How Harmonic Resonance works – Future 2


Find out how Harmonic Resonance works, which weapons stack collectively, and the enemies and managers that take bonus harm from this Origin trait in Future 2.

Harmonic Resonance is an Origin Trait that has been round since March 2023 with the discharge of Root of Nightmares. Nevertheless, it noticed a rise in curiosity in Season of the Deep, and continues to be standard as gamers face down Lucent Hive and Tormentors. Under is an entire overview of Harmonic Resonance, detailing how the perk works, what harm you possibly can count on, and the weapons to make use of to hit one of the best harm numbers.

Harmonic Resonance defined

Briar's Contempt with Harmonic Resonance highlighted
Harmonic Resonance options on Root of Nightmares weapons in addition to at the very least one different non-raid weapon.
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Harmonic Resonance is an Origin perk that seems on weapons from the Root of Nightmares raid. Although it’s not at the moment listed on the weapon, Conditional Finality is counted as having the perk nevertheless it doesn’t obtain the harm buff regardless of receiving the opposite buffs.

  • Harmonic Resonance: Equipping a number of weapons from this set grants this weapon elevated reload pace and dealing with. It additionally will increase harm versus Tormentors, Lucent Hive, and Guardians utilizing their Supers.

This perk boosts a weapon’s Dealing with and Reload Velocity based mostly on what number of different weapons you have got geared up with the perk. Moreover, it offers extra harm to Tormentors, Lucent Hive, and Guardians utilizing their Supers.

It’s vital to notice that Nezarec is assessed as a Tormnetor and so he receives extra harm and the bosses from the Ghosts of the Deep dungeon are Lucent Hive, so that they too take elevated harm. With the discharge of The Remaining Form, Bungie is introducing Subjugators, a brand new enemy sort that’s from the identical household as Tormentors. Whether or not or not they take additional harm from Harmonic Resonance stays to be seen.

Harmonic Resonance harm numbers & Artifact mods

The Seasonal Artifact from Season of the Deep
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Whereas higher Dealing with and Reload Velocity is nice, most gamers are possible utilizing Harmonic Resonance for the harm improve. A Reddit consumer referred to as QuantumParsec took a while to knuckle out the precise numbers, and it seems that having three Harmonic Resonance weapons will increase harm by 10 p.c towards relevant enemies. The harm improve is just 3.33 p.c when you have got two weapons geared up.

Moreover, throughout Season of the Deep, gamers acquired an Artifact referred to as NPA Repulsion Regulator. Inside this Artifact have been two mods, Deeper Origins and Overcharged Armory, which vastly improved the performance of Harmonic Resonance.

  • Deeper Origins: Tremendously improves the advantages supplied by the Unsated Starvation, Nanotech Tracer Rockets, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deeds traits.
  • Overcharged Armory: Weapons with the Unsated Starvation, Nanotech Tracer Rockets, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deeds traits are at all times overcharged weapons for you when that modifier is energetic.

As QuantumParsec labored out, Deeper Origins lifted Harmonic Resonance to a 20 p.c harm improve. On prime of this, Overcharged Armory yielded one other 25 p.c harm increase. All of that is earlier than you think about Surge mods, Nicely of Radiance, and different debuffs to the boss (like Tractor Cannon).

Moreover, a god roll Briar’s Contempt can have both Paracausal Affinity or Centered Fury. Every buffs the harm by 20 p.c however the best way during which they get there differs. It is going to be as much as private choice which one you go for.

Ought to a seasonal Artifact provide a lift to Harmonic Resonance once more, will probably be value contemplating operating a full set of those weapons, particularly in end-game contend.

Harmonic Resonance out there weapons

Epochal Integration with Harmonic Resonance highlighted
Epochal Integration additionally options Harmonic Resonance regardless of not being a raid weapon.
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As for the weapons that characteristic Harmonic Resonance, they’re out there on any of the weapons from the Root of Nightmares raid. Understand that Conditional Finality doesn’t state it has the perk and it’ll not profit from the harm buff, nevertheless it does rely towards buffing different weapons’ harm and stats.

  • Acasia’s Dejection (Hint Rifle)
  • Briar’s Contempt (Linear Fusion Rifle)
  • Koraxis’s Misery (Grenade Launcher)
  • Mykel’s Reverence (Sidearm)
  • Nessa’s Oblation (Shotgun)
  • Rufus’s Fury (Auto Rifle)
  • Epochal Integration (Hand Cannon)
  • Conditional Finality (Unique Shotgun, not listed)

Your best choice when operating three of those weapons goes to be Briar’s Contempt to your Energy weapon, Acasia’s Dejection to your Vitality slot, and sure Rufus’s Fury to your Kinetic. Bear in mind you possibly can at all times use Conditional Finality and swap in-and-out Arbalest in the event you’re soloing content material just like the Ghosts of the Deep dungeon. Sadly, Bungie has patched the double-Particular Heavy ammo glitch, so that you may be starved for ammo.

Within the occasion Bungie buffs Grenade Launchers, or harm phases turn out to be actually brief, Koraxis’s Misery is an superior ‘launcher. It options fairly just a few perks that might make it a fantastic boss DPS weapon if the meta shifts.


Harmonic Resonance is an especially highly effective Origin Trait that rewards those that equip three weapons that characteristic the perk. Maintain this one at the back of your thoughts everytime you’re going through down Lucent Hive or Tormentors, and doubtlessly Subjugators when The Remaining Form arrives. Check out our Future 2 Technique Information for extra info on perks and different dives into the sport’s mechanics.

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