Destiny 2 Warlock BuildMataiodoxia Prismatic Perfection!
Precision hits and final blows build energy towards a Snareweaver arrow that can be fired from the hip. On impact, Snareweaver arrows create a pattern of traps that suspend nearby targets.
Targets damaged by Arcane Needle emit a suspending detonation when defeated, and landing multiple Arcane Needles on the same target immediately triggers a larger, more powerful detonation. Defeating suspended targets grants melee energy. Your Arcane Needles are strong against [Shield-Piercing]Barrier Champions.
strengths
- Strong for Ad-Clear
- Bonus Melee Energy/Damage
- Bonus Health Regeneration
weaknesses
- Better with Range
- Misses out on Strand Subclass Synergy
Build Details
WE RECENTLY COVERED THE TOP 7 BEST PRISMATIC WARLOCK BUILDS THAT WARLOCKS SHOULD BE USING RIGHT NOW
AND AS A RESPONSE TO THAT VIDEO I HAD ALOT OF PLAYERS SWEARING BY THE SYNERGY THAT THE MATAIODOXIA HAS WITH THE PRISMATIC SUBCLASS.
AFTER CHECKING THIS EXOTIC OUT ON A STRAND SUBCLASS I WAS REALLY ON THE FENCE OVER ITS CAPABILITY OF PERFORMING AT A HIGHER LEVEL WITH PRISMATIC BUT BOY WAS I WRONG.
THIS IS A WICKEDLY POWERFUL AND SUPER FUN BUILD FOR WARLOCKS TO USE AND IT'LL BRING YOU SUCCESS AT ANY LEVEL OF CONTENT.
THE MATIODOXIA COMES WITH THE STYLOSTIXIS INTRINISC TRAIT WHICH PROVIDES SEVERAL ENHANCEMENTS FOR ARCANE NEEDLES.
THESE WILL NOW HAVE THE INTRINISIC ABILITY TO PIERCE BARRIER SHIELDS AND JUST ONE ARCANE NEEDLE WILL BRING DOWN A BARRIER CHAMPIONS SHIELD EVEN ON GRANDMASTER DIFFICULTY.
WHEN STRIKING AN ENEMY WITH AN ARCANE NEEDLE THE ENEMY WILL BECOME TARGETED IN GREEN HIGHLIGHTS FOR ALL TEAMMATES TO SEE
IF THAT ENEMY DIES WITHIN 10 SECONDS OF BECOMING TARGETED THEY WILL CREATE A SUSPENDING DETONATION THAT CAPTURES ALL ENEMIES WITHIN 4 METRES.
THESE SUSPENSIONS WILL PREVENT BARRIER CHAMPIONS FROM POPPING THEIR SHIELDS AND THEY WILL STUN UNSTOPPABLE CHAMPIONS.
WHEN STRIKING AN ALREADY MARKED ENEMY WITH 2 ARCANE NEEDLES THE ENEMY WILL INSTANTLY TRIGGER A SUSPENDING DETONATION ONTOP OF THE DETONATION THAT WOULD BE TRIGGERED ON DEATH.
GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A CHAIN REACTION OF SUSPENSIONS WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE LARGE GROUPS OF ENEMIES AND CHAMPIONS.
AS YOU DEFEAT SUSPENDED ENEMIES OR DEFEAT ENEMIES WITH ARCANE NEEDLES YOU'LL GAIN ADDITIONAL MELEE ENERGY,
RECHARGING BETWEEN 15 PERCENT AND 33 PERCENT OF YOUR ENERGY BASED ON THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THAT ENEMY.
WE'LL HAVE AS MANY AS 3 ARCANE NEEDLE CHARGES AND BETWEEN THE BONUS ENERGY THAT THE MATAIODOXIA PROVIDES
ALONG WITH HOW WE HAVE THIS PRISMATIC SUBCLASS SETUP WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CHARGING FASTER THAN EVER GIVING US A HUGE ADVANTAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY.
THERES QUITE A FEW WEAPONS THAT WILL SYNERGIZE VERY WELL WITH THIS BUILD AND WE'LL DISCUSS MANY OF THEM LATER IN THE VIDEO
BUT THERES ONE EXOTIC THAT WILL PROVIDE UNPARELLED BENEIFTS WHEN USING THE MATIODOXIA AND THAT IS THE WISH-KEERER EXOTIC BOW.
THIS BOW BUILDS UP A CHARGED QUIVER THAT CREATES A SUSPENDING TRAP FOR ENEMIES
LANDING PRECISION HITS AND FINAL BLOWS WILL BUILD THIS CHARGE UP AND ONCE READY YOU CAN LAY DOWN THIS TRAP BY HIPFIRING THE WISH-KEEPER.
HAVING A SECOND SOURCE TO SUSPEND ENEMIES WILL RESULT IN US HAVING MORE MELEE ENERGY, ALLOWING US TO CREATE EVEN MORE SUSPENSIONS.
WHATS EVEN BETTER ABOUT THE SYNERGY BETWEEN THESE EXOTICS IS THAT THE WISH-KEEPER DEALS 50 PERCENT BONUS DAMAGE AGAINST SUSPENDED ENEMIES
AND WITH HATCHLING AS ITS CATALYST REFIT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE THREADLINGS THAT WILL DEAL BONUS DAMAGE AGAINST ENEMIES.
SO NOT ONLY WILL WE BE ABLE TRAP JUST ABOUT EVERY ENEMY WE'RE ENGAGED WITH BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEAL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXTRA DAMAGE WHICH WILL REALLY COME IN HANDY AGAINST CHAMPIONS.
NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE MATAIODOXIA IS GOING TO DO FOR US LETS TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PRISMATIC BUILD CAN AMPLIFY THINGS EVEN FURTHER.
WITH THE USE OF THE FEED THE VOID ASPECT WE'LL HAVE DEVOUR GETTING TRIGGERED WHENEVER DEFEAT AN ENEMY WITH ANY OF OUR ABILITIES
AND THIS DOES COUNT WHEN DEFEATINE ENEMIES WITH TANGLES AND THREADLINGS. .
ONCE DEVOUR IS ACTIVE WE'LL GAIN BONUS GRENADE ENERGY AND HEALTH RESTORATION ON EVERY FINAL BLOW.
THIS WILL PROVIDE BETWEEN 8 AND 20 PERCENT BONUS GRENADE ENERGY AND A FULL RESTORATION OF OUR HEALTH BAR WITH EACH ENEMY DEFEATED.
TO FEED INTO OUR STRAND SYNERGY WE'RE USING THE WEAVERS CALL ASPECT IN COMBINATION WITH PHOENIX DIVE.
PHOENIX DIVE WILL TRIGGER CURE PROVIDING US AND TEAMMATES WITH INSTANT HEALTH RECOVERY AND BECAUSE OF WEAVERS CALL WE'LL GENERATE THREE THREADLINGS
THESE LITTLE GREEN RATS WILL SEEK OUT AND ATTACK ENEMIES THAT ARE WITHIN RANGE BUT IF NOTHINGS NEARBY THEY'LL JUST PERCH RIGHT UP TO US.
BECAUSE OF OUR SELECTED FRAGMENTS AND ARTIFACT MODS WE HAVE CHOSEN TO GO WITH VORTEX GRENADES BUT BASED ON ACTIVITY MODIFIERS THERE WILL BE SITUATIONS WHERE STORM GRENADES CAN BE JUST AS BENEFICIAL IF NOT MORE SO.
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHOICE IN FRAGMENTS WE ARE GOING WITH FACET OF COURAGE
THIS WILL CAUSE OUR LIGHT BASED ABILITIES TO DEAL 10 PERCENT BONUS DAMAGE AGAINST ANY ENEMY WHOS UNDER THE EFFECT OF A DARKNESS DEBUFF.
SINCE WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAUSE UNRAVELING AND SUSPENDING DETONATIONS WITH OUR ARCANE NEEDLES WE'LL PROVIDE A CONSTANT BONUS IN DAMAGE TO OUR VORTEX GRENADES.
OUR VORTEX GRENADES WILL CAUSE ENEMIES TO BECOME WEAKENED THANKS TO THE FACET OF DOMINANCE
WEAKENED ENEMIES WILL TAKE 15 PERCENT BONUS DAMAGE BUT SINCE WE ARE ALSO USING THE EXPANDING ABYSS ARTIFACT MOD WEAKENED ENEMIES WILL TAKE 25 PERCENT BONUS DAMAGE FROM ANY VOID ABILITY OR WEAPON.
WE PLAN ON EQUIPPING ATLEAST 1 TO 2 VOID WEAPONS WITH THIS BUILD AND TO GO ALONG WITH VORTEX GRENADES WE HAVE NOVA BOMB AS OUR SELECTED SUPER
SO BY HITTING AN ENEMY WITH AN ARCANE NEEDLE AND THEN A VORTEX GRENADE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEAL A CONCIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EXTRA DAMAGE WITH OUR SUPER OR WEAPONS.
WEAKENING ENEMIES WILL ALSO OPEN US UP TO GENERATING VOID OVERSHIELDS THANKS TO THE VOID HEGEMONY ARTIFACT MOD.
EACH WEAKENED ENEMY THAT WE DEFEAT GRANTS US WITH A 15 POINT OVERSHIELD.
WHEN A VOID OVERSHILELD IS ACTIVE WE'LL TAKE 50 PERCENT LESS DAMAGE HELPING US GET THROUGH THOSE WAVES OF ENEMIES MUCH MORE EASILY.
WE'RE ALSO USING THE FACET OF BRAVERY WHICH IS GOING TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS FOR US.
WHEN WE DEFEAT ENEMIES WITH OUR GRENADE OUR VOID WEAPONS WILL GAIN VOLATILE ROUNDS AND WHEN DEFEATING ENEMIES WITH A POWERED MELEE OUR STRAND WEAPONS WILL GAIN UNRAVELING ROUNDS.
ENEMIES WHO BECOME VOLATILE CREATE VOID EXPLOSIONS AS THEY TAKE FURTHER DAMAGE AND ENEMIES WHO ARE UNRAVELED TAKE CONTINOUS STAND DAMAGE OVER AN 8 SECOND TIME FRAME.
SO WITH ARCANE NEEDLES AND VORTEX GRENADES WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE ON THIS FRAGMENTS BENEFITS.
WE'VE ALSO GOT THE FACET OF DAWN EQUIPPED SO WHEN WE STRIKE ENEMIES WITH OUR ARCANE NEEDLES WILL TRIGGER RADIANCE
WHEN RADIANCE IS ACTIVE OUR WEAPONS WILL HAVE A 25 PERCENT INCREASE IN DAMAGE AND THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PIERCE BARRIER SHIELDS.
BECAUSE OF THE RADIANT ORBS ARTIFACT MOD WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRIGGER THAT RADIANCE WHEN COLLECTING ORBS SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RADIANCE FOR AS LONG AS WE STAY IN COMBAT.
BECAUSE OF OUR USE OF ARCANE NEEDLES AND SUSPSENSIONS THIS BUILD PERFORMS MUCH BETTER WHEN WE KEEP A LITTLE BIT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND OUR ENEMY
BUT EVEN IF WE GET RUSHED AND OVERWHELMED WE'LL HAVE A TON OF RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL TO KEEP US IN THE FIGHT.
AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE USING THE FACET OF PROTECTION WHICH IS GOING TO GIVE US A 15 PERCENT INCREASE IN DAMAGE RESISTANCE WHENEVER WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES
AND WHEN WE ARE IN OUR TRANSCENDENT STATE THAT RESISTANCE BONUS WILL INCREASE TO 32 PERCENT
THAT ROAMING TRANSCENDENCY SUPER IS A BIG REASON THAT THIS BUILD EXCELS FAR BEYOND ITS STRAND COUNTERPART.
WHEN TRANSCENDENCE IS ACTIVE WE'LL HAVE RAPID REGENERATION OF ALL OF OUR ABILITIES SO WE'LL BE ABLE GENERATE A TON OF ARCANE NEEDLES TO KEEP ENEMIES SUSPENDED AS WE PUMMEL THEM WITH THOSE COMBO GRENADES.
Step 1: Cast Class Ability to Generate Threadlings. Step 2: Use 1-2 Arcane Needles against enemies. Step 3: Once Enemies are suspended use weapons. Step 4: If Using Wish-Keeper, activate suspension quiver when available. Step 5: Use Void Grenades on suspended enemies. Step 6: Activate Transcendence when available. Step 7 Use Arcane Needles as available. Step 8: Activate Nova Bomb against big enemies.
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