The Steady Hand

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The Steady Hand (TSH) is a 120 RPM “Aggressive Frame” Kinetic Hand Cannon, re-issued in Year 4 with random rolls. Prior to Season 12 in November 2020, Aggressive Frames were bumped from 110 RPM to 120 RPM as part of a large scale Hand Cannon rework. The general consensus thus far is that TSH is terrific.

The Steady Hand is probably the most consistent legendary 120 RPM aggressive hand cannon. - Drewsky

• Fallout - S-Tier Legendary Hand Cannon: Steady Hand GOD ROLL
• Drewsky - The Steady Hand God Roll Is the Most Consistent Legendary Hand Cannon
• DFP - THE STEADY HAND IS THE BEST 120 HAND CANNON!
• IFrostBolt - STEADYHAND = Run If You See This Hand Cannon
• The Steady Hand UPDATED Review (The God Rolls)

What I love about these videos (and this set of perks) is that there is not absolute agreement on which roll is the best.

Iron Banner weapons tend to shine in PvP, so we won’t feature many PvE builds.

PvP Rolls

With Bungie’s announcement that they can now have different falloff tiers across Hand Cannons (see patch notes above) the 120s are, perhaps oddly, now able to compete with Pulse Rifles. That, plus the fact that this is a controller-centric wishlist, means we’ll be favouring Stability and Aim Assist perks.

You don’t really need to worry about Range in my opinion so much on these hand cannons since they already have so much to begin with. Not to say it isn’t valuable, but I think that it might be worth boosting other aspects of this weapon.” - Drewsky

“Locked On”

Moving Target and Iron Gaze are going to bump Target Acquisition immensely. You give up a few meters of damage falloff, and in return significantly increased accuracy.

  Barrels [ 60%]: Steadyhand HCS, Fastdraw HCS
  Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
  Perks 1 [ 16%]: Moving Target
  Perks 2 [ 16%]: Iron Gaze
  MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

“Demon of Sixes Street”

This is primarily a roll for sixes where TSH can shine as a cleanup weapon with a higher chance of chaining kills. Keep in mind that a Resilience of 5 cancels out the Swashbuckler two-tap from full health but in sixes that’s not always what you’re dealing with. If you can pair this with a ranged melee (Swashbuckler x 5) you’llI wouldn’t suggest this roll for Comp or Trials.

  Barrels [ 60%]: Steadyhand HCS, Fastdraw HCS
  Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
  Perks 1 [ 16%]: Outlaw
  Perks 2 [ 16%]: Swashbuckler
  MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

“Float Like a Butterfly”

If you pair a Quickdraw TSH with a breach-load GL with a Quick Access Sling mod, you have a super powerful combination. Pairing it with Le Monarque has a similar effect: massive damage with an opening shot from your Energy weapon and a single shot from TSH to clean up. With Quickdraw and Snapshot, this Aggressive Frame can feel like a Lightweight.

  Barrels [ 60%]: Fastdraw HCS, Steadyhand HCS
  Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
  Perks 1 [ 16%]: Quickdraw
  Perks 2 [ 16%]: Snapshot
  MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

“Workhorse”

Many phenomenal perks in column three and column four. As Fallout mentions in his review, you’d be kinda happy to get any of them.

  Barrels [ 60%]: Fastdraw HCS, Steadyhand HCS
  Mags    [ 25%]: Ricochet Rounds
  Perks 1 [ 50%]: Killing Wind, Quickdraw, Moving Target
  Perks 2 [ 50%]: Wellspring, Snapshot, Iron Grip
  MWorks  [ 25%]: Stability MW

PvE Rolls

Generally in PvE you’re going for as much Range as you can get with sustained damage upkeep. If you liked The Duke Mk. 44 then TSH could be for you.

“Rapid Reload”

Without Outlaw, you’re going to have to rely on Transversives, Marksman’s Dodge, etc. to reload effectively in PvE. Without it, you’re looking at a lot of downtime in situations where there are better alternatives. This is the case with Outlaw-based Duke rolls and people absolutely loved that sooo 🤷‍♂️

  Barrels [ 60%]: Hitmark HCS, Truesight HCS
  Mags    [ 46%]: High-Caliber Rounds, Armor-Piercing Rounds
  Perks 1 [ 16%]: Outlaw
  Perks 2 [ 16%]: Swashbuckler
  MWorks  [ 25%]: Range MW