I had a quest to get a ton of PVP kills as a Defender, so I got creative and came up with this build. Turned out to be so effective that it's my new go-to for PVP.
Magnetic grenades + Memory of Felwinter + Scout rifle + (any Special besides sniper)
With two grenades and over 300 Dex, you are hardly ever without a grenade ready. And for those short periods when you are, you have two melee abilities and your short-range special weapon. Break out the scout rifle for enemies at a distance (I'm very partial to my Distant Star with explosive rounds, but I also like the Wounded a lot).
I'm not usually very good at PVP but this build was doing really well for me. I got 2:1 k:d for the first time ever, and quite a few times very close to it , well over 1.5. Just toss a magnetic grenade, then duck behind cover or jump out of the way, instant win. Even when I died, I would almost always get a Postmortem from those little magic balls of death.
I also gained an appreciation for fusion rifles in PVP, which I have also never liked before. You might want to give them a shot, ha ha.
Enjoy!
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(preface that i'm not shooting you down, i'm just looking at restarting my titan who never got any love with a focus on defender) is there any benefit that the defender gives a loadout like this that couldn't be gained with any of the other magnet nade classes (bd or... idek the warlock one i haven't even got mine to level 30 lmao)?