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Destiny 2 Strand Warlock Solo Build
Welcome to the Destiny 2 Strand Warlock Solo Build page! wields new Darkness power, a subclass that visually appears as green energy. Just like any subclass in Destiny 2, Strand will have skills, super, aspects and fragments to further strengthen the guardian’s power. Each class will use Strand differently.
Last Updated March 2, 2023, for Lightfall Expansion and Season 20, Season of Defiance. Destiny 2 has gone through a major change with their modding system. Making mods much easier and simpler to understand but taking some of the old metas and either eliminating them or making them relevantly the same. For instance, the “well” mods most players have been accustomed to have been completely eliminated and really the only system and combination are based of orbs of power. The mod loadout you see today will change over time as we become accustomed to new and shifting meta in Destiny 2 Lightfall. This loadout has been tested and works, so check back frequently as we will be updating these builds throughout the season and expansion.
Pros |
Cons |
| Threadlings do insane damage | Tangle is on a long cooldown |
| Threadlings will return to you if they cannot find a target | Melee Does not benefit from melee kickstart mod |
| Woven mail makes you very tanky | Have to Beat the Light Fall campaign |
| Insane grenade Regen | Abilities Locked behind strand meditation resource |
| Super is a fire and forget | Need strand weapons for best performance |
| Great for endgame | |
| Easy to play | |
Strand Playstyle
Ability Playstyle: First consume your grenade by holding down the grenade button this makes it so we have 5 perched Threadlings right at the start of any fight. Next activate your rift to create an army of Threadling. Your Threadlings will go and seek out enemies to take them down and if they do not find a target they will return to you in a perched status. While they are perched they will detach from you when you deal damage to an enemy or when you recast your rift ability. The mods listed will help you sustain your grenade cooldown. Remember the more armor charges you have the more grenade energy you will get refunded.
Gun Playstyle: You are going to need strand weapons preferably with the perk Hatchling. This perk allows us to create and have a constant army of Threadlings. Our helmet siphon mods will allow us to make orbs of power which will feed into our grenade to give us that big bump of grenade energy back. Make sure to use siphon mods on your helmet that match the weapons you are using as listed below in the mod section i use weapon that synergies with my siphon mods.
How to Unlock Strand Subclass
To get the Strand subclass, you must own Ligthfall expansion and complete the entire main campaign to get access to all abilities. Additionally, to unlock Strand aspects and fragments, players must buy them from the special vendor, the Pouka Pond, with new currency.
- Buy Destiny 2 Lightfall expansion on your preferred platform
- Start the Destiny 2 Lightfall campaign – Go to the directory menu, pick Neptune planet from the side of the screen and hovering over it will display a pop-up about the Lightfall campaign. Proceed and select the difficulty to start the Lightfall campaign.
- Follow the story and the questline to complete the Lightfall campaign
- After completing the campaign, go to the Tower to meet with Zavala and Ikora
- Come back to the Hall of Heroes on Neomuna
- Meditate to unlock the Strand subclass and your first abilities
- Go to the Pouka Pond to get additional Strand Grenades, Aspects and Fragments
The full guide can be FOUND HERE for step-by-step details.
Abilities
Abilities, aspects and fragments need to be unlocked before use. Once you’ve finished the Light Fall campaign Head to the Hall of heroes in Neptune and go to the pouka pond to buy your aspects and fragments. Some fragments are locked behind dates but you can still buy some of them.
You need Strand Meditation which is acquired from getting kills with strand abilities and activities in the Vex Incursion Zone Drop Strand mediation at a higher rate
Buffs
- Woven Mail : Your body is encased in a protective mesh of tightly woven strand that protects from non-precision damage.
- Tangle : An orb of Strand that can be shot or thrown to create an explosion.
- Threadlings : A strand Creature that seeks out targets and attacks them if there are no targets they return to you in a Perched status.
Debuffs
- Suspend : When active, Certain enemies cannot move or shoot and are trapped in a web of Strand. Guardians can move and shoot, but they are still suspended in the air and are slowed. suspend works on Champions and most mini bosses, main bosses are unaffected by suspend and will continue to move.
- Unravel : Final blows on targets with Unravel cause Strand explosions that affect nearby enemies with Unravel.
- Sever : When active, enemies will deals less damage.
 Needlestorm | |||
 Healing Rift |  Burst Glide |  Threadling Grenade |  Arcane Needle |
Aspects
 Weaver's Call |  Mindspun Invocation |
Fragments
 Thread of Generation |  Thread of Warding |  Thread of Rebirth |  Thread of Evolution |
Gear
Kinetic Weapons
| Recommended Kinetic Weapons | Suggested Perk 1 | Suggested Perk 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Quicksilver Storm |  Grenade Chaser |  Rocket Tracers |
 Synchronic Roulette |  Envious Assassin |  Hatchling |
 Volta Bracket |  Subsistence | Hatchling |
Energy Weapons
| Recommended Energy Weapons | Suggested Perk 1 | Suggested Perk 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Forbearance |  Ambitious Assassin |  Chain Reaction |
 BxR-55 Battler |  Demolitionist |  Incandescent |
 Unforgiven | Demolitionist |  Frenzy |
Heavy Weapons
| Recommended Heavy Weapons | Suggested Perk 1 | Suggested Perk 2 |
|---|---|---|
 Circular Logic | Envious Assassin | Hatchling |
 Taipan-4fr |  Triple Tap |  Firing Line |
 Regnant |  Augmented Drum |  Explosive Light |
Exotic Armor
| Exotic Armor | Exotic Perk |
|---|---|
 Swarmers |  Swarmers |
Armor Stats
Stat distribution number goals- Mobility – 0 - 20
- Resilience – 60 - 80
- Recovery – 80 -100 ( This is warlock main stat which also lowers your class ability cooldown)
- Discipline – 60 - 100
- Intellect – 40 - 50
- Strength – 40- 50
Important Mods
Armor Modification Change: these mods will seem foreign to returning players with Lightfall changing the entire system. The system you build around now is only orbs of power. You also see an armor charge mechanic and some of the previous mechanics for generating orbs of power and previously used mods. This system is evolving, and we will continue to make changes as we gain a better understanding of the new mod system. Here’s a list of all the current armor mods.
Artifice Armor Change: provides an extra +3 to whatever stat you want this should help you reach these stat goals.
Artifact Change: The artifact no longer provides mods instead it reduces the costs of some of the mods and provides passives as you level up and unlock them. Season 20 Artifact.
If you do not have the energy for the suggested mods, adjust and prioritize your main stat-boosting mod and anything that generates orbs, followed by something that consumes orbs of power and generates armor stacks.
How to get Armor charge
In order to gain armor charge you need to get orbs of power in order to gain orbs of power mod you armor that best suite the weapons and abilities you use to gain orbs of power. Here we have the build that uses Mods that complement our ability to gain Armor charge.
| Head |  Resilience Mod |
| Head |  Harmonic Siphon |
| Head | Harmonic Siphon |
| Head |  Arc Siphon Rapid Arc weapon final blows create an Orb of Power. |
| Arms |  Recovery Mod |
| Arms |  Grenade Kickstart Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge.\nWhen your grenade energy is fully expended, you gain grenade energy. Additionally, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain additional grenade energy for each stack. Make sure to have 6 stacks of Armor Charge to get even more grenade energy back |
| Arms | Grenade Kickstart Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge.\nWhen your grenade energy is fully expended, you gain grenade energy. Additionally, your Armor Charge is consumed and you gain additional grenade energy for each stack. |
| Arms |  Heavy Handed Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power. |
| Chest |  Minor Strength Mod |
| Chest |  Charged Up Increases the maximum number of stacks of Armor Charge you can carry by 1. |
| Chest | Charged Up Increases the maximum number of stacks of Armor Charge you can carry by 1. |
| Chest | Charged Up Increases the maximum number of stacks of Armor Charge you can carry by 1. |
| Legs |  Discipline Mod |
| Legs |  Innervation Reduces grenade cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power. |
| Legs |  Stacks on Stacks Picking up an Orb of Power grants you 1 additional stack of Armor Charge. |
| Legs |  Recuperation Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power. |
| Class | Discipline Mod |
| Class |  Bomber Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability. |
| Class | Bomber Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability. |
| Class |  Distribution Reduces all ability cooldowns when using your class ability near targets. |
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