Seventh Seraph SAW - Legendary Machine Gun

Seventh Seraph SAW is a Machine Gun Arc Heavy in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Machine Gun - Arc - Heavy - High-Impact Frame

Source: Seraph Bounties

Chained away long ago; its jaws too eager in times of peace.

Weapon frame

High-Impact Frame

Slow firing and high damage. This weapon is more accurate when stationary, moving slowly, and aiming down sights.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact70
Range62
Stability22
Handling33
Reload Speed31
Aim Assistance30
Zoom16
Airborne Effectiveness6
Ammo Generation40
Rounds Per Minute360
Magazine44
Recoil Direction71

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

  • Grave Robber
    Melee final blows or dealing damage with a charged melee reloads this weapon's magazine from reserves.
  • Zen Moment
    Causing damage with this weapon reduces recoil and flinch over time.
  • Clown Cartridge
    Reloading this weapon randomly overfills it from reserves.
  • Auto-Loading Holster
    The holstered weapon is automatically reloaded after a short period of time.
  • Field Prep
    Increases ammo generation. Faster reload, stow, and ready speed when you're crouching.

Right column perks

  • Vorpal Weapon
    Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.
  • Opening Shot
    Improved accuracy and range on the opening shot of attack.
  • Mulligan
    Missing a shot has a chance to return ammo directly to the magazine.
  • Disruption Break
    Breaking an enemy's shield with this weapon makes them more vulnerable to Kinetic damage for a brief period.
  • Firing Line
    This weapon deals increased precision damage when near two or more allies.
  • Elemental Capacitor
    Increased stats based on the currently equipped Super.
    • [Solar] increases your reload speed.
    • [Arc] increases handling.
    • [Void] increases stability.
    • [Stasis] moderately controls recoil and increases movement speed when aiming down sights.
    • [Strand] increases airborne effectiveness.

Masterwork options