Speleologist

Rounds Per Minute

900

Impact

25

Range

33

Stability

48

Handling

49

Reload Speed

61

Magazine

73

Aim Assistance

62

Zoom

16

Recoil Direction

58

Airborne Effectiveness

19

Ammo Generation

29

• First choicePvELoad roll

  Clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty.

  Minor adds · Single targets · Endgame
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  MagazineAppended MagTactical MagAlloy MagazineFlared Magwell

  Trait 1Enlightened ActionStats for AllSlidewaysEnvious Assassin

  Trait 2One for AllSurroundedKilling Tally

  Speleologist is a rapid fire LMG, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "good damage profile but mediocre total damage and worst recoil of any LMG frame". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, better total ammo reserves and a ×0.8 reload animation scalar when the magazine is empty as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is quite right of vertical 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 are the best available. For add clear, in the first trait perk column, there are plenty of options that help with refills and reloads - Slideways refills 15% of the magazine and boosts Stability by +18 and Handling by +33 when you slide, 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, Enlightened Action builds stacks on hits for a refreshable 2s that build after 12 hits to a max +55 Handling and Reload Speed, or Stats for All boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +35 with a ×0.95 reload animation scalar, and Stability and Range by +10 with a ×1.05 damage dropoff distance for a non-refreshable 11s, after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each. In the second column, for damage, One For All boosts damage by ×1.35 for a non-refreshable 11s after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each, 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, or in add dense areas, Surrounded boosts damage by up to to ×1.47 while within 15m of 3+ enemies. Aegis ranks the Radiolaria Transposer origin trait as A-Tier - three Minors or one Major or Boss enemy kill will result in a 3m AoE explosion on death, leaving a damaging pool of radiolaria for a few seconds - this damage is treated as weapon damage so inherits damage boosts. 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

  Clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty, particularly on Solar builds.

  Minor adds · Add groups · Endgame
  BarrelArrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  MagazineAppended MagTactical MagAlloy MagazineFlared Magwell

  Trait 1Enlightened ActionStats for AllSlidewaysEnvious Assassin

  Trait 2Incandescent

  Speleologist is a rapid fire LMG, which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic Endgame Analysis Spreadsheet​, who says "good damage profile but mediocre total damage and worst recoil of any LMG frame". The frame intrinsic offers built in Anti-Overload, better total ammo reserves and a ×0.8 reload animation scalar when the magazine is empty as per the Destiny Data Compendium. The recoil direction is quite right of vertical 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 are the best available. For add groups, in the first trait perk column, there are plenty of options that help with refills and reloads - Slideways refills 15% of the magazine and boosts Stability by +18 and Handling by +33 when you slide, 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, Enlightened Action builds stacks on hits for a refreshable 2s that build after 12 hits to a max +55 Handling and Reload Speed, or Stats for All boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +35 with a ×0.95 reload animation scalar, and Stability and Range by +10 with a ×1.05 damage dropoff distance for a non-refreshable 11s, after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each. In the second column, 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. Aegis ranks the Radiolaria Transposer origin trait as A-Tier - three Minors or one Major or Boss enemy kill will result in a 3m AoE explosion on death, leaving a damaging pool of radiolaria for a few seconds - this damage is treated as weapon damage so inherits damage boosts. 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.