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.
Top Void Warlock build
| -- | Name | Class | Area | Subclass | Excels in | Element | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Commander of Chaos | Warlock | PvE |   Void | Grandmaster Content | Void | Best in Class |
  | Void Caster | Warlock | PvE | Void | Solo Content | Void |
Best Warlock Void build for PvE
Commander of Chaos
Excels In: Grandmaster Content
Goal of the Build: Be able to debuff everything in sight while maintaining Devour for survivability.
Mandatory Gear: Our two exotics for this build are Collective Obligation and Secant Filaments. While Collective can prove hard to get, its ability to spread Void debuffs is unmatched.
| Armor | Class | Type | Requirements | Source | Released | Requires | Exotic Perk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Secant Filaments | Warlock | Legs | The Witch Queen | Lost Sectors | Season 16 |  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." |
- Aspects: Feed the Void and Child of the Old Gods.
- Fragments: Echo of Undermining, Echo of Instability, Echo of Domineering, and either Echo of Expulsion or Echo of Harvest
- Abilities: We’ll utilize Suppressor Grenade for additional debuffing potential, and Secant Filaments require Empowering Rift to work.
- Stats: Resilience is, as always, the most crucial stat here, with Recovery and Discipline not far behind.
- Mods: The only mods you’ll need are:
- Helm: Harmonic Siphon
- Arms: Grenade Kickstart
- Chest: Charged Up
- Legs: Stacks on Stacks
- 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 and Suppression with a grenade, Volatile from melee and Volatile 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 debuffing an enemy with any of these sources, shoot them once with Collective Obligation. Holding reload will cause the weapon to fire bullets that debuff enemies with any effect you shot earlier. After the chaos subsides, you should have most abilities recharged and ready for a second round.
Like the Harnesser of Flame build, this is strong on its own but can be expanded upon in numerous ways to fit the activity you’re playing.
Going further...
Void Caster
Excels In: Solo Content
Goal of the Build: Cover any battlefield with weakening Void Souls, which can then be recalled and used on another wave of enemies. Throughout this process, you’ll gain substantial amounts of grenade energy, plus Volatile Rounds for Void weapons.
Mandatory Gear: Briarbinds is our Warlock exotic of choice, and you’ll want any Void primary weapon to go with it.
| Armor | Class | Type | Requirements | Source | Released | Requires | Exotic Perk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Briarbinds | Warlock | Arms | Season 22 | Lost Sectors | Season 22 |  Season 22 | Exotic Perk: "Your Void Souls have a longer duration. They also gain escalating damage and durability as they defeat targets. You can retrieve your Void Souls by interacting with them, allowing them to be redeployed." |
- Aspects: Feed the Void and Child of the Old Gods
- Fragments: Echo of Instability, Echo of Undermining, Echo of Vigilance, and Echo of Harvest
- Abilities: To successfully round out this build, we highly recommend Nova Bomb: Cataclysm, Vortex Grenade, and Healing Rift.
- Stats: Other than Resilience (a must in PvE regardless of the build), Recovery is of utmost importance to boost your rift regeneration rate.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Harmonic Siphon
- Arms: Bolstering Detonation x2
- Chest: Stat, Reserve, and Damage Resistance mods
- Legs: Elemental Charge, Void Weapon Surge, and Insulation
- Bond: Bomber, Powerful Attraction
Gameplay Loop
The loop here is relatively straightforward: start by placing a rift, then shoot an enemy to send out your Void Soul. Killing combatants that are weakened by either this or your grenade will trigger Echo of Harvest, granting you a Void Breach. Killing an enemy with a grenade will also grant your Void weapon(s) Volatile Rounds.
Once you and your fireteam clear the wave of enemies your Void Soul is centered around, you can interact with it to once again get Void Soul Ready. As mentioned earlier, placing more rifts will grant you more Void Souls, allowing you to have multiple on the battlefield simultaneously.
That’s about it for the basics of this build, but you can make it infinitely more complex by adding a synergistic weapon like Collective Obligation or a legendary weapon with Repulsor Brace.
Generally speaking, this exotic build will always be powerful in activities where you can safely interact with your Void Soul. While it won’t be all that useful in Grandmaster-level content, the ability to litter a room with Void Souls is extremely powerful in anything easier.
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 | Exotic Perk: "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 | Exotic Perk: "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…
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