Best Destiny 2 Warlock Void Builds for PvE and PvP

Are you a Warlock main and want to take your game to the next level? These are the best Warlock Void builds in Destiny 2 for PvE and PvP. And by the way, as any great Warlock build, these will guide you every step of the way, including essential Exotics, Mods, and more.

Updated as of Episode 3: Heresy.

Top Void Warlock build

--	Name	Class	Area	Subclass	Excels in	Element	Status
	Void Leech	Warlock	PvE	Void	Endgame	Void

Best Warlock Void build for PvE

Void Leech

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

Goal of the Build: Be able to debuff everything in sight while maintaining Devour for survivability.

Mandatory Gear: Secant Filaments and a Repulsor Brace + Destabilizing Rounds primary weapon.

Name: Secant Filaments

Class: Warlock Slot: Legs

Source: Lost Sectors Requires: The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: Casting an empowering rift will grant you Devour. Damage dealt by you and your allies from within your empowering rift will disrupt combatants.

Joxer's Longsword

Pulse Rifle

Primary

Void

Playlist: Crucible

• Aspects: Feed the Void and Child of the Old Gods.
• Fragments: Echo of Remnants, Echo of Undermining, Echo of Persistence, Echo of Expulsion
• Abilities: Nova Bomb: Cataclysm, Vortex Grenade, and Empowering Rift.
• Stats: Resilience 🡒 Recovery 🡒 Discipline.
• Mods:
  • Helmet: Harmonic Siphon.
  • Arms: Bolstering Detonation.
  • Chest: Relevant Reserve and Damage Resist mods.
  • Legs: Surges matching your equipped Special/Power ammo weapons.
  • Class Item: Bomber.

Gameplay Loop

Because there are so many moving parts to this build, there’s no one “loop” you’ll need to execute. You have multiple ways to debuff enemies: Weaken with a grenade, Volatile from melee and Destabilizing Rounds, and more Weaken from Child of the Old Gods. Plus, you’ll get Devour by placing your rift or getting an ability kill.

After defeating a target with a Void debuff, you’ll gain an overshield through Repulsor Brace, granting additional survivability. These debuffs also spread relatively easily, especially when looking at Destabilizing Rounds’ new buffed form.

Once the chaos subsides from one round of enemies, your abilities should be nearly recharged due to kills with Devour, allowing you to repeat the process again and again.

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Warlock Void 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.

Voidwalker

Moving onto the next element, Voidwalker is functionally the opposite of Dawnblade, focusing on debuffing opposing Guardians. Echo of Undermining is the most direct way of doing so, weakening your enemies when hit with your grenade. You can also use Echo of Instability if you have a void weapon, granting you Volatile Rounds on grenade kill.

Voidwalker also provides some survivability with the Devour buff, most easily triggered on Warlock via the Feed the Void aspect. This makes Void widely considered the most well-rounded Warlock subclass as of the writing of this article, but that’s bound to change.

Pros:

• Powerful abilities at base
• Powerful buffs and debuffs
• Numerous super options and a unique jump ability (Blink)

Cons:

• Lacks movement compared to Dawnblade
• Weaker super abilities
• Able to do everything other subclasses can do, but significantly less well (jack of all trades, master of none)

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).

Before you go…

You can find all the best builds for Titans, Warlocks, and Hunters here.