The Mountaintop

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The Mountaintop
Production overview
Rarity class:	Legendary
Weapon type:	Grenade launcher
Required level:	50
Min-max stability:	31
Min-max handling:	72
Min-max magazine:	1
Specifications
Feed system:	Tube
Ammunition type:	Special (kinetic)
Fire mode:	Breach-loaded, tube-fed
Rate of fire:	90 RPM
Damage:	Kinetic
Effective range:	∞
Service history
Affiliation:	Crucible

"In the heat of battle, Guardian, you will know the right choice to make."

— Lord Shaxx

The Mountaintop is a Legendary Grenade launcher acquired from the Crucible pinnacle Quest of the same name given in Season 5 of Destiny 2. It is the second Kinetic grenade launcher in the game after The Militia's Birthright, and has effectively zero range drop-off with shells experiencing virtually entirely linear travel, technically making it the most accurate grenade launcher in the game.

Perks

• Lightweight Frame: Superb handling. Move faster with this weapon equipped.
• Selectable Perk 1:
  • Hard Launch: This weapon's launch barrel is optimized for projectile speed. Greatly increases projectile speed. Decreases stability. Slightly decreases blast radius.
  • Volatile Launch: This weapon is optimized for an especially explosive payload. Greatly increases blast radius. Slightly decreases handling speed. Slightly decreases. projectile speed.
• Selectable Perk 2:
  • Spike Grenades: Grenades fired from this weapon do increased damage on direct hits. Increases stability.
  • Sticky Grenades: Grenades fired from this weapon attach on impact and detonate when enemies are in proximity.
• Rangefinder: Aiming this weapon increases its effective range and zoom magnification. Increased projectile velocity while aiming Rocket Launchers and Grenade Launchers.
• Micro-Missile:This weapon fires in a straight line and has a massively increased projectile speed.

Lore

[Fireteam leaders: Do not advance on the Wall. Fall back to the Ridgeback District.]

Shaxx freezes with a Vandal's windpipe in his fist. He waits for Saladin to justify the strategy.

[I repeat: All teams rally at the Ridgeback District. Do NOT advance. The City is lost.]

Shaxx drops the Vandal, then empties the rest of his clip into a Captain. He and his fireteam are running on fumes. The dead, Fallen and Guardian alike, litter the Twilight Gap.

[[[Shaxx]]! Do you copy?]

He risks a look over his shoulder at their home, the place they call the Last Safe City. Not burning. Not yet. Gritting his teeth, he reloads.

[[[Shaxx]], your orders are to retreat.]

He sees a gap in the onslaught of invaders and gestures to the others. "Nkechi! Take Abdi and Truce. Liu Feng, with me! Bray! Cover us!"

[This battlefield is not your stage, Shaxx! This is not about glory!]

His fireteam doesn't hesitate.

[[[Shaxx]]! For the final time: Fall! Back!]

As the six of them crest the Wall, Shaxx cuts the feed.

List of appearances

• Destiny 2
  • Black Armory (First appearance)