.

[@IronworkerGaming]

That is absolutely insane that after all that time, the catalyst only dropped for you recently! I'm happy that you finally get to experience though! 👍👍

[@charlestonjew7587]

@@IronworkerGaming Thanks! Just in time for the Final Shape I guess. lol

[@axpekt_]

The goat stay COOKING I wanted to pop out yesterday but was busy myself. Much love IWG phenomenal video!

[@IronworkerGaming]

Thank you very much! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it, and I appreciate you popping in for another video! 😁🍻

[@thesweeper8141]

At over 32,000 kills with this weapon you could say that I like it ❤. Again thank you for an excellent video.

[@thesweeper8141]

It's now over 40,000.

[@the_filthy_macgyver]

Amazing with nezzys sin and strand. Thank you for the video.

[@IronworkerGaming]

Absolutely man, and I always appreciate you stopping in! I'll have to try it out on Strand one of these times. I usually just stick to my standard Void on Void approach, but pairing those exotics up with the green stuff could be really useful! 😂🍻

[@derrick7806]

"Grape flavored gumballs" lol Bro I STILL have this one in my rotation!! Has been since i got the catalyst initially.

[@IronworkerGaming]

I remember someone calling this the weapon "The Gumball Machine" and that always stuck with me!😂 It really is a fantastic weapon though all these years later! 👍👍

[@derrick7806]

@@IronworkerGaming 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 makes sense to me!

[@soapboxofscott]

I was using the lance in onslaught until i swapped to a sunshot build but damn it really is great in onslaught, I highly recommend it, even better with the catalyst

[@gregs7562]

Love mine. Tends to be my go to on my Void titan with the Armamentarium chest piece. Though ive also started usjng an Age Old Bond with Dragonfly and destabilising rounds which almost replicates this. This then allows me to carry the catalyst equipped Two tailed fox exotic as a heavy.

[@IronworkerGaming]

I wish I could reach through the screen and give you a fist bump for the Two-Tailed Fox mention! Us Two-Tailed enjoyers are few and far between so I always get excited to I run into one! 🍻🤜

[@beny7160]

You weren't kidding about this being a dominator in ad heavy content. With Nezarec's Sin equipped I was getting my super almost every round too.

[@IronworkerGaming]

Right!? The D1 vanilla combo of Graviton / Nezerac is still sooo good! 👍👍

[@pitterr5]

Nezarec sin with graviton lance using strand subclass is currently my top onslaught build for warlock, it just clears everything

[@Rex_Stuph]

This was my first Exotic all the way back in 09/2020, and has rarely left my pocket. Just something about the seekers that makes it silly fun.

[@IronworkerGaming]

I'm pretty sure this was my first exotic as well (although it's hard to remember back that long 😅). In D2 Vanilla, mid way through the Red War campaign you got to pick between Sunshot, Sweet Business, and Graviton. Given my love of all things Void, it really wasn't a tough choice! 😁🍻

[@woodyblock]

Fellwinters helm finisher build combined with this gun cleans shit up in onslaught

[@IronworkerGaming]

Absolutely! I love the fact that Felwinter's Helm has found a really solid activity to exercise it's strength! 👍👍

[@jamieharper1051]

I must be getting old because I remember in the beginning of Destiny 2 Graviton Lance was a funky 3 round burst. The 1st bullet had a weaker dmg but it made a air tunnel for the other 2 bullets

[@IronworkerGaming]

Haha, you and me both! It has been really interesting seeing how this exotic changed and evolved over the years! 👍🍻

[@pencilswordfish]

One of three flavors of "Watch rooms of adds just disinegrate", others being the solar flavored Sunshot and the Arc flavored Trinity Ghoul. The best of the best.

[@IronworkerGaming]

I whole-heartedly agree! All three are phenomenal weapons! 👍👍

[@Ar-daq]

Don't forget the bland flavor outbreak with the cat

[@PlutoDarknight]

For the Cosmology explosion, any enemy that does not leave behind a body that can blow up for Cosmology will not trigger Cosmology. Lots of the machine enemies from the Fallen but also Cursed Thralls, Shadow Thralls, Vex Harpies and Supplicants

[@ReturnToNothingness32147]

I love this with nezarac sin warlock exotic. Spam abilities like no tomorrow

[@pavementsailor]

I tried solar Warlock builds, but came back to voidwalker with Gravaton Lance. Just slays in Onslaught.

[@IronworkerGaming]

It's just leans into the game mode soooo well! 😁🍻

[@TheMarcodiator]

I haven't touched destiny in months, but I really love horde modes. and seeing that graviton is good in it, well, I guess I might start it up again. ;)

[@IronworkerGaming]

Ohhhh!!! I think you'll really enjoy it! Onslaught for me has just been a ball of fun! You'll have to let me know how it goes when you make your triumphant return! 😁🍻

[@TheMarcodiator]

@@IronworkerGaming you are way too kind, as usual. :D

[@Sheikah_Architect]

Big props to Bungie for giving new players this gun. I expected it to be trash because of that but no, it's been all I've been using

[@IronworkerGaming]

I'm happy to hear that you've been enjoying it! It really is a great weapon that holds up extremely well in a lot of the games content! 😁👍

[@J.Starkweather]

The perfect purple pulse pummels players perfectly 💜

[@IronworkerGaming]

That is an alliteration for the ages!! 😂🍻

[@escapenguin]

I love the scope and reticle - makes it so easy to land crits. Basically a baby rail gun. Might be my favorite primary... I wonder how it'd do with Volatile rounds proc'd.

[@IronworkerGaming]

While I didn't run the numbers with Volatile round, and can vouch for them and say, extremely well! More damage, more explosions...I never leave home with out them!! 😂🍻

[@peterdubinsky5389]

They’re amazing lol it makes its explosions even prettier😄

[@zombieclayton4427]

Graviton lance creates all the MASSACRE also it’s funny when u accidentally said scout rifle

[@IronworkerGaming]

It really does...and it still would even if it was a scout rifle! 😅🍻

[@AnoyingOnline]

kinda glad i leveled its catalyst already 😆

[@IronworkerGaming]

😁👍🍻

[@ChromaticDiscord]

It's worth mentioning that the first round in the burst has no recoil, so it's not entirely wrong to call Graviton a scout rifle.

[@randomguy51090]

Pretty sure they changed that. They split the recoil between the 2 bullets as it felt like the 2nd bullet would miss which also used to carry the damage

[@ChromaticDiscord]

@@randomguy51090 The second bullet won't miss (unless the target moves) because there is no recoil on the first bullet. The recoil only happens after the second bullet. This is still the case. What they changed was the split in _damage_ between the two bullets to make it more frontloaded.

[@moshi9085]

Shoutout to year one when Graviton Lance was a three round burst

[@IronworkerGaming]

It's crazy to think about how long ago that was, but I always love seeing older exotics still being able to preform...even if it did take a bit of retuning along the way! 😁🍻

[@POSSIBLYurFATHER]

What love about Graviton is how often you booted from orbit in LFG fir having it equiped....void hunter, graviton, orbs....people are stupid

[@IronworkerGaming]

You probably dodges a bullet in that case. Those who can't comprehend Graviton's usefulness are people you probably don't want to be playing with anyway! 😂🍻

[@generalnawaki]

My favorite void exotic. This and Nezarec's sin = SO MUCH ABILITY ENERGRY.

[@IronworkerGaming]

It's really is an amazing weapon, and the D2 Vanilla Voidwalker combo is still holding strong almost 7 years later! 😁🍻

[@DJTyme209]

as a true warlock main (its the only class i play) GL with nezarec is built into alot of my builds 😉

[@IronworkerGaming]

It really is a phenomenal pairing! I would have never guess that a pair of D2 launch exotics would still be going strong all these years later! 😁🍻

[@Ronin_PB]

Not trying to say that Graviton is bad, but I feel that Outbreak (with its catalyst) does the same thing that Graviton does, but also has a better ability to deal with bigger enemies due to how much of a boost the nanites give on single targets

[@IronworkerGaming]

Outbreak is a monster of a weapon, but I don't think it completely stiff-arms Graviton. I do think Gravitons add-clearing is a bit better, and finds some nice synergy with Void subclasses. Outbreak is extremely versatile with good add clearing and ability to ramp up enough damage to deal with any target. I think both are great, but in their own separate ways. 👍👍

[@TheGraffiti600rr]

It's my favorite purple sunshot. Lol

[@IronworkerGaming]

Hahaha! A very accurate description indeed! 😂🍻

[@gamerprodigy107]

Use gyrfalcon or echo of instability with g-lance and thank me later. Fills the screen with grape flavored explosions.

[@IronworkerGaming]

Absolutely! While I don't partake in Hunter shenanigans, I wouldn't dare step out of the house without access to Volatile Rounds! 😂🍻

[@gamerprodigy107]

@@IronworkerGaming lol. Yea try verity or nezerac. Both will help you get echo of instability easier/more often. 🙂👍

[@kagekitsune98_56]

Ha, my go to weapon for ad dense activites Many called me a madman, but i get the last laugh. I run a pure ad clear build Also, you called it a scout rifle, its a pulse😆

[@IronworkerGaming]

I did sadly...right at the beginning of the video never the less!😅 I have been loving this gun in ad heavy activities! 😁👍

[@kagekitsune98_56]

@@IronworkerGaming same In pvp its one of my best (80%accuracy atm) I always thought that its TTK was 0.67, (340pulse ttk) guess i was wrong about that

[@IronworkerGaming]

@@kagekitsune98_56 Woah!! You're a laser pointer with this thing! it does kill a bit slower than high impacts, but that seemingly doesn't seem to be bothering you much! 😁👍

[@kagekitsune98_56]

@@IronworkerGaming well, my movement needs some work But i take pride in my accuracy Almost any weapon i use has 70-90% accuracy Movement can make or break your emgagement But if you're accurate, you can offset the difference It's what i practised the most Either hit the head, or lose the gunfight Training myself to not hit the body

[@SillyPlanet92]

I’ve had this gun forever but I’ve never gotten the catalyst 😭

[@mattp8654]

Graviton lance, auto loading mountain top, bait and switch apex predator.. void hunter.. i havent actually beat legend, prob from stupid deaths and not really trying to a team.. but it works good! Lets u keep volatile rounds and dbl chunk tough enemies with the gernade and rockets then right back to volatile rounds..

[@IronworkerGaming]

That is a very nice setup! Definitely sounds like it would work quite well to me! 👍🍻

[@oliverblythe5915]

Seem to remember cosmo doesnt proc if volatile is active..?

[@mattp8654]

@oliverblythe5915 lol no!?

[@RetiredVDI]

Graviton Lance is a good add clearer, but sucks against gold bars.

[@IronworkerGaming]

I mean....same could be said for 95% of the primary weapons in the game, but that's why we carry three weapons and not just one! 😁👍

[@AnAbsoluteUnit]

"Gets bouncy when sustained fire" kinda of a lie for me since SOMEHOW whenever I use Graviton Lance, I have no recoil when shooting which throws me off since it's a pulse rifle and I expect for it to just jump when firing.

[@fadeddragon123]

My one issue with graviton is that some enemies just don’t explode. Like harpies

[@IronworkerGaming]

That is a bit annoying. I've been referring to the Shank and Cursed Thrall waves of Onslaught as the "No fun for Ironworker" waves! 😂🍻

[@fadeddragon123]

@@IronworkerGaming I’ve been feeling that way since d2 vanilla lol My guess is that they don’t explode because they don’t ragdoll. Enemies explode after they are ragdolled. Flying enemies dont ragdoll. (Except wizards. I guess?)

[@IronworkerGaming]

I do think that it's something along those lines. 👍👍

[@2PacAintDead99]

Am i the only one who misses the original 4 burst? 😔

[@shrigma6163]

Got 105k kills on my baby

[@IronworkerGaming]

That's awesome! It is one hell of a gun! 👍🍻

[@escapenguin]

Ok that's impressive.

[@tyrantmind711]

I dont wanna pay $60 for final shape

[@IronworkerGaming]

What does that have to do with Graviton?

[@terryts2]

Graviton lance nezeract sin devour plus energy mods for warlock Your welcome

[@jbheavyequipmentservicesin820]

It’s a pulse rifle not a scout rifle

[@IronworkerGaming]

Ahhh, did I say scout somewhere in the video!? 😅🍻 (edit) I caught it...right off the bat too! ☠