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Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion has shaken up the buildcrafting scene significantly. New Artifact passives, a new modding system, and an entirely new subclass element has given Titans more tools than ever before to create the perfect build, both for PvE and PvP.
Destiny 2: The Best Warlock Builds For PvP And PvE
Uncover the true potential of each Warlock subclass with these in-depth builds for PvE and PvP.After extensive experimentation, we've created ten powerful builds that are sure to impress. We've got PvE and PvP builds for all subclass elements, utilizing everything from subclass keywords to Armor Charge effects. Each build is quite lengthy, so use the table of contents above to find any build that interests you.
Foreword
Before we dive into the world of buildcrafting, it's important you understand the essentials of making a build. We use quite a few terms for mods, subclass keywords, and other effects in this guide. If you aren't entirely sure how any of these effects work, the guides below break down how core buildcrafting systems work in Destiny 2:
- A Complete Guide To Armor 2.0
- Armor Mods And Armor Charge Explained
- Arc 3.0 Guide
- Solar 3.0 Guide
- Void 3.0 Guide
- Stasis Guide
- Strand Guide
Updated February 17, 2024, by Charles Burgar: Season of the Wish has made some massive changes to the sandbox, both for PvE and PvP. Mod scalar changes have greatly changed buildcrafting, and various survivability nerfs have hurt a few notable Titan builds. The good news is that most of these changes can be mitigated with certain Fragments, Armor Charge mechanics, or Exotics.
Beyond updating our builds to address these balance changes, we've overhauled the presentation of every build in this guide. All ten builds now use a table that showcases every Aspect, Fragment, ability, and armor mod you'll need to replicate the build. Explanations for each build have also been streamlined, focusing more on gameplay loops over ability descriptions. Finally, all DIM links have also been updated for Season 23.
PvP: Shaxx's Disciple
Subclass |
Striker |
Exotic |
Any Movement Exotic |
Playstyle |
Jack Of All Trades |
Great Movement Tools |
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Excellent In 6v6 And 3v3 |
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Must Be Tailored To Your Playstyle |
Why Play This Build?
Learn the ropes of PvP buildcrafting with this simple Striker template. We'll be enabling an aggressive playstyle through the Striker subclass and any movement Exotic of your choice. You'll have great loadout flexibility, an excellent neutral game, and access to multiple movement tools to disorient your foes.
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Touch of Thunder |
Spark of Recharge |
Spark of Volts |
Resilience |
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Knockout |
Spark of Feedback |
Spark of Instinct |
Intellect |
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Any Movement Exotic |
Dynamo |
Fastball |
Unflinching Harmonic Aim |
Absolution |
Reaper |
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Any Weapon |
Harmonic Targeting |
Harmonic Loader |
Unflinching Harmonic Aim |
Innervation |
Bomber |
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Harmonic Siphon |
Harmonic Dexterity |
Unflinching Harmonic Aim |
Recuperation |
Bomber |
Striker Titan has access to some excellent neutral game buffs. Touch of Thunder greatly buffs your grenade of choice. We recommend Lightning Grenades since they'll gain a second charge and inflict Jolt, a keyword that makes targets release chain lightning as you damage them. We then use Knockout to gain HP regeneration from melee kills, enhancing your melee lunge range for a few seconds.
The real power of Striker Titan lies in its movement options. Thruster is a class ability exclusive to this subclass, allowing you to dash in any direction. It works similarly to a Hunter dodge and has an incredibly short cooldown. You can pair this with Seismic Strike to lunge in a specific direction while sprinting.
Landing multiple Arc kills or a melee kill will make you Amplified, greatly improving your sprint speed, weapon handling, and slide distance.
Everything else about this build is down to preference, so feel free to tweak this build as you see fit. Our Fragments focus on stat buffs over functionality. Volts grants Recovery, Feedback gives Resilience, and Recharge greatly lowers your cooldowns while critically injured. Spark of Instinct is a great fourth option since it procs Jolt for free, leading to easy melee kills in 1v2 and 1v3 scenarios.
For your Exotic, we recommend Dunemarchers if you're new. Your Seismic Strike will unleash chain lightning (this is not Jolt lightning) when you strike a target. You can pair this with Knockout and the Jolt keyword to turn the enemy into a walking tesla coil. Some other good options include Peacekeepers, Lion Rampart, and Antaeus Wards. You can also run Armanentarium if you want to use a different grenade.
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The Artifact has no beneficial perks for Arc builds this season. Select perks that benefit other builds instead.
PvP: Descending Eruption
Subclass |
Sunbreaker |
Exotics |
Peregrine Greaves, Monte Carlo |
Playstyle |
Constant One-Tap Melees |
Excellent At Close Range |
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Best In 6v6 Modes |
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Requires An Aggressive Playstyle |
Why Play This Build?
Embrace the explosive nature of Sunbreaker with this melee-oriented PvP build. This build uses Peregrine Greaves to buff Hammer Strike, a shoulder charge melee that can one-tap enemies while you're airborne. This kill will trigger an Ignition and spawn three different buffs: Sunspots, Firesprites, and Orbs of Power.
All three buffs work together to make your Titan practically unkillable. Melee a target to gain bonus damage, Restoration, and tons of ability energy to repeat the process. And for those moments where your abilities are on cooldown, you'll have a slug shotgun that will one-tap any Guardian that stands in your way. If you want a fun 6v6 build, look no further.
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Sol Invictus |
Ember of Torches |
Thread of Ascent |
Resilience |
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Consecration |
Ember of Eruption |
Ember of Char |
Strength |
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Peregrine Greaves |
Hands-On |
Fastball |
Unflinching Kinetic Aim |
Absolution |
Reaper |
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Monte Carlo |
Kinetic Targeting |
Heavy Handed |
Unflinching Kinetic Aim |
Invigoration |
Outreach |
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Weapons with Swashbuckler |
Kinetic Siphon |
Kinetic Loader |
Empty Mod |
Recuperation |
Outreach |
Peregrine Greaves grants a significant boost to your shoulder charge damage while airborne. This allows Hammer Strike to one-tap Guardians in PvP, restoring a chunk of your melee energy and triggering Hammer Strike's on-kill Ignite explosion. With how powerful this melee can be, we focus the build on buffing Hammer Strike's uptime and Ignite effectiveness.
Ember of Searing will restore 20% melee energy whenever you defeat a Scorched target. Hammer Strike already Scorches, but you can extend this to targets tagged with an Ignite explosion through Ember of Char. Ignition explosions can also have their blast radius increased with Ember of Ignition. Hammer Strike will also grant Radiant through Ember of Torches, buffing your weapon damage for a few seconds.
Since this build gets melee ability kills, Sol Invictus is an obvious pick. Hammer Strike will leave behind a Sunspot that will grant x1 Restoration and faster ability recharge speed. You don't need Roaring Flames for this build, so we suggest using Consecration instead. Finally, we recommend using Monte Carlo as your Exotic. Hits and kills will restore most of your melee energy and give you more opportunities to use your Hammer Strike.
Consecration's uppercut attack and an Incendiary Grenade will trigger an Ignite, allowing you to Ignite targets from a distance when you can't bring a hammer to a gunfight.
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Arguably the best PvP perk this season is Flint Striker, allowing you to gain Radiant by landing precision hits with Solar weapons. This build typically runs Monte Carlo, but if you play this in Checkmate or dislike Special weapons in general, this is a great way to gain Radiant without having to use Hammer Strike.
Beyond that, most Solar perks this season don't work in PvP, so we spec for more generic buffs. Origin Perk Specializations, Siphon hybrid mods, and Wished Into Being are great picks for just about every PvP build this season.
The 10 Best Exotics For Titans In Destiny 2, Ranked
Shoot through Barricades, enhance your abilities, and buff your weapons with burning energy with these devastating Titan Exotics.PvP: Imminent Dawn
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Sentinel |
Exotic |
Peacekeepers |
Playstyle |
Aggressive |
Highly Defensive |
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Best In 3v3 Modes |
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Long Cooldowns |
Why Play This Build?
Use the power of Sentinel Titan to gain the upper hand in every gunfight. This build focuses on buffing this subclass' neutral game as much as possible, opting to use the Peacekeepers Exotic and popular SMGs to outperform the competition. You'll have access to Void Oveshields, a powerful grenade, movement tools, and the best zoning Super in the game. It's not flashy, but it's highly effective and a popular pick for 3v3 modes like Trials of Osiris.
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Bastion |
Echo of Leeching |
Echo of Vigilance |
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Echo of Expulsion |
Echo of Dilation |
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Peacekeeper |
Strand & Solar Siphon |
Fastball |
Unflinching [Primary] Aim |
Absolution |
Reaper |
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Any SMG |
[Primary] Targeting |
[Primary] Loader |
Unflinching [Primary] Aim |
Better Already |
Bomber |
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Powerful Friends |
[Primary] Dexterity |
Empty Mod |
Recuperation |
Bomber |
Sentinel Titan has access to a powerful neutral game through Bastion, an Aspect that grants a Void Overshield whenever you cast your class ability. You'll also gain a shield through Echo of Vigilance if you kill a target while critically wounded. Both effects greatly increase your survivability with virtually no requirements. To get around the map faster, we use Shield Bash for an occasional shoulder charge. And if a game runs for long enough, use Ward of Dawn to lock down a portion of the map.
Void subclasses have access to some powerful grenades, and Sentinels can take this even further with Controlled Demolition. This allows your grenades to inflict Volatile. We pair this with Scatter Grenades to lockdown chokepoints for a brief period. Anyone that even touches the explosive submunitions will be tagged with Volatile, violently exploding on death. This can cause a chain reaction of explosions with Echo of Expulsion while simultaneously healing your team.
If you typically play solo or dislike Scatter Grenades, swap Controlled Demolition for Offensive Bulwark, and change your grenade to Suppressor. This will buff your grenade cooldowns and allow you to counter enemy abilities, including Supers.
The rest of the build focuses on neutral game buffs. Peacekeepers is the best movement Exotic for Titans currently due to the strength of SMGs, granting bonus sprint speed, slide distance, mobility, handling, and reload speed while holding an SMG. If it wasn't obvious, use an SMG to proc Peacekeeper's effects. Some good picks include Unending Tempest, The Immortal, Shayura's Wrath, and Tarrabah. Mod your armor to support your SMG of choice.
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This Artifact has no Void perks this season, so choose perks that buff your weapon performance or other builds instead. The above image showcases an Artifact tuned for general PvP use.
PvP: Furious Lash
Subclass |
Berserker |
Exotics |
ACD/0 Feedback Fence |
Playstyle |
Melee-Oriented |
Aggressive |
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Best In 6v6 |
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Works Best With Glaives |
Why Play This Build?
Most Destiny 2 PvP duels occur at close range, biasing SMGs and Sidearms for their fast TTK values. This build flips those engagements in your favor through the power of ACD/0 Feedback Fence. With the use of Strand's excellent movement options and your trusty Glaive, you force enemies into melee duels that you will always win.
Force enemies into uncomfortable fights through the use of your Grapple melee, Frenzied Blade, and Glaive melee. Each hit will grant stacks of Armor Charge, which will be consumed the next time you receive melee damage to release a devastating explosion, Jolting nearby targets. This is enough to kill an entire team if they're close enough, and you'll charge Banner of War and gain Woven Mail in the process.
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Into the Fray |
Thread of Generation |
Thread of Ascent |
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Banner of War |
Thread of Warding |
Thread of Fury |
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ACD/0 Feedback Fence |
Hands-On |
Heavy Handed |
Lucent Blades |
Recuperation |
Reaper |
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Any Glaive |
Strand & Solar Siphon |
[Glaive] Dexterity |
Lucent Blades |
Innervation |
Bomber |
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Powerful Friends |
Impact Induction |
Charged Up |
Stacks on Stacks |
Bomber |
The core of this Strand build is ACD/0 Feedback Fence. This Exotic grants a stack of Armor Charge every time you deal melee damage. This can be from an ability (including Grapple melee attacks), uncharged melee punches, or even a Glaive. As with most Armor Charge generators, you can adjust this with mods. Stacks on Stacks will grant x2 Armor Charge per hit, Charged Up will allow you to reach x4 Armor Charge, and Powerful Friends will share these charges with nearby allies.
All of these charges are then expended when you receive melee damage, releasing a wave of electrifying energy. This deals 200 damage in a wide AoE if you have x4 Armor Charge, and it inflicts Jolt. If there are any enemies grouped together when your Feedback Fence detonates, they'll die from the Jolt lightning. Melee an opponent to build Armor Charge, then get an enemy to punch you.
The easiest way to do this is by fighting at melee range. Glaives are perfect for this, as they can project a shield that grants 30% DR against Primaries—increased to 50% against all other damage sources. This stacks multiplicatively with Woven Mail, a DR buff we get from Thread of Warding and Into the Fray. Pick up an Orb of Power or destroy a Tangle to proc Woven Mail.
You can spawn Tangles by defeating Guardians with Strand abilities.
Another easy way to close the distance is with your abilities. Frenzied Blade will perform a lunge attack that deals high damage, capable of spawning Tangles if the target dies. You can also use Grapple to swing around corners and catch your opponents off-guard. Follow up with a Grapple melee, land a Glaive hit, and you're ready to proc Feedback Fence. Banner of War will then activate after a few kills, passively healing you and nearby allies for a lengthy duration.
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The only notable Strand perk for PvP this season is Horde Shuttle, causing Unraveled targets you damage to spawn Threadlings. It's not mandatory for this build, but it does offer some free damage for using your Grapple melee. You can also use Unraveling Orbs to buff your Strand weapons with Unraveling Rounds. This gives you another way to spawn Tangles without having to use your abilities.
PvP: Howl Of Vengeance
Subclass |
Behemoth |
Exotics |
Cryosthesia 77K, One-Eyed Mask |
Playstyle |
Aggressive |
Constant One-Hit Kills |
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Great In All Modes |
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Requires A Kill To Start Working |
Why Play This Build?
Chain back-to-back freeze effects on your opponents with the power of Cryothesia 77K. This Sidearm has immense synergy with the Behemoth subclass, allowing you to spawn Diamond Lance projectiles with ease. Use your weapon, grenade, and lance projectiles to instantly freeze your enemies. Throw One-Eyed Mask and Armor Charge mods into the mix, and you have what's arguably the strongest solo build a Titan can use inside the Crucible.
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Diamond Lance |
Whisper of Rending |
Whisper of Chains |
Whisper of Conduction |
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Cryoclasm |
Whisper of Torment |
Whisper of Bonds |
Discipline |
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One-Eyed Mask |
Harmonic Siphon |
Heavy Handed |
Unflinching Harmonic Aim |
Recuperation |
Reaper |
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Cryosthesia 77K |
Harmonic Siphon |
Harmonic Loader |
Unflinching Harmonic Aim |
Better Already |
Bomber |
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Font of Wisdom |
Font of Vigor |
Unflinching Harmonic Aim |
Stacks on Stacks |
Time Dilation |
This build is all about chaining back-to-back freeze effects to quickly kill your foes. The easiest way to get the ball rolling is with Cryosthesia 77K and Coldsnap Grenades. Throw a Coldsnap to freeze your opponent, then use Cryosthesia 77K to kill them. Whisper of Rending will grant a 50% damage buff against frozen targets, so landing a killing blow shouldn't be difficult.
Once they're dead, hold the reload input to overcharge Cryosthesia with a freezing round. So long as you aim near the next foe, they'll be instantly frozen. You can use a Cryoclasm slide to instantly kill them. Shattering an enemy this way will spawn a Diamond Lance on the target's corpse. Grab it and throw it at another target to immediately freeze them. Use Cryosthesia to kill them, load an ice shot, and repeat.
You can also use Shiver Strike to one-hit enemy players. Hit a target with Shiver Strike, then immediately follow up with an uncharged melee to land an easy kill.
The only problem you'll run into is survivability, but we can fix this with two things: One-Eyed Mask and Orbs of Power. One-Eyed Mask will mark targets that damage you. Killing them will grant a temporary overshield. This has amazing synergy with Whisper of Bonds, as eliminating a frozen target will spawn an Orb of Power. You can then grab this orb to activate Recuperation and Better Already, fully restoring your HP.
And since you're spawning Orbs of Power from weapon multikills and frozen targets, this build can take advantage of Font mods for free stat points. Font of Wisdom and Vigor provide +30 Intellect and Strength, respectively, while you have Armor Charge. This normally lasts for 10 seconds, but this can be extended to 30 seconds with Stacks on Stacks and Time Dilation, making these stat buffs near permanent.
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This build can get even stronger through Season 23's Artifact. Hail the Storm increases your shatter damage against enemy Guardians. More importantly, shattering an enemy player will spawn four Stasis projectiles that fire in a cross pattern, dealing 50 damage and inflicting x10 slow.
Pillar of Ice doesn't work in PvP, so feel free to grab any other perks from the Artifact. The configuration above is a generic Artifact that works with every build.
Destiny 2: A Complete Guide To Stasis
Freeze and shatter your way to victory with this in-depth breakdown of all Stasis subclasses.PvE: Volcanic Eruption
Subclass |
Sunbreaker |
Exotic |
Pyrogale Gauntlets |
Playstyle |
Tons Of Explosions |
Close Range |
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Excellent In All Modes |
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Gear Reliant |
Why Play This Build?
Take advantage of the powerful Consecration Aspect to turn your enemies into walking explosives. This build focuses on maximizing the damage and uptime of Consecration to give you devastating Ignitions. Paired with constant Restoration and high damage resistance, you'll be able to charge into the fray and obliterate anything that stands in your way.
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Ember of Torches |
Ember of Searing |
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Ember of Char |
Ember of Blistering |
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Pyrogale Gauntlets |
Hands-On |
Heavy Handed |
Concussive Dampener |
Absolution |
Reaper |
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Monte Carlo |
Ashes to Assets |
Momentum Transfer |
Harmonic Resistance |
Invigoration |
Powerful Attraction |
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(Endgame Content) Dragon's Breath |
Harmonic Siphon |
Melee Kickstart |
Harmonic Resistance |
Recuperation |
Bomber |
Pyrogale Gauntlets buff your Consecration slams with a flaming tornado that tracks targets, inflicting a low number of Scorch stacks with each hit. Consecration deals great damage on its own, but it can be tricky to maintain and use safely in harder content. Sol Invictus can help with this. Ability kills will generate Sunspots that you can stand in, granting x1 Restoration and faster ability recharge speed. This buff lingers for a few seconds, so don't be afraid to move.
Since Consecration inflicts Scorch and a powerful Ignite explosion, you can run Ember of Searing to restore melee energy from slain Scorched targets. The tougher the foe, the more energy you'll receive. Ember of Char will then make your Ignitions spread Scorch, causing all Consecration kills to trigger Ember of Searing. We also use Ember of Blistering to gain grenade energy in the process, but feel free to swap this Fragment for something else.
Even with this Fragment configuration, Consecration is still somewhat difficult to recharge in tougher activities. Melee Kickstart and Invigoration help with this, but you'll need to rely on weapons to lower your melee cooldown to a spammable level. Monte Carlo is ideal if you're a newer player, as it restores melee energy through hits and kills. For more experienced players, Conditional Finality and Dragon's Breath can both trigger your Fragments through their Exotic perks.
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Season of the Wish's Artifact has some powerful Solar perks you can use. Kindling Flame is absurdly strong this season and allows all Solar weapons to inflict Scorch while you're Radiant. This will proc Ember of Searing and make your melee cooldown a non-issue. Revitalizing Blast inflicts Weaken on boss enemies with your Solar abilities, increasing your damage by 15%.
You can also run Flint Striker to gain Radiant by landing precision hits with a Solar weapon. Argent Ordnance buffs your Rocket Launcher damage by 15%, stacking with other damage buffs. Solo Operative does the same but works on all weapons and abilities while you're solo. If you typically play in a group, use Rays of Precision instead.
PvE: Volatile Light
Subclass |
Sentinel |
Exotic |
No Backup Plans |
Playstyle |
Ability Spam And Explosions |
Close Range |
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Best In Casual/Legend Content |
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Requires Certain Weapons |
Why Play This Build?
Become a walking whirlwind of explosions with this Sentinel build. Using the power of No Backup Plans and subclass Fragments, you can create a Titan that has short ability cooldowns, inflicts Volatile on every enemy in sight, has a permanent Void Overshield, all while buffing your Shotguns with a massive damage buff.
It isn't a meta build for GM Nightfalls or Master raids, but if you're looking for a fun Titan build to farm Lost Sectors or Terminal Override with, this is a great build to try.
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Controlled Demolition |
Thread of Starvation |
Echo of Instability |
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Echo of Persistence |
Echo of Vigilance |
Discipline |
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No Backup Plans |
Ashes to Assets |
Firepower |
Concussive Dampener |
Solar Holster |
Powerful Attraction |
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Any Shotgun |
Harmonic Siphon |
Harmonic Loader |
Harmonic Resistance |
Void Weapon Surge |
Powerful Attraction |
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Momentum Transfer |
Harmonic Resistance |
Void Weapon Surge |
Time Dilation |
No Backup Plans gives you a way to generate Void Overshields through Shotgun kills, so you can drop Bastion for Controlled Demolition on this build. All of your abilities will tag enemies with Volatile, a powerful debuff that causes them to explode when they receive sustained damage. These explosions will heal you and nearby allies. Paired with No Backup Plans, you become incredibly hard to kill.
Of course, this build won't work if you don't have a Shotgun. Any Shotgun will work, although Conditional Finality is easily your strongest option if you own it. It deals immense damage, can clear adds and majors in a single shot, is highly ammo efficient, and benefits from holster mods—hence the Solar Holster mod on our legs. You'll also receive a 35% damage buff with Shotguns while Void Overshields are up, so don't be afraid to get up close and personal.
Offensive Bulwark will quadruple your grenade regeneration and grant a 60% melee damage buff while you're affected by a Void Overshield. We also run Echo of Starvation to gain access to Devour, restoring a chunk of grenade energy with every kill. Both of these effects effectively remove your grenade cooldown if you can kill enough targets, especially if your weapon has Demolitionist.
Not much else is needed for the build to work, so feel free to adjust your weapons and armor mods to suit your needs. The above mod configuration is tailored for a loadout using Conditional Finality and Void weapons.
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No Void perks are present in this season's Artifact. Build your Artifact for different PvE builds or general Anti-Champion mods instead.
PvE: Shattered Lance
Subclass |
Behemoth |
Exotic |
Hoarfrost-Z |
Playstyle |
Ability Spam |
Great At All Ranges |
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Excellent In Most Content |
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Reliant On Juggling Abilities |
Why Play This Build?
Turn your enemies into dust by shattering dozens of Stasis crystals and frozen enemies. By using Glacier Grenades and the Hoarfrost-Z Exotic, you can spawn multiple Stasis crystals in an instant. Use them as cover, fight near them to gain DR, or slide into them to shatter your foes. It's a highly aggressive build with excellent crowd control and add clear, although it will start to struggle in Master and GM content
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Diamond Lance |
Whisper of Chains |
Whisper of Bonds |
Whisper of Refraction |
Resilience |
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Cryoclasm |
Whisper of Fissures |
Whisper of Shards |
Discipline |
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Hoarfrost-Z |
Dynamo |
Harmonic Loader |
Concussive Dampener |
Recuperation |
Reaper |
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Verglas Curve |
Harmonic Siphon |
Font of Focus |
Any Resistance Mod |
Better Already |
Powerful Attraction |
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(Alternative) Weapons with Headstone |
Heavy Ammo Finder |
Font of Vigor |
Any Resistance Mod |
Stacks on Stacks |
Powerful Attraction |
As a Behemoth, creating and detonating crystals is core to dealing damage and staying alive. Hoarfrost-Z converts your Barricade into a glacial wall that blocks enemy fire. It can be used as a Rally Barricade by you and your allies, or it can be detonated to deal some AoE damage. Throw in a Glacier Grenade in the mix, and you can clear an entire room of adds in seconds.
Ability cooldowns are crucial for a build like this, so our Fragments and mods ensure that cooldowns won't be an issue. Whisper of Shards greatly increases your grenade cooldown after you break a crystal. With how often this build breaks crystals, Shards is always up. Whisper of Refraction will restore class ability energy for each slowed or frozen target you kill. Spec for 100 Resilience and Discipline to further lower your cooldowns.
Try to keep an active crystal on the battlefield. Standing near a frozen enemy or crystal will activate Whisper of Chains, increasing your damage resistance by 40%.
Scaling this build's damage is fairly straightforward. Whisper of Fissures greatly buffs the AoE and overall damage of your Stasis shatters. It's a mandatory pick if you want to kill red bars consistently. Diamond Lance also gives you a means of freezing and shattering targets. Whenever you kill a frozen enemy, you'll spawn an ice spear you can pick up and throw, freezing targets on impact. Throw a grenade, shatter it, grab a lance, throw it, repeat.
With how many crystals you'll be spawning, simply shooting them isn't going to be fast enough. That's why we use Cryoclasm. Sliding into crystals and frozen enemies will detonate them, even if you use an uncharged slide. To stay alive during all this, we use Recuperation and Better Already to heal after picking up an Orb of Power. We generate orbs through Whisper of Bonds, Siphon mods, and Reaper.
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Pillar of Ice will spawn a Stasis crystal when you defeat a frozen combatant. This will passively trigger as you play the build, making it easier to proc Whisper of Shards and Chains. Hail the Storm will then increase your shatter damage and make broken crystals release four ice shards, dealing moderate damage to nearby targets. This substantially increases the consistency of this build.
Destiny 2: The Best Hunter Builds For PvP And PvE
Wield the Light and Dark with equal mastery with these devastating Hunter builds.PvE: Undying Frenzy
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Berserker |
Exotic |
Synthoceps |
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Virtually Unkillable |
Close Range |
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Relies On Melee Attacks |
Why Play This Build?
This build turns you into a true Berserker Titan, making you nigh-invincible while substantially buffing your melee damage. Fly into the thick of combat with a Grapple, delete Champions with a single punch, and continuously heal during the entire process.
It obliterates Legend content, excels in Master difficulty, and can even handle Grandmaster Nightfalls with some practice. This is easily the strongest Strand Titan build in the game, and it's fairly easy to play.
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Into the Fray |
Thread of Generation |
Thread of Transmutation |
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Banner of War |
Thread of Fury |
Thread of Warding |
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Hands-On |
Heavy Handed |
Concussive Dampener |
Recuperation |
Reaper |
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Tractor Cannon |
Harmonic Siphon |
Heavy Handed |
Any Resistance Mod |
Absolution |
Powerful Attraction |
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Shotguns with One-Two Punch |
Heavy Ammo Finder |
Impact Induction |
Any Resistance Mod |
Void Scavenger |
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Banner of War is arguably the strongest Titan Aspect in the game. Rapid kills will grant stacks of Banner of War, releasing pulses of healing energy at steady intervals. You'll also deal increased melee damage, up to 60% at x4 stacks.
This stacks with other melee bonuses like One-Two Punch on Shotguns, Synthoceps' 165% melee damage bonus, and Tractor Cannon's 30% Weaken effect. With every buff active, you can kill just about every non-boss enemy in the game with a single melee attack.
Navigator Grapples
If you own the Navigator Exotic, you can use it in place of Tractor Cannon to gain infinite Grapple melees during a DPS phase. Fire an anchor point near the boss, then grapple onto it and perform a melee attack. You can repeat this process indefinitely.
Frenzied Blade is a great melee ability on its own, but it suffers from a fairly long cooldown. We can fix this with Into the Fray, an Aspect that grants faster melee regeneration while you have Woven Mail, a 45% damage resistance buff. You can get this buff by breaking Tangles or picking up Orbs of Power. We also use two Heavy Handed mods to spawn orbs through melee kills, and each orb will restore melee energy through Absolution.
The healing pulses from Banner of War and various DR sources—Woven Mail, 100 Resilience, and chest resistance mods—make you virtually unkillable. If you need to kill something, shoot your Tractor Cannon, swap to a One-Two Punch Shotgun, fire a shot, then use your melee. You can also use a Grapple melee in place of a Frenzied Blade. This will two-shot most Champions in Master and GM content.
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Flint Striker gives you access to Radiant by landing precision hits with a Solar weapon. Equip a One-Two Punch Shotgun in your Kinetic slot, use a Solar Primary, and you can easily activate this perk. You can then benefit from Torches, increasing your weapon damage against Darkness-debuffed targets by 5%. You can activate Torches by using Unraveling Orbs and a Strand weapon.
Horde Shuttle will spawn Threadlings when you damage Unraveled targets, slightly increasing this build's DPS. Finally, take Solo Operative to deal 15% more damage in solo content. This affects both your weapons and Strand abilities.
PvE: Heart Of Thunder
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Striker |
Exotic |
Heart of Inmost Light |
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Ability Spam |
Close/Mid-Range |
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Great In All Modes |
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Why Play This Build?
Few builds in Destiny 2 have this degree of ability spam. Striker Titan has access to some of Destiny 2's strongest abilities, notably Touch of Thunder grenades. This build uses Heart of Inmost Light and Armor Charge mods to give your abilities absurdly short cooldowns. You'll have constant grenades, melee charges, and the ability to dodge incoming projectiles with the fantastic Thruster class ability. If speed is what you're after, this build is for you.
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Heart of Inmost Light |
Ashes to Assets |
Firepower |
Concussive Dampener |
Recuperation |
Powerful Attraction |
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Delicate Tomb |
Dynamo |
Firepower |
Any Resistance Mod |
Absolution |
Powerful Attraction |
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Firepower |
Any Resistance Mod |
Elemental Charge |
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Using an ability will empower your other two abilities with Heart of Inmost Light. Grenade and melee abilities receive a 200% recharge bonus and extra damage, while your class ability only receives a 50% recharge bonus. This buff lasts for five seconds, so you'll need to pace your ability usage to maximize your empower uptime. Fortunately, you can mitigate this issue with Ionic Traces and armor mods.
Touch of Thunder will greatly buff your Pulse Grenades, causing them to spawn Ionic Traces and deal increased damage as they linger. Spark of Magnitude makes them last longer, and Shock will make each pulse inflict Jolt to assist with add clear. With x3 Firepower mods on your gloves, your grenade can spawn an Orb of Power every second.
Each Orb of Power will restore your health through Recuperation and provide ability energy with Absolution. This greatly helps with ability uptime, but it still isn't quite enough for your Thruster class ability. That is where Delicate Tomb comes in. Kills with this weapon spawn Ionic Traces, restoring all ability energy. You can pair this with Spark of Discharge to spawn even more Ionic Traces. It's strictly better than Spark of Ions since it doesn't have a cooldown.
If you don't own Delicate Tomb, you can use Coldheart instead. You can also replace Spark of Discharge with Recharge.
Overall, the gameplay loop is to use your Thruster, use your melee, use your grenade, and kill enemies with Delicate Tomb. If you space your abilities out properly and have good armor stats (100 Resilience and Discipline), you should be able to use an ability every five seconds. Should you run out of ammo, perform a finisher to spawn Special ammo.
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No Arc perks are in the seasonal Artifact. Build your Artifact for other builds or passive bonuses instead.