

Unlike its Destiny incarnation, it is no longer restricted to Hunters. The Ace of Spades returns in the Forsaken expansion. Both these perks are more useful against groups of weaker enemies, as they will not activate as frequently with stronger enemies who require multiple shots to bring down, possibly meaning that a player can expend all their ammo without reloading at all. With Maverick, precision kills grants a bullet from your ammo reserve into the magazine. The Ace of Spades rewards precision kills with two main bonuses: With Firefly, all precision kills become explosive shots that do damage to nearby enemies.

The instrinsic perk it has is called Memento Mori, where reloading after a kill gives The Ace of Spades extra damage power in six shots, making it one of the best exotic weapons in Destiny 2. In Forsaken, The Ace of Spades, now available to all Guardian classes, can still easily clear hordes of enemies with the Firefly perk, where after a precision kill, the enemy explodes dealing Solar damage. The weapon has 12 bullets in the magazine and is capable of clearing entire rooms of enemies without reloading using the Maverick perk, which reloads one bullet from the reserves after a precision kill. The Ace of Spades was a Hunter-specific Hand Cannon in The Taken King that fits into the mid-impact archetype. Overview " Don't play your hand unless you're sure you have that ace in the hole." - Weapon Description (D1) Since the introduction of the Beyond Light expansion, the Ace of Spades can be obtained in the Monument to Lost Lights. The Ace of Spades is named after Cayde-6’s son, Ace, before he became a guardian. It was reintroduced in Forsaken and can be obtained after a lengthy questline following the main story, now available to all Classes. It is obtained by reaching Rank 3 Gunsmith reputation with a Hunter and completing the Back in the Saddle quest. " Folding was never an option." - Cayde-6 Ace of SpadesĪce of Spades was a Hunter-exclusive exotic Hand Cannon introduced in The Taken King, which served as the signature weapon of the Vanguard Hunter Cayde-6.
