Stasis dominated the meta for a long time. It was Stasis that introduced Fragments and Aspects, and allow for customization never seen before in Destiny 2. These days, Strand might get most of the spotlight, but Stasis remains a powerful alternative. These are the best Stasis builds in Destiny 2, including builds for Titans, Warlocks, and Hunters.
And by the way, as with all the best Destiny 2 builds out there, these builds will guide you every step of the way, including essential Exotics, Mods, and more.
Top Stasis builds
-- | Name | Class | Area | Subclass | Excels in | Element | Status |
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Stasis Engineer | Warlock | PvE | Stasis | Grandmasters | Stasis | Best in Class | |
Frostmaker | Warlock | PvE | Stasis | Solo Content | Stasis | ||
Grasp of Duskfield | Hunter | PvE | Stasis | Grandmasters | Stasis | Best in Class | |
Frostbringer | Hunter | PvE | Stasis | Grandmasters | Stasis | ||
Ice Fortress | Titan | PvE | Stasis | Endgame | Stasis | Best in Class |
Updated as of Season of the Wish (S23).
Hunter Stasis builds
Grasps of Duskfield
Excels in: Grandmaster Content
Goal of the Build: Keep areas locked down and protect your Fireteam with infinite Duskfield Grenades.
Mandatory Gear: Renewal Grasps. Weapons with Headstone are recommended (Buried Bloodline and Devour can help with Grenade regen).
Name: Renewal Grasps | Class: HunterSlot: Arms | Source: Lost SectorsRequires: The Witch Queen | Exotic Perk: Your Duskfield grenades have a much larger effect radius. Allies inside the Duskfield take reduced damage and targets inside the area deal reduced damage. |
Buried Bloodline | Sidearm | Special | Void | Warlord's Ruin Dungeon | |
Eyasluna | Hand Cannon | Primary | Stasis | Grasp of Avarice Dungeon |
- Aspects: Touch of Winter and Grim Harvest.
- Fragments: Whisper of Torment, Whisper of Conduction, Whisper of Rime, Whisper of Chains, and Whisper of Shards.
- Abilities: Gambler’s Dodge and Duskfield Grenades.
- Stats Priority: Max Discipline 🡒 Max Resilience 🡒 Mobility.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Harmonic Siphon (or Void Siphon if you use Buried Bloodline), Heavy Ammo Finder, and Heavy Ammo Scout.
- Arms: Impact Induction, Grenade Kickstart, and Harmonic Loader.
- Chest: Resistance Mods based on your enemies.
- Legs: Innervation, Recuperation, and a Weapon Surge Mod matching your Exotic weapon.
- Class Item: Bomber, Reaper, and Powerful Attraction.
Gameplay Loop
The gameplay loop for the Renewal Grasp build can be altered and changed depending on your needs and playstyle. But, despite the versatility, the core ‘needs’ of the build remain the same.
Whisper of Shards is the engine that keeps the train going, granting Grenade energy upon shattering a Stasis crystal. Forming crystals is easy with Headstone weapons or through Touch of Winter Grenades. Making sure you destroy every Stasis crystal you see is paramount to keeping the Duskfield spam going.
Despite saying this, Whisper of Chains also provides damage resistance when near a Stasis crystal, so timing is essential. Try to destroy Stasis crystals when you have gotten good use out of them as they can not only provide damage resistance but also deal solid AoE damage.
Overall, the aim is to lock down large groups of enemies and make them deal less damage while spamming Duskfields. This will help protect you and your Fireteam, regardless of difficulty.
The Frostbringer
Excels in: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)
Goal of the Build: Utilise the Fr0st-EE5’s to maintain high ability uptime, freezing all enemies on the battlefield from safety.
Mandatory Gear: FR0ST-EE5 and Dragon’s Breath. High-damage weapons are recommended.
Name: Fr0st-EE5 | Class: HunterSlot: Legs | Source: Exotic EngramsRequires: Free-to-Play | Exotic Perk: Increased grenade, melee, and dodge regeneration while sprinting. Dodging increases your sprint speed. |
Wish-Ender | Combat Bow | Primary | Kinetic | Exotic Quest | |
Forbearance (Brave) | Grenade Launcher | Special | Arc | Onslaught Activity |
- Aspects: Touch of Winter and Grim Harvest.
- Fragments: Whisper of Conduction, Whisper of Rime, Whisper of Shards, Whisper of Durance, and Whisper of Chains.
- Abilities: Gambler’s Dodge, Duskfield Grenade.
- Stats Priority: Max Resilience 🡒 Discipline 🡒 Mobility.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Siphon Mod matching your weapon and Heavy Ammo Finder.
- Arms: Impact Induction, Focusing Strike, and Grenade Kickstart.
- Chest: Resistance Mods based on your enemies.
- Legs: Recuperation, Innervation, and Invigoration.
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction, Bomber, and Distribution.
Gameplay Loop
The overall goal of this build is to have a Duskfield Grenade available as often as possible. This is easy through our Grenade-regenerating Fragments, Exotic, and Mod choices.
Using your Grenade and Melee together is often unnecessary, as your Duskfield alone will freeze a target. Instead, save your melees for either an emergency where you do not have your Grenade, or use the cooldown to regenerate your Grenade through Impact Induction.
Using the Rapid Cooldown Exotic Trait on Frostees is also important. The perk will double your base Grenade and Melee ability regeneration rate, making them come back much faster.
Overall, utilize the Grenade-regenerating parts of your kit to ensure you always have a Duskfield ready for any group of adds.
🔷 Pro tip: You can find more builds on our dedicated Hunter Builds hub.
Warlock Stasis builds
Stasis Engineer
Excels In: Grandmaster Content
Goal of the Build: Slow and freeze large groups of enemies using countless Bleak Watcher turrets.
Mandatory Gear: Osmiomancy Gloves and a Primary or Special weapon with Demolitionist.
Name: Osmiomancy Gloves | Class: WarlockSlot: Arms | Source: Lost SectorsRequires: The Witch Queen | Exotic Perk: Your Coldsnap grenades have an additional charge that recharges quicker on direct impact. The seeker spawned from Coldsnap grenades travels further. |
Deliverance | Fusion Rifle | Special | Stasis | Vow of the Disciple Raid |
- Aspects: Iceflare Bolts and Bleak Watcher.
- Fragments: Whisper of Refraction, Whisper of Durance, Whisper of Torment, and Whisper of Chains.
- Abilities: Coldsnap Grenade.
- Stats: Discipline 🡒 Resilience.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Harmonic Siphon
- Arms: 2x Grenade Kickstart, Bolstering Detonation
- Chest: Charged Up
- Legs: x2 Innervation
- Class Item: Bomber
Gameplay Loop
The primary loop of this build is just to throw turrets onto the field whenever you get them. Whisper of Torment and max Discipline will hopefully carry you to your next grenade charge without a problem.
If you do end up experiencing downtime, be sure to take full advantage of your Demolitionist weapon. Once you gain another grenade charge, continue through turrets for as long as enemies survive!
Frostmaker
Excels In: Solo Content
Goal of the Build: Slow and freeze everything in sight, giving you tons of super energy and, eventually a weapon damage boost.
Mandatory Gear: Mantle of Battle Harmony and Ager’s Scepter.
Name: Mantle of Battle Harmony | Class: WarlockSlot: Chest | Source: Lost SectorsRequires: Beyond Light | Exotic Perk: Takedowns with weapons that have a damage type matching your subclass element grant you Super energy. While your Super energy is full, you instead gain a temporary bonus to weapon damage of the type matching your subclass element. |
Ager's Scepter | Trace Rifle | Special | Stasis | Exotic Kiosk |
- Aspects: Iceflare Bolts and Glacial Harvest.
- Fragments: Whisper of Bonds, Whisper of Fissures, Whisper of Rime, and Whisper of Conduction.
- Abilities: No specific abilities are required.
- Stats: Discipline 🡒 Resilience 🡒 Recovery.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Harmonic Siphon, Special Ammo Finder
- Arms: Stat, reload, and dexterity mods
- Chest: Charged Up
- Legs: Stacks on Stacks, Innervation
- Class Item: Special Finisher, Empowered Finisher
Gameplay Loop
here isn’t a specific gameplay loop here; just use Ager’s Scepter and your abilities to freeze and kill as many enemies as possible. Both Whisper of Bonds and Mantle of Battle Harmony will give you super energy from said kills, and dropped Orbs of Power allow you to use Special Finisher as necessary.
Once you reach full super energy, you have three options that are all very strong. The first is to use your super to kill a large group of ads (or even damage a boss!). Assuming you have excess Ager’s ammo, a second option is to use the firing mode from Ager’s Scepter’s catalyst, making the weapon freeze everything and do more damage. The third and final option is not to use either and instead take advantage of Mantle of Battle Harmony’s second perk, giving you extra Stasis weapon damage after a Stasis weapon kill (as long as you keep full super energy).
Unlike other builds, the Frostmaker is extremely potent while not having a super specific gameplay loop, meaning it can be effective anywhere.
🔷 Pro tip: You can find more builds on our dedicated Warlock Builds hub.
Titan Stasis builds
Ice Fortress
Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)
Goal of the Build: In a similar fashion to a Heart of Inmost Light build, this build utilizes the Hoarfrost-Z exotic to cover an area in stasis crystals and maintain high ability uptime.
Mandatory gear: Hoarfrost-Z. Salvation’s Grip or Verglas Curve are recommended for their nearly on-demand crystal generation.
Name: Hoarfrost-Z | Class: TitanSlot: Chest | Source: Lost SectorsRequires: The Witch Queen | Exotic Perk: When using the Stasis subclass, your Barricade becomes a wall of Stasis crystals that slows nearby targets when created. Standing behind this barricade will grant you and your allies increased weapon reload speed, stability, and range. |
Verglas Curve | Combat Bow | Primary | Stasis | Season Pass |
- Aspects: Tectonic Harvest and Howl of the Storm.
- Fragments: Whisper of Shards and Whisper of Conduction. The rest is up to you.
- Abilities: Rally barricade and Glacier grenades.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Discipline.
- Mods: Mods that reduce the cooldown for abilities are best suited for this build. Grenade Kickstart and Utility Kickstart/Bomber are some examples. This build can also incorporate an Orbs of Power build by using Heavy Handed or Firepower mod to create Orbs of Power.
- Helmet: Harmonic Siphon, Heavy Ammo Finder.
- Arms: Grenade Kickstart, Firepower .
- Chest: Resistance Mods based on your enemies.
- Legs: x2 Elemental Charge.
- Class Item: Utility Kickstart, Bomber.
Gameplay Loop
This build can fill entire areas with stasis crystals and use them to deal high shatter damage to close-by enemies.
The Hoarfrost-Z exotic perk, “Glacial Fortification,” takes the normal Titan barricade and replaces it with a wall of stasis crystal. This special wall can be shattered like a normal stasis crystal. This means it can be used to create another source of stasis crystals.
The gameplay loop is simple: Use both the Hoarfrost-Z and the glacier grenade to create a mass of stasis crystals. Standing next to these crystals will provide more damage resistance. Shattering a crystal will provide you with enhanced ability regeneration and a small portion of an overshield. The shards created can then also be used with the Elemental Charge mod to act as an easy source of Armor Charges. A quick and easy way to shatter lots of crystals is to use a wave frame grenade launcher.
🔷 Pro tip: You can find more builds on our dedicated Titan Builds hub.
Before you go…
While most of these builds are geared toward endgame content, most will be extremely lethal in casual and seasonal content. Did we miss a Stasis build you think should definitely be added? Let us know in the comments below!
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