Destiny 2 Hunter BuildBugged Out (Mother Keeper's x Ex Diris)

Gambler's Dodge - I prefer this, but it isn't really mandatory. If you are very comfortable always catching your melee, it is fair to opt for Marksman's but that would just be for your primary and heavy if they need it.

Grenade doesn't matter because it gets overwritten by Mothkeeper's including the cooldown.

Whirling Maelstrom is a key component of the auto-damage approach of this build.

Ensnaring Slam It is another debuff, so it is another way to make tangles. It used to not work with the dodges to refund melee or reload, but that was fixed in Heresy update 8.2.0. It was buffed in Edge of Fate to give 4 seconds of Woven Mail on each enemy suspended. It can go up to 20 seconds.

Warding pick up an orbs get woven mail. Huge survivability help.

Fury our melee makes tangles and cuts any target’s damage it doesn’t kill, so we want it up a lot. Maelstroms do count as tangle damage for this.

Generation We get a good benefit from this fragment in this build because of all the automated damage and the Mothkeeper's dropping your grenade to a lower base second cooldown. However, Mothkeeper's itself gives you pretty frequent grenades, so it is a bit of a flex spot.

These are core I usually run. The other one depends on whether you are going Ex Diris or Praxic Blade.

Ex Diris - Rebirth since we can use a strand primary, we get another bug option.

Praxic Blade with the Impact Core equipped, our sword attacks sever, thus making tangles and you don't need Transmutation. Mind then becomes an option to help keep our suspend and thus melee up more.

Ex Diris (Latin for ominous events fyi) Route

It does pretty good damage for a special. But it is really the total context that makes it shine. We can take out bosses without even needing our heavy via layering: unravel, tangle damage, extra moth damage from Ex Diris, and pretty spammable grenades. Just alternating your special and your primary for add clear and you shouldn't be running out of ammo.

Primary you need a strand primary.

Either a damage perk or hatchling makes sense, depending on content difficulty. I typically go with a hatchling weapon though because any tougher targets get your special at least. The extra threadlings further lean into the pet build approach.

Heavy You can use an arc heavy to go with surges. Something bursty makes sense to add to the otherwise death-by-1000-bug-bites approach here. Crux Termination is thematically best because it's origin trait adds some additional firefly bug bombs.

Or, if you have a Haliaetus with aggregate charge, you can easily apply blind (Ex Diris), sever (melee), and suspend (dodge move) to max that damage for a good rotation.

Praxic Blade Route

Praxic Blade So as to not lose the important amplified buff that helps with the Ex Diris version survival, you need Hyperblade catalyst. You also need the Impact Core.

Primary For a primary, take an arc primary that has jolting feedback. It takes care of a champ type. But also because...

Heavy - Refurbished A499 We take advantage of surges for your special and heavy, and the best damage perk this has, Aggregate Charge and the jolting primary makes this easier. Our abilities have sever, suspend, and our moths blind, but another debuff adds both damage over time and makes it easier to ensure max damage.

Sets

There are some 2 piece pairs that work well here. As I've tested, I can't say more than they might shine more in different situations.

But the key 2 piece I'd recommend is Swordmaster. Combining sever and exhaust is very powerful.

Then add either

2x Smoke Jumper - damage resist on orbs. More but doesn't last long.

or

2x Ferropotent - Balanced Form on the Praxic will proc this. Lower amount than Smoke Jumper, but higher potential up time.

Stats

As much weapon stat as you can because…

While grenade buffs the attack moths’ damage, they aren’t super hard hitters. We care more that they blind and give an overshield.

So getting grenade to 100 is plenty.

Get class to a decent level.

Health does not seem to affect the amount of the moth overshield.

Melee stat does not affect Maelstrom damage. Plus we get it back quickly via Thread of Fury even with a modest investment.

Mods

You'll change the siphons, surges, and ammo gen depending on the weapon route of course so I just took those off. The artifact does give you an arc/kinetic combo if using Praxic Blade.

Barrier - If going Ex Diris, hand cannon with artifact mod. If Praxic Blade it is anti-barrier inherently. For Praxic route, you can also go ant-barrier sniper. Double up.

Unstoppable Moth grenades blind. We also have Riposte if using the Praxic Blade.

Overload - another reason we like a jolting feedback weapon and / or an SMG or Pulse with the artifact.

Here is where this really shine this season!

Important bits from the artifact:

• Kinetic Synthesis - more ammo

• Power from Pain and Singularity Blade - Moths make void overshields. So we flipping get Weaken and Devour on this build.

• Dielectric - another reason to take jolting feedback. Bolt charge? Is this a Prismatic build??

• Kinetic Rupture

• Void Infestation

Just to connect the dots, with the Ex Diris route, we have easy access to:

• Motherkeeper's / Ex Diris combo gives you an overshield every few seconds on Ex Diris multi-hits or defeats.
• Defeats with Ex Diris (with the catalyst) give amplified - another 15% damage reduction.
• woven mail and a little heal from orbs
• blind from our special weapon and grenades.
• sever
• heals from grenades we throw near us
• suspension.

With the Praxic Blade route, we have easy access to:

• Blocking and reflecting shots
• Amplified
• woven mail and a little heal from orbs
• blind from our grenades.
• sever
• overshields from grenades we throw near us
• suspension