Best Destiny 2 Warlock Prismatic Builds Today

Updated as of Episode 3: Heresy.

Top Prismatic Warlock builds

--	Name	Class	Area	Subclass	Excels in	Element	Status
	Prismatic Blizzard	Warlock	PvE	Prismatic	Endgame	Prismatic	Top 3
	Prismatic Flame	Warlock	PvE	Prismatic	Endgame	Prismatic
	Stasis Engineer	Warlock	PvE	Prismatic	Grandmasters	Prismatic	Top 3

Best Warlock Prismatic build for PvE

Stasis Engineer

Excels In: Casual Content

Goal of the Build: Slow and freeze large groups of enemies using countless Bleak Watcher turrets.

Mandatory Gear: Rime-Coat Raiment and Ager’s Scepter.

Name:Rime-Coat Raiment

Class:Warlock Slot:Chest

Source:Master Rahool Requires:The Final Shape

Exotic Perk:Your Bleak Watcher turrets are enhanced with extended range and are surrounded by Stasis crystals and a storm. While standing in the storm, you are granted icicles over time. Icicles activate when you fire your weapons, applying Slow to targets they hit.

Ager's Scepter

Trace Rifle

Special

Stasis

Exotic Kiosk

Season 15

• Aspects: Bleak Watcher and Devour.
• Fragments: Facet of Ruin, Facet of Balance, Facet of Purpose, and Facet of Protection.
• Abilities: Nova Bomb: Cataclysm, Healing Grenade, and Arcane Needle.
• Stats: Grenade → Weapons → Super.
• Mods:
  • Helmet: Stasis Siphon, Special Ammo Finder.
  • Arms: x2 Impact Induction.
  • Chest: Relevant ammo generation/resist mods.
  • Legs: Relevant ammo scavenger/surge mods.
  • Class Item: x2 Bomber, Reaper.

Gameplay Loop

The primary loop of this build consists of throwing a Bleak Watcher turret down to control the battlefield, then recharging your grenade through Devour (which can be gained through any ability kill or by collecting an Orb of Power).

Ager’s Scepter, especially when used inside Bleak Domain’s radius, also helps to control hordes of enemies through Slow and Freeze. Once charged, your Super and Transcendence abilities can be used to kill larger enemies that don’t die from your other abilities/weapons.

Prismatic Artist

Excels In: Endgame

Goal of the Build: Utilize both Bleak Watcher and Getaway Artist turrets to dominate the battlefield while also having access to Devour, Cure, and Transcendence.

Mandatory Gear: Getaway Artist and  Praxic Blade (with Hyperblade Catalyst).

Name: Getaway Artist

Class: Warlock Slot: Arms

Source: Exotic Engrams Requires: Forsaken Pack

Exotic Perk: Convert your Arc Grenade into a supercharged Arc Soul. The Arc Soul functions as an autonomous turret.

Praxic Blade

Sword

Special

Kinetic

Exotic Quest

Renegades

• Aspects: Feed the Void and Bleak Watcher.
• Fragments: Facet of Courage, Facet of Grace, Facet of Mending, and Facet of Protection.
• Abilities: Song of Flame, Healing Rift, Arcane Needle, Storm Grenade.
• Stats: Grenade → Weapons → Super.
• Mods:
  • Helmet: Ashes to Assets, Kinetic Siphon, Finder/Scout
  • Arms: Firepower x2, Grenade Font/Impact Induction
  • Chest: Resist Mods
  • Legs: Better Already, Absolution, Kinetic Surge
  • Class Item: Time Dilation x 2, Distribution

Gameplay Loop

Consume your grenade to release a Stasis turret with Bleak Watcher, and also create an Arc Soul turret with Getaway Artist. This is your main source of ad-clear, and works with the Devour on Feed the Soul and the Cure on Facet of Mending to provide incredible levels of sustain. Max out your Grenade stat to do more damage, as this build now correctly scales with the Grenade stat.

For weapons, Praxic Blade provides extra survivability and movement with its deflection mechanic and is essential for building Transcendence with Facet of Grace rapidly. Otherwise, the rest of your loadout can be tailored for DPS, movement, ad-clear, or whatever else you need. It’s potent, flexible, and works in any type of content.

Surge of Light

Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Expert content)

Goal of the Build: Control the battlefield with Lightning Surge and other potent abilities within the Prismatic kit.

Mandatory Gear: Solipsism (Spirit of Inmost Light + Spirit of Synthoceps). We enjoy Graviton Spike for easy Transcendence generation, but it’s by no means required.

Name: Solipsism

Class: Warlock Slot: Class Item

Source: Master Rahool Requires: The Final Shape

Exotic Perk: Can randomly roll with two of the following Solipsism Exotic Traits.

Graviton Spike

Hand Cannon

Primary

Arc

Exotic Quest

The Edge of Fate

• Aspects: Feed the Void and Lightning Surge.
• Fragments: Facet of Protection, Facet of Courage, Facet of Dawn, Facet of Sacrifice, Facet of Balance.
• Abilities: Song of Flame, Phoenix Dive, Arcane Needle.
• Stats: Melee → Weapon → Super.
• Mods:
  • Helmet: Relevant ammo finders and siphons.
  • Arms: Melee Fonts (if needed), then Focusing Strike, Momentum Transfer, and/or Heavy Handed.
  • Chest: Charged Up, relevant resist/ammo generation mods.
  • Legs: Stacks on Stacks, Invigoration.
  • Class Item: Time Dilation, Outreach.

Gameplay Loop

This build focuses solely on Lightning Surge, both in terms of its uptime and potency. With Arcane Needle, the former is satisfied rather well, granting three charges at once.

Moreover, in Transcendence, you can slide plenty of times with Lightning Surge, meaning a ton of damage can be applied with zero ammunition issues to some bosses.

However, the only real thing about this build is that Getaway Artist provides far more survivability while also scaling with the Grenade stat, and Warlock DPS is not a problem. With that being said, though, Lightning Surge is still a very solid build.

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Warlock Prismatic PvP build

Because of its competitive nature, stats are significantly more critical in the Crucible than in PVE. For Warlocks, high Recovery is a must as it is tied to your health and rift regeneration speeds. Additionally, because of Destiny’s ability-focused nature, high Discipline is irreplaceable too. Lastly, while it’s more important on Titan, mid-high Resilience can also be helpful. Some things (such as two-shot kills with Thorn) depend on the enemy’s Resilience stat, so having around Tier 6 or 7 is always useful.

Generally speaking, the most potent PvP mods come in the form of stat, unflinching, targeting, and dexterity mods. These all provide passive buffs that are strong enough to notice in moment-to-moment gameplay.

Subclasses

While there is usually a meta Warlock subclass or general setup to run for the Crucible, every element has unique strengths and weaknesses.

Prismatic

Prismatic Warlock, by nature, offers little that other subclasses do not. However, as is the case in PvE, Prismatic’s strength and novelty come from unique interactions created by pairing abilities and aspects together.

From Lightning Surge and Arcane Needle to Bleak Watcher and Getaway Artist, many of the synergies dominating the PvE scene also make their way into The Crucible. While some of the more popular abilities and aspects like Icarus Dash are still locked behind other subclasses, Prismatic Warlock has found no issue cementing a solid place in the meta early on.

Pros:

• A multitude of Super ability options
• Access to the majority of elemental buffs/debuffs
• Access to Transcendence

Cons:

• Lack of various meta-defining aspects and abilities
• Little intrinsic power and instead relies on the creation of specific builds/synergies
• Takes on many of the nerfs/changes to individual abilities and aspects from other subclasses, even if they aren’t warranted on Prismatic

Best PvP Warlock Exotics

General Exotics

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Ophidian Aspect	Warlock	Arms	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 2	Free-to-Play	Weapons ready and reload very quickly. Provides a small benefit to the airborne effectiveness stat of all weapons.
Transversive Steps	Warlock	Legs	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Sprint speed increased. After a short time sprinting, your currently equipped weapon is automatically reloaded.

Because of their ease of use and 24/7 activation, neutral exotics are the most common for general PVP. Ophidian Aspect has always been an S-Tier pick, passively boosting the snappiness of your weapons. Transversive Steps excels for a similar reason, providing quicker and more fluid movement (plus the ability to get a free reload).

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