The Hothead is a returning rocket launcher come back to us from Destiny 1 in Season of the Lost as part of the exclusive Nightfall weapon drops. Today I am going to check out The Hothead, its stats, and god rolls to chase for PVE and PVP, plus check out how to get The Hothead in Destiny 2.
The Hothead is a Legendary Power Rocket Launcher with an Adaptive Frame meaning it has a well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy. Looking at the stats we have Stability 46, Handling 52, Reload Speed 50, Velocity 61, Blast Radius 75, Rounds Per Minute 20, Magazine 1
The Hothead God Roll Guide
For PVE Volatile Launch, Alloy Casing, Tracking Module, and Vorpal Weapon would be a decent roll. Volatile Launch gives you an increased blast radius, but a slight reduction in velocity and handling. Allow Casing greatly increases reload speed at a small cost of stability. The tracking module adds tracking to rockets and Vorpal Weapon does increase damage to bosses.
For PVP Confined Launch, High-velocity Rounds, Quickdraw, and Explosive Light would be a decent roll. Confined Launch gives you more Stability and Blast Radius at the cost of Velocity. High-velocity rounds give you more velocity and reload speed. Quickdraw gets the weapon in your hands nice and fast and finally explosive light increases the blast radius and damage after picking up an orb of power.
How to get The Hothead
To get Hothead you’re going to need to run Nightfalls. This is a random drop from the end of Nightfalls and the higher the Nightfall difficulty level the more likely the chance for this weapon to drop. This week is a great chance to get it because Lake of Shadows is the Nightfall, and you can do runs in about 5 mins with a focused speed run through the nightfall.
This season the nightfall weapons are dropping in pairs, one new weapon and one old one. For example, last week it was The Comedian with Shadowprice, this week it’s Hung Jury and The Hothead. Personally, I would run Legend or Master Nightfalls a bunch and you should get The Hothead to drop in no time at all.
The Hothead Lore
Think of it as a weaponized temper tantrum.
Zavala swung off his Sparrow in a rocky gulch near the EDZ. Across the wash, a Cabal Legionary leaned next to a small shuttle. A Psion stood at attention nearby.
“You Zavala?” the Legionary called.
Zavala tried not to feel slighted. “I am Commander Zavala,” he answered.
The Legionary squinted and nodded slowly. “Had to make sure,” it said. “Security stuff.”
“Let’s do this quick.” The Legionary pointed a fat finger at the Psion. “This Psion’s gonna ask you a question. Then you tell me your answer. I go tell Empress Caiatl, and that’s all.”
“What kind of question?” Zavala asked.
The Legionary shrugged. “Only the Psion and Empress Caiatl know. Safest that way.”
Zavala warily approached the Psion. As it stared into him with its single eye, Zavala felt his ears ring. His hand went to his sidearm, but a vison sprang to his mind, vivid and fully formed:
Zavala saw the Dreaming City. He saw Cabal ships filling the sky, spewing oily smoke.
Then, an explosion—a sea of explosions, violent red and black with the fury of planet killers. Unmakers. But concentrated. Refined. Perfect for the size of the task at hand.
He saw death for all in the Dreaming City, bodies facedown in the crystal grit of their palace. Mara Sov, Petra Venj, Corsairs, countless Awoken. Collateral.
For at the bottom of a crater was the shattered body of a crystal-bound Hive god, destroyed at her most vulnerable moment, her trickery silenced forever.
Then a war, yes, probably—but a small one.
And behind it, blood on two pairs of hands. Two willing to pay the price for peace.
“No.”
Zavala broke the Psion’s gaze, and the vision stopped abruptly. The Legionary grunted. “That your official answer?”
Zavala straightened. “My answer is no,” he said clearly.
The Legionary nodded. “Fair enough,” it said and took a half-step back from the Psion.
The Psion punched a code into a small wrist-mounted screen. There was a brief chime, a muffled pop, and the Psion slumped to the ground, blood pouring from a wound in its head.
Zavala reached for his weapon again, but the Legionary laughed and held up a hand. “The volunteers knew that’s part of the deal. Now nobody knows what the question was except for you and the Empress. Safest that way.”
“Gotta go and tell her your answer,” the Cabal called as it climbed into the shuttle. “Hope you made the right choice!”
The craft chugged into the sky, its jets spattering Zavala’s boots with the Psion’s blood.
Let me know in the comments what you think of The Hothead, and let me know what rolls you got.
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