Correction: Dragon's Breath already reloads in 2 ignitions (since it starts with 1x), but the passive increase should allow it to auto-load faster theoretically, and you can still use shoot while using a charged slide melee but the timing is more annoying and will likely be patched

The reason that it mentions "impact" buff for Nighthawk is because it doesnt buff the explosion it does after killing an enemy.

wormgod caress + warbanner + winterbite has been my go to for Coil. It's insane, you're basically permanently hitting empowered melees/super melee.

You can only Grenade spam on Verity’s under certain situations and team dynamics. Apotheosis is a straight Radiance spam for 6~ seconds after casting your super. And you can spam your melee. It’s been great with Dragon’s Breath for staying at x5 and feeling like I’m getting ignitions faster. It could be a reliable way to boost some DPS during a solo dungeon clear.

was waiting on this vid. banger, like always

For dbreath, base charge time for fuel passively is 6s, meaning 12s + ignite fully charge the fuel and auto reload. The catalyst buffs the passive generation to 3s per stack, making your ignite + 2 stacks ready in 6s total, rather than 12. Very strong difference as it becomes really viable in swap rotations as it can more comfortably keep its damage around twice as often, or simply remove the downtime. Another function that i've anecdotally felt while using the gun, is that it tend to fire out more fuel when stuck to an enemy, rather than a surface

you deserve more subs for the content you provide us

Thanks, for detailed review of current sandbox. I am gradually trying to learn boss DPS rotations etc, this information is key, much appreciated!

thanks for the update, great video

Thanks for the numbers.

I got a slideshot Crux earlier today. I can confirm it has 10 reserves with full reserve mods, but there's something really weird going on with trying to shoot it in slides. I think they might have fucked up slideshot when they made the change to sliding and shoulder charging. Either that or the low handling is just making it really awkward to fire. I also got a clown bipod roll yesterday, it seems to get three rockets every time with clown. Seemed okay, but nothing groundbreaking.

Peregrine buff is so much fun for one tapping champs over and over now but idk how useful it would be for speed running and such

Aegis my goat 💪 keep up the work

Hey, I was wondering if you saw and had any thoughts about the "Sect of Force" perk choice for aeon armor (I didn't see it in the vid)? It now gives a 20% buff to allies and didn't know if this conflicted with any other damage stacks or if this is now another extra 20% you can get.

I suggest looking into the Titan class Glaive. It doesn’t have ctm, however the bubble that is put down is a stacking damage buff, and is arguably better than bubble right now

Aegis before: Verity’s brow is overrated Aegis now: Apotheosis veil is mid because of Verity’s brow 😮😮😮

yay, aegis talks about apotheosis veil

Hey Aegis great video as allways. I would really apreciate a video for new lights/newer players that shows all the weapons worth grinding for(the ones you can still get/alternatives you can get) and what they are used for

One thing of note that I found out while in crota. Apotheosis Veil affect becomes proceed when you cast a relic super. I was doing this the crota sword but I would imagine it also would work with the aegis relic as well. still not super useful but good to know I guess. could be useful for templar maybe or 3rd encounter vow

dumping whisper and then hot swapping to cloudstrike is easily the most realistic total damage dump in the game. We'd have to get a new boss that allows that but definitely something to note for the next day 1

Nighthawk back on top god is good

What do you think about the Hunter glaive exotic arms Triton Vice with the new buffs?

Amazing video. One request: Can you provide a brief ELI5 recommendation guide for your average raider/dungeon player looking to maximize personal damage? For example, whats a basic weapon to use that's fairly easy to manage? Leviathan's Breath is just aim and fire, preferably with a Divinity bubble. Bait and Switch Apex predator is a little set up, but nothing too complex. Something like shotgun swapping and weapon/exotic swapping during boss damage would be beyond your average player's comfort level. One option is like a Solid/Better/Best recommendation for certain types of bosses. I Sherpa Crota for clan mates, and for Ir Yut, I recommend Leviathan's Breath, but also say that Taipan with FTTC and FL is a decent second option. For Crota, I recommend Lament as a baseline, and something like Bequest and Goldtusk for players who can handle a little more complexity in setup and damage. Your recommendations are awesome and I love the spreadsheet details.

thx again cutie ‼️‼️

Hey Aegis, gotta say, always appreciate your videos. Got a question if you dont mind. When it comes to GMs, what do you say to new shards of galanor in comparison to celestial nighthawk? Like one giving the option to ultimate super often versus the other one being more damage oriented?

What’s the best/quickest way to farm calibration data to get the catalyst?

I think while Apotheosis isn’t insane for dps from a total dmg standpoint being able to spam fusions and even the snap melee is quite decent and it pairs really well with dragons breath with all the ignitions your causing verity requires some setup so it isn’t always ideal

Your videos are the only reason I kind of understand how this game works

Assuming the artifact mod that gives a bump to initial scorch proc is sufficient, will two tailed fox with it igniting every shot be top tier single weapon dps?

I am so happy I can equip my chicken hat and not feel restrained again

Always on time has tuned drive and NLS speed driving which one do I do cause I have no clue

Thank you aegis relic from vault of glass

my sweet baby nighthawk is fanaly good again, anything else is secondary, great video aegis

I been loving using my celestial again. It’s been a while

Great video but do we know alredy if the dmg Buff from the Äonencult(the exo arms evry class has, i dont know the exact names right now) exos are stacking with anything?

Ive been using apotheosis on crota cause im usually well/tractor guy so being able to supplement my damage with verity lvl regen on fusions for crota has been nice its not maximum dps output it easier than doing the heartshadow swap and gives similar numbers imo

I really need artifact video, especially from you like what rockets should i use. Also stasis? Is it any good?

beast

They should make 12 punch a little longer to make it usable with shoulder charges, maybe 3.5-4 seconds(or 2 melees) for enchanced

Doesn’t verity require multiple warlocks on it to sustain the grenade spam? Apo should have a place in solo content or synergy with other subclasses. Is it not worth using over ophids on strand for example?

for apotheosis veil, would it be good with needle storm and spamming thread-lings?

By any chance, could you add caretaker (season of defiance craftable sword) to the boss damage spreadsheet, cuz I saw people using it instead of bequest

Crux Termination can also get envious and surrounded which, while situational, does more damage than Cold Comfort now that Balli doesn’t stack

Hey just say you post this and wanted to get a question in really quick: People are saying there they nerfed 3 armor charges and you should just run 2 now. Can you explain what happened here? I can’t find any info. Also for celestial nighthawk, do you want to use kinetic surges and not solar? Does the same apply for star eaters?

I know this is random, but what would you recommend for a warlock doing a solo flawless Spire of The Watcher this season? Best damage strategies? (I keep getting to the end boss flawless and dying to a random supplicant.)

Hello Mr. Aegis, I think I missed a memo somewhere. Is Bipod good now? Is it a GM perk, when should I be using it?

Dragons breath's only use is as an anarchy replacement and its amazing at it, it's pretty busted in solo content and alright in a team situation

I don't know if it is ideal but in dungeons or solo I have been running a solar primary to get radiant and all the buffs that comes with this season, Dragons breath, and scatter signal. Putting up some wild damage numbers on bosses.

Could apotheosis activate when well lining?

hi aegis stupid question but do you have percentages on the changes of the bomber mod since last season? thank you!

I'd rather use Doomed petitioner than cataclysmic personally, you still do a lot of damage + you don't have to worry about a perk you don't even see the timer because of too much damage buffs on the screen. As for dragon's breath I don't know what to think about it, I saw a clip of someone shredding the ogre of grasp with eremite and DBreath and still have rockets on him like it is very good for dps and ammo economy, but can this combo compete on a contest raid for a 30 sec dps if your the only one using it ?

apotheosis veil also works on threadling grenades. Thats 15 more bugs running around after you throw needlestorm.

Scatter w/ enhanced Overflow and enhanced battery will indeed load all 18 shots into one magazine, it rules.

Didn't The whispered breathing perk for the first worm shot get a buff? It's a scalar on the crit multiplier, and that one shot does a hell of a lot of damage

is the handling bonus from syntho anyway helpful for swap loadouts?

I think Dragon's breath is really good right now. definitely not meta. but dragon's breath+fusion rifle is extremely consistent and easy to do while also doing solid damage. unfortunately i don't see the dragon's breath catalyst doing much for it's swap dps. unless it increases both it's passive regen and also makes ignitions restore an extra stack. but it's rare a catalyst is a straight up upgrade to damage

Doomed petitioner is really good imo since enhanced precision instrument gives it 30% buff compared to Briar's focused fury's 20%, they also both have surrounded so I'm not sure why Briar's would have an advantage there. (plus reconstruction is better than rewind let's be honest)

Man, I wish apotheosis veil worked after a well skate. Might not even be optimal in most cases, but it'd sure be fun

Does the titan glaive bubble dmg bonus stack with well?

Very excited to see Apotheosis veil with the new warlock super coming Final Shape. I think it was called Song of Flame?

I think the reason i want to use apotheosis is mainly cuz its a weaker starfire warlock situation. If im a warlcok my team is going to ask for well regardless, so i may as well try to squeeze some damage out of my super as well

Is Ophidia Spathe worth using at all for endgame or still down in the D-tier?

Is impact casing, reconstruction and bipod on crux good? Or no damage perk not good

Synthos buff lasts for 8 sec after no longer surrounded, which is pretty generous. Not sure how this compares to 1 more refresh for the last add + meter decay time on Wormgod.

I wonder if the origin trait for the seasonal weapons have such a low % on charge rate reduction that unless you have it extremely long, its barely noticeable? I noticed it did nothing for the bow either and Im hoping its a bug. Imagine if the bow got draw time from the origin? That may make it worth crafting

The throwing hammer nerf completely killed my will to use solar titan. Bonk builds still have a risk/reward that Bungie doesn't understand, having to get within melee range in content like GM's is already sketchy enough- and now the only true viable melee build is strand titan

Shotgun into titan melee still works. play a few matches and you will find arc titans still using it in crucible

You called the throwing hammer nerf lazy; so would you rather have had it do 43% less damage per hit but you can still pick it up and throw it right away?

when you said that Blade barrage is question able before. may you elaborate on that more?

when they mentioned the shoulder charge/wind up melee nerf, it was due to pvp as you could still 'one shot' guardians with it if you managed to do even a pixel of damage during the slide. so of course the answer is to nerf the mechanics and not nerf the damage inside pvp. (this also affects, arc hunter and arc warlocks slide melee abilities)

I was thinking Whisper would synergize great with Well and Radiant if I can hit crits.

I have my catalysts done on dragon breath and it is a little faster but not sure on numbers

Does anyone know if 2x kinetic surges still work with Golden Gun?

I’m confused, what does pre popped mean?

Is it worth foetracer swapping for golden gun damage?

The only thing left in the game that give your ability energy for doing DMG now is the arc titan aspect that gives traces with pulse nades everything else bungie has transformed into on kill instead of on DMG

Aegis isn't your two tailed fox numbers off. Because the optimal setup is to run one of each surge to get 33% buff and not 3 void surges 22%?

I don't understand the "pre-popping" in regards to nighthawk. Can someone explain?

Blade barrage can have higher damage than celestial going up to around 800,000 while celestial was capping out at around 760,000, even with that pyrogale is hotting for more than both

Always a reliable source of what actually matters for damage as usual Aegis-but since we have 7 months without a dramatic change in the meta, I had a question for you pertaining to well of radiance. Bungie mentioned in the twab they would be looking at it (specifically the invulnerability), and I was wondering if there is any value in running a warlock in a Day 1 scenario if they just nerfed it into the ground. Assuming survivability isn’t an issue, Would strand titans and golden gun hunters be strictly better in most scenarios for 6 person damage phases? Is the utility of something like Stag Rifts or Strand Warlock DPS worth running the class for?

If I shoot DB with cata at Ogre, I can get three Eremite shots off before swapping back to DB with max fuel, this was without a grenade or melee, so it autoloads pretty quickly just on its own

Yippee

Kinetic surges still improve Golden Gun ? Didn't they fix that in the last months ?

I think the new origin perk increases the charge rate of swords, not the charge time of fusions.

What about whisper with the new artifact buffs???

happy for nighthawk not being sort of a joke

I feel like sunbracers with sunshot are the way to go for warlock for now outside of raid bosses. Someone can correct me on that but none of the other builds I've played around with seem to be worthwhile.

Honestly with how good strand titan is I dont mind hammer nerf but with it I can no longer go braindead mode and start throwing hammers at blueberries

Would Horseman and Rain if Fire make Crux with a mag increase (like Envious, Bipod, Recon, etc), Horseman, viable for burst damage? You could dump Horseman, Icarus, dump Horseman, then Crux spam to wait out the Icarus cooldown, before repeating Horseman spam. This was the first idea I thought when I saw this rocket but, now that I’m thinking about it, sticking with just Parasite would probably make this niche role useless.

Tested on a titan, so no super skate, and have no friends to properly test, but got a vanguard sword with valiant, and I'd swear valiant and nadir stack. I've not seen proper test nor theorization about that, so i assume no one is even looking into that, but correct me if that's not the case.

How 'bout those Peregrine Greaves? 1HKO Master-Level champions with infinitely refreshing shoulder charges. Also, though almost certainly not meta, you can smack a boss with shoulder charges over and over again (maybe stick them with DoT weapons in the meanwhile?). Sounds stupid and may not be much, but anything that's "You get a 300k damage melee and it instantly refreshes itself on hit every time" has gotta be worth checking out.

They should increase the bas dmg of shoulder charge melees. If they are not gonna let us have fun with 12p, at least make them good on their own

would be so cool if they made veritys stacks decay like wormgod, might be too busted though

I believe they specified "impact damage" because it also explodes when you get a kill and they probably werent interested in buffing the explosion damage.

I'm surprised you didn't comment on Apotheosis paired with Broodweavers and a demo rocket, I haven't been able to check but wouldn't the super, plus repeat threadlings and rocket shots be like a mini pre-nerf starfire?

Apotheosis strand warlock with demo B&S Apex one of the best damage rotations in the game... wyn

i got the funny slideshot surrounded rocket roll, time to theoretically do the highest rocket dps if i can get everything to work also, can confirm it has 10 rockets with 3 reserve mods

Didn’t goldy stop benefitting from kinetic surges last season? I mean either way it’s still the best but freeing up mod slots is nice

But have u tried Thunderlord

So in short, same meta as before. Replace blade barrage with celestial golden. And keep an eye on how dragons breath finalizes it’s place in damage setting?