12 Best Bows In Destiny 2 [3000+ Hours Experience]

Bows were first introduced to Destiny 2 in Year 2 of Destiny 2 when the Forsaken expansion was launched. They quickly gained popularity among the community because of their long-range usability, allowing me to clear enemies, especially majors, and champions, from a long distance without putting myself at risk.

Destiny 2 Best Bows Summary

1. Arsenic Bite-4B

Don’t get deceived by the looks of Arsenic Bite-4B because this legendary arc energy bow comes with a lightweight frame archetype. Therefore, it can be used to draw and shoot arrows at a faster rate.

In my experience, it can roll with very few good perks like Snapshot, Explosive Head, and Archers Tempo. The combination of these perks makes it a very useful weapon in both PvP and PvE content. You can acquire it from any activity currently available in Destiny 2 because Arsenic Bite-4B is part of the world drop loot pool.

2. Lunulata-4B

Lunulata-4B is a legendary stasis energy bow. It is also a lightweight frame weapon, thus giving you +10 mobility when the weapon is equipped.

If you ask me, this bow has some unique perks available in its perk pool, such as Golden Tricorn and Headstone, which are incredible perks when used with a grenade-focused stasis build. Lunulata-4B can be acquired from any currently playable source in Destiny 2 since it is part of the world drop loot pool.

3. Accrued Redemption

Accrued Redemption, is a kinetic slot bow and is mostly optimized for long-range engagements. It also drops with perks like Archers Tempo and Explosive Head making it a top-tier bow.

You can acquire Accrued Redemption from the first encounter of the Garden of Salvation raid. I highly recommend you aim for the Archer’s Tempo and Explosive Head perk combination.

4. Tyranny Of Heaven

This simple and elegant-looking bow, Tyranny of Heaven, is a legendary solar bow with a lightweight frame. It has several perks available that reduce draw time and increase its damage, which is great in my opinion. Tyranny of Heaven can be acquired from the Last Wish raid. In particular, it drops from the Vault encounter of the Last Wish raid.

5. Whistler’s Whim

Only acquirable through Trials of Osiris, the competitive PvP endgame activity, Whistler’s Whim really makes the whole effort worth it because of how good it performs, speaking as a subpar PVP player.

This bow can only be acquired by playing Trials of Osiris, which arrives every week on Friday’s daily reset. You can either complete the weekly bounty for a chance to obtain it or go for the five, seven, and flawless reward. If you go flawless, you will be rewarded with the Adept version of Whistlers Whim, which has improved stats and more perk options available at its disposal.

6. Point Of The Stag

Point of the Stag is one of the best bows, among all the other arc bows currently in the game. With games like Archers Tempo and Vorpal Weapon, it becomes an S-Tier bow.

If you keep hitting precision shots, Vorpal Weapon will increase the damage of each arrow you fire. It will also allow you to do more damage on enemy guardians while their super is active.

Point of the Stag can be acquired from the Monument of Lost Light located in the tower near the vaults.

7. Leviathan’s Breath

Currently, the only heavy exotic bow in the game is Leviathan’s Breath. However, despite it being a heavy weapon, it is certainly not a good weapon and will only waste your exotic and heavy slot at the same time.

Therefore, I recommend trying other bows on this best bows Destiny 2 list that you can use for PvP and PvE activities. You can acquire Leviathan’s Breath from the Monument of Lost Light in the tower, which is located between the vaults.

8. Verglas Curve

This shiny stasis energy exotic bow is Verglas Curve. It comes with the exotic perk Hail Barrage that will grant you Stasis arrows when you land a precision shot. If hip-fired, the shots fired are all released in an instant. The other perk on Verglas Curve is Hail Storm, which allows you to freeze targets and create stasis crystals. It can be obtained from the Monument of Lost Light in the Tower.

9. Wish-Ender

This sleek-looking bow is Wish-Ender. Its exotic perk Queen’s Wrath, allows us to see enemy combatants through walls when aiming down sights. It also has an Anti-Barrier champion mod that you can use in Nightfalls.

Initially, it used to be obtained by completing a long exotic quest. However, similar to most old exotics, now you can simply acquire Wish-Ender by visiting the Monument of Lost Light located in the Tower.

10. Ticcu’s Divination

This might be one of the coolest exotic bows Bungie has released so far. Ticcu’s Divination allows us great usability with solar builds, and it is strong against Overload Champions, too.

Its exotic perk, Sacred Flame, fires multiple arrows that track enemies when hip-fired. Furthermore, targets marked by these projectiles will explode upon death.

Ticcu’s Divination can be acquired from the Monument of Lost Light in the tower, which is located near the vault. Its catalyst will drop from Vanguard and Seasonal activities.

11. Trinity Ghoul

With the introduction of Arc 3.0, Trinity Ghoul quickly rose up the ranks of exotic weapons. It is best known for its ad-clear capabilities and chain-lightening effects.

All of the credit goes to its perks, Lightning Rod and Split Electron. Furthermore, acquiring the catalyst makes it an even better weapon because the Lightning Rod perk can activate with any type of arc damage. You can acquire this bow from the Monument of Lost Light located in the tower near the vaults. The catalyst for Trinity Ghoul will drop in the Vanguard playlist from activities like Vanguard Ops and Nightfalls.

12. Le Monarque

A void exotic bow with plenty of potential to be used with any build, Le Monarque really tops the charts for me. It has been a top choice of players for all endgame activities, such as Grandmaster Nightfalls and Master raids.

You can acquire it by visiting the Monument of Lost Light in the tower, which is located between the vaults. I highly recommend you make it your top priority to acquire this bow since this is one of the best bows for all your PvP and PvE encounters.

Alternative Picks

Here are the other bows which we did not include in the guide and their reasons.

• Biting Winds: It has brilliant perks but hitting headshots is necessary for competitive use.
• Holless-IV: It’s impact is good but handling is poor, and low reload speed.
• Raconteur: You can heal your allies but it has high recoil and slow reload speed.

Criteria

I have created this list of the best bows (Steam Name: LIONT4MER) with my in-depth knowledge of the Destiny franchise over six years. Furthermore, I have been a consistent player of Destiny since the launch of the franchise when Destiny 1 was released on old-generation consoles.

Therefore, with over 3000+ in Destiny 2 and numerous raid completions that can be viewed on the Raid Report website, I can ensure you this list is reliable and trustworthy.

I have also reviewed the latest expansion, Lightfall, which has added numerous amount of activities and weapons. Furthermore, the Destiny 2 community has also been blessed with the all-new Strand subclass and some new exotic gear. You can view a list of exotic gear that was added with the Lightfall expansion.

That is the end of my best bows list. Bows have been the choice of weapon for most endgame activities because they allow me to take down enemies at a long range. Although the list is short, the bows I mentioned above stood out the most from all the bows in Destiny 2.</p>

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