Avalanche - Legendary Machine Gun

Avalanche is a Machine Gun Solar Heavy in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Machine Gun - Solar - Heavy - Adaptive Frame

Source: The Dawning.

If they're close enough to see it start, then they'd better run.

A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

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

Accurized Rounds
This weapon can fire longer distances.
• Increases range
Appended Mag
This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
• Increases magazine size
Tactical Mag
This weapon has multiple tactical improvements.
• Slightly increases stability
• Increases reload speed
• Slightly increases magazine size
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
Steady Rounds
This magazine is optimized for recoil control.
• Greatly increases stability
• Slightly decreases range
• Increases airborne effectiveness
Alloy Magazine
Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
Flared Magwell
Optimized for fast reloading.
• Slightly increases stability
• Greatly increases reload speed

Auto-Loading Holster
The holstered weapon is automatically reloaded after a short period of time.
Subsistence
Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves.
Dynamic Sway Reduction
Improves accuracy and stability while continuously holding down the trigger.
Rewind Rounds
When this weapon's magazine is empty, it refills from reserves based on the number of hits.
Closing Time
Improves range, accuracy, and handling as the magazine gets lower.
Dragonfly
Precision kills create an elemental damage explosion.
Heal Clip
Reloading shortly after dealing a final blow grants Cure to you and your nearby allies.

Incandescent
Defeating a target spreads scorch to those nearby.
More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.
Vorpal Weapon
Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.
Cascade Point
Final blows or sustained precision hits with another weapon increase this weapon's rate of fire for a short duration.
Target Lock
Damage increases the longer this weapon remains on a target.
Firing Line
This weapon deals increased precision damage when near two or more allies.
Golden Tricorn
Final blows with this weapon grant bonus damage. While this buff is active, grenade or melee kills of the same damage type greatly increase its damage and duration.
Collective Action
Collecting an Elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants this weapon a stacking period of increased damage. Throwing a Tangle provides additional time.

Elemental pickups include [Solar]Firesprites, [Void]Void Breaches, [Arc]Ionic Traces, [Stasis]Stasis Shards, and [Strand]Strand Tangles.

Dawning Surprise
Defeating targets awards a Dawning gift. Defeated powerful targets count as more than one.
Suros Synergy
Reloading grants this weapon bonus handling and reduces incoming flinch for a short time.