Prismatic, Destiny 2’s newest element, is here, and if you, too, are falling in love with the new Prismatic subclasses, the following builds will help you take your game to the next level.
And by the way, as with all the best Destiny 2 builds out there, these builds will guide you every step of the way, including essential Exotics, Mods, and more.
Destiny 2 Prismatic builds: Hunters
Winter’s Stylish Fist
Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)
Goal of the build: Use Combination Blow combined with Gambler’s Dodge, Winter’s Shroud, and Stylish Executioner to delve in and out of Invisibility while dealing high damage.
Mandatory Gear: Liar’s Handshake. The Still Hunt Exotic Sniper is recommended.
 Name: Liar's Handshake | Class: HunterSlot: Arms | Source: Exotic EngramsRequires: Forsaken Pack | Exotic Perk: Using your Arc melee ability or being hit by a melee attack will allow you to follow up with an extremely powerful melee counterpunch that will heal you. |
 | Still Hunt | Sniper Rifle |  Special |  Solar | Exotic Quest |
- Aspects: Stylish Executioner and Winter’s Shroud.
- Fragments: Facet of Purpose, Facet of Protection, Facet of Dawn, Facet of Courage, Facet of Ruin.
- Abilities: Golden Gun, Duskfield Grenade, Combination Blow, Gambler’s Dodge.
- Stats: Resilience 🡒 Discipline 🡒 Intellect.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Hands-On, Dynamo, and Heavy Ammo Finder.
- Arms: 3x Heavy Handed.
- Chest: Resist Mods matching your enemies.
- Legs: Harmonic Scavenger, Innervation, and Absolution.
- Class Item: Powerful Attraction, Bomber, and Special Finisher.
Gameplay Loop
The overall goal of this build is to utilise the raw melee strength of Combination Blow, combined with Gambler’s Dodge’s refunding capabilities and Winter’s Shroud’s freezing potential to deal increased damage. The classic melee>dodge>melee playstyle is key here, dodging near enemies to ensure your Combination Blow is refunded.
By using Winter’s Shroud and a Duskfield Grenade on top of this, you will be able to freeze enemies by throwing a Duskfield and dodging near them, instantly applying more than 100 stacks of Slow, allowing you to shatter them with your melees, dealing massive damage thanks to the Stasis shatter buffs this season. Your Combination Blow damage is also increased by the Facet of Courage when enemies are afflicted with Slow, as Slow is a Stasis debuff.
Stacking Combination Blow to x3 can be quite the chore in high-level content, so priming enemies with a primary weapon or using the high-damage Cross Counter melee from Liar’s Handshake is crucial for getting those early stacks online.
Going further...
- Warlock Strand Builds
- Warlock Stasis Builds
🔷 Pro tip: You can find more top-tier builds on our dedicated Hunter Builds hub.
Destiny 2 Prismatic Builds: Warlock
Prismatic Sorcerer
Excels In: Endgame (Dungeons, Raids, Legend content)
Goal of the Build: Utilize both Hellion and Getaway Artist to gain multiple high-damage turrets, assisting you and your allies on the battlefield.
Mandatory Gear: Getaway Artist and a legendary weapon with Strategist, such as The Call.
 Name: Getaway Artist | Class: WarlockSlot: Arms | Source: Exotic EngramsRequires: Forsaken Pack | Exotic Perk: Convert your Arc Grenade into a supercharged Arc Soul. The Arc Soul functions as an autonomous turret. |
 | The Call | Sidearm | Special |  Strand | The Pale Heart |
- Aspects: Feed the Void and Hellion.
- Fragments: Facet of Hope, Facet of Sacrifice, Facet of Purpose, Facet of Dawn, Facet of Balance.
- Abilities: Song of Flame, Storm Grenade, Arcane Needle, and Healing Rift.
- Stats: Max Resilience 🡒 Max Recovery.
- Mods:
- Helmet: Heavy Ammo Finder, Siphon matching your primary weapon.
- Arms: Focusing Strike, Impact Induction.
- Chest: Relevant Resistance and Reserve Mods.
- Legs: x2 Surges matching your Heavy weapon.
- Class Item: Time Dilation.
Gameplay Loop
Swallow your grenade to get a Sentient Arc Soul, then use your rift to gain Hellion. From here, your sole goal is to regenerate both of these abilities; Feed the Void (Devour) should help with Arc Soul, while your Strategist weapon greatly assists in regenerating Hellion.
This strong combination (and its constant uptime, if played correctly) is the core of this build. However, portions of the kit listed above provide additional benefits. Facet of Purpose grants Restoration on orb pickup, Facet of Sacrifice grants additional Darkness Transcendence energy, and Facet of Dawn provides Radiant. That said, be aware that this build is one that you can easily make your own—beyond the grenade, aspect, and exotic choices, what you run here is up to you.
Going further...
- Warlock Strand Builds
- Warlock Stasis Builds
🔷 Pro tip: You can find more builds on our dedicated Warlock Builds hub.
Best Prismatic Builds: Titan
Coming soon…
🔷 Pro tip: You can find more builds on our dedicated Titan Builds hub.
Before you go…
While Prismatic is the cool new kid on the block, there are many more excellent builds that can even outperform it in endgame and Grandmaster content. You can find our best builds here.
