Unwavering Duty (Adept) god roll & best perks

Unwavering Duty (Adept) — Destiny 2 Machine Gun
Legendary · Machine Gun
Where it drops: Source: Flawless Chest in Trials of Osiris

“"There's no one else I can trust with her care." —Ikora Rey”

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Built from 103 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

pandapaxxy

pve mkb controller 81 wishlist rolls

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 16 wishlist rolls

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

Community wishlist roll

6 wishlist rolls

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

What these Unwavering Duty (Adept) perks do

Adaptive Munitions

Hits against Barrier Champion or non-matching Elemental Shields deal increasingly higher damage. Buff is removed upon hitting a matching shield or an unshielded enemy. Damage increase by Weapon Archetype: • Fusion Rifles: untested • Machine Guns, Auto/Pulse/Trace Rifles: 10% per hit, up to 50% • Linear Fusion Rifles: 22% per hit, up to 44% • Bows, Glaives, Hand Cannons, Scout Rifles: 25% per hit, up to 50%

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)

Firing Line

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

Auto-Loading Holster

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

Armor-Piercing Rounds

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

Subsistence

Weapon Kills refill 10% of the magazine (rounded up) from reserves. Submachine Gun and Auto Rifle Kills refill 17% of the magazine.

Focused Fury

Scoring 35% of the Base Magazine Capacity as Precision Hits grants 25% increased damage for 11 seconds. Stowing or Reloading the weapon resets the Precision Hit counter. The buff remains active while stowed. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Killing Tally

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Killing Tally. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stowing or reloading the weapon removes all Stacks. Damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks: • PVE: 10% | 20% | 30% • PVP: 5% | 10% | 15%

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.

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%.

Offhand Strike

Weapon Kills grant the following benefits to hip-firing for 🡅8 seconds: • 30 Stability • 45% increased Damage Falloff Distance • ~3° larger Precision Aim Angle • 95%? decreased Accuracy Cone Size • 95%? decreased Accuracy Cone Growth. Buff is removed on stow. 🡅 Buff Duration is increased by 1 second.

Incandescent

Weapon Kills trigger a Solar explosion that applies 30 Scorch Stacks (40 with Ember of Ashes) and deals up to 30 damage to enemies within 4 meters of the target. Killing Elite or higher tier Combatants and Players increases the radius to 8 meters and applies 10 more Scorch Stacks. Scorch damage can be increased through Weapon Damage Buffs.

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