Destiny 2 Hunter Armor: Best Exotics, Fashion and Armor sets

[toc] You obviously want your Guardian to look great while being powerful enough to tackle the game’s tougher challenges. There’s a lot to take into account here, including your Exotic of choice, the build around it, and the way it all comes together to look good.

This all can seem daunting early on, but trust me, it’s pretty easy to get started. This guide will help every step of the way and help you choose an Exotic, find great-looking armor sets, and finally, put it all together to create some dope Hunter fashion.

Best Hunter Exotics

We reviewed and ranked every single Hunter exotic here. But today, we focus only on the absolute best Exotics for PvE and PvP, and more precisely, the Exotics we consider to be S-tier. As you can only equip one Exotic at a time, your choice of what Exotic armor to use matters greatly, as it can take an entire build and/or subclass to new heights. These are the top-tier Hunter Exotics we recommend:

Name	Type	Rank	Excels	Subclass	Source	Requirements	Armor	Tier rank	Subclass?	Final Verdict
Star-Eater Scales	Legs	S › Best	PvE	Neutral	Lost Sectors	Beyond Light	Star-Eater Scales	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE	Neutral	Source: Legend/Master Lost Sectors Exotic Perk: "You gain additional Super energy from Orbs of Power you pick up. While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, causing you to gain a burst of healing when cast and a bonus to your Super damage. At maximum overcharge, you also gain an overshield." ► Star-Eater Scales is a beast. It focuses entirely on your super and can buff Hunters' supers to the highest DPS levels in the game. When using Star-Eater Scales, all subclasses get the highest DPS supers in the game, making Star-Eater Scales an excellent pick everywhere, no matter the difficulty.
Omnioculus	Chest	S › Best	PvE + PvP	Void	Lost Sectors	Beyond Light	Omnioculus	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE + PvP	Void	Source: Legend/Master Lost Sectors Exotic Perk: "You gain a second Smoke Bomb charge and have damage resistance while invisible. When you make an ally invisible, they gain damage resistance while invisible and you gain melee energy." ► Omnioculus is a ridiculously strong exotic. Granting an extra smoke bomb charge and giving melee energy when you make allies invisible is already excellent. However, giving your team damage resistance on demand takes Omnioculus to another level in both PvP and PvE.
Aeon Swift	Arms	S › Best	PvE	Neutral	Exotic Engrams	Free-to-Play	Aeon Swift	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE	Neutral	Source: Exotic Engrams Exotic Perk: "Aeon Exotics have an additional mod socket which is used for Aeon Cult mods." ► The Aeon sets are a must-have for anyone looking to take endgame PvE seriously. They are an excellent pick for Grandmaster Nightfalls and often a necessity for some boss encounters in Day 1 Raids. They eliminate the RNG that comes with ammo drops and help your team enormously.
Assassin's Cowl	Helm	S › Best	PvE	Neutral	Exotic Engrams	Shadowkeep	Assassin's Cowl	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE	Neutral	Source: Exotic Engrams Exotic Perk: "Powered melee final blows grant invisibility and restore a portion of health and shields. Finishers and final blows against more powerful targets increase the duration of the invisibility and the amount of health and shields." ► The Assassin's Cowl is the perfect Solo exotic. Both Gunslinger and Arcstrider can use this exotic brilliantly with the correct setup, allowing you to basically stay invisible forever. You can find a detailed build on how to synergize Radiant and Assassin's Cowl here.
St0mp-EE5	Legs	S › Best	PvP	Neutral	Exotic Engrams	Free-to-Play	St0mp-EE5	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvP	Neutral	Source: Exotic Engrams Exotic Perk: "Increases sprint speed and slide distance. Improves High Jump, Strafe Jump, and Triple Jump." ► St0mp-EE5, despite their airborne effectiveness nerf, remains a big favorite among PvP Hunter mains. The quality of life that Stompees provide and the ability to outmaneuver your opponents are rightfully valued highly and can take your movement to another level.
Wormhusk Crown	Helm	S › Best	PvE + PvP	Neutral	Exotic Engrams	Free-to-Play	Wormhusk Crown	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE + PvP	Neutral	Source: Exotic Engrams Exotic Perk: "We strive to know infinity, and sharpen our minds on the whetstone of the impossible." ► Wormhusk Crown is a ridiculously easy to use exotic which provides an incredible benefit. While there are some other means of healing, notably Healing Grenade on Solar, Wormhusk remains as a pick that is good no matter what you are playing in the game.
Renewal Grasps	Arms	S › Best	PvE	Stasis	Lost Sectors	The Witch Queen	Renewal Grasps	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE	Stasis	Source: Legend/Master Lost Sectors 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." ► Renewal Grasps took a big (and deserved) nerf in PvP. Its damage resistance was reduced, and the cooldown was massively increased. Despite this, Renewal Grasps retained their PvE damage resist, making them an incredible option for players looking to be more defensive. We have a build using these on our Hunter Builds guide.
Caliban's Hand	Arms	S › Best	PvE	Solar	Lost Sectors	The Witch Queen	Caliban's Hand	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE	Solar	Source: Legend/Master Lost Sectors Exotic Perk: "Your Proximity Knife scorches targets it damages with its explosions, or ignites targets on a direct hit. After throwing a Proximity Knife, you gain increased melee regeneration until the knife explodes." ► Caliban's Hand turns your Explosive Knives into Ignition proccing machines. Simply getting a kill with your Explosive knife will cause an Ignition. We have an excellent build using the Caliban's Hand here. Caliban's Hand can turn your knives into add clearing machines with the right setup.
Gyrfalcon's Hauberk	Chest	S › Best	PvE + PvP	Void	Lost Sectors	The Witch Queen	Gyrfalcon's Hauberk	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE + PvP	Void	Source: Legend/Master Lost Sectors Exotic Perk: "Your weapons gain a bonus to damage briefly after you emerge from being invisible. When you are invisible and defeat a combatant using a finisher, you and your nearby allies gain a reserve overshield and improved class ability regen. These reserve overshields can be deployed by using a class ability." ► Gyrfalcon's Hauberk plays into the 'striking from the shadows' fantasy that Nightstalker brings. In PvP, you have a 15% damage buff, and in PvE, you have a whopping 35% damage buff. Any invisibility sources will activate Gyrfalcon's Hauberk, so exotics like Rat King or Heartshadow can make for very fun combos.

For the record, these are the different Tier levels used for this ranking:

• S Tier – Best: Highest ranking armor.
• A Tier – Strong: Very strong armor, but not on the same level as S Tier Choices.
• B Tier – Average: Decent choices that can be lethal in the hands of a skilled player.
• C Tier – Weak: The middle of the pack, somewhat mediocre.
• D Tier – Worst: Lagging behind the competition, these don’t have much to offer.

💠 Find the complete Exotic tier list in our Hunter Exotics: Ranked guide.

How to farm Exotic armor

Farming specific Exotic armor pieces used to be impossible, but nowadays, you can run Legend or Master Lost Sectors solo to farm Exotics. Plus, all of the newest Exotic armor pieces can only be found in Legend/Master Lost Sectors.

PS: Do you main another class? Titans, Warlocks, we’ve got you covered too!

Best Hunter armor sets

Once you have found and Masterworked your Exotic of choice, you’ll want to combine it with some top-tier legendary armor pieces.

Looks are subjective, of course, but when it comes to the best-looking armor sets in Destiny 2, you’ll generally find them within endgame content (as it should be). Endgame content being the most difficult, it’s only natural it rewards players with the best gear there is. Did I mention endgame armor also comes with some of the highest stats out there? These are, therefore, perfect to supplement a lethal Hunter build.

Hunter endgame armor can be resumed to the Raid, Dungeon, and Trials of Osiris armor sets:

Hunter Raid & Dungeon armor sets

Category	Source	Hunter	Hunter Set	Hunter Description	Hunter Image	Still obtainable?
End Game	Deep Stone Crypt Raid	Hunter	Legacy's Oath	Legacy's Oath Hunter Legacy's Oath armor Source: Deep Stone Crypt Raid Still Obtainable? Yes		Yes
End Game	Garden of Salvation Raid	Hunter	Of Righteousness	Of Righteousness Hunter Of Righteousness armor Source: Garden of Salvation armor (Raid)		Yes
End Game	Last Wish Raid	Hunter	The Great Hunt	The Great Hunt Hunter The Great Hunt armor Source: Last Wish armor (Raid)		Yes
End Game	Leviathan Raid	Hunter	Ace-Defiant	Ace-Defiant Hunter Ace-Defiant armor Source: Leviathan armor (Raid) Still Obtainable? No		No
End Game	Leviathan Prestige	Hunter	Emperor's Agent	Emperor's Agent Hunter Emperor's Agent armor Source: Leviathan Prestige armor (Raid) Still Obtainable? No		No
End Game	Eater of Worlds Raid Lair	Hunter	Feltroc	Feltroc Hunter Feltroc armor Source: Eater of Worlds armor (Raid) Still Obtainable? No		No
End Game	Spire of Stars Raid Lair	Hunter	Equitis Shade	Equitis Shade Hunter Equitis Shade armor Source: Spire of Stars Raid armor (Raid) Still Obtainable? No		No
End Game	Scourge of the Past Raid	Hunter	Bladesmith's Memory	Bladesmith's Memory Hunter Bladesmith's Memory armor Source: Scourge of the Past armor (Raid) Still Obtainable? No		No
End Game	Crown of Sorrow Raid	Hunter	Shadow of Silence	Shadow of Silence Hunter Shadow of Silence armor Source: Crown of Sorrow armor (Raid) Still Obtainable? No		No
End Game	Prophecy Dungeon	Hunter	Flowing (CODA)	Flowing (CODA) Hunter Flowing armor Source: Prophecy armor (Dungeon)	Ongoing...	Yes
End Game	Prophecy Dungeon	Hunter	Moonfang-X7	Moonfang-X7 Hunter Moonfang-X7 armor Source: Prophecy armor (Dungeon)		Yes

HunterTrials Of Osiris armor sets

💠 Find full set images of every Hunter Armor set in our Destiny 2 Armor Collection.

Best Hunter Fashion

This is where it all comes together. Properly combining your Exotic with some top-tier armor is what leads to a great-looking Guardian. To help you find some inspiration, these are some of the best Hunter fashion we’ve spotted on contests and community round-ups these past few months:

Ishiku Hunter fashion, Destiny 2

Ishiku, Hunter fashion

OX, Hunter fashion

Bugsydestroyer, Hunter fashion

xaane143, Hunter fashion

Jcm_unlimited, Hunter fashion

💠 Find more top-tier Hunter fashion examples in our Destiny 2 Fashion hub.

Your turn

You now know everything there is to know about Hunter armor in Destiny 2, including Legendary and Exotic pieces.

So what’s your favorite Hunter armor piece in the game right now? I’m a sucker for the Deep Stone Crypt raid armor set…