Not like different subclasses that see spikes in utilization relying on a given Season, Photo voltaic Titans have all the time been good, with hardly any modifications to their gameplay type for years now. So right this moment, we’re going over the highest 10 Unique Armor for Photo voltaic Titans in Future 2 as of Season of the Witch and the Lightfall DLC.
10. Khepri’s Horn
Kicking off the record is the Khepri’s Horn Unique helmet. This Unique is arguably the worst Titan Unique armor piece within the recreation as a result of its distinctive facet is the flexibility to unleash a Photo voltaic wave when utilizing your Barricade. Primarily, it’s like throwing a thermite Grenade, however it’s created out of your Barricade moderately than utilizing your Grenade vitality.
May you make a cool setup round it? Positive. However in comparison with many of the different Unique armor items on this record, the Khepri’s Horn shouldn’t even be thought of an Unique at that time. Out of each Unique armor piece that Titans have entry to, the Khepri’s Horn, far and away, deserves a complete rework to make it considerably viable in right this moment’s sandbox.
9. Wormgod Caress
The Wormgod Caress was once one of many strongest Unique armor items within the recreation again through the first couple of years of the sport. Nonetheless, with some game-breaking glitches, nerfs, and reworks, the Unique now falls in need of a stronger and extra well-known Unique armor piece that we’ll talk about later.
The intrinsic perk tied to this gear is the flexibility to extend your Melee injury by getting Melee kills. It’s very easy on paper, however this Unique as soon as allowed Titans to actually one-shot bosses with their Throwing Hammer as a result of the outgoing Melee injury buff was so excessive.
Now, one other Unique does the identical factor the Wormgod’s do, however higher. Hopefully, a rework or buff is deliberate for this Unique within the close to future as a result of, just like the Khepri’s horn, there aren’t many causes to make use of it.
8. Phoenix Cradle
Launched with the launch of the Shadowkeep DLC are the Phoenix Cradle Unique leg items. The Phoenix Cradles be part of the earlier bunch of “cool Exotics with area of interest skills,” the place your Sunspots now final from 5 seconds to 10 seconds. On high of that, allies who move via Sunspots additionally acquire the consequences of Sunspots, which grant therapeutic and skill regeneration for a number of seconds.
It sounds fairly strong on paper, however with most of Future 2’s playstyle being “run and gun,” standing in a Sunspot for ten seconds isn’t ideally suited, particularly contemplating there are higher Exotics that generate extra Sunspots as an alternative.
As acknowledged earlier than, they’re a cool Unique, however now that we’re going into yr seven of the sport’s span, it’s time for this Unique to get a rework to make it viable.
7. Path Of Burning Steps
The Path of Burning steps Unique leg armor noticed a large buff getting into Season of the Witch. Now, everytime you get Photo voltaic weapon kills, you obtain elevated weapon injury, stacking 3 times. A Grenade’s ultimate blow robotically grants the best bonus to you. Primarily, the Unique grants you Photo voltaic Surges with out utilizing the Photo voltaic Surge mod in your leg armor, permitting you to make use of every other mods you want in these slots. In addition they have a superb secondary capability that makes you tougher to freeze towards Stasis assaults.
Total, they’re a fairly strong Unique that doesn’t see plenty of play in PvE — and extra so in PvP since Surges matter much more in these actions.
6. Ashen Wake
The Ashen Wake Gauntlets are one of many older Unique Armor items for Photo voltaic Titans however stay adequately helpful. These Gauntlets flip your Fusion Grenades into literal Grenades which you can chuck because the Unique removes the preliminary cooldown timer of the Fusion Grenade and now instantly detonates on enemy contact.
At first, the massive majority of the participant base deemed this Unique ineffective as a result of its seemingly area of interest capability. Nonetheless, via Photo voltaic Gentle subclass modifications final yr throughout Season of the Haunted, in addition to with some highly effective new Armor mod reworks, this Unique now permits the consumer to run across the battlefield throwing infinite Fusion Grenades that one-shot the whole lot of their path, together with Guardians.
Whereas this Unique struggles in upper-tier content material like Grandmaster Nightfalls or Grasp Raids, this Unique will shine in any exercise the place you’re on the identical energy stage as your enemies.
5. Coronary heart Of Inmost Gentle
Arguably, essentially the most worthwhile “all-around” Unique a Titan can use is the Coronary heart of Inmost Gentle Unique—or Hoil—chest piece. This Unique will increase your whole capability regeneration the extra you employ them. For instance, Once you use your Grenade, your Melee and Class skills will start regenerating quicker, and vice versa in case you have been to make use of your skills.
This Unique has been outfitted to virtually each Titans chest for over a yr as a result of its improbable capability spamming capabilities, particularly with the Gentle subclass modifications final yr through The Witch Queen DLC. That mentioned, with the arrival of the Lightfall DLC earlier this yr, this Unique noticed some substantial nerfs, and whereas it’s not totally out of the image, it isn’t as potent because it as soon as was.
Both means, this Unique continues to be very helpful for each subclass you could equip, particularly in case you’re making an attempt to spam your skills continuous.
4. Hallowfire Coronary heart
The Hallowfire Coronary heart has all the time lived within the shadow of the Coronary heart of Inmost Gentle relating to capability regeneration. Nonetheless, with some nerfs to Hoil and buffs to Hallowfire Coronary heart, the Unique has now turn into a viable possibility for an ability-spamming construct.
When standing in a Sunspot, Photo voltaic takedowns generate extra Sunspots. Mainly, in case you’re operating an entire Photo voltaic construct quipped with Photo voltaic weapons, you’ll be creating Sunspots all around the battlefield, continuously therapeutic you and growing your capability regeneration. This Unique is ideal for endgame actions, particularly ones with excessive enemy numbers like Grandmaster Nightfalls or sure Raid encounters.
3. Loreley Splendor
Launched with The Witch Queen DLC, the Loreley Splendor Unique Helmet is likely one of the strongest Unique armor items within the recreation when it comes to survivability.
If you find yourself severely wounded and have full class capability vitality, the Loreley Splendor will deplete your class capability and generate a Sunspot at your toes, granting you restoration and skill vitality. Merely put, this Unique’s complete goal is to stop you from dying as long as you’ve class capability vitality.
Whereas it has been nerfed since its preliminary launch, the Loreley Splendor stays one of many strongest Exotics to make use of to assist gamers survive difficult conditions on the fly. For proof, look no additional than the truth that it may be utilized in an try and solo flawless a Dungeon.
2. Pyrogale Gauntlets
Launched firstly of Season of the Witch, the Pyrogale Gauntlets are the Unique Armor piece that each Titan participant has been ready for.
For the reason that begin of Future 2—and for all the franchise for that matter—Titans have all the time gotten the quick finish of the stick when it got here to “one-off” Supers in PvE, as all of their Supers are both roaming or long-term. Thundercrash technically will be thought of a “one-off,” however gamers need to run again from the place they launched the tremendous, equivalent to throughout injury phases throughout Raids.
However with the Pyrogale Gauntlets, the Unique now turns their Burning Maul Tremendous right into a one-off, permitting them to fireside off a burning twister at an enemy that offers large injury over time whereas not being pressured to stay within the tremendous indefinitely. Merely put, this game-changer makes Photo voltaic Titans all of the extra highly effective and important in endgame actions the place they will swap to Pyrogale, fireplace off their Tremendous, after which change again to a different Unique, multi function fast movement.
It’s essential Unique for all Photo voltaic Titans shifting ahead, particularly within the reprised Crota’s Finish Raid and past in future PvE actions.
1. Synthoceps
Claiming the primary spot is arguably essentially the most well-known and highly effective Unique Armor piece within the recreation, Synthoceps. The Synthoceps will increase the consumer’s outgoing melee injury by scaling estimates relying on what exercise you’re in when enemies encompass you. For PvP, the rise goes as much as one hundred pc, whereas for PvE, the rise skyrockets to 200 %. With this buff, the consumer can one-shot just about something of their path just by punching it, totally embracing the Titan persona of being a one-man military.
For a few years now, Photo voltaic Titans have all the time had one construct that has by no means been nerfed and has been a staple go-to loadout for endgame PvE. That is the “Bonk” construct, which revolves round using the Synthoceps and the Throwing Hammer. You may one-shot the whole lot in your path whereas by no means dying within the course of, as while you get a kill with the Throwing Hammer, you generate a Sunspot, providing you with restoration and skill vitality again.
It’s virtually surprising to assume that Bungie has but to the touch this construct in spite of everything these years, however fortunately, no injury has been dealt to Bonk Titans…but. Hopefully, this construct and Synthoceps will stay as highly effective as they’re for the foreseeable future.