Mechabre god roll & best perks

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "Mechabre has always been a great sniper rifle. Even though High-Impact snipers aren't high meta their high single shot damage is great for solo play or short damage phases where accuracy isn't as important. Triple Tap or Clown Cartridge will get you better ammo with Appended Mag and a backup mag mod. If you're going to be with fireteam members, Firing Line is best in slot. Vorpal Weapon is second best but better for solo or dual fireteams." Recommended MW: Reload Speed.

Strong alternatives

Appended Mag Firing Line Fluted Barrel Triple Tap Vorpal Weapon Clown Cartridge Demolitionist Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB / Controller): "Over in PvP you've got two different Ros to go for with combinations between them. The tried and true Snapshot Sights / Opening Shot will always work, especially good if you didn't get the free roll from Festival of the Lost past. Lone Wolf and Closing Time is the new hotness and works best with a mag boosting perk or backup mag to get 2 attempts with Closing Time (versus one shot with the base magazine of 3)." Recommended MW: Handling.

Essential perks

Fluted Barrel

Strong alternatives

Snapshot Sights Closing Time Accurized Rounds Opening Shot Lone Wolf Appended Mag Tactical Mag

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.1.0.4 (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for burst damage against Major Spec enemies in end-game content, particularly for arc builds. Mechabre (it's so obviously a Transformers pun on Macabre, so let's just pronounce it Mech-ah-bruh) is reportedly excellent in PvP, but like all aggressive snipers it struggles to find a role in PvE. One thing you could do is use it to apply jolt to beefier targets at a distance. At base, Handling of 26 equates to 0.44s ready speed, 0.45s ADS speed and 0.39s stow speed, and Reload Speed of 30 is a 3.20s reload. With 0/1/2/3 reserve mods, you'll have total ammo of 22/24/26/26 of a max total ammo of 27. As with most snipers, look for a handling-boosting barrel perk. Building towards the end, Flared Magwell gives the biggest boost to reload speed out of the magazine perks, with Tactical Mag a decent alternative. Keep Away in the first trait column as the support perk boosts reload speed by a further 30, as well as boosting range and accuracy all of which, with a reload Masterwork, can get the reload speed up to 85. Alternatively, Air Trigger can boost Reload Speed by the same +30 when you start the reload animation off the ground, and boosts total ammo by the equivalent of 1.5 reserves mods (2 when enhanced). Get one kill against an add, reload and then Voltshot in the second column as the signature perk can apply Jolt to your next target from a safe distance for burst and AoE damage, and to synergise with arc fragments. The Search Party origin trait is more PvP-orientated, but faster ADS speed is always nice to have. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag mod or, when masterworked, Synergy to generate Ionic Traces or Stunloader when there's a matching artifact mod.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-MajorSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Voltshot

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Flared Magwell Keep Away Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling Tactical Mag Air Trigger

Adamsdown_Boy written v8.1.0.4 (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE pick for sustained damage against Boss enemies in end-game content. Mechabre (it's so obviously a Transformers pun on Macabre, so let's just pronounce it Mech-ah-bruh) is reportedly excellent in PvP, but like all aggressive snipers it struggles to find a role in PvE. At base, Handling of 26 equates to 0.44s ready speed, 0.45s ADS speed and 0.39s stow speed, and Reload Speed of 30 is a 3.20s reload. With 0/1/2/3 reserve mods, you'll have total ammo of 22/24/26/26 of a max total ammo of 27. As with most snipers, look for a handling-boosting barrel perk, and then Appended Mag with a Backup Mag mod gets you to the maximum of 5 in the mag. If you don't have a well-rolled rapid-fire sniper for backup boss damage, you could start in the first trait perk slot with one of Triple Tap (7 crits before reload), Clown Cartridge (6-8 shots before reload), or Air Trigger to boost Reload Speed by +30 when you start the reload animation off the ground and boost total ammo by the equivalent of 1.5 reserves mods (2 when enhanced). Combine one of those with Firing Line for a ×1.2 damage boost in a fireteam or Vorpal Weapon for a flat ×1.15 boost to majors and bosses in the second. The Search Party origin trait is more PvP-orientated, but faster ADS speed is always nice to have. Recommended MW: Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag mod.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-BossSpec PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Appended Mag Air Trigger

Strong alternatives

Firing Line Fluted Barrel Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling Vorpal Weapon