Lingering Dread - Legendary Grenade Launcher

Lingering Dread is a Grenade Launcher Stasis Special in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Grenade Launcher - Stasis - Special - Lightweight Frame

Source: Dungeon "Duality"

We are all burdened by the chains of our past.

One-shot handheld Grenade Launcher with remote detonation.
[Shoot] : Fire; release to detonate.

Volatile Launch
This weapon is optimized for an especially explosive payload.
• Greatly increases blast radius
• Slightly decreases handling speed
• Slightly decreases projectile speed
Confined Launch
This weapon's launch parameters are particularly stable.
• Greatly increases stability
• Increases blast radius
• Decreases projectile speed
Countermass
This weapon is weighted for vertical recoil.
• Greatly controls recoil
• Increases stability
• Increases handling speed
Hard Launch
This weapon's launch barrel is optimized for projectile speed.
• Greatly increases projectile speed
• Decreases stability
• Slightly decreases blast radius
Linear Compensator
This weapon's launch barrel is well-balanced.
• Slightly increases projectile speed
• Slightly increases blast radius
• Slightly increases stability
Quick Launch
This weapon's barrel provides faster projectiles and much faster aiming.
• Greatly increases handling speed
• Increases projectile speed
Smart Drift Control
This barrel is broadly optimized for firing control.
• Moderately controls recoil
• Increases stability
• Increases handling speed
• Slightly increases projectile speed

Disorienting Grenades
Detonation has a brief disorienting effect.
• Greatly decreases blast radius
Proximity Grenades
Grenades fired from this weapon have increased proximity detection but a decreased blast radius.
Spike Grenades
Grenades fired from this weapon do increased damage on direct hits.
• Increases stability
High-Velocity Rounds
This weapon's projectiles are particularly light and quick.
• Increases projectile speed
• Increases reload speed
Implosion Rounds
This weapon's projectiles travel faster and have a controlled explosion.
• Increases projectile speed
• Greatly increases stability
• Decreases blast radius

Well-Rounded
Throwing a grenade or hitting a target with a charged melee grants a stacking bonus to weapon stability, handling, and range.

Using a Super grants maximum stacks.
Steady Hands
Kills provide improved handling for all weapons for a short duration.
Auto-Loading Holster
The holstered weapon is automatically reloaded after a short period of time.
Ambitious Assassin
Overflows the magazine based on the number of rapid kills before reloading.
Unrelenting
Rapidly defeating targets triggers health regeneration. Guardians and powerful combatants count as more than one kill.
Feeding Frenzy
Each rapid kill with this weapon progressively increases reload speed for a short time.

Vorpal Weapon
Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.
Danger Zone
The blast radius of this weapon increases when surrounded by combatants. While active, this weapon deals significantly less damage to the wielder.
Multikill Clip
Reloading grants increased damage based on the number of rapid final blows made beforehand.
Chill Clip
Direct hits with the top half of the magazine cause a detonation that slows nearby targets.
Demolitionist
Kills with this weapon generate grenade energy. Activating your grenade ability reloads this weapon from reserves.
Harmony
Final blows with other weapons improve this weapon's damage and performance for a short duration.

Bitterspite
While this weapon is equipped, taking damage accelerates its next reload.

Taking more damage increases the effect.