Perfect Paradox (Season 9)

Perfect Paradox (Season 9)
Attributes
Season	9
Type	Shotgun
Slot	Kinetic
Ammo	Special
Rarity	Legendary
Damage Type	Kinetic
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.
Statistics
Impact	0
Range	39
Stability	42
Handling	49
Reload Speed	68
Rounds Per Minute	140
Magazine	7
Zoom	12
Inventory Size	54
Aim Assistance	70
Recoil	61
Bounce Intensity	39
Bounce Direction	Tends Right

Acquisition
	Recovering the Past Quest Reward.

Perfect Paradox (Season 9) PvP Stats

See also: Perfect Paradox (Season 2)

Perfect Paradox is a Legendary Shotgun.

Perks - Curated Roll

Intrinsic

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

Magazine / Battery

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

Trait

• Flared Magwell - Optimized for fast reloading.
  • Slightly increases Stability.
  • Greatly increases 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.

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

• Underdog - This weapon gains a boost to reload speed as your health gets lower.
• Demolitionist - Kills with this weapon generate grenade energy. Activating your grenade ability reloads this weapon from reserves.
• Firmly Planted - Increased accuracy, stability, and handling when firing while crouched.
• 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.
• Threat Detector - Greatly increased reload, stability, and handling when targets are in close proximity.

Possible Trait 2

• Rampage - Final blows with this weapon grant increased damage for an improved duration. Stacks 3 times.
• Swashbuckler - This weapon gains increased damage from melee kills and kills with 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.
• Opening Shot - Improved accuracy and range on the opening shot of attack.
• Eye of the Storm - This weapon becomes more accurate and boosts handling as your health gets lower.
• One-Two Punch - Hitting a target with every pellet in a shot increases melee damage for an improved short duration.

Mods

• Empty Mod Socket: Boss Spec, Counterbalance Stock, Backup Mag, Freehand Grip, Icarus Grip, Major Spec, Minor Spec, Radar Tuner, Taken Spec, Targeting Adjuster, Radar Booster, Sprint Grip, Rampage Spec, Dragonfly Spec, Surrounded Spec, Quick Access Sling

Notes

• 12 pellets per shot.
• Perfect Paradox is Saint-14's signature weapon. This variant differs from its earlier introduction in that it drops with randomly rolled perks.

Lore

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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