Death Adder god roll & best perks

Death Adder — Destiny 2 Submachine Gun
Legendary · Submachine Gun
Where it drops: Source: "Prophecy" Dungeon

“You will not see me coming.”

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Built from 134 curated wishlist rolls for this Submachine 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

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Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Disruption Break Fluted Barrel Feeding Frenzy Subsistence Dragonfly Auto-Loading Holster Appended Mag Extended Mag Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

YeezyGT's S15

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[YeezyGT's S15] (PvE): [MW: Stability / Reload Speed] "I'm unashamedly part of the Death Adder fan-club. While it shares a model with Recluse, its actually an entirely different SMG. Best used within its own Dragonfly niche, you'll want something to bolster its Reload Speed, or, if on console, address its (not great) Stability. Those come in the forms of Subsistence, Feeding Frenzy, and Dynamic Sway Reduction. Outside of those, fight your instincts and value Stability/Reload over Range -- I'd even consider Steady Rounds of all things. Great SMG, but it makes you work for its potential."

Essential perks

Dragonfly

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Subsistence Steady Rounds Feeding Frenzy Dynamic Sway Reduction Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Alloy Magazine Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Moving Target Dynamic Sway Reduction Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds Eye of the Storm Hip-Fire Grip Rangefinder Tactical Mag Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Dynamic Sway Reduction Rangefinder Accurized Rounds Moving Target Eye of the Storm Hip-Fire Grip Tactical Mag

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Dynamic Sway Reduction Fluted Barrel Rangefinder Accurized Rounds

What these Death Adder perks do

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.

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

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.

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.

Rangefinder

Aiming Down Sights grants the following benefits: • 10 Range • 10% increased Effective Zoom • 5% increased Projectile Speed The Effective Zoom increase pushes out Aim Assist Falloff by 10%, reduces (Absolute) Recoil by 10% and narrows the Accuracy and Aim Assist Cones by the same amount. (This is the normal behavior of Zoom and isn't unique to Rangefinder)

Disruption Break

On Elemental, Barrier or Guardian Shield Break: Applies Kinetic Damage Vulnerability to the enemy, increasing Kinetic damage taken by 50% for 5.5 [5] seconds. Stacks with all other Buffs and Debuffs (including itself).

Auto-Loading Holster

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

Moving Target

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

Eye of the Storm

Grants a scaling buff to Handling and Accuracy as your Shield Health drops below 40 and reaches maximum strength at 0 Shield HP. Buff at maximum strength grants: • 30 Handling • 40% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 17% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth The buff linearly scales from 0% at 80 Shield HP to 100% at 0 Shield HP (Critical Health). It initially triggers as you drop to 40 Shield HP — giving you 50% of the maximum buff. However, as you regenerate your Shield Health, the buff will still remain until you reach 80 Shield HP where the benefits scale down to zero.

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)

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