The Deicide - Legendary Shotgun

The Deicide is a Shotgun Arc Special in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Shotgun - Arc - Special - Rapid-Fire Frame

Source: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

"Believe in war, and nothing else." —Lakshmi-2

Fires full auto with deeper ammo reserves. Faster reload when weapon is empty.

Rifled Barrel
Ranged shotgun barrel.
• Increases range
• Greatly decreases handling speed
Smoothbore
Smooth shotgun barrel. Greatly increases range at the cost of more projectile spread.
Smallbore
Dual strength barrel.
• Increases range
• Increases stability
Barrel Shroud
Balanced shotgun barrel.
• Increases stability
• Increases handling speed
Corkscrew Rifling
Balanced barrel.
• Slightly increases range and stability
• Slightly increases handling speed
Full Choke
Tightened barrel. Reduces projectile spread when aiming down sights at the cost of precision damage.

Appended Mag
This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
• Increases magazine size
Tactical Mag
This weapon has multiple tactical improvements.
• Slightly increases stability
• Increases reload speed
• Slightly increases magazine size
Extended Mag
This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower.
• Greatly increases magazine size
• Greatly decreases reload speed
• Increases airborne effectiveness
Steady Rounds
This magazine is optimized for recoil control.
• Greatly increases stability
• Slightly decreases range
• Increases airborne effectiveness
Accurized Rounds
This weapon can fire longer distances.
• Increases range
Light Mag
Improved reload and range.
• Increases reload speed
• Slightly increases range

Slideshot
Sliding partially reloads this weapon's magazine and temporarily boosts range and stability.
Lead from Gold
Picking up Heavy ammo also grants ammo to this weapon.
Dual Loader
Reloads an additional shot at a time.
Discord
Final blows with another weapon grant this weapon increased speed for aiming down sights, accuracy, and airborne effectiveness for a short time. When Discord is active, final blows refund ammo.
Light Touch
This weapon gains reload speed, handling, and aim down sight speed when you are amplified, radiant, or have Devour.
Threat Detector
Increased reload, stability, and handling when enemies are in close proximity.
Auto-Loading Holster
The holstered weapon is automatically reloaded after a short period of time.

One-Two Punch
Hitting an enemy with every pellet in a shot increases melee damage for a short duration.
Elemental Capacitor
Increased stats based on the currently equipped Super.
• [Solar] increases your reload speed.
• [Arc] increases handling.
• [Void] increases stability.
• [Stasis] moderately controls recoil and increases movement speed when aiming down sights.
• [Strand] increases airborne effectiveness.
Trench Barrel
After a successful melee hit, this weapon gains increased damage, handling, and reload speed for a short duration—or until three shots are fired.
Cascade Point
Final blows or sustained precision hits with another weapon increase this weapon's rate of fire for a short duration.
Collective Demolition
Collecting an Elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants this weapon a stacking period of grenade energy generation on hit. Throwing a Tangle provides additional time.

Elemental pickups include [Solar]Firesprites, [Void]Void Breaches, [Arc]Ionic Traces, [Stasis]Stasis Shards, and [Strand]Strand Tangles.
Voltshot
Reloading this weapon after defeating a target overcharges this weapon for a short period of time, causing it to jolt on its next hit.
Butterfly
Aiming this weapon for a short period without firing causes your target to explode the next time you deal final blows. Timer resets when you stop aiming down sights.

Fail-deadly
Dealing damage grants a stacking bonus to magazine size, target acquisition, and range until your next final blow with this weapon.
Nadir Focus
Sustained fire increases accuracy and range. Increases lunge distance for Swords, and projectile velocity for Launchers.