Chain of Command - Legendary Machine Gun

Chain of Command is a Machine Gun Stasis Heavy in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Machine Gun - Stasis - Heavy - Adaptive Frame

Source: Random Perks: This item cannot be reacquired from Collections.

Bound by duty.

Weapon frame

Adaptive Frame

A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact41
Range43
Stability37
Handling56
Reload Speed46
Aim Assistance61
Zoom16
Airborne Effectiveness10
Ammo Generation54
Rounds Per Minute450
Magazine48
Recoil Direction74

Available perks

Barrel or sight options

  • Arrowhead Brake
    Lightly vented barrel.
    • Greatly controls recoil
    • Increases handling speed
  • Chambered Compensator
    Stable barrel attachment.
    • Increases stability
    • Moderately controls recoil
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Corkscrew Rifling
    Balanced barrel.
    • Slightly increases range and stability
    • Slightly increases handling speed
  • Extended Barrel
    Weighty barrel extension.
    • Increases range
    • Decreases handling speed
    • Moderately controls recoil
  • Fluted Barrel
    Ultra-light barrel.
    • Greatly increases handling speed
    • Slightly increases stability
  • Full Bore
    Barrel optimized for distance.
    • Greatly increases range
    • Decreases stability
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Hammer-Forged Rifling
    Durable ranged barrel.
    • Increases range
  • Polygonal Rifling
    Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
    • Increases stability
  • Smallbore
    Dual strength barrel.
    • Increases range
    • Increases stability

Magazine or battery options

  • Extended Mag
    This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower.
    • Greatly increases magazine size
    • Greatly decreases reload speed
    • Increases airborne effectiveness
  • Alloy Magazine
    Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
  • Appended Mag
    This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
    • Increases magazine size
  • Armor-Piercing Rounds
    Rounds cause extra damage to combatants' shields and overpenetrate targets.
    • Slightly increases range
  • High-Caliber Rounds
    Shots from this weapon knock the target back farther.
    • Slightly increases range
  • Ricochet Rounds
    Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces.
    • Increases stability
    • Slightly increases range
  • Flared Magwell
    Optimized for fast reloading.
    • Slightly increases stability
    • Greatly increases reload speed
  • Light Mag
    Improved reload and range.
    • Increases reload speed
    • Slightly increases range

Left column perks

  • Adrenaline Junkie
    This weapon gains increased damage and handling from final blows with grenades or this weapon.
  • Osmosis
    Using your grenade ability partially refills the magazine and changes this weapon's damage type to match your grenade until you stow it.
  • Under-Over
    Deals bonus damage to targets with overshields. Deals a small amount of bonus damage to combatant shields.
  • Subsistence
    Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves.
  • Turnabout
    Using this weapon to break the shield of a combatant or a Guardian using their Super will grant you an overshield.
  • Overflow
    Picking up Special or Heavy ammo automatically loads this weapon beyond normal capacity.
  • Headstone
    Precision final blows spawn a [Stasis] Stasis crystal at the victim's location.

Right column perks

  • Demolitionist
    Kills with this weapon generate grenade energy. Activating your grenade ability reloads this weapon from reserves.
  • Adaptive Munitions
    This weapon adapts its damage output and effectiveness against energy shields that don't match the weapon's damage type.
  • Killing Tally
    Kills increase this weapon's damage until it is stowed or reloaded.
  • Desperate Measures
    Weapon final blows grant bonus damage. Melee and grenade final blows grant a larger damage bonus that can stack.
  • Target Lock
    Damage increases the longer this weapon remains on a target.
  • Focused Fury
    Dealing a portion of the magazine as precision damage grants this weapon bonus damage. The shot count is reset whenever the weapon is reloaded or stowed.
  • Meganeura
    Precision final blows create an elemental damage explosion that deals more damage based on the number of rapid precision hits dealt beforehand.

Origin trait or grip options

  • Vanguard Determination
    After using your class ability, final blows with this weapon grant you bonus damage resistance.
  • Wild Card
    Final blows with this weapon have a chance to create experimental submunitions at the target's location.

Masterwork options