Avalanche god roll & best perks

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 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

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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

What these Avalanche perks do

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.

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.

Swashbuckler

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of 'Swashbuckler' for 4.5 seconds. Maximum of 5 Stacks. (Glaive) Melee Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly. Damage increase at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: 6.7% | 13.3% | 20% | 26.6% | 33.3% Stowing the weapon removes the buff.

Adrenaline Junkie

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Adrenaline Junkie for 4.5 seconds. Grenade Kills grant all 5 Stacks instantly even if the weapon is stowed. Adrenaline Junkie benefits: • 20 Handling • 6.7%|13.3%|20%|26.6%|33.3% increased damage at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks

Tap the Trigger

Firing grants 'Tap The Trigger' for 0.6 seconds, providing the following benefits: • 40 Stability • 50% decreased Recoil • 10% decreased Accuracy Cone Size Fusion Rifles only receive 25% of the benefits. Buff cannot be refreshed until Automatic Weapons stop firing, or until the next burst. [Controller-Only] Weapon fires the instant trigger pressure is applied.

Ambitious Assassin

Reloading after scoring Kills with the weapon overfills the magazine from reserves based on the number of Kills scored. Overfill amount maxes out at 150% of the Magazine Capacity. Always rounds up. Kill counter persists through stow. Overfill amount per Kill scored: • Primary Weapons: 20% • Special and Power Weapons: 10%

High-Caliber Rounds

Hits inflict increased Flinch on Enemies. PVE: Tier 1-2 Minors can be repeatedly staggered. Higher Tier Combatants stagger quicker. PVP: Flinch against Players varies based on damage and Weapon Archetype. Flinch increase ranges between 5-10%.

Subsistence

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

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.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

Grants 5% increased damage against Elemental and Barrier Champion Shields. Allows bullets to overpenetrate enemies once.

Encore

On Weapon Kill, for 7 seconds: Grants 1 Stack on Bodyshot Kills and 2 Stacks on Precision Kills. Maximum of 4 Stacks. Each stack grants 5 Range, 8 Stability, and -1.25% Accuracy Cone Size.

Recommendations aggregated from curated community wishlists; credit to the curators linked above.

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