The exotic fan-favorite Monte Carlo is back in the Destiny universe. What the auto rifle can do in Destiny 2 and why the weapon is so popular, you can read here.
This is how you get Monte Carlo: To hold the exotic in your hands, you need luck. It is a so-called world drop. This means there is no guaranteed source and no specific quest to get Monte Carlo.
The weapon can among other things be hidden in an exotic engram or wait for you after completing various activities such as strikes, crucible matches, and gambit rounds.
This is what the exotic auto rifle can do: The weapon with a fire rate of 600 is carried in the kinetic slot and uses primary ammunition. The overall stats are solid across the board. The 43-round magazine and good handling are particularly commendable.
The unique exotic abilities are:
- Monte Carlo Method: Causing damage with this weapon reduces your melee cooldown and has a chance to fully recharge your melee ability on each kill.
- Markov Chain: This weapon grants increased damage through melee kills and kills with this weapon. Melee kills provide appropriate ammunition for this weapon.
During combat, your weapon becomes more powerful. The “Markov Chain” can be compared to the strong perk “Swashbuckler”. If you defeat an enemy with a melee attack, the “Markov Chain” jumps immediately to the maximum level 5. Furthermore, Monte Carlo intrinsically has the useful “High Caliber Rounds”. This causes enemies to be staggered under fire.
This is how Monte Carlo performs in PvE: Against everything but bosses, the primary weapon shines and is simply fun. With the exotic rifle, you are most effective in the thick of the action.
With each kill with the weapon, you start the Markov chain and benefit from the damage buff for 4.5 seconds. You can increase the buff up to level 5, causing a total of 65% more damage at the highest level.
Since you are always near enemies, your melee ability should be almost constantly available thanks to the “Monte Carlo Method”. Especially with the seasonal artifact, you unlock very powerful melee mods that you can benefit from more often now.
This is how Monte Carlo performs in PvP: Even in the crucible against other guardians, the auto rifle makes a good impression. The damage values of the weapon are:
- Headshot (standard): 23 damage
- Headshot (Markov chain 5x): 30 damage
- Bodyshot (standard): 14 damage
- Bodyshot (standard): Markov chain 5x): 19 damage
The optimal TTK (Time To Kill) – that is, the time it takes you to defeat an opponent – is a good 0.80 seconds by default. You need 8 headshots and one body shot for that. If you only hit body shots, you need 1.30 seconds to take down a guardian.
With a 5x buff, you have an optimal TTK of a phenomenal 0.60 seconds. Since every melee kill in PvP grants you immediate access to the maximum “Markov Chain”, your opponents should learn to fear this firearm.
Why is Monte Carlo a fan favorite?
The exotic simply looks good: In addition to the high fun factor of Monte Carlo, guardians already found the modern design of the weapon great back in the days of Destiny 1. Clean lines, a perfectly shaped sight, and the characteristic bayonet – all of this garners a lot of praise from the guardians.
The news of the return of the exotic rifle to Destiny 2 brought many guardians to reddit to make statements like: “One of my favorite weapons. It looks so good and sounds so good,” wrote user SlickMiller.
WPGfan had similar words: “Monte Carlo was probably my favorite weapon when it comes to aesthetics. It looks so good.”
What do you find convincing about Monte Carlo – the look, the playstyle, the whole package?
