Nightshade

Nightshade
Attributes
Season	22
Type	Pulse Rifle
Slot	Kinetic
Ammo	Primary
Rarity	Legendary
Damage Type	Strand
Foundry	Nadir
Archetype	Lightweight
Description	Three drops is all it takes.
Vendor	Ritual Table
Statistics
Impact	27
Range	33
Stability	54
Handling	66
Reload Speed	58
Rounds Per Minute	450
Magazine	30
Zoom	17
Inventory Size	46
Aim Assistance	68
Airborne Effectiveness	10
Recoil	56
Bounce Intensity	44
Bounce Direction	Tends Right

Acquisition
	Season of the Witch
	Recovered Red War Weapons Engram Possible drop.

Nightshade PvP Stats

Nightshade is a Legendary Pulse Rifle.

Perks - Curated Roll

Intrinsic

• Lightweight Frame - Superb Handling. Move faster with this weapon equipped.

Barrel

• Arrowhead Brake - Lightly vented barrel.
  • Greatly controls Recoil.
  • Increases Handling Speed.

Magazine

• Tactical Mag - This weapon has multiple tactical improvements.
  • Slightly increases Stability.
  • Slightly increases Reload Speed.
  • Slightly increases magazine size.

Trait 1

• Keep Away - Increased reload, range, and accuracy when no combatants are in close proximity.

Trait 2

• Hatchling - Precision final blows or rapidly defeating targets with a non-precision weapon spawns a Threadling at the target's location.

Origin Trait

• Vanguard's Vindication - Final blows with this weapon grant a small amount of health.
• Nadir Focus - Sustained fire increases accuracy and range. Increases lunge distance for Swords, and projectile velocity for Launchers.

Perks - Random Rolls

Intrinsic

• Lightweight Frame - Superb Handling. Move faster with this weapon equipped.

Possible Barrel

• Arrowhead Brake - Lightly vented barrel.
  • Greatly controls Recoil.
  • Increases Handling Speed.
• Chambered Compensator - Stable barrel attachment.
  • Increases Stability.
  • Improves Recoil Direction.
  • Slightly decreases Handling Speed.
• Corkscrew Rifling - Balanced barrel.
  • Slightly increases Range and Stability.
  • Slightly increases Handling Speed.
• Extended Barrel - Weighty barrel extension.
  • Increases range
  • Decreases handling speed
  • Moderately controls recoil
• Fluted Barrel - Ultra-light barrel.
  • Greatly increases Handling Speed.
  • Slightly increases Stability.
• Full Bore - Barrel optimized for distance.
  • Greatly increases Range.
  • Decreases Stability.
  • Slightly decreases Handling Speed.
• Hammer-Forged Rifling - Durable ranged barrel.
  • Increases Range.
• Polygonal Rifling - Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
  • Increases Stability.
• Smallbore - Dual strength barrel.
  • Increases Range.
  • Increases Stability.

Possible Magazine

• Extended Mag - This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower.
  • Greatly increases magazine size.
  • Greatly decreases Reload Speed.
• Alloy Magazine - Faster Reload when the magazine is empty.
• Appended Mag - This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
  • Increases magazine size.
• Armor-Piercing Rounds - Rounds cause extra damage to shields and overpenetrate targets.
  • Slightly increases Range.
• High-Caliber Rounds - Shots from this weapon knock the target back farther.
  • Slightly increases Range.
• Ricochet Rounds - Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces.
  • Increases Stability.
  • Slightly increases Range.
• Flared Magwell - Optimized for fast reloading.
  • Slightly increases Stability.
  • Greatly increases Reload Speed.
• Light Mag — Improved reload and range.
  • Increases reload speed
  • Slightly increases range

Possible Trait 1

• Outlaw - Precision kills greatly decrease reload time.
• Heating Up - Final blows with this weapon increase accuracy and stability while improving vertical recoil for a longer duration.
• Rangefinder - Aiming this weapon increases its effective range and zoom magnification. Increased projectile velocity while aiming Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launchers, and Bows.
• Keep Away - Increased reload, range, and accuracy when no combatants are in close proximity.
• Enlightened Action - Dealing damage improves reload speed and handling.
• Under Pressure - Improved stability and accuracy as the magazine gets lower.

Possible Trait 2

• Kill Clip - Reloading after defeating a target grants increased damage for an improved duration.
• Encore - Precision final blows grant a stacking range bonus to this weapon. Non-precision final blows remove range stacks but grant bonus accuracy and stability when all range stacks have been removed.
• Headseeker - Body shots landed with this weapon increase precision damage for a short time. Improves stability.
• Collective Action - Collecting elemental pickups or throwing a Strand Tangle grants a stacking period of increased damage.Elemental pickups include Firesprites, Void Breaches, Stasis Shards, Ionic Traces, and Strand Tangles.
• Moving Target - Increased movement speed and target acquisition when moving while aiming down sights.
• Hatchling - Precision final blows or rapidly defeating targets with a non-precision weapon spawns a Threadling at the target's location.

Origin Trait

• Vanguard's Vindication - Final blows with this weapon grant a small amount of health.
• Nadir Focus - Sustained fire increases accuracy and range. Increases lunge distance for Swords, and projectile velocity for Launchers.

Images

Versions

• Nightshade (Season 22)
• Nightshade (Season 5)
• Nightshade (Season 1)

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