Destiny 2: How to get Whirling Ovation Exotic Rocket Launcher?

One of the highlight Exotics released with The Edge of Fate expansion in Destiny 2, Whirling Ovation is an interesting Rocket Launcher that’s making a quick splash. Its capacity to put together both Solar and Strand elements in one overcharged volley makes it a desirable item for any Guardian’s arsenal—particularly those who prioritize synergy and crowd control.

How to Acquire Whirling Ovation

Whirling Ovation is an exclusive drop from the final boss encounter in The Desert Perpetual, the raid introduced in The Edge of Fate. Players can only earn one drop per character per week, meaning you’ll have three total chances weekly (one for each character) to earn this Exotic.

Although Bungie has not officially revealed the drop rate, community analysis puts it at around 5%, and it is one of the game’s rarer raid Exotics. Due to this, Guardians reserve final boss checkpoints to farm the final encounter effectively across multiple characters.

Increasing Your Drop Chance

Even though you can’t brute-force farm this gun, you can make the chances of it dropping higher by finishing certain Triumphs related to The Desert Perpetual raid. They are also needed to achieve the raid title and are centered around finishing encounters with challenge modifiers or particular feats enabled.

Some of the most influential Triumphs are:

• Feature Presentation – Finish all encounters with feats enabled.
• Death-Defiant – Clear all encounters without one single fireteam death.
• Brutal Efficiency – Employ the Phase Race feat on all four boss encounters.
• Challenging Victory – Complete each encounter with Encounter Challenges engaged.
• Cherished Lifetimes – Complete the raid with the Token Limit feat active.

Finishing additional Triumphs on this list greatly enhances your chances for the Whirling Ovation drop. It is thus worth it for hardcore raiders to go for flawless clears or feat-specific runs to maximize their chances.

Is Whirling Ovation Worth the Grind?

Whirling Ovation is not another heavy PvE stalwart—it plays like a supercharged Scorch Cannon, a combination of timed Solar payloads and Strand synergy. The weapon is special due to its dual-element Exotic Traits, and it becomes a great pick for hybrid builds.

Exotic Traits:

• Coronal Culmination – Trigger charging stores a shot that, when fired, releases a timed Solar detonation.
• Anticipation – The weapon’s subsequent charge accelerates faster and faster over time, particularly as you take more damage with other weapons.

The synergy combination enables players to Unravel and Scorch enemies at the same time, providing high synergy with burning or strand manipulation-based subclasses.

Whirling Ovation Stats Overview

Though it does not lead the DPS lists against other Exotics such as Gjallarhorn or Two-Tailed Fox, Whirling Ovation is blast to play, and its charged payload can be horrific in the right hands.