What is the Grandmaster Vanguard Alert weapon this week in Destiny 2?

Grandmaster Vanguard Alerts are some of the most challenging activities in Destiny 2. Capped at 50 Power below enemies without the ability to self-revive, playing these strikes requires precision and utmost care. Luckily, completing Grandmaster Vanguard Alerts also grants decent rewards, including a weekly featured weapon.

Similar to Grandmaster Nightfalls from before The Edge of Fate, Grandmaster Vanguard Alerts feature a single strike and a weapon for the entire week. It’s a great way to target a specific gun and also put your builds to the ultimate test.

Here is this week’s Grandmaster Vanguard Alert and its featured weapon in Destiny 2.

Destiny 2 Grandmaster Vanguard Alert weapon this week (June 16 to June 23)

Know the drop and the modifiers. Screenshot by Dot Esports

• Weapon: Watchamacallit (Arc SMG) + Mint Retrograde (Strand rocket pulse rifle)
• Grandmaster Vanguard Alert: Birthplace of the Vile
• Champions: Unstoppable, Overload
• Modifiers: Combat Acceleration Trade-Off, No Focused Fire, Special Ammo Famine, Energy Drain, Strand Surge, Trained Finesse, Stasis, Surge, Meteors and Grasp banes, Void Threat, Taken: Denial

All Grandmaster Vanguard Alert rewards in Destiny 2

The usual package. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Completing a Grandmaster Vanguard Alert for the first time during the week guarantees a fully masterworked Tier 5 drop of the featured weapon with an Accelerated Assault Origin Trait. The following completions drop a regular Tier 5 drop if you achieve grade B or higher, with a small chance of getting a weapon with the unique Origin Trait.

Apart from weapons, there are also additional Portal drops and enhancement materials you can earn. Here are all the rewards you can get for completing a Grandmaster Vanguard Alert in Destiny 2:

• Fully masterworked featured weapon (guaranteed on first completion, low chance after)
• Two Fireteam Ops drops based on grade
• Strange Coins
• Enhancement Cores
• Enhancement Prisms
• Ascendant Shards
• Ascendant Alloys

All Grandmaster Vanguard Alert weapons in Destiny 2

Armor’s not included. Screenshot by Dot Esports

Grandmaster Vanguard Alerts feature a weapon from the Pinnacle Ops loot pool. While you can grind Pinnacle Ops to get any of the guns, Grandmaster Vanguard Alerts is a great way to get a guaranteed Tier 5 drop with an additional Origin Trait.

Here are all the weapons in the Pinnacle Ops loot pool in Destiny 2 as of Monument of Triumph:

• Ouster Engine (Stasis area denial grenade launcher)
• Watchamacallit (Arc SMG)
• Salvager’s Salvo (Arc Special grenade launcher)
• Null Composure (Void fusion rifle)
• Adored (Arc sniper rifle)
• Mint Retrograde (Strand pulse rifle)
• The Palindrome (Arc hand cannon)
• Lotus-Easter (Void rocket sidearm)
• The Slammer (Stasis sword)
• D.F.A. (Kinetic hand cannon)
• The Hothead (Arc rocket launcher)

With the Monument of Triumph being the final update, this is the last loot pool for Grandmaster Vanguard Alerts. The previous weapons, like Duty Bound, have been rotated out, but you can still grab Tier 4 copies from Zavala at the Tower.

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