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THE SWARM — Destiny 2 Machine Gun
Legendary · Machine Gun

“Hunger is the all of it, and it is all of hunger.”

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Built from 376 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.

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YeezyGT's S16

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[YeezyGT's S16] [MW: Reload] "THE SWARM has no way to auto-reload, partial or otherwise. You do get access to interesting perks, like being able to combo post-buff Unrelenting with One for All, allowing you to mow down enemies without worrying too much about cover/exposure. Outside of that, you're much better off finding a well-rolled Seventh Seraph SAW."

Strong alternatives

Outlaw Fluted Barrel Extended Mag Dragonfly Vorpal Weapon One for All Surplus Unrelenting Appended Mag Tactical Mag Flared Magwell Accurized Rounds Arrowhead Brake Corkscrew Rifling Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore

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Strong alternatives

Dynamic Sway Reduction Fluted Barrel Zen Moment Accurized Rounds Vorpal Weapon Tap the Trigger Killing Wind Surplus Tactical Mag Smallbore Arrowhead Brake

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Essential perks

Bottomless Grief

Strong alternatives

Tactical Mag Vorpal Weapon Fluted Barrel Dragonfly One for All Appended Mag Arrowhead Brake Extended Mag Smallbore

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Essential perks

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Strong alternatives

Dynamic Sway Reduction Tap the Trigger Accurized Rounds Vorpal Weapon Killing Wind Surplus Tactical Mag

Community wishlist roll

10 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 2. PvE backup roll for end game content, although LMGs are difficult to recommend for anything but add clear as of Season 15 (30th Anniversary). Just aim to get the magazine as close to the limit of 75 as possible. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Stability with damage boosting (Major, Boss, or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Extended Mag Bottomless Grief

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Vorpal Weapon Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Dragonfly

Community wishlist roll

5 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 2. PvE first choice roll for end game content, although LMGs are difficult to recommend for anything but add clear as of Season 15 (30th Anniversary). Just aim to get the magazine as close to the limit of 75 as possible, while One For All is a solid 35% bonus damage. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Stability with damage boosting (Major, Boss, or Taken Spec) mod.

Essential perks

Extended Mag One for All Bottomless Grief

Strong alternatives

Polygonal Rifling Chambered Compensator Smallbore Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling

Community wishlist roll

4 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 2. PvE backup roll for end game content, although LMGs are difficult to recommend for anything but add clear as of Season 15 (30th Anniversary). Just aim to get the magazine as close to the limit of 75 as possible. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Stability with Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Extended Mag Chambered Compensator

Strong alternatives

Outlaw Vorpal Weapon Surplus Dragonfly

Community wishlist roll

3 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 205. PvP backup roll. Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Polygonal Rifling Tap the Trigger

Strong alternatives

Flared Magwell Surplus Dynamic Sway Reduction Steady Rounds

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 205. PvE backup roll. Recommended MW: Stability with Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Polygonal Rifling Vorpal Weapon Bottomless Grief

Strong alternatives

Appended Mag Tactical Mag

Community wishlist roll

2 wishlist rolls

Inspired by DMB Player Versus Enemies Podcast 2. PvE backup roll for end game content, although LMGs are difficult to recommend for anything but add clear as of Season 15 (30th Anniversary). Just aim to get the magazine as close to the limit of 75 as possible, while One For All is a solid 35% bonus damage. Recommended MW: Reload Speed or Stability with Backup Mag mod.

Essential perks

Extended Mag Chambered Compensator One for All

Strong alternatives

Outlaw Surplus

Community wishlist roll

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Essential perks

Dynamic Sway Reduction Fluted Barrel Tap the Trigger Accurized Rounds

Community wishlist roll

1 wishlist roll

Inspired by Destiny Massive Breakdowns from Podcast 205. PvP first choice roll. Recommended MW: Stability.

Essential perks

Polygonal Rifling Tap the Trigger Steady Rounds Surplus

What these THE SWARM perks do

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.

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.

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%]

Bottomless Grief

Passively grants 30 Magazine stat. (Identical to Extended Mag) Kills refill the magazine while Last Guardian Standing. Does not activate when playing solo.

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

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.

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

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.

Surplus

Grants Stat Bonuses depending on the number of Charged Abilities. Stat Bonuses with 1|2|3+ Charged Abilities: • 5|15|25 Stability • 5|25|60 Handling • 10|25|60 Reload Speed

Outlaw

Precision Kills grant 70 Reload Speed with a 0.9x decreased Reload Animation Duration for 6 seconds. Buff is removed on stow.

Unrelenting

Starts Health Regeneration and restores 65 HP upon reaching 100% Activation Progress with Weapon Kills within 5 seconds of each. Activation Progress by Enemy Rank: • Minor Combatants: 34% • Players: 67% • Elites, Minibosses, and Bosses: 100%

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