Best Destiny 2 Titan exotics: Tier List Ranking

Exotic armor pieces are truly a unique and important part of Destiny 2. While weapons get most of the attention, your choice of armor plays a crucial role too. This is especially true for Exotic armor, as that one single piece of equipment can elevate your playstyle and lethality to new levels. Destiny 2 is all about finding synergies within your gear, and Exotic armor is often the first piece of the puzzle.

This guide covers every Titan Exotic in Destiny 2, including the brand-new Pyrogale Gauntlets Exotic. We’ll rank them from best to worst, and explain how to use them for maximum lethality.

Updated as of Season of the Seraph (S19).

Destiny 2 Titan Exotics Tier list

The Tier list below includes every Titan Exotic armor piece in the game. It starts with the S Tier weapons and moves down from there:

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.

Swaps: You’ll see a couple of armor pieces ranked as “Swap.” Swap refers to those armor pieces that are generally not great but can be excellent in very specific situations, namely when using your Super. For that reason, these deserve a different ranking as they still have a place in your loadout.

More Destiny 2 Exotic Armor Tier lists:

• Warlock Exotics
• Hunter Exotics
• Lost Sector Exotics

Best Destiny 2 Titan Exotic armor in 2022

This section not only covers the top Exotic armor pieces for Titans currently in the game, but it also tells you where you can find them. On top of being top-tier options for PvE and PvP, some of them look great. So much so that they are often seen in Destiny 2 fashion contests.

Overall, these are our Top 10 favorite Titan Exotics for PVE and PVP.

 

10. Aeon Safe

 Excels in PvE

For most of their life, the Aeon Cult exotics have been extremely lackluster. However, they got a substantial rework in Season of the Chosen, allowing the user to benefit both their fireteam and themselves in various ways.

Aeon Soul doesn’t have a normal exotic perk. To replace it, it has three different unique mods you can select. These allow you to customize what the exotic does for you and your team, while also staying as powerful as any other exotic.

The most popular of the three mods is “Sect of Insight” by far. This mod allows you to generate ammo for the rest of your fireteam (not yourself) by finishing different types of enemies. Finishing Elites (things like Honored Legionaries or Quantum Goblins) gives special ammo, and finishing minibosses or bosses (like Champions) gives heavy.

While Sect of Insight is widely regarded as the strongest of the three mods, each one is extremely unique and can benefit your team in a variety of ways. Overall, this exotic gives strong benefits to the rest of your team and is a great option to run in any team-based PVE activity.

How to get it: Aeon Safe can be acquired via Exotic engrams, Xûr, or farming Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Aeon Safe	Titan	Arms	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 2	Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk? Instead of an Intrinsic perk, Aeon Exotics have an additional mod socket which is used for Aeon Cult mods.

 

9. Hoarfrost-Z

 Excels in PvE

Most of the time when an exotic is tied to a subclass it means it is very good in that area. That is the case for the combination of Hoarfrost-Z and Stasis.

Glacial Fortification turns your barricade into a wall of stasis crystals. Not only does this wall have a lowered area to shoot through, but it also acts as both a rally barricade and a source of stasis crystals. The best stasis Titan builds revolve around generating and maintaining as many stasis crystals as possible. Hoarfrost-Z helps to provide an additional source of stasis crystals, making these builds easier to sustain.

It can also be paired with certain stasis aspects and fragments to help give damage reduction when you are near it and provide energy to your other abilities when you destroy a crystal. This way it can function in a similar way to Heart of Inmost Light and allow for a high ability uptime.

How to get it: Hoarfrost-Z can only via acquired via solo Legend/Master Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Hoarfrost-Z	Titan	Chest	The Witch Queen	Lost Sectors	Season 16	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."

 

8. Cuirass of the Falling Star

 Excels in PvE

Cuirass of the Falling Star is perhaps the best example of a “Swap” Exotic. It turns Thundercrash from a mid-tier super to an S-tier super.

This exotic doubles the damage of Thundercrash and provides an overshield after the super ends. Glorious Charge makes Thundercrash one of the best DPS supers in the game due to how much damage it adds. The super can be used quickly for some instant damage, and then you can retreat to use your DPS weapons. This is made easier by the overshield that it generates when you strike someone. This overshield lasts longer based on the duration of your flight so even if the target is far away, the overshield will last until you can get back in cover.

It only adds value to your Thundercrash exotic and hence is best used as a “Swap” Exotic. This means it doesn’t cost your neutral game anything and you can still use other exotics, only swapping to Cuirass for super damage.

How to get it: Cuirass of the Falling Star can only via acquired via solo Legend/Master Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Cuirass of the Falling Star	Titan	Chest	Beyond Light	Lost Sectors	Season 13	Beyond Light	Exotic Perk: "Greatly increases your Thundercrash impact damage. Gain an overshield that lasts longer the farther you travel before striking a target."

 

7. Wormgod Caress

 Excels in PvE

Wormgod Caress got its time in the spotlight with the introduction of the 3.0 subclasses and the 1-2 Punch perk. By stacking the exotic perk and using certain melees, it is possible to one-hit bosses and even solo raid encounters.

Burning Fists is the name of the exotic perk and grants a scaling increase to your melee damage whenever you get a melee kill. The full potential was unlocked when Bungie allowed separate keybinds for your charged and normal melee. This allows you to build up the stacks with normal melees before using your charged melee to deal the big final blow. Other abilities and melee buffs can also be stacked on top of this for some of the highest one-shot damage in the game.

A good example of a strong Wormgod Caress loadout would be Void 3.0 sentinel with Bastion and Offensive Bulwark aspects. These work together to increase melee damage when you have an overshield which is granted by casting your barricade. A 1-2 Punch shotgun can also be used with the Sheild Bash melee to nuke bosses.

How to get it: Wormgod Caress can be acquired via Exotic engrams, Xûr, or farming Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Wormgod Caress	Titan	Arms	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 3	Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: "Melee kills increase melee damage for a period of time. Additional kills extend duration and increase effects."

 

6. Synthoceps

Excels in PvE and PvP

An exotic that excels at what titan does best: punching things. Used effectively in both PVE and PVP, Synthoceps offer a great base to build a melee-focused build.

As the game has changed Synthoceps have gotten stronger since when they first released. Additions such as 1-2 punch and surrounded weapons are ideal to pair with Synthoceps. This is because the exotic perk, Biotic Enhancements, increases your melee and super damage if you are close to 3 or more enemies. This works hand in hand to create a front-line brawler playstyle.

Synthoceps also find great value inside the crucible as the extra lunge range they grant can be helpful when paired with a shotgun for a longer-than-normal shotgun-melee combo. The 7m can catch people off guard and can allow you to easily win melee fights by punching from out of their reach.

How to get it: Synthoceps can be acquired via Exotic engrams, Xûr, or farming Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Synthoceps	Titan	Arms	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: "Increased melee lunge range. Improved melee and Super damage when you're surrounded."

 

5. Peacekeepers

Excels in PvP

SMGs are currently very strong in the sandbox and have been a viable choice for a while. Peacekeepers take SMGs to the next level by granting a large number of buffs to make SMGs even more deadly.

Peacekeepers add a total of 7 different buffs when you are using an SMG, more than any other exotic. They passively grant 40 Airborne Effectiveness, 50 mobility, increased sprint speed and slide distance, bonus FOV when ADS, and 100 Handling with a 0.6x animation. This adds up to make SMGs have almost instant swapping speeds and the mobility bonus plays a huge role in closing the gap to get within SMG ranges.

Peacekeepers also reload your SMG when it is not equipped making this exotic provide lots of value even without holding an SMG. Peacekeepers are a game changer for SMGs and create a far more aggressive and powerful playstyle when using them.

How to get it: Peacekeepers can be acquired via Exotic engrams, Xûr, or farming Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Peacekeepers	Titan	Legs	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	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."

 

 

4. One-Eyed Mask

Excels in PvP

Ever since its debut in Forsaken, the One-Eyed Mask has become an infamous exotic inside the crucible. Even after receiving multiple nerfs it still manages to hold its own and be a great choice for PVP.

One-Eyed Mask’s exotic perk is Vengeance. This works by granting you an overshield for defeating a target that had damaged you. Whilst it no longer possesses the tracking through walls, it still highlights the target that damaged you making it easy for you to track them. The 95HP overshield is incredibly useful inside PVP as the extra health can alter the TTK of weapons giving you a clear advantage in 1v1 situations.

Despite not being as strong as its prime, the One-Eyed Mask is a great choice for PVP if you want to play an aggressive playstyle and get rewarded for chaining kills.

How to get it: One-Eyed Mask can be acquired via Exotic engrams, Xûr, or farming Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
One-Eyed Mask	Titan	Helm	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Engrams	Season 4	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Perk: "Highlights the enemy who dares to damage you. Track down and destroy your enemy for an overshield."

 

3. Loreley Splendor Helm

Excels in PvE and PvP

When it was first released in Season 16, Loreley was nothing groundbreaking and an average choice at best. However, when Solar 3.0 came out Loreley quickly became one of the strongest exotics in the game.

Cauterizing Flame is the perk of this exotic and generates a sunspot when you reach critical health with your barricade charged or when you cast your barricade. With Solar 3.0 these sunspots granted Restoration, an extremely powerful healing ability. This is a solid foundation to make a variety of builds upon helping Loreley to cover a wide range of roles by using Solar 3.0 to the maximum.

Even after receiving a nerf, Loreley is still one of the go-to exotics for high-light-level activities as the easy source of Restoration makes harder-hitting enemies more manageable.

How to get it: Loreley Splendor Helm can only via acquired via solo Legend/Master Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Loreley Splendor Helm	Titan	Helm	The Witch Queen	Lost Sectors	Season 16	The Witch Queen	Exotic Perk: "When you have Sun Warrior, your Sunspots heal you. When you are critically wounded, create a Sunspot at your location."

 

2. Dunemarchers

Best PvP Titan Exotic in Destiny 2

Dunemarchers have been an iconic exotic inside the crucible ever since the game first came out. Whilst there have been occasions where another exotic has temporarily taken the top spot, Dunemarchers have always been a reliable pick that has withstood the test of time.

Dunemarchers grant an increased sprint speed and slide distance that works in tandem with the main part of the exotic perk. Linear Actuators build an arc charge when sprinting for more than 1.5s. When you then melee someone, this charge is released in the form of chain lightning that does 85 damage to enemies within 20m. This is incredibly strong inside PVP as the extra damage can allow for easier clean-ups when paired with a CQC weapon like a shotgun or one of Titan’s many buffed melees.

The overall utility of Dunemarchers makes them the go-to pick for Titans looking for a fast-paced and aggressive playstyle within the crucible.

How to get it: Dunemarchers can be acquired via Exotic engrams, Xûr, or farming Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Dunemarchers	Titan	Legs	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: "Increases sprint speed. Sprinting builds up a static charge. After melee-attacking an enemy, that charge will chain damage to nearby enemies."

 

1. Heart of Inmost Light

Best PvE Titan Exotic in Destiny 2

The Heart of Inmost Light has always been a solid option for all PVE content ranging from Strikes to Raids. With the addition of Stasis and the 3.0 subclasses, Heart of Inmost Light has become one of the most powerful exotics in the game.

Heart of Inmost Light’s exotic perk, Overflowing Light, buffs both the regeneration speed and strength of your abilities. It does this by giving you a stacking buff when you cast one of your abilities that empowers the others. This can stack up to 2x. With the combination of the in-depth customisation offered by the 3.0 subclasses and certain mod setups, Heart of Inmost Light can allow you to spam empowered abilities.

This exotic pairs perfectly with mods that reduce ability cooldowns such as bomber, kickstart, and well mods. Abilities in this current sandbox are incredibly strong and Heart of Inmost Light takes this to another level. Its greatest strength is in PVE, but it can also be used extremely well inside the crucible. More frequent and powerful abilities can easily dominate and provide a great way to take control of space.

How to get it: Heart of Inmost Light can be acquired via Exotic engrams, Xûr, or farming Lost Sectors.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Heart of Inmost Light	Titan	Chest	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Engrams	Season 4	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."

Destiny 2 Titan Exotics sources: How to get them

Unlike Exotic weapons, finding Exotic armor is a straightforward affair. This is not to say it’s easy to farm for specific armor pieces. It, unfortunately, isn’t. To be fair, if you’re starting out and just want to find as many different exotics as possible, it can be done. Things become difficult when you are looking for good rolls of armor.

Exotic Engrams

Most Exotic armor can be found within Exotic Engrams: These can be found in the Season pass, they are sold by Xur and can also drop randomly at any time.

There isn’t much more to say about Exotic engrams, only that they have a higher chance to drop from end-game activities. If collecting exotics is your priority, Nightfall: The Ordeals are for you. And the higher the difficulty, the higher the chance to get one.

Lost Sectors

A few specific armor pieces can only be found in Legend and Master Lost Sectors when completed solo. Lost Sectors are on a daily rotation (with only one Legend and one Master available each day), as well as their rewards (one day will reward Legs pieces, the next day only Arms pieces, etc). You can find the daily rotation and list of exclusive Lost Sector Exotics here.

Ranking criteria

For the record, as much as we tried to keep this list as objective as possible, it’s still based on our personal experience playing the PC version of the game.

Finally, if you’re wondering what criteria was used to build this Tier list, these are the main factors I took into account:

• Consistency: Some armor pieces may not have the highest DPS potential, but they are so consistent, they more than make up for their lower burst damage numbers.
• Ease of use: Similar to the point above, some pieces are very effective because they are easy to use and don’t require too much skill or setup. This is also rewarded with higher rankings.
• PVE/PVP Performance: High lethality in either PVE or  PVP is equally valuable. However, an armor piece that is good at both PVE and PVP should rank higher than one that is slightly better on only PVE or PVP.
• Fun factor: Not the most important factor, but it also helps if the weapon is damn fun to shoot with!

If you strongly disagree with some of the rankings here, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section. By the way, what is your personal favorite?