Adhortative - Legendary Pulse Rifle

Adhortative is a Pulse Rifle Solar Primary in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Pulse Rifle - Solar - Primary - Adaptive Frame

Source: Season of the Wish Activities

"So... you think you can kill a god?" —Ghost

Weapon frame

Adaptive Frame

A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact29
Range41
Stability50
Handling42
Reload Speed39
Aim Assistance61
Zoom17
Airborne Effectiveness10
Ammo Generation52
Rounds Per Minute390
Magazine37
Recoil Direction61

Available perks

Barrel or sight options

  • 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

Magazine or battery options

  • 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

Left column perks

  • Air Assault
    Final blows grant a stacking bonus to airborne effectiveness. Final blows while airborne grant increased stacks.
  • Feeding Frenzy
    Each rapid kill with this weapon progressively increases reload speed for a short time.
  • Slickdraw
    Significantly increases handling, significantly decreases target acquisition.
  • Shoot to Loot
    Shooting an Orb of Power picks it up. Shooting an ammo brick picks it up and automatically reloads all of your equipped weapons from reserves.
  • Loose Change
    Applying an elemental debuff to a target increases this weapon's reload speed, aim assist, and movement while aiming down sights for a short duration.
  • Attrition Orbs
    Dealing sustained damage creates an Orb of Power.
  • Heal Clip
    Reloading shortly after dealing a final blow grants Cure to you and your nearby allies.

Right column perks

  • Disruption Break
    Breaking an enemy's shield with this weapon makes them more vulnerable to Kinetic damage for a brief period.
  • Deconstruct
    Dealing sustained damage grants bonus damage against vehicles and constructs and refills ammo from reserves. Damage with Primary ammo or against constructs provides additional progress.

    Constructs include barricades, turrets, Stasis crystals, and other objects created in the field.
  • Harmony
    Final blows with other weapons improve this weapon's damage and performance for a short duration.
  • Golden Tricorn
    Final blows with this weapon grant bonus damage. While this buff is active, grenade or melee kills of the same damage type greatly increase its damage and duration.
  • Moving Target
    Increased movement speed and target acquisition when moving while aiming down sights.
  • Headseeker
    Body shots landed with this weapon increase precision damage and aim assist for a short time. Body shots landed while the perk is active refresh the time.
  • Incandescent
    Defeating a target spreads scorch to those nearby.
    More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.

Origin trait or grip options

  • Nano-Munitions
    Being near allies slowly builds up a partial emergency ammo refill for the next time this weapon runs out of ammo. Emergency ammo amount increases with time spent near allies.

Masterwork options