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Qua Xaphan V — Destiny 2 Machine Gun
Legendary · Machine Gun
Where it drops: Source: Complete Gambit matches and earn rank-up packages from the Drifter.

“The heavens become dust in the face of your ambition.”

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Built from 199 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

72 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 77 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RxkTOwLINWvKzUitNoAFy?si=1426d1f760c544b5) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr while @CourtProjects is on holiday. First-choice PvE pick for sustained damage against Boss Spec enemies in end-game content. The name literally means "in the character or role of Xaphan" - a fallen angel that rebelled with Satan, and a demon of the second order associated with fire, which doesn't really fit with a void weapon, but there you go. To be honest, if you have a decently rolled void boss-damage LMG, you can ignore Qua Xaphan - it has pretty bad stats. If you are looking for a more easily obtainable one to fill a gap, remember this is a Gambit weapon, so reset your reputation a few times before focusing any engrams. Handling is the usual play for Aggressive LMGs, so Fluted Barrel is the top barrel choice, with Arrowhead Brake and Corkscrew Rifling as decent alternates. Any of the combat effect mag perks (Ricochet Rounds, High-Caliber Rounds or Armor-Piercing Rounds) will work, or Flared Magwell is an option to speed up reload speed. As the first trait column support perk, particularly for sustained boss damage, Triple Tap and Clown Cartridge work - Triple Tap can add up to 12 additional shots, and Clown Cartridge between 5 and 22. For additional damage, in the second column support perk, you can hit the higher damage stacks of Target Lock with your overflowed rounds, take a straight 15% damage (and maxed handling and reload speed) with Frenzy, or 20% additional damage in a fireteam with Firing Line. Recommended MW: Handling or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Strong alternatives

Target Lock Fluted Barrel Ricochet Rounds Triple Tap Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling High-Caliber Rounds Armor-Piercing Rounds Flared Magwell Clown Cartridge Frenzy Firing Line

pandapaxxy

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pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "The new Gambit machine gun is a high-impact. Right away this will either entice you or drive you away. Field prep coupled with Target Lock will be my #1 roll. Increase the magazine size and slap on Arrowhead Brake for a really easy to use, high damage machine gun. Destabilizing Rounds will also do great as a single shot (in lower tiered content) will be able to kill an enemy and apply the debuff." Recommended MW: Reload.

Strong alternatives

Target Lock Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Field Prep Frenzy Destabilizing Rounds Clown Cartridge Triple Tap Flared Magwell Light Mag Smallbore Corkscrew Rifling

pandapaxxy

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pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): "There are not many uses for a high-impact machine gun in PvP. They require all crits but just feel extremely unforgiving. Anything to bump up the consistency will be greatly appreciated. Dynamic Sway Reduction or Under Pressure, and Ricochet Rounds will feel great. Rampage might not be the best but it does allow you to 3 crit 1 body any resilience and 2 crit 2 body all the way up to 7 resilience. Adrenaline Junkie isn't quite as strong on the low end. But if you can get a grenade kill you can 3 crit any resilience for a 0.33s TtK. Incredibly fast." Recommended MW: Stability.

Strong alternatives

Dynamic Sway Reduction Fluted Barrel Ricochet Rounds Rampage Adrenaline Junkie Under Pressure Killing Wind Flared Magwell High-Caliber Rounds Smallbore

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by @PodvsEnemies Podcast vs Enemies episode 77 (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4RxkTOwLINWvKzUitNoAFy?si=1426d1f760c544b5) with @ImpetusAlways and @Saint_Kabr while @CourtProjects is on holiday. First-choice PvE pick for add-clearing Minor Spec enemies in end-game content. The name literally means "in the character or role of Xaphan" - a fallen angel that rebelled with Satan, and a demon of the second order associated with fire, which doesn't really fit with a void weapon, but there you go. To be honest, if you have a decently rolled void LMG, you can ignore Qua Xaphan - it has pretty bad stats. If you are looking for a more easily obtainable one to fill a gap, remember this is a Gambit weapon, so reset your reputation a few times before focusing any engrams. Handling is the usual play for Aggressive LMGs, so Fluted Barrel is the top barrel choice, with Arrowhead Brake and Corkscrew Rifling as decent alternates. Any of the combat effect mag perks (Ricochet Rounds, High-Caliber Rounds or Armor-Piercing Rounds) will work, or Flared Magwell is an option to speed up reload speed. If you want to use this as a heavy scout rifle, for add clear, Field Prep, for the boost to reserves and reload speed is the best option in the first trait column as the support perk, and Destabilizing Rounds gives you access to volatility effects even if you're not using a void subclass, for great add-clearing. Recommended MW: Handling or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, M+KB, Controller

Essential perks

Destabilizing Rounds Field Prep

Strong alternatives

High-Caliber Rounds Fluted Barrel Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Flared Magwell

pandapaxxy

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pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "There are not many uses for a high-impact machine gun in PvP. They require all crits but just feel extremely unforgiving. Anything to bump up the consistency will be greatly appreciated. Dynamic Sway Reduction or Under Pressure, and Ricochet Rounds will feel great. Rampage might not be the best but it does allow you to 3 crit 1 body any resilience and 2 crit 2 body all the way up to 7 resilience. Adrenaline Junkie isn't quite as strong on the low end. But if you can get a grenade kill you can 3 crit any resilience for a 0.33s TtK. Incredibly fast." Recommended MW: Range.

Essential perks

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Dynamic Sway Reduction Ricochet Rounds Rampage Adrenaline Junkie Under Pressure High-Caliber Rounds

What these Qua Xaphan V 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.

Triple Tap

Scoring 3 Precision Hits within 2 seconds of each refills 1 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow.

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%.

Armor-Piercing Rounds

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

Clown Cartridge

Reloading randomly overfills the Magazine from reserves by 10% to 50% of the base Magazine Capacity (rounded up). Works out to a 30% overfill on average.

Frenzy

After being in Combat for 12 seconds: Grants 15% increased damage, 100 Handling, and 100 Reload Speed for 7.2 seconds. Works and can activate while stowed. Dealing and receiving damage refreshes the buff duration. For Frenzy, being in Combat is defined as having either dealt or received damage within the last 5 seconds. Self-damage and environmental damage do not count.

Firing Line

Being within 15 meters of 2 allies grants 20% increased Precision Damage.

Destabilizing Rounds

Weapon Kills apply Volatile to enemies in a 7 meter radius around the target and grant Volatile Rounds for 3 seconds. 1.5 second cooldown between activations.

Field Prep

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

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.

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.

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

Under Pressure

Grants linearly scaling benefits as the Magazine drops from 50% of its base capacity to empty: • 12.5% to 25% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 0 to 30? Stability

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.

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