Destiny 2 The Final Shape: Hunter’s Journal Artifact Perks & best build

Destiny 2 The Final Shape is live, and a new Seasonal Artifact called Hunter’s Journal is already available to level up. Here’s every Artifact Perk explained and the best build and meta weapons for The Final Shape.

Destiny 2 The Final Shape has brought a new arsenal of weapons and raised the Power Level cap, and of course, a new Seasonal Artifact is up for grabs.

Here’s everything you need to know about Hunter’s Journal, its Perks, and the best meta build for Destiny 2 The Final Shape.

• How to get Seasonal Artifact: Hunter’s Journal
• Every Artifact Perk explained
• Best meta Build for The Final Shape

How to get Destiny 2 Seasonal Artifact: Hunter’s Journal

To get the Hunter’s Journal Artifact in Destiny 2, players need to complete the first mission from The Final Shape campaign and then talk with your Ghost in the Speaker’s Respite.

Remember each Seasonal Artifact has 12 Perk Points to be distributed among 5 Rows of Perks, which can be reset and interchanged as Guardians wish with no cost.

Every Destiny 2 Hunter’s Journal Artifact Perk explained

The new Artifact in Destiny 2 The Final Shape has a lot of new Perks to unlock, and here’s every Perk explained:

Row 1 Perks explained:

• Anti-Barrier Pulse Rifle: Your equipped Pulse Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Pulse Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
• Unstoppable Sidearm: Aiming down the sights of a Sidearm for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when the modifier is active.
• Unstoppable Scout Rifle: Aiming down the sight of a Scout Rifle for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Scout Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
• Overload Hand Cannon: Landing consecutive hits with any Hand Cannon you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying abilities, energy regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Hand Cannons are always overcharged when the modifier is active.
• Anti-Barrier Sub Machine Gun: Submachine Guns you’re wielding fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Submachine Guns are always overcharged when the modifier is active.

Row 2 Perks explained:

• Logic Reductor: Weapons with the Radiolaria Transposer origin perk deal increased damage to Vex. Extends the duration of the radiolaria pools created by Radiolaria Transposer.
• Overcharged Armory: Weapons with the Dealer’s Choice, Radiolaria Transposer, Collective Purpose, and Sundering Origin traits are always Overcharged weapons for you when that modifier is active.
• Authorized Mod – Elemental Charge: The energy cost of Elemental Charge mods are significantly discounted.
• Saint’s Inspiration: Rounds loaded by the Cast No Shadows origin perk can overflow the magazine.
• Winning Hand: While using weapons with the Dealer’s Choice origin trait, combatant precision final blows or rapidly defeating combatants cause the target to explode, dealing Solar damage to nearby enemies. Having several equipped weapons with the Dealer’s Choice origin trait increases the effect of the explosion.

Row 3 Perks explained:

• Elemental Siphon: Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super.
• Overload Sword: Landing consecutive hits with a Sword you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Swords are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
• Creeping Chill: Stasis weapon final blows against slowed or frozen targets release a burst that slows.
• Press the Advantage: Breaking a combatant’s shield grants increased weapon stability, handling, and reload speed. Swords gain increased guard resistance.
• Threaded Blast: Destroying a Tangle with a Strand weapon creates a larger and more damaging explosion.

Row 4 Perks explained:

• Counter Energy: When you or a member of your fireteam stuns a champion, you gain energy for your least-charged ability.
• Blade Stamina: Rapidly defeating combatants with a Sword refunds some ammo.
• Void Hegemony: While you have a Void or Prismatic subclass equipped, defeating weakened targets provides a small Void Overshield.
• Radiant Orbs: While you have a Solar or Prismatic subclass equipped, picking up an Orb of Power makes you radiant.
• Galvanic Armor: While you have an Arc or Prismatic subclass equipped, incoming damage from combatants is reduced while amplified.

Row 5 Perks explained:

• Prismatic Transfer: When you cast your Super, each member of your fireteam with a Super type different than yours gains a bonus to weapon damage.
• Argent Blade: While you have Armor Charge, dealing damage with a Sword consumes an Armor Charge and empowers your Sword for a short time, granting it bonus damage and energy charge rate.
• Expanding Abyss: Void sources deal increased damage to weakened targets.
• Shieldcrush: While you have Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or a Void Overshield, your melee recharges faster and deals increased damage. While you have amplified or radiant, your grenade recharges faster and deals increased damage.
• Transference: Gain increased grenade and melee damage while transcendent. Weapon final blows while transcendent refunds Light and Dark energy after Transcendence ends.

Best Hunter’s Journal Perks & weapons for Destiny 2 The Final Shape

The Hunter’s Journal Artifact for Destiny 2 The Final Shape is primed for the new Prismatic Subclass and new Intrinsic Perks of this season’s weapons. This Subclass plays a fundamental role in the best meta composition for the season, so make sure to unlock it before leveling the Artifact.

From Row 1: Anti-Barrier Pulse Rifle – Overload Hand Cannon – Unstoppable Sidearm
From Row 2: Authorized Mod – Elemental Charge and Winning Hand
From Row 3: Press the Advantage and Creeping Chill or Threaded Blast
From Row 4: Radiant Orbs and Void Hegemony or Galvanic Armor
From Row 5: Expanding Abyss and Transference

The best weapons for this build will include The Call rocket sidearm or Ded Gramarye IV Shotgun as Special Ammo weapons. Then combine them with the Red Death Reformed or Monte Carlo exotic, depending on your class.

For your Heavy Weapon of choice, you should go with Retrofit Escapade, Hammerhead, or Spectrum 4FR. Ideally, you want to have a Void or Stasis Heavy Weapon to trigger Void Hegemony and Cripping Chill all the time, generating more buffs for your allies and debuffs on your enemies.

A great rotation could also include a solar primary weapon like Zaouli’s Bane since it can help you deal with Overload Champions thanks to the first row Perk Overload Hand-Cannons.

That was Destiny 2 The Final Shape’s Seasonal Artifact and the best build for this season. For more Destiny 2 info, you can check out how to claim past Season Rewards and this season’s Power Level Cap. Be sure to check out how to get Class Exotic Items during The Final Shape.