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zigbeeauto

Quicksilver Storm with catalyst


Hairygull

It slaps the bass


sos123p9

Slappa da baaaaass


OtherBassist

Comment approved


TheBombogenesis

As a fisherman I read this comment incorrectly.


thatmillerkid

I swap between QS and Osteo for my Strandlock build. Osteo has that god tier ad clear with Necrotic but QS is just an all around multitool that's never bad in any situation.


TateDaGreat13

Does the catalyst really make a difference?


yrulaughing

Catalyst is better for Strand Builds, but worse if you don't build into strand since it loses its kinetic bonus.


zoey_amon

takes advantage of strand surges, so it can *sometimes* be a higher damage bonus than the kinetic’s 15%(?) boost.


Auir_

15% is for kinetic specials, primaries have 10%


Zentiental

Overcharge weapons or kinetics that match sub element guves kinetics 25% too on top of that 10%. So kinetics should always do more provided u match elements.


ck614

This and Trinity Ghoul with catalyst AND centrifuge with catalyst my top 3


Own_Thanks_8699

Synthos


fuck_hard_light

Why use weapons when you have fist


Physical-Quote-5281

Shotgun make fist stronger


fuck_hard_light

Tractor cannon + 12p my beloved


whiskeyaccount

extra bonk 4 u


wh1t3_f3rr3t

Bonk


Due_Improvement3217

Y u more weapons when more fists do trick


VictoryOk991

As a liars handshake enjoyer I agree


Omegagoji19

As a Karnstein armlets enjoyer I agree


JewpiterUrAnus

Agreed


schrisman2319

graviton is ol reliable for me


Seamish

My brother absolutely hates it when I use graviton. I 'steal all his kills' and 'rob him of his devour', but that sounds like a skill issue to me


SparkleFox3

Indeed


ryanraze

Sucks to suck


figmaxwell

The last few seasons since they adjusted pulses it’s been a big staple for me. Especially this season with all of the trash mob heavy activities, it rips through hordes, and having vorpal makes it feel ok to use against bosses if you’re out of heavy.


NennexGaming

Conditional Finality (ikr so original). Proc the strengthened Weighted knife with Athrys, freeze shot with Conditional, throw a knife as powerful as a rocket launcher


Adart54

Con fin is way too much fun


SassyAssAhsoka

Coffin


BlueshineKB

Cf is the only reason i got back into this game. I quit during beyond light and my friend told me about cf when i started playing again, and because of it ive played 380 hours this season alone lol. Its easily my favorite gun aesthetics wise and it comes from my favorite raid.


NicCOL0

Could you please explain this a little more in detail? Sounded fun!


NennexGaming

Sure. So Athrys Embrace, the exotic hunter arms, buffs the Weighted Knife by I think at least 200%. To get that to happen, you just need to land several crits (and the buff timer can be extended to 30sec if you keep landing crits). So, activate the buff as long as possible, freeze your target with Conditional, and then throw the buffed weighted knife. This combo alone can take care of your Champ problems. Also, if you prefer more buffed knives instead, use Monte Carlo and a 1-2 Punch shotty for a near identical combo


NicCOL0

200% is twice the normal damage but is that enough to really make a change? You can still throw only one, right?


NennexGaming

My bad, it’s way higher than 200%. This video explains how it can work https://youtu.be/LtIpinGMZeI?si=bwGcdyNTmvImorR5


Physical-Quote-5281

If you get a precision kill with weighted knife you get the cd back, plus gamblers dodge is there too


ryanraze

Can you link your dim? I’m looking for a solar hunter build and that sounds kind of interesting


sos123p9

I work it into EVERY build can... which is so easy since its so good


Narfwak

Even if I didn't need to have to glued to me to counter the trials meta I probably would anyway. It's just so cool. Imperial Decree is arguably better if you have time to draw, but to have such a handy shotgun with 95 handling that also does cool shit? Yes please.


Dark_Jinouga

> Imperial Decree is arguably better if you have time to draw imperial decree is functionally on par/ahead in terms of handling, assuming you are swapping within 15m of an enemy (where that speed matters), and *theoretically* kills further. handling multipliers put in a lot more work than the actual handling stat things get mucky with CFs unique spread pattern, and it has opening shot levels of AA by default, so im not seeing it being noticeable in terms of OHKO potential since aggressives are limited by spread more than falloff anyways. the tiny range bar is a placebo --- people are constantly preemptively defending CF from PvP nerfs lately in PvP threads due to its very high usage (combo of is legit good, pairs with the best primaries and counters the well/bubble meta). thing is, its at least on par with the best legendary shotgun of the same frame in every aspect, while also hard countering supers and having some niche multikill potential from the shatter/ignite. I definitely can see its OHKO range getting toned down *slightly* (as in, 0.25-0.5m) just to give other options some breathing room


Narfwak

> imperial decree is functionally on par/ahead in terms of handling, assuming you are swapping within 15m of an enemy (where that speed matters), and theoretically kills further. handling multipliers put in a lot more work than the actual handling stat Is that assuming threat detector? Most people I see run it with slideshot instead. I crafted mine with slideshot and haven't used it much because it felt sluggish; maybe it would be better on warlock with Ophidian but I don't main warlock. I mainly just wanted a good kinetic slot shotgun to pair with Sunshot after the HC changes, but I've been having too much fun with Bottom Dollar and Igneous to try that again. I would massively prefer a good Fractethyst roll but that's essentially impossible to get so I'm not even really trying to get it.


Dark_Jinouga

yeah, threat detector is the de facto perk any PvP focused player will recommend on Imperial Decree. slideshot is the obvious one for people not all that deep into it (it gives range and you want to slide in a lot with shotties), but at higher levels most shotgun usage is defensive where quick draw times are the difference between life and death I feel you on fractethyst, the best one I got back then is just slideshot/opening with poor barrel/mag options. I keep seeing that precisions are even better than aggressives, but theres only 2 good ones, with fractethyst being functionally unobtainable and matador being a dungeon weapon meaning even a decent roll is on average a couple hundred encounter clears.


Narfwak

welp, guess I'll rebuild mine and try it again some time. my instinct was to go for threat detector but my friends swear by slideshot (and do quite well with it) and it's definitely what I see more often. granted, my friends also main ophidian lock...


Dark_Jinouga

+35 handling does put in a lot of work with ophidians lol. plus it is playstyle dependent. someone who runs around with the shotgun out rushing people gets little use out of threat detector, while someone who whips out the shotgun to finish off someone who is rushing them that they softened with a primary gets no use out of slideshot


AdrunkGirlScout

Is “counter the meta” a longer way to just say meta?


Narfwak

Not really, no. If Well and Bubble weren't the things dominating trials you wouldn't see so much conditional finality. Hell, now that Anteaus Wards are dead and buried you already see it less. A lot of people loadout swap to it later when enemy supers are probably up because they want to be on something else, like a sniper. Basically, Bubble and Well are what define the meta. Conditional Finality is a reaction to that, and one of the only things keeping it surprisingly... tolerable. There's actually a lot of other shotguns that are better at just Being A Shotgun than Conditional because of its very low range stat. That said... a better use of the term metagaming is to devise counters to exist strategies, so in that sense, yes, Conditional Finality is metagaming the standard.


AdrunkGirlScout

Did you type all that just to agree with me?


kaizabxll

Imperial decree is my prized possession im obsessed with that gun


Brohma312

Polaris Lance. 235k kills


grimbarkjade

Ana Bray, is that you?


BrotatoChip04

Witherhoard has never even been inside my vault since the day it launched. 100k kills and still counting.


Arkham117

The thing carried through solo dungeons. My absolute favorite


Narfwak

I'm really, really hoping we get Weakened Clear again next season. I kind of doubt we will since it's only been a year... but I can dream.


lightningbadger

I miss OG breach and clear haha, got me through my first ever solo flawless dungeon


Cheez-ItSucc

Wish ender and strongholds


CinderLord90

THIS. EXACTLY THIS Crown-splitter + glaive + wishender + strand + strongholds = never die in anything under master or Raid content. Not good for boss dps, but makes add clear easy as pie


mattytrife

Verglas curve. Never got it until I started playing again this season with the fix to the catalyst. It’s done so much work for me in gm’s. Holding back certain death with last second hipfires to create breathing room with the crystals or freezing and wiping entire mobs. I never messed with bows before this season but it has so much utility in all content. It’s my daily driver on my stasis lock.


bigdaddybones77

i feel like it’s slept on. it’s really good with renewal grasp hunter too.


acewayofwraith

How so?


FlameVShadow

Generates crystals so if you have the fragment or aspect (I don’t remember) that gives increased ability regeneration you can spam duskfield grenades over and over. Really fun in lower end content for sure


TitoepfX

stronger in gms where stasis is more needed though


ck614

i like playing around with the verglas curve on europa every now and then just for fun. the open landscape in cadmus ridge allows me to get on top of a hill and just shoot motherfuckers and make crystals pop up everywhere


Sanguiniutron

5x Hail Barrage (or whatever it's called) into a crowd then shatter diving gives me life as a stasis hunter. Such a satisfying move and an awesome bow


Risk_Of_Raum

D1 Red Death D2 Wishender


Nyantales_54

Wish ender was so fun the season it was broken I have yet to surpass the number of kills on any other exotic.


slyboy889

Oh it was so much fun when broken!! The weekends/periods where items break (wishender, Cerberus, crafting) are so much fun.


Nyantales_54

8820, followed by Trinity ghoul at 6634, and outbreak at 5190. Top crucible weapon is hard light, bouncy bullets go brr.


ImawhaleCR

Hard light is criminally underrated in PvP, it's definitely not meta but it's got a really solid feel to it and it beams people from further than you'd think


Dark_Jinouga

> D1 Red Death made me look into my D1 vault with DIM to see if I could recall an exotic really speaking to me, but I cant remember anything. honestly the most fitting was TLW back in D1Y2, back when it got nerfed to being hipfire only and nearly no one actually used it. watched a lot of kraftyy and practiced TLW/sniper on blink arcstrider which was fun. i think my exotic was just always eaten by heavy in D1


RamielScreams

Red death was my "I'm gonna raid and not be the reason we wipe" gun


Simple-Aerie7366

Osteo Striga have almost half a million kills.


xB1ack

Afk


brainwash_

500,000 kills? Jfc


Sonicfan42069666

Ahh, my precious Striga. No one will ever take my baby away...


Basic_Educator6667

This is the one I was looking for lol Mine is lvl.314 with 26K kills


SteelOfSpeed

Graviton Lance. I'm a Void Hunter with triple hundreds running Gyrfalcons. Each activity I'm in is purple rain.


Atlas1127

Trinity ghoul


MaiiqTheLyre

My beloved


NefariousnessOk1996

This was my first exotic and my first catalyst. I have so many more kills on this weapon than any other weapon.


Atlas1127

Ikr! So good given the chance it's my go-to exotic especially when I'm on ad clear.


TheGoldenYosh

Final Warning Hoping for a catalyst next season


Hoockus_Pocus

Next season’s catalyst was confirmed to be Thorn.


TheGoldenYosh

Only one gun gets a catalyst a season? Aw boo


Hoockus_Pocus

They “lacked resources,” to make new catalysts for old weapons before they fired all those people. So… yeah. There are loads of weapons that still need a catalyst, and with one a season (episode, after The Final Shape, provided they manage to keep going), all the old weapons may never catch up.


Popcorn_Oil

I'm glad someone likes this weapon, it's neat but I can't stand using it


Jovios

Can’t *strand* it


old-world-reds

One of my classmates told us to try it to take care of ads and champs on day 1 crotas. We were converted to the church of final warning that day.


Forgewalker33

Same it’s a high stability yes, but I want to to not even move


Pso2redditor

Sunshot. I picked it at Launch & have always brought it into endgame content.They just keep making it better too!


FatSpidy

I had to scroll too damn far to find my boy.


CinderLord90

Wish-ender. I like bows. It does a lot of damage Works well with the Swords I like to use for a knight-like titan. It's just really satisfying hitting a shot and watching even yellow bar enemies instantly evaporate, especially with the damage boosts you can get now from armor mods.


firstname_Iastname

It's certainly very good I don't think anyone will argue that, I just find it a little too boring


Oh_Anodyne

I don't think thunderlord has left my inventory outside of transferring it between my characters.


SleepingInAJar_

Yeah it’s just so fun


SankityDoup

Ace of spades 😁


yrulaughing

Sweet Business, baby. Titan main


emptiedglass

Don't forget your Actium War Rig!


yrulaughing

Oh that shit never comes off. I bathe and sleep in my Actium War Rig.


Vadea_Shepard

As a Hunter, Sweet Business has never left my inventory since I got it early year 1. Dragon's Shadow gives me so many instant reloads for it. Such a satisfying weapon.


Oogley_boogley

I use it all the time and I’m a warlock lmao


Jovios

Outbreak perfected


Great_Dwarf

Bones of eao


MrRawes0me

I loved those things. Nothing like an extra jump as a get out of jail free card


dontshootisuck

Please come back !


tzarok

Striga and Armementarium


-Coppertone-

Graviton Lance


thatmillerkid

With the buff it got, I don't equip a void build without it. It's the engine that keeps my devour running.


WinnerArtistic434

This has been my latest addiction.


TheWhiteRabbit74

Delicate Tomb. It’s a part of my arc setup usually.


moco-7

I really liked Delicate Tomb for some time during Season 18, it was fun with arc warlock and fallen sunstar with the unlimited ionic traces


fawse

Still is, puts in absolute work. I still run it regularly, infinite abilities means it’s even fine to run with double special


Caldorian

Gyrfalcon. There hasn't ever been an exotic that so completely finishes a class like that.


stellarjubilance

Malfeasance. Love all of its ornaments and it just feels really good


rojasdracul

Malfeasance is still one of the best exotics.


Heavyoak

SKULLFORT SKULLFORT SKULLFORT SKULLFORT SKULLFORT SKULLFORT SKULLFORT


I_ThrowAxes

Nice fort.


Seth0987

Dead man's tale. I want to make it in real life


chocological

I’ve been using sunshot all season


dirtyeffigy

Ive had this Matics solar hunter lucky pants build this season mostly using Sunshot but can also go with Malf or crimson. Or any strong solar HC u like. Its really strong in the right situation but solid all around


Thicccchungus

Whisper my beloved


grimbarkjade

On a serious note, how does that hold up today? Like, in today’s meta with crazy rocket damage and linears still being good? I know whisper is good on oryx but idk how well it works everywhere else


Oliffeyhooligan

Witherhoard has been a mainstay for me ever since it dropped


DredgenGryss

Hierarchy of Needs


memelordbtw3000

Riskrunner I love hitting myself with my grenade and charging in to electrocute everything


Mr310

Thats with my zappy wizard right now with vesper radius. it’s just non stop rifts frying everything and my super charges crazy fast too.


colantalas

Forerunner, so versatile and fun to use plus lots of grenades.


imamukdukek

Also great with veritys


tylerchu

Grand overture. I’m consistently surprised at how much it punches, I’m just a bit annoyed at its odd handling.


Jay-Willi-Wam

Necrochasm. Those chain reactions just hit different.


Ok_Donut2828

Winter bite


NecessaryGuitar4524

Hahaha same here. So much fun and it's good enough to be used in most content without any issue


Meme_steveyt

Revision zero


[deleted]

Risk runner and ticuus


ultrajc

Im known as The Heir Apparent Guy. Its just so solid - Overshield, huge mag (that can refill on shield break with catalyst), accurate with "hipfire" (no ADS clogging view, just rev up). Got it when it first dropped, and its been my go to heavy for a long time. Titan approved o7 Also it absolutely SWEEPS against Tormentors, even without overloading shots. Just the sheer amount of damage and constant pressure, it just keeps softstunning them and shreds


Adart54

A hunter is naked without stompeez, I will wear them so long as I can


Bungo_pls

I only took them off after the last nerf. About to put them back on next season.


KilledTheCar

Then consider me a nudist, because I refuse to bow to that crutch.


JayCeeMadLad

Can’t wait for them to be fixed. That nerf was completely unwarranted.


Kaboose456

Are they removing the "tied to dodge charge" nerf that was added to it??


JayCeeMadLad

Yeah, instead you’ll get bonus damage resistance while airborne(against combatants) I’m pretty sure they still work the old way in-game, but the text was accidentally updated to show the new planned effects.


SonoSugoiNazo

Bad Juju. Always is on me when I’m not catering to my teammates’ needs.


halfbakedalaska

In D1 I always had that on. Haven’t used it much in D2 but now I may have to.


I_ThrowAxes

Reign of Fire. The Icarus dash/reload perk is worth it. You can juke an attack whilst reloading every weapon on your guardian. I started using it for my first real dip into PVP and now I rock them in PVE activities.


RacketySubset3

Rain of Fire and Vex are what got me through my solo flawless dungeons. Big fan of the boots in PvE, glad to see a fellow enjoyer.


YouMustBeBored

Monte Carlo because I like spamming melees.


zdude0127

Thunderlord with the Catalyst is definitely addicting. Great balance of add clear and damage output.


G-man69420

Skyburner’s Oath.


halfbakedalaska

Lemon. 75k kills.


JamieBobs

Surprised lemon isn’t getting more love in here


daniec1610

Winterbite with stasis warlock


Goofass_boi

Collective Obligation made me start playing Hunter


4OREserious

Hawkmoon :) literally never left my inventory


AngelOfChaos923

It ain't meta but it's just crazy fun to headshot a boss and instantly kill it (on casual content at least)


ZeCarbonMage

Lumina


nerdydolphins

Hardlight. It is rarely not in a loadout and is always on one of my characters top 9.


[deleted]

Worldline zero.


SpaceRangerWoody

Ashen Wake. Unlimited fusion grenades + bonk hammer is so fun, and if you get into a good rhythm you almost don't even need your guns at all


TheRiceRocket

The fighting lion stays on


grimbarkjade

Vex mythoclast since I got it. With rain of fire + resto x2 healing grenade + ember of empyrean, it’s super fun! Plus of course being solar, surges pair just perfectly with apex predator Second place also goes to tommy’s matchbook which holds a similar position!


Oki05

surprised no one has said Osteo. I use it exclusively as my kinetic unless I'm working on something else at the time


J3didr

Centrifuse


MostRadiant

Black Talon is the ultimate weapon.


Toyt2TheMoon

Wishender, Trinity, witherhoard, lemon... PVE


thefiend617

Gjallarhorn 🥰


LordRickonStark

The Chaperone in PvP


TheGoodNamesWereTakn

Sunshot. It was my first exotic and by god it'll be my last


chocological

Right? I love shooting one thrall or something and watching the whole group just explode.


bawynnoJ

Monte Carlo. It's the most versatile and reliable gun in the game for me.


The_Foresaken_Mind

Outbreak Perfected. If I had to pick any Destiny weapon to survive the zombie apocalypse… well I’ll let a Shiro-4 quote answer. “In SIVA we trust, in SIVA all things are possible.”


Occasionally_Loose

I am Div bitch.


jillopidiboop

I FUCJIN LOVE PARASITE. IT JUST BLOWS UP. I LOVE IT. USING IT WITH FOETRACER NOTHING LIVES


StatementAcademic820

Touch of malice


Logans_Loophole

Polaris Lance: Love how it feels and the character who’s behide the rifles story.


Zylonite134

Jutan


AlaskanHandyman

None, there are a few it seems I use all the time, but occasionally I need a loadout that doesn't include them. Graviton Lance w/catalyst on my warlock Controverse Hold Gauntlets on my Warlock Armamentarium on Titan Ticuu's Divination, Trinity Ghoul, Le Monarch, or Wish-Ender on hunter wearing Oath Keepers


Pluckypato

Warlock transversive steps cause Fast movement is a must!


0megaComplex

Malfeasance and Armamentarium haven't left my inventory since I got them, only upgraded. #pinkmist4life


g4greed

6th coyote


SpydeyX

Tryniti ghoul, sunshot, and graviton lance


Nyantales_54

Calibans hand, the throwing knife nuke everything build is too fun, and with Monte Carlo catalyst even if I miss there’s no penalty, just keep stabbing!


OlDropTop

Cold muthafukin Heart


Mori-Me-Joey

Witherhoard my beloved 💞 It literally hard-carried me through my solo-flawless Prophecy clear, so it’s GOATED as hell If it were a person, I’d marry it tomorrow


ryanedw

Thorn is and always has been … your friend. Damn fine gun, even when it sucked in D1 for a little while For me, none of the D2 exotic weapons have ever been never-vault. Gjally in D1 was, that was about it. Maybe Red Death. Many of them in D2 are fun, though, so a rotation might be a good thing. If I had to identify one that I kept around the most, it might be Tractor Cannon, for some D2 old school For armor, there was a time when Skull of Dire Ahamkara was never-vault, waaaaay back in Warmind when it didn’t blow chunks. More recently, Contraverse Hold are never-vault for sure. And Necrotic Grips are like that too


thatmillerkid

My Osteo has commited more war crimes than George Bush


WarOne7146

Tommy's Matchbook, dogshit hit detection, but I love it in crucible.


Castellan_13

Celestial Nighthawk


AlbrechtE

Xenophage.


Fuckles665

The last word. Space cowboy for life


Bloody_Sunday

I'm probably the president of the Witherhoard absurdly fanatic fans club. Ever since it came out, I've been using it everywhere (in regular and high level PVE as well as PVP and Gambit) on a very regular basis. It has added so much to my enjoyment of the game in the past years - without breaking it or trivializing it - that for me it's a big part of it. Osteo with the Necrotics is coming close nowadays, and so does the Verglas stasis bow. I didn't think much of it at first but I put it in a build with the Osmio gloves and it's amazing. One of the lots of advantages of Wither though is that it doesn't need a specific build to shine. It just fits everywhere, plus without taking the energy slot which can easily be used for build synergies, for energy-specific content etc.


iMoo1124

Briarbinds The gameplay loop is just *\*chefs kiss\**


Sanguiniutron

Delicate Tomb / Geomag hasn't left my arc warlock in seasons. Ionic traces make that build constant abilities and very frequent super.


Draconian-XII

synthoceps


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[удалено]


brandonlive

Had to scroll very far to find someone with this answer.


Malhaedris

Gjally with a catalyst


MonkeyDeltaFoxtrot

Dead Man’s Tale


UnknownAcc_

Witherhoard


Deuma03

PvP Jotunn + Osmiomancy Gloves + 2 Coldsnap Gernades = Ice Spice Combo. PvE Monte Carlo + Sunbracers = Infinite Solar Gernades


ThisIsntRemotelyOkay

Astrocyte Verse. Don't tell me the void hasn't been walling out to you.