Renegades is here, and guardians all over Sol will look for the best builds to use in the campaign, especially on Legendary difficulty. There’s no shortage of choices, given how powerful the Guardian has become.
Whether you’re a Hunter, Warlock, or Titan, we’ve listed six of the best builds to use during the Legendary version of the story—two for each class—so you can enter the Lawless Frontier and take on Dredgen Bael. These builds can work well either solo or as a team, but they don’t necessarily rely on supporting allies.
Warlock: Getaway Artist + Hellion or Bleak Watcher (Prismatic)
- Pros: Your buddies do everything for you.
- Cons: Your buddies do everything for you.
The combination of Getaway Artist with Prismatic has trivialized a lot of content since The Final Shape, and the Renegades campaign is bound to feature in that list as well. It may not be the most exciting gameplay, but it’s certainly effective. It’s no wonder it’s one of the best Warlock builds in Destiny 2‘s Renegades expansion.
With Getaway Artist, consuming your Arc grenade summons an Arc Soul to aid you in battle. The classic version of this build runs Bleak Watcher to generate a Stasis turret whenever you eat your grenade, creating the little icy construct at your feet.
For a change of pace, go with Hellion, granting you two auto-aiming buddies at once. Hellion doesn’t consume your grenade but scales off grenade damage, so you can use your class ability to trigger Devour if your other abilities aren’t charged. Plunderthabooty’s build ditches Feed the Void in favor of Weaver’s Call and Facet of Mending, which also works surprisingly well (and that’s the version we’re bringing into Renegades).
Runner-up: Contraverse Hold + Grenades (Void)
- Pros: High sustain and ability spam through Devour, doesn’t always require kills to loop grenades.
- Cons: Slow-paced, must hold down grenades for a bigger benefit, depends on tracking.
Contraverse Hold got an important buff at the tail end of The Edge of Fate‘s life cycle, just in time to make waves in the Renegades campaign. This is another excellent build with a lot of sustain, but it’s not entirely the most thrilling gameplay.
Contraverse works with any of the Void grenades, so pick whichever you prefer. In our experience, Scatter and Axion Bolt had better results, though you can do well with any of the rest—including Handheld Supernova with Magnetic grenades, which grants you a point-blank pellet spread but limits your effective engagement range.
The Exotic returns energy on hits, which is handy on abilities like Axion or Scatter, so you don’t always need a kill. Devour does a lot of the heavy lifting, though, especially regarding sustain.
Titan: Hammer Throw + Synthoceps or Wormgod’s Caress (Solar)
- Pros: Great sustain, easy to build, powerful.
- Cons: Somewhat one-dimensional.
It’s no wonder Solar Titan is an institution in Destiny 2, and it’s only gotten better after Solar 3.0. A Titan with Hammer Throw is our favorite build to run in Renegades because of how simple and effective it is. It has a ton of built-in sustain, especially if you take a Healing Grenade, and few things come close to bonking an enemy to death. Sol Invictus and Roaring Flames will take care of your needs.
Like most melee builds for Titan, the most common options are Synthoceps or Wormgod Caress, but Melas Panoplia and even Heart of Inmost Light can work. If you’re still struggling to stay alive, Loreley Splendor is worth a try—especially now that fashion is no longer an excuse.
Runner-up: Consecration + Stoicism (Prismatic)
- Pros: Enough explosions to make Mr. Torgue proud.
- Cons: Fairly rigid playstyle and build.
Consecration was Titans’ deadliest weapon in The Final Shape, and the promise of pure explosion spam can be hard to resist. This staple of Prismatic uses Frenzied Blade to gain three charges of the Solar aspect, plus Transcendence to overdrive your offensive and defensive capabilities. It was the meta before Renegades, and it will be among the best builds for this expansion.
There isn’t much to change with your build: Prismatic Titan’s kit lacks cohesion, so the only aspect that benefits Consecration and provides sustain is Knockout. Diamond Lance might work, though it’s hardly our favorite pick. The goal is to spam Consecration until you build Transcendence, then unleash it to spam Consecration even harder. That’s why Esoterickk uses Glacier Grenades in his Kell’s Fall run, where we borrowed this build.
Hunter: Gifted Conviction + Ascension and Tempest Strike (“The Gardener”)
- Pros: Highly fun, dynamic, and powerful with a satisfying gameplay loop and near-infinite Amplified.
- Cons: Can get you in danger if you miss your loop.
This build by Guardian Caydeson1 appeared in an Aztecross video, showcasing one of the most hectic Hunter builds going into Renegades. It uses Tempest Strike to deal damage, Ascension as a combo option, and Gambler’s Dodge to wrap up the entire loop.
This means you use one Tempest Strike to recharge your class ability thanks to Combination Blow, then use Ascension near enemies to trigger Gambler’s Dodge and get your melee back while spawning jolting submunitions above them. It’s simple, it’s fast, and it’s certainly effective. Caydeson1 recommends getting Melee to 130, Class to 150, and slotting the rest in Health.
Runner-up: Shadowshot + Exotics (Void)
- Pros: Invisibility, Super damage, and support.
- Cons: Not much to do on neutral game.
Hunters went under the knife for a balancing pass in Renegades and came back with a cornucopia of buffs. Void in particular emerged with huge tweaks to Shadowshot. With Moebius Quiver, dealing damage vastly increases your Super’s power. Not only that, it also boosts the attack power of bows while active, and it’s probably not a coincidence that Leviathan’s Breath—an Exotic heavy Void bow that packs a punch—fits right into that interaction.
There are a myriad of Exotics you can use with Void Hunter. Content creator Llama has a build with Graviton Forfeit (the helmet, not the weapons), while Plunderthabooty and YouTuber RestAssured brought Khepri’s Sting to the mix. Omnioculus is also viable if you plan to play a supporting role in the campaign. We recommend Khepri, however, especially with Plunder’s build.
