Shattered Cipher god roll & best perks

Shattered Cipher — Destiny 2 Machine Gun
Legendary · Machine Gun
Where it drops: Source: Season Pass Reward

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Built from 253 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

YeezyGT's S16

pve 150 wishlist rolls

[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Stability/Handling] "Perfect stock recoil direction, Auto-Loading Holster, and a choice of Surrounded, Rampage or Adrenaline Junkie. It's a very decent 900RPM LMG. I typically like the 450RPMs better, but for those who never gave up on 21% Delirium, this one's not half bad."

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Extended Mag Auto-Loading Holster Rampage Surrounded Adrenaline Junkie Field Prep Tactical Mag Appended Mag Flared Magwell Accurized Rounds Hammer-Forged Rifling Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Heating Up Fluted Barrel Rampage Adrenaline Junkie Surrounded Appended Mag Extended Mag Arrowhead Brake Auto-Loading Holster Field Prep Smallbore

Community wishlist roll

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Strong alternatives

Under Pressure Fluted Barrel Zen Moment Accurized Rounds Rampage Snapshot Sights Heating Up Tactical Mag Smallbore Arrowhead Brake

Community wishlist roll

12 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns Podcast 213. PvP first choice roll. Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Polygonal Rifling

Strong alternatives

Under Pressure Flared Magwell Rampage Tactical Mag Heating Up Adrenaline Junkie Zen Moment

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Snapshot Sights Under Pressure Accurized Rounds Rampage Heating Up Tactical Mag

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Chevy's S14 Super Pog PvE Loot List (MKB/PVE). Recommended MW - Handling

Essential perks

Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel

Strong alternatives

Auto-Loading Holster Surrounded Field Prep Rampage

Community wishlist roll

controller god-pvp 1 wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Snapshot Sights Under Pressure Fluted Barrel Accurized Rounds

Ascendant Nomad

pve 1 wishlist roll

Ascendant Nomad (PvE): A-Tier (Strong). Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Tactical Mag Heating Up Rampage Corkscrew Rifling

What these Shattered Cipher perks do

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

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.

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.

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

Zen Moment

Weapon Hits grant 1 Stack of the perk for 1 second up to the maximum of 5? Stacks. Benefits granted per Stack: • Grants ?% Flinch Resistance • Reduces Visual Weapon Shake by 15% • Reduces Reticle Bounce by 15% Stacks gained per Weapon Hit by weapon type: • Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 2? • Pulse Rifles, Sidearms: 1.5 • Other Weapons: 1

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

Surrounded

Being within 15 meters of 3 Enemies grants 40% increased damage. Buff lingers for 1.5 seconds once the condition is no longer met. Exceptions: • Swords only receive a 35% damage increase. • Grenade and Rocket Launchers receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase and a 40% Impact Damage increase. • Wolfpack Rounds receive a 35% Explosive Damage increase.

Auto-Loading Holster

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

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)

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