Hawkmoon

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Hawkmoon is a 140 RPM Exotic Hand Cannon, re-issued from Destiny 1 featuring random rolls! The base stats are terrific and it’s hard to argue that any single roll is “bad” per se, but there are certainly some rolls that are more desireable than others from a min/max’ers perspective.

PvP Thoughts#

If you haven’t already, complete the catalyst! Completing it grants you the masterwork: Increased magazine size. Grants increased handling, reload and weapon range based on the number of stacks of Paracausal Charge.

I’m going to be using video reviews from a few folks in choosing which rolls to share.

• Aztecross - Hawkmoon RE-review (Which Perk is the Best? My Opinion) * CammyCakes - Hawkmoon’s FINAL Form | Best Rolls!!! * Drewsky - The Hawkmoon God Roll Isn’t What I Expected * Fallout - DON’T Run This Perk on Hawkmoon! The True GOD ROLL

From Drewsky’s, here are some effective ranges:

| Perks | Range | |—————-|——-| | Corkscrew | 31.2m | | Smallbore | 31.5m | | Hammer-Forged | 31.5m | | Full Bore | 32.5m | | Smallbore + Rangefinder | 34.2m | | Hammer-Forged + Rangefinder | 34.5m | | Hammer-Forged + Killing Wind (Active) | 35m | | Full Bore + Rangefinder | 35.5m (est.) |

PvE Thoughts#

There aren’t any PvE rolls featured below. Watching Hawkmoon w/Paracausal x7 chunk down enemies is truly rewarding (as is hearing CAWWW!). There are no perks or combinations of perks that make a roll more or less effective in PvE beyond whatever personal preference adds consistency for you. There’s an argument to be made that the answer to that question is “Use PvP rolls which are all about adding consistency” 🙃

🌕 Drewsky’s No. 1 Choice (pvp)#

The effect to which Combat Grip straights out recoil will surprise you. Have a look! All around Range and Stability benefits from the combo of Smallbore and Rangefinder make this a terrific roll.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Smallbore
  • Magazines: Alloy Magazine
  • Perks 1: Rangefinder
  • Perks 2: Combat Grip
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Smallbore, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Perks 1: Rangefinder, Opening Shot, Eye of the Storm

🌓 Drewsky’s Alternate Route (pvp)#

Same as the above roll except significanly less Handling. “It’s a half step behind the best roll.”

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Extended Barrel
  • Magazines: Alloy Magazine
  • Perks 1: Rangefinder
  • Perks 2: Heavy Grip
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Perks 1: Rangefinder, Opening Shot, Eye of the Storm

🧁 CammyCakes' Pick (pvp)#

The catalyst does nothing for Stability, so you want as much as you can get. This roll will out-range any 140 RPM Hand Cannon currently in the game.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: Alloy Magazine
  • Perks 1: Eye of the Storm
  • Perks 2: Heavy Grip

💣 Fallout’s Pick (pvp)#

Pretty straightforward set of suggestions here. Avoid Moving Target because you can get the same bonus from just throwing a Hand Cannon AA mod on your helmet.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Smallbore
  • Magazines: Alloy Magazine
  • Perks 1: Rangefinder, Eye of the Storm, Killing Wind, Opening Shot
  • Perks 2: Smooth Grip, Heavy Grip
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Smallbore, Hammer-Forged Rifling, Polygonal Rifling