Undercurrent is a new wave frame arc grenade launcher added into Destiny 2 in Season of the Wish. Forbearance has been the king of arc wave frames since the release of Vow of the Disciple, however, that’s a raid weapon and this one is going to be much more accessible to more players. Today I’m going to check out Undercurrent, the stats, perks, god rolls plus how to get Undercurrent in Destiny 2.

How to get Undercurrent

Undercurrent is a Nightfall weapon in Season of the Wish. To get Undercurrent you’ll want to run Nightfalls when it’s the featured weapon for the week, and I’d recommend Legendary, Master or Grandmaster. On Legend or Master you’ll get a regular Undercurrent, if you run a grandmaster you’ll get an Adept version.

Once you have the weapon to drop for you, you’ll then be able to focus more at Zavala. You’ll need 5 Vanguard engrams plus glimmer, but it’s a good way to get additional rolls without having to run nightfalls over and over.

Undercurrent

Undercurrent is a Legendary Energy Grenade Launcher with a Wave Frame meaning it’s a one-shot handheld Grenade Launcher. Projectiles release a wave of energy when they contact the ground.

Looking at the stats we have Blast Radius 100, Velocity 74, Stability 22, Handling 69, Reload Speed 69, Airborne Effectiveness 4, Rounds Per Minute 72, Magazine 1.

For our Origin Traits we have

• Stunning Recovery – Stunning a Champion partially refills your magazine, triggers health regeneration, and improves recovery for a short duration.
• Vanguard’s Vindication – Final blows with this weapon grant a small amount of health.

Undercurrent god roll guide

For PVE Quick Launch, High-Velocity Rounds, Ambitious Assassin, Voltshot, Velocity Masterwork

• Quick Launch – Greatly increases handling speed, Increases projectile speed
• High-Velocity Rounds – Increases projectile speed, Increases reload speed
• Ambitious Assassin – Overflows the magazine based on the number of rapid kills before reloading.
• Voltshot – Reloading this weapon after defeating a target overcharges this weapon for a short period of time, causing it to jolt on its next hit.
• Velocity Masterwork

For PVP Quick Launch, High-Velocity Rounds, Demolitionist, Adrenaline Junkie, Velocity Masterwork

• Quick Launch – Greatly increases handling speed, Increases projectile speed
• High-Velocity Rounds – Increases projectile speed, Increases reload speed
• Demolitionist – Kills with this weapon generate grenade energy. Activating your grenade ability reloads this weapon from reserves.
• Adrenaline Junkie – This weapon gains increased damage and handling from final blows with grenades or this weapon.
• Velocity Masterwork

Summary

Undercurrent is competing directly with Forbearance, which is probably one of the best add clear weapons in the game. However, given Forbearance is a raid weappon, then only a small proportion of the community is going to have access to the weapon, as roughly 11% of players complete a raid in Destiny.

Forbearance is great because of chain reaction, and while Undercurrent doesn’t have that it does have Voltshot and One for All. Undercurrent does have Ambitious Assassin, Demolitionist, and Stats for All, so it has plenty of good perks, and while it doesn’t quite reach the heights of it’s raid weapon brother, it’s still very good for arc builds, and it’s a weapon you’ll want to have in your inventory this season and future seasons.

Let me know what you think.