Marcato-45 god roll & best perks

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 934 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M24D3moUjRCXj0AtIsCCx?si=208c6d31bdb7453e) with @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvE pick for add-clearing Minor spec enemies in end-game content. Marcato-45 stars off with decent stats in comparison to its peers - although it has a small magazine, it compensates by having fairly hefty reserves. You'll need to keep the reticule on target, so choose a barrel perk that improves recoil direction or stability. Reload speed and mag size will also be important, so this is what to look for with the magazine perk choice. In the first trait column, Threat Detector, Triple Tap and Demolitionist are all good for either speeding up reloads or extending your magazine, while Onslaught will mow through minor adds, and be good for occasional burst damage against majors too. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Onslaught

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Threat Detector Smallbore Extended Barrel Polygonal Rifling Chambered Compensator Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Triple Tap Demolitionist

pandapaxxy (PvE / Controller / M+KB): "I’m happy to see more adaptive frame machine guns. None will ever replace our lord and savior Hammerhead. But we can think they’re still strong in our heart of hearts. Onslaught paired with Triple Tap could be really good for about 3 seconds. You will have to ramp up the kills with some smaller enemies, hoping not to waste too much ammo, and then unload into a major or boss with the added damage with the remainder of your magazine. In practice I don’t know how well it will be. Golden Tricorn can activate, reload, and then you can ramp up to the second level with a full magazine." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Onslaught Appended Mag Triple Tap Corkscrew Rifling Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Attrition Orbs Arrowhead Brake Smallbore Hatchling Golden Tricorn

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 934 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0M24D3moUjRCXj0AtIsCCx?si=208c6d31bdb7453e) with @Saint_Kabr and @ImpetusAlways. First-choice PvE pick for add-clearing Minor spec enemies in general content, particularly with a Strand subclass. Marcato-45 stars off with decent stats in comparison to its peers - although it has a small magazine, it compensates by having fairly hefty reserves. You'll need to keep the reticule on target, so choose a barrel perk that improves recoil direction or stability. Reload speed and mag size will also be important, so this is what to look for with the magazine perk choice. Combine Slice, in the first trait column, to reduce damage output by 40% from bulkier adds with Hatchling for additional crowd control, and throw in supportive fragments to augment both, and this could be a fun add-suppressing and add-clearing roll. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a damage boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-EndGame, PvE-God, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Hatchling Slice

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Smallbore Extended Barrel Polygonal Rifling Chambered Compensator Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell

Adamsdown_Boy - information as at v8.0.0.6 PvE / PvE-Boss / PvE-BossSpec / PvE-EndGame / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): PvE pick for killing boss-tier Subjugators. As per @mossy_max (https://x.com/mossy_max/status/1804893174965338387) - boss-tier Subjugators have a 20% damage reduction to all non-matching damage, going up to 30% DR to all damage after they "screech", which counts as a shield in-game and reacts to shield-based trait perks. Marcato-45, is one of the Final Shape world drops so, unfortunately, it's not possible to farm for at the time of writing this. First, Arrowhead Brake to help with recoil, or Chambered Compensator or Polygonal Rifling will also to help land consistent crits). Then Appended Mag with a Backup Mag mod gets you to 75 shots in the mag, or Extended Mag works too. In the first trait perk column, Triple Tap is the obvious choice to extend your magazine or, for Hunters, Slice is useful to reduce the Subjugator's damage output by 40% after you dodge. In the second column, Under-Over provides +50% damage against a Stasis boss Subjugator "shield" and +87.5% against Strand Subjugators, as you bypass the damage reduction too. The Suros Synergy origin trait is briefly useful after a reload. Recommended MW: Stability, with a Backup Mag mod

Essential perks

Under-Over

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Triple Tap Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Extended Mag Slice

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller / M+KB): "In PvP the added damage from Golden Tricorn 1x will allow for some blistering fast kills, Threat Detector will make this machine gun feel more like a submachine gun in CQC but will not have those added benefits in its intended ranges. Demolitionist and Slice both offer unique benefits." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Golden Tricorn Hammer-Forged Rifling Threat Detector Smallbore Demolitionist Slice Onslaught