Unwavering Duty (Adept) god roll & best perks

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained DPS against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Unwavering Duty is an adaptive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "technically a strict downgrade to aggressive damage profile, but barrier intrinsic is noticeable". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Barrier, but offers no bonuses beyond being "well-rounded, reliable and sturdy" as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is just to the right of vertical and pretty tight so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability with the barrel perk to help hit crits, or boost Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size work best for a boss damage roll. For sustained boss damage, in the first trait perk column Fourth Time's the Charm generates 2 shots from thin air after 4 crits within 3s of each other, almost doubling your total ammo if you can keep hitting crits, or Envious Assassin overflows the magazine to up to ×3 capacity at 12.5% of base size per kill with primary weapons and 22.5% with specials before readying. Alternatively, Auto-Loading Holster refills the magazine 3.3s after stowing. In the second column, Bait and Switch boosts damage by ×1.3 for 11s for doing damage with your other two weapons, Killing Tally gains a stack for each enemy killed during an add phase up to ×3 to boost damage by up to ×1.3 until you reload or stow, or Target Lock stacks up to 5 times on repeated hits within 0.2s of each other for up to ×1.4 damage at 110.33% of base magazine capacity - so works well with overflowed or auto-refilled magazines. There are three origin traits to choose from. Aegis rates the Roar of Battle as D-Tier for PvE - it grants +10 Stability and Handling for 6s after dealing or taking damage every 0.5s or so for 2s. Other options are the E-Tier Suros Synergy, which grants +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading, and the F-Tier Fleet Footed which stacks up to ×1 on hits and ×2 on kills to boost movement speed and Airborne Effectiveness for a refreshable 6s. If you're interested, the name has a direct, bittersweet deeper meaning rooted in the weapon's lore tab, reflecting the core thematic struggles of the Trials of Osiris team composed of Aisha, Reed-7, and Shayura, and represents the literal obligation and heavy psychological burden placed upon a Guardian’s shoulders, particularly when it comes to holding their traumatized allies accountable or protecting them. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Fourth Time's the Charm Extended Mag Bait and Switch Killing Tally Target Lock Envious Assassin Auto-Loading Holster Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Light Mag Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Unwavering Duty is an adaptive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "technically a strict downgrade to aggressive damage profile, but barrier intrinsic is noticeable". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Barrier, but offers no bonuses beyond being "well-rounded, reliable and sturdy" as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is just to the right of vertical and pretty tight so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability with the barrel perk to help hit crits, or boost Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size work best for a boss damage roll. For tougher add clear, there are double damage options. In the first trait perk column, Rampage stacks up to ×3 on kills for ×1.331 damage for a refreshable 5s, with the stacks decaying one at a time or, for Solar builds, Incandescent spreads +30 Solar Scorch stacks within 4m on a red bar Minor add kill (+45 stacks within 8m for orange and yellow bars), with scorch damage counting as weapon damage so can inherit damage boosts, and also proc subclass fragments. All of the scorch stacks are increased by ×1.5 with Ember of Ashes. In the second column, Killing Tally gains a stack for each enemy killed during an add phase up to ×3 to boost damage by up to ×1.3 until you reload or stow, or Onslaught, while not boosting damage per shot does increase raw DPS as you ramp up to the max ×3 stacks, for a refreshable 5s per kill, to increase RPM from 450 to around 720. There are three origin traits to choose from. Aegis rates the Roar of Battle as D-Tier for PvE - it grants +10 Stability and Handling for 6s after dealing or taking damage every 0.5s or so for 2s. Other options are the E-Tier Suros Synergy, which grants +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading, and the F-Tier Fleet Footed which stacks up to ×1 on hits and ×2 on kills to boost movement speed and Airborne Effectiveness for a refreshable 6s. If you're interested, the name has a direct, bittersweet deeper meaning rooted in the weapon's lore tab, reflecting the core thematic struggles of the Trials of Osiris team composed of Aisha, Reed-7, and Shayura, and represents the literal obligation and heavy psychological burden placed upon a Guardian’s shoulders, particularly when it comes to holding their traumatized allies accountable or protecting them. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Strong alternatives

Killing Tally Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Rampage Onslaught Incandescent Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Light Mag Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for sustained DPS against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty, particularly with Solar builds. Unwavering Duty is an adaptive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "technically a strict downgrade to aggressive damage profile, but barrier intrinsic is noticeable". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Barrier, but offers no bonuses beyond being "well-rounded, reliable and sturdy" as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is just to the right of vertical and pretty tight so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability with the barrel perk to help hit crits, or boost Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size work best for a boss damage roll. For sustained boss damage for Solar Warlocks, in the first trait perk column Fourth Time's the Charm generates 2 shots from thin air after 4 crits within 3s of each other, almost doubling your total ammo if you can keep hitting crits, or Envious Assassin overflows the magazine to up to ×3 capacity at 12.5% of base size per kill with primary weapons and 22.5% with specials before readying. Alternatively, Auto-Loading Holster refills the magazine 3.3s after stowing. In the second column, Burning Ambition works better to build Solar ignitions on tougher targets if you have a solar ability like a Eunoia Helion to apply scorch initially, otherwise it'll take 27 hits within 2s of each other to apply +20 scorch stacks with +20 added on each additional hit to build towards an ignition. All of the scorch stacks are increased by ×1.5 with Ember of Ashes, and Dawn Chorus provides ×3 Scorch damage. There are three origin traits to choose from. Aegis rates the Roar of Battle as D-Tier for PvE - it grants +10 Stability and Handling for 6s after dealing or taking damage every 0.5s or so for 2s. Other options are the E-Tier Suros Synergy, which grants +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading, and the F-Tier Fleet Footed which stacks up to ×1 on hits and ×2 on kills to boost movement speed and Airborne Effectiveness for a refreshable 6s. If you're interested, the name has a direct, bittersweet deeper meaning rooted in the weapon's lore tab, reflecting the core thematic struggles of the Trials of Osiris team composed of Aisha, Reed-7, and Shayura, and represents the literal obligation and heavy psychological burden placed upon a Guardian’s shoulders, particularly when it comes to holding their traumatized allies accountable or protecting them. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Boss PvE-SustainedDamage PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Burning Ambition

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Fourth Time's the Charm Extended Mag Envious Assassin Auto-Loading Holster Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Light Mag Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE roll for clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Unwavering Duty is an adaptive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "technically a strict downgrade to aggressive damage profile, but barrier intrinsic is noticeable". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Barrier, but offers no bonuses beyond being "well-rounded, reliable and sturdy" as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is just to the right of vertical and pretty tight so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability with the barrel perk to help hit crits, or boost Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size work best for a boss damage roll. For tougher add clear, in the first trait perk column Subsistence reloads 20% of the magazine on kills. In the second column, for damage Killing Tally gains a stack for each enemy killed during an add phase up to ×3 to boost damage by up to ×1.3 until you reload or stow, or Onslaught, while not boosting damage per shot does increase raw DPS as you ramp up to the max ×3 stacks, for a refreshable 5s per kill, to increase RPM from 450 to around 720. There are three origin traits to choose from. Aegis rates the Roar of Battle as D-Tier for PvE - it grants +10 Stability and Handling for 6s after dealing or taking damage every 0.5s or so for 2s. Other options are the E-Tier Suros Synergy, which grants +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading, and the F-Tier Fleet Footed which stacks up to ×1 on hits and ×2 on kills to boost movement speed and Airborne Effectiveness for a refreshable 6s. If you're interested, the name has a direct, bittersweet deeper meaning rooted in the weapon's lore tab, reflecting the core thematic struggles of the Trials of Osiris team composed of Aisha, Reed-7, and Shayura, and represents the literal obligation and heavy psychological burden placed upon a Guardian’s shoulders, particularly when it comes to holding their traumatized allies accountable or protecting them. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Minor PvE-SingleAdd PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Subsistence

Strong alternatives

Killing Tally Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Onslaught Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Light Mag Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling

Constructed by @Adamsdown_Boy (PvE PvE-Utility PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller): First-choice PvE utility roll for solar Warlocks running Eunoia or Dawn Chorus in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty. Unwavering Duty is an adaptive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "technically a strict downgrade to aggressive damage profile, but barrier intrinsic is noticeable". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Barrier, but offers no bonuses beyond being "well-rounded, reliable and sturdy" as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is just to the right of vertical and pretty tight so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability with the barrel perk to help hit crits, or boost Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size work best for a boss damage roll. For weapon-based application and progression of scorch into ignitions, you can roll Rampage which stacks up to ×3 on kills for ×1.331 damage for a refreshable 5s, with the stacks decaying one at a time to boost scorch and ignition damage, or the more obvious Incandescent to spread +30 Solar Scorch stacks within 4m on a red bar Minor add kill (+45 stacks within 8m for orange and yellow bars), with scorch damage counting as weapon damage so can inherit damage boosts, and also proc subclass fragments. In the second column, Burning Ambition works better to build Solar ignitions on tougher targets if you have a solar ability like a Eunoia Helion to apply scorch initially, otherwise it'll take 27 hits within 2s of each other to apply +20 scorch stacks with +20 added on each additional hit to build towards an ignition. All of the scorch stacks are increased by ×1.5 with Ember of Ashes, and Dawn Chorus provides ×3 Scorch damage. There are three origin traits to choose from. Aegis rates the Roar of Battle as D-Tier for PvE - it grants +10 Stability and Handling for 6s after dealing or taking damage every 0.5s or so for 2s. Other options are the E-Tier Suros Synergy, which grants +30 Handling and ×1.2 flinch resistance for 6s after reloading, and the F-Tier Fleet Footed which stacks up to ×1 on hits and ×2 on kills to boost movement speed and Airborne Effectiveness for a refreshable 6s. If you're interested, the name has a direct, bittersweet deeper meaning rooted in the weapon's lore tab, reflecting the core thematic struggles of the Trials of Osiris team composed of Aisha, Reed-7, and Shayura, and represents the literal obligation and heavy psychological burden placed upon a Guardian’s shoulders, particularly when it comes to holding their traumatized allies accountable or protecting them. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.|tags:PvE PvE-Utility PvE-EndGame PvE-God M+KB Controller

Essential perks

Burning Ambition

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake High-Caliber Rounds Rampage Incandescent Armor-Piercing Rounds Ricochet Rounds Appended Mag Alloy Magazine Flared Magwell Light Mag Chambered Compensator Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Corkscrew Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Hammer-Forged Rifling

pandapaxxy (PvE / M+KB / Controller): Recommended MW: Reload. Adaptive(450) Solar Machine Gun Heavy Ammo. "Hammerhead. Hammerhead. Hammerhead. Unwavering Duty is an updated Hammerhead without being a direct reprisal. Firing Line or Focused Fury will be great for damage and being able to roll Subsistence with Killing Tally is the best thing since 21 percent Delirium. Definitely a great addition to any Guardian’s arsenal. Especially if you rock Lead from Gold builds to keep Unwavering Duty as your main add clear weapon."

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Firing Line Auto-Loading Holster Fluted Barrel Smallbore Armor-Piercing Rounds Flared Magwell Field Prep Subsistence Focused Fury Killing Tally

pandapaxxy (PvP / Controller): Recommended MW: Stability. Adaptive(450) Solar Machine Gun Heavy Ammo. "In PvP the similarities do not stop there. Unwavering Duty has incredible stats and both Dynamic Sway Reduction and Tap the Trigger for perfect accuracy. You could also roll Incandescent fr some AoE but I wouldn’t count on netting a lot of multikills that way."

Strong alternatives

Dynamic Sway Reduction Fluted Barrel Ricochet Rounds Tap the Trigger Smallbore High-Caliber Rounds Offhand Strike Incandescent

Adamsdown_Boy - information as at v8.0.0.6 PvE / PvE-Boss / PvE-BossSpec / PvE-EndGame / PvE-God / M+KB / Controller): PvE pick for killing boss-tier Subjugators. As per @mossy_max (https://x.com/mossy_max/status/1804893174965338387) - boss-tier Subjugators have a 20% damage reduction to all non-matching damage, going up to 30% DR to all damage after they "screech", which counts as a shield in-game and reacts to shield-based trait perks. Saint-14 can still focus Unwavering Duty in the Tower Hanger using Trials engrams. First, Arrowhead Brake to help with recoil, or Chambered Compensator or Polygonal Rifling will also to help land consistent crits. Then Tactical Mag with a Backup Mag mod gets you to 75 shots in the mag, or Appended or Extended Mag work too. In the first trait perk column, Field Prep boosts reload speed, but more importantly takes total ammo from 357 to 424. In the second, Adaptive Munitions buffs damage to non-matching Subjugator "shields" for a total damage boost of around +45% after 15 hits (+73% when enhanced). The Alacrity origin trait, if you're soloing content, or One Quiet Moment otherwise to speed up reload are both useful. Recommended MW: Stability, with a Backup Mag mod

Essential perks

Adaptive Munitions Field Prep

Strong alternatives

Arrowhead Brake Appended Mag Chambered Compensator Polygonal Rifling Extended Mag