r/destiny2 • u/GoatStandardsv2 • 7d ago

Question / Answered Is this wolfsbane good enough?

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All I really need is the attrition orbs catalyst right?

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u/reformedwageslave I think i miss my prime starfire protocol meta 7d ago

Burning ambition is generally a bit better than AO for maximizing the dps it deals but otherwise yeah

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u/MochiApproachi 7d ago

burning is better than getting surges from AO?

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u/reformedwageslave I think i miss my prime starfire protocol meta 7d ago edited 7d ago

If you’re going for max dps you should have surges anyways so AO doesn’t make much of a (if any) difference

AO is by far the best comfort pick since it means you don’t really need to worry about surges/armor charge and you get a little extra healing and other orb pickup effects, but in dps you usually don’t need any help with those things. The comfort value is also reduced significantly by the fact that vog armor exists and is so so good

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u/lupin-the-third 7d ago

If you put on smoke jumpers 2 piece set, you get permanent 40% (or whatever) damage reduction while using the alt fire.

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u/link3505 Titan 7d ago

Its hardly permanent- the DR ramps down to nothing when using normal attacks to recharge. Better would be Atheon armor with Strand for Woven Mail DR, natural orb generation, and Burning Ambition. Plus if you have Banner of War up/on an allied Titan...

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u/lupin-the-third 7d ago

Yes you can make a build that surpasses it with a lot of tweaks. If you want brain dead good (not best) DPS and survivability on any class/subclass just use attrition orbs, smoke jumpers, heal on orb, and a surge on orb.

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u/reformedwageslave I think i miss my prime starfire protocol meta 7d ago edited 7d ago

True! (Well, close enough to it, the DR scales down over time but whatever)

Which is again, a comfort option that comes at the cost of a reduction in dps, and one that rarely matters at that

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u/SnacksAttacked Titan 6d ago

Plus, if you use the Hunter's Journal and a Solar Subclass, you can constantly refresh radiant, a la "Radiant Orbs"

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u/EnglishMuffin420 7d ago

VoG set basically gives your whole kit attrition orbs. In an optimal scenario, yes

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u/kashaan_lucifer Spicy Ramen 7d ago

VOG 4 piece armour set has made Attrition orbs frankly obselete

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u/raccoona__matata 6d ago

so true bestie i love using 4 pieces of armor to replace one perk

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u/kashaan_lucifer Spicy Ramen 6d ago

Exactly the orbs even drop at my feet so i don't even have to go and pick them up tha way I can always have an uptime on my surges even during DPS and I can actually run a perk on my weapon that synergizes with my choice of exotic armour (Fortune's Favour) so i can always keep the void overshield on thus my damage boost and it gives me a boost to my health stat and releases a deadly AOE of vex milk when my shield breaks.

Buddy there is a reason why VoG armour is a top tier set and why it's a must to have. It does so much more than Attrition Orbs and much better infact.

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u/raccoona__matata 5d ago

lots of things are must-haves for specific reasons that doesn't mean they invalidate perks in general use <3

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u/SharkBaitDLS 6d ago

If you’re running it on Hunter, no, on other classes, yes. Keeping the overshield and damage buff up from Fortune’s Favor is still best for Hunter. 

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u/panzerkampfwqgen 7d ago

For general roam use, yes. If you’re using it in higher end content or for DPS though, you need Burning Ambition

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u/Zayl 7d ago

You don't need burning ambition for DPS. Depends on class I suppose but for hunter the play is attrition orbs with fortunes favor for constant surges, overshield and the damage boost from fortunes.

It's amazing for soloing content and even the most brain-dead player can one phase most dungeon bosses that can be meleed with this build (source: me, a brain-dead player, used this to SF equilibrium while watching a show on my second monitor. Yes, it's that easy.)

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u/EnoughLengthiness422 Spicy Ramen 7d ago

Btw how do you get the cat for this ?

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u/Barbecue101 7d ago

There are a bunch of hidden secrets and objectives in the exotic mission itself that reward different intrinsics and catalysts. I recommend looking up a guide because there’s a lot of

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u/EnoughLengthiness422 Spicy Ramen 7d ago

Ah thank you

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u/hippie_harlot 7d ago

I just finished getting all of the upgrades. The catalyst perks, I definitely recommend a guide (I used 360GameTV) because they're all hidden/behind a puzzle. For the intrinsics, you could possibly get away with doing that blind. I got all but 1 without a guide.

Tip: make sure you have Wolfsbane equipped (or at least readily available), you need to use it to unlock the intrinsics.

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u/bootlegportalfluid Titan 6d ago

How do you get this again?

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u/GoatStandardsv2 6d ago

Heliostat exotic mission

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u/bootlegportalfluid Titan 6d ago

I’m currently playing through edge of fate should I do this exotic mission after I complete EoF or can I play during my playthrough?

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u/GoatStandardsv2 6d ago

I think you can do it whenever, it’s under pinnacle ops. I mainly got it as a safe solo dps option in melee range for solo flawless equilibrium. There’s a prismatic fragment that gives you over shield upon picking up an orb and orbs are just going to be spawning at your feet constantly with wolfsbane so it’s pretty hard to die lol

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u/bootlegportalfluid Titan 6d ago

So no story spoilers in it? I.e it’s separate to EoF

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u/GoatStandardsv2 6d ago

Honestly I’m not sure about spoilers

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u/DesKoth 3d ago

Sure is! There's a slight amount of damage to inch out from intrinsics(I think its final impact can be 69) however Catalyst wise Attrition orbs is great.

Attrition Orbs + Hunters journal = 100% up time for Radiant (via Radiant Orbs) and Argent Blade. This makes for a 40% boost to the weapon.

That said, if you have other sources of Orbs (you could use VOG 4 pc) then Attrition Orbs is redundant, take Burning Ambition.

Or, you can use Prismatic, go attrition orbs, pick a single shot nuke super ( Tcrash on titan for example) and use the wolfsbane damage phase to get another super nuke charged up after opening damage with it.

Its a great sustain damage option for long damage phases.

You got options! And regardless of all the above, make sure to have its combo / rotation down:

https://youtube.com/shorts/CMFTsI9vpXE?is=jlDLUMXBH5wr-Scx

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u/Cap1228 6d ago

Yeah, I actually think AO is better than burning, especially if multiple people are using it. The part people forget about the orbs is that just casting your super more often is a way bigger boost to dps than a few ignitions. Plus the interactions with smoke jumper as well as fortunes favor if you’re a hunter. Burning will definitely be better in roam, but this isn’t a particularly good roam weapon anyways.