Mykel's Reverence (Adept) - Legendary Sidearm

Mykel's Reverence (Adept) is a Sidearm Strand Primary in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Sidearm - Strand - Primary - Rapid-Fire Frame

Source: "Root of Nightmares" Raid

"Pain… Fear… Sacrifice… Feed the fiend." —Mykel, Leader of the Acolytes of Nezarec

Full auto. Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.

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

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.
Unrelenting
Rapidly defeating targets triggers health regeneration. Guardians and powerful combatants count as more than one kill.
Perfect Float
Being in combat for a moderate time increases airborne effectiveness and reduces flinch until you are out of combat.
Thresh
Killing combatants with this weapon generates a small amount of Super energy.
Rewind Rounds
When this weapon's magazine is empty, it refills from reserves based on the number of hits.
Pugilist
Final blows with this weapon generate melee energy.
Dealing melee damage briefly improves this weapon's handling.
Perpetual Motion
This weapon gains bonus stability, handling, and reload speed while the wielder is in motion.
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.
Slice
Casting your class ability allows this weapon to sever targets on hit for a brief duration, up to a maximum number of targets.

Offhand Strike
Final blows grant additional weapon range, stability, and accuracy when firing from the hip for a short duration.
Frenzy
Being in combat for an extended time increases damage, handling, and reload for this weapon until you are out of combat.
Harmony
Final blows with other weapons improve this weapon's damage and performance for a short duration.
Tap the Trigger
Grants a short period of increased stability and accuracy on initial trigger pull.
Swashbuckler
This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with this weapon.
Hatchling
Precision final blows or rapidly defeating targets with this weapon spawns a Threadling at the target's location.
Paracausal Affinity
Final blows of energy types matching this weapon's alignment grant increased damage for a short period of time. Light final blows boost Arc, Solar, and Void weapons. Darkness final blows boost Stasis and Strand weapons.
Master of Arms
Kills with any weapon improve this weapon's damage for a short time.
Binary Orbit
Elemental final blows opposite this weapon increase damage for a short duration. Darkness final blows boost Arc, Solar, and Void weapons. Light final blows boost Stasis, Strand, and Kinetic weapons.

Harmonic Resonance
Equipping multiple weapons from this set grants this weapon increased reload speed and handling. It also deals increased damage versus targets wielding Light and Darkness.