Avalanche god roll & best perks

Avalanche — Destiny 2 Machine Gun
Legendary · Machine Gun
Where it drops: Source: The Dawning.

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

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Built from 624 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

YeezyGT's S16

god-pve 288 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Stability] "Avalanche rolls with the tried-and-true combo of Extended Mag/Auto-Loading/Damage perk. Opt for Swashbuckler/Adrenaline for most content, Vorpal for higher-end, and Dragonfly if you've got a very high Stability roll that feels stable enough to reliably hit headshots. Avalanche kicks quite a bit on Console, but the damage it puts out once it gets going is fairly devastating to waves of enemies."

Strong alternatives

SLO-12 Post Extended Mag Auto-Loading Holster Swashbuckler Vorpal Weapon Dragonfly Adrenaline Junkie Subsistence Ricochet Rounds High-Caliber Rounds Flared Magwell Light Mag Appended Mag SLO-21 Post SPO-26 Front SPO-57 Front SPO-28 Front SLO-10 Post

Community wishlist roll

144 wishlist rolls

PvE pick

Strong alternatives

SLO-12 Post Appended Mag Feeding Frenzy Rampage SLO-10 Post SLO-21 Post SPO-57 Front Alloy Magazine High-Caliber Rounds Extended Mag Slideways Threat Detector High-Impact Reserves Hip-Fire Grip

Community wishlist roll

64 wishlist rolls

PvP pick

Strong alternatives

Moving Target SLO-12 Post Ricochet Rounds Rampage SLO-10 Post SLO-21 Post SPO-57 Front High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Slideways Quickdraw High-Impact Reserves

Community wishlist roll

controller pvp 48 wishlist rolls

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Strong alternatives

Adrenaline Junkie Ricochet Rounds SPO-57 Front Surplus Swashbuckler Killing Wind Zen Moment High-Caliber Rounds Tap the Trigger SPO-28 Front SRO-37 Ocular

Community wishlist roll

controller pve 44 wishlist rolls

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Strong alternatives

Appended Mag Outlaw SPO-57 Front Swashbuckler Adrenaline Junkie Vorpal Weapon High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Auto-Loading Holster Subsistence SLO-12 Post SLO-10 Post

Community wishlist roll

10 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 241. PvE backup roll. Recommended MW: Stability with Backup Mag or damage boosting mod.

Essential perks

Vorpal Weapon

Strong alternatives

SRO-37 Ocular Appended Mag Auto-Loading Holster SRO-41 Ocular Extended Mag Outlaw SPO-57 Front

Community wishlist roll

9 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 241. PvE first choice roll. Recommended MW: Reload Speed with Backup Mag or damage boosting mod.

Essential perks

Alloy Magazine Subsistence

Strong alternatives

Dragonfly SPO-57 Front SRO-37 Ocular SRO-41 Ocular Swashbuckler Adrenaline Junkie

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 241. PvP backup roll. Ocular sights provide extra zoom and constrain recoil, but have a constricted sight picture. MGs are difficult to recommend in PvP in the power slot as at the 30th Anniversary sandbox. Recommended MW: Handling with Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Ricochet Rounds Tap the Trigger

Strong alternatives

SRO-37 Ocular Surplus SRO-41 Ocular Killing Wind

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 241. PvP backup roll. Ocular sights provide extra zoom and constrain recoil, but have a constricted sight picture. MGs are difficult to recommend in PvP in the power slot as at the 30th Anniversary sandbox. Recommended MW: Handling with Targeting Adjuster mod.

Essential perks

Appended Mag Tap the Trigger

Strong alternatives

SRO-37 Ocular Surplus SRO-41 Ocular Killing Wind

Community wishlist roll

3 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 189. PvP backup roll. Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Tap the Trigger SPO-57 Front

Strong alternatives

Flared Magwell Surplus Ricochet Rounds Zen Moment

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 241. PvP backup roll. MGs are difficult to recommend in PvP in the power slot as at the 30th Anniversary sandbox. Recommended MW: Handling with Targeting Adjuster mod.

Essential perks

Appended Mag Tap the Trigger SPO-57 Front

Strong alternatives

Killing Wind Surplus

Community wishlist roll

god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

High-Caliber Rounds Tap the Trigger SPO-57 Front Surplus

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Memorial is pretty garbage even compared to Avalanche, both are outclassed severely by Delirium and Edgewise anyways

What these Avalanche perks do

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%.

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.

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

Outlaw

Precision Kills grant 70 Reload Speed with a 0.9x decreased Reload Animation Duration for 6 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

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

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%]

Armor-Piercing Rounds

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

Auto-Loading Holster

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

Subsistence

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

Killing Wind

On Weapon Kill, for 5 seconds: • 50 Mobility • 40 Handling and 20 Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance Additional Kills extend the duration by 5 seconds, up to 8 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Zen Moment

Weapon Hits grant 1 Stack of the perk for 1 second up to the maximum of 5? Stacks. Benefits granted per Stack: • Grants ?% Flinch Resistance • Reduces Visual Weapon Shake by 15% • Reduces Reticle Bounce by 15% Stacks gained per Weapon Hit by weapon type: • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 2? • Pulse Rifles, Sidearms: 1.5 • Other Weapons: 1

Dragonfly

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

Feeding Frenzy

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Feeding Frenzy for 3.5 seconds, increasing the Reload Speed of the weapon. Maximum of 5 Stacks. Bonuses at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 8|50|60|75|100 Reload Speed • 2.5%|10%|13%|16%|20% decreased Reload Animation Duration

Rampage

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Rampage. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stacks expire one at a time every 4.5 seconds. Grants a 10%|21%|33.1% damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Alloy Magazine

Linearly grants a Reload Duration Multiplier as your magazine drops from 50% capacity to empty. Reload Duration Multiplier scales from 0.9x at 50% capacity to 0.8x with an empty magazine.

Slideways

Sliding refills 15% of the magazine (rounded up) from reserves and grants 15? Stability and 30 Handling for 3 seconds. 0.5 second cooldown between activations. Buff is removed on stow.

Threat Detector

Grants 1|2 Stacks while within 15 meters of 1|2+ enemies. Bonuses at 1|2 Stacks: • 15|40 Stability • 18|60 Reload Speed • 25|100 Handling • 0.9x|0.81x Handling Animation Duration Multiplier

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.

Hip-Fire Grip

Grants the following benefits while hipfiring: • 25 Stability and 15 Aim Assist • 2.7° larger Precision Aim Cone Angle • 30% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 20% increased Aim Assist Falloff Distance • 20% increased Damage Falloff Distance The Damage Falloff increase does not apply to The Last Word, Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, and Fusion Rifles. PvP-specific note: the Precision Aim Cone Angle increase essentially just allows you to hit Crits while aimed above or slightly to the side of the head. (This is already the default behavior of Submachine Guns, Sidearms, Bows, Machine Guns, and Linear Fusion Rifles so it does not affect them)

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Quickdraw

Switching to the Weapon grants 100 Ready/Stow Handling and a 0.95x Ready Animation Duration Multiplier for 1 second. Buff is removed as soon as ADS input is pressed.

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

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