Watchful Eye

Rounds Per Minute

600

Impact

33

Range

39

Stability

49

Handling

53

Reload Speed

25

Magazine

80

+16

Aim Assistance

56

Zoom

16

Recoil Direction

94

+30

Airborne Effectiveness

29

Ammo Generation

36

• First choicePvELoad roll

  Sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty, particular with Arc builds.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  OverflowField PrepEddy Current

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Jolting FeedbackRolling Storm

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Extended MagAlloy MagazineAppended MagFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Watchful Eye is an aggressive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "best balance of DPS and total amongst LMGs, stagger intrinsic good". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Unstoppable, but no other benefit as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is right and loose so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or 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 a sustained damage roll with Arc builds, in the first trait perk column Overflow refills the magazine and boosts its capacity to ×2.2 of base, rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick, or Eddy Current boosts Handling with a ×0.95 animation scalar and +20 Reload Speed with a ×0.95 animation scalar for 3s after sprinting for 1.5s, which is all applied instantly with +60 to Reload Speed when Amplified. Alternatively, Field Prep grants +55 Reload Speed with a ×0.8 animation scalar to both reload and ready/stow when crouched, and bumps Ammo Generation by +40. In the second column for both target and AoE damage, Jolting Feedback applies Arc Jolt after 14 hits (11 when Amplified) to tougher enemies who can survive the weapon damage, triggering chain lightning on further hits, or Rolling Storm generates ×1 stack of Arc Bolt Charge (×2 when Amplified) on a kill, to trigger a lightning bolt at ×10 stacks. Aegis ranks the Willing Vessel origin trait as C-Tier - it generates up to ×5 stacks of a slowly decaying buff on dealing damage and kills, to boost Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, the name carries a deeper narrative meaning that ties directly into vanguard espionage, internal paranoia, and the monitoring of corrupted allies during Episode: Heresy. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · PvE Podcast 174 - The Best Machine Guns
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  OverflowField PrepEddy Current

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Killing TallySurrounded

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Extended MagAlloy MagazineAppended MagFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Watchful Eye is an aggressive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "best balance of DPS and total amongst LMGs, stagger intrinsic good". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Unstoppable, but no other benefit as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is right and loose so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or 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 a sustained damage roll with Arc builds, in the first trait perk column Overflow refills the magazine and boosts its capacity to ×2.2 of base, rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick, or on an Arc subclass Eddy Current boosts Handling with a ×0.95 animation scalar and +20 Reload Speed with a ×0.95 animation scalar for 3s after sprinting for 1.5s, which is all applied instantly with +60 to Reload Speed when Amplified. Alternatively, Field Prep grants +55 Reload Speed with a ×0.8 animation scalar to both reload and ready/stow when crouched, and bumps Ammo Generation by +40. In the second column for damage, Killing Tally gains a stack for each enemy killed up to ×3 to boost damage by up to ×1.3 until you reload or stow. If there are adds arounding during damage, Surrounded boosts damage by up to to ×1.47 while within 15m of 3+ enemies. Aegis ranks the Willing Vessel origin trait as C-Tier - it generates up to ×5 stacks of a slowly decaying buff on dealing damage and kills, to boost Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, the name carries a deeper narrative meaning that ties directly into vanguard espionage, internal paranoia, and the monitoring of corrupted allies during Episode: Heresy. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · The Best Machine Guns
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty, particular with Prismatic builds.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  OverflowField Prep

  Trait 2

  Elemental Honing

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Extended MagAlloy MagazineAppended MagFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Watchful Eye is an aggressive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "best balance of DPS and total amongst LMGs, stagger intrinsic good". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Unstoppable, but no other benefit as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is right and loose so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or 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 a sustained damage roll with Prismatic builds, in the first trait perk column Overflow refills the magazine and boosts its capacity to ×2.2 of base, rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick. Alternatively, Field Prep grants +55 Reload Speed with a ×0.8 animation scalar to both reload and ready/stow when crouched, and bumps Ammo Generation by +40. In the second column for damage Elemental Honing grants an escalating stack of damage up to ×1.35 for 23s for each elemental damage type inflicted, which can be refreshed with a new damage type until you've run through all 5. Aegis ranks the Willing Vessel origin trait as C-Tier - it generates up to ×5 stacks of a slowly decaying buff on dealing damage and kills, to boost Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, the name carries a deeper narrative meaning that ties directly into vanguard espionage, internal paranoia, and the monitoring of corrupted allies like Sloane during Episode: Heresy. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · PvE Podcast 174 - The Best Machine Guns
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Sustained DPS in a damage phase against a single yellow-bar target in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Overflow

  Trait 2

  Target Lock

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Extended MagAlloy MagazineAppended MagFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Watchful Eye is an aggressive LMG, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "best balance of DPS and total amongst LMGs, stagger intrinsic good". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Unstoppable, but no other benefit as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is right and loose so you could improve recoil control or look to boost Stability to help hit crits, or 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 a sustained damage roll with Arc builds, in the first trait perk column Overflow refills the magazine and boosts its capacity to ×2.2 of base, rounded up, on picking up an ammo brick. In the second column for damage, 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 best on overflowed or auto-refilled magazines. Aegis ranks the Willing Vessel origin trait as C-Tier - it generates up to ×5 stacks of a slowly decaying buff on dealing damage and kills, to boost Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, the name carries a deeper narrative meaning that ties directly into vanguard espionage, internal paranoia, and the monitoring of corrupted allies during Episode: Heresy. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · The Best Machine Guns

From the DIM community wish lists (voltron), picks made since Edge of Fate.

• Watchful Eye (Adept)Adept
• Watchful Eye
• Watchful Eye (Adept)Adept
• Watchful Eye