In Destiny 2, Guardians are slowly warming up and getting creative with Solar 3.0. Therefore, it is no surprise that some of the hottest builds have turned out to be really strong. We will show you three of the currently most popular builds for Titan, Warlock, and Hunter and list what you need to recreate them.
This is what the builds can do: In Destiny 2, it’s on fire, as Guardians have been playing with fire since Season 17. After some Guardians were not so excited about the new Solar 3.0 abilities, others have created strong builds for their classes.
Especially the Titan has become nearly immortal with the new abilities combined with an armor Exotic and has been playing Destiny 2 in easy mode since then.
MeinMMO has tested three trending Solar 3.0 builds from Season 17 and presents them in this article.
3 strong and solid builds with Solar focus
We will describe in detail what components make up the three Solar 3.0 builds. We will also take a closer look at the required Exotics and mods. For these Solar builds, it does not matter whether you are a Hunter, Titan, or Warlock – there is something for every class.
Solar Hunter – Transforms throwing knives into atomic bombs
Sharp knives have always been a good option for Hunters. But even better than throwing knives are burning throwing knives that also trigger an explosive chain reaction.
We will show you how to do this with the Solar 3.0 Hunter and the armor Exotic “Caliban’s Hand”. This Exotic was introduced with the start of Season 17.
What makes the build so special? If you have always wanted to know what it feels like to make the world explode, you should use this build. This allows the Hunter to trigger not only a cool but also a powerful atomic chain reaction – all thanks to the armor Exotic “Caliban’s Hand.”
- Roast them: The proximity explosive knife scorches targets that take damage from its explosions or ignites them on a direct hit. After throwing a proximity explosive knife, you also receive increased melee regeneration until the knife explodes.
We have listed everything here that we currently use in our Hunter build. Of course, this can always be adapted to your own playstyle by trying out a different Solar Super or grenade, as well as different aspects, fragments, or mods.
Our recommendation for this Hunter Lorelei build:
- Super ability: Gunslinger / Bladefire
- Grenade: Thermite grenade
- Melee: Proximity explosive knife
- Class ability: Gambler’s dodge
- Armor Exotic: “Caliban’s Hand”
| Solar | Aspects |
 | Mow them down Solar Supers are improved. Golden Gun – Precision hits have increased duration, Golden Gun – Gunslinger has increased damage resistance and duration. Bladefire fires more projectiles. While Radiant, death strikes with your equipped throwing knife fully grant melee energy back to you. |
 | On Your Mark Precision kills grant you and nearby allies increased weapon handling and reload speed for a short time. Stacks up to 3 times. Activating your class ability grants you the maximum stacks of “On Your Mark” immediately. |
For the Solar fragments, we recommend:
| Solar | Fragments |
 | Empyrean Flame Solar weapon or ability kills increase the duration of restoration and Radiant effects applied to you. |
 | Flame of the Coal Your Solar ignitions spread Scorch to affected targets. |
 | Flame of the Eruption Your Solar ignitions have a larger area of effect. |
 | Flame of the Ash You apply more Scorch stacks to targets. |
 | Flame of the Torches Charged melee attacks against combatants grant you and nearby allies the Radiant effect. |
This Hunter build can be well complemented with:
- Armor mod: “Focus Strike” (Void mod), which grants you class ability energy when damage is done with a melee attack.
- Elemental sources mod: “Source of Power” for additional weapon damage.
- Armor stats: High mobility and strength are also beneficial and further enhance the abilities.
- Energy weapon: the 900 RPM Solar submachine gun from Season 17 – Calus Mini-Tool.
- Weapon perk: “Glowing,” to spread additional Scorch among the targets.
- Seasonal artifact mods: “Explosive Solar Threat” and “Precision Strikes.”
How does the build play? Seriously crazy, and that’s even though Bungie seems to have slightly tweaked the Exotic already.
Once your proximity explosive knife is ready, you can throw it at an enemy. It is important that you can kill enemies with it, as only then will you get all your melee energy back along with your proximity explosive knife.
On a direct hit, the knife explodes, and through “Flame of the Coal,” it spreads Scorch to all nearby targets. This means that a hit with a kill, thanks to “Flame of the Ash,” additionally scorches enemies nearby and kills them through the resulting chain explosions. You can keep this going until no enemies are left standing while you shine.
For those who are not good at hitting: The knife ignites even if you just throw it between the enemies onto the ground.
Against the final boss of Bungie’s latest dungeon “Duality,” this is pure joy, as your Hunter can clear the field of Psion and Cabal mobs almost single-handedly or knock out the Bell keepers immediately. The mischievous grin from this contagious explosive power comes free of charge.
On the next page, we show you how to make your Bonk Titan almost immortal with Solar 3.0 and a new Witch Queen Exotic.
