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SUNSHOT

Exotic / Energy / Hand Cannon

"Can't outrun the sunrise." —Liu Feng

Source: Exotic engrams; extremely rare world drops.

Exotic Perks

Sunburn

Sunburn

This weapon fires explosive rounds and highlights targets that take damage from Sunshot.
Sun Blast

Sun Blast

Targets defeated with Sunshot explode in Solar energy, scorching other nearby targets.

Stats

Impact
80
Range
31
Damage Falloff  
Stability
40
Handling
81
Reload Speed
72
Reload Time  
Aim Assistance
60
Inventory Size
53
Zoom
14
Airborne Effectiveness
27
Recoil
98
Rounds Per Minute 150
Magazine 12
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Targets killed with Sunshot explode in Solar energy.

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Lore

Sunshot

"Can't outrun the sunrise." —Liu Feng

She bowed her head, heat shimmering from her fist. A silent salute to the Hive closing around her, their eyes forming a glowing jade ring.

She was a Sunbreaker. A mercenary from days before the City. Not like the new Lights from the Tower. She was weary. But there was no rest out here, where the City Lights didn't reach. She and her allies were committed to their arduous, solitary task. But they could always use more numbers.

Sometimes, they left trinkets for the City. Meant as challenge and bribe at once—we offer you this. Come find us.

She had forged the Warlock gauntlets herself. Ouros laughed in her face when she told her their name. She wasn't very good at names.

A gun. She would forge a gun, next. It would speak like her Hammer. And burn like fire. The ring of jade eyes closed on her. Liu Feng laughed, her arms open for a fiery embrace.

 
 
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Season 8 Icon
17
(Shadowkeep)
Better than spare rations and one of the best and most consistent hand cannons now.
Capped at 50% dropoff because of explosions making this the longest range exotic hand cannon.
Explosions on kill do 100-110 ish damage in pvp; kills almost every minor and starts massive chains in pve
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
Season 12 Icon
8
(Beyond Light)
One of the best energy handcannons in the game, maybe one of the best weapons in general, especially since sunsetting gutted almost half the game. In PVE, it's good for room clearing in lower level content. In PVP, it's a 150 RPM HC. Enough said.

It may not be as "crispy" as Spare Rations used to be in PVP, but once you get good with it, it basically becomes an energy Spare Rations except it explodes.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
Season 9 Icon
7
How to clear adds:
1. Equip the Sunshot.
2. Shoot the nearest enemy.
3. Pop your favorite emote as you watch the world burn.
In all seriousness, this is one of my favorite exotics, works wonders in pve but still holds its own in pvp as well.
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
Season 12 Icon
7
In PvE, there's not much I can say about Sunshot that hasn't been said already. Good all-rounder, but the ultimate ad-clearer.

In PvP though, people really undersell this thing. Its special explosive shots have a deceptively long effective range, its TTK is much shorter than you'd think for 150RPM, the bullet magnetism is surprisingly forgiving, and the explosive shots mean that you can harass enemies that are camping targets or right behind cover.
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
Season 13 Icon
4
Let me ask you one question.

EXPLOSIONS?

10/10 by itself in pve
12/10 with warmind splodey build
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
Season 20 Icon
4
Gotta be real, I'm biased as hell because of nostalgia since I got this thing by defeating Ghaul back in 2017. I loved it back then... and I definitely still do. It stood the test of time really well.

With Lightfall, it did get a small change that it now causes Solar 3.0's Scorch effect on nearby targets on top of the explosion. If you have a full dedicated ignition and scorch build (e.g Starfire or YAS) you'll let the world burn with this. Like clearing ads but shooting the ground with Trinity Ghoul is too boring for you? This is your exotic.
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
Season 19 Icon
3
You hate red health enemies, snipers and that shit? use this.

You hate guardians and want to use something offmeta? use this.

its good.
3
Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
Season 15 Icon
3
Sunshot + Wrath of Rasputin = warming build with no warming weapon. Add Power of Rasputin to the mix and it becomes a boss destroyer too.
Only drawback of this gun is the recoil but u gotta take the good with the bad considering ur basically shooting the sun at everything
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Reply      Report Posted 3 years ago
Season 13 Icon
3
This is a PvE BEAST! Especially for killing mob waves. You kill one and a chain reaction of dying enemies begin. Combined with warmine cells this is absolute TOP TIER! 5 Stars ++
For PvP there are better options, but it is still in the higher region. Defenitive higher than average! 4 Stars
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Reply      Report Posted 4 years ago
Season 9 Icon
2
I love it in pvp and pve nicely done :)
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
Season 10 Icon
2
This is an amazing pve HC but for pvp there are better choices .
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
Season 11 Icon
2
Sunblast in PvE is amazing. In PvP the explosive projectiles have no damage falloff and definitely help with the TTK.
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
Season 18 Icon
2
Decent pve weapon. Good clear pretty bad dps and good healing if you combine it with dawnblade.

For pvp though.
Absolute beast. It's just very good even without the catalyst (not to speak with the catalyst). I wouldnt consider myself a good pvp player but i played EXTREMLY GOOD for being me. Paired it with a wastelander m5 with opening shot and perpetual motion.
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
Season 21 Icon
2
This gun just makes me smile simple as that. Even if it wasn't very good I would still use it because I play this game for FUN and blowing stuff up and seeing the enemy ragdoll can be very amusing!
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
Season 23 Icon
2
You are my sunshot
My only sunshot
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take
My sunshot away
The other night, dear
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you
In my arms
When I awoke, dear
I was mistaken
So I hung my head and cried
You are my sunshot
My only sunshot
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take
My sunshot away
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Reply      Report Posted 10 months ago
Season 22 Icon
1
PvE Destroyer - one shot and everything charging you is dead.
PvP pretty good - there's better choices but at 150 it outperforms some 140s plus the explosion effect. Then again, I'm a Trust main aka low recoil 180 spammer :P
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Reply      Report Posted a year ago
Season 23 Icon
1
It's yee haw, but the yee haw is also dynamite.
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Reply      Report Posted a year ago
Season 23 Icon
1
My main weapon, love it. Especially for PVE ad clear
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Reply      Report Posted 9 months ago
Season 23 Icon
1
love using this thing in PVE but works wonders in PVP if you wanna use something that isnt meta this works
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Reply      Report Posted 9 months ago
Season 23 Icon
1
This is my ALL TIME FAVOURITE WEAPON!! would recommend in pve and pvp but in pvp there are way better options.
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Reply      Report Posted 9 months ago
Season 22 Icon
1
Was always fun, but the most recent hand cannon buff has made this an absolute MONSTER at add clear. Don't really play PVP so I can't say how it performs in there, but this thing is nutty in PVE.
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Reply      Report Posted a year ago
Season 23 Icon
1
with solar builds this season, sunshot's been super dope to use.
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Reply      Report Posted a year ago
Season 18 Icon
1
Wanna blow up adds? Here ya go.
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Reply      Report Posted 2 years ago
Season 11 Icon
1
This is one of the best PvE primaries in the game. So many explosions, so much fun. Very very very stable and snappy hand cannon that feels like it has built in quick quickdraw due to almost max handling. About half the damage has no range drop off due to being an explosion, which is fantastic in both PvE and PvP. Fast, unique reload animation. This weapon also has a very nice, aesthetically pleasing sight. This weapon will not let you down in any activity.
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Reply      Report Posted 5 years ago
Season 11 Icon
1
11/10 PvP sidearm, low aim assist so if youre one of the guys who uses spare and thinks youre good at aiming, prepare to get pissed when you dont get those magic headshots. :D much like thorn the reticle bounce is weird to get used to but once you do you wont stop using this shit <3 good in pve too but i still prefer riskrunner
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