Destiny 2features a multitude of exotic weapons to help combat the hardest enemies, particularly in Grandmaster Nightfalls. This endgame, three-person activity will test your skills and your loadout selection as you will not be able to change your gear during a Nightfall.
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Certain exotic weapons are perfectly suited for Grandmaster-level Nightfalls, particularly those with intrinsic Champion Stunning abilities. These traits allow an exotic weapon to stun one of the three champion types (Overload, Barrier, or Unstoppable) regardless of the current season’s champion mods. These exotics will prove incredibly valuable on a consistent basis.
10Conditional Finality
It may not mention its effectiveness against Champions explicitly, butBungieaddedinherent champion stunning when you freeze, ignite, or trigger any other of the subclass-specific verbs.
In Conditional Finality’s case, Unstoppable Champions won’t stand a chance against either pellet in this Shotgun, as bothignitions and shattering frozen targets will trigger Unstoppable.
This shotgun’s unique elemental pellets stun and damage champions effectively, presenting an excellent choice for those favoring close-range play styles. However, keep in mind that it’s extremely difficult to play close quarters during Grandmaster Nighftalls, so choose wisely.
9Collective Obligation
Collective Obligation is a Void user’s dream, offering a perfect foil to spread your debuffs to targets from a distance.
Whileit is limited to Void and requires you to build around debuffingto be effective, Collective Obligation is an exceptionally useful tool for this play style. Combined withVoid-based exotic armor, this Pulse Rifle excels at maintaining control over rooms full of minor enemies and helps maintain your shields, healing, or invisibility.
8Arbalest
Despite its age,Arbalest still stands its ground among some of the best champion-stunning weaponsin Destiny 2.
This powerful Linear Fusion Rifle (LFR) allows you to dispatch an enemy shield with one shot, regardless of its element. Doing so willactivate Disruption Break, allowing you and your teammates to inflict increased Kinetic damage.
Given that Arbalest itself is Kinetic, Disruption Break improves damage against Champions in addition to stunning them.
Arbalest’s damage was nerfed, so it no longer decimates Champions solo like it once did, but still stuns them in an instant.
7Le Monarque
Le Monarque’s name is fitting, given that it isone of the best bows in Destiny 2and an exceptional overload weapon. Not only does this bow allow you to stun Overload Champions with a single poison arrow, butit also clears entire groups of minor enemies in seconds.
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Its stunning capability allows you to stagger strong enemies with each precision hit, keeping every type of foe under your thumb. Champions, minors, and majors alike can all be damaged and stunned effectively by Le Monarque.
It may take some practice to understand the window of success for poison arrows, but the timing is forgiving.
6Thunderlord
A returning favorite, Thunderlord has aged like a fine wine, especially given the buffs over time to Machine Guns.
Thunderlord’s powerful lightning strike improves its damage dramatically, making ita fantastic DPS weapon. However, Thunderlord’s greatest strength might be its Overload stunning, as it locks the target in place.
Accuracy is necessary to activate the thunder strikes, so a stationary target will be simple to defeat. The effect is equally effective against lesser enemies, improving Thunderlord’s utility across various sections of a GM.
5Leviathan’s Breath
This powerful heavy Void bow is one of the top dogs among GM weapons largely due to itsimmense damage capabilities.
The ability tostun Unstoppable Championsis a fantastic quality but almost pales in comparison to the amount of damage this bow dishes out. The initial draw time is very slow, but hitting a precision shot will accelerate your Draw Timeif you have the catalyst.
Aside from its prowess against the toughest foes, Leviathan’s Sigh will help you to make quick work of major enemies by damaging, then launching them with the concussive blast.
4Wish-Ender
Wish-Ender claims its rightful place asthe best Anti-Barrier exotic weapon in Destiny 2. Don’t let the Draw Time fool you, as this wonderful bow combines the barrier-breaking ability of Arbalest with excellent secondary effects.
Aside fromone-shotting Barrier Champion shields, Wish-Ender allows you to see targets through walls, a bonus that provides vital information when you’re pinned down behind cover.
Broadhead is an excellent secondary perk that boosts damage and can sometimes be used in unintentional ways to bypass boss shields. Even when used as intended, the extra damage these arrows cause will surprise you.
3Divinity
Simply put, there are few weapons that even begin to compare with Divinity, as this Trace Rifle might just bethe ultimate support weapon. Maintaining sustained fire is as simple as pointing and shooting with Divinity’s excellent Stability.
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Judgmentwill create a bubble that makesevery shotfrom your teammates register asa precision hit.Improving your team’s damage is a major part of what makesDivinityspecial, but it even boastsinstant Overload Champion stunning capabilities.
A brief pull of the trigger with Divinity will stun an Overload Champion. Whenever there’s a strong enemy that needs to be stunned or defeated, there’s no better choice than Divinity.
2Ager’s Scepter
Despite thegreatness of Divinity, Ager’s Scepter edges it out for the best Trace Riflein GM Nightfall content.
Ager’s Call is a bona fideburst of slowing on-demandas kills should come fairly easily with this weapon, particularly against minor adversaries. Defeating red-bar enemies is great, as ad control will always be appreciated, but it doesn’t stop there.
The slowing bursts will quickly stack,freezing nearby targets like Championsas you dispatch the minors. Ager’s ability to simultaneously clear minors andstun Unstoppable Championsgives it a clear edge.
1Gjallarhorn
Perhapsthe best rocket launcher in Destinyhistory, Gjallarhorn returns in Destiny 2 as the best support Rocket Launcher, and the best exotic for Grandmaster Nightfalls.
Much like Divinity, Gjallarhorn isn’t as concerned with doing damage itself as it is withincreasing your teammate’s damage with Pack Hunter. Simply fire the rocket while near your allies and watch the damage pile up as Wolfpack Rounds decimate your enemies.
Neither groups of minors nor the largest bosses will survive the howl of the wolves.
