Thermal Erosion

Rounds Per Minute

900

Impact

25

Range

33

Stability

38

Handling

48

Reload Speed

43

Magazine

75

+17

Aim Assistance

66

Zoom

16

Recoil Direction

50

Airborne Effectiveness

16

Ammo Generation

32

• First choicePvELoad roll

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

  Minor adds · Single targets
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Rewind RoundsLight TouchTriple TapDemolitionist

  Trait 2

  Any of

  One for AllMeganeura

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Alloy MagazineAppended MagArmor-Piercing RoundsHigh-Caliber RoundsRicochet RoundsFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Thermal Erosion 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 right and loose so you should improve recoil control or look to boost Stability wit your barrel perk to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, any of the combat effect mags, or perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size are fine. For tackling tougher adds, in the first trait perk column Triple Tap generates one ammo from thin air for hitting three crits within 3s of each other, effectively adding ~50% to your total ammo if you can keep hitting crits. There's also Rewind Rounds refills 70% of hits landed from reserves when the magazine empties, or Demolitionist provides an instant magazine refill on grenade use and chunk grenade ability energy on kills. Finally, Light Touch boosts Handling and Reload Speed, and provides an ADS scalar while you're Amplified or Radiant or Devour is active. For damage, One For All boosts damage by ×1.35 for a non-refreshable 11s after hitting three separate targets within 3s of each, or Meganeura builds up to ×3 stacks on crit hits for a refreshable 4s for Solar AoE explosive damage in a 7.5m radius on a crit kill - the explosion is treated as weapon damage so inherits damage boosts and also procs subclass fragments. Aegis ranks the Winterized Gear origin trait as F-Tier - it provides ×3 stacks after 12s out of combat - so if you're playing you'll probably never proc it - each stack decays after 5s in combat providing a gradually reducing boost to Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, thermal erosion is the melting and weakening of ice-rich permafrost caused by moving water or temperature changes, and connects to the planetary environment of Europa, the elemental nature of the weapon, and the broader narrative themes of the Beyond Light expansion. 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 against a single yellow-bar target activities rated Normal difficulty, particularly with Solar Warlock builds.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Rewind RoundsLight TouchTriple TapDemolitionist

  Trait 2

  Burning Ambition

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Extended MagAlloy MagazineAppended MagFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Thermal Erosion 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 right and loose so you should improve recoil control or look to boost Stability wit your barrel perk to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, any of the combat effect mags, or perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size are fine. For sustained boss damage, in the first trait perk column Triple Tap generates one ammo from thin air for hitting three crits within 3s of each other, effectively adding ~50% to your total ammo if you can keep hitting crits. There's also Rewind Rounds refills 70% of hits landed from reserves when the magazine empties, or Demolitionist provides an instant magazine refill on grenade use and chunk grenade ability energy on kills. Finally, Light Touch boosts Handling and Reload Speed, and provides an ADS scalar while you're Amplified or Radiant or Devour is active. In the second column for damage, 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. Aegis ranks the Winterized Gear origin trait as F-Tier - it provides ×3 stacks after 12s out of combat - so if you're playing you'll probably never proc it - each stack decays after 5s in combat providing a gradually reducing boost to Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, thermal erosion is the melting and weakening of ice-rich permafrost caused by moving water or temperature changes, and connects to the planetary environment of Europa, the elemental nature of the weapon, and the broader narrative themes of the Beyond Light expansion. 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 against a single yellow-bar target activities rated Normal difficulty, particularly with Solar Warlock builds.

  Bosses · Sustained damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Rewind RoundsLight TouchTriple TapDemolitionist

  Trait 2

  Bait and Switch

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Extended MagAlloy MagazineAppended MagFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Thermal Erosion 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 right and loose so you should improve recoil control or look to boost Stability wit your barrel perk to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, any of the combat effect mags, or perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size are fine. For sustained boss damage, in the first trait perk column Triple Tap generates one ammo from thin air for hitting three crits within 3s of each other, effectively adding ~50% to your total ammo if you can keep hitting crits. There's also Rewind Rounds refills 70% of hits landed from reserves when the magazine empties, or Demolitionist provides an instant magazine refill on grenade use and chunk grenade ability energy on kills. Finally, Light Touch boosts Handling and Reload Speed, and provides an ADS scalar while you're Amplified or Radiant or Devour is active. In the second column for damage, Bait and Switch boosts damage by ×1.3 for 11s for doing damage with your other two weapons. Aegis ranks the Winterized Gear origin trait as F-Tier - it provides ×3 stacks after 12s out of combat - so if you're playing you'll probably never proc it - each stack decays after 5s in combat providing a gradually reducing boost to Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, thermal erosion is the melting and weakening of ice-rich permafrost caused by moving water or temperature changes, and connects to the planetary environment of Europa, the elemental nature of the weapon, and the broader narrative themes of the Beyond Light expansion. 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

  Solar Warlocks running Eunoia or Dawn Chorus in activities rated Normal, Hard or Very Hard difficulty.

  Utility · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Incandescent

  Trait 2

  Burning Ambition

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Alloy MagazineAppended MagArmor-Piercing RoundsHigh-Caliber RoundsRicochet RoundsFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Thermal Erosion 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 right and loose so you should improve recoil control or look to boost Stability wit your barrel perk to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, any of the combat effect mags, or perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size are fine. For weapon-based application and progression of scorch into ignitions, you can roll both solar damage perk traits - 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, while 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. Aegis ranks the Winterized Gear origin trait as F-Tier - it provides ×3 stacks after 12s out of combat - so if you're playing you'll probably never proc it - each stack decays after 5s in combat providing a gradually reducing boost to Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, thermal erosion is the melting and weakening of ice-rich permafrost caused by moving water or temperature changes, and connects to the planetary environment of Europa, the elemental nature of the weapon, and the broader narrative themes of the Beyond Light expansion. 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

  Clearing individual Minor adds or tougher enemies in activities rated Normal difficulty, particularly with grenade builds.

  Minor adds · Single targets
  Trait 1

  Demolitionist

  Trait 2

  Desperate Measures

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorCorkscrew RiflingExtended BarrelFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingPolygonal RiflingSmallbore

  Magazine

  Any of

  Alloy MagazineAppended MagArmor-Piercing RoundsHigh-Caliber RoundsRicochet RoundsFlared MagwellLight Mag

  Thermal Erosion 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 right and loose so you should improve recoil control or look to boost Stability wit your barrel perk to help hit crits, or Handling if you can land your shots. In the magazine perk slot, any of the combat effect mags, or perks that improve Reload Speed or mag size are fine. For tackling tougher adds, in the first trait perk column Demolitionist generates chunk grenade ability energy on kills and an instant magazine refill on grenade use. You can use your grenades to help proc Desperate Measures which provides up to ×3 stacks for max ×1.3 damage for a refreshable 7.5s for a weapon and then two ability kills. Aegis ranks the Winterized Gear origin trait as F-Tier - it provides ×3 stacks after 12s out of combat - so if you're playing you'll probably never proc it - each stack decays after 5s in combat providing a gradually reducing boost to Stability, Handling and Reload Speed. If you're interested, thermal erosion is the melting and weakening of ice-rich permafrost caused by moving water or temperature changes, and connects to the planetary environment of Europa, the elemental nature of the weapon, and the broader narrative themes of the Beyond Light expansion. 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.

• Thermal Erosion