Built from 235 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
PvE
PvE-MinorSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
60 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use any Stability or Range boosting barrel (except Full Bore) with any combat effect or reload speed-boosting mag to round out to your preference. Auto-Loading Holster gives you thr confidence that you're ready to roll every time you get your LMG out - particularly for solo play - with your choice of damage-boosting second column traits. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Auto-Loading Holster
Strong alternatives
Polygonal Rifling
High-Caliber Rounds
Incandescent
Chambered Compensator
Smallbore
Corkscrew Rifling
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Ricochet Rounds
Flared Magwell
Light Mag
Adrenaline Junkie
Swashbuckler
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-MinorSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
40 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use any Stability or Range boosting barrel (except Full Bore) with any combat effect or reload speed-boosting mag to round out to your preference. Even in end-game content, you should be getting add kills regularly to proc Subsistence, and the solar ability kit has plenty of options to trigger five stacks of wither Adrenaline Junkie or Swashbuckler for a 33% damage boost. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Subsistence
Strong alternatives
Adrenaline Junkie
Polygonal Rifling
High-Caliber Rounds
Chambered Compensator
Smallbore
Corkscrew Rifling
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Ricochet Rounds
Flared Magwell
Light Mag
Swashbuckler
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-MinorSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
30 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use Arrowhead Brake to get straight recoil, or Fluted Barrel for extra Handling and Stability with any combat effect or reload speed-boosting mag to round out to your preference. Auto-Loading Holster gives you thr confidence that you're ready to roll every time you get your LMG out - particularly for solo play - with your choice of damage-boosting second column traits. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Auto-Loading Holster
Strong alternatives
High-Caliber Rounds
Fluted Barrel
Incandescent
Arrowhead Brake
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Ricochet Rounds
Flared Magwell
Light Mag
Adrenaline Junkie
Swashbuckler
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-MinorSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
24 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use any Stability or Range boosting barrel (except Full Bore). In the mag slot, we'll be wanting to take full advantage of Ambitious Assassin's 10% bonus mag size per rapid kill after reloading with a size-boosting option. In the mag slot, we'll be wanting to take full advantage of Ambitious Assassin's 110% bonus mag size per rapid kill after reloading with a size-boosting option. Then take your pick of damage-boosting magazine traits against Minors or Majors to make the most of a huge magazine. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Ambitious Assassin
Strong alternatives
Polygonal Rifling
Extended Mag
Incandescent
Chambered Compensator
Smallbore
Corkscrew Rifling
Appended Mag
Adrenaline Junkie
Swashbuckler
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-MinorSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
20 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use any Stability or Range boosting barrel (except Full Bore) with any combat effect or reload speed-boosting mag to round out to your preference. Even in end-game content, you should be getting add kills regularly to proc Subsistence, and then build into solar scorch and ignite with Incandescent. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Subsistence
Incandescent
Strong alternatives
Polygonal Rifling
High-Caliber Rounds
Chambered Compensator
Smallbore
Corkscrew Rifling
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Ricochet Rounds
Flared Magwell
Light Mag
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-MinorSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
20 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use Arrowhead Brake to get straight recoil, or Fluted Barrel for extra Handling and Stability with any combat effect or reload speed-boosting mag to round out to your preference. Even in end-game content, you should be getting add kills regularly to proc Subsistence, and the solar ability kit has plenty of options to trigger five stacks of wither Adrenaline Junkie or Swashbuckler for a 33% damage boost. Recommended MW: Stability, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Subsistence
Strong alternatives
Adrenaline Junkie
High-Caliber Rounds
Fluted Barrel
Arrowhead Brake
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Ricochet Rounds
Flared Magwell
Light Mag
Swashbuckler
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-MinorSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
12 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use Arrowhead Brake to get straight recoil, or Fluted Barrel for extra Handling and Stability. In the mag slot, we'll be wanting to take full advantage of Ambitious Assassin's 110% bonus mag size per rapid kill after reloading with a size-boosting option. Then take your pick of damage-boosting magazine traits against Minors or Majors to make the most of a huge magazine. Recommended MW: Stability, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Ambitious Assassin
Strong alternatives
Fluted Barrel
Extended Mag
Incandescent
Arrowhead Brake
Appended Mag
Adrenaline Junkie
Swashbuckler
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-MinorSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
10 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors and Bosses with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use Arrowhead Brake to get straight recoil, or Fluted Barrel for extra Handling and Stability with any combat effect or reload speed-boosting mag to round out to your preference. Even in end-game content, you should be getting add kills regularly to proc Subsistence, and then build into solar scorch and ignite with Incandescent. Recommended MW: Stability, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Subsistence
Incandescent
Strong alternatives
High-Caliber Rounds
Fluted Barrel
Arrowhead Brake
Armor-Piercing Rounds
Ricochet Rounds
Flared Magwell
Light Mag
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-Boss
PvE-MajorSpec
PvE-BossSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
8 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors and Bosses with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use any Stability or Range boosting barrel (except Full Bore). In the mag slot, we'll be wanting to take full advantage of Ambitious Assassin's 10% bonus mag size per rapid kill after reloading with a size-boosting option. Then use the Target Lock second-column trait to get up to a passive 40% damage boost against a single target just for shooting at it - ideal for Major or Boss damage. Recommended MW: Handling, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Target Lock
Ambitious Assassin
Strong alternatives
Polygonal Rifling
Extended Mag
Chambered Compensator
Smallbore
Corkscrew Rifling
Appended Mag
Community wishlist roll
PvE
PvE-Boss
PvE-MajorSpec
PvE-BossSpec
PvE-EndGame
PvE-God
Controller
MKB
4 wishlist rolls
Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. PvE first-choice roll for chunkier Minors with a Solar subclass in endgame content. Option of Suros Synergy or the Dawning Surprise origin trait which can help you gain ability energy and restart healing by collecting a small box after killing a half-dozen enemies or so. Balanced stats, so you can use Arrowhead Brake to get straight recoil, or Fluted Barrel for extra Handling and Stability. In the mag slot, we'll be wanting to take full advantage of Ambitious Assassin's 10% bonus mag size per rapid kill after reloading with a size-boosting option. Then use the Target Lock second-column trait to get up to a passive 40% damage boost against a single target just for shooting at it - ideal for Major or Boss damage. Recommended MW: Stability, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.
Essential perks
Target Lock
Ambitious Assassin
Strong alternatives
Fluted Barrel
Extended Mag
Arrowhead Brake
Appended Mag
pandapaxxy
pvp
mkb
2 wishlist rolls
pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Adaptive machine guns have always been my favorite for PvP. Being able to have decent damage at range, good chip damage, and a pretty manageable recoil are all great things to have. Avalanche does bring some good things to the table, like maxing out recoil direction with arrowhead brake. Ricochet rounds gives you some much needed stability. Dynamic sway reduction will reduce your bloom on extended gunfights. On MnK I would recommend swashbuckler or adrenaline junkie for a flat damage bonus." Recommended MW - Range.
Essential perks
Arrowhead Brake
Dynamic Sway Reduction
Ricochet Rounds
Strong alternatives
Swashbuckler
Adrenaline Junkie
pandapaxxy
pve
mkb
controller
1 wishlist roll
pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "I am always both happy and sad when this weapon rolls around. Avalanche is just a relic of year 3. It’s a weird SUROS machine gun that fires from both barrels. The saving grace is being a 450 RPM machine gun. I went slightly different with my recommendations compared to my peers. With a recoil direction of 70 you really want to bump this up to max. Arrowhead brake is the first suggestion I have. With auto-loading holster you won’t have to worry about reload speed and you’ll get all the benefits of a bigger magazine with appended mag. Finally there’s target lock. This season’s newest perk. Target lock will increase your damage the longer you stay on target. With backup mag and appended mag you cap out your magazine at 75. With these many bullets you should definitely be the coolest person in your fireteam when you hit the cap on damage and be able to show off that sweet, sweet DEEPS." Recommended MW - Stability.
Essential perks
Target Lock
Arrowhead Brake
Appended Mag
Auto-Loading Holster
Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.