Destiny 2 Warlock BuildSong of Pain

1. Build melee charges

• Trace Evidence : ionic traces for ability energy
• Facet of Awakening : ionic traces for ability energy
• Pugilist : melee energy
• Facet of Balance : melee energy

Note : while building charges be VERY selective of when you decide to land multiple crits as this will trigger "Retinal Burn" and drain an armor charge. To avoid making this mistake when you are low on armor charges, use a melee on ANY trash mob to trigger health regeneration (even if you don't need to) as this will make you amplified, heal you with "Curative Orbs" create an orb, and trigger "The thick of it" if surrounded, for armor charges.

2. Utilize "Conductive Cosmic Crystal"

• use your tinasha's to slow, or freeze a high health target (try to trigger biotic enhancements while doing so or after for more damage)
• pull out Acrius
• use lightning surge to chunk the high health target and trigger trench barrel and be very cautious on how many shots you try to fire (explained in 3)

3. Disengage

• Your tools to get out of danger include lightning surges blink as well as its amplified, and phoenix dive
• Against Boss Stomp make sure to juke back and forth between shots if needed and use arcane needle to reproc if necessary (learning proper positioning/distancing is crucial for endgame so I suggest testing your damage falloff with Acrius on a lost sector boss before higher difficulty)
• Use healing grenade as needed, just remember that you will be using tinashas to charge it with "Facet of Balance" or wasting an arcane needle on a low health red bar to create a tangle to toss at weak enemies for charge
• Use phoenix dive for bosses that knock you into the air but be careful not to land too close to the boss

4. Low on Ammo?

• use phoenix dive to cast hellion to assist you in battle
• be aware of scorched targets hp as your finisher grants you an armor charge to begin with if you cannot close the gap
• Use "Retinal Burn" in tandem with hellion and finishers until you are comfortable with your reserves

5. Trancendance

• use as often as possible when there are enough enemies to justify it as this is a great tool for damage resistance
• do not spam abilities, use them conservatively and focus on using acrius while you have extra damage resist

6. Song of Pain

• use your melee to trigger trench barrel on Acrius than shoot it rather than spam abilities
• make the boss face your team mates so they can hit its crit spot easily
• before your super ends cast phoenix dive to proc hellion and heal with damage resist included (can be followed out of super by healing nade)