I've been playing as a warlock since day one and have enjoyed every bit of it as well as made it my mission to gather every piece of warlock armor(exotic and raid). Recently I have done so and would like to share them with you all and get your feedback on them.
1) [b][u]Ahamkara Berserker[/u][/b]: this build is focused on mid to close range combat. It takes advantage of the Claws of Ahamkara's extra melee charge and the recent buff for shotguns. It uses high strength and discipline
[u]Sunsinger layout[/u]: [i]Fusion grenades[/i]- With Gift of the Sun you have two powerful dps options that makes enemies stall and duck when they get stuck with them giving you the chance to get in closer or finish the job
[i] Balanced glide[/i]: best choice overall in my opinion
[i] Radiant skin/Fireborn[/i]: both good options. I usually go with radiant skin and pop it for in emergencies or boss battles. Fireborn, I reserve for nightfall and raids were being able to revive yourself is very useful.
[i]Flame shield[/i]: with Claws you can give yourself an overshield twice in times of potential death and makes getting up close with your shotgun less of a gamble as a warlock.
[i]Arcane Spirit & Divine Order[/i]: maxes out toughness and battle recovery. very important for getting up close and personal with melees and shotgun blasts.
[i]Radiant Will[/i]: Longer radiance means longer buff when activated. Whether you have on fireborn or radiant skin, longer duration helps more often than higher Dps or a slim chance for an extra orb of light.
[i]Gift of the Sun[/i]: extra fusion grenade. I pretty much said it all earlier.
[u]Gear[/u]: Claws of Ahamkara and Crota raid gear that has discipline and strength. I maxed out strength since the overshield is the highlight of my survival in close range. For weapons I prefer Universal remote and Murmur. Universal remote has great potential at both close and mid range. Murmur complements Universal remote well because it has Kneepads which can be used to get in close on a target quickly or get behind cover in a pinch. it also makes up slightly for our lack of agility. Along with two different element damages( solar being highly accurate for farther targets) and snapshot for quick scoping. i top those two off with a rocket launcher with cluster bombs.All together this build works best when you keep firing your Universal remote at every enemy around you, meleeing anything that gets too close and using glide and slide movements to keep out of trouble. toss a grenade at elite targets or groups of enemies and then clean up with your remote. If you're low on health with no flame shield charges, you can pop one round in your shotgun and blast your threat to pieces. In between barrages with shotgun and melee be sure you keep Universal remote loaded with as many shots as you can so you can keep you rampage going.
2)[b][u]Abysswalker[/u][/b]: For this build, I wanted to play with the Obsidian Mind-Bad Juju combo. This combo along with maxed intellect fills your super energy quickly so that you can use nova bomb often and make it a commonly relied upon tactic.
[u]Voidwalker layout[/u]: [i]Axiom Bolt[/i]: I use this grenade to take care of heavier enemies in between Super uses. It works well for chasing enemies around corners or getting postmortem kills.
[i]Blink[/i]:Once you get used to it, Blink is useful in a plethora of situations. It can be used to get yourself in an ideal position for launching your super. Get away from a threat or get behind a group of enemies instantly to take them by surprise.
[i]Shatter[/i]:Spreads Nova bomb out to hit more enemies. Combined with Annihilate and Bloom you maximize your spread of nova bomb and gets you more kills to regenerate your super faster.
[i]Soul Rip[/i]: Regenerates super with kills. Use on weaker enemies that get too close and regenerates nova bomb faster.
[i]Arcane Spirit & Divine Order[/i]: Maxed toughness and battle recovery for max survivability.
[i]Annihilate & Bloom[/i]: Explained earlier maximizes your nova bomb spread to get more kills and regenerate super faster.
[u]Gear[/u]: Obsidian Mind and crota raid gear with maxed intellect and strength being the second focus. For weapons the only requirement is Bad Juju. I recommend a rocket launcher with cluster bombs and a decent fusion rifle or shotgun. Most of the time the only gun you will want to use though is Bad Juju to maximize your super regeneration. Grenades can help to weaken stronger enemies to kill them with Bad Juju.
3)[b][u]Priest of the Praxic Fire[/u][/b]: [i]"For the night is dark and full of terrors."[/i] This build is the most versatile since it focuses on being prepared for any situation to take down any opponent with ease. It utilizes the Heart of the Praxic Fire and has a weapon of each element available for combat at any range. It focuses on maxing out intellect
[u]Sunsinger layout[/u]: [i]Fusion grenades[/i]-Same as with Build 1. With Gift of the Sun you have two powerful dps options that makes enemies stall and duck when they get stuck with them. with Praise the Sun you will be sticking every enemy around you and watching boss health bars disappear like you are performing a magic trick.
[i] Balanced glide[/i]: Again best choice overall in my opinion
[i]Song of Flame/Fireborn[/i]: i switch between these two depending on my situation. Raid and nightfall i use Fireborn, and a little in pvp if i plan on controlling zones. Song of flame is my choice otherwise as it makes Praise the sun even better
[i]Arcane Spirit & Divine Order[/i]: Maxed toughness and
battle recovery for max survivability.
[i] Flame Shield:[/i]: Overshield in emergency situations
[i]Radiant Will[/i]: longer Praise the Sun. That's all i need to say.
[i]Gift of the sun[/i]: explained earlier. more grenades.
[u]Gear[/u]:Heart of the Praxic Fire and Crota raid gear with maxed intellect and discipline being second highest stat. For weapons I like to keep a Word of Crota(void) on primary with Murmur(arc) or Icebreaker(solar) for my secondary. If Murmur is my secondary then my heavy is Gjallarhorn(solar) or Song or Ir Yut(arc) if Icebreaker is my secondary. This way I'll have element damage for any situation, I can stand back and snipe or jump into the middle of the fray If I want to.
Let me know what you think. if you think i could improve on them or even if you have your own build please share it. I welcome all opinions.
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My opinion? You're bad.
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Firebolt with Viking Funeral and Touch of Flame is love though!
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Best set up: Obsidian mind Bad juju 100% intellect Voidwalker Energy drain on every thing. Profit
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Great job. I always enjoy it when someone takes the time to lay out their strategy like you did. I learn stuff. Bloom is a Voidwalker's BFF for evah, IMO. Explosions. Chain reaction explosions everywhere... +1 for the GoT reference. You can tell by the comments in this thread who's had their ass handed to them repeatedly in PvP by a Warlock. Savor the tears, bro... lol.
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ALL -blam!-ING SHIT
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All gay.
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Bruh Monte Carlo + No backup plans Claws of akamhara Another throwing knife Shitas on fire
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My Warlock skill tree never gets changed, just the armor. Always run: Fusion Grenades Focused Burst Radiant Skin Solar Wind (jk Flame Shield) Arcane Spirit Radiant Will Chaos Order Gift of the Sun Praxic Fire for PvE, Voidfang for PvP. I'll only use Fireborn in certain Nightfalls. I've found Song of Flame rather underwhelming.
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Edited by HIGGZY420: 4/6/2015 4:22:38 PMThe hate mail sunsinger (PvP) Heart of praxic fire Intellect and discipline build Armor and recovery build Firebolt grenades (crazy accurate) Focused burst (helps with slow agility) Radiant skin (become a tank) Flame shield (wins most melee fights) Viking funeral (35 extra damage on burns) Touch of flame (grenades burn for 35 damage)
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Holy wall of text Batman
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Great builds. TWO THINGS I LIKE ABOUT YOU. 1. You use balanced glide because you're not a warlock noob. 2. You max out toughness and recovery because you're not a warlock noob.
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Do you think it is worth finding all of the gold chests on each planet (and the moon) for my character?
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dat int/strength ahamkara build tho... i started running the same gear set-up a few weeks ago and never want to go back
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I actually find that Novabomb hits a generally larger area with Vortex set over Shatter. I still don't understand why, but the central explosion seems to have a larger blast radius when Vortex is set as compared to shatter, which if you're in a confined space is generally wasted. I'm not saying your call is wrong, just these are my observations. I also greatly prefer the scatter grenades in PvE, particularly with Bloom and Annihilate since it's just massive explosions everywhere. Axion Bolt is more of a PvP grenade quite frankly as it has both less damage and splash radius, and the tracking is rarely (if ever) helpful in PvE. Combining Bad Juju with Obsidian mind and max INT is pretty beastly though. I've managed to chain together 4 consecutive nova bombs (I forget if I uploaded the video or not to my youtube sorry).
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Interesting & very well thought out. I now have all except 2 pieces of Warlock exotic armor (need Skull of Dire Ahamkara & Apothesis Veil). I've been trying different combos of weapons & abilities, placing most of my focus on intelligence. My Voidwalker build is the same set up as you have, I use the raid armor with the highest discipline that I can find + obsidian mind. Usually followed up with Black Hammer & have been using Radegasts Fury, until I can get a Hunger.
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i have already tried similar builds on all three i would say i am a bit dissapointed in the melee build, mainly because there are so many shotguns in crucible that the melee build just doesnt work but the other two builds are very efficient
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I am copying out you sum bitch thanks
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I wish people more people would do stuff like this for the other subclasses.....
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If you have the Monte Carlo, pair that with your berserker build. It would better compliment your melee abilities
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try voidwalker/claws/bloom on abyss lots of fun
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effort is up there OP
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You're a scrub using 3 of the same characters
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In the end this game is just about shooting shit. Bungie wants to impress me then create real dps, healing and tank builds
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Nice list i think it looks good my only problem with it IS I DONT HAVE AN OBSIDIAN MIND... i just want it so bad doe
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[quote]My 3 different Warlock builds. Your opinion?[/quote] Make a hunter, bam, opinion.
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