Malediction - Legendary Hand Cannon

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

Weapon overview

Hand Cannon - Kinetic - Primary - Aggressive Frame

Source: Earn Ranks in Vanguard, Crucible, or Gambit Playlists

The price of power.

High damage, high recoil. Optimized for long-distance shooting.

Fluted Barrel
Ultra-light barrel.
• Greatly increases handling speed
• Slightly increases stability

Flared Magwell
Optimized for fast reloading.
• Slightly increases stability
• Greatly increases reload speed

Discord
Final blows with another weapon grant this weapon increased speed for aiming down sights, accuracy, and airborne effectiveness for a short time. When Discord is active, final blows refund ammo.
Enlightened Action
Dealing damage improves reload speed and handling.

Harmony
Final blows with other weapons improve this weapon's damage and performance for a short duration.
Explosive Payload
Projectiles create an area-of-effect detonation on impact.

Wild Card
Final blows with this weapon have a chance to create experimental submunitions at the target's location.
Vanguard's Vindication
Final blows with this weapon grant a small amount of health.
One Quiet Moment
Grants increased reload speed and handling when out of combat. Swords gain faster movement speed.
Gun and Run
Defeating targets builds stacks of Gun and Run for a short duration. Sprinting for a short time consumes a stack to partially reload this weapon's magazine from reserves; on Bows, this briefly improves draw speed.