Hi all. When MoT was announced, I set my "end goal" for D2 to be to fill out all 20 of my loadout slots with strong builds that featured my favorite weapons. I've finally finished my goal, and I wanted to write it up and share em as one last hurrah. DIM links are available for everything (includes fashion!).

The builds are not fully optimal, as I have some restrictions I worked with. Every loadout must feature one of my top 20 favorite exotic weapons and the ability to stun all champs, and across all 20 loadouts, every super, aspect, and legendary weapon type must appear. So, there is room for improvements on each build, and feel free to ask me what they are.

The way I've structured this post is:

EXOTIC ARMOR

• Weapons / Armor / Artifact
• The focal point of the build, and how everything flowed from that.

With that out of the way.....let's begin with:

RAID/DUNGEON BUILDS

Boots of the Assembler (DIM)

• Eyasluna, Father's Sins, Truth / CODA 4pc / Queensfoil Censer
• BotA is a must-have as I'm the usual Wellock on the team, and Truth is the simplest strong damage option in the game. Truth can lack total damage, so I need a special for supplemental damage, and I chose Father's Sins because it surge-matches. Truth requires Queensfoil artifact, which has Stasis synergy, and so I took a Stasis primary. The CODA set then provides insane neutral game value with a Firefly+Headstone Stasis primary. (It also has that nostalgic Fatebringer+Black Hammer+Gjally vibe, which feels right for my most-used "final" loadout, haha.)

Mataiodoxia (DIM)

• Khvostov, Psi Aeterna IV, A499 / 2pc SE, 2pc Europa / Encrypted Data Disk
• Mataio is useful if I don't need to be on Well, and A499 is the other "simple, strong" damage option in the game. Encrypted Data Disk is a must for Sniper's Meditation and Kinetic Synthesis. Khvostov is a strong surge-matching primary weapon. Psi Aeterna stuns unstops and overloads (via Jolting Feedback) in addition to being able to quickly burst down yellow bars.

Sanguine Alchemy (DIM)

• Festival Flight, Vex Mythoclast, Cataclysm / 2pc SE, 2pc Europa / Tablet of Ruin
• Vex Mythoclast requires Tablet of Ruin for Particle Reconstruction. Tablet primarily has Strand synergy, so Prismatic Warlock is taken for arcane needle, weaver's call, and the severing fragment. Weaver's Call has class ability synergy, so I chose Sanguine Alchemy as my exotic to also further buff Vex damage. Because I am taking Particle already, this is a good loadout to have my linear fusion in, and Cataclysmic is chosen to match solar surges. (Hezen is used if I am seriously using this in RaD content.)

PRISMATIC BUILDS, SWEATY

Getaway Artist (DIM)

• Mint Retrograde, Ergo Sum, A499 / 2pc Smoke, 2pc Last Wish / Hunter's Journal
• Ergo Sum has many synergies with the Hunter's Journal artifact, which also has Sniper's Meditation, allowing me to take A499 for anti-barrier. Ergo is ammo efficient enough for double special.

Solipsism (Assassin + Synthocepts) (DIM))

• Festival Flight, Unforgiven, Whisper of the Worm / 2pc Smoke, 2pc SE / Hunter's Journal
• WotW is best with Hunter's Journal for Sniper's Meditation and Incendiary Rounds. The artifact also has Shieldcrush and other Prismatic benefits, making it useful for Lightning Surge. I prefer Solipsism to Winter's Guile for the LS build because I find the latter too kill hungry when I need to fight my teammates for kills.

PRISMATIC BUILDS, FOR FUN

Necrotic Grips (DIM)

• Thorn, Uncivil Discourse, A499 / 4pc Techsec / Encrypted Data Disk
• Thorn has synergy with Necrotic Grips, and poison counts as kinetic damage for Techsec. A499 surge-matches Thorn and Encrypted Data Disk has both kinetic synergy and Sniper's Meditation.

Chromatic Fire (DIM)

• Hawkmoon, Found Verdict, Submersion / 2pc SE, 2pc Europa / Hunter's Journal
• Hawkmoon rewards precision hits, and so Chromatic Fire is the highest-synergy pick possible on a Warlock. Submersion is here because a crossbow needed to be on one of my loadouts, and Found Verdict allows for decent special ammo energy slot DPS on Prismatic.

SOLAR

Dawn Chorus (DIM)

• Praydeth's Revenge, Ringing Nail, One-Thousand Voices / 4pc Throne / Hunter's Journal
• 1k does the most damage with Dawn Chorus, which wants to be on Hunter's Journal for Solar Fulmination. Hunter's Journal has AR perks, so Ringing Nail is used. One of those perks grants Resist 2x, so the armor set needs a source of non-generic DR. The artifact also has Sniper's Meditation, so an All-Star + Kinetic Tremors Praydeth's is taken for burst damage and anti-overload.

Starfire Protocol (DIM)

• Conspriacy Honed, Nullify, Gjallarhorn / 2pc SE, 2pc Aion Adaptor / Hunter's Journal
• Gjally is strong at Ember of Empyrean extension due to its ability to rapidly kill adds. Starfire relies on Empyrean quite heavily due to the importance of both radiant and restoration on it. Hunter's Journal is taken for Radiant Orbs, so that a fragment slot is freed up for Ember of Solace. Conspiracy Honed is the strongest special ammo DPS in the game, given that our heavy is used for add clear. Nullify is here purely because I need a pulse rifle on a loadout slot, but Returned Memory or Veilantif would absolutely be much better.

Eunoia (DIM)

• Perfect Paradox, Pre Astyanax IV, Xenophage / 2pc SE, 2pc Europa / Implement of Curiosity
• Legendary bows are best with Argent Quiver, and Implement of Curiosity has solar synergy. I wanted Xenophage on a loadout slot, and here is where it fit best to help with Ember of Empyrean extensions. Trench Barrel Perfect Paradox with Song of Flame is then taken for DPS, since my heavy slot is used for add clear.

VOID

Contraverse Holds (DIM)

• Refusal of the Call, Choir of One, Hezen Vengeance / 2pc Last Wish, 2pc Smoke Jumper / NPA Regulator
• Contraverse Holds allows for high grenade uptime for add clear, which lets you run double special easily. NPA Regulator has artifact support for void auto rifles, and a Demo glaive is taken in the other slot to smooth out grenade uptime and take advantage of the high DR artifact perk in NPA.

Briarbinds (DIM)

• Witherhoard, Gnawing Hunger, Tomorrow's Answer / 4pc Throne / NPA Regulator
• CotOG has the most synergy with Briarbinds, and Repulsor Brace weapons are strong with CotOG because of how everything is
• weakened. Gnawing Hunger rolls with Repulsor Brace and also has artifact support from NPA. Because Sustained Fire grants Resist 2x, Throne 4pc is taken for stacking DR.

Astrocyte Verse (DIM)

• Something Something, Turncoat, Falling Guillotine / 4pc Iron Battalion / Encrypted Data Disk
• Nova Warp can be marginally strengthened by Astrocyte granting free Dark Blink, but Astrocyte's major benefit is that Dark Blink kills outside of the super will refund super energy via the IB 4pc set bonus, allowing for high super uptime. The high mobility of Blink and Dark Blink work well with a sword, and a Repulsor Brace sword will always proc overshield if volatile rounds are active. Encrypted Data Disk has sword perks, and Sniper's Meditation helps with boss DPS given that the heavy slot is used for add clear.

ARC

Geomag Stabilizers (DIM)

• High Albedo, Snipehunt Mk 47, Microcosm / 4pc Luminopotent / Tablet of Ruin
• Chaos Reach has absurd uptime with the combination of Geomags, Elemental Siphon + Luminopotent (+ Electrostatic Mind), and Elemental Supercharger + an overload weapon. Microcosm can take advantage of the high super spam rate.

Stormdancer's Brace (DIM)

• Conditional Finality, Unworthy, Hothead / 4pc Luminopotent / Tablet of Ruin
• Stormtrance as absurd uptime with the combination of Stormdancer's, Elemental Siphon + Luminopotent, and Elemental Supercharger + an overload weapon.

Verity's Brow (DIM))

• New Land Beyond, Indebted Kindness, Song of Ir Yut / 2pc SE, 2pc Aion Adaptor / Encrypted Data Disk
• Indebted Kindness has high damage-per-shot and so can get final blows easily, making it good at building Verity's stacks. Sticker Shock boosts flux grenade damage even further, requiring the Data Disk. Data Disk has an LMG healing perk for Ir Yut, and then a kinetic slot sniper is taken to assist with boss damage.

STASIS

Rime-Coat Rainment (DIM)

• Tinasha's Mastery, Icebreaker, Love and Death / 4pc Prophecy / Baron Satchel
• Icebreaker requires a build with high freezing rates. Rime-Coat both produces turrets to freeze the battlefield passively and also can freeze on-demand when throwing the grenade. The Prophecy 4pc set grants grenade energy when Light weapon energy destroys a crystal. Love and Death can mass-destroy crystals easily because its a wave frame, and can perform fairly well at damaging bosses thanks to its perk pool.

Vesper of Radius (DIM))

• Ager's Sceptre, Veilantif, Edge Transit / 4pc Nessus / Baron Satchel
• Frostpulse has synergy with Vesper because the arc shockwave insta-shatters the frozen targets (and it grants faster class ability regen). Ager's freezing provides class ability refund, and Weakened Clear gives HGLs a pseudo-15% damage bonus on Baron Satchel, so it makes sense to have the HGL here over other loadout slots. (Ballidorse is not taken because it only provides a ~20% damage buff on one of the weakest supers in the game, 2x extra stacks of Frost Armor over what Frostpulse does innately, and 2x Stasis Surges. IMO it is simply not worth it over other exotics.)

STRAND

Swarmers (DIM)

• Euphony, Compact Defender, Qua Vinctus IV / 4pc Nessus / Tablet of Ruin
• The Wanderer has synergy with both the threadling generation effect of Swarmers and Vile Weave on Tablet. Tablet has LMG perks, and Euphony is then used for boss damage. Because Heavy Ordnance grants Resist 2x, Nessus 4pc is used for stacking DR.

Deimosuffusion (DIM)

• Unsworn, Loaded Question, Service of Luzaku / 4pc Nessus / Tablet of Ruin
• Mindspun + Shackle build works best with Deimos due to the healing effect. Tablet of Ruin allows for 10s Woven Mail via To Shreds to make up for the lack of Weavewalk. Luzaku is taken for both threadling and LMG synergy with Tablet. Because Heavy Ordnance grants Resist 2x, Nessus 4pc is used for stacking DR. Fusions aren't good in general, but this loadout was the best place for it, as it needed an energy slot DPS weapon.

And....that's everything! Hope some of this will be useful to someone eventually!

I did some testing with supers and learned that for some reason Fist of Havoc grants far far more ammo generation progress than every other super in the game.

Every 2 kills you get gives you 90% of your special meter and 60% of your heavy.

And that's without Ammo Finder mods.

I don't know why it's like that, but it is. So if y'all ever wanna know why you would ever use the super that's a reason.

Basically title. A couple of the weapons are pretty desirable (and they have unique shinies) but you get like two drops per match if you’re lucky, whereas any other PvP mode or Gambit usually showers you with loot. I don’t hate playing SRL but it’s obviously a “party mode”, not exactly something I want to grind for long. Plus, you never get bonus drops for the playlist either, just to make it worse.

I know I’m basically shouting into the void since this will never be adjusted, but it’s just a shame.

This game shaped me into who I want to be in the future. Someone who helps a community.

But it’s really not as simple as that. When I was first introduced to Destiny 1 back when there was still a demo out to explore the cosmodrome, I loved it. I loved seeing other players, I loved being in that moment of finding a rare gun, when I got the game, I loved being on Venus and waiting for a raid team to load in so I can help them do the entrance to the vault (even if my uncommon fusion rifle was not that helpful) Eventually my parents bought me the full game, then some friends. We were too scared to do a raid, but some college students at the time helped me and my old best friend to complete Crotas end for the first time ever. Then I stupidly dismantled black hammer….

Regardless, several years later Destiny 2 releases for free! I thought why the hell not. I became addicted again, and really felt like I was in middle school again. I found a sweet community too! This was around Covid, so everyone was active during this time.

“Destiny 2 Sanctuary”. A community meant for guardians who are deaf, hard of hearing, mute, socially anxious, all the sorts to where they won’t be accepted into a normal destiny raid.

With covid happening and being an Asian in a predominantly white Christian town (not that Christian’s are terrible, but my experience in that town with most of them were not pleasant) I’ve gotten a ton of looks for sure. But this community didn’t care, they didn’t see me as a covid threat.

Eventually I learned how to do all the raids available, all the leviathan raids, GOS, Last Wish, sotp, such fun and amazing raids. I eventually became a “Sherpa” there. That role meant so much to me.

Being able to help a community of deaf, mute, socially anxious people, taught me so much about my self. Is that I love helping people.

I graduated with a Degree in psychology 4 months ago, while I graduated with a concentration in IO psychology, it’s my goal to make sure people in the workplace feel comfortable, safe, heard, and cared for.

This game taught me what I want to do in the future. And I am saddened it was announced a while back it’ll stop getting updates. But I thought I’d share my experience with D2S, and hope someone else on this subreddit may recognize the name.

Not only did this game really hammer in kindness into my mind and personality, but it really showed me what altruism is, and how so many within the Destiny community exhibited that same behavior.

So in a way, this is a thank you to those who were in the Destiny 2 Sanctuary discord server. And a thank you to all the wonderful players who took it upon themselves to teach someone a raid instead of saying “KWTD” or kicking someone else out if they don’t have 10+ raid clears.

Thank you to all Destiny players, and thank you bungie.

Just wanted to share an achievement that I’ve been attempting for the better part of a month: solo flawless every dungeon in a row on hunter, in under 4 hours.

Full run here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg2vTBycFRs

If y’all have any questions regarding dungeons or Destiny I’d be happy to answer 😊

Holy moly, with the NPA void artefact and a few special ammo mods it rips and tears. Just got me through all 6 GMs. Can't believe I was missing out on its true potential for so long.

Edit: someone asked for the DIM link https://dim.gg/lpg7tui/Choir-of-One-GM

I don't know if I'm just remembering wrong. But wasn't there a perk that would change your weapons type after throwing a grenade? 🤔

I know there is the class version, permeability, but I thought there was a grenade one too. 🤷‍♂️

I've always sort of loved Destiny's styling and design of the planetary map- especially from Destiny 1. The way it sort of looks like an astronomical chart of some kind. But, what is that style called? All those lines, those rings around the planets? And does it serve a practical purpose?

Thanks, Guardians!

Howdy. Im looking for a well lock boss dps build for both raids and dungeons. I just got the truth catalyst so I want to incorporate that into the build. Looking for both subclass and artifact breakdowns as well as armor set up.

Hello everyone,

I had a question about the "Veiled Threat" auto rifle.

I took a break from Destiny for a while and have just started playing again; I've come across this weapon a few times and would really like to get it.

Is it still possible to obtain it?

Through an Exotic mission, a dungeon, or a raid?

I do own all the game's expansions.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

as the title says, not looking for like the meta behemoth titan or smthn like that.... i just find titan kind of boring compared to the other 2 for pvp

I’ve just redownloaded destiny 2 and I’m currently playing through the story no rush or anything but my friends list is literally dead I stopped playing ages ago and now have no friends to play it and I’m more curious about raids and dungeons but doing them alone seems so daunting and overwhelming I’ve tried to use the fireteam finder but nobody talks and just leaves after I’m just trying to join a clan though I’m a total newbie I’ve just finished up the campaign on europa and moon and currently close to the end of savathuns

title

farming strikes to get a piece of smoke jumper in a specific archetype and it takes forever to rank up

Destiny 2 was released on September 6th, 2017.

Sorry you couldn't make it to your 9th birthday, but thanks for creating some of the best memories I'll ever have in gaming <3

Daily Ops

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• Quickplay (Solo Ops), featuring Luminopotent Plate
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• Fallen S.A.B.E.R., featuring Cynosure
• Savathûn's Spire, featuring Punching Out
• Encore, featuring Eutechnology Gauntlets
• The Coil, featuring Whatchamacallit
• Midtown, featuring Ouster Engine
• Override: Europa, featuring The Spiteful Fang
• K1 Logistics, featuring Perfect Pitch
• Heist Battleground: Mars: Matchmade, featuring Luminopotent Helm
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• The Coil: Matchmade, featuring Whatchamacallit
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• Quickplay: Master (Fireteam Ops), featuring Aurora Dawn
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• Quickplay: Master (Solo Ops), featuring Luminopotent Plate
• Warden of Nothing, featuring Mint Retrograde

Misc

• Overthrow: The Impasse: An endless tide of the Witness's forces are converging on the Impasse.
• Terminal Overload: Zephyr Concourse Weapon: Circular Logic (Machine Gun)
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• Altars of Sorrow Weapon: Blasphemer (Shotgun)

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Archie wishes you a happy reset and good luck!

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For me its 100000 percent witherhoard and my ikelos smg. I used witherhoard from when it came out until when i quit in final shape and ikelos smg was my BABY

Hello fellow guardians...I finally completed the seal for the desert perpetual raid wooo! Took me so long but finally did it, damn proud of myself and shout-out to the LFGS I joined. Reason why I'm bummed out is because last night when I got my final triumph and went back to orbit it showed me a image saying I'm able to purchase the seal at the Bungie store but when I checked... nothing there /: now I know that thing probably costs an arm and leg especially since it's a rare pin to get now, but it would have been nice to get one last raid seal. Ah well, venting is over!

I've been using this tech to jump off my skimmer quickly and sometimes to gain more height. Today i realized i could shatterskate with this. Here is the clip. https://imgur.com/a/mQF4hSZ

Looking for any currently available weapons that either can roll shoot to loot/explosive payload, or a rocket sidearm with shoot to loot. I've scoured Light.gg and can only really think of Kindled Orchid or Vouchsafe, but I would prefer a rocket sidearm for optimal Witness encounter usage.

hearing that the sundered doctrine class item can spall from final encounter on master before completing the dungeon quest. can someone confirm if that’s true?

A long time ago, back in the days before the Monument to Lost Lights, I had a Hand Cannon called Ten Paces, which rolled with Timed Payload. It was my favorite pistol, and for a long time I wouldn't use any other weapon in its slot. Then, by sheer dumb luck I happened to get the Sunshot, which worked better for ad clear than Ten Paces and had better explosions. Stupidly, I dismantled my Ten Paces shortly after, and now, all these years later, I can't help but wish I still had it collecting dust in my vault, just so I could pull it out and plink with it for old times' sake.

Could anyone please check your vault for a Ten Paces Hand Cannon, ideally with Timed Payload, and record a short clip of you using it? I just want to hear it and see it in use again.

Running low on Bright Dust to focus Bright Engrams. If I start just not-focusing the decryptions, what's in the pool? Does it include everything in the focused loot pools?

Yes, I know I will get duplicates aplenty

hopped back into D2 today after I dunno like 6 months and I was blown away by the updates… just wow.

expecting to just pop in n pop out I ultimately did a whisper mission, couple vanguard ops, solo mission, and some crucible. i was on xbox and surprised by the fact that queuing and fireteam finder were quite active.

took me a bit to figure out the artifacts but was pleasantly surprised how they addressed the approach in the face of a sunset. i’m actually looking forward to hopping back in on a frequent basis.

if you’re a dev and peruse these threads, then gotta say well done.