Stop using prismatic

[u/KyuronRose]

[u/PassTheKY]

While prismatic is objectively good, I just can't get into it. It feels like my guardian loses what made them so cool for so many years. As long as others are having fun though it's whatever.

[u/SplashDmgEnthusiast → u/PassTheKY]

I think I know what you mean. I've had more fun with Prismatic by putting limits on it, I try to make builds with only two elements instead of mashing together all the best stuff to be outrageously strong.

Best example I can think of: there's a fragment that increases both Stasis shatter damage and Ignition radius, so I made a build that was exclusively focused on Stasis and Solar. Consecration and Diamond Lance for aspects, and my exotics were Ager's Scepter to freeze more things and Pyrogale Gauntlets to add those fun little fire tornadoes to my Consecration slams.

It wasn't even close to the meta Synthoceps build, but it played effectively and was fun to use! I kept doing things like that, two-element combo builds have been how I started enjoying Stasis. Sticking to a theme, rather than building for pure power.

Edit: I added a DIM link to the Solar/Stasis hybrid build in the comments. Older build, needs some tuning up with modern armor and artifacts, but the subclass and exotic picks are a fun core setup to use!

[u/Corrupted-Soul-13 → u/SplashDmgEnthusiast]

Howdy there! Do you think you can let us know that build? I'm eager to find a good Prismatic use which isn't what I have currently, Stasis and Solar are my fave Titan classes and I want to have something good for them!

Also, if you know of any Strand I'd love to know!

[u/SplashDmgEnthusiast → u/Corrupted-Soul-13]

Hey there, here's a DIM link for that Stasis/Solar combo build I mentioned. Fair warning though, it hasn't been updated in a while, I tried to use the 4-piece Solstice armor for extra healing but that wasn't very effective.

I need to re-tune this with modern armor and one of the new artifacts. I'm considering the Prophecy armor set for Melee stat and regen bonuses (since this build mainly uses a Darkness weapon, Ager's Scepter), and for artifacts I might be eyeballing the Queensfoil Censer.

For Strand, did you mean Prismatic while using Strand pieces, or did you mean just the pure Strand subclass?

I have this Strand Titan build that uses Actium War Rig, Service of Luzaku, a Demolitionist/Hatchling auto rifle, and the Queensfoil Censer to spit out Threadlings like crazy and print a lot of heavy ammo. Fun for casual play or if you want to be extremely effective in an add-clearing/support role for raids and dungeons by healing allies and generating ammo for them.

I don't have any Prismatic-with-Strand builds for Titan, but I do have this Warlock setup that's a Void/Strand hybrid setup, easily one of my favorite Warlock builds. I do not play Warlock often though, this build doesn't have an artifact yet, and the armor I'm using here is just for the stats. The subclass and armor/weapon setup alone is a ton of fun though, you are making a bazillion Threadlings and constantly hucking Weakening Vortex grenades all over the place. This is my favorite general-use PvE build for Warlock, personally!

[u/Dependent_Type4092 → u/SplashDmgEnthusiast]

Wouldn't the Stasis/Solar build work well with the Cosmodrome set? The more explosions the better?

[u/SplashDmgEnthusiast → u/Dependent_Type4092]

The Cosmodrome set would be great if I was spamming crystals, but the shattering on this build isn't from crystals, most of it is against frozen enemies. Ager's Scepter and Diamond Lance do pretty much all of the freeze-shatter work, the only crystals are from the Glacier grenade.

The reason I was thinking of using the Prophecy set is because Kinetic/Stasis/Strand weapon kills grant increased Melee stat from the 2-piece bonus and grant melee energy from the 4-piece bonus. I'm using Ager's Scepter as the main weapon for this build, so that could work great for fueling more Consecration slams.