Destiny 2 TTK Chart: PvP Time-to-kill values per weapon

Short for Time-to-kill, TTK dictates how fast a weapon can kill an enemy. Combining burst damage and time between bullets, TTK is the best indicator of a weapon’s lethality in PvP.

For the sake of clarity, TTKs in Destiny 2 are calculated per archetype and not per weapon. For example, all adaptive hand cannons deal the same damage per bullet at the same rate of fire and therefore have the same time-to-kill. They are differentiated by aesthetics, stats, and perks.

In this post, we will keep things simple and focus on the TTK values of all primary weapon archetypes in the game.

Destiny 2 TTK Spreadsheet

Just as the Destiny 2 Meta, TTK values can dramatically change from season to season. The data below is up to date with Season of the Haunted:

Updated as of Season of Defiance (S20).

-	Weapon Type	Archetype	Optimal TTK	Optimal Kill	Body Shot TTK	Specs	---	Best in Class
	Auto Rifle	Adaptive 600 RPM	0.80	8 crit 1 body	1.30	High handling, decent elsewhere		Gnawing Hunger
	Auto Rifle	High Impact 360 RPM	0.83	5 crit 1 body	1.33	Excellent range, low handling and stability		Age-Old Bond
	Auto Rifle	Rapid Fire 720 RPM	0.77	9 crit 1 body	1.17	High aim assist, very low range		Chroma Rush
	Auto Rifle	Precision 450 RPM	0.80	5 crit 2 body	1.20	High range, low aim assist		Ammit AR2
	Auto Rifle	Exotic	0.77	9 crit 1 body	1.17	-		Quicksilver Storm
	Auto Rifle	Exotic	0.77	5 crit 1 body	1.23	-		Vex Mythoclast
	Auto Rifle	Exotic	0.67	8 crit 1 body	1.10	-		SUROS Regime
	Auto Rifle	Exotic	0.60	7 crit 3 body	0.80	-		Sweet Business
	Auto Rifle	Exotic	1.00	6 crit 1 body	1.67	-		Cerberus+1
	Hand Cannon	Adaptive 140 RPM	0.87	3 crit	1.73	Good stability, decent range		Austringer
	Hand Cannon	Aggressive 120 RPM	1.00	2 crit 1 body	1.50	High range, low stability and handling		Igneous Hammer
	Hand Cannon	Precision 180 RPM	1.00	2 crit 2 body	1.33	High stability, poor handling		Frontier's Cry
	Hand Cannon	Exotic	1.00	3 crit 1 body	1.33	-		Malfeasance
	Hand Cannon	Exotic	1.00	2 crit 1 body	1.50	-		Sturm
	Hand Cannon	Exotic	0.87	3 crit	1.73	-		Thorn
	Hand Cannon	Exotic	0.80	3 crit	1.60	-		Sunshot
	Hand Cannon	Exotic	0.53	3 crit	1.33	-		The Last Word
	Hand Cannon	Exotic	0.87	6 crit 1 body	1.43	-		Crimson
	Hand Cannon	Exotic	0.67	1 crit 1 body	1.33	-		Eriana's Vow
	Pulse Rifle	Adaptive 390 RPM	0.93	5 crit 2 body	1.47	High handling, decent range		The Third Axiom
	Pulse Rifle	Lightweight 450 RPM	0.87	7 crit 1 body	1.33	Excellent handling, low range		BxR-55 Battler
	Pulse Rifle	Rapid Fire 540 RPM	0.80	7 crit 2 body	1.40	High aim assist, low range		Piece of Mind
	Pulse Rifle	High-Impact 340 RPM	0.67	5 crit 1 body	1.20	High range, low aim assist		The Messenger
	Pulse Rifle	Aggressive 450 RPM	0.73	7 crit 1 body	1.60	Excellent range, low aim assist		Insidious
	Pulse Rifle	Exotic	0.77	7 crit 1 body	1.72	4-Burst mode		Revision Zero
	Pulse Rifle	Exotic	0.7	8 crit	1.20	-		Vigilance Wing
	Pulse Rifle	Exotic	0.87	7 crit 1 body	1.33	-		Bad Juju
	Pulse Rifle	Exotic	0.87	7 crit 1 body	1.33	-		Outbreak Perfected
	Pulse Rifle	Exotic	1.00	4 crit 2 body	1.87	-		Graviton Lance
	Scout Rifle	High-Impact 150 RPM	0.80	3 crit	1.60	Excellent range, low aim assist		The Scholar
	Scout Rifle	Lightweight 200 RPM	0.90	3 crit 1 body	1.80	Excellent aim assist & handling, low range		Night Watch
	Scout Rifle	Precision 180 RPM	1.00	2 crit 2 body	1.67	High stability, decent elsewhere		Vision of Confluence
	Scout Rifle	Rapid Fire 260 RPM	0.93	3 crit 2 body	1.40	High stability, very low range		Aisha's Embrace
	Scout Rifle	Aggressive 120 RPM	1.00	2 crit 1 body	1.50	High range, low aim assist		Long Arm
	Scout Rifle	Exotic	0.93	3 crit 2 body	1.40	Last round drains ~10 health per shot		Touch of Malice
	Scout Rifle	Exotic	1.00	2 crit 1 body	1.50	-		Dead Man's Tale
	Scout Rifle	Exotic	0.93	3 crit 2 body	1.40	-		Symmetry
	Scout Rifle	Exotic	0.80	3 crit	1.60	-		Skyburner's Oath
	Sidearm	Lightweight 360 RPM	0.67	3 crit 2 body	1.00	High handling, very low range		Redback-5si
	Sidearm	Adaptive 300 RPM	0.60	4 crit	1.00	High aim assist, decent elsewhere		Drang (Baroque)
	Sidearm	Aggressive Burst 325 RPM	0.73	3 crit 2 body	1.10	High aim assist, low stability & handling		Forgiveness
	Sidearm	SUROS Rapid-Fire 450 RPM	0.67	5 crit 1 body	0.93	Good recoil, very low range & aim assist		The Fool's Remedy
	Sidearm	Precision 260 RPM	0.70	2 crit 2 body	0.93	Excellent aim assist, low stability & handling		A Swift Verdict
	Sidearm	Omolon Adaptive 491 RPM	0.73	5 crit 2 body	1.10	High stability, decent elsewhere		The Vision
	Sidearm	Exotic	0.50	6 crit	1.10	-		Trespasser
	Sidearm	Exotic	0.60	4 crit	1.00	-		Devil's Ruin
	Sidearm	Exotic	0.60	3 crit	1.50	-		Forerunner
	SMG	Adaptive 900 RPM	0.73	11 crit 1 body	1.13	High stability & range, poor recoil		The Hero's Burden
	SMG	Precision 600 RPM	0.80	6 crit 3 body	1.10	Excellent range & aim assist, low handling		Shayura's Wrath
	SMG	Aggressive 750 RPM	0.67	9 crit	1.00	High range, low aim assist		The Immortal
	SMG	Lightweight 900 RPM	0.67	11 crit	1.13	High aim assist and handling, low range		Funnelweb
	SMG	Exotic	0.73	9 crit 3 body	0.93	-		Riskrunner
	SMG	Exotic	0.80	7 crit 1 body	1.10	-		Osteo Striga
	SMG	Exotic	0.67	9 crit	1.00	-		The Huckleberry
	SMG	Exotic	0.67	9 crit	1.00	-		Tarrabah
	Trace Rifles	Adaptive 1000 RPM	0.73	9 crit 3 body	0.93	High handling, decent elsewhere		Hollow Denial
	Machine Gun	High-Impact 360 RPM	0.50	4 crit	0.83	High range, low aim assist		Fixed Odds
	Machine Gun	Adaptive 450 RPM	0.53	4 crit 1 body	0.80	High stability & range		Commemoration
	Machine Gun	Rapid Fire 900 RPM	0.47	8 crit	0.67	High aim assist, low range		Recurrent Impact
	Machine Gun	Exotic	0.50	2 body	0.50	-		Xenophage
	Machine Gun	Exotic	0.33	5 crit 1 body	0.40	-		Heir Apparent
	Machine Gun	Exotic	0.53	4 crit 1 body	0.80	-		Thunderlord

A big thank you to Mercules for helping us put together this post. Mercules is a Gameplay Specialist at Bungie and creator of the extremely useful Destiny Massive Breakdowns TTK comparison tool.

Always keep these in mind when reading these TTK values:

1. All Times-to-Kill are calculated using a player HP of 192, roughly equivalent to Tier 6 Resilience.
2.  Auto rifles, submachine guns, and pulse rifles may sometimes take one or two extra shots to kill someone, depending on rounding errors in the displayed numbers.
3. Times-to-kills are listed with optimal damage (maximum damage at close range) and damage falloff will dramatically affect the listed numbers (SMGs and sidearms in particular).

Destiny 2 fastest TTK weapons

Here you can see the different TTK values in seconds for primary weapons from best to worst:

TTK Calculator

99% of your needs should be covered with the TTK table above, but if you want to dive deeper into a specific weapon and/or situation, you can use this TTK Comparison Tool.

That tool is the closest you’ll find to a Destiny 2 TTK Calculator and it allows you to set:

•  Player Crit Accuracy (in %)
• Opponent Resiliency Tier (from 1 to 10)
• Opponent HP (hit points)

To use it, you’ll need to create a copy of the Google sheet for yourself.

TTK Formulas

There’s absolutely no reason why you’d want to do this yourself as Mercules already does it for you, but if you ever wanted to calculate TTK values yourself, these are the formulas you can use.

• Constant Rate of Fire weapons: (Shots to kill – 1) * (60sec /Game Rate of Fire)
• Burst Rate of Fire weapons: [Frames to kill – Frames per Bullet – Frames between Burst – Frames between Bullets – (Uneven Burst Frames to Kill * Uneven Burst Frame Correction)]

Again, there’s no reason why you’d want to put yourself through using these formulas, but these work for Destiny 2 and for any other modern FPS for that matter.

Best TTK Exotics

The TTK for most Exotic primary weapons is covered in the chart above as most Exotics share the same base damage profile as their Legendary counterparts. That said, some Exotics can have significantly lower TTK figures, which is why we also cover the most requested Exotics below:

No Time to Explain TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.67 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 1.20 seconds

Tarrabah TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.67 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 1.0 seconds

Huckleberry TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.67 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 1.0 seconds

Coldheart TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.67 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 0.93 seconds

Vigilance Wing TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.7 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 1.20 seconds

Dead Man’s Tale TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.8 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 1.63 seconds

Ace of Spades TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.87 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 1.30 seconds

Crimson TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.87 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 1.43 second

Graviton Lance TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 1.0 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 1.87 seconds

And finally, while not technically an Exotic, the Messenger Pulser rifle has one of the best perks in the entire game:

Desperado TTK:

• Optimal TTK: 0.47 seconds
• Body Shot TTK: 0.8 seconds

TTK and ease of use

It would be a mistake to look solely at TTK values. Equally important is a weapon’s ease of use.

The game’s meta itself is determined by both TTK (lethality) and ease of use (forgiveness). A good combination of both is what defines the best PVP weapons in Destiny 2.

What does Meta even mean? Meta refers to the most used weapons for a particular activity. Generally, these weapons are the most used because they are the most powerful/efficient.

Three scenarios come to mind:

1. A weapon with a fast TTK and easy to use will instantly become meta and will be used by many: 600 RPM Auto rifles are the perfect example right now.
2. A weapon with a fast TTK but low ease of use (i.e, offering little forgiveness) might only work in the hands of a skilled player: Redrix’s Broadsword comes to mind.
3. A weapon with a slow TTK and low ease of use will barely see any: Precision frame Scout rifles are the perfect example.

But what exactly does “ease of use mean”? As Mercules puts it:

Ease of use is a combination of a weapon’s optimal crit percentage and its numerical stats such as stability, range, aim assist, zoom, etc.

In conclusion, you want to take into account TTK values, crit percentages, and overall stats, and chose a weapon according to your playstyle.

What about Special and Heavy weapons’ TTKs?

Mercules’ original Google sheet includes data and TTK values for every weapon in the game, including Special and Heavy ammo weapons and Exotics.

However, the vast majority of Special and Heavy weapons used in PVP can one-shot kill any guardian. That’s why shotguns and sniper rifles are so widely used.

For that reason, we prefer to keep those types of weapons out of this review.

The Last Word

Seasoned PVP players have a good understanding of the current PVP meta, and by extension, TTK values. However, if all of this is new to you, this is how you can use these values to your advantage.

You should always use the weapons you like the most and/or have the most fun with.

That said, the lower the TTK of a weapon archetype, the more lethal it can be. If you’re looking for a competitive advantage, these figures should point you to the most effective weapons out there.

Latest changes

Things change fast in Destiny 2, especially when it comes to the game’s sandbox (and hence Meta, DPS, and TTK values). One can expect major sandbox changes once per season.

Changes introduced this season:

• New Exotic archetypes were introduced, some of them featuring brand-new damage archetypes.
• Some weapons types received buffs or nerfs. You can read more about those changes here.