What Crucible Recon is
Crucible Recon is a free-to-use Destiny 2 PvP analysis site that was built as a labor of love. It captures what I felt missing from other Destiny 2 crucible tools. It also does not aim to be a replacement for any of the current crucible tools but as a complementary one and does not aim to cover what those tools do well such as lifetime stats coverage, Trials deep dive analysis, item management, and loadout configurations. Basically, this site is everything I wanted Bungie to implement with the Crucible.
What I always wished the Crucible had:
- deep dive analytics and tracking for Crucible users
- leaderboard snapshots for active players (more focused on "recent" play)
- provide progress tracking and ways to improve a player's crucible performance
- playstyle interpretation (are you a hand cannon / shotty jumpy hunter?)
- stats around crucible weapon choice and loadout choices
- Mini-objectives, cosmetics
- Building a Pvp Player Identity and a Pvp Team identity
What the site is not
This site is not affiliated with Bungie.
It is an independent analytics project that reads Destiny 2 stats data and tries to provide interesting insights into players' PvP play.
How to read the data
Most of the site is designed around a recent rolling sample, not lifetime stats. Personally, my focus around recent play was done out of personal experience where I have been playing Destiny PvP for a long time. My playstyle has changed a lot over the years, and same with my stats. I just wanted to focus on how I am doing vs other active players. There are plenty of other apps that capture lifetime play and they do it so much better than what I could create.
What we focus on here:
- recent PvP gameplay
- playstyle trends (Are we in an ability meta? for example)
- weapon identity (Are you one of the top Cloudstrike users? )
- playlist rhythm (Live in Control? Or are you a Trials person?)
Crucible Recon Features
Crucible Recon turns Destiny 2 PvP data into action. Track goals and also compare yourself with your peers. Enter a Bungie name, and the app builds a snapshot of recent performance, playstyle, weapons, medals, and trends.
Guardian Lookup & Onboarding
- Search by Bungie name (`Name#1234`). No login required, or claiming of user name (yet)
- Check out the Demo user or go on tour of the UI to see what we have
- Copy-permalink support to share a specific guardian report or comparison
Dashboard
- Summary cards for K/D, KDA, win rate, match counts, medals, and momentum.
- Playstyle read based on real match behavior and usage patterns.
- Build identity read (class/subclass/exotic/loadout context).
- Mode breakdown table with wins/losses and efficiency stats by playlist.
- Frequent opponents table and encounter recency. (Answers the question: Did I run into that player again??)
- Weapon usage breakdown with kills, precision kills, and precision %.
- Weapon drilldown by week for trend tracking over time.
- Ability and kill-type charting (Answers the question: Are we in an ability meta? Do I as a player lean too heavy into special ammo weapons?).
- Match timeline charts (K/D trend, win/loss trend, lobby-lead timeline).
Motivation View
- Personalized “next goals” generated from current performance.
- Improvement callouts and momentum indicators (streaks and deltas).
- “Best right now” recommendations based on modes and weapon form.
- Mastery progress tracks for top weapons.
- Weekly recap and progression timeline to reinforce consistency.
- Watch mode: Have this running in the background as you play to see if you are hitting your goals
Compare Players
- Side-by-side PvP comparison for two guardians.
- K/D trend comparison over matched windows.
- Gold medal comparison table.
- Visual “edge” indicators to show which player leads each metric.
- Watch mode: Chase that top lobby player in their future play sessions to see if you can improve towards their stats
Leaderboards
- Leaderboard built from tracked users (not global Destiny population). We try and pull active players. (very critical in these low population times :( )
- Core boards for K/D, win rate, medals, ability pressure, primary pressure, and lobby-lead matches.
- Weapon leaderboard with per-weapon leaders and precision context.
- Class leaderboards (Which subclasses are effective and popular)
Achievements & Archetypes
- Playstyle achievements to encourage new ways to play
- Archetype definitions
Content & Knowledge Hub
- Meta articles page (loadouts, playlists, weapons, musings) on the current Destiny 2 season.
- Past articles archive covering older seasons.
UX and Localization
- Multi-language UI support
- Theme/style switching support.
Thank you for visiting
Again, thank you so much for trying out Crucible Recon. Hate to be that guy, but please, if you liked what you saw here and would like to donate please go click on the support link (Support Us!)[https://www.cruciblerecon.com/#donate]. The money goes directly to the server operation, data, hosting and development of new features.