The Steady Hand

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The Steady Hand (TSH) is a 120 RPM “Aggressive Frame” Kinetic Hand Cannon, re-issued in Year 4 with random rolls. Prior to Season 12 in November 2020, Aggressive Frames were bumped from 110 RPM to 120 RPM as part of a large scale Hand Cannon rework. The general consensus thus far is that TSH is terrific.

PvP Thoughts#

The Steady Hand is probably the most consistent legendary 120 RPM aggressive hand cannon. - Drewsky

• Fallout - S-Tier Legendary Hand Cannon: Steady Hand GOD ROLL

• Drewsky - The Steady Hand God Roll Is the Most Consistent Legendary Hand Cannon

• DFP - THE STEADY HAND IS THE BEST 120 HAND CANNON!

• IFrostBolt - STEADYHAND = Run If You See This Hand Cannon

• The Steady Hand UPDATED Review (The God Rolls)

What I love about these videos (and this set of perks) is that there is not absolute agreement on which roll is the best.

PvE Thoughts#

Iron Banner weapons tend to shine in PvP, so we won’t feature many PvE builds.

Generally in PvE you’re going for as much Range as you can get with sustained damage upkeep. If you liked The Duke Mk. 44 then TSH could be for you.

🔒 Locked On (pvp)#

Moving Target and Iron Gaze are going to bump Target Acquisition immensely. You give up a few meters of damage falloff, and in return significantly increased accuracy.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Steadyhand HCS, Fastdraw HCS
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Moving Target
  • Perks 2: Iron Gaze
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Steadyhand HCS, Fastdraw HCS, Truesight HCS
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell

👹 Demon of Sixes Street (pvp)#

This is primarily a roll for sixes where TSH can shine as a cleanup weapon with a higher chance of chaining kills. Keep in mind that a Resilience of 5 cancels out the Swashbuckler two-tap from full health but in sixes that’s not always what you’re dealing with. If you can pair this with a ranged melee (Swashbuckler x 5) you’llI wouldn’t suggest this roll for Comp or Trials.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Steadyhand HCS, Fastdraw HCS
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Outlaw
  • Perks 2: Swashbuckler
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Steadyhand HCS, Fastdraw HCS, Truesight HCS
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell

🦋 Float Like a Butterfly (pvp)#

If you pair a Quickdraw TSH with a breach-load GL with a Quick Access Sling mod, you have a super powerful combination. Pairing it with Le Monarque has a similar effect: massive damage with an opening shot from your Energy weapon and a single shot from TSH to clean up. With Quickdraw and Snapshot, this Aggressive Frame can feel like a Lightweight.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Fastdraw HCS, Steadyhand HCS
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Quickdraw
  • Perks 2: Snapshot
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Fastdraw HCS, Steadyhand HCS, Truesight HCS
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell

🐴 Workhorse (pvp)#

Many phenomenal perks in column three and column four. As Fallout mentions in his review, you’d be kinda happy to get any of them.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Fastdraw HCS, Steadyhand HCS
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds
  • Perks 1: Killing Wind, Quickdraw, Moving Target
  • Perks 2: Wellspring, Snapshot, Iron Grip
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Fastdraw HCS, Steadyhand HCS, Truesight HCS
  • Magazines: Ricochet Rounds, Flared Magwell

♻️ Rapid Reload (pve)#

Without Outlaw, you’re going to have to rely on Transversives, Marksman’s Dodge, etc. to reload effectively in PvE. Without it, you’re looking at a lot of downtime in situations where there are better alternatives. This is the case with Outlaw-based Duke rolls and people absolutely loved that sooo 🤷‍♂️

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hitmark HCS, Truesight HCS
  • Magazines: High-Caliber Rounds, Armor-Piercing Rounds
  • Perks 1: Outlaw
  • Perks 2: Swashbuckler
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Magazines: High-Caliber Rounds, Armor-Piercing Rounds, Light Mag, Ricochet Rounds