The Mountaintop

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The Mountaintop
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Production overview

Rarity class:

Legendary

Weapon type:

Grenade Launcher

Required level:

50

Min-max stability:

31

Min-max handling:

72

Min-max magazine:

1

Specifications

Feed system:

Tube

Ammunition type:

Special (kinetic)

Fire mode:

Breach-loaded, tube-fed

Rate of fire:

90 RPM

Damage:

Kinetic

Effective range:

Service history

Affiliation:

Crucible

 

"In the heat of battle, Guardian, you will know the right choice to make."
— Lord Shaxx

The Mountaintop is a Legendary Grenade Launcher acquired from the Crucible pinnacle Quest of the same name given in Season 5 of Destiny 2. It is the second Kinetic grenade launcher in the game after The Militia's Birthright, and has effectively zero range drop-off with shells experiencing virtually entirely linear travel, technically making it the most accurate grenade launcher in the game. It was later re-issued in Into the Light

Perks[edit]

  • Lightweight Frame: Superb handling. Move faster with this weapon equipped.
  • Selectable Perk 1:
    • Hard Launch: This weapon's launch barrel is optimized for projectile speed. Greatly increases projectile speed. Decreases stability. Slightly decreases blast radius.
    • Volatile Launch: This weapon is optimized for an especially explosive payload. Greatly increases blast radius. Slightly decreases handling speed. Slightly decreases. projectile speed.
  • Selectable Perk 2:
    • Spike Grenades: Grenades fired from this weapon do increased damage on direct hits. Increases stability.
    • Sticky Grenades: Grenades fired from this weapon attach on impact and detonate when enemies are in proximity.
  • Rangefinder: Aiming this weapon increases its effective range and zoom magnification. Increased projectile velocity while aiming Rocket Launchers and Grenade Launchers.
  • Micro-Missile:This weapon fires in a straight line and has a massively increased projectile speed.

Lore[edit]

[Fireteam leaders: Do not advance on the Wall. Fall back to the Ridgeback District.]

Shaxx freezes with a Vandal's windpipe in his fist. He waits for Saladin to justify the strategy.

[I repeat: All teams rally at the Ridgeback District. Do NOT advance. The City is lost.]

Shaxx drops the Vandal, then empties the rest of his clip into a Captain. He and his fireteam are running on fumes. The dead, Fallen and Guardian alike, litter the Twilight Gap.

[Shaxx! Do you copy?]

He risks a look over his shoulder at their home, the place they call the Last Safe City. Not burning. Not yet. Gritting his teeth, he reloads.

[Shaxx, your orders are to retreat.]

He sees a gap in the onslaught of invaders and gestures to the others. "Nkechi! Take Abdi and Truce. Liu Feng, with me! Bray! Cover us!"

[This battlefield is not your stage, Shaxx! This is not about glory!]

His fireteam doesn't hesitate.

[Shaxx! For the final time: Fall! Back!]

As the six of them crest the Wall, Shaxx cuts the feed.

Trivia[edit]

  • The Mountaintop saw extensive usage in PvE commonly coupled with The Recluse, the duo becoming one of the most popular combinations for endgame activities. Rather ironically, both weapons were originally only obtainable through the Crucible.

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