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MALFEASANCE

Exotic / Kinetic / Hand Cannon

"Nothing kills a Guardian faster than another Guardian." —The Drifter

Source: An Exotic quest or challenge.

Exotic Perks

Explosive Shadow

Explosive Shadow

Shoot tainted slugs that burrow into combatants. Stacking enough slugs causes them all to explode, stunning surviving combatants. Strong against [Stagger] Unstoppable Champions.
Taken Predator

Taken Predator

Bonus damage against Taken enemies and Gambit invaders.

Stats

Impact
78
Range
40
Damage Falloff  
Stability
80
Handling
29
Reload Speed
80
Reload Time  
Aim Assistance
50
Inventory Size
57
Zoom
14
Airborne Effectiveness
53
Recoil
98
Rounds Per Minute 180
Magazine 14
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Lore

Malfeasance

"Nothing kills a Guardian faster than another Guardian." —The Drifter

Yes, I wrote you a note. I want you to burn this in your memory. If you're wielding this gun, I've already told you all this and more. But I want you to keep it fresh in mind.

I want you to have this. You may need it. You and I have done a lot together in this system, and I hope and pray we'll get to do a lot more.

It'll be a lot safer with you wearin' one of these. It's the culmination of a lot of things. Long time ago I set out to find a replacement for a weapon called Thorn. This will never be that, but to me, it's better. We built it together.

And all of us, with this in hand? Even the Man with the Golden Gun should have pause.

Maybe we can't out-shoot him. Maybe he can't be out-shot. But if we all take our shot together? We don't have to beat him to it.

He'll die, too.

Remember this. For when the day comes.

—The Drifter

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Season 12 Icon
22
An old favourite of mine. It's just so pretty.
It unfortunately doesn't compete with most other guns in both PvE and PvP, though you are almost guaranteed a kill in the Crucible by landing 5 shots.
Bungo, catalyst please ;-;



also i once photoshopped boobs on this gun and called it "Milfeasance". not my proudest joke.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
Season 17 Icon
3
Guess whaaaaaaaaat?!!? It happened, we got a catalyst in the database
3
Reply      Report Posted 3 years ago
Season 18 Icon
-3
doesn’t necessarily mean anything. catalysts have been “added” to the api before that didn’t translate to actual catalysts released in game
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
Season 21 Icon
3
this aged very very well lol
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
Season 23 Icon
0
How do you feel about the catalyst now?
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Reply      Report Posted a year ago
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10
I recently unlocked this beautiful handcannon yesterday. After using Last Word and Ace before getting this weapon, I must say that this HC is extremely fun to use. But what I like most about it is the look of the weapon and the small details. If you fire this weapon from the hip and look at your gaurdians left hand, you will notice that the weapon trembles in your hand when the recoil settles, just adding to how evil this weapon is themed to be. I love it.
10
Reply      Report Posted 6 years ago
Season 16 Icon
8
Significantly buffed in Witch Queen. While all exotic primaries shred red bars, this can also shred orange bars and even champs with the explosions. Also worth noting that it has effectively zero recoil- while the gun visibly recoils, continually firing will put the bullet at the same spot each time.
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Reply      Report Posted 3 years ago
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4
Hand cannons are getting a 20% buff vs red and orange bar enemies in a mid season update this season. This shit gonna slap harder than it does already.
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
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3
If this gun was being ranked solely on design and aesthetics, it would get ten stars. Absolutely gorgeous design, with some dang cool ornaments.
In PvE, the synergy between its ammo count and exotic perk does make up for the otherwise lackluster performance. If you can land all twenty shots, the slug damage does give a healthy boost to the whole thing. It's also really steady, so accuracy shouldn't be too much of a concern. In PvP, it's still not bad, since five shots earn you a guaranteed kill, but it doesn't shoot super fast, so can easily get outgunned by other weapons. What this gun really needs is a catalyst; maybe a boost to slug damage, or a poison factor with the first slug fired.
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Reply      Report Posted 3 years ago
Season 21 Icon
3
Loved Malfeasance ever since I got it. 180's probably will never be meta, but that doesn't matter.
Catalyst gives it an amazing range buff. Well worth it.
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
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3
My favorite HC in the entire game. Holds a special place in my heart, since it was the first exotic weapon quest I ever completed. There’s also a possibility that the catalyst comes with Beyond Light, and oh baby, it’ll be amazing then.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
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2
Recoil? Never heard of it before.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
Season 9 Icon
2
Shaxx: WHAT! A GAMBIT WEAPON ID USE FOR BOTH MODES? INSAINTY.
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
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2
Play gambit matches until you get the Chimera primevil (giant taken eyeball), kill it, get the quest, complete it, claim it.
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Reply      Report Posted 6 years ago
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Great weapon shines in gambit, but in pvp it is still good but its just a amazing rolled trust, in pve you can melt yellow bars and taken
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Reply      Report Posted 6 years ago
Season 21 Icon
2
This thing paired with Lucky Pants deals more damage than most heavy weapons in that 6 second window. To top that off, this baby just got a catalyst that gives it Vorpal Weapon of all things and a range increase. All these things with a teammate running Witherhoard makes this primary an absolute demon for all major enemies. Even in GMs you will likely baffle your teammates and make them question how you deal 1/3 of an Unstoppable Champion's health bar with one shot.

Oh yeah, and use this thing against raid bosses. I dare you.
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
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parfaite super en pvp et en pve mercu bungie
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
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2
Bungie please buff, it's the most mediocre gun and it's heart-wrenching for the amount of effort put into its obtainment. I want to love it so bad.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
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1
So this beauty got a buff with the hand cannon changes in Beyond Light and well, I love it a lot. A lot a lot.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
Season 14 Icon
1
A fun, if very strange, weapon. Malfeasance is obviously very good in any situation where you're fighting Taken - most of the Dreaming City content, certain parts of the EDZ, Gambit - but outside of it, things start to get tricky. This weapon feels more like a magnum-caliber sidearm than a hand cannon with its big magazine and fast fire rate but lower damage that's compensated for by its supercombine explosions. If you can get used to that, it's okay on non-Taken things... I guess.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
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1
For PvP the strengths are it's larger magazine and stability. The gun itself however feels weird as it is harder to hit headshots than other hand cannons. The perk and other reviews suggest to just hit your opponent 5 times and you win but most of the times you lose to others having a gun with better TTK than you. At best I would consider it a OK hand cannon and wish I could give it a 2.5 and not a 3.
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
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Feels great in pve. Which is interesting considering its a handcannon. Good ammo, good fire-rate, great damage... If you have lucky pants this thing out dps-es supers and heavies. I've seen it crit for 60k+ a shot without optimal conditions. Use an energy slot weapon for trash and pull this thing out on stronger mobs and watch them die in 1 second. Less great without lucky pants but still considerable.

If you somehow enjoyed the quest to obtain it then I fear you.
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
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1
It's pretty good in PvE, although it's still hard to justify using exotic primaries in endgame content - the DPS is pretty nicely and it performs well with Unstoppable Hand Cannon. In PvE, I don't know if i just had bad luck but it performed astonishingly bad. Range dropoff is awful, aim assist is terrible - it does not feel good to use and it's fairly hard to use unless your enemies forget how to shoot. You will almost never make use of the 5 shot burst. It desperately needs a buff to aim assist, perhaps a little buff to range - even only 10 points would be nice. I imagine a catalyst would be nice, not sure what it would do - perhaps a buff to some stats, or maybe it would allow the explosion to happen earlier with crits. Anything would be nice.
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Reply      Report Posted 3 years ago
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The extra Taken damage and explosions on five hits are pretty handy in Gambit or general PvE. But in PvP it's a solid substitute for Luna's Howl, especially if you're never going to get one of those. 20 more points of stability and four more rounds than Luna makes it one of the best HC's you can get outside of the Crucible.
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Reply      Report Posted 6 years ago
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The gun is absolutely great at melting mobs as a primary. The Recoil control is great, so rapidly firing this is a dream. There are very few guns that outshine it. In Gambit, it is a God send. Being able to melt blockers like butter, and 3 shot invaders with precision. The range dropoff is STEEP. A huge dip. Hitting for 8700 on short to mid range, but as soon as it starts, a steep dip to 5500. I pair this with a scout rifle, or sniper rifle.
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Reply      Report Posted 6 years ago
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Good hand cannon for pve, tho hand cannons aren't the best suited for that gamemode. Amazing for pvp!, it's super stable and has great magazine size.
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
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Dream In Pve coming as somebody Uses bows as primary kinetic for Pve kind of like having a hand cannon with stacking timed payload I like it. However in Pvp it is good but outclassed by thorn by a mile.
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
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This thing fuckin slaps. 5 shots for a guaranteed kill in crucible at any range, shreds through yellow bars and taken. It is a 180, though, so that normal TTK is bad in crucible.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
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Love this gun in all the gamemodes (PvE, PvP, and Gambit). It handles good. very stable, good mag size, burst damage, and insta-kill 5 shot in PvP. With at least 2 of these no super would survive.
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