Are you a Titan main and want to take your game to the next level? These are the best Titan builds in Destiny 2, including builds for PvE and PvP. Whether you’re into any of the revamped 3.0 Subclasses or are still into Stasis, these builds have you covered.
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.
Best Titan PvE builds: Episode 3
Updated as of Episode 3: Heresy. See Updates.
-- | Name | Subclass | Rank | Excels in | Gear | Area | Class | Status |
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![]() | Come on and Slam | ![]() | 1 🥇 | Casual Content | ![]() ![]() | PvE | Titan | Top 3 |
![]() | Ruinous Keep | ![]() | 2 🥈 | Endgame | ![]() ![]() | PvE | Titan | Top 3 |
![]() | Point-Contact Assassin | ![]() | 3 🥉 | Endgame | ![]() ![]() | PvE | Titan | Top 3 |
![]() | Stasis Tank | ![]() | 4 | Endgame | ![]() | PvE | Titan | |
![]() | One Punch (Bash) Man | ![]() | 5 | Endgame | ![]() ![]() | PvE | Titan | Best in Class |
![]() | Super Supreme | ![]() | 6 | Endgame | ![]() | PvE | Titan | |
![]() | Soaring Submachine Gunner | ![]() | 7 | Casual Content | ![]() ![]() | PvE | Titan | |
![]() | Super-Titan Prime | ![]() | 8 | Casual Content | ![]() | PvE | Titan | |
![]() | Strand Reborn | ![]() | 9 | Casual Content | ![]() ![]() | PvE | Titan | Best in Class |
![]() | Sir Lance-a-Lot | ![]() | 10 | Casual Content | ![]() | PvE | Titan | Best in Class |
💠 PS: We cover in detail the top Titan Prismatic Builds here.
Best Titan Builds: Top 3
Come on and Slam
Excels In: All Content (Seasonal Activities, Strikes, etc.)
Goal of the Build: Combine Titan’s most powerful exotics into one explosively destructive build.
Mandatory Gear: Stoicism with Spirit of Synthoceps and Spirit of Inmost Light. Khvostov 7G-0X is recommended.
![]() Name: Stoicism | Class: TitanSlot: Class Item | Source: Master RahoolRequires: The Final Shape | Exotic Perk: Can randomly roll with two of the following Stoicism Exotic Traits. |
![]() | Khvostov 7G-0X | Auto Rifle | ![]() | ![]() | The Pale Heart |
- Aspects: Consecration and Knockout (alternative: Diamond Lance).
- Fragments: Facet of Courage, Facet of Balance, Facet of Protection, Facet of Ruin, and Facet of Purpose.
- Abilities: Glacier Grenace, Frenzied Blade, Thruster. Choose between Glacial Quake and Twilight Arsenal for Super.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Strength 🡒 Recovery → Discipline.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Hands-On and a Siphon Mod matching your Primary weapon.
- Arms: Heavy Handed, Momentum Transfer
- Chest: Relevant Resistance and Reserve Mods.
- Legs: Better Already, Absolution, and Recuperation.
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction, Outreach, and Bomber.
Gameplay Loop
As a pure ability spam build, there is no nuanced loop here, but to help take down larger targets, toss your Glacier Grenade prior to rushing in, as you’ll gain a 10% bonus to the Consecration slams. If you went with Diamond Lance, the slow/freeze it applies will also count. Make sure to be tossing your grenade as much as possible to maintain the juiced regen. With this, you should be able to build Transcendence and Super extremely quick as well.
The real strengths here are the ease of use and raw power. Simply activating any of your abilities buffs the regen of the others, and with Frenzied Blade giving you three charges, it’s very rare you’ll find yourself on cooldown. On top of this, the 165% damage buff from Synthoceps also applies to the Consecration slam, so it shouldn’t be hard to see why this build is our #1!
Ruinous Keep
Excels In: Solo, Endgame, Grandmasters.
Goal of the Build: Harness the new Storm’s Keep aspect to call down unyielding squalls that will lay waste to even the strongest of foes.
Mandatory gear: Heart of Inmost Light or Hazardous Propulsion. Witherhoard or Anarchy are highly recommended for DPS.
![]() Name: Hazardous Propulsion | Class: TitanSlot: Chest | Source: Master RahoolRequires: The Final Shape | Exotic Perk: Weapon precision hits or final blows have a chance to load a Kinetic Exodus rocket. Activating your class ability fires loaded Exodus rockets. Damaging targets with Exodus rockets temporarily increases the damage you deal with all other rockets. |
![]() Name: Heart of Inmost Light | Class: TitanSlot: Chest | Source: Exotic EngramsRequires: Forsaken Pack | Exotic Perk: Using an ability (grenade, melee, or Barricade) empowers the other two abilities. Empowered means abilities have faster regen, melees and grenades do more damage, and Barricades have more hit points. |
- Aspects: Knockout and Storm’s Keep.
- Fragments: Spark of Recharge, Spark of Shock, Spark of Resistance, Spark of Frequency.
- Abilities: Pulse Grenade, Thunderclap, and Rally Barricade.
- Stats: Max Resilience and Recovery → Discipline and Strength
- Mods:
- Helmet: Siphon Mod, Heavy Ammo Finder, Heavy Ammo Scout
- Arms: Focusing Strike, Harmonic Loader, Bolstering Detonation
- Chest: Resistance Mods and Reserve Mods
- Legs: Surge Mods OR Recuperation and Better Already
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction, Reaper, Bomber
Gameplay Loop
This is one of the easiest and most straightforward builds for Titan. Storm’s Keep allows players that sit behind the caster’s barricade to build stacks of Bolt Charge, and once at max stacks, they can release those charges via weapon damage. This completely changes the efficacy of Bolt Charge, which by itself, does almost the same damage an ignition does at the cost of needing ability damage to release it. With Storm’s Keep, you’re basically setting off ignitions at a rate far beyond what we ever could.
In that sense, the loop is simple. If using Heart of Inmost Light, pop your barricade after using your grenade and melee so it has increased health, and if using Hazardous Propulsion, pop it off when you’ve got stacks of the Exodus Rockets to pump out extra damage. Once behind the barricade, fire off your weapons and don’t let up.
Point-Contact Assassin
Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)
Goal of the Build: Breeze through solo content through invis and massive AoE damage thanks to Prismatic and Stoicism
Mandatory Gear: Stoicism with Spirit of the Assassin and Contact. Buried Bloodline or Khvostov are recommended.
![]() Name: Stoicism | Class: TitanSlot: Class Item | Source: Master RahoolRequires: The Final Shape | Exotic Perk: Can randomly roll with two of the following Stoicism Exotic Traits. |
![]() | Buried Bloodline | Sidearm | ![]() | ![]() | Warlord's Ruin Dungeon | |
![]() | Khvostov 7G-0X | Auto Rifle | ![]() | ![]() | The Pale Heart |
- Aspects: Consecration and Drengr's Lash.
- Fragments: Facet of Dawn, Facet of Hope, Facet of Balance, Facet of Protection, Facet of Blessing, Facet of Purpose.
- Abilities: Thruster, Frenzied Blade, Shackle Grenade, Bladefury.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Strength 🡒 Recovery.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Siphon Mod matching your weapon, Hands-On.
- Arms: Heavy Handed.
- Chest: Relevant Resistance and Reserve Mods.
- Legs: Better Already, Recuperation, Invigoration.
- Class Item: Outreach, Powerful Attraction.
Gameplay Loop
The loop is quite simple: use Consecration on a group of enemies to ignite and jolt them, granting yourself healing, invis, amplified, and radiant. Activate Thruster when you approach the next group to proc Drengr’s Lash and pick up orbs, which activates Woven Mail through Facet of Purpose. Kill the suspended enemies, and start from the top. Using this in tandem with Episode 1’s artifact perk “Galvanic Armor'' will enhance your survivability even more!
Once you have Transcendence, activate it to make the loop go even faster. While Transcendent, you’ll be nigh unkillable thanks to its intrinsic damage resistance on top of Facet of Protection, Galvanic Armor, and Woven Mail.
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Stasis Tank
Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)
Goal of the Build: Become a walking tank thanks to Icefall Mantle and Diamond Lance reworks.
Mandatory gear: Icefall Mantle and a Stasis Primary. A Stasis Heavy weapon is recommended as well.
![]() Name: Icefall Mantle | Class: TitanSlot: Arms | Source: Lost SectorsRequires: Beyond Light | Exotic Perk: Stasis final blows have a chance to grant an escalating bonus to Stasis weapon damage. Replaces your Barricade ability with a personal overshield. When you activate your Barricade, you gain the highest-tier Stasis weapon damage bonus and create a burst around yourself that slows combatants. While you have this overshield, you are slowed and Barricade does not recharge. |
- Aspects: Diamond Lance and Tectonic Harvest
- Fragments: Whisper of Conduction, Whisper of Fissures, Whisper of Shards, Whisper of Rime, and Whisper of Chains.
- Abilities: Towering Barricade, Shiver Strike, and Glacial Grenade
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Discipline🡒 Strength.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Harmonic Siphon, Heavy Ammo Finder.
- Arms: Bolstering Detonation, Focusing Strike.
- Chest: Relevant Resistance Mods.
- Legs: Stasis Surge.
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction, Time Dilation.
Gameplay Loop
A lot changed with Icefall Mantle’s rework. First and foremost, you are no longer slowed to walking speed when activating your class ability and it begins regeneration the moment it is activated, as opposed to needing to fully expire. Secondly, you heal a small amount of HP when gaining Frost Armor stacks, and the class ability activation gives you full Frost Armor stacks (5 base, 8 with Rime) as well as freezing enemies within a small radius. Finally, it no longer provides a Stasis weapon buff.
With this in mind, the loop is as follows: using your grenade or Diamond Lance, create Stasis crystals and then shatter them to create Stasis Shards and boost your grenade regen. Picking up these shards grants you Frost Armor and health. Repeat this loop, making sure to slam your Diamond Lances down when possible to generate free Frost Armor stacks. When things get dicey, pop your class ability to get full Frost Armor stacks and regen 80 HP, as well as freezing anything that dared get close.
One Punch (Bash) Man
Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)
Goal of the Build: Titans are known for their punching skills, and this build aims to take it to a new level. Peregrine Greaves now refunds all melee energy when hitting a miniboss, Champion, or Tormentor, and when paired with Void 3.0, cuts them down to size too.
Mandatory gear: Peregrine Greaves. Tractor Cannon is recommended.
![]() Name: Peregrine Greaves | Class: TitanSlot: Legs | Source: Exotic EngramsRequires: Forsaken Pack | Exotic Perk: All shoulder charge abilities (Seismic Strike, Hammer Strike, or Shield Bash) deal bonus damage when activated in the air. |
![]() | Tractor Cannon | Shotgun | ![]() | ![]() | Exotic Engram |
- Aspects: Bastion and Offensive Bulwark.
- Fragments: Echo of Undermining, Echo of Leeching, and Echo of Expulsion.
- Abilities: Vortex Grenade or Void Wall, Shield Bash.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Recovery 🡒 Discipline 🡒 Strength.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Hands-On.
- Arms: Heavy Handed, Melee Kickstart, Focusing Strike.
- Chest: Relevant Resistance and Reserve Mods.
Gameplay Loop
The aspects used in this build work hand in hand with each other to help strengthen your melee damage you output. Bastion grants an overshield when using your barricade, allowing Offensive Bulwark to activate. This increases your melee damage, range, and regeneration. It also allows for melee final blows to increase the duration of the overshield. This loop of constant overshield helps you regen your other abilities faster and help keep the melee chain going.
Peregrine Greaves add to this by enhancing all shoulder charge abilities after being airborne for a short duration. To most enemies, this would be a 225% increase, but to anything classified as a mini-boss (Champions, Tormentors), this is a staggering 1000%!
So when going up against any of them, the idea is to apply Tractor Cannon’s debuff, sprint, jump, and then Shield Bash right into them. If they aren’t dead on the first go around, your melee should be back in time to do it again. It is important that you are in the air for at least half a second. Otherwise, the perk will not activate and you will not receive the damage buff, nor the melee energy.
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Super Supreme
Excels In: Endgame
Goal of the Build: Dish out damage unlike ever before with both your Super and Heavy Weapon.
Mandatory gear: Stoicism with Spirit of the Eternal Warrior and Spirit of the Star-Eater, as well as a Heavy Weapon that matches your Super.
![]() Name: Stoicism | Class: TitanSlot: Class Item | Source: Master RahoolRequires: The Final Shape | Exotic Perk: Can randomly roll with two of the following Stoicism Exotic Traits. |
- Aspects: Consecration. The second Aspect is up to you.
- Fragments: Facet of Blessing, Facet of Courage, Facet of Mending, Facet of Awakening, Facet of Balance, Facet of Protection.
- Abilities: Pulse Grenade, Frenzied Blade, Thruster, and a Super that works on the boss you are facing.
- Stats: Resilience → Intellect → Recovery.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Hands-On, Ashes to Assets, and a matching Siphon mod.
- Arms: Heavy Handed and Firepower.
- Chest: Relevant Resistance and Reserve Mods.
- Legs: Innervation, Invigoration, Absolution.
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction, Bomber, Outreach.
Gameplay Loop
Before we explain the very basic loop, let’s go over why it’s so powerful. Feast of Light grants all Supers except for Thundercrash and Twilight Arsenal a 70% damage buff, while giving a 50% and 25% buff to the others, respectively. Eternal Warrior grants a x4 weapon surge to any weapon matching the Super’s element for 30 whole seconds, which translates to a 25% damage buff. While it might not seem like much more than slapping on 3 surge mods, that’s a whole 9 armor energy, which leaves little room for a stat mod and takes up all the combat mod slots which could be used for things like Better Already or Recuperation.
The loop is simple here: charge your Super and then pick up extra orbs to build your Feast of Light stacks prior to the damage phase. Once it starts, fire off your Super and after it is done, lay into the boss using your matching Heavy weapon.
Soaring Submachine Gunner
Excels In: Casual Content (Seasonal Activities, Strikes, etc.)
Goal of the Build: Using Peacekeeper’s new damage buff and Manticore’s anti-grav lift, take to the sky and make sure that none stand in your wake.
Mandatory gear: Peacekeepers and The Manticore.
![]() Name: Peacekeepers | Class: TitanSlot: Legs | Source: Exotic EngramsRequires: Free-to-Play | Exotic Perk: Reloads stowed Submachine Guns and allows you to ready them instantly. Improves your handling with SMGs and your movement while wielding one. |
![]() | The Manticore | Submachine Gun | ![]() | ![]() | Exotic Kiosk |
- Aspects: Bastion and Controlled Demolition
- Fragments: Echo of Instability, Echo of Persistence, Echo of Starvation, and Echo of Reprisal.
- Abilities: Shield Bash, Towering Barricade, Twilight Arsenal. Your choice of grenade.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Discipline.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Ashes to Assets, Harmonic Siphon.
- Arms: Firepower.
- Chest: Resistance Mods based on your enemies.
- Legs: Better Already, Recuperation, Void Surge.
- Class Item: Bomber, Powerful Attraction, Reaper.
Gameplay Loop
Thanks to Peacekeepers now getting a damage buff to all SMGs, it’s one of the most fun builds to play around, even in PvE. While most SMGs can benefit greatly from this, it’s The Manticore that shines through thanks to its intrinsic granting bonus damage while airborne.
The loop plays very easily: start off by activating Volatile Rounds from a grenade kill. This will juice the Anti-Gravity Repulsors, and once full, activate it mid-air to dish out incredible amounts of damage while also regenerating a Void Overshield via rapid kills or scoring 5 hits on any non minor target. If you’re running into heavier targets, pop your barricade prior to engagement to increase your survivability, and be sure to toss your grenade as often as possible to deal even more damage!
Super-Titan Prime
Excels In: Casual Content (Seasonal Activities, Strikes, etc.)
Goal of the Build: Take advantage of Cuirass’s buff to fly headfirst into your problems over and over and over again.
Mandatory Gear: Cuirass of the Falling Star. A weapon with Demolitionist is recommended.
![]() Name: Cuirass of the Falling Star | Class: TitanSlot: Chest | Source: Lost SectorsRequires: Beyond Light | Exotic Perk: Greatly increases your Thundercrash impact damage. Gain an overshield that lasts longer the farther you travel before striking a target. |
- Aspects: Knockout and Consecration
- Fragments: Facet of Awakening, Facet of Courage, Facet of Dawn, Facet of Protection, Facet of Purpose
- Abilities: Any Grenade, Frenzied Blade, Thruster, Thundercrash.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Discipline → Intellect.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Ashes to Assets, Matching Siphon.
- Arms: Firepower, Grenade Kickstart, Bolstering Detonation.
- Chest: Resistance Mods based on your enemies.
- Legs: Innervation, Insulation, Elemental Charge.
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction (as many as possible).
Gameplay Loop
Although the days of Thundercrash being the best damage super for Titans have long passed, there is no denying the fun and power behind this Super. Cuirass of the Falling Star buffs its damage by 55% (this is because the Super itself got buffed!) and gives 50% damage resistance after it ends, and thanks to a buff in Episode: Revenant, it now also gives Super energy on melee kills while Amplified.
Gameplay loop is rather simple: Become Amplified by getting any melee kill, and then use Consecration on large groups to generate Orbs via Heavy Handed, and Super energy via Cuirass’s perk and Hands-On.
Once your Super is charged, find whatever high-tier enemy needs removal, and fire it off. Use the damage resistance to reposition to safety, and start from the top.
Strand Reborn
Excels In: Casual Content (Seasonal Activities, Strikes, etc.)
Goal of the Build: Dive headfirst into combat and lay waste to enemies with your melees while using your allies to help regen it faster than ever before.
Mandatory gear: Wishful Ignorance and Final Warning.
![]() Name: Wishful Ignorance | Class: TitanSlot: Arms | Source: Master RahoolRequires: The Final Shape | Exotic Perk: Gain an additional Frenzied Blade charge. Frenzied Blade and Flechette Storm briefly increase their damage with each strike. Pulses from your Banner of War return melee energy based on the number of allies healed. |
![]() | Final Warning | Sidearm | ![]() | ![]() | Exotic Quest |
- Aspects: Banner of War and Flechette Storm
- Fragments: Thread of Ascent, Thread of Fury, Thread of Generation, Thread of Warding
- Abilities: Rally Barricade, Grapple Grenade, and Frenzied Blade.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Strength → Discipline.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Harmonic Siphon and Hands-On
- Arms: Heavy Handed and Impact Induction
- Chest: Concussive Dampener and Melee Damage Resistance
- Legs: Better Already, Innervation, Strand Surge.
- Class Item: Bomber and Reaper.
Gameplay Loop
Wishful Ignorance has been around for only a little bit, but it’s quickly become the defacto Strand exotic for good reason. On top of granting an extra melee charge, you build up a nice damage buff and get melee ability regen when healing allies via Banner of War. As such, this is meant for non-solo content, as the more allies you heal, the more melee energy you get.
The loop has a few steps to it compared to our other builds here. Firstly, you’ll need to activate Banner of War by getting a melee kill. Once up, toss the Tangle it generated at enemies to regain some melee energy and progress Banner of War’s stacks. Then, start hitting enemies with either Frenzied Blade or Flechette Storm to build up damage and Banner of War stacks. When your melee is out, get near allies to heal them and regain even more melee energy. Rinse and repeat.
Sir Lance-a-Lot
Excels In: Casual Content (Seasonal Activities, Strikes, etc.)
Goal of the Build:Pelt enemies from afar and control the battlefield with the improved Cadmus Ridge Lance Cap and Diamond Lances.
Mandatory gear: Cadmus Ridge Lancecap. I recommend using a mid- to long-range primary to land the critical hits from a safe distance.
![]() Name: Cadmus Ridge Lancecap | Class: TitanSlot: Helm | Source: Lost SectorsRequires: Lightfall | Exotic Perk: Diamond Lances create Stasis crystals on impact when thrown, with more crystals created by hitting bosses and vehicles. While using a Stasis subclass and behind your rally barricade, rapid precision hits and combatant final blows with a Stasis weapon creates a Diamond Lance near you. |
- Aspects: Tectonic Harvest and Howl of the Storm.
- Fragments: Whisper of Shards, Whisper of Conduction, Whisper of Fissures, and Whisper of Rending
- Abilities: Rally barricade, Shiver Strike, and Glacier Grenades.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Discipline → Recovery
- Mods:
- Helmet: Harmonic Siphon, Heavy Ammo Finder.
- Arms: Momentum Transfer and Bolstering Detonation.
- Chest: Resistance Mods based on your enemies.
- Legs: Surge mods matching your primary and special weapons.
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction, Reaper, and Bomber.
Gameplay Loop
This build is perfect in content where pushing up is not recommended, or just to have fun in casual settings. As Diamond Lances now grant Frost Armor stacks when slammed down, and create Stasis Crystals on impact when using Cadmus Ridge Lancecap, you can effectively be a long range support Titan. What’s great is that you don’t even need the aspect to make them!
First, your Rally Barricade is key to the loop working. Only when behind it and landing critical hits will the Diamond Lances spawn (if you don’t run the aspect, that is). After generating your first one, toss it into a group to create Stasis Crystals. Shattering them or the frozen enemies will grant you class ability energy thanks to Whisper of Refraction, as well as extra grenade regen from Shards and an orb from Bonds.
After this, push up to where they were, place your Rally Barricade to absorb the orbs, and take it from the top. Make sure to slam a Diamond Lance down every so often to give yourself and nearby allies Frost Armor stacks.
Best Titan PvP builds
PvP Essentials
PvP is a different ball game when it comes to gearing up and taking your Titan to the max level. Unlike PvE, most gameplay mods such as Elemental Wells and Warmind Cells are disabled in PvP. Those slots are then freed up for more PvP-orientated mods such as Targeting or Unflinching mods.
One thing that does carry over between the game modes is the importance of certain stats. Recovery replaces Resilience as the most important stat. You should always aim to get 100 Recovery or as close as possible. Recovery dictates the speed at which you can engage in fights and can be the difference between a loss and a win.
Due to the current sandbox that focuses on abilities, your next port of call should be to increase your Discipline, Strength, and Resilience as high as possible. Whilst Resilience doesn’t give a damage reduction like in PvE, the increased health can allow you to survive certain weapons and combos. It also grants you a faster barricade, which is always helpful.
Subclasses
Titan is actually in a pretty good spot when it comes to the strength of its subclasses in PvP.
Arc 3.0: Striker
The latest class to get the 3.0 treatment, Arc titan, is incredibly strong in this current meta. Strong Aspects such as Knockout and Touch of Thunder, make titan a force to be reckoned with in close-range engagements. The new thruster class ability adds a new level of movement to the class which has previously lacked behind the other classes. This allows titans to rapidly close the distance and get it to key positions/melee range.
Fragments such as Spark of Magnitude and Spark of Feedback enhance Arc titan’s ability to be a menace in close range. Spark of Magnitude combined with Touch of Thunder grants Titan arguably the best grenades in PVP.
Void 3.0: Sentinel
With the ability to combine the best of the old trees together, Void Titan has been at the top of the PVP meta since the Witch Queen. Void Titan shines the most in smaller game modes such as Elimination, Competitive, and Trials. Bastion provides it with an easily accessible over-shield that is extremely strong in PVP. Combined with one of the best supers for elimination modes, Ward of Dawn, Void Titan has one of the best kits in the game.
Fragments such as Echo of Leaching can be extremely beneficial when in close range, and when combined with Bastion and Offensive Bulwark, can make a very strong close-range class. Other fragments such as Echo of Dilation strengthen the neutral game of this class.
Solar 3.0: Sunbreaker
Whilst having a slightly weaker neutral game when compared to Void or Arc, Solar titan can still hold its own. The aspects are more tailored to PVE however aren’t awful in PVP. Sol Invictus can help to create space and provide you with a source of healing. Whilst its effect is very niche, Roaring Flames can lead to some unexpected one-hit kills if enough kills are chained together. Both supers are usable, with Burning Maul being a relatively unknown counter to Ward of Dawn.
Fragments and Abilities is where Solar 3.0 Titan shines. Healing grenades are a game changer and are often picked over an offensive grenade due to their potency. Radiant is a great buff to have inside PVP. While not an enormous increase, it can be used to change the optimal TTKs of certain weapons and allows you to engage at longer ranges than normal, sometimes catching your opponents off guard. Fragments that buff this, such as Ember of Solace, can be great to choose and build around.
Berserker
Berserker is the king of Titan movement. The combination of Grapple and the three charges of Frenzied Blade melee allows Berserker to move around the map much faster than any other titan subclass.
Whilst not meta-defining, Berserker can still be used effectively in all the different PVP playlists. Building into the suspend mechanic is the best way to go around creating a Berserker PVP build.
Pros:
- Powerful crowd-control abilities (Suspend)
- Fantastic movement
- Great Super
Cons:
- Weaker Neutral Game
- Long Cooldowns
- Higher Skill Floor
Stasis: Behemot
The strengths of the Stasis Titan are similar in PvE and PvP: Area denial and control. While it may be weaker than the other subclasses in terms of killing potential, the utility of Stasis can sometimes be a good choice. The aspects and fragments that are usually chosen in PvE also work well inside the crucible. Whisper of Chains is a great choice, as the extra resistance it provides can affect the optimal TTK of certain weapons used by your opponents.
Glacier grenades and Howl of the Storm are great choices to help gain map control too. The crystals not only serve as a source of ability regeneration and resistance but can also be used to block sight lines or cut down longer lanes. These can also be used to help close the gap or provide some respite from your opponents.
Best PvP Titan Exotics
General Exotics
Armor | Class | Type | Requirements | Source | Released | Requires | Exotic Perk |
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![]() Dunemarchers | Titan | Legs | Free-to-Play | Exotic Engrams | Season 1 | ![]() Free-to-Play | Increases sprint speed. Sprinting builds up a static charge. After melee-attacking an enemy, that charge will chain damage to nearby enemies. |
![]() One-Eyed Mask | Titan | Helm | Forsaken Pack | Exotic Engrams | Season 4 | ![]() Forsaken Pack | Highlights the enemy who dares to damage you. Track down and destroy your enemy for an overshield. |
![]() Synthoceps | Titan | Arms | Free-to-Play | Exotic Engrams | Season 1 | ![]() Free-to-Play | Increased melee lunge range. Improved melee and Super damage when you're surrounded. |
There are loads of viable exotics for Titans to use inside the Crucible.
Dunemarchers are a good example of an exotic that has stood the test of time. The added mobility they provide as well as the extra lightning chain upon punching an opponent makes them extremely strong for all subclasses. Titans have struggled to keep up with the other classes, and Dunemarchers help to close that gap.
The infamous One-Eyed Mask is still a solid choice inside PVP. While is nowhere near as strong as it once was, it still is a competitive option for all subclasses. Its exotic perk “Vengeance” grants you an over-shield for defeating an opposing guardian. This gives you an advantage when it comes to the next fight due to the health increase.
Synthoceps are another strong exotic that work with any titan subclass. The extra melee range can catch opposing guardians off guard and pair well with a close-range weapon such as a shotgun or SMG.
Subclass-specific Exotics
Armor | Class | Type | Requirements | Source | Released | Requires | Exotic Perk |
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![]() Loreley Splendor Helm | Titan | Helm | The Witch Queen | Lost Sectors | Season 16 | ![]() The Witch Queen | When you have Sun Warrior, your Sunspots heal you. When you are critically wounded, create a Sunspot at your location. |
Perhaps the better-known and strongest subclass-specific exotic for Titan is the Loreley Splendor helmet. Even after receiving a nerf, it is still widely used and surprisingly strong. The extra source of instant restoration makes it very strong for 1v1 situations as opposing guardians have to hit additional shots in order to take you down.
Before you go…
The new Titan Exotic is definitely worth chasing this season. We cover how to get the Pyrogale Gauntlets in Destiny 2 here.
See latest Updates
- March 10, 2025: Updates based on Episode 3 (Heresy).
- September 13, 2023: Updates based on the Season 22 meta and the addition of the “Berserker of War” build.
- July 3, 2023: Updates based on the Season 21 meta
- October 4, 2022: The guide is published for the first time.
Stay tuned, and don’t forget to bookmark this page for next season!
Seems like this is the titan page instead of hunter.
The literal title is best builds for Titans lol.
Can this be updated for season of the wish?
theese seriously need to be updated
Please please please can these builds be updated? The Hunter and Warlock pages are all recent-ish.
This really needs to be updated.