Destiny 2’s Arcane Embrace shotgun has a perk combo you’ve never seen before
Destiny 2’s first-ever two-round burst shotgun dropped with the game’s weekly reset on October 29, and it boasts more unique properties beyond just its archetype.
Obtained from 2024’s iteration of Destiny 2’s annual Halloween tie-in, Festival of the Lost, Arcane Embrace fires two slugs in quick succession per trigger pull as if it were a Precision Frame.
Unlike the latter, however, precision damage isn’t make or break with this boomstick, making it a DPS monster for all areas of the PvE sandbox. What’s more, it has a perk pool bursting with potential, including a combo that’s never been seen on a shotgun before.
Arcane Embrace available perks
DexertoHere are all the perks that Arcane Embrace can drop with:
| Barrel | Magazine | Basic Trait 1 | Basic Trait 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator Corkscrew Rifling Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Full Bore Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore | Accurized rounds Appended Mag Tactical Mag Extended Mag Steady Rounds Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell | Air Trigger Fourth Time’s the Charm Grave Robber Lone Wolf Slideshot Dual Loader Threat Detector | Closing Time Desperado Precision Instrument Surrounded Tap the Trigger Swashbuckler Voltshot |
Several top-tier combos are worth hunting for here but the most interesting without a doubt is that of Dual Loader and Voltshot. As the former makes reloading to a full magazine faster, wielders will have more ammo to unload during Voltshot’s seven-second window, itself procced upon reloading after a kill.
As Episode Revenant’s seasonal artifact heavily encourages the use of Stasis and Arc subclasses, this particular roll of Arcane Embrace will fit right into existing builds, able to take full advantage of perks such as Retinal Burn and Anti-Barrier Shotgun.
While best suited to PvE, there are some tantalizing combos here worth testing in PvP, too. Slideshot and Closing Time has become a staple for Shotguns in Revenant, and we’d even venture so far as to say Dual Loader with Desperado’s fire rate buffs could also be a winner.
The big downside here, though, is that Arcane Embrace’s base Aim Assistance is painfully low at 40, making it unlikely to inch out competitive staples such as Matador 64 and Prophet of Doom.
Either way, there’s some worthwhile experimentation to be had here making Festival of the Lost worth grinding. For more information on this year’s iteration of the event, check out our hub.