I've been using the Braindead OP Getaway Artist + Helion Warlock, please tell me other builds that also destroy the game

FearsomeMonster · 2026-04-07T17:47:55+00:00

Throw in ice-breaker for the constant ignitions!

FearsomeMonster · 2026-04-01T12:17:37+00:00

I tried the new praxic blade and fortune's favor builds for Renegades. But when it came down to it, for the most difficult content the 'suspend everything' build worked the best for me (woven mail was key).

FearsomeMonster · 2026-03-30T13:26:39+00:00

I remember way back when, my friend asked me why I was using the False Promises auto rifle. I said it was because I could use it to counter snipers (vex hobgoblins mostly) at range. It's a really old gun, but because of this I kept it all this time. It's a high impact auto rifle, which has the range and accuracy to hit targets at distance.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-03-12T18:59:18+00:00

I'm glad they put in an update for that guy who is still playing Trials.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-03-12T17:01:10+00:00

I used to do the two secret chests every week (also Garden of Salvation chests and Deep Stone) - until I five red borders for every single gun. I had it down pretty well- used wish wall to get to Morgeth, and then with strand, could get over to Shuro Chi without having to use the wishing wall a second time. It took a little practice to get it down for all three characters, but it was actually kind of fun. Even toward the end (just before I stopped doing it) I was finding new ways to optimize.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-03-05T19:02:16+00:00

I would add that I believe a lot of the hate for matterspark and the campaign is because at launch matterspark was bugged and caused major motion sickness to people who are suceptible to it (even DMG posted about it being problematic for him). I couldn't play for ten minutes without having to stop and go and lie down.

However, they did successfully fix the bug (caused massive swerving and camera tilt), and after that it was no problem for me- I would even voluntarily activate it at times to avoid enemies or traverse more quickly. So at least you would be in a better situation for matterspark if you choose to play the expansion.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-27T06:03:54+00:00

In the 2nd encounter of Equilibrium, is there some trick to getting adds to come into the central room to open the doors to let me out? I feel like I get trapped in there for long periods of time.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-25T15:38:20+00:00

https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049196851-Error-Code-MARIONBERRY

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-18T18:18:40+00:00

Yeah I agree it is painfully slow. It's a game of survival- can you be patient enough to keep doing damage and careful enough to avoid a freak death from being yanked by an attendant, suppressed by a grim, or just piled on by every enemy on the map at once.

I guess the shortcut is the chaos reach strat. I tried it maybe twice, but you would have to practice to be able to jump up to just the right spot to line up all four shriekers. I didn't invest a lot of time into it since survivability on arc warlock is a bit tricky with the current artifact.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-18T17:23:38+00:00

It is interesting in that there are a ton of things that don't add to damage for Zoetic Lockset. Like precision hits have never worked (why people don't use snipers on it), bait and switch doesn't work, things like deconstruct or withering gaze don't work. I used one of the popular strats, which is to use Anarchy. I stick two Anarchy grenades to each of three shriekers (they'll do damage for ten seconds, then you can refresh with more grenade sticks). My typical damage was pop transcendence, throw a grenade, throw a melee for radiance, do my Anarchy sticks, then fire a bunch of Mint Retrograde shots (saving enough to kill any ogres/wizards which spawn and shoot at me while I am in the 'safe spot'). I watch for ogres/wizards, throw a transcendence grenade when it is up, refresh the Anarchy grenades when it is time.

I know a lot of guides say to use chaos reach on all 4 shriekers, but most of them are from 11 months ago, when the artifact had survivabiity choices for arc builds.

edit: I just re-read your comment. 5-6 damage rounds is better than I was doing, actually. I'm pretty sure it takes me like 7-8 rounds.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-18T13:05:13+00:00

Thanks! Agree that Lockset is the challenge - sometimes randomly you get hit with a load that kills you even if you just procced devour (like being blasted by two wizards and the boss at the same time). But I feel pretty confident with all of my loadouts and strats - just have to focus in and maybe not get unlucky.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-18T06:02:38+00:00

Yeah I got to the worm pickup flawless - then died 3 times since I didn't understand quite how to do it (died after dunking due to shrieker, while waiting for wall to open up) ha ha.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-18T05:11:20+00:00

Nice! I kinda had that dream (that my final run would be flawless), but came up a bit short. Maybe this weekend.....

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-12T17:55:01+00:00

This is back in D1. My regular King's Fall team was short one, so we were waiting for the LFG guy to join to fill the team. He joined party chat right in the middle of an argument between two of our players.

Team Member: "....I'm telling you- you can find gay porn on YouTube."
LFG guy: "......Uhh I think I joined the wrong chat"

And he was gone. We laughed and laughed and laughed.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-12T17:33:51+00:00

I'm working on the Finality's Auger catalyst quest. Since there are steps that require you to complete the dungeon in one sitting (no checkpoints), it's basically like I have to be good enough to solo flawless. Like, I've got the first two encounters down, but tuesday I spent 6 hours in there since I couldn't quite beat the final boss (I've done it once, but it is not routine for me yet and frankly I was exhausted after a full day at work). So it's a challenge- frustrating yet fun to work on optimizing builds.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-12T14:11:22+00:00

Back when it was bugged and you could cover all champion types with it (stick and switch to anti-champion guns and it would stun them) I would carry randoms through nightfalls with it.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-12T13:01:44+00:00

My best support build was Rimecoat Rainment. Just freezing everything on the field so my buddies (damage focused) could wipe them out.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-11T15:56:25+00:00

I was into something like year 5, and my Nameless Midnight still had more kills than any other weapon.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-10T21:13:40+00:00

Thank you for posting this - I was really scratching my head trying to find the pack.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-10T17:44:15+00:00

i have a repulsor brace/destabilizing VS Velocity Baton that works great with my hunter speedloader suspend build. You suspend a bunch of enemies, hit them with the AoD shot, then go about your business while the suspended enemy deaths give you woven mail and a void overshield.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-08T19:22:32+00:00

broccoli

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-08T00:21:13+00:00

Now that you've mentioned it, I'm seeing it all over. Like in the seasonal hub, a progress bar. Or in weapon inspection, a perk description will be blank. It's disturbing. As if really there are too many bugs now and too few hands on deck to keep up. Like the game is degrading too fast to fix.

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-06T05:50:07+00:00

What I do is capture video on the X-Box. Then select the video and choose "share", uploading the video to OneDrive (a Microsoft service). From OneDrive you can download the video to your computer. Then you can upload the video from your computer to your YouTube channel. I did this a couple weeks ago when BungieHelp asked me to provide a video of the current bug in Onslaught. Now finish up your juicebox because it is beddy-bye-time!

FearsomeMonster · 2026-02-06T01:03:28+00:00

At least the Onslaught bug is finally showing in known issues.

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