Seventh Seraph VY-7

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The Seventh Seraph VY-7 is a 600 RPM Precision Frame Arc SMG, initially made available during Season 10 (remember the bunkers?). It continues to drop as part of the world loot pool.

PvP Thoughts#

Remember this world?

• Antiope-D’s FINAL FORM! (God Roll) - Destiny Fun Police
• The Perfect Antiope-D does exist! - CammyCakes
• Antiope-D and Sniping = New Meta ? - ZkMushroom

The VY-7 is basically an Energy-slot Antiope-D as the basic stat variances are immaterial in practice.

“Why don’t any of these rolls value Range?" The difference between the base range of 59 and let’s say 80 (using Accurized Rounds, etc.) buys you about a whopping one meter of falloff (~16 to ~17m). I don’t value buffing Range all that highly on the VY-7. It’s not that it’s bad per se, it’s just that the opportunity cost is high.

I would strongly suggest getting the Recoil to 100 either via a Barrel perk or a Counterbalance. Even though its base Recoil is 91 it’s still a hot mess to control, esp. with its low Handling. For the rolls below I’m going to assume you’re rolling with a Counterbalance Mod installed.

PvE Thoughts#

The VY-7 is the only SMG that’s able to roll with Vorpal and you’ll want one of these for two reasons:

• The VY-7 is a Seraph weapon and contributes to the generation of Warmind Cells.
• SMGs are often eligible for certain Artifact weapon mods.

…so let’s come up with some rolls that help shred Champions and generate Warmind Cells (i.e. shred adds).

🗼 Tower Defense (pvp)#

We’re going to use a Counterbalance Mod to get the Recoil to 100, so we can go for Stability-enhancing Barrel options. The Handling and Stability bonuses from Capacitor are material.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds
  • Perks 1: Firmly Planted, Pulse Monitor
  • Perks 2: Elemental Capacitor
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell

💥 Super Shredder (pvp)#

Same as our initial set of rolls, pivoting around Vorpal if you love shredding supers in PvP, which we can all agree is Destiny’s National Pasttime.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds
  • Perks 1: Firmly Planted, Pulse Monitor
  • Perks 2: Vorpal
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell

🏆 Champion Shredder (pve)#

Whenever SMGs are up on the Artifact, you’ll want Vorpal to help shred through Champions. FTTC might seem like a strange choice for an SMG but the rate of fire is so fast, you’d be surprised how often it you end up getting it to proc.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds
  • Perks 1: Fourth Time's the Charm
  • Perks 2: Vorpal
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell

😡☄️ Frenzied Cell Generator (pve)#

Good for generating Warmind Cells against hordes of enemies. Best for low and mid tier add clear.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds
  • Perks 1: Ambitious Assassin
  • Perks 2: Feeding Frenzy
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds, Tactical Mag, Flared Magwell