Legend of Acrius

Legend of Acrius
Attributes
Season	1
Type	Shotgun
Slot	Power Weapons
Rarity	Exotic
Damage Type	Arc
Description	"In the Cabal legend, a hero seeks to possess the sun. He succeeds. Then, he becomes Emperor. The Cabal... are not a subtle people." —Tyra Karn
Statistics
Impact	85
Range	100
Stability	80
Handling	10
Reload Speed	20
Rounds Per Minute	55
Magazine	4
Zoom	12
Inventory Size	0
Aim Assistance	90
Airborne Effectiveness	3
Recoil	60
Bounce Intensity	40
Bounce Direction	Tends Right

Acquisition
	Exotic Archive at the Tower
	Imperial Invitation Not available anymore.
	Monument to Lost Lights Red War Exotics.

Legend of Acrius PvP Stats

Legend of Acrius is an Exotic Shotgun.

Perks - Curated Roll

Intrinsic

• Shock Blast - This weapon fires blasts of high-damage Arc energy that overpenetrates enemies.

Barrel

• Full Bore - Barrel optimized for distance.
  • Greatly increases Range.
  • Decreases Stability.
  • Slightly decreases Handling Speed.

Magazine

• Accurized Rounds - This weapon can fire longer distances.
  • Increases Range.

Trait

• Long March — Detect enemies on your radar from farther away.

Stock

• Fitted Stock - This stock makes the weapon stable but heavy.
  • Increases Stability.
  • Improves recoil direction.
  • Slightly decreases Handling Speed.

Catalyst

• Deeper Pockets — Increased ammo reserves.
• 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.

Acrius Catalyst can be found by completing Nightfall strikes. To unlock its upgrade, the player has to defeat enemies with this weapon.

The Catalyst increases Legend of Acrius' Reload Speed, magazine size, and reserves. It also adds the Trench Barrel perk and Masterworks it.

Lore

That really is the entire myth. A Cabal named Acrius desires the sun, and he takes it and becomes the first Emperor of the Cabal. Other scholars have already noted the parallels and differences with our own ancient Earth myth of Icarus, which famously has a far more humbling ending. I am more interested in how Cabal leaders throughout history have deployed this legend as a rhetorical and political justification for conquest. Among the most relevant such figures is Dominus Ghaul himself, who appears to have a personal affinity for the Acrius myth.

I must also note here that, while linguistic analysis of the Cabal language and its many dialects is incomplete, they do not appear to have a word for the concept of "hubris."
—Research notes of Tyra Karn

Images

Weapon Ornaments

• The Emperor's Pleasure
• War Beast Skin

Patch History

• 7.1.0
  • Increased total ammo from 12 to 16.
  • Increased maximum projectile distance from 9m to 12m.
• 7.0.0.1
  • Shotgun reticles now change in size proportional to spread angle.
  • Related note: The Legend of Acrius hip-fire reticle is now a bit more representative of its (very large) spread angle.
• 6.3.0
  • Removed movement penalties.
• 6.2.0
  • Catalyst now grants the Trench Barrel perk in addition to its other effects.
• 3.1.0
  • Catalysts for the following weapons have had their sources and objectives updated to not be associated with Vaulted content:
    • Legend of Acrius
• 2.2.0
  • All Shotguns received a damage multiplier in PvE, effectively doubling their damage (with the exception of Legend of Acrius)
  • Reserve ammunition for Shotguns has been reevaluated to compensate for the increased damage
  • Reduced base damage for Shotguns across the board to align with their new rates of fire on a per sub-archetype basis
  • Rate-of-fire values have been tuned
    • Legend of Acrius is now 55 RPM, up from 45 RPM
• 2.0.0
  • Primary ammo weapons and Special ammo weapons may exist in either the Kinetic or Energy slot.
  • Heavy ammo weapons can exist only in the Power slot.
  • Special Ammo Weapons
    • Shotguns
  • The following Exotic weapons did not change slot and still use Heavy ammo
    • The Legend of Acrius
• 1.2.3
  • Catalysts for Legend of Acrius, Telesto, and Sleeper Simulant are now available as rewards from Prestige “Leviathan,” Prestige “Leviathan, Eater of Worlds,” and Prestige “Leviathan, Spire of Stars,” respectively.
• 1.1.4
  • Crucible Power Ammo Crates
    • Legend of Acrius
      • Now: 4 shots
      • Was: (variable) 2 mags, capped at 4

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