Destiny 2 Best Weapons For PvE: Weapons Tier List (February 2023)

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Suppose you are just getting into Destiny 2. You need to know what weapons are better than others when starting out with PvE so that you can maximize your usefulness in the encounters you will be facing. No worries about figuring that out for yourself – here’s our Tier List of the Best PvE weapons in Destiny 2 so that you can walk into Raids better prepared.

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Tier List for Weapons in Destiny 2 (PvE)

Each tier in our Tier List is sorted in alphabetical order. Disclaimer: We will update the list as necessary when new updates arrive that change the power levels of weapons listed.

S Tier PvE Weapons in Destiny 2

Top-of-the-line weaponry, best performance, best flexibility, fest damage output… Need we say anything else? Newer players should try these out since it may be much easier to learn about and progress through Raids due to the power level of these weapons. Think of them as the training wheels for a bicycle. As you master the game mechanics and the weapon, it should help your performance:

Energy

  • Divinity
  • Funnelweb
  • Riskrunner
  • Salvager’s Salvo
  • Sunshot
  • Trinity Ghoul
  • Trustee

Heavy

  • Eyes of Tomorrow
  • Falling Guillotine
  • Gjallajorn
  • The Lament
  • One Thousand Voices
  • Xenophage

Kinetic

  • Arbalest
  • Burden
  • Chroma Rush
  • Heritage
  • Krait
  • Osteo Striga
  • Witherhoard

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A Tier

These are decent weapons to use but not as good as the S Tier, of course. Experienced players can get the most out of these and even outperform some players who wield the S Tier weaponry.

Energy

  • Dead Messenger
  • Lorentz Driver
  • Tarrabah
  • Telesto

Heavy

  • Deathbringer
  • Parasite
  • Thunderlord
  • Sleeper Simulant
  • Whisper of the Worm
  • Anarchy

Kinetic

  • Agers Scepter
  • Dead Man’s Tale
  • Eriana’s Vow
  • Huckleberry
  • Monte Carlo
  • No Time to Explain
  • Outbreak Perfected

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B Tier

Well, these are kind of… Underwhelming. Not because they are bad on their own, but because S and A Tier simply outperform them by a significant margin. Many will stop reading after the A Tier unless they’re going for some insane challenge to use the worst weapons in the game and make an absolutely insane performance with them.

Energy

  • Borealis
  • Cloudstrike
  • Coldheart
  • Duality
  • Graviton Lance
  • Hard Light
  • Jötunn
  • Le Monarque
  • Lord of Wolves
  • Merciless
  • Polaris Lance
  • Prometheus Lens
  • Ruinous Effigy
  • Sky Burner’s Oath
  • Symmetry
  • The Fourth Horseman
  • Ticuu’s Divination
  • Tommy’s Matchbook
  • Vex Mythoclast
  • Wavesplitter

Heavy

  • Black Talon
  • D.A.R.C.I.
  • Eyes of Tomorrow
  • Heir Apparent
  • Legend of Acrius
  • Leviathan’s Breath
  • Salvation’s Grip
  • The Colony
  • The Prospector
  • The Queenbreaker
  • Tractor Cannon
  • Truth
  • Two Tailed Fox
  • Wardcliff Coil
  • Worldine Zero

Kinetic

  • Ace of Spades
  • Bad Juju
  • Bastion
  • Cerberus+1
  • Crimson
  • Crosethia 77k
  • Fighting Lion
  • Forerunner
  • Hawkmoon
  • Lumina
  • MIDA
  • Malfeasance
  • Rat King
  • Sturm
  • Sweet Business
  • The Chaperone
  • The Jade Rabbit
  • The Last Word
  • Thorn
  • Travelers Chosen
  • Vigilance Wing
  • Wish-Ender


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