The apex pradator reaches max reserves at 2 reserve mods so you can use the last reserve mod slot for izanagis

Just in case nobody else mentions it, if you die after getting the extra reserves from the chest piece, you can keep the extra reserves as long as you put the chest piece back on before you revive.

I appreciate the explanations of the actual phase as that is where I get confused. I have 5khrs in D1 & 7k hrs in D2 90% solo and it has been easy to understand WHY to use certain weapon combos but not HOW to use them, so for dummies like me, this is clutch. You earned a sub from me and hope you hit 6k really soon. Also, it makes me super happy to support any content creator in Australasia, so keep up the hard work! GG Eternal!

I like running witherhoard with a fusion rifle and a auto loading rocket. It works really well.

If you have a fusion with controlled burst and auto loading like the loaded question, you can use it with a rocket and izzy/witherhoard in the kinetic slot, and just keep cycling that first shot on each gun, and if u have auto loading on the non kinetic weapons you only need to reload the izzy. This would do more dps than the fusion loadout he used in the vid.

I'm a solo player (warlock main) and am always looking for good solo load outs, but they're usually somewhat specific to the activity. Ngl, Merciless/RL is an underrated combo. I was using it a few weeks ago and it was excellent for solo, especially if you can figure out a good second special to use with it for ammo control.

Also if you’re ever in a situation where you have time to quickly go into your inventory, you can stand over heavy bricks and insta swap your reserve armour to pick that brick up if you’re full on heavy

For the apex predator, you will get more damage (considering you have bait and switch) if uou shoot with the rocket and then cycle to the sniper and secondary. Since you have to hit at least one rocket to use bait and switch, it’s better to do it first so you can cycle back to it when you have the perk active to hit 2 rockets

I had the same thought about Merciless + rockets! Appreciate you doing the work to test it and report on it :D

I do a lot of solo content and for short damage phases i like parasite and Cartesian coordinate/riptide. Unfortunately this only works well if you have a reliable auto reload (radient dance machines, rain of fire etc..) but if you can meet that its worth a try

Pretty interesting DPS rotation that I’ve seen used (I personally don’t have the rocket needed Stuff Needed: Apex Predator, Merciless, Radiant Dance Machines 1: Choose Hunter 2: Radiant Dance Machines 3: Fire the entire reserves of Merciless (proc kill clip with the last shot of every mag) 4: Shoot primary once 5: Swap to Apex Predator with Bait and Switch 6: Shoot Rocket 7: Dodge 8: Repeat 6 and 7 until out of ammo

Merciless has built in kill clip, so if possible, get a kill, reload, and unload a clip for the merceless/rocket loadout

3:19 One work around is to re-equip the chest piece that has the ammo reserves while dead then after you are revived you can switch back to your preferred chest piece

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With the izi swap you can also do double special and run a fusion or slug instead of an smg.

Great video also i run hothead with merciless

Keep grinding guardian!!!

good video. (i like watching stuff like that despite never having the weapons or the skills to do anything beyond normal strikes)

For mercyless id say its better to not use an al rocket, i use either a field prep clown c or a slide ways with the refresh bug on apex pred so i can dump both weapons ammo separately, cuz when u swap weapons with the merciless charge time buff it takes it away. Also the slideways bug is when u slide to reload ur rocket and if u swap weapons it resets the slideways cooldown so u can use slideways to reload again if u swap back. Basically making ur apex pred a big ignition code. Better with high handling

I kinda blended 2 of yours. My go to is izi linear on things with good critspots or if theres a div, and witherhorde rockets if theres no easy crits

I think I learned something even i have played since d1

I am just getting into the whole bait and switch thing w my newly crafted Apex. I used to just always bring my crafted taipan. But this video was EXACTLY what I needed. THANK YOU.

Are rockets still ideal if you don’t have another player running gjally?

Me who uses tractor cannon and grenades 👍

Putting time dilation mods in your class item is also quite important for some boss fights

For short dmg phases izanagy + auto loading heavy gl is best especially the new trials one. For really long ones like one phase oryx izy + cataclismic has really hogh total dmg

Can you change your armor in the middle of a Legendary Lost Sector? Referencing 3:00

very helpfull. i have a godroll Taipan (Focused Fury/Tripple Tap) and a solid B+ Apex. In this case taipan would be the choice ? Hothead with Autol. Holster/Vorpal or Autol.Holster/Clown Cartrige ?

You could also use the craftable solar fusion from last season with envious/resevoir burst with witherhoard and apex. You just need to have a build that doesn't rely too much on weapons for killing ads, because you are gonna want to save ammo for the boss.

My issue is I finally get in a group for a raid we play raid half the raid team dies from their own mistakes I get blamed cause I play a stasis sorc build yet I haven't died once they kick me and proceed to keep losing the raid anyway

what mode is this? is it a practice range?

7:08 with this build I personally believe that apex predator would work better simply due to surges

PSA it is damage loss to run 2 arc/solar 1 kinetic for wither or izzy always run 3 of whatever your rocket is

The first time i tried to ro izzy hotswapping my brain completely broke and malfunctioned lmao...doesnt help i tried it on planets in root but still. Have yet to try it again i did like 400k dmg n kept forgetting to grab the buffs to deal dmg i was so focused on trying to remember the rotation

just a correction: not special weapon{special weapon=weapon shooting special ammo, it also can be kinetic) but energetic weapon(weapon on second slot always has "light" element: solar,arc,void it can be primmary or special) *heavy weapons can be energetic or kinetic but not without element

Im playing that with izanagi fugue 55 with auto loading holster vorpal and a apex predator with reconstraction and collectiv action -- this has to go need another perk . But i wasnt testong it because i have no guild to play with :D

idk if i missed it, but i dont think you mentioned that merciless has a kill clip 'like' special perk named impetus, because if its possible you should mention that getting a kill before unloading merciless would help with damage.

Just out of curiosity why don’t you use enhanced battery for the mag size on your cataclysmic? With it you can proc fourths times twice in a mag letting you shoot 10 shots in a row instead of 8. Less downtime reloading and more free ammo makes it the obvious choice imo.

Witherhord comes with a caveat though. If you do not have the catalyst unlocked, i.e. you do not play any PVP mode in Destiny 2, the third strat will not work.

If you are using recon/BnS Apex you should start with the rocket than the other 2 weapons, once you get back to your rocket you will have BnS activated with both rockets ready to go. In your dps phase, you only had 4 rockets within BnS. The number 1 thing if you are looking at DPS, you really should have a solid rotation figured out to utilize all buffs that your weapons are giving. A Royal Executioner with Envy/Reservoir is much better since it gives you the option to run exotic in the primary slot like Witherhoard. If you are running Wellock you should try and get Rain of Fire boots instead of Luna if "solo" as the title implies.

The fact that the HOThead rocket launcher is arc instead of solar still make my brain mad 😂 its got hot right there in the name it should be solar damnit lmaoooo

Thunderlord + actium war rig is my go to, gotta love it, simple and easy

I’m out here running double special bait n switch

Another really good rocket launcher for the izinagi rocket setup is palmyra b, which is a craftable rocket launcher with auto loading lasting impression, which can both be enhanced for more damage and faster reloading

reserve mods only stack twice for rockets

I’ve made us wipe and restart raid bosses if someone is dicking around and kills me after I rally with my extra reserves! lol….dropping from 9 to 7 rockets or 24 down to 20 linear shots will F up my dps!!!

God bless everyone and have a good day,.

I'm not sure if the way you use your Apex is how you normally use it, but if that is the case, Bait and Switch is pointless on it. Explosive Light will be stronger for more damage provided you're able to get the Orbs of Power needed for x6. If you do plan to use a Bait and Switch rocket, use Cold Comfort with Envious Assassin and Bait and Switch + it's origin trait when you use a finisher on an enemy. Doing this after 9 consecutive weapon kills with 10 seconds between each kill + the finish will load 3 rockets per mag + 1 "emergency reload" for a 4th shot without needing to swap rocket out. The reason for this is Bait and Switch only procs on the very next shot fired from magazine, so on Apex, it only works when using your second shot from the reconstruction overflow, if you reloaded it however, third shot would also be effected by BNS. Because of this, Lunafaction Boots is highly recommended if you want to maximize your total damage output, and even with Cold Comfort I would say it is necessary because the highest DPS you can use is Cold Comfort in a LunaWell and using Alloy Casing for maximized reload speed with Envious BNS. Once BNS has run out (~11 seconds including the moment the counter hits 0) you can reproc it with the Honed Edge Izanagi's and secondary weapon (I personally use a volt shot Iterative Loop), then fire off your last rockets and just smash the final few Izanagi shots into boss. But by that point usually DPS phase is over.

wtf i do more damage only using malfeasance or great oberture

A better way to use Apex with Bait and Switch is to shoot an Apex First, then start your Izi swapping. By the time you get back to your rocket, you’ll have 2 Bait and Switch Rockets for quicker damage

Says onlt 1 exotic how bro 😂

there's no point in using merciless if you don't know how to use it, its exotic perk is super kill clip giving you a 50% damage buff after getting a kill then reloading

Demon time

so u just not gonna show the damage...

And watch Bungie nerfs them too.

Easiest DPS weapon is Thunderlord with the catalyst. I bet it would match or even beat those rotations with triple Arc Surge. Give it a shot :)

My guy put solo in the title and said "i actually mean a 'solo' player in a team", like that isnt the definition of solo at all...

Bunch of crappi 😂😂😂😂😂

Timegates, Paywalls, and required Teamplay, all these things make up 90% of the weapons you use. Nice... Cynicism aside good vid, very in depth.