
Destiny 2 Warlock BuildBlinding Alchemy (w/ Tonic)
PvEFinal blows with this weapon generate stunning lighting strikes from above. Lightning strikes grant a stack of Bolt Charge. Strong against [Disruption] Overload Champions.
While standing in any rift, damaging a target will mark it. You deal extra damage to marked targets, and gain additional bonus damage with weapons that have a damage type matching your equipped Super. Weapon final blows while standing in any rift pause the rift's countdown, extending its duration.
strengths
Blinds basically everything
Incredible add clear
Lots of group synergy
Very easy to get going
Creates tons of Orbs
weaknesses
Boss damage depends on major cooldowns
Requires ammo economy awareness
Build Details
A build I've been working on that focuses on the Blind mechanic and efficient use of the new Tonics. Really swell at add control and scales into late game due to Blind being overpowered.
Summary: Essentially the synergies between the new Tonic called "Refined Tonic of Amplified Arc" and the new Artifact Mods make Thunderlords and the various Volt legendaries pretty overpowered. Each Jolt or Lightening effect will blind your target, and everything around them.
It's basically a build that combined many little synergies and interactions into a cohesive whole that just clicks when playing it. Fun and satisfying.
Considerations: 1. Essentially everything you do will Blind enemies 2. Sanguine Alchemy nearly ensures 100% uptime for Healy Rift' 3. Corrasion shines as a primary with both Eddy and Volt 4. Thunderlords causes AoE blinds with every bolt 5. Effective against all Champion types (If using Shotty) 6. Orb generation is pretty nuts 7. Use the Refined Tonic of Amplified Arc!
Sanguine Alchemy The buff is really something. Makes the Healy Rift essentially limitless and adds a great damage buff. This is your primary source of survival (with Orbs and Devour as backups) and should be available anytime you need it.
Kinetic Slot:
- Lost Signal is there to take advantage of the powerful Grenade and Stasis synergies provided with the new artifact. Great DPS weapon to fill in gaps and recover your Rift if on cooldown. Use it to enable Devour for additional survival in large fights.
- (Optional) Instead go with Perfect Paradox (Shotgun) to help take out stronger foes and deal with Barrier champions.
Corrasion? Of course covering for Unstoppables, this weapon is a little monster in the build. Eddy+Volt is an incredible combo on it's own. With 100% uptime for Eddy making throwing Volt shots to create Jolt all over the battlefield. Each, of course, blinding the dickens out of enemies. Honestly try it out.
Where's the Indebted Kindness? You don't see it there? Keep it on you. It's not great for double special anymore due to the ammo changes, but I find myself switching to it when a Pulse Rifle just doesn't make sense. Make sure it has Volt!
Closing It's my first attempt at a true homebrew build and think I stumbled upon something special. Hope you like.
PRE: USE YOUR TONIC OF AMPLIFIED ARC
- Cast Healy Rift and stand in it
- Shoot things with Thunderlords
- Profit
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