Forensic Nightmare - Legendary Submachine Gun

Forensic Nightmare is a Submachine Gun Stasis Primary in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Submachine Gun - Stasis - Primary - Precision Frame

Source: "Chief Investigator" Triumph

We got a thousand bullets and only 999 casings. Find the odd one out.

This weapon's recoil pattern is more predictably vertical.

Arrowhead Brake
Lightly vented barrel.
• Greatly controls recoil
• Increases handling speed
Chambered Compensator
Stable barrel attachment.
• Increases stability
• Moderately controls recoil
• Slightly decreases handling speed
Corkscrew Rifling
Balanced barrel.
• Slightly increases range and stability
• Slightly increases handling speed
Extended Barrel
Weighty barrel extension.
• Increases range
• Decreases handling speed
• Moderately controls recoil
Fluted Barrel
Ultra-light barrel.
• Greatly increases handling speed
• Slightly increases stability
Full Bore
Barrel optimized for distance.
• Greatly increases range
• Decreases stability
• Slightly decreases handling speed
Hammer-Forged Rifling
Durable ranged barrel.
• Increases range
Polygonal Rifling
Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
• Increases stability
Smallbore
Dual strength barrel.
• Increases range
• Increases stability

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
Alloy Magazine
Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
Appended Mag
This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
• Increases magazine size
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Rounds cause extra damage to combatants' shields and overpenetrate targets.
• Slightly increases range
High-Caliber Rounds
Shots from this weapon knock the target back farther.
• Slightly increases range
Ricochet Rounds
Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces.
• Increases stability
• Slightly increases range
Flared Magwell
Optimized for fast reloading.
• Slightly increases stability
• Greatly increases reload speed
Light Mag
Improved reload and range.
• Increases reload speed
• Slightly increases range

Grave Robber
Melee final blows or dealing damage with a charged melee reloads this weapon's magazine from reserves.
Under Pressure
Improved stability and accuracy as the magazine gets lower.
Heating Up
Final blows with this weapon increase accuracy and stability while improving vertical recoil.
Encore
Final blows grant a stacking stability, range, and accuracy bonus to this weapon. Precision final blows grant more stacks.
Perpetual Motion
This weapon gains bonus stability, handling, and reload speed while the wielder is in motion.
Slideways
Sliding partially reloads this weapon's magazine and temporarily boosts handling and stability.
Rimestealer
Destroying a Stasis crystal or defeating a frozen target with this weapon grants you Frost Armor.
Attrition Orbs
Dealing sustained damage creates an Orb of Power.

Sympathetic Arsenal
Reloading after a final blow also reloads stowed weapons.
Thresh
Killing combatants with this weapon generates a small amount of Super energy.
Swashbuckler
This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with this weapon.
Headstone
Precision final blows spawn a [Stasis] Stasis crystal at the victim's location.
Harmony
Final blows with other weapons improve this weapon's damage and performance for a short duration.
Kill Clip
Reloading after a kill grants increased damage.
Crystalline Corpsebloom
Rapid final blows spawn a [Stasis] Stasis crystal near the victim's location.
Sword Logic
Final blows with this weapon grant bonus damage. The strength and duration of the bonus increases when more powerful targets are defeated.

Psychohack
Sustained damage from this weapon exhausts the target for a short duration.

Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.