What Does Celerity Do in Destiny 2?

What does the Celerity perk do in Destiny 2? This perk, introduced in Season of the Worthy has caught the attention of many players thanks to it often rolling on much-desired Trials of Osiris weapons. Just by going through a couple of posts on social media about Trials weapons, it's clear that the Celerity perk is much scorned. But why?

What Does Celerity Do in Destiny 2?

The Celerity perk reads as is

Gain the following effects while you are the last living member of your fireteam:
• Increased target acquisition
• Increased handling and reload speed
• Reduced flinch from incoming fire

Ok, so that doesn't sound too bad on paper. So what's the problem? The problem is the "last living member of your fireteam" part of the perk means it'll only activate in tough situations where it'll be difficult to survive regardless. For PVE, it'll be useful very rarely, as if everyone else on a team dies, something probably went wrong and the last player would be better off running and buying time than attacking. In PVP, it'll never be useful except in very specific situations like the last part of a round in survival and elimination game modes. And even then, it'll only really be useful in a 1v1, as winning a 2v1 with a primary weapon is very difficult.

Although the perk is bad because of the fact it requires teammates to die to activate, it also doesn't help there are many similar perks and mods that have less morbid requirements to activate. Handling, reload speed, and reduced flinch can all be applied with armor mods, and target acquisition can be increased with a weapon mod. Don't forget perks like Rapid Hit, which only needs precision hits to activate, or Surplus, which requires charged abilities. There are many more perks out there that increase stats without needing teammates to die. The day may come when Celerity is reworked, but until then, try to avoid this perk.