Destiny 2: The Best Warlock Builds For PvP And PvE

Table Of Contents

PvP	PvE
Firing Squad	Incinerating Sun
Umbral Shadebinder	Ionic Heart
Army Of Darkness	Chaotic Hold
Echo Of Magnetism	Paralyzing Poison
Mending Embers	Bleak Flame
Astrocyte Surge	Judgment Of Rime

Destiny 2's Final Shape expansion has dramatically expanded the buildcrafting potential of all classes, including Warlock. With the inclusion of Prismatic and Exotic class items, the number of viable Warlock builds in PvE and PvP has skyrocketed.

Today, we'll be looking at ten fantastic builds that all Warlocks can try—five tailored for PvP, and five created for PvE content. We cover everything from strong DPS setups to infinite ability spam. All elements have a build as well, so there's something for everyone. Use the table of contents above to search for any specific build that interests you.

Foreword

Before we begin, each build guide is rather long and frequently references Armor Charge mods, subclass keywords, and armor stats. If you aren't familiar with these buildcrafting essentials, the guides below explain how all of these systems work.

• 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 January 8, 2025, by Charles Burgar: Warlocks have received some strong buildcrafting options since our last update to this article. As such, we've updated this build compendium to include two new Prismatic builds, one for PvE and another for PvP. We've also replaced our PvE Voidwalker build with a much more engaging Brairbinds configuration. All builds have been updated to use the current Artifact, and DIM links have been updated.

PvP: Firing Squad

DIM Link
Subclass	Stormcaller
Exotics	No Time To Explain, Getaway Artist
Playstyle	Highly Flexible
	Mid-Range Dueling
	Great In All Modes
	Requires Good Armor

Why Play This Build?

Say hello to No Time to Explain , an Exotic Pulse Rifle that creates a time portal that fires at enemies with incredible accuracy. With the Stormcaller subclass, you can also summon an Arc Soul or "Arc Buddy" to teamshot every enemy that dares approach you.

Time-to-kill values are extremely low when your portal and Arc Soul are active, and you have access to a fantastic Super in the form of Chaos Reach . If you hate PvP but need to complete 6v6 weeklies, give this build a try.

BUILD BREAKDOWN

BUILD BREAKDOWN

		Subclass Configuration				Main Stats
		Arc Soul	Spark of Resistance	Spark of Feedback		Recovery
		Lightning Surge	Spark of Recharge	Spark of Volts		Discipline
Gear		Armor Mods
Getaway Artist		Kinetic Targeting	Fastball	Unflinching Harmonic Aim	Absolution	Reaper
No Time to Explain		Kinetic Siphon	Harmonic Loader	Unflinching Harmonic Aim	Innervation	Bomber
		Hands-On	Harmonic Dexterity	Unflinching Harmonic Aim	Recuperation	Utility Kickstart

Getaway Artist allows you to consume your grenade to create an Arc Soul and immediately become Amplified, increasing your Arc Soul's fire rate. The Arc Soul will hover next to your character and fire at anyone in your field of view. You won't get your grenade back in time to refresh your Arc Soul, so we use the Arc Soul Aspect to refresh its duration upon casting a Rift.

The general game flow of this build is:

Consume Grenade ⇾ Get Kills ⇾ Spawn Rift (when your current Arc Soul expires) ⇾ Repeat.

To make combat even easier, we pair this build with No Time to Explain , an Exotic Pulse Rifle that creates a Time Portal after you land ten precision hits. This behaves identically to Arc Soul, firing at targets in your field of view. You can have an Arc Soul and Time Portal active simultaneously, drastically lowering your TTK with no input required from you.

The mods and Fragments for this build are mostly down to preference. We use Fragments that boost stats and mods that improve weapon performance. None of these mods or Fragments are hard requirements, so feel free to experiment.

We don't run Spark of Shock or similar grenade mods because Arc Soul doesn't count as a grenade.

ARTIFACT PERKS

ARTIFACT PERKS

Spec your artifact for neutral game benefits. While some Arc perks are present, we can't make effective use of them inside the Crucible.

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