Empirical Evidence - Legendary Sidearm

Empirical Evidence is a Sidearm Kinetic Primary in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Sidearm - Kinetic - Primary - Heavy Burst

Source: The Witch Queen Campaign

Under duress, a soul will say whatever they think you want to hear. Trust your own eyes.

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

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

Ensemble
Improved handling and reload speed when allies are nearby.
Pulse Monitor
Automatically reloads the magazine and improves weapon handling when wounded—even when this weapon is stowed.
Tunnel Vision
Reloading after defeating a target greatly increases target acquisition and aim down sight speed for a short duration.
Compulsive Reloader
Grants increased reload speed when close to full magazine.
Perpetual Motion
This weapon gains bonus stability, handling, and reload speed while the wielder is in motion.
Encore
Final blows grant a stacking stability, range, and accuracy bonus to this weapon. Precision final blows grant more stacks.
Lone Wolf
Slightly improves aim assist, aim down sights speed, and airborne effectiveness. Increases these effects when there are no nearby allies.
Enlightened Action
Dealing damage improves reload speed and handling.

Adagio
After defeating a target, this weapon fires, charges, or draws more slowly and deals increased damage for a brief time.
Unrelenting
Rapidly defeating targets triggers health regeneration. Guardians and powerful combatants count as more than one kill.
Wellspring
Kills with this weapon generate ability energy. This energy is divided between your uncharged abilities.
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.
Harmony
Final blows with other weapons improve this weapon's damage and performance for a short duration.
Kinetic Tremors
Sustained kinetic damage to a target emits a shockwave that damages any nearby targets.
Frenzy
Being in combat for an extended time increases damage, handling, and reload for this weapon until you are out of combat.

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

Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.