Archon's Thunder god roll & best perks

Archon's Thunder — Destiny 2 Machine Gun
Legendary · Machine Gun
Where it drops: Source: Complete Iron Banner matches and earn rank-up packages from Lord Saladin.

“"Earth weapons strong, but Eliksni make stronger. What your Zavalakel says: stronger, together?" —House Light Weaponsmith”

Full perk pool, stats & source for Archon's Thunder →

Built from 135 curated wishlist rolls for this Machine Gun. Perks marked essential appear in every roll of a recommendation; alternatives are the other perks curators call worth keeping.

Recommended rolls

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 81 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Archon's Thunder is not what I had expected with the Iron Banner reprise but it's a nice surprise nonetheless. Envious Assassin or Fourth Time’s the Charm will get you some ammo back respectively. While Onslaught and Killing Tally both give damage in different ways. If you really wanted as much ammo back as possible the Fourth Time's the Charm and Rewind Rounds combo exists for whatever reason and would be funny to see. Unfortunately, high impact machine guns deal pretty bad burst DPS but they have great extended DPS and total damage." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Envious Assassin Appended Mag Rewind Rounds Onslaught Killing Tally Fourth Time's the Charm Rimestealer Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy

pvp controller 54 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "Archon's Thunder coming back and potentially being the strongest machine gun for the crucible was not on my bingo card. High-Impact Reserves in the third column paired with Onslaught, Killing Tally, Tap the Trigger, Desperate Measures, heck even Target Lock are all great with double damage. Rewind Rounds being in the fourth column can net you some ammo back and Headstone with Rimestealer is a combination all you Stasis fans know of by now." Recommended MW: Range or Stability.

Strong alternatives

Killing Tally Arrowhead Brake High-Impact Reserves Accurized Rounds Rewind Rounds Headstone Dynamic Sway Reduction Rimestealer Extended Mag Fluted Barrel Smallbore

What these Archon's Thunder perks do

Envious Assassin

Upon readying the weapon after scoring Kills with your other Weapons: Refills and/or overfills the Magazine from reserves based on the amount of Weapon Kills scored. Maximum total overfill amount is 200% of the Magazine Capacity. Each activation can only load up to 100% of the Magazine Capacity into the magazine. Loaded ammo per Kill by ammo type (rounds up): • Primary Weapons: 10% of Magazine Capacity • Special and Power Weapons: 20%

Rewind Rounds

Upon emptying the Magazine: Refills 60% of the number of Hits landed (rounded up) into the Magazine from reserves. Hits are counted from either your last reload or the last time the perk was triggered. Does not require Direct Hits. Requires firing 28.75% of the Magazine Capacity for the refill to activate. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Hits after triggering a refill do not count while the Rewind Rounds buff is active (1? second). Adaptive Burst Linear Fusion Rifle behavior: • Each individual bolt in the burst counts as a Hit • Refill amount is uniquely 14% of the number of Hits rounded up (numbers are subject to change once we get more data points)

Onslaught

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Onslaught' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Benefits at 1|2|3 Stacks of Onslaught: • 16.7% | 28.6% | 37.5% decreased Firing Delay • 15 | 25 | 35 Reload Speed

Killing Tally

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Killing Tally. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stowing or reloading the weapon removes all Stacks. Damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks: • PVE: 10% | 20% | 30% • PVP: 5% | 10% | 15%

Fourth Time's the Charm

Scoring 4 Precision Hits within 2 seconds of each refills 2 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow.

Rimestealer

Killing Frozen Enemies or Shattering a Stasis Crystal with the weapon grants a Stack of Frost Armor.

High-Impact Reserves

Increases damage by 12.1% [3%] to 25.6% [6%] as the Magazine drops from 50% of its base capacity to empty. The buff in PVE ranges between 10.3% and 22.9% instead on Fusion Rifles and Aggressive Frame Linear Fusion Rifles. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Headstone

Precision Kills create a Large Stasis Crystal at the target's location. Tier 1-2 Minor and Tier 1 Elite Combatants only spawn a Medium Stasis Crystal. Creating 5 Crystals within ? seconds prevents the perk from activating for 5 seconds.

Dynamic Sway Reduction

Each shot while holding down the trigger grants the following benefits: • 1 Stability • ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Reaches maximum strength after 10 shots, granting 10 Stability, ?% decreased Accuracy Cone Size, and 100% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth.

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