Dire Promise - Legendary Hand Cannon

Dire Promise is a Hand Cannon Kinetic Primary in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Hand Cannon - Kinetic - Primary - Adaptive Frame

Source: Open Legendary engrams and earn faction rank-up packages.

"If you think this world ends well, you are mistaken." —Arach Jalaal

A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

Fastdraw HCS
Agile Hand Cannon sight.
• Greatly increases handling speed
• Slightly increases stability
SteadyHand HCS
Stable Hand Cannon sight.
• Increases stability
• Increases handling speed
TrueSight HCS
Balanced Hand Cannon sight.
• Slightly increases range
• Slightly increases stability
• Slightly increases handling speed
HitMark HCS
Accurate Hand Cannon sight.
• Slightly increases range
Crossfire HCS
Sharp Hand Cannon sight.
• Increases range
• Slightly decreases stability
• Slightly decreases handling speed
Sureshot HCS
Pinpoint Hand Cannon sight.
• Increases range
• Decreases stability
• Decreases handling speed

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

Triple Tap
Rapidly landing precision hits will return one round to the magazine.
Opening Shot
Improved accuracy and range on the opening shot of attack.
Auto-Loading Holster
The holstered weapon is automatically reloaded after a short period of time.
Snapshot Sights
Faster time to aim down sights.
Overflow
Picking up Special or Heavy ammo automatically loads this weapon beyond normal capacity.

Swashbuckler
This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with this weapon.
Rangefinder
Aiming this weapon increases its effective range and zoom magnification. Increased projectile velocity while aiming Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launchers, and Bows.
Under Pressure
Improved stability and accuracy as the magazine gets lower.
Osmosis
Using your grenade ability partially refills the magazine and changes this weapon's damage type to match your grenade until you stow it.
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.