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THE HOTHEAD 
Legendary / 
Power / Rocket Launcher
Think of it as a weaponized temper tantrum.
Source: Nightfall
Popular 
#3 20 RPM 
#2
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Archetype
Adaptive Frame
A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.
Stats
| Blast Radius | | 50 | |||
| Velocity | | 57 | |||
| Stability | | 40 | |||
| Handling | | 47 | |||
| Reload Speed | | 45 | |||
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| Aim Assistance | | 67 | |||
| Inventory Size | | 34 | |||
| Zoom | | 20 | |||
| Airborne Effectiveness | | 8 | |||
| Recoil | | 75 | |||
| Rounds Per Minute | 20 | ||||
| Magazine | 1 | ||||
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Credits
Perk Playground
Perk Playground
Random Curated
Crafted Enhanced
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No Perk Selected TIP: Theorycrafter Recommendations
The blue/red/gold icons & glows below are Theorycrafter Recommendations. They are the perks that trusted community theorycrafters like for this weapon and can disagree with what is most popular. The colors indicate the game mode for which they prefer the perk.Learn More
Color Icon Game Mode Blue PVE Red PVP Gold PVE & PVP
Curated Roll
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Random Rolls
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Popular Trait Combos
Auto-Loading Holster
+ Explosive Light
15.07% of Rolls
Demolitionist
+ Explosive Light
9.81% of Rolls
Field Prep
+ Clown Cartridge
8.08% of Rolls
Demolitionist
+ Clown Cartridge
7.84% of Rolls
Auto-Loading Holster
+ Vorpal Weapon
6.91% of Rolls
Field Prep
+ Explosive Light
6.22% of Rolls
Auto-Loading Holster
+ Clown Cartridge
3.89% of Rolls
Demolitionist
+ Vorpal Weapon
3.66% of Rolls
Popular Individual Perks
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Based on 169.7K+ copies of this weapon, these are the most frequently equipped perks.
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20.5%
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17.1%
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14.7%
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14.4%
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13.1%
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11.2%
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8.6%
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30.6%
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24.4%
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20.6%
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16.4%
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7.6%
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30.8%
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24.7%
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19.4%
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9.9%
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9.2%
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3.5%
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1.0%
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1.0%
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39.7%
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27.2%
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18.7%
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6.0%
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4.3%
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3.1%
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0.6%
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75.3%
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24.6%
Masterwork Popularity
Based on 60.2K+ copies of this weapon, these are the most frequently equipped masterworks:
Of those 60.2K+ copies, < 1.0K (1.0%) were fully masterworked.
Handling
27.6% of Rolls
Velocity
24.1% of Rolls
Blast Radius
24.1% of Rolls
Reload Speed
23.9% of Rolls
Mod Popularity
Based on 48.7K+ copies of this weapon with a mod equipped, these are the 8 most frequently used:
Boss Spec
56.2% of Rolls
Quick Access Sling
18.3% of Rolls
Targeting Adjuster
6.8% of Rolls
Major Spec
5.9% of Rolls
Freehand Grip
3.5% of Rolls
Counterbalance Stock
3.1% of Rolls
Icarus Grip
3.0% of Rolls
Sprint Grip
1.1% of Rolls
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TIP: Popularity Ranks
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Source: Nightfall
Lore
The Hothead
Think of it as a weaponized temper tantrum.
Zavala swung off his Sparrow in a rocky gulch near the EDZ. Across the wash, a Cabal Legionary leaned next to a small shuttle. A Psion stood at attention nearby.
"You Zavala?" the Legionary called.
Zavala tried not to feel slighted. "I am Commander Zavala," he answered.
The Legionary squinted and nodded slowly. "Had to make sure," it said. "Security stuff."
"Let's do this quick." The Legionary pointed a fat finger at the Psion. "This Psion's gonna ask you a question. Then you tell me your answer. I go tell Empress Caiatl, and that's all."
"What kind of question?" Zavala asked.
The Legionary shrugged. "Only the Psion and Empress Caiatl know. Safest that way."
Zavala warily approached the Psion. As it stared into him with its single eye, Zavala felt his ears ring. His hand went to his sidearm, but a vison sprang to his mind, vivid and fully formed:
Zavala saw the Dreaming City. He saw Cabal ships filling the sky, spewing oily smoke.
Then, an explosion—a sea of explosions, violent red and black with the fury of planet killers. Unmakers. But concentrated. Refined. Perfect for the size of the task at hand.
He saw death for all in the Dreaming City, bodies facedown in the crystal grit of their palace. Mara Sov, Petra Venj, Corsairs, countless Awoken. Collateral.
For at the bottom of a crater was the shattered body of a crystal-bound Hive god, destroyed at her most vulnerable moment, her trickery silenced forever.
Then a war, yes, probably—but a small one.
And behind it, blood on two pairs of hands. Two willing to pay the price for peace.
"No."
Zavala broke the Psion's gaze, and the vision stopped abruptly. The Legionary grunted. "That your official answer?"
Zavala straightened. "My answer is no," he said clearly.
The Legionary nodded. "Fair enough," it said and took a half-step back from the Psion.
The Psion punched a code into a small wrist-mounted screen. There was a brief chime, a muffled pop, and the Psion slumped to the ground, blood pouring from a wound in its head.
Zavala reached for his weapon again, but the Legionary laughed and held up a hand. "The volunteers knew that's part of the deal. Now nobody knows what the question was except for you and the Empress. Safest that way."
"Gotta go and tell her your answer," the Cabal called as it climbed into the shuttle. "Hope you made the right choice!"
The craft chugged into the sky, its jets spattering Zavala's boots with the Psion's blood.
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- Deals ARC damage
- Not Craftable
- Uses HEAVY ammo
- Introduced in Season 15
- Current Drops
- No Power Cap
- Power Weapon
- Instance Item
- Equippable
- API ID: 4255171531
ARC damage Version History
- MODIFIED6/3/2024
- MODIFIED3/1/2024
- MODIFIED11/26/2023
- MODIFIED10/16/2023
- MODIFIED8/21/2023
- MODIFIED5/19/2023
- MODIFIED2/24/2023
- MODIFIED12/6/2022
- MODIFIED8/19/2022
- MODIFIED5/23/2022
- MODIFIED4/15/2022
- RANDOM ROLL CHANGED2/18/2022
- MODIFIED2/18/2022
- MODIFIED9/13/2021
- ADDED8/23/2021
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- Power Weapons
- Weapons
- Rocket Launchers
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Community Average Rolls FAQ
Q: What does "community average roll" mean?
A: Community Average Rolls are a way of "crowdsourcing" what the best roll is on each weapon. By scouring the global Destiny population using the Bungie API, we are able to see which perks a wide variety of players select for each weapon. Those stats are presented as the Community Average Roll.
Q: What do you mean by the "global Destiny population"?
A: As part of this feature, we are now tracking all active players using the Bungie API, not just those who have signed in on light.gg. The statistics displayed here are based on all players that have logged in over the past 2 weeks.
Q: So this hits literally every player and every weapon they own?
A: Yes and no. Every player should be seen by our scraper. The process will compute stats on items seen in the vault / inventory of players who have granted access to their "non-equipped Inventory". However, the default Bungie.net permissions only allow us to see the full details on weapons that are equipped by each player's characters.
Q: Doesn't that skew the stats?
A: Partially. Presumably if someone has the weapon equipped, they like it, which would mean that the perks equipped on it are perceived to be better. At the same time, most people are probably dismantling rolls that they think are bad, so even if we could see their whole inventory, we might not catch many "dud" rolls. Overall, the phenomenon of (mostly) only being able to see equipped rolls will reduce the overall number of rolls on less popular weapons, but the perks on those that are visible will likely trend toward being more popular, otherwise people wouldn't keep the roll, let alone equip it.
Q: Why do percentages like 19% fill the whole bar?
A: The bars for each percentage are relative to the most popular perk in that column. The most popular perk will fill its bar, and each perk under that will illustrate how popular it is relative to the most popular. So, if 22% of rolls use the most popular perk in a column and 11% of rolls use the least popular perk, the bar on the least popular perk should appear to be roughly half full. The intent of displaying it this way is to create better contrast between the options.
Q: How do curated rolls factor into this?
A: The usage stats are based only on randomly-rolled, legendary weapons.
Q: Can you explain the letter ranks that are given based on these stats?
A: Ranks range from F- to S+, based on how "far" your roll is from the community average roll. A roll with the least popular perk in each column should be ranked F-, and a roll with the most popular perk in each column should be ranked S+.
Q: How can I help?
A: The best way for everyone to help make this tool more accurate / complete is to update your Bungie.net privacy settings to allow API tools to view your non-equipped inventory. The more people that allow full access to their inventory, the more weapons we'll be able to detect, and the more comprehensive the statistics that fall out of that will be.
