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Avalanche — Destiny 2 Machine Gun
Legendary · Machine Gun

“If they're close enough to see it start, then they'd better run.”

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Built from 69 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

Community wishlist roll

36 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 126 from 17 December 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SVRlV4ttvPkAm9HA44Km0?si=a9d7a25536b747c3) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for boss damage in general, and end-game underleveled content. Avalanche has okay stats, but it is an event weapon so that's to be expected. At base - 50 Range equates to 47.38m when ADS and 29.61m hipfire, 40 Handling is a 0.40s ready 0.41s ADS time and 0.37s stow time, and 55 Reload Speed is a 4.71s reload. Magazine size is 57 (max 8) and with 0/1/2/3 Reserves mods, you'll have total ammo of 361/406/451/473 (max 477) - this has been buffed to match other adaptives, making Avalanche very viable as an LMG option. Arrowhead Brake cleans up the recoil direction to 100, or Smallbore or Fluted Barrel boost useful stats as the barrel perk. Then, Appended Mag or Extended Mag work as mag perks, giving you more shots without reloading. For a boss DPS roll, in the first trait perk column, Rewind Rounds works for longer sustained damage or Auto-Loading Holster for shorter damage phases with regular breaks. In the second column, depending on how you're set up, you have your choice of Target Lock, Firing Line or (if there's nothing better), Vorpal Weapon as a damage trait perk. The Dawning Surprise origin trait is pretty potent for PvE (although it won't proc much during boss damage) - 6 Minor add rapid kills drops a "gift" for your fireteam which on pickup grants +20% energy to all your abilities, restores 22HP and starts health regeneration. Recommended MW: Range, Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Target Lock Arrowhead Brake Rewind Rounds Fluted Barrel Smallbore Appended Mag Auto-Loading Holster Firing Line Vorpal Weapon

Community wishlist roll

18 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 126 from 17 December 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SVRlV4ttvPkAm9HA44Km0?si=a9d7a25536b747c3) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for chunkier add-clearing against Minor Spec Enemies in general, and end-game underleveled content, particularly with a solar build. Avalanche has okay stats, but it is an event weapon so that's to be expected. At base - 50 Range equates to 47.38m when ADS and 29.61m hipfire, 40 Handling is a 0.40s ready 0.41s ADS time and 0.37s stow time, and 55 Reload Speed is a 4.71s reload. Magazine size is 57 (max 8) and with 0/1/2/3 Reserves mods, you'll have total ammo of 361/406/451/473 (max 477) - this has been buffed to match other adaptives, making Avalanche very viable as an LMG option. Arrowhead Brake cleans up the recoil direction to 100, or Smallbore or Fluted Barrel boost useful stats as the barrel perk. Then, Appended Mag or Extended Mag work as mag perks, giving you more shots without reloading. To use as a heavy scout rifle for add-clearing, in the first trait perk column the rounds that Rewind Rounds or Subsistence refills save time on reloads, or Dragonfly is always fun for additional solar detinations on crit kills, while Incandescent helps spread scorch stacks and tie into solar subclass fragments to assist with add-clearing. The Dawning Surprise origin trait is pretty potent for PvE - 6 Minor add rapid kills drops a "gift" for your fireteam which on pickup grants +20% energy to all your abilities, restores 22HP and starts health regeneration. Recommended MW: Range, Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Firesprites or when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Incandescent

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Rewind Rounds Fluted Barrel Smallbore Appended Mag Subsistence Dragonfly

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies episode 126 from 17 December 2024 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SVRlV4ttvPkAm9HA44Km0?si=a9d7a25536b747c3) with @ImpetusAlways, @CourtProjects and @Saint_Kabr (PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for boss damage in general, and end-game underleveled content. Avalanche has okay stats, but it is an event weapon so that's to be expected. At base - 50 Range equates to 47.38m when ADS and 29.61m hipfire, 40 Handling is a 0.40s ready 0.41s ADS time and 0.37s stow time, and 55 Reload Speed is a 4.71s reload. Magazine size is 57 (max 8) and with 0/1/2/3 Reserves mods, you'll have total ammo of 361/406/451/473 (max 477) - this has been buffed to match other adaptives, making Avalanche very viable as an LMG option. Arrowhead Brake cleans up the recoil direction to 100, or Smallbore or Fluted Barrel boost useful stats as the barrel perk. Then, Appended Mag or Extended Mag work as mag perks, giving you more shots without reloading. To use as a heavy scout rifle for add-clearing, in the first trait perk column the rounds that Rewind Rounds or Subsistence refills save time on reloads, while Golden Tricorn in the second boosts damage by up to a hefty ×1.5 at two stacks. The Dawning Surprise origin trait is pretty potent for PvE - 6 Minor add rapid kills drops a "gift" for your fireteam which on pickup grants +20% energy to all your abilities, restores 22HP and starts health regeneration. Recommended MW: Range, Stability or Handling, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to create Firesprites or when the artifact mod's around, Stunloader.|tags:PvE PvE-MinorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Golden Tricorn

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Rewind Rounds Fluted Barrel Smallbore Appended Mag Subsistence

Panda

pve mkb controller 1 wishlist roll

Panda (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "There's nothing more fun than shooting forever. That's what this machine gun hopes to do. Rewind Rounds will give you ammo right back into the mag allowing for better sustained Target Lock damage." Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Target Lock Arrowhead Brake Extended Mag Rewind Rounds

Panda

pvp mkb controller 1 wishlist roll

Panda (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Golden Tricorn is goated on this machine gun. A blistering quick 4 shot TtK at 0.40s. You only need to hit 50% of your headshots up to Tier 8 resilience, and if you happen to synergize for Golden Tricorn 2x you can 3 shot 2c1b any resilience at 0.27s." Recommended MW: Range or Stability.

Essential perks

Dynamic Sway Reduction Smallbore Extended Mag Golden Tricorn

Stallion

pve mkb controller 1 wishlist roll

Stallion (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "This feels obvious, but Incan explosions feeding Subsistence feels like it would be real nice. Use heavy as primary? Yes please. Avoid reloading altogether, so full send into mag size." Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Subsistence Extended Mag Incandescent

What these Avalanche perks do

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)

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

Subsistence

Weapon Kills refill 10% of the magazine (rounded up) from reserves. Submachine Gun and Auto Rifle Kills refill 17% of the magazine.

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

Golden Tricorn

While the perk's buff isn't active, Weapon Kills grant 'Golden Tricorn x1' for 7 seconds, increasing weapon damage by 15%. Additional Kills refresh the buff duration. While Golden Tricorn x1 or x2 is active: Grenade or Elemental Melee Kills matching the element of the Weapon grant Golden Tricorn x2 for 10 seconds, increasing weapon damage by 50%. Clarity tooltip editor's note: We're replacing the previous Powered Melee term with Elemental Melee. The former is now exclusively used for perks that require the consumption of a Melee Ability Charge. This note is temporary and will be removed in the future.

Target Lock

Successive Hits within 0.2 seconds of each grant a ramping Damage Buff after scoring 12.5% of the Magazine Capacity as hits. Missing deactivates the buff. Stacks displayed on-screen are only visual aides, the buff ramps up with each shot once active. Reaches maximum strength at 5 Stacks. % of the Magazine Capacity as Hits required for each Visual Stack: 12.5%|35.5%|54.5%|74.5%|110.33% Damage Buff ramps up from 16.73% [10.46%] to 40% [25%] upon reaching maximum strength. Assuming no missed shots, it provides roughly a 25% [15.85%] Damage Buff on average after firing 100% of the Magazine Capacity.

Auto-Loading Holster

Refills stowed weapon from reserves after 3.5 seconds of it being stowed.

Firing Line

Being within 15 meters of 2 allies grants 20% increased Precision Damage.

Vorpal Weapon

Deals increased damage against Minibosses, Bosses, and Vehicles, as well as Players in their Super Ability. Damage increase by Ammo Type: • Primary Weapons: 20% [60%] • Special Weapons: 15% [20%] • Power Weapons: 10% [20%]

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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