Destiny 2 Kinetic Tremors: Weapons and Perk guide

Energy weapons have had plenty of excellent perks, including Voltshot and Incandescent, but Kinetic weapons always lagged behind. That finally changed with the introduction of the Kinetic Tremors perk.

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

Updated as of Episode 1: Echoes.

Kinetic Tremors weapons in Destiny 2

Kinetic Tremors can only roll on a few select Kinetic weapons:

Art	Name	Type	Ammo	Element	Source	Top Perk?
	Adjudicator	Submachine Gun	Primary	Kinetic	Prophecy Dungeon	Kinetic Tremors
	Blast Furnace	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity	Kinetic Tremors
	Breakneck	Auto Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Playlist: Gambit	Kinetic Tremors
	Buzzard	Sidearm	Primary	Kinetic	Nightfall: The Ordeals	Kinetic Tremors
	Hung Jury SR4	Scout Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity	Kinetic Tremors
	Midnight Coup	Hand Cannon	Primary	Kinetic	Onslaught Activity	Kinetic Tremors
	Multimach CCX	Submachine Gun	Primary	Kinetic	Iron Banner	Kinetic Tremors
	Origin Story	Auto Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Playlist: Vanguard	Kinetic Tremors
	Patron of Lost Causes	Scout Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Dawn Engrams	Kinetic Tremors
	The Supremacy	Sniper Rifle	Special	Kinetic	Last Wish Raid	Kinetic Tremors,Bait and Switch
	The Messenger	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Trials of Osiris	Kinetic Tremors
	Battle Scar	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Lost Sector	Kinetic Tremors
	Chattering Bone	Pulse Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Last Wish Raid	Kinetic Tremors
	Imperative	Scout Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Undying	Kinetic Tremors
	Nameless Midnight	Scout Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Playlist: Vanguard	Kinetic Tremors
	Randy's Throwing Knife	Scout Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Playlist: Crucible	Kinetic Tremors
	Spare Rations	Hand Cannon	Primary	Kinetic	Fishing	Kinetic Tremors
	The Showrunner	Submachine Gun	Primary	Kinetic	Recovered Red War	Kinetic Tremors
	Tigerspite	Auto Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Shattered Throne Dungeon	Kinetic Tremors
	Transfiguration	Scout Rifle	Primary	Kinetic	Last Wish Raid	Kinetic Tremors

Kinetic Tremors and Enhanced Kinetic Tremors: Facts & Figures

Starting with the perk description, here is what Kinetic Tremors does:

Sustained kinetic damage to a target emits a shockwave that damages any nearby targets.

-	Weapon Perk	PvE Damage increase	PvP Damage increase	Duration	Activation | Effects	Type	Weapons	Released
	Kinetic Tremors	Sustained damage emits a shockwave that damages any nearby targets.		-	Scoring multiple hits against a single target emits 3 damaging shockwaves from its location at the time of activation.	Specific	Various

Let’s break that down so we can better understand how the perk works:

• Sustained damage on a single target activates the perk
• Emits 3 damaging shockwaves from the point of activation
• Damage Radius of 5 meters

As of writing, there are no craftable weapons in the game that can utilize the Enhanced version of this trait. Thanks to Light.gg for the specifics mentioned above.

Taking full advantage of Kinetic Tremors

In order to activate the shockwave area effect, players must land 12 consecutive hits with Pulse Rifles or Sidearms or 6 consecutive hits with Scout Rifles on a single enemy. This will trigger the 3 shockwaves that damage enemies in the area around the target.

On a Kinetic Scout Rifle like the Hung Jury SR4, this perk can effectively stun multiple Unstoppable Champions at once. A particular encounter in a certain Mars Battleground Grandmaster comes to mind as the perfect place to try this out. If you couple an Adept Big Ones mod with Kinetic Tremors, you’ll find that your damage output will be pretty impressive.

The perk also pairs quite nicely with Kinetic Pulse Rifles such as Battle Scar, allowing you to stun barrier champions while simultaneously clearing minor enemies that may be nearby.

With the perk readily available on only a few weapons as of this season, it is only a matter of time before Bungie expands its availability to more weapons’ perk pools.

Enhanced Kinetic Tremors?

As none of the weapons that can roll with Kinetic Tremors is craftable, an enhanced version of Kinetic Tremors does not exist in-game. Having said that, Enhanced Kinetic Tremors does exist in the game’s API, which only confirms the obvious: future seasons will certainly feature craftable weapons that can roll with Enhanced Kinetic Tremors…

Before you go…

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