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Retrofit Escapade — Destiny 2 Machine Gun
Legendary · Machine Gun
Where it drops: Source: Season Pass Reward

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Built from 158 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

38 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. Backup PvE roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten up the recoil direction with Arrowhead Brake, or boost stability with your barrel perk. Add your choice of extra shots, stability and reload speed with the mag. To lean into the Void 3.0 sandbox, give yourself as much ammo and uptime in the first trait column with Stats for All, Field Prep, Fourth Time's the Charm or Feeding Frenzy to take advantage of Golden Tricorn's 50% bonus damage with two stacks, using your choice of void grenade or melee. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Golden Tricorn

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Stats for All Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Flared Magwell Appended Mag Extended Mag Field Prep Fourth Time's the Charm Feeding Frenzy

Community wishlist roll

36 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. First-choice PvE roll for general content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten up the recoil direction with Arrowhead Brake, or boost stability with your barrel perk. Add your choice of extra shots, stability and reload speed with the mag. For general add clear, use Stats for All, Field Prep, or Feeding Frenzy for maximum uptime in your first trait column, and the old favourite Rampage in the second to stack up to 33% bonus damage on kills. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Rampage

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Feeding Frenzy Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Flared Magwell Appended Mag Extended Mag Stats for All Field Prep

Community wishlist roll

29 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. Backup PvE roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten up the recoil direction with Arrowhead Brake, or boost stability with your barrel perk. Add your choice of extra shots, stability and reload speed with the mag. For end-game add clear, use Stats for All, Field Prep, or Feeding Frenzy for maximum uptime in your first trait column, and the reliable Frenzy in the second for an easy to use 15% damage boost. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Frenzy

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Stats for All Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Flared Magwell Appended Mag Extended Mag Field Prep Feeding Frenzy

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 27 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): "I dislike 900 rpm machine guns. They don’t feel very strong for how fast they fire. If I had some good Rambo moments where I could shred hordes of low-tier adds without having to recoil control that much I would love it. But having the lowest base stats across the machine gun archetypes and the fastest rpm makes them unwieldy. Arrowhead brake will bring up the terribly low recoil direction and having more in the magazine means you can be off target for 0.001s and not waste half your ammo. Feeding frenzy and field prep are both ways to bump up the decent reload speed. Golden tricorn will get you the best bang for your glimmer when paired with a void subclass. All void subclasses are viable in end game content so that’s not an issue. Frenzy is best when not on a void subclass and vorpal will allow you to do increased but not substantial damage in and out of combat." Recommended MW - Reload.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Appended Mag Golden Tricorn Feeding Frenzy Flared Magwell Tactical Mag Field Prep Fourth Time's the Charm Frenzy Vorpal Weapon

Community wishlist roll

11 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. Backup PvE roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten up the recoil direction with Arrowhead Brake, or boost stability with your barrel perk. Add your choice of extra shots, stability and reload speed with the mag. Rapid-fires have plenty of rounds to proc the SOFA (Stats/One for All) trait combination. Bonus handling, stability, range and reload speed, plus a 35% boost to damage just for hitting three different enemies. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Stats for All One for All

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Fluted Barrel Polygonal Rifling Arrowhead Brake Flared Magwell Appended Mag Extended Mag

Community wishlist roll

8 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. Backup PvE roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten things up with additional stability. For damage against a single target, you want your magazine as large as it will go, so look for Extended or Appended. Then extend the magazine with Fourth Time's the Charm, or improve your ammo reserves and reload with Field Prep in the first trait column to give Target Lock's 40& bonus to damage as much uptime as possible. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Target Lock

Strong alternatives

Fluted Barrel Extended Mag Field Prep Polygonal Rifling Appended Mag Fourth Time's the Charm

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. First-choice PvE roll for general content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten up the recoil direction with Arrowhead Brake. For damage against a single target, you want your magazine as large as it will go, so look for Extended or Appended. Then extend the magazine with Fourth Time's the Charm, or improve your ammo reserves and reload with Field Prep in the first trait column to give Target Lock's 40& bonus to damage as much uptime as possible. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-Boss, PvE-MajorSpec, PvE-BossSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Target Lock Arrowhead Brake

Strong alternatives

Extended Mag Field Prep Appended Mag Fourth Time's the Charm

pandapaxxy

pvp mkb 2 wishlist rolls

pandapaxxy (PvP / M+KB): "Let me issue you a challenge. If you kill me in PvP with this weapon I will uninstall Destiny 2. [...] In other news, go for consistency perks as the base stats are so low they are almost non-existent. Arrowhead break will make the recoil easier. Accurized rounds will push out your effective range. Heating up will better your stability and recoil direction further, but you have to get a kill first. Tap the trigger won’t last long, but will help you get some damage on target." Recommended MW - Range.

Essential perks

Arrowhead Brake Heating Up Accurized Rounds

Strong alternatives

Tap the Trigger Rampage

Community wishlist roll

1 wishlist roll

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. First-choice PvE roll for add clear in end-game content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten up the recoil direction with Arrowhead Brake. Tactical Mag adds a few extra shots, plus stability and reload speed. Rapid-fires have plenty of rounds to proc the SOFA (Stats/One for All) trait combination. Bonus handling, stability, range and reload speed, plus a 35% boost to damage just for hitting three different enemies. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a Backup Mag or damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Stats for All One for All

Community wishlist roll

1 wishlist roll

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. First-choice PvE roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten up the recoil direction with Arrowhead Brake. Tactical Mag adds a few extra shots, plus stability and reload speed. To lean into the Void 3.0 sandbox, give yourself as much ammo and uptime in the first trait column with Stats for All, Field Prep, Fourth Time's the Charm or Feeding Frenzy to take advantage of Golden Tricorn's 50% bonus damage with two stacks, using your choice of void grenade or melee. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Major, Boss or Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Stats for All Golden Tricorn

Community wishlist roll

1 wishlist roll

Inspired by DMB PvE Podcast 44. First-choice PvE roll for end-game content. Shapeable. The Ambush origin trait is probably more for PvP than PvE, with the extra range, handling and 10% boost to damage for a few moments after combat starts, although Suros Synergy's flinch reduction in reload is useful in a firefight too so take your pick. This is better in every stat than the only other rapid fire LMG - Shattered Cypher - and there are a few ways you can go with a weapon build. You'll need to control your fire with short bursts - so, to make it easier, tighten up the recoil direction with Arrowhead Brake. Tactical Mag adds a few extra shots, plus stability and reload speed. For end-game add clear, use Stats for All, Field Prep, or Feeding Frenzy for maximum uptime in your first trait column, and the reliable Frenzy in the second for an easy to use 15% damage boost. Recommended MW: Stability or Reload Speed, with a damage-boosting (Minor, Major, Taken Spec) or Backup Mag mod.|tags: PvE, PvE-MinorSpec, PvE-God, PvE-EndGame, Controller, M+KB

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Arrowhead Brake Stats for All Frenzy

What these Retrofit Escapade perks do

Golden Tricorn

While the perk's buff isn't active, Weapon Kills grant 'Golden Tricorn x1' for 7 seconds, increasing weapon damage by 15%. Additional Kills refresh the buff duration. While Golden Tricorn x1 or x2 is active: Grenade or Elemental Melee Kills matching the element of the Weapon grant Golden Tricorn x2 for 10 seconds, increasing weapon damage by 50%. Clarity tooltip editor's note: We're replacing the previous Powered Melee term with Elemental Melee. The former is now exclusively used for perks that require the consumption of a Melee Ability Charge. This note is temporary and will be removed in the future.

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

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)

Fourth Time's the Charm

Scoring 4 Precision Hits within 2 seconds of each refills 2 Ammo into the Magazine from thin air. Cannot load the Magazine beyond its base capacity. Precision Hit counter persists through stow.

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.

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%]

Heating Up

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Heating Up for 5.5 seconds. Maximum of 2 Stacks. Benefits at 1|2 Stacks of Heating Up: • 15|30 Stability • 20|40 Recoil Direction • 15%|25% decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 15%|25% decreased Accuracy Cone Growth Buff remains active while stowed.

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.

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.

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.

Stats for All

Upon damaging 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each, for 10 seconds: • 35 Handling and Reload Speed • 10 Stability and Range • 5% increased Damage Falloff Distance • 0.95x Reload Duration Multiplier Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

One for All

Scoring Weapon Hits against 3 Separate Enemies within 3 seconds of each grants 35% increased damage for 10 seconds. Does not require Direct Hits. Buff duration cannot be refreshed.

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