The 25 Most OP Weapons in Destiny History

[@PattycakesGaming]

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[@w4tt58]

I miss my trench barrel rampage ikelos sg...

[@buildingmee7567]

What about wither hoard?

[@Gravlyy]

Black Hammer was probably the most powerful PVE weapon of all time. The fact that is was a legendary and a special on top of everything was crazy. Still remember that Fatebringer, Black Hammer, Gjallarhorn loadout in Y1

[@Letterman5]

Destiny 1 was one of the best gaming experiences I’ll never get back

[@raxovitch]

Either Fatebringer or Vision of confluences

[@Soulsebb]

@@Letterman5 a lot of us still play!

[@silvereagle404]

this man literally forgot fatebringer. standard loadout 1. fatebringer 2. optional i ran mostly shotgun but was easily swapped for a scout or sniper 3. gjallarhorn

[@CahtahHart]

Gllarhorn or however you say it pre nerf, still after nerf it was a must have for Crota

[@colin3015]

I still remember the day I got my Gjallarhorn to drop from cheesing a nightfall in D1. That moment is seared into my head. It was like winning the lotto.

[@alejandrovallejo8485]

Same with me except it was Icebreaker. Couldn’t stop screaming.

[@Skellotronix]

I remember never getting G Horn til Rise of Iron free weapon, even though I did Nightfalls and raids all the time.

[@Edelton-bg5sj]

I remember getting my Gjallarhorn from completing a regular (level 20) strike playlist. I couldnt believe it. I remember saying with tears in my eyes "I just got rewarded the most desired weapon in the entire game from completing a regular strike". It was so special for me because I didnt have any friends to play with, so end game activities like raids and nightfalls were impossible to be done by me. Getting Gjallarhorn is my most special Game Moment, not only because it was a rare and desired weapon by the entire comunity, but for me it was pretty much impossible to get, but the RNGods graced me.

[@JDxxxxxx]

Yup those moments are gone from D2 sadly

[@tipology]

I got mine the first time i ran vault of glass. Had no idea it was the legendary RL it was

[@sentinel1354]

This video also bringing out PTSD...

[@sakami2334]

yeah, but also nostalgic

[@TeeKeeps]

Man Fr. Literally my first thought 😂

[@pacodeluciiaa]

Is it from getting carried to many times in carry? :/

[@LeJunny]

I remember Xur selling Red Death the first week of D1 but I didn’t have enough strange coins to buy it, so the second week he came I purchased the Ghorn because I was desperate for an Exotic. Week 3 came and EVERYBODY was buying the Suros Regime, I remember being so mad because I bought a stupid rocket launcher instead of the overpowered AR that took over the Crucible. A couple weeks later and I was so glad to have Ghorn, I got Vex my second clear and I enjoyed that overpowered gun for over 2 weeks.

[@lolgisticalofficer233]

Don't forget, the Moutain Top also had sticky nades. I would tag doors with them and let roaming supers kill themselves, or favorite on Legion's Gulch, a barricade and a MT round behind it on the catapult landing pads.

[@PattycakesGaming]

One of the clips I chose was using stickies! That was the double kill

[@costantinoaarónlagodosantos]

u have the same profile pic as the one on top of ur comment

[@rylieknight3595]

@@costantinoaarónlagodosantos I was just thinking that lmfao

[@Misitos_]

Seeing gameplay of curse of Osiris and warmind maps really makes me miss them.. I'll never understand why those maps haven't been brought back already

[@wastedpotenti4l321]

It’s a time issue. When Beyond Light came out, Bungie updated the game’s engine, with that, according to them, they had to go over all of the areas by hand and fix/remake them. So some of the old crucible maps were taken out to save time when updating to the new engine. If they were to add them back in, it isn’t as simple as just flipping a switch, it would take a lot of effort.

[@CosmicRain144]

@@wastedpotenti4l321 so you think they'll bring them all back ?

[@frenchtoasto_o9536]

@@CosmicRain144 Doubt it, which to be honest, if they kept all the DLC's, there would be simply to much content and to much story to really get into it

[@STARSRav3n]

@@frenchtoasto_o9536 not an issue for FFXIV

[@bread6235]

@@frenchtoasto_o9536 hell no. more content is never bad

[@slipinoy]

I know you mentioned it but Uriels Gift was the bane of PvP in D2y1. Was soo accurate and stable

[@joshlewis575]

Mida, uriels, teamshot galore, yikes that feels like a long time ago now

[@digiorno1142]

450s back then also had ridiculously long range and Uriel’s Gift had high caliber rounds on top of it

[@swindle6644]

@@joshlewis575 i used mida multi tool in d2 y1. Good Times.

[@druharris6974]

Uriels gift to this day is my favorite auto rifle, still have mine in the vault

[@TheTrev5000]

To add more context to pocket infinite at it's most broken state you could've continuously fired the gun for about 12 shots it had a base mag size of 5

[@Daytimeprophet3]

Give me back my baby😭

[@goatachi7223]

@@Daytimeprophet3 seriously bring it back we all miss it

[@steve_broxi]

It could also crash your game lmao, with the amount of rounds you could fire at the ground

[@katalysms1]

And it was projectile bolts 😬

[@juansantamaria7476]

I miss the gun. It was one of my favorites. It made every crucible kill so delicious

[@arcadeinvader8086]

I think pre-nerf black spindle/whisper of the worm probably had the highest use rate out of any of these. In most raid boss fights you're almost guaranteed to see a Divinity and it's still just a fraction of how absolutely ubiquitous Whisper was

[@Zachdennis21]

I miss d1 so much , forever grateful to grow up with such a fun game. Pre ordered d1 and still playing d2

[@talal3c]

the memories in d1 are unmatched smh.... and theres no way to recreate the fun i had playing destiny 1 in its prime days. unfortunately i dont like destiny anymore and ive stopped for good and this is gonna be the first time im not buying a dlc since d1

[@Letterman5]

@@talal3c yea bro same I miss d1 so much it was the one of the best experiences and we won’t ever get it back

[@Soulsebb]

@@talal3c come back, a lot of us still play regularly

[@talal3c]

@@Soulsebb no

[@Soulsebb]

@@talal3c ok👌

[@NTSH443]

You really need the footage of truth being shot through a portal, then travelling all the way around the map to hit its target.

[@brunolopes_]

The Truth target lock is insane.

[@Eyes_of_Oryx]

Season 3, OG Claymore with the first introduction of Desperado was quite frightening. Especially since it was so difficult to obtain.

[@Memebahton]

8:05 ty for being one of the few big names to actually call this out lol

[@LuisHGarcia]

Fun fact about Prometheus Lens: XUR SOLD IT ON LASER TAG WEEKEND.

[@joshlewis575]

Yep they wanted everyone to play tag that weekend. Just insta death over n over

[@Providenza]

They made Xur sell it instead of cancelling trials for that weekend.

[@ollie12321]

I feel like another gun that everyone forgets about is how broken witherhoard was when it first dropped. It would end any raid boss in seconds due to a bug.

[@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX]

I am proud to have been there to experience laser tag weekend. It was cool of Bungie to add an emblem for those who did as well as another for Lord of Wolves.

[@asaporterfield3736]

Most insanely bugged weapon I’ve ever seen on a pvp game😂

[@vada.6024]

Played that weekend as well but didn't get the emblem. Shame.

[@SirBeast1992]

You forgot something about why suros was nerfed in D1. Its exotic perk allowed ANY hit to immediately start health regeneration. So basically suros battles turned into regeneration battles.

[@TitosNJuice]

A lot of people forget that exotics sometimes had secret perks in d1. Gjallarhorn actually secretly had proximity detonation

[@frenchtoasto_o9536]

I remember buying GHorn when it first came out, i was so young at the time that exotics to me was extremely rare and a amazing accomplishment, Ghorn wasn't my first exotic weapon, but it was the only one I didn't regret buying to this day

[@tenderquirkydragon8643]

The funniest part about the Prometheus Lens laser tag weekend was that Xür was *selling it at the same time*

[@turborhino64]

I still remember Prometheus And LOW when they were at there peek, I honestly miss the days where we only had to worry about one gun being broken instead of the current times where we have so many one shot weapons that define a game, back then it was so much nicer, yes there were so many complaints about it but now it feels almost like it’s more meta then skill based in some games I play, I try to use other weapons and end up going 0 and 10 sometimes but as soon as I use the meta weapons I can go 20 and 4, I really do wish we could experience that time one again just so we can remember truly how much different it was then vs now

[@axe2grind244]

Remember Xur sold Prometheus Lens a few days later lol. I had just unlocked that new sidearm and went into crucible and got deleted by the Lens.

[@tierneycyren7344]

maybe a hot take: Bungie should un-nerf Trench Barrel. Nerfing it was a reaction to auto-reloading that wells provided, but having to reload it (or having to waste an additional perk like Demolitionist that only reloads when your grenade is up to get auto reloading) dramatically reduces the impact it can have.

[@brenopaiva7969]

Effrideet also rolled with a perk that would bring it down to a single bullet in the mag, so every shot was a 1 shot. That gun was legendary

[@ghostphoenix179]

I worked so dang hard for my Not Forgotten. I miss being able to use it in all current light level activities.”! 😢

[@ImKevinDurant]

Ah I remember the old days of Trials of Icebreaker, genuinely one of my favorite guns of all time- behind pre-nerf Doctrine of Passing, my D1 players know what I mean.

[@ghostva11a]

18:08 I remember when xur sold it and turned trials into laser tag lmao

[@jlowe92]

Destiny 1 hand cannon meta with thorn/hawkmoon and last word still haunts me to this day

[@helsinreaper]

I was team hawkmoon all the way

[@MrBobLoblaw]

6:20 ye Revoker is the only Sniper I use And usually the only weapon I use in PvP to this day 12:00 And Icebreaker is my favorite Exotic of all time Which kinda explains why I like the Revoker so much lol

[@12SlimJims]

Don't forget the Hardlight meta in D2. So many ricochet round around corner kills.

[@bronawn]

That's what I was saying. I couldn't play one match without seeing 20 lines bouncing off the walls and shredding me or some other unlucky person.

[@misterjake9322]

Just started playing d2 again, your vids are the best man

[@Soulsebb]

Surprised chaperone in its D2 prime wasn’t on here. And as someone who still plays D1 and has seen every meta I think Touch of Malice (for pve) and tlaloc (for pvp) definitely belong on this list to name a couple. Still fun seeing the list.

[@dhurley3468]

Single body shot* with Thorn plus at bolt was a kill. 56+(6x7)+122. Arcbolts and firebolts were a menace, speaking of.

[@PattycakesGaming]

was it really? wow that's even more OP than I remembered lol

[@Soulsebb]

Firebolts with touch of flame especially, although typically skilled Stormcallers had a higher skill ceiling than Sunsingers… but the firebolts and axion bolts were on a different level in crucible.

[@ballafahlife]

I got nervous because the only reason I watched this was for the PLens, and it rightfully got the #1 spot lmao Laser tag weekend was such an iconic time for D2, I think you should’ve mentioned that Xur sold it that weekend right before they nerfed it into the ground.

[@menacetosociety6825]

12:53 "And they'd be left with so little health that they'd just die to the dick damage"

[@brunolopes_]

This video bring back so much memories! I love Last Word D1 version, my favorite weapon so far! I miss Fatebringer in this list, this weapon has history to tell too!

[@jonsnow9541]

it’s been so many years, and yet, the name “pocket infinity” still sends shivers down my spine

[@fj7509]

For those of you who were fortunate enough to not experience the D1 Thorn/ Last Word PVP meta, this video does not do it justice. The Thorn was a consistent 2 tap across map, and Last Word could kill you in 10 frames FLAT. I want you to image the Dead Mans Tale PRE NERF but with Cranial Spike permanently turned on to max damage and you crank up the aim assist to max. This was also around the time where Warlocks had a firebolt grenade which dealt 50% damage and applied scorch to multiple enemies which took them down to 75% health and denied health regen. So if you managed to NOT 2 tap someone, you could tag someone with the grenade + thorn/ last word bodyshot, it would ALWAYS result in a kill no matter how high their resilience was. The worst part about it? That wasn't patched "in the next season." Nononono, seasons didn't exist back then. This was around the time where Bungie community outreach was at an all-time low and patches were ONLY done when major content drops were released, so once a year. This meta lasted over 300 days, the equivalent of FOUR to FIVE seasons.

[@coriejoadams]

Please make a sequel! It was so nice to see all of these OP weapons from destiny’s past!

[@yohans232]

Mountain top

[@mikeyrocks4274]

The Prometheus lens bug was hilarious to me, literally couldn’t even play crucible without getting killed within two seconds, and then Xur sold it so literally everyone had it, fun times honestly

[@eamonnkernahan2623]

Personal take, I think mountaintop should be #1. Mythoclast and Gjallarhorn are more iconic as they were OP from the very start of the franchise, but God damn that grenade launcher is something else. It had everything you needed: High ammo capacity, great boss damage, add clear, 1 shot in PvP, high shell velocity, etc. Nothing else was really worth using for so long, and it made the game boring and trivial. It carried me through all 3 solo flawless dungeons, as well as 90% of the games PvE content to say nothing of how infuriating it was in PvP. Not only all of that, it was OP from the moment it dropped in Black Armory all the way to the release of Beyond Light, making it possibly the longest lived OP gun in the game. Truly ridiculous.

[@Providenza]

Tell me you didn't play during laser tag weekend without telling me you didn't play during laser tag weekend. Prom Lens is by far the most broken thing in Destiny history, it literally made crucible unplayable if you didn't have it and they had to make Xur sell it for that weekends trials in order to make trials even remotely fair.

[@Jc-go3mz]

@@Providenza mountaintop was the best weapon in both pve and pvp, and it was meta for months instead of days

[@joshlewis575]

Seeing escalation protocol footage was a blast from the past

[@nicgara8781]

They should bring back laser tag as a mode like scorched.

[@BMN_Prime]

I remember when someone in LFG thought i was lying when i was talking about how Black Spindle was able to pull ammo out from thin air from doing 3 headshots

[@kyawlaw3226]

I miss the grind, nowadays bungie wants you to play weekly

[@KLGChaos]

I did not realize that emblem was for using Prometheus during Lazer weekend. That's cool. I actually have something unique. XD

[@echoaquarius8722]

Fun fact about the Prometheus Incident, it was so brutal and chaotic that bungie manually made Xur bring it the weekend before the patch, so that more players would have a chance to experience it. In an old twab around that time.

[@gun2334trx]

The 2 great loadouts of Destiny, Fatebringer (Arc), Black Hammer and Gjallarhorn vs Mountaintop, Recluse and Anarchy

[@hex8881]

Missed the fact that Vex in D1 WAS rare, up until people figured out you could ledge Atheon...

[@lilburd8715]

Ahhh I remember the old days with the mythoclast that gun never left my hands early on in destiny

[@briandeguzman8978]

Couldn’t see some of the maps here anymore. Thanks for bringing in some nostalgia.😊

[@themacattack671]

So the thorn part isnt totally accurate, thorn could two tap from the day 1 D1, but because of low handling, small mag and slow reload it wasnt that favorable. People would use it a game or two and vault it. Gun reviewers at the time also highlighted how difficult the quest was especially on titan or without atheon's epilogue, so many people didn't pick up on how truly insane thorn was before the buff.

[@UnalloyedMars]

I'm sorry but Prometheus isn't #1 on the list lol, but thank you for unlocking memories. I remember getting Gally from harpy chest in vog in d1 then getting Vex in the same raid. Crazy times and i miss them

[@ghostrick9824]

The Lament definitely deserved at least an honorable mention tbh. It’s still one of the best exotics in the game rn!

[@PattycakesGaming]

I actually had it in the original version of the list but it got bumped for a few other options

[@angelousmortis8041]

I remember absolutely MELTING Expunge bosses with it. Got me my quickest time of like... 3 minutes on one of them.

[@cashewlater5317]

@@angelousmortis8041 Lament gang. B)

[@angelousmortis8041]

@@cashewlater5317 Lament and Lucent Blade, name a better couple, I'll be waiting~

[@HugeDongusMan]

@@angelousmortis8041mountain top and recluse

[@iamthereddemon20]

I think an important thing to mention with recluse is master of arms makes your body shot damage the same as headshot damage making it incredibly easy to use

[@hans0to]

The Prometheus lens weekend was by far the most fun I’ve ever had playing destiny/destiny 2. It was absolute chaos in the best of ways lol

[@fooly6868]

I forgot how nasty the felwinter and Thorn combo was all those years ago

[@joejoemama7506]

Why wasn’t witherhoard on here? It was able to just legitimately delete a raid bosses healthbar.

[@PolarMace]

this brings back memories to getting one of the first flawless’s ever using vex mythoclast on burnout when trials first launched

[@DocXBT]

My first raid ever was an lfg carry hard mode VoG about 2 months after it came out, got truth out of the gorgon chest and then Vex to drop from atheon. You guys have never heard a fireteam so bitter.

[@HydraDominus]

I'll never forget getting the mythoclast 4 times in a row when VoG first came out in d1 and my friends despising me for it, then getting it after my second VoG run in d2. Good times.

[@samuelbuchan7510]

I only played D2 for a long time at ShadowKeep when MT and Recluse were King. The mountaintop grind was so long, but once I had the combo I felt like a god.

[@cbandit7715]

I'd like to nominate hardlight too during the auto rifle meta. Mainly hardlight I still have nightmares about that gun lol

[@Daytimeprophet3]

Hardlight didn't have anything on OG D1 Launch Suros and other autos. It was a 4-5 bullet crit kill🥲

[@cbandit7715]

@@Daytimeprophet3 I'm talking about year 3 season of the worthy. I hated suros too btw. Auto rifle meta was the worst ind rainy history in my opinion. Easy to use and fast ttk does no mix well

[@shaykindopp1506]

I had enough coins first week to buy red death and that gun was an absolute unit, no one ever talks about it, could take out entire teams.

[@thebr5294]

Hand cannons having taken the places of scout rifles and pulse rifles in pvp it is crazy.

[@r9dog949]

I remember my first raid of the vault of glass in Destiny 1 and I was the lowest light level on my team I think like 25. I ended up getting the last word from atheon and my friends were so mad that I got it since I was such low lvl. But that gun ended up being my go to for pretty much everything it felt like until the taken king dropped.

[@akiraishere9319]

prometheus lens was so OP that they forced xur to sell it a couple of weeks after it dropped even whilst people were still grinding curse of osiris lol, definiteky deserving of the number 1

[@pewpewTN]

I haven't played Destiny in a year, but I enjoy the nostalgia.

[@jaydenjordan580]

anarchy should be wag higher than 16 best pve exotic of all time

[@jackalexande]

I would argue that it wasn't OP

[@theredguy8746]

Man, I was only ever really a COD player back in the days of D1. Even though I did play the vanilla D1 campaign, I didn't stick around for most of the rest of the games lifecycle, so seeing some of these crazy busted weapons and just how different things were back then makes me realise how much I have missed out on😞.

[@airsoftluke17]

The last word and the 1000yrd Stare was a beautiful combo in D1

[@user-rp2fe4rk4i]

Hair apparent definitely an honorable mention.

[@katoka143]

2:17 fun fact: The emblem also counts as an iron banner emblem

[@markadeem]

You forgot about the Irene sniper rifle with luck in the chamber

[@OTBregularly]

The Trials scorch fest weekend is still my favorite weekend of trials. Frickin laser beams everywhere.

[@bunzen0kantzen]

I used to cook with that green Shingen-C at a huge level disadvantage in early iron banner. It just felt so right.

[@prismaone3164]

in early destiny weapons didnt effect your light level you could run 3 white weapons in trails and still be the same level. If you meant you were underleveld in general then gj

[@ItsameArtic]

Anyone remember when witherhoard basically nuked raidbosses solo?

[@acdii]

What? No Sunshot?! That cannon is freaking awesome in ad clearing. One shot clears 6 or more, hell I even take out Captains when I hit the little guy net to him.

[@waterbottler2761]

The prometheus lens one hurts even more now because I never got my emblem and only noticed a few years after the emblem came out :(

[@-.Ascendant]

ooh one thing about d1 thorn, im pretty sure it got patched at one point but if you pulled out ghost if you got two tapped it would stop the burn, ppl would two tap and run away and come back really confused as to how you did not die, iirc it worked for regular burning as well so if you were about to burn to death or were getting ticked by thorn you could pull out ghost and it would not finish damaging you. I dont think many ppl knew about that one

[@davidhoang8426]

So no one remembers the Hop Scotch Pilgrim pre nerf?

[@DouglasL907-gg]

The Prometheus Lens was so broken that my brother had me play on his account as a complete noob to the game, having never played before, and carrying in crucible

[@Ryan-nh1tl]

The actual best gun in destiny PvP history was Rose for the one day that it dealt 120 damage to the head.

[@joshuaweifenbach815]

I was one of the rare few that got the Vex Mythoclast one the first to drop and I will say this: in PvP, instant melt everything. It was really dirty.

[@ryanbennett2806]

Wait, what about early days of Jötunn? It was just a special ammo D1 Truth. So long as an enemy with within your FOV to where you could see their health bar it would find them. Making turns as sharp as 70 degrees. It could one shot any guardian who was not in a bubble. Even in the warlock's wells, no matter what they ran. I have fond memories of running Nightfalls with it where the whole team would fire once at Bracus Zahn and he was dead while you waited for the elevator to get up there to get your loot.

[@JDxxxxxx]

Really it used to do that?

[@ryanbennett2806]

@@JDxxxxxx Yea, back when it was a total RNG fest. Was as, if not more, difficult to get than Mythoclast. They nerfed it when they made Forges easier though. Since the tracking was way strong.

[@JDxxxxxx]

@@ryanbennett2806 really? I feel like I got it right away. Wasn’t it a quest?

[@ryanbennett2806]

@@JDxxxxxx After a while it was. At first it was RNG drop on Forge completion. Legend was you had better options to get it when in full gear. Was not called the Death Toaster for nothing.

[@mrKjell330i]

@@ryanbennett2806 I remember, the Forges were hard as hell too when they got released.

[@eggsrael4889]

You forgot to mention that laser tag was compounded by the fact Xur sold it that weekend

[@Kringleb3rry]

OG EP shotty was nuts, remember when it was in the heavy slot!!!

[@Sam_Combs]

Nothing beats the Prometheus Lens Era. It was literal Laser Tag.

[@kainepeterson6638]

You missed the fact that Gjallarhorn was finally sold ONE WEEK before they sunset it

[@drizzle8159]

i only got mountain top and the recluse for pve and i was devastated when i couldn’t use it when i came back to the game

[@VAVORiAL]

I haven't seen a single Lorentz/Arby this season. Love it.

[@PorcuDuckSlug]

Most broken destiny guns consist of a crazy good gun that ALSO has something else it just doesn’t even need. Remove the additional effect and it’s still insane. Gjallarhorn has Wolfpack rounds, plus it can track Ace Of Spades has a better kill clip and firefly, plus radar while ads Divinity creates a crit spot with a great debuff, while also doing burst damage after a period of time Recluse could absolutely destroy people with Master Of Arms damage buff, and it could also be procced by any weapon Truth has crazy tracking, and proximity detonation Efrideet’s Spear can one shot body, plus through any wall Remove these added effects and it still dominates

[@dxmmys3928]

i remember to this day i got my first gjallarhorn. it was the first time i participated in any raid on D1. buddy of mine had an atheon checkpoint and asked if i wanted to join. i looked up how to do the final boss and joined and after the first attempt we cleared the boss and i got the all white shader, the emblem, and a gjallarhorn.

[@Dylan_lion]

Laser tag weekend, where bungie decided let’s give everyone the gun to use instead of nerfing it right away

[@Gravlyy]

Efrideets was crazy back in Y1 Trials lmao

[@brandondean5680]

The OG thorn from d1 for me has to be on the top. That gun was broken

[@95Bpsheffie]

I love the amp rig in the back. I love my Mesa Mark III.

[@Great.808]

Touch of Malice pre blessing of light nerf in D1 was so much fun

[@jespero94]

So if i reset a vendor does the weapons that drop from that playlist get more than 1 perk??