Arcane Embrace - Legendary Shotgun

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

Weapon overview

Shotgun - Arc - Special - Heavy Burst

Source: Festival of the Lost

Channel an aura of control over the energies of the universe.

Fires a hard-hitting, two-round burst. Slightly reduces flinching from incoming fire while aiming.

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

Accurized Rounds
This weapon can fire longer distances.
• Increases range
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
Alloy Magazine
Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
Flared Magwell
Optimized for fast reloading.
• Slightly increases stability
• Greatly increases reload speed

Fourth Time's the Charm
Rapidly landing precision hits will return two rounds to the magazine.
Reconstruction
This weapon slowly reloads itself over time, up to double capacity.
Lone Wolf
Slightly improves aim assist, aim down sights speed, and airborne effectiveness. Increases these effects when there are no nearby allies.
Rapid Hit
Rapid precision hits temporarily increase stability and reload speed.
Envious Assassin
Defeating targets with other weapons before drawing this one transfers ammo to the magazine from reserves. This effect can overflow the magazine based on the number of targets defeated.
Dual Loader
Reloads an additional shot at a time.
Grave Robber
Melee final blows or dealing damage with a charged melee reloads this weapon's magazine from reserves.

Rolling Storm
Final blows grant Bolt Charge.
While amplified, final blows grant additional Bolt Charge.
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.
Precision Instrument
Dealing sustained damage increases precision damage.
Surrounded
This weapon gains bonus damage when three or more enemies are in close proximity.
Aggregate Charge
This weapon deals more damage for each elemental debuff applied to the target.
Dragonfly
Precision kills create an elemental damage explosion.
Collective Pugilism
Collecting an Elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants this weapon a stacking period of melee 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.

Search Party
This weapon is granted faster aim down sights speed and movement speed while aiming down sights when no allies are near.