Dead Weight

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Dead Weight
Attributes
Season	17
Type	Shotgun
Slot	Energy
Ammo	Special
Rarity	Legendary
Damage Type	Arc
Foundry	Field-Forged
Archetype	Rapid-Fire
Description	"Act like you're nothing, and no one'll ever ask you for anything." —The Drifter
Statistics
Impact	65
Range	28
Stability	30
Handling	37
Reload Speed	64
Rounds Per Minute	140
Magazine	7
Zoom	12
Inventory Size	49
Aim Assistance	66
Airborne Effectiveness	2
Recoil	70
Bounce Intensity	30
Bounce Direction	Tends Left

Acquisition
	Complete Gambit matches and earn rank-up packages from the Drifter.
	Gambit Possible drop from match completions.
	Gambit Engram Possible drop.
	The Drifter Focused Decoding.

Dead Weight PvP Stats

Dead Weight is a Legendary Shotgun.

Perks - Curated Roll

Intrinsic

• Rapid-Fire Frame - Fires full auto with deeper ammo reserves. Faster reload when weapon is empty.

Barrel

• Rifled Barrel - Ranged shotgun barrel.
  • Increases range
  • Greatly decreases handling speed

Magazine

• Appended Mag - This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
  • Increases magazine size.

Trait 1

• Well-Rounded - Throwing a grenade or hitting a target with a charged melee grants a stacking bonus to weapon stability, handling, and range. Using a Super grants maximum stacks.

Trait 2

• 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.

Origin Trait

• Gun and Run - Rapidly defeating targets with this weapon grants bonus sprint speed. Guardians, powerful combatants, and high-value targets grant this bonus quicker.

Perks - Random Rolls

Intrinsic

• Rapid-Fire Frame - Fires full auto with deeper ammo reserves. Faster reload when weapon is empty.

Possible Barrel

• Rifled Barrel - Ranged shotgun barrel.
  • Increases range
  • Greatly decreases handling speed
• Smoothbore - Smooth shotgun barrel. Greatly increases Range at the cost of more projectile spread.
• Smallbore - Dual strength barrel.
  • Increases Range.
  • Increases Stability.
• Barrel Shroud - Balanced shotgun barrel.
  • Increases stability
  • Increases handling speed
• Corkscrew Rifling - Balanced barrel.
  • Slightly increases Range and Stability.
  • Slightly increases Handling Speed.
• Full Choke - Tightened barrel. Reduces projectile spread when aiming down sights at the cost of precision damage.

Possible Magazine

• Appended Mag - This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
  • Increases magazine size.
• Tactical Mag - This weapon has multiple tactical improvements.
  • Slightly increases Stability.
  • Slightly increases Reload Speed.
  • Slightly increases magazine size.
• Extended Mag - This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower.
  • Greatly increases magazine size.
  • Greatly decreases Reload Speed.
• Steady Rounds - This magazine is optimized for recoil control.
  • Greatly increases Stability.
  • Slightly decreases Range.
• Accurized Rounds - This weapon can fire longer distances.
  • Increases Range.
• Light Mag — Improved reload and range.
  • Increases reload speed
  • Slightly increases range

Possible Trait 1

• Well-Rounded - Throwing a grenade or hitting a target with a charged melee grants a stacking bonus to weapon stability, handling, and range. Using a Super grants maximum stacks.
• Field Prep - Greatly increased ammo reserves. Improved faster reload, stow, and ready when you're crouching.
• Subsistence - Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves with an increased amount of ammo.
• Grave Robber - Melee final blows reload this weapon's magazine from reserves. Improves reload.
• Perpetual Motion - This weapon gains bonus stability, handling, and reload speed while the wielder is in motion.
• Steady Hands - Kills provide improved handling for all weapons for a short duration.
• Ensemble - Improved handling and reload speed when allies are nearby.
• Dual Loader - Reloads three shells at a time, but reduces reload speed.
• Lead from Gold - Picking up Heavy ammo also grants increased ammo to this weapon.
• Surplus - Substantially increases handling, reload speed, and stability for each fully charged ability.
• Feeding Frenzy - Each rapid kill with this weapon progressively increases reload speed for a short time.
• Auto-Loading Holster - The holstered weapon is automatically reloaded after a short period of time.

Possible Trait 2

• 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.
• Turnabout - Using this weapon to break the shield of a combatant or a Guardian using their Super will grant you an overshield.
• Snapshot Sights - Faster time to aim down sights. Stability is increased.
• Surrounded - This weapon gains bonus damage when three or more enemies are in close proximity.
• Frenzy - Being in combat for an extended time increases damage, handling, and reload for this weapon for an improved duration until you are out of combat.
• Demolitionist - Kills with this weapon generate grenade energy. Activating your grenade ability reloads this weapon from reserves.
• One-Two Punch - Hitting a target with every pellet in a shot increases melee damage for an improved short duration.
• Harmony - Final blows with other weapons improve this weapon's damage and performance for a short duration.
• Swashbuckler - This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with this weapon.
• Adrenaline Junkie - This weapon gains increased damage and handling from final blows with grenades or this weapon.
• Trench Barrel — After a successful melee hit, this weapon gains increased damage, handling, and reload speed for a short duration—or until three shots are fired.
• Vorpal Weapon - Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.

Origin Trait

• Gun and Run - Rapidly defeating targets with this weapon grants bonus sprint speed. Guardians, powerful combatants, and high-value targets grant this bonus quicker.
• Field-Tested - Defeating targets or dealing damage with this weapon gradually increases range, stability, handling, and reload speed.
  • Swords gain increased charge rate and guard resistance.

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Perk Changes

• 7.0.0.1
  • Origin Trait:
    • Added: Field-Tested

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