Destiny 2 Incandescent: Weapons and Perk guide

Incandescent is one of the strongest Weapon Perks in Destiny 2 today. It can elevate Solar subclasses to new heights, and Incandescent can easily clear entire rooms.

This guide covers the weapons that can roll with Incandescent, what the perk does, and how to build around it to make it even more powerful. 

Updated as of Episode 1: Echoes.

Incandescent weapons in Destiny 2

Incandescent can only roll on a few select Solar weapons:

Art	Name	Type	Ammo	Element	Source	Top Perk?
	Aberrant Action	Sidearm	Special	Solar	Echoes Activities	Incandescent
	Abyss Defiant	Auto Rifle	Primary	Solar	Crota's End Raid	Incandescent,Sword Logic,Reconstruction
	Acasia's Dejection	Trace Rifle	Special	Solar	Root of Nightmares Raid	Incandescent,Reconstruction
	Ammit AR2	Auto Rifle	Primary	Solar	Gunsmith	Incandescent
	Apex Predator	Rocket Launcher	Heavy	Solar	Last Wish Raid	Incandescent,Explosive Light,Reconstruction,Bait and Switch
	Axial Lacuna	Fusion Rifle	Special	Solar	The Pale Heart	Incandescent
	Briar's Contempt	Linear Fusion Rifle	Heavy	Solar	Root of Nightmares Raid	Incandescent,Reconstruction
	CALUS Mini-Tool	Submachine Gun	Primary	Solar	Presage	Incandescent
	Compass Rose	Shotgun	Special	Solar	Event: Solstice	Incandescent
	False Idols	Sword	Heavy	Solar	The Pale Heart	Incandescent,Bait and Switch
	Greasy Luck	Glaive	Special	Solar	Ghost of the Deep Dungeon	Incandescent
	Heliocentric QSc	Sidearm	Primary	Solar	Lost Sector	Incandescent
	Hush	Combat Bow	Primary	Solar	Playlist: Gambit	Incandescent
	Igneous Hammer	Hand Cannon	Primary	Solar	Trials of Osiris	Incandescent
	Jorum's Claw	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Solar	Iron Banner	Incandescent
	Luna's Howl	Hand Cannon	Primary	Solar	Onslaught Activity	Incandescent
	Martyr's Retribution	Grenade Launcher	Special	Solar	Dawn Engrams	Incandescent
	Mindbender's Ambition	Shotgun	Special	Solar	Nightfall: The Ordeals	Incandescent
	No Hesitation	Auto Rifle	Primary	Solar	The Pale Heart	Incandescent
	No Survivors	Submachine Gun	Primary	Solar	Ghost of the Deep Dungeon	Incandescent
	Nullify	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Solar	Salvation's Edge Raid	Incandescent,Chaos Reshaped
	Pre Astyanax IV	Combat Bow	Primary	Solar	Nightfall: The Ordeals	Incandescent
	Speleologist	Machine Gun	Heavy	Solar	Echoes Activities	Incandescent
	The Summoner	Auto Rifle	Primary	Solar	Trials of Osiris	Incandescent
	Timeworn Wayfarer	Scout Rifle	Primary	Solar	Echoes Activities	Incandescent
	Trust	Hand Cannon	Primary	Solar	Playlist: Gambit	Incandescent
	Trustee	Scout Rifle	Primary	Solar	Deep Stone Crypt Raid	Incandescent,Reconstruction
	Wild Style	Grenade Launcher	Special	Solar	Nightfall: The Ordeals	Incandescent,Bait and Switch
	Zaouli’s Bane	Hand Cannon	Primary	Solar	King's Fall Raid	Incandescent
	Abide the Return	Sword	Heavy	Solar	Shattered Throne Dungeon	Incandescent
	Adhortative	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Solar	Undying	Incandescent
	Avalanche	Machine Gun	Heavy	Solar	Event: Dawning	Incandescent
	Beloved	Sniper Rifle	Special	Solar	Presage	Incandescent
	Bug-Out Bag	Submachine Gun	Primary	Solar	Fishing	Incandescent
	BxR-55 Battler	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Solar	Dares of Eternity	Incandescent
	Caretaker	Sword	Heavy	Solar	Avalon	Incandescent
	Coronach-22	Auto Rifle	Primary	Solar	Lost Sector	Incandescent
	Darkest Before	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Solar	Prophecy Dungeon	Incandescent
	Drang (Baroque)	Sidearm	Primary	Solar	Presage	Incandescent
	Fixed Odds	Machine Gun	Heavy	Solar	Duality Dungeon	Incandescent
	IKELOS_SG_v1.0.3	Shotgun	Special	Solar	Operation: Seraph's Shield	Incandescent
	IKELOS_SR_v1.0.3	Sniper Rifle	Special	Solar	Operation: Seraph's Shield	Incandescent
	Judgment of Kelgorath	Glaive	Special	Solar	Operation: Seraph's Shield	Incandescent
	Jurassic Green	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Solar	Event: Festival of the Lost	Incandescent
	Just in Case	Sword	Heavy	Solar	Fishing	Incandescent
	Last Foray	Sniper Rifle	Special	Solar	Lost Sector	Incandescent
	Luna Regolith III	Sniper Rifle	Special	Solar	Playlist: Vanguard	Incandescent
	Marsilion-C	Grenade Launcher	Heavy	Solar	Lost Sector	Incandescent,Explosive Light
	Retraced Path	Trace Rifle	Special	Solar	Dares of Eternity	Incandescent
	Roar of the Bear	Rocket Launcher	Heavy	Solar	Iron Banner	Incandescent
	Royal Executioner	Fusion Rifle	Special	Solar	Avalon	Incandescent
	Staccato-46	Scout Rifle	Primary	Solar	Gunsmith	Incandescent
	Strident Whistle	Combat Bow	Primary	Solar	Vanguard Focusing	Incandescent
	The Domino	Sniper Rifle	Special	Solar	World loot pool	Incandescent
	Throne-Cleaver	Sword	Heavy	Solar	Engram Focusing	Incandescent
	Twilight Oath	Sniper Rifle	Special	Solar	Shattered Throne Dungeon	Incandescent
	Tyranny of Heaven	Combat Bow	Primary	Solar	Last Wish Raid	Incandescent
	Unwavering Duty	Machine Gun	Heavy	Solar	Trials of Osiris	Incandescent
	Uzume RR4	Sniper Rifle	Special	Solar	Nightfall: The Ordeals	Incandescent
	Without Remorse	Shotgun	Special	Solar	Presage	Incandescent

Incandescent weapons in Destiny 2, a few examples

This list effectively covers all the weapons that can currently apply scorch to a target as of Season of Plunder (S18).

Incandescent and Enhanced Incandescent: Facts & Figures

The perk description of Incandescent does a pretty good job of explaining the basics of it:

Defeating a target spreads scorch to those nearby. More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.

-	Weapon Perk	PvE Damage increase	PvP Damage increase	Duration	Activation | Effects	Type	Weapons	Released
	Incandescent	30 scorch		-	Kills apply scorch to nearby enemies. Killing Powerful enemies and Players increases the range to 8 meters.	Specific	Various	Season 17

• Kills apply 30 Scorch to enemies within a few meters.
• Ember of Ashes increases this to 40 Scorch.
• Killing Powerful Combatants and Players increases the range to 8 meters.

The enhanced version of the perk does the following:

• PVE: Scorch stacks increased to 40 and to 85 with Ember of Ashes equipped
• PVP: Scorch stacks stay at 30 and are increased to 45 with Ember of Ashes equipped

These precise figures come from always excellent Light.gg.

But what is Scorch in Destiny 2?

Scorch is a stacking Solar 3.0 debuff that causes damage over time to enemies. If an enemy reaches 100 stacks of scorch, they will ignite, causing a high-damage area of effect explosion.

Incandescent applies 30 scorch stacks at its base to affected targets, and the “larger radius” extends to 8 meters.

All of that makes Incandescent similar to Dragonfly or Firefly while not requiring a precision kill (and having significantly more synergy with other abilities). There are numerous ways to make this perk even more potent; we’ll cover those in the next section.

Taking full advantage of Incandescent

Proccing Incandescent is as simple as getting a kill with your weapon while other enemies are nearby. However, there are tons of ways to make its effect even better.

Enhanced Incandescent

The first is to get the enhanced version of the perk, available by crafting a weapon capable of rolling with the trait. Doing so will increase the scorch stacks applied to enemies from 30 to 40. While that doesn’t sound like much, it reduces the kills needed to ignite a nearby enemy from four to three.

Incandescent with a Solar 3.0 build, Destiny 2

A Solar 3.0 fragment

While using a Solar subclass, you can also utilize the Ember of Ashes fragment to make Incandescent more powerful. This fragment increases the number of all scorch stacks applied by 50%. That means you’ll add 45 scorch stacks to an enemy with regular Incandescent and 85 with the enhanced version. With both Ember of Ashes and enhanced Incandescent, you only need to get two kills to trigger an ignite explosion!

There are many other ways to pair an Incandescent weapon with a Solar subclass—we’re just scratching the surface here. We encourage you to experiment with various Solar 3.0 fragments and abilities to make Incandescent fit your playstyle better! This perk is already substantial on its own, but its synergies make it as popular as it is.

Before you go…

New ways to increase Incandescent’s potency and synergy with Solar builds are always coming. As always, we encourage you to take this perk a step further and make it your own! And just as this is a top-tier Solar perk, definitely check out Voltshot, its Arc counterpart.