Perfect Paradox

Perfect Paradox
Attributes
Season	24
Type	Shotgun
Slot	Kinetic
Ammo	Special
Rarity	Legendary
Damage Type	Kinetic
Foundry	?????
Archetype	?????
Description	A tale that's different from the rest: the thread unfurls against the clocks.The one the Speaker loved the best must have a perfect paradox.
Vendor	Saint-14
Statistics
Impact	65
Range	32
Stability	36
Handling	43
Reload Speed	64
Rounds Per Minute	140
Magazine	7
Zoom	12
Inventory Size	54
Aim Assistance	70
Airborne Effectiveness	2
Recoil	61

Acquisition
	Episode: Echoes

Perfect Paradox PvP Stats

Perfect Paradox is a Legendary Shotgun.

Perks - Curated Roll

Intrinsic

• Rapid-Fire Frame - Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.

Sight / Barrel

• Full Choke - Tightened barrel. Reduces projectile spread when aiming down sights at the cost of precision damage.

Magazine / Battery

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

Trait 1

• 35px Threat Remover - Dealing damage with all bullets in a spread increases reload speed, handling, and stability.

Trait 2

• Barrel Constrictor - Final blows with this weapon reduce the projectile spread of its next shot for a short duration.

Origin Trait

• 35px Cast No Shadows - Dealing melee damage increases this weapon's handling and loads a small amount of ammo from reserves.

Perks - Random Rolls

Intrinsic

• Rapid-Fire Frame - Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.

Possible Sight / 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 / Battery

• 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

• Threat Detector - Greatly increased reload, stability, and handling when targets are in close proximity.
• Slideshot - Sliding partially reloads this weapon's magazine and temporarily boosts range and stability.
• Field Prep - Greatly increased ammo reserves. Improved faster reload, stow, and ready when you're crouching.
• Dual Loader - Reloads three shells at a time, but reduces reload speed.
• Pugilist - Final blows with this weapon generate melee energy. Dealing melee damage briefly improves this weapon's handling.
• 35px Threat Remover - Dealing damage with all bullets in a spread increases reload speed, handling, and stability.

Possible Trait 2

• 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.
• Swashbuckler - This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with this weapon.
• Opening Shot - Improved accuracy and range on the opening shot of attack.
• Vorpal Weapon - Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.
• One-Two Punch - Hitting a target with every pellet in a shot increases melee damage for an improved short duration.
• Barrel Constrictor - Final blows with this weapon reduce the projectile spread of its next shot for a short duration.

Possible Origin Trait

• 35px Cast No Shadows - Dealing melee damage increases this weapon's handling and loads a small amount of ammo from reserves.

How to Obtain

Detailed explanation on how to acquire Perfect Paradox

Lore

A tale that's different from the rest: the thread unfurls against the clocks. The one the Speaker loved the best must have a perfect paradox.

I never found Osiris, but I've killed enough Vex to end a war. And they, in turn, struck a fatal blow: they completed a Mind with the sole function to drain the Light from me. It worked very well.

Don't worry (not that you worry much). It took them centuries to build, keyed to the unique frequency of my Light. And I sit atop its shattered husk.

I mourn that I will never reach the heights you have. To me, you represent everything a Guardian can become. Yours is a thriving City. So different from mine. My whole fourteenth life I fought to make my City yours. I never finished.

All I have left is this weapon. The Cryptarchs say you crafted it yourself, built it out of scraps and Light and sheer will, inside the Infinite Forge. I'll make sure it finds its way back to you. When you gave it to me, I swore I would make it my duty to follow your example.

I'm still trying.

-Saint-14

Images

Versions

• Perfect Paradox (Season 24)
• Perfect Paradox (Season 9)

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