Destiny 2: The Best Titan Builds For PvP And PvE

Table Of Contents

PvP

PvE

Shaxx's Disciple

Volcanic Eruption

Descending Eruption

Volatile Light

Imminent Dawn

Shattered Lance

Furious Lash

Undying Frenzy

Howl Of Vengeance

Heart Of Thunder

Stoic Lance

Dreaded Consecration

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.

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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
• Prismatic Guide

Updated January 10, 2025, by Charles Burgar: Episode: Revenant has brought some long-awaited reworks to some ancient Titan Exotics and abilities. We've updated this guide to include some new Prismatic builds, a refreshed PvE Behemoth build, and tooltips for every Titan PvE and PvP build.

PvP: Shaxx's Disciple

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Subclass

Striker

Exotic

Any Movement Exotic

Playstyle

Jack Of All Trades

Great Movement Tools

Excellent In 6v6 And 3v3

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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Touch of Thunder

Spark of Recharge

Spark of Volts

Resilience

Knockout

Spark of Feedback

Spark of Instinct

Intellect

Gear

Armor Mods

Any Movement Exotic

Dynamo

Fastball

Unflinching Harmonic Aim

Absolution

Reaper

Any Weapon

Harmonic Targeting

Harmonic Loader

Unflinching Harmonic Aim

Innervation

Bomber

Harmonic Siphon

Harmonic Dexterity

Unflinching Harmonic Aim

Recuperation

Bomber

Striker Titan has access to some excellent neutral game buffs. Touch of Thundergreatly buffs your grenade of choice. We recommend Lightning Grenadessince they'll gain a second charge and inflict Jolt, a keyword that makes targets release Chain Lightning as you damage them. We then use Knockoutto 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. Thrusteris 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 Striketo 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 Dunemarchersif 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 Armamentarium if you want to use a different grenade.

Grab any Arc perks that suit your playstyle. Everything else should be tailored for neutral game benefits.

PvP: Descending Eruption

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Subclass

Sunbreaker

Exotics

Peregrine Greaves, Monte Carlo

Playstyle

Constant One-Tap Melees

Excellent At Close Range

Best In 6v6 Modes

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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Sol Invictus

Ember of Torches

Thread of Ascent

Resilience

Consecration

Ember of Eruption

Ember of Char

Strength

Gear

Armor Mods

Peregrine Greaves

Hands-On

Fastball

Unflinching Kinetic Aim

Absolution

Reaper

Monte Carlo

Kinetic Targeting

Heavy Handed

Unflinching Kinetic Aim

Invigoration

Outreach

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 Searingwill 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 Invictusis 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 Consecrationinstead.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.

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.

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PvP: Imminent Dawn

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Subclass

Sentinel

Exotic

Peacekeepers

Playstyle

Aggressive

Highly Defensive

Best In 3v3 Modes

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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Bastion

Echo of Leeching

Echo of Vigilance

Resilience

Controlled Demolition

Echo of Expulsion

Echo of Dilation

Intellect

Gear

Armor Mods

Peacekeepers

Strand & Solar Siphon

Fastball

Unflinching [Primary] Aim

Absolution

Reaper

Any SMG

[Primary] Targeting

[Primary] Loader

Unflinching [Primary] Aim

Better Already

Bomber

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 Vigilanceif 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 Bashfor an occasional shoulder charge. And if a game runs for long enough, use Ward of Dawnto 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 Grenadesto 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. Peacekeepersis 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.

None of the artifact perks are mandatory. Pick any Void perks that suit your playstyle. Otherwise, grab neutral game perks.

PvP: Furious Lash

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Subclass

Berserker

Exotics

ACD/0 Feedback Fence

Playstyle

Melee-Oriented

Aggressive

Best In 6v6

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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Into the Fray

Thread of Generation

Thread of Ascent

Resilience

Banner of War

Thread of Warding

Thread of Fury

Strength

Gear

Armor Mods

ACD/0 Feedback Fence

Hands-On

Heavy Handed

Lucent Blades

Recuperation

Reaper

Any Glaive

Strand & Solar Siphon

[Glaive] Dexterity

Lucent Blades

Innervation

Bomber

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 take immense damage from 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 Wardingand 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 Bladewill perform a lunge attack that deals high damage, capable of spawning Tangles if the target dies. You can also use Grappleto 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 Warwill then activate after a few kills, passively healing you and nearby allies for a lengthy duration.

No artifact perks are required for this build.

PvP: Howl Of Vengeance

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Subclass

Behemoth

Exotics

Cryosthesia 77K, One-Eyed Mask

Playstyle

Aggressive

Constant One-Hit Kills

Great In All Modes

Requires A Kill To Start Working

Why Play This Build?

Chain back-to-back freeze effects on your opponents with the power of Cryosthesia 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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Diamond Lance

Whisper of Rending

Whisper of Chains

Whisper of Conduction

Resilience

Cryoclasm

Whisper of Torment

Whisper of Bonds

Discipline

Gear

Armor Mods

One-Eyed Mask

Harmonic Siphon

Heavy Handed

Unflinching Harmonic Aim

Recuperation

Reaper

Cryosthesia 77K

Harmonic Siphon

Harmonic Loader

Unflinching Harmonic Aim

Better Already

Bomber

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 Rendingwill 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 Cryoclasmslide 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 77K 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.

Most of the Stasis perks this season are quite useful here, notably Hail the Storm for its ice projectiles. Beyond that, spec your artifact for useful neutral game perks or other builds you tend to use.

PvP: Stoic Lance

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Prismatic

Exotic

Stoicism

Playstyle

Aggressive

Constant One-Hit Kills

Great In All Modes

Requires A Kill To Start Working

Why Play This Build?

Prismatic Titan has access to some of the best movement and neutral game tools out of any Titan subclass. With this build, you'll have S-tier mobility through Shiver Strike and Thruster, a strong grenade for cleaning up enemies, and tons of neutral game benefits through the Stoicism class item and Prismatic Fragments. If you want a strong PvP that's good in all playlists, give this a try.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Diamond Lance

Facet of Blessing

Facet of Dominance

Facet of Awakening

Resilience

Knockout

Facet of Courage

Facet of Command

Discipline

Gear

Armor Mods

Spirit Of The Ophidian | Spirit Of Alpha Lupi

Harmonic Siphon

Firepower

Unflinching Harmonic Aim

Recuperation

Reaper

Any Weapon

Harmonic Siphon

Harmonic Loader

Unflinching Harmonic Aim

Better Already

Bomber

Font of Wisdom

Font of Vigor

Unflinching Harmonic Aim

Absolution

Time Dilation

This build focuses on neutral game benefits above all else. Knockoutwill greatly buff your melee lunge range and heal you on melee kills, which will also trigger Facet of Blessing's HP regeneration effect. Your Pulse Grenade should get easy cleanups thanks to Facet of Dominance's Jolt effect, which will make it easy to spawn a Diamond Lance projectile. Throw one at an enemy for an instant freeze. This will proc Facet of Command for some free bonus stats.

For movement, you can leverage Thrusterfor quick lateral dashes and Shiver Strikefor a massive surge in speed. While you can't perform a Shiver Strike → melee combo anymore, you do gain melee energy back if Shiver Strike doesn't hit anyone, making it an S-tier movement skill.

Your weapon loadout is entirely down to preference, although you'll want to get your hands on a Stoicism Mark with Ophidian + Alpha Lupi. This will greatly buff your weapon handling and allow your Thruster dashes to partially heal you.

No artifact perks are required for this build. Spec your perks for neutral game benefits or other builds you frequently play.

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PvE: Volcanic Eruption

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Subclass

Sunbreaker

Exotic

Pyrogale Gauntlets

Playstyle

Tons Of Explosions

Close Range

Excellent In All Modes

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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Consecration

Ember of Torches

Ember of Searing

Resilience

Sol Invictus

Ember of Char

Ember of Blistering

Strength

Gear

Armor Mods

Pyrogale Gauntlets

Hands-On

Heavy Handed

Concussive Dampener

Absolution

Reaper

Monte Carlo

Ashes to Assets

Momentum Transfer

Harmonic Resistance

Invigoration

Powerful Attraction

(Endgame Content) Dragon's Breath

Harmonic Siphon

Melee Kickstart

Harmonic Resistance

Recuperation

Bomber

Pyrogale Gauntletsbuff your Consecration slams with a flaming tornado that tracks targets, inflicting a low number of Scorch stacks with each hit. Consecrationdeals great damage on its own, but it can be tricky to maintain and use safely in harder content. Sol Invictuscan 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 Searingto restore melee energy from slain Scorched targets. The tougher the foe, the more energy you'll receive. Ember of Charwill then make your Ignitions spread Scorch, causing all Consecration kills to trigger Ember of Searing. We also use Ember of Blisteringto 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 Carlois ideal if you're a newer player, as it restores melee energy through hits and kills. For more experienced players, Conditional Finalityand Dragon's Breathcan both trigger your Fragments through their Exotic perks.

No Solar perks are available in the artifact this season. Spec your artifact for other builds you typically play instead.

PvE: Volatile Light

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Subclass

Sentinel

Exotic

No Backup Plans

Playstyle

Ability Spam And Explosions

Close Range

Best In Casual/Legend Content

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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Controlled Demolition

Echo of Starvation

Echo of Instability

Resilience

Offensive Bulwark

Echo of Persistence

Echo of Vigilance

Discipline

Gear

Armor Mods

No Backup Plans

Ashes to Assets

Firepower

Concussive Dampener

Solar Holster

Powerful Attraction

Any Shotgun

Harmonic Siphon

Harmonic Loader

Harmonic Resistance

Void Weapon Surge

Powerful Attraction

Special Ammo Finder

Momentum Transfer

Harmonic Resistance

Void Weapon Surge

Time Dilation

No Backup Plansgives you a way to generate Void Overshields through Shotgun kills, so you can drop Bastion for Controlled Demolitionon 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 Bulwarkwill quadruple your grenade regeneration and grant a 60% melee damage buff while you're affected by a Void Overshield. We also run Echo of Starvationto 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.

This season's artifact has some amazing options for Void builds, provided you're OK with grabbing Void Breaches. Void Renewal gives your Void weapons a chance of generating Void Breaches when you get kills while Devour is active. Picking up the breach will then cause your next shot to spawn a shower of explosive projectiles (Old God's Rite) and emit a 15% Weaken explosion (Supernova).

PvE: Shattered Lance

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Subclass

Behemoth

Exotic

Icefall Mantle

Playstyle

Ability Spam

Great At All Ranges

Excellent In Most Content

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 Grenadess and Diamond Lance projectiles, you can freeze hordes of enemies at once. Shatter them with your favorite weapon or Shiver Strike to obliterate red bars and majors alike.

To stay alive, we use the reworked Icefall Mantle Exotic arms to gain maximum Frost Armor stacks in an instant. Copious amounts of Stasis Shards will keep your melee energy topped off and give you small chunks of HP. Throw on Buried Bloodline for free Devour, and you have a build that can spam abilities at will and is incredibly tough to kill.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Diamond Lance

Whisper of Rime

Whisper of Conduction

Whisper of Torment

Resilience

Tectonic Harvest

Whisper of Fissures

Whisper of Shards

Discipline

Gear

Armor Mods

Icefall Mantle

Dynamo

Harmonic Loader

Concussive Dampener

Recuperation

Reaper

Verglas Curve

Harmonic Siphon

Font of Focus

Any Resistance Mod

Better Already

Powerful Attraction

(Master+) Buried Bloodline

Heavy Ammo Finder

Font of Vigor

Any Resistance Mod

Stacks on Stacks

Powerful Attraction

Icefall Mantle replaces your class ability with Glacial Guard, causing your Guardian to explode with Stasis energy. All nearby enemies are immediately frozen, and you gain maximum Frost Armor stacks, a buff that reduces all incoming damage. Since we use Whisper of Rime, you'll gain eight stacks (roughly 36% DR) for 15 seconds.

Behemoths can easily freeze enemies with Glacier Grenades and Diamond Lance, so we can make great use of Tectonic Harvest to spawn Stasis shards. These shards will grant Frost Armor, heal you for a small chunk of HP, and restore melee energy to spam Shiver Strike, making it easy to shatter Stasis crystals and frozen targets.

Shattering enemies is where most of your add management will come from, so you'll want to spec for Whisper of Fissures for more shatter damage and Whisper of Shards to quickly recover your grenade energy. Whisper of Torment also helps with getting your Glacier Grenadess back. For your final fragment, we recommend Whisper of Conduction for easy Stasis shard collection, although feel free to use something else.

As for weapons, you can't go wrong with any Stasis Exotic. Verglas Curve is our personal favorite, creating walls of Stasis crystals with its hipfire mode to feed the ability loop of this build. If you're playing -20 Power content or harder, then you'll need some form of healing to retain this level of aggression. Fortunately, you can use Buried Bloodlinefor easy access to Devour, restoring HP and grenade energy from kills.

It should come as no surprise that we recommend you take nearly every Stasis perk this season. One With Frost buffs your Stasis weapon stats while you have Frost Armor, and Armor of Eramis gives you another way of freezing targets while Frost Armor is active. Crystalline COnverter buffs your Shiver Strike to spawn Stasis crystals as you collect Stasis shards, and Hail the Storm greatly buffs your shatter damage through ice shard projectiles.

The rest of your perks are mostly down to preference, although we highly recommend you take Brain Freeze in the final column. This gives you yet another way of freezing enemies by turning frozen targets into Duskfield Grenades. Served Cold is also great for getting more uptime on your class ability, useful when all of your Frost Armor stacks drop.

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PvE: Undying Frenzy

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Subclass

Berserker

Exotic

Synthoceps

Playstyle

Virtually Unkillable

Close Range

Excellent For Endgame Content

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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Into the Fray

Thread of Generation

Thread of Transmutation

Resilience

Banner of War

Thread of Fury

Thread of Warding

Strength

Gear

Armor Mods

Synthoceps

Hands-On

Heavy Handed

Concussive Dampener

Recuperation

Reaper

Tractor Cannon

Harmonic Siphon

Heavy Handed

Any Resistance Mod

Absolution

Powerful Attraction

Shotguns with One-Two Punch

Heavy Ammo Finder

Impact Induction

Any Resistance Mod

Void Scavenger

Special Finisher

Banner of Waris 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.

No Strand perks are in the artifact this season. Spec your artifact for other builds you frequently play.

PvE: Heart Of Thunder

DIM Link

Subclass

Striker

Exotic

Heart of Inmost Light

Playstyle

Ability Spam

Close/Mid-Range

Great In All Modes

Limited Survivability

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.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Touch of Thunder

Spark of Shock

Spark of Magnitude

Resilience

Knockout

Spark of Resistance

Spark of Discharge

Discipline

Gear

Armor Mods

Heart of Inmost Light

Ashes to Assets

Firepower

Concussive Dampener

Recuperation

Powerful Attraction

Delicate Tomb

Dynamo

Firepower

Any Resistance Mod

Absolution

Powerful Attraction

Harmonic Siphon

Firepower

Any Resistance Mod

Elemental Charge

Special Finisher

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; 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 Thunderwill greatly buff your Pulse Grenades, causing them to spawn Ionic Traces and deal increased damage as they linger. Spark of Magnitudemakes them last longer, and Spark of Shockwill 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 Dischargeto 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 Spark of 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.

Just about every Arc perk is great for this build. The major standout here is Trace Evidence, granting you an extra source of Ionic Traces from slain Jolted foes. You can also choose to replace a Fragment for Spark of Beacons to trigger Arc Compounding, giving all Arc damage a slight damage boost against blinded targets.

PvE: Dreaded Consecration

DIM Link

Subclass

Prismatic

Exotic

Mask of the Quiet One

Playstyle

High Survivability

Versatile Loadout Options

Easy To Use

Somewhat Boring

Why Play This Build?

Mask of the Quiet One received a major rework in Episode: Revenant, allowing Void and Prismatic Titans to access Devour with ease. We can use this to fix some of Prismatic Titan's largest issues, giving you a solid foundation for Consecration spam or other ability engines.

The best part is you can use any weapon with this build since Mask of the Quiet One works on generic multikills. Use Touch of Malice for massive damage, Tommy's Matchbook for frequent Ignitions, or bring your favorite Exotic weapon to blast seasonal content with. It's not the strongest Titan build for GMs or Master raids, but it is incredibly easy to play and highly versatile.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

Subclass Configuration

Main Stats

Consecration

Facet of Dawn

Facet of Balance

Facet of Protection

Resilience

Knockout

Facet of Purpose

Facet of Ruin

Discipline

Gear

Armor Mods

Mask of the Quiet One

Hands-On

Heavy Handed

Concussive Dampener

Innervation

Reaper

(Optional) Touch of Malice

Dynamo

Momentum Transfer

Any Resistance Mod

Absolution

Powerful Attraction

Harmonic Siphon

Momentum Transfer

Any Resistance Mod

Any Scavenger Mod

Special Finisher

The only mandatory parts of this build are Mask of the Quiet One and Twilight Arsenal, your Super. Having a Void Super equipped will allow Mask of the Quiet One to trigger Devour on multikills, which will restore HP and a chunk of grenade energy on subsequent kills. Devour will refresh on any kill, not just Void kills.

Since we only need a Void Super for this to work, we can run Prismatic and use the popular Consecration loadout for some punchy melee slams when needed. You just need the Consecration Aspect and Frenzied Blade to spam three back-to-back Consecrations. You can then throw in Glacier Grenade crystals for added shatter damage, which is further increased through Facet of Ruin.

Endgame Variant

If you own a copy of Stoicism with Inmost Light + Contact Brace, you can replace Mask of the Quiet One and run Buried Bloodline as your Exotic weapon.

This will restrict your weapon options, but you'll substantially increase your melee damage and ability uptime without sacrificing Devour.

The rest of the build is mostly down to preference. We round out our Fragments with Purpose for access to Void Overshield, Balance for more ability energy, Protection for a free 15% DR while surrounded, and Dawn for easy access to Radiant, a 25% weapon damage buff. Your second Aspect is also down to preference—we recommend Knockout for easy healing.

No artifact perks are required this season. Spec your perks for other builds you play or more generic benefits, such as Concussive Reload and Finders Keepers.

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