Securing the BEST WARLOCK BUILD in Destiny 2
What's up, Guardians? Today, we're dissecting what is arguably the BEST WARLOCK BUILD in Destiny 2 after Ash and Iron update, and potentially the most dominant overall build in the entire game. This Prismatic Warlock setup rocketed to prominence following yesterday's major patch, which fundamentally changed ability interactions. Out of that chaos, this build has emerged as the clear, biggest winner.
This build isn't just one of the most powerful I've ever seen; it’s also one of the easiest to play. I mean, you could step away from your keyboard, grab a snack, and return to find the encounter already decimated. The backing gameplay, featuring a challenging -43 Power activity, makes it look like it's minus ten. Dealing with thirty thousand Yellow Bar combatants at a massive power deficit suddenly becomes trivial.
So, what exactly is enabling this chaos?
The Core Engine: Getaway Artist and the Grenade Change
This build is based on an existing, excellent Prismatic Warlock configuration using the Getaway Artist Exotic Gauntlets, forming the foundation of the BEST WARLOCK BUILD in Destiny 2.
Arc Soul: The Nuclear Grenade
The intrinsic perk, Dynamic Duo, allows you to consume your grenade to summon an Arc Soul turret and become Amplified. The Arc Soul functions as an autonomous, floating turret. This has always been good, but the recent patch made it utterly absurd:
The Game Changer: The recent patch decreed that all Warlock abilities, including your Arc Soul, now officially count as grenades.
Initially, most players assumed this meant the Arc Soul would simply benefit from the +50-60% grenade damage bonus provided by high-stat builds. While true, the real power comes from a deeper interaction:
Fragment Synergy: This classification change causes every single Fragment, Aspect, and Mod that impacts grenades to now apply to your Arc Soul turret.
Facet of Dominance: Constant Jolt Application
This is where the build breaks the game. We use the Facet of Dominance Prismatic Fragment, which states that your Arc grenades Jolt targets. Since the Arc Soul is now considered a grenade:
Your Arc Soul will Jolt targets.
More importantly, your Arc Soul Jolts every single time it shoots a new target. It even reapplies Jolt if shooting the same target repeatedly.
This transforms your floating Arc buddy into a mobile nuclear bomb, constantly outputting Jolt damage that is simply staggering. This interaction instantly elevates the Prismatic Getaway Artist build to true God-Tier status.
Ability Configuration and Damage Loop
This build is designed to maximize the Jolt/Devour synergy and the damage of your summoned turrets.
Aspects and Fragments for the BEST WARLOCK BUILD
The primary interaction is the Arc Soul Jolt, but we build the rest of the kit around it for perpetual energy and survivability.
Key Ability Choices:
Super: Song of Flame (Provides massive damage resistance and allows ability use while active).
Class Ability: Phoenix Dive (Preferred over the Rift for frequent ability use and movement).
Melee: Penumbra Blast (Applies the Darkness status effect easily).
Grenade: Storm Grenade (Used to consume for the Arc Soul).
Aspect 1 (Light): Feed the Void (Your jolting Arc Soul constantly gets kills, making it incredibly easy to maintain Devour).
Aspect 2 (Darkness): Hellion (A much more offensive turret that causes Scorch and Ignitions, and crucially, moves with you).
Essential Fragments:
Facet of Dominance: Makes the Arc Soul Jolt enemies with every shot.
Facet of Hope: Increases your Class Ability energy (Phoenix Dive) for faster Hellion deployment.
Facet of Courage: Increases your Arc Soul and Hellion damage when a Darkness debuff is applied.
Facet of Protection: Used for an additional layer of damage resistance.
Weapon and Armor Mod Synergy
The true beauty of this Warlock build is its adaptability; the core synergy is so strong, it makes almost any weapon viable.
Recommended Weapon Choices
Primary: Mid-Range Weapon (e.g., The best SMG you have, or the Mint Retrograde).
Synergy Option: Ogre's Scepter or any weapon with Chill Clip can easily apply the Darkness debuff needed for Facet of Courage.
Heavy: Parasite (Because your jolting Arc Souls are generating constant kills, building up Parasite's Worm's Hunger stack is effortless, giving you frequent massive burst damage).
Armor Mods: Infinite Orbs and Energy
Since your Arc Soul is a grenade, it triggers specific mods constantly:
Helmet: Ashes to Assets (Every jolting Arc Soul kill rapidly grants Super energy).
Gauntlets: Firepower (Every single Arc Soul kill, because it is now a grenade, spawns an Orb of Power—this is absolutely broken).
Gauntlets: Bolstering Detonation and Momentum Transfer (These constantly refund Class Ability and Melee energy because your Arc Soul is continuously damaging enemies).
Stats and Seasonal Artifact
Stats: Prioritize getting 100 Discipline (Grenade) first. I also recommend 100 Super (Intellect) and a high Class Ability stat.
Seasonal Artifact Perks: Look for perks that synergize with your build's status effects, such as:
Shield Crush: This directly boosts your Arc Soul damage and is instantly activated by summoning your Amplified Arc Soul via Getaway Artist.
Throttling Proliferation/Fever and Chill: For easier application of Strand/Solar keywords that benefit the rest of the build.
This absurd combination of abilities and modifiers is unlike anything we've seen before. Whether Bungie intended this level of power for the BEST WARLOCK BUILD in Destiny 2 is unknown, but until a patch arrives, this is the build you need to be using to dominate any activity.
