Destiny 2 Best Titan Armor Tier List (PVE)

If you’re looking for a PVE Destiny 2 exotic armor tier list for Titan, you’ve come to the right place.

The armor will be organized by S/A/B/C tiers with specific categories for Helmet, Gauntlets, Chest, and Legs.

To learn more about our methodology, head to the bottom of the article.

Note: White represents Witch Queen Exotic, teal represents Arc subclass, red represents Solar subclass, purple represents Void subclass, and blue represents Stasis subclass.

If you’re looking for our other armor tier lists, check them out here:

destiny 2 titan pve armor tier list

Destiny 2 Titan Armor Tier List for PVE

S-Tier
- Helmet
  - Loreley Splendor Helmet
- Gauntlet
  - Synthoceps
- Chest
  - Heart of Inmost Light
  - Cuirass of the Falling Star
A-Tier
- Helmet
  - Precious Scars
  - Mask of the Quiet One
  - An Insurmountable Skullfort
- Gauntlet
  - Wormgod Caress
  - Aeon Safe
- Chest
  - Hoarfrost-Z
  - Crest of Alpha Lupi
- Legs
  - The Path of Burning Steps
  - Phoenix Cradle
  - Peregrine Greaves
B-Tier
- Helmet
  - One-Eyed Mask
  - Khepri’s Horn
  - Helm of Saint-14
- Gauntlets
  - Ursa Furiosa
  - Stronghold
  - No Backup Plans
  - Icefall Mantle
  - Doom Fang Pauldron
  - Citan’s Ramparts
  - Ashen Wake
- Chest
  - Severance Enclosure
  - Hallowfire Heart
  - Armamentarium
  - Actium War Rig
- Legs
  - MK. 44 Stand Asides
C-Tier
- Helmet
  - Eternal Warrior
- Gauntlets
  - Second Chance
  - ACD/0 Feedback Fence
- Legs
  - Peacekeepers
  - Lion Rampant
  - Dunemarchers
  - Antaeus Wards

Destiny 2 Titan Armor Exotic Tier List Commentary

S-Tier Helmet

Loreley Splendor Helmet

With this exotic and Solar 3.0, you actually have to try to get killed in a lot of the content across the game. It’s the best defensive exotic in the game and helps indirectly with ability regeneration via sunspots.

S-Tier Gauntlet

Synthoceps

These synergize amazingly with Solar 3.0 Hammer Throw Titan and are a top means of DPS with Roaring Flames.

S-Tier Chest

Heart of Inmost Light

Great for getting abilities back and having them deal extra damage. High-end neutral game exotic that is usable for all classes here.

Cuirass of the Falling Star

Makes Thundercrash a top-tier damage super. This exotic can also be hot-swapped on just to use for a super if you want to be ideal with it.

A-Tier Helmet

Precious Scars

There is already a lot of incentive to use weapons that match your subclass, this exotic really sweetens the deal. The revive shield is also a very nice bonus in more difficult content.

Mask of the Quiet One

This exotic doesn’t need a particular play style. It just has a decent defensive and offensive boost. Get abilities back a little sooner, and heal if you get a kill when low health, very easy.

An Insurmountable Skullfort

A solid way to get health back against low-health enemies. Can very well become an S-tier exotic if Arc 3.0 has strong melee fragments.

A-Tier Gauntlet

Wormgod Caress

Depending on the latest patch these may have some bug allowing you to deal 1 million damage to a target. When they are not broken they synergize quite well with some heavy melee builds and the new solar titan.

Aeon Safe

These have a lot of nice bonuses and can spawn special ammo for a team in raids for Izinagi ammo, increased damage, and spawn orbs.

A-Tier Chest

Hoarfrost-Z

Great for getting abilities back soon. With utility kickstart, you can loop these crystals on repeat for the most part.

Crest of Alpha Lupi

Great support exotic here. Good for staying alive and keeping teammates alive as if you notice a teammate is getting hit you can use your barricade to heal them. The extra orb from super is a nice bonus in PvE, but by no means a big deal.

A-Tier Legs

The Path of Burning Steps

You can pretty much just upkeep a 40% weapon damage buff with these. The buff stays active with a kill from any solar source. The damage isn’t on the same level as Synthoceps which is why it’s not S.

Phoenix Cradle

A good option for getting abilities back and keeping teammates alive with sunspots which are quite easy to make with a throwing hammer.

Peregrine Greaves

Can deal a lot of damage with these. Best with the enhanced version of One two Punch as it gives you enough time to get off the sprint-charged melee after a shotgun shot.

B-Tier Helmet

One-Eyed Mask

There are more consistent ways to get an overshield or health than this exotic in PvE.

Khepri’s Horn

The blast isn’t strong enough to warrant giving up the effects other exotics have on barricade cast. Solar energy kills giving back barricade energy is a nice bonus though.

Helm of Saint-14

You are already very tanky in a ward of dawn, there is very little need for extra defensive aspects to this already defensive super.

B-Tier Gauntlets

Ursa Furiosa

These were once a must-use in high-tier nightfalls until the amount of super you can gain back was capped to 50%. Still a solid situational exotic depending on the activity you are playing.

Stronghold

Swords are good at the moment for DPS, but the issue is these do nothing for DPS, only make them very defensive. They are good in some situations in which swords are good for DPS, but you are exposed and can die.

No Backup Plans

These are tied to melee cooldown and shotgun ammo, two things that are rather scarce. Also, shotguns are not in a great spot in PvE.

Icefall Mantle

There is a conundrum with this exotic. In more difficult content the shield isn’t strong enough, and in easier content, the shield blocks a lot of damage but isn’t worth the loss in ability cooldown speed and movement speed.

Doom Fang Pauldron

These are nice to build super, especially with how long the cooldowns are in the current state of the game, but in today’s game ad clearing supers are not all to use as abilities and weapons can do it so effectively.

Citan’s Ramparts

These have drawbacks with less barricade health and duration, but being able to shoot through it for safe damage is pretty good to have in some instances.

Ashen Wake

With Solar 3.0 these turn the game into fire baseball but don’t offer any damage boost nor enough cooldown refund on enemies that die to these in one hit to justify higher use.

B-Tier Chest

Severance Enclosure

Synergizes fairly well with Solar titan, but the explosions are quite underwhelming. There is a 4-second cooldown with it, and the damage and radius aren’t too great.

Hallowfire Heart

Very easy to play around with and gives rather quick cooldowns when your super is up. The issue are that this exotic is best when you don’t use super, applies only to solar which has a melee ability you can keep picking back up, and Heart of Inmost Light boxes it out.

Armamentarium

Nothing crazy here, just an extra grenade. In general, you should be throwing your grenade mostly off cooldown so this exotic doesn’t get too much value.

Actium War Rig

Very easy exotic to play around with and goes great with Xenophage. The issue is that Xenophage isn’t the most optimal for DPS and auto rifles are by no means the best primary, but by no means terrible.

B-Tier Legs

MK. 44 Stand Asides

Gives a small shield and helps refund melee back, there are much better options for exotics built around melees.

C-Tier Helmet

Eternal Warrior

A shield for a super with damage resist is hardly worth an exotic slot.

C-Tier Gauntlets

Second Chance

These need a second look. One extra shield toss is not worth an exotic.

ACD/0 Feedback Fence

I don’t advise letting enemies in PvE melee you as in more difficult content melees will one hit kill you.

C-Tier Legs

Peacekeepers

SMGs are good in the meta, but this exotic is a glorified version of Auto-Loading Holster for SMGs.

Lion Rampant

Their only use is to put them on if you are struggling with a jumping puzzle, that’s basically it.

Dunemarchers

They can chain lightning for clearing out weak enemies, but there are much better options for doing that.

Antaeus Wards

In PvE, there is a minimal utility with these. If you’re running around to slide in the middle of enemies in a GM nightfall you’re probably not doing too well.

Exotic Armor Tier List Methodology

When ranking exotics the following criteria are taken into account:

Is the effect the exotic brings strong?
If the exotic is class, weapon, or element specific, is that respective class, weapon, or element strong that it is worth building around or does this exotic make that otherwise weak aspect strong?
Will the exotic have a lot of uptime in which the effect is active or usable?
- If an exotic solely buffs a super it is taken into account that it can be swapped to for just a super, but is not rated as if the exotic is only used when super is casted due to the convenience of a hot swap to a certain exotic for a super and then a swap back.
Do other exotics perform a similar function or role better?
Is the exotic good in content that is both low and high difficulty?

S Tier

Not necessarily a must use, but these exotics are the strongest and applicable to most if not all situations.

A Tier

Slightly less strength and or use cases than S Tier. Some of these exotics are top options for particular situations and are good exotics for most situations.

B Tier

Typically only fairly good unless a build solely revolves around the exotic, and even if that is done, the build is less than optimal or is only a good option in a very specific situation. These exotics are worth using if you have limited options otherwise.

C Tier

These exotics are typically not worth the slot and their effect is either minimal or extremely niche.

For more meta analysis, check out our other Destiny tier lists.

Destiny Armor Meta Tier Lists