Auto Rifles have seen dozens of changes throughoutDestiny’shistory.
55 Feathers are waiting for you in the Pale Heart in Destiny 2: The Final Shape.
It’s difficult to find each one of them alone, so here’s our guide!
Most Auto Rifles fire quickly, deal solid damage per shot, and cover medium distances.
They’re a jack of all trades in Destiny’s sandbox, perfect for new players and veterans alike.
Here are the best Auto Rifles you should own inDestiny 2.
This weapon is fantastic for healing allies without compromising on add clear.
10VS Pyroelectric Propellant
How to obtain:Vesper’s Host dungeon.
Don’t underestimate Onslaught on 600 Autos.
Once ramped up, you’ll chew through red bars and even majors in most content.
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9The Summoner
How to obtain:Trials of Osiris matches and Engrams.
Enhanced Incandescent is absurdly powerful in the right build.
Pair it with Heal Clip, and you will have a monstrous Legendary weapon for every occasion.
8Quicksilver Storm
How to obtain:Speak to Rahool in the Tower after purchasing the Lightfall expansion.
Quicksilver Stormreceived some nerfs since launch, but it’s still a powerhouse in the right hands.
It’s a 720 RPM Auto Rifle that occasionally fires heat-seeking homing rockets.
When these rockets make contact with a foe, they will load grenades into Quicksilver’s underbarrel grenade launcher.
Hold down the reload key to morph the gun into a pump-action grenade launcher.
The default firing state is perfect for killing red bars and clusters of adds from medium distances.
It’ll chunk majors and can even deal solid damage to Champions in Master-tier activities.
7Adamantite
How to obtain:Episode: Heresy content.
This doesn’t cause your allies to take any extra damage; it’s strictly a benefit.
It’s an amazing AR if you don’t mind the slow projectile speed of this archetype.
6Lethal Abundance
How to obtain:Iron Banner matches and Engrams.
Lord Saladin has added an absurdly powerful Strand Auto Rifle to the Iron Banner loot pool.
So long as you could keep killing enemies, Lethal Abundance has enough damage to make most Exotics blush.
And thanks to its Strand damage punch in, it benefits from Unraveling Rounds.
5Ros Arago IV
How to obtain:Legendary world Engrams.
Ros Arago IV has taken Funnelweb’s place as the ultimate PvE bullet hose Primary forVoid builds.
Defeat three enemies, and you have what’s effectively a Primary version of Retrofit Escapade in your hands.
But that’s not even the best part.
4Monte Carlo
How to obtain:Exotic Engrams and Xur.
Builds that focus on melee abilities won’t find a better Exotic thanMonte Carlo.
Each round from this weapon will grant a small chunk of melee energy on hit.
Kill the enemy, and there’s a small chance that a melee charge will be refilled outright.
Markov Chain is effectively a stronger version of Swashbuckler, granting double the damage per stack.
3Necrochasm
How to obtain:Crota’s End raid.
Necrochasmwas brought back to Destiny 2 with thereprisal of Crota’s End.
To veteran players, this gun has never felt better to shoot or create explosions with.
Necrochasm is a 720 RPM Kinetic Auto Rifle that creates Cursed Thrall explosions on precision kills.
Throw on the Catalyst, and now you benefit from a constant 35% damage buff.
Pair this gun with Necrotic Grips to further improve its damage output.
It competes with the likes ofSunshotandRiskrunnerbut is far easier to use.
1Choir Of One
How to obtain:Encore Exotic mission.
Choir of One is effectively a Wyvern cannon retooled as an Auto Rifle.
It’s the Rocket Sidearm of Auto Rifles, trading ammo economy for a dramatic boost to your DPS.
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