Hi I don't really have anything to promote in the pinned comment for this video other than I guess if you really love these videos and want to support the channel you can leave a tip here: streamelements.com/mactics/tip Oh! Also apparently Xur is selling a 64 stat roll Young Ahamkara's Spine in the tower hanger this weekend? Bungie must've known this build was coming out today and wanted to hook yall up!!! Hope you enjoy the build, thank you so much for watching, love ya!
The way you explain everything in such detail and with very easy to understand visual breakdowns is amazing and so incredibly helpful. Thanks for being so awesome!
It's great to see the Solar Hunter getting a source of healing. As the enemies in encounters become more omnipresent, the days of being able to duck into cover to catch your breath are over. Higher difficulty activities require a source of healing, overshield, or invisibility in order to survive them.
@@Just_Lionz even in GM, 100 resil can't help against half of the targets that 1 shot you no matter what. It really only helps against trash tier mobs. That's why depending on my setup I'll go with 8 or 9 if it means I get a different stat higher that I'd use more or benefit more from. If I get hit by a 1 shot enemy, that's my fault and I'd die no matter what my resil was.
Shooting for 100 res always feels kinda bad on Hunter when that means taking a significant amount of points away from your class stat. Don't get me wrong, I do it anyway because the benefits are just so good right now, but I always hate how my mobility is an afterthought in literally every build just because the damage reduction is so strong it suffocates any variety.
I’m honestly so so so so happy I found your channel man. The quality of your videos is through the roof not to mention the builds being incredible. You’ve become my go to channel for builds. Keep up the great work
One suggestion here too is that you can use Ember of Char - it applies scorch after ignitions to enemies nearby and also to the enemy that you ignited it it didn’t die to the ignition. That means you can hit them with a tripmine + knife for the ignition, the ignition gives you energy and also scorches the target so you just need to hit them with another tripmine for another ignition. It creates a loop where you are getting tripmine, ignition, tripmine, ignition, and the tripmine + ignition is equal to enough energy to refund back a tripmine, infinite loop. Don’t even need your knives after the first toss
Ditto, I’ve used 3 different tripmine builds and this one wrecks. Running tripmines without the fragment that buffs your scorch stacks can leave you hanging if you miss a grenade or knife. I also stacked bountiful wells with elemental ordnance x3 and well of ordnance so getting a grenade kill spawns 4 solar wells and each well restores about 15% of ability energy, now combine that with the 33% return from exotic ahamkara spine and the grenade uptime becomes 100%. You don’t need knife trick for infinite grenades, but if you miss or a teammate kills your target knife trick will help you get to your next grenade.
@@DUBC_OG_610 Explosive knife is also good because the hit of the knife and then the delayed explosion both count as separate “ability” ticks towards grenade regeneration. And it can be thrown from further away than knife trick. Doesn’t scorch though. But if you are running Char then you don’t need your knife to loop infinite grenades since you’ll be popping an ignition in between every tripmine just from the grenade. The knife just sets up the first one.
@@erictheklein3774 right now I use Singeing, Torches, Ashes, Solace and Char usually. Will have to see how all the new fragments play before deciding on a new setup. You can probably replace Singeing with one of the new ones since the knife is less important so gamblers dodge isn’t as needed.
running two solar hunter builds, one with YAS and one with Caliban's. It ALL depends on how I want to spend my time. From the knowledge that I have acquired from the playbook guides in the past I am SO looking forward to this when I wake up
I’m definitely coming to this channel for future strand builds. Your void hunter build really helped me take my game to the next level and have finally been able to solo GMs and Master level activities
@@likesubstance yes it’s amazing, I highly recommend it as it’s good survivability and good burst damage it makes harder activities like masters or GMs way easier I’ve been able to solo these activities with this build
@@Shamoove oh wow I’m going to look into that, I’m finally getting back into destiny and got up to 1550 so far but needing something to keep up with late game content
Hi, me and my friend been maining this build ever since solo hunter caretaker being done for the first time. The best tip for this build is to wait for the ignition to proc before throwing your grenade as the ignition will prevent the ability regeneration by blowing up the trip mine. Also for dps monster going for energy converter with double dynamo allows u to get your super every 25 sec~. Pair this with rockets witherhoard and auto lauding gl allow u to 2 phase the ogre in goa.
I know you've had so many requests for a hunter solar build so this is so exciting !! lol Can't wait to give this a try and right before lightfall too, appreciate every video being so informative and easy to follow along Mac ! amazing vid as always, Thanks & Much Loves !
A good tip for anyone interested in running this is that weapons can be easily added into the ability rotation. Single-shot, auto-loading weapons such as rocket launchers, grenade launchers and Demolitionist weapons specifically do wonders. One particularly good setup during this season is the Roar of the Bear rocket from Iron Banner, but another fantastic combo coming in lightfall will be Witherhoard, Ikelos SMG and Hothead thanks to how font of might is being reworked to allow any damage type to be bolstered through mods rather than subclass-specific. Even more so thanks to voltshot's jolt rounding out the anti-champion capabilities of the solar build.
I already have been running this build since solar 3.0 but I love watching your build videos. You are by far the best build maker on RUclips. I always learn something new despite knowing about these builds before hand. 👍
I've been using this build for a while and has been the main build on Hunter. I don't run the same fragments and aspects, running the Gambler's Grenade instead for addclear and lower level content since each explosion will also refresh the grenade and can even be refreshed instantly if you get enough kills with it. Also, running Traveler's Chosen can be a good backup as it will "store" stacks you can use to refresh your abilities, if you ever end up out of loop.
Even tho Witherhoard is excellent for boss dps with an auto-loading rocket and the constant ability spam, I might consider Traveler’s Chosen actually. That gun is definitely a sleeper pick!
I'm so glad to see this build get to more people. I stumbled on this build about 2 seasons ago, and it has become my go-to hunter ever since. Things like Incandescent or a Monte Carlo insure even more smooth operation of abilities, if needed. I can't wait to be able to get regen on this build in Lightfall.
I've been running a similar build with this ever since the YAS was revamped ages ago now. This is my favorite solar exotic ever. Glad to see you cover it. There's many successful variants of this build available to play around with if people want to experiemnt, some more successful than others, mind you I do love the challange of more limited fragment slots yet running gunpowder gamble, it really makes you pick your fragments more carefully and push your armor mod - but the additional ignition on toss can be really fun to use. Looking forward to experimenting with build crafting on this once Lightfall hits, as well as seeing your update!
Hello lads , I'm a 45 year old gamer and I really like destiny, I just used to play in a party with the lads and just fuck around but then I started getting into triple x100 builds and then builds like these and I'm walking around like a god in the game, grow old lads but never grow up. Great video, thanks.
Yeah this build was so much fun when I used it during Season of the Haunted to do Containment events that I had to take off the Omni and now it's quickly becoming my #2 Subclass waiting for the Fragments changes and additions in Lightfall that I feel so confident going into the Campaign with it for Solo Legendary!!!!
Great video as always. I've been running this exact build since mid solar 3.0 season. I too used to run bolstering detonation and focusing strike but it's not realistic/feasible for GMs because that's unfortunately where your champion mods go. Bungie really didn't want people using solar this season, so no class item mods allow you to stun any champ of any kind with solar grenades or melee (only arc, void, and stasis iirc). That means that unless you're running an artifice armor and aren't spending any mod slots to boost stats or font of might/high energy fire, or CwL mods, you won't be able to stun champs except with exotics that intrinsically stun champs.
Been running spine for years and settled on basically the same build when Solar 3 came around. I’d recommend Melee Wellmaker and Hands On instead of Ordnance and Ashes though, since your melee is a much more spammable ability, even with the high uptime of your Tripmines. But if you’re keen on Grenades spending Wells, Explosive Wellmaker is just better since ignitions can spawn them too. Also, Ember of Char can apply scorch stacks to the surviving target to cause another ignition with a single grenade. Though this isn’t as important, since you wanna maximize your dodge regeneration to cycle your knives. Running Focusing and Bolstering is absolutely the move, but having single/double Perpetuation in the class item helps massively when you’re not using Artifact mods. Once Lightfall drops, your core is gonna be Torches, Ashes, and Singeing, with probably Mercy and Empyrean, and having Focusing/Bolstering with Perpetuation or their equivalents. For weapon synergies, the only thing I can recommend is a Demo breech GL, since you can add it into your dps chain very easily.
I've always been a huge lover of this build, I love doing the infinite combo its so satisfying, and I'm so glad to see it covered on your channel as I've loved seeing all the other build videos too.
At first I was thinking, why would you use this over Caliban's, but I realized duh, this is significantly better for *single target* dmg, but that's fuckin awesome since in either single or add clear you can literally just hot-swap them depending on your content..absolutely nuts
I gotta say As a hunter 1 trick and long time destiny player . I don't typically directly learn anything from these videos . however they are absolutely impeccable for sharing with my friends who aren't as deep into the build crafting rabbit hole . Your videos explain things about 1000x better than I ever could . thanks for making these videos :)
Just in case you're trying to work around some fragments to try slot in gunpowder gamble or try other fragments, the necessary fragments (in order) are, torches ashes and singeing
I usually never comment on RUclipsrs video but your video are so well worth the like, comment, and subscription!! Keep up the great vids man, and so excited to see the builds you put out for light fall!! Also I think literally the best think you do is the link to DIM 100/10 !
I personally used 1 elemental ordinance, 1 melee well maker, 1 elemental charge, 1 well of life,and heal thyself for survivability. Basically picking up a well grants me immediate healing as well as making me charged with light. And I get instant health from heal thyself when I throw my trip-mine when charged with light
In Lightfall you can also pair this with One Thousand Voices, as it will also apply scorch stacks to targets. I think this build may make it a good PvE endgame option, especially since with a Chill Clip fusion, fusion mods (finder, scavenger, reloader, etc.) will pull double duty.
I love the fact there's still videos being put up on solar hunter. Only think i wish is that they'd add other exotics or perks to make other solar grenades and solar melee better. Like swarm grenade and the lightweight knife cause they hardly get used
This is awesome it's the first video that I've been able to actually follow on how to lay out things and then how to rotate through the abilities in maneuvers I'm going to check your stuff hopefully you've done it for the Titan and the Warlock on other builds nonetheless thank you great job
I’ve been using this kind of build since solar 3.0 first dropped. Always said that it’s amazing for everything. Can’t wait to see more people try it out and fun with it.
Yup. Multiple people have been using this or something close to it, including a few posting videos, but what I think is most useful here is that Mac lays out a blueprint for it, the rationale so its understood how and why it works (versus showing only game play) and then a roadmap for tactics of play. I'm sure we can all agree, that's where the amazing value comes into play.
Just came across your site. Took a long layoff and came back for Lightfall. The builds generally confuse me yet your guide helps a lot. Makes me want to switch to hunter now, maybe. Liked and Subbed.
Really really hoping they increase the number of fragments you can use. I love the gunpowder gamble aspect (as long as it doesn’t kill me) but 3 fragments is nowhere near enough for any of these changes 🤞🏻
I really have been enjoying the build. The gameplay loop is fun and extremely satisfying when you melt a yellow bar with a perfect combo. That said, it desperately needs the healing it's set to receive with Lightfall. Too many times in higher level content or even ad-dense mid level content I'd just get wrecked due to the nearly non-existent healing. Could also be that I'm used to running Caliban's Hand and popping a restoration grenade when I'm in a sticky situation. Here's to hoping Lightfall brings it all together for this build, because it's got a lot of promise.
Hunter has infinite healing already… it’s just a different style build. Healing Grenade. Just use it, the aspect that extends duration and the one that extends duration when you kill something with a solar weapon. Then if that’s not quite enough (because it’s usually run with Star Eater Scales for DPS) the run it with Assassin’s Cowl because as long as you kill something with a melee you have infinite melee.
@@amorfati4927 I am well aware of how to use healing nades. Maybe I should have specified YAS hunter in my original comment, but having to use your grenade as the only way to get healing on Solar hunter limits the subclass a lot. Now I can actually use the exotic I like and have a form of healing.
one thing i would recommend adding (before lightfall) is the charged with light mod, heal thyself. you also need solar for this to work so it fits in with the build well.
I personally like gunpowder gamble since its added damage into the rotation plus it counts as an ability further adding to the loop, also bcuz its a cool ability all things considered, i like to run DMT with these as well so i can basically be a destiny version of my favorite overwatch hero ashe lol
personally what i use is a little different when it comes to mods but everything else I use: I use 2 elemental ordinance with 1 explosive wellmaker (for a total of 5 elemental wells when getting a multi kill with your grenade) with well of life and ashes to assets and of course bountiful wells. The definition of glass cannon.
I'm a titan main and I convinced a friend to hop on d2. He chose hunter (wasn't surprised he's got a couple screws loose lol). I wanted to help him out but didn't know how to build a hunter so I ended up making one too and so glad xur is selling those gloves with decent stats today theyve boosted my blueberry companion ten fold. Im actually finding hunters to be fairly enjoyable, never thought I'd see the day this would happen
Definitely a great build. I’ve been stuck on the arc liars handshake build lately. Using ikelos smg with healing burst on warmind cells and then melee wellmaker with ionic melee. So my guns slap and can heal me and my melee also slaps and can heal me. Running it with 100 discipline too so I always have nades. It’s pretty busted.
Use utility kickstart instead of bomber. The energy from bomber overflows. And dodge is more valuable since it basically give you back melee and melee gives back grande. Melee grande combo gives back another grande. Therefore dodge = 1 melee 2 grande
Have you experimented with acrobats dodge? It deals damage on landing, which can give that last 1/3 grenade energy. So the rotation would be tripmine > acrobat > tripmine > knives > tripmine. I think there are ignitions in there as well that can change that order. Need to run high strength tho for dps phase
seems to be slightly better 1 rotation damage but at the cost of not being able to extend it further with dodge>melee combos. you'd need a way to refund or generate a ton of melee energy, and melee kickstart can only get you so far
I'm pretty sure you don't have to hit multiple enemies to get the full granade refund. Each knife from knife trick counts as its own instance of ability damage. So throw your granade away to have 0 energy available then hit a tanky enemy with all 3 knifes and you should get the full granade back. Which only makes the rotation brought up in this vid even better
Great video I love the entire breakdown. Quality of the video was very nicely delivered. I subscribed and liked and looking forward to more of your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Ooooo I'm pumped for this vid to watch it all back but got here pretty early still! This is one of my 3 builds that are "Lightfall ready" Great stuff as always Mac Also, how convenient for any new hunters/new players... Xur is selling an okay Ahamkara's Spine this weekend!
I really wanna run this with gunpowder gamble like i did when solar 3.0 just dropped, but gunpowder gamble gives you so little fragment slots that you can barely do anything with ur build.
I prefer this to calibans for higher end content or group play. Calibans is fun for solo and low end stuff where you can easily secure the knife kill but this is more versatile
I tried this build once, but it only lasted for a few hours. Mostly because I wasn’t exactly sure what I was doing. So I appreciate the breakdown and looking forward to those strand build.
I tried Spire fo the Watcher right now. My 2cnts: 1) I find it inferior for survivability. I used Elemental Shards + Heal Thyself but still is not that good for me. Maybe I need to perfect the loop. My Mini Tool has Enhanced Unrelenting and I still found myself dead too many times. Hopefully Ember of Mercy improves this situation. 2) I Used an Arc Helmet for Hands-On instead of Ashes to Assets, because I find myself throwing more knives than grenades.
As a PvP main. I can attest to this build. Went flawless in solo trials last week. Swapped out for proximity knife though. And used an adrenaline junkie weapon. For you PvE guys who bedgrundingly play PvP. Highly recommend
Torches, ashes char (singeing and solace for OYM) MAX MOB (2) MAX RESIL (1) Recovery wanted but not needed, hard to build with max mob/res Ignore discipline Focus intelect (ignore if using font of wisdom) maximise strength to fullest (3) Ashes to assets Bolstering detonation (x2/bolstering melee) Focus on stats+combat Focus on stats+combat, absolution/insulation X2 utility kickstart Font of might Well of life Time dilation Melee wellmaker Grenade wellmaker / font of wisdom Witherhoard Demo + lasting impression Roar of the bear Recommended : calus mini tool, retraced path
I wouldn’t sleep on seeking wells, even tho elemental wells are changing in lightfall, running elemental ordnance/melee wellmaker/seeking wells/well of life have worked the best for me. For the 5th elemental well mod i run elemental armaments if i have a solar weapon like Zaouli’s Bane or explosive wellmaker if not. Great video nonetheless.
Its a really good build. Personally ive found solar ahamkaras with double impact to be better for me. With the fragment giving class ability regen on scorch you really dont need the two void mods.
Maaan, the survivability has been the only thing preventing me from taking solar hunter into GMs. I've been doing just fine with Nightstalker and Arcstrider.
the reason why i never used this build is because of the lack of healing. i always just ran ophida spathe and double throwing knived while using a healing Grenade. good to know i can finally use a different build and not die instantly
Hey Mactiecs just curious in future when Light fall comes out. Which classes you think you’ll pick first on making another awesome build video on strand ? I’m super excited to see what Hunters can do with strand.
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Oh! Also apparently Xur is selling a 64 stat roll Young Ahamkara's Spine in the tower hanger this weekend? Bungie must've known this build was coming out today and wanted to hook yall up!!!
Hope you enjoy the build, thank you so much for watching, love ya!
The way you explain everything in such detail and with very easy to understand visual breakdowns is amazing and so incredibly helpful. Thanks for being so awesome!
Would you use this or your stasis hunter build for gms?
Its a funny roll. Its only 2 mobility, but its stat distribution would be otherwise great on titans or warlocks 😅
Name: Bleeding inferno
Also I believe that some mods will increase Dodge uptime super uptime etc.
Music you used?
It's great to see the Solar Hunter getting a source of healing. As the enemies in encounters become more omnipresent, the days of being able to duck into cover to catch your breath are over. Higher difficulty activities require a source of healing, overshield, or invisibility in order to survive them.
100 Resil also helps too
@@Just_Lionz not for long!
@@Just_Lionz even in GM, 100 resil can't help against half of the targets that 1 shot you no matter what. It really only helps against trash tier mobs. That's why depending on my setup I'll go with 8 or 9 if it means I get a different stat higher that I'd use more or benefit more from.
If I get hit by a 1 shot enemy, that's my fault and I'd die no matter what my resil was.
Shooting for 100 res always feels kinda bad on Hunter when that means taking a significant amount of points away from your class stat. Don't get me wrong, I do it anyway because the benefits are just so good right now, but I always hate how my mobility is an afterthought in literally every build just because the damage reduction is so strong it suffocates any variety.
@@Just_Lionz 100 resil buys you time in the storm; it doesn't let you live there.
Dude, It is WILD, the fact that you make this on the day that Xur brings the exotic. Excellent build!!
I KNOW right?! I didn't have a one in my vault, looked up what Xur was selling, and lit up!
Another lucky guarfian here. Got one a few weeks ago and as I was not using it I turned it into infusion fuel.
I also just checked sure and then suddenly this video popped up, its so nice.
xur*
Xur’s roll isn’t the best but you can get 2 20’s out of it w a stat mod and a masterwork
I’m honestly so so so so happy I found your channel man. The quality of your videos is through the roof not to mention the builds being incredible. You’ve become my go to channel for builds. Keep up the great work
One suggestion here too is that you can use Ember of Char - it applies scorch after ignitions to enemies nearby and also to the enemy that you ignited it it didn’t die to the ignition. That means you can hit them with a tripmine + knife for the ignition, the ignition gives you energy and also scorches the target so you just need to hit them with another tripmine for another ignition. It creates a loop where you are getting tripmine, ignition, tripmine, ignition, and the tripmine + ignition is equal to enough energy to refund back a tripmine, infinite loop. Don’t even need your knives after the first toss
which fragment that he suggested would you replace with Char?
Ditto, I’ve used 3 different tripmine builds and this one wrecks. Running tripmines without the fragment that buffs your scorch stacks can leave you hanging if you miss a grenade or knife. I also stacked bountiful wells with elemental ordnance x3 and well of ordnance so getting a grenade kill spawns 4 solar wells and each well restores about 15% of ability energy, now combine that with the 33% return from exotic ahamkara spine and the grenade uptime becomes 100%. You don’t need knife trick for infinite grenades, but if you miss or a teammate kills your target knife trick will help you get to your next grenade.
@@DUBC_OG_610 Explosive knife is also good because the hit of the knife and then the delayed explosion both count as separate “ability” ticks towards grenade regeneration. And it can be thrown from further away than knife trick. Doesn’t scorch though. But if you are running Char then you don’t need your knife to loop infinite grenades since you’ll be popping an ignition in between every tripmine just from the grenade. The knife just sets up the first one.
@@asawarai what do you replace wtih char?
@@erictheklein3774 right now I use Singeing, Torches, Ashes, Solace and Char usually. Will have to see how all the new fragments play before deciding on a new setup. You can probably replace Singeing with one of the new ones since the knife is less important so gamblers dodge isn’t as needed.
running two solar hunter builds, one with YAS and one with Caliban's. It ALL depends on how I want to spend my time. From the knowledge that I have acquired from the playbook guides in the past I am SO looking forward to this when I wake up
Did you ever wake up
@@VenomousCosmo 19 hours and still missing, rip
@@VenomousCosmo still sleeping lmao
I’m definitely coming to this channel for future strand builds. Your void hunter build really helped me take my game to the next level and have finally been able to solo GMs and Master level activities
What build? The 100% uptime invis? It won’t let me watch the video if this seems like a stupid question
@@likesubstance yes it’s amazing, I highly recommend it as it’s good survivability and good burst damage it makes harder activities like masters or GMs way easier I’ve been able to solo these activities with this build
@@Shamoove oh wow I’m going to look into that, I’m finally getting back into destiny and got up to 1550 so far but needing something to keep up with late game content
@@likesubstance it’s a perfect fit for end game content and it’s very simple and easy to use which I like
Hi, me and my friend been maining this build ever since solo hunter caretaker being done for the first time. The best tip for this build is to wait for the ignition to proc before throwing your grenade as the ignition will prevent the ability regeneration by blowing up the trip mine. Also for dps monster going for energy converter with double dynamo allows u to get your super every 25 sec~. Pair this with rockets witherhoard and auto lauding gl allow u to 2 phase the ogre in goa.
You have discord or psn to explain this to me
@@Bleazzy yeah SleekRiver2#0369
send me a dm
I know you've had so many requests for a hunter solar build so this is so exciting !! lol Can't wait to give this a try and right before lightfall too, appreciate every video being so informative and easy to follow along Mac ! amazing vid as always, Thanks & Much Loves !
I, for one, have been looking for a solar build 👍🏻
A good tip for anyone interested in running this is that weapons can be easily added into the ability rotation. Single-shot, auto-loading weapons such as rocket launchers, grenade launchers and Demolitionist weapons specifically do wonders. One particularly good setup during this season is the Roar of the Bear rocket from Iron Banner, but another fantastic combo coming in lightfall will be Witherhoard, Ikelos SMG and Hothead thanks to how font of might is being reworked to allow any damage type to be bolstered through mods rather than subclass-specific. Even more so thanks to voltshot's jolt rounding out the anti-champion capabilities of the solar build.
I already have been running this build since solar 3.0 but I love watching your build videos. You are by far the best build maker on RUclips. I always learn something new despite knowing about these builds before hand. 👍
I've been using this build for a while and has been the main build on Hunter. I don't run the same fragments and aspects, running the Gambler's Grenade instead for addclear and lower level content since each explosion will also refresh the grenade and can even be refreshed instantly if you get enough kills with it. Also, running Traveler's Chosen can be a good backup as it will "store" stacks you can use to refresh your abilities, if you ever end up out of loop.
Even tho Witherhoard is excellent for boss dps with an auto-loading rocket and the constant ability spam, I might consider Traveler’s Chosen actually. That gun is definitely a sleeper pick!
Gambler's is so good. Sometimes it bugs out and lets you throw it twice too oddly enough!
@@cmdrmeldoc59 It's quite effective too since with osmosis, it become solar so it helps building up the bigger grenade back.
@@Pikachu790 I managed to throw 4 in a row because I killed so many enemies at once.
I'm so glad to see this build get to more people. I stumbled on this build about 2 seasons ago, and it has become my go-to hunter ever since. Things like Incandescent or a Monte Carlo insure even more smooth operation of abilities, if needed. I can't wait to be able to get regen on this build in Lightfall.
I havve incandescent on my Drang sidearm and its insane!
I've been running a similar build with this ever since the YAS was revamped ages ago now. This is my favorite solar exotic ever. Glad to see you cover it. There's many successful variants of this build available to play around with if people want to experiemnt, some more successful than others, mind you I do love the challange of more limited fragment slots yet running gunpowder gamble, it really makes you pick your fragments more carefully and push your armor mod - but the additional ignition on toss can be really fun to use.
Looking forward to experimenting with build crafting on this once Lightfall hits, as well as seeing your update!
Hello lads , I'm a 45 year old gamer and I really like destiny, I just used to play in a party with the lads and just fuck around but then I started getting into triple x100 builds and then builds like these and I'm walking around like a god in the game, grow old lads but never grow up.
Great video, thanks.
Yeah this build was so much fun when I used it during Season of the Haunted to do Containment events that I had to take off the Omni and now it's quickly becoming my #2 Subclass waiting for the Fragments changes and additions in Lightfall that I feel so confident going into the Campaign with it for Solo Legendary!!!!
Patiently waiting to see the update to this and what changes have been made 🙂
Spoiler, it got better
Also, huge fan. I'd love to talk about Jewish Mexicans.
Great video as always. I've been running this exact build since mid solar 3.0 season. I too used to run bolstering detonation and focusing strike but it's not realistic/feasible for GMs because that's unfortunately where your champion mods go. Bungie really didn't want people using solar this season, so no class item mods allow you to stun any champ of any kind with solar grenades or melee (only arc, void, and stasis iirc). That means that unless you're running an artifice armor and aren't spending any mod slots to boost stats or font of might/high energy fire, or CwL mods, you won't be able to stun champs except with exotics that intrinsically stun champs.
Those number breakdowns/edits really helps understand the finer points of the build.
Been running spine for years and settled on basically the same build when Solar 3 came around. I’d recommend Melee Wellmaker and Hands On instead of Ordnance and Ashes though, since your melee is a much more spammable ability, even with the high uptime of your Tripmines. But if you’re keen on Grenades spending Wells, Explosive Wellmaker is just better since ignitions can spawn them too. Also, Ember of Char can apply scorch stacks to the surviving target to cause another ignition with a single grenade. Though this isn’t as important, since you wanna maximize your dodge regeneration to cycle your knives. Running Focusing and Bolstering is absolutely the move, but having single/double Perpetuation in the class item helps massively when you’re not using Artifact mods. Once Lightfall drops, your core is gonna be Torches, Ashes, and Singeing, with probably Mercy and Empyrean, and having Focusing/Bolstering with Perpetuation or their equivalents. For weapon synergies, the only thing I can recommend is a Demo breech GL, since you can add it into your dps chain very easily.
Yes finally someone seeing the true potential of my favorite exotic :) ignitions making the energy come back as well is such a fun secret to utilize
I've always been a huge lover of this build, I love doing the infinite combo its so satisfying, and I'm so glad to see it covered on your channel as I've loved seeing all the other build videos too.
At first I was thinking, why would you use this over Caliban's, but I realized duh, this is significantly better for *single target* dmg, but that's fuckin awesome since in either single or add clear you can literally just hot-swap them depending on your content..absolutely nuts
I gotta say As a hunter 1 trick and long time destiny player . I don't typically directly learn anything from these videos . however they are absolutely impeccable for sharing with my friends who aren't as deep into the build crafting rabbit hole . Your videos explain things about 1000x better than I ever could . thanks for making these videos :)
Just in case you're trying to work around some fragments to try slot in gunpowder gamble or try other fragments, the necessary fragments (in order) are, torches ashes and singeing
Very clear and concise. Great video and build. Thank you for not having any ridiculous intros and unnecessary fluff. Keep up the great work. 🎉
I usually never comment on RUclipsrs video but your video are so well worth the like, comment, and subscription!! Keep up the great vids man, and so excited to see the builds you put out for light fall!! Also I think literally the best think you do is the link to DIM 100/10 !
I personally used 1 elemental ordinance, 1 melee well maker, 1 elemental charge, 1 well of life,and heal thyself for survivability. Basically picking up a well grants me immediate healing as well as making me charged with light. And I get instant health from heal thyself when I throw my trip-mine when charged with light
In Lightfall you can also pair this with One Thousand Voices, as it will also apply scorch stacks to targets. I think this build may make it a good PvE endgame option, especially since with a Chill Clip fusion, fusion mods (finder, scavenger, reloader, etc.) will pull double duty.
Monte Carlo too
It can fully recharge your melee abilities with every kill
I love the fact there's still videos being put up on solar hunter. Only think i wish is that they'd add other exotics or perks to make other solar grenades and solar melee better. Like swarm grenade and the lightweight knife cause they hardly get used
It's all the same build since the first day of Solar 3.0 rework. People just copying each other since Solar Hunter has 1 exotic and 1 build
Dude, kudos to whomever edited this vid and added the graphics. They seriously working with your style.
i edit my own videos :p
Super detailed video! Seen a lot of these videos so far but not nearly as in depth or easy to grasp.
Easiest subscription ever
Hey Mactics, love the build! Any chance you could get a new DIM link? The one in the description has inert mods. Thanks
This is awesome it's the first video that I've been able to actually follow on how to lay out things and then how to rotate through the abilities in maneuvers I'm going to check your stuff hopefully you've done it for the Titan and the Warlock on other builds nonetheless thank you great job
I’ve been using this kind of build since solar 3.0 first dropped. Always said that it’s amazing for everything. Can’t wait to see more people try it out and fun with it.
Yup. Multiple people have been using this or something close to it, including a few posting videos, but what I think is most useful here is that Mac lays out a blueprint for it, the rationale so its understood how and why it works (versus showing only game play) and then a roadmap for tactics of play.
I'm sure we can all agree, that's where the amazing value comes into play.
@@OniNoFro Very true. I can agree with that
Just came across your site. Took a long layoff and came back for Lightfall. The builds generally confuse me yet your guide helps a lot. Makes me want to switch to hunter now, maybe. Liked and Subbed.
Really really hoping they increase the number of fragments you can use. I love the gunpowder gamble aspect (as long as it doesn’t kill me) but 3 fragments is nowhere near enough for any of these changes 🤞🏻
Fr, I wish they just scrapped the slots bc it's so unnecessary for buildcrafting
I really have been enjoying the build. The gameplay loop is fun and extremely satisfying when you melt a yellow bar with a perfect combo. That said, it desperately needs the healing it's set to receive with Lightfall. Too many times in higher level content or even ad-dense mid level content I'd just get wrecked due to the nearly non-existent healing. Could also be that I'm used to running Caliban's Hand and popping a restoration grenade when I'm in a sticky situation. Here's to hoping Lightfall brings it all together for this build, because it's got a lot of promise.
ive been playing with this build for the last few hours and it's excellent! cant wait for those strand guides when lightfall drops soon
This build did not leave my Hunter the entire season of the Haunted. This with classy restoration and the mod that increased ignition damage was WILD.
Just got back into playing with your hunter stasis build. Definitely going to be giving this a try come light fall, thanks!
Tried the build tonight, EPIC! Thanks! What guns do you prefer to use with this build?
This is such a perfect time to drop this video, with Xûr bringing Young Ahamkara with him so more people can try this build
I haven't used solar hunter since season of the haunted but this one will definitely be added to the rotation. Thanks
Not having healing has been the only reason I haven’t used solar hunter as much. I’m so excited for Lightfall
Hunter has infinite healing already… it’s just a different style build.
Healing Grenade. Just use it, the aspect that extends duration and the one that extends duration when you kill something with a solar weapon.
Then if that’s not quite enough (because it’s usually run with Star Eater Scales for DPS) the run it with Assassin’s Cowl because as long as you kill something with a melee you have infinite melee.
@@amorfati4927 I am well aware of how to use healing nades. Maybe I should have specified YAS hunter in my original comment, but having to use your grenade as the only way to get healing on Solar hunter limits the subclass a lot. Now I can actually use the exotic I like and have a form of healing.
one thing i would recommend adding (before lightfall) is the charged with light mod, heal thyself. you also need solar for this to work so it fits in with the build well.
Ayo your the best destiny 2 RUclipsr for builds right now, thanks for being so consistent
Solar hunter, already can't wait to try it out!
I can’t wait to see your new strand builds and the update of your past builds I have made many of them and love them!
FYI Xur is selling Young Ahamkara's this week for those that don't have them :)
I personally like gunpowder gamble since its added damage into the rotation plus it counts as an ability further adding to the loop, also bcuz its a cool ability all things considered, i like to run DMT with these as well so i can basically be a destiny version of my favorite overwatch hero ashe lol
personally what i use is a little different when it comes to mods but everything else I use: I use 2 elemental ordinance with 1 explosive wellmaker (for a total of 5 elemental wells when getting a multi kill with your grenade) with well of life and ashes to assets and of course bountiful wells. The definition of glass cannon.
I'm a titan main and I convinced a friend to hop on d2. He chose hunter (wasn't surprised he's got a couple screws loose lol). I wanted to help him out but didn't know how to build a hunter so I ended up making one too and so glad xur is selling those gloves with decent stats today theyve boosted my blueberry companion ten fold. Im actually finding hunters to be fairly enjoyable, never thought I'd see the day this would happen
If you would like for the class item you could also run 2x utility kickstart for class ability energy when it’s empty :)
This is basically my solar hunter build. Appreciate the information for the upcoming changes in Lightfall. 👍🏼 Thanks
Definitely a great build. I’ve been stuck on the arc liars handshake build lately. Using ikelos smg with healing burst on warmind cells and then melee wellmaker with ionic melee. So my guns slap and can heal me and my melee also slaps and can heal me. Running it with 100 discipline too so I always have nades. It’s pretty busted.
why are you using liar's
Use utility kickstart instead of bomber. The energy from bomber overflows. And dodge is more valuable since it basically give you back melee and melee gives back grande. Melee grande combo gives back another grande.
Therefore dodge = 1 melee 2 grande
Really great break down. Thank you and word up.
I never tried YAS since im usually running a Void/Arc Hunter, but ill definitely giving it a go once Lightfall drops.
Have you experimented with acrobats dodge? It deals damage on landing, which can give that last 1/3 grenade energy. So the rotation would be tripmine > acrobat > tripmine > knives > tripmine. I think there are ignitions in there as well that can change that order. Need to run high strength tho for dps phase
seems to be slightly better 1 rotation damage but at the cost of not being able to extend it further with dodge>melee combos. you'd need a way to refund or generate a ton of melee energy, and melee kickstart can only get you so far
Great content keep up the good work, it's good to have a consistent destiny 2 RUclipsr that also has good quality vids.
You are the single greatest PvE build-tuber in the D2 community. Can't wait to see what you do with strand.
How do you not have more subs? Seriously amazing and well explained. Thank you
I'm pretty sure you don't have to hit multiple enemies to get the full granade refund. Each knife from knife trick counts as its own instance of ability damage. So throw your granade away to have 0 energy available then hit a tanky enemy with all 3 knifes and you should get the full granade back. Which only makes the rotation brought up in this vid even better
Lol. I was literally typing into RUclips “mactic solar hunter” and this came up 😅
Great video I love the entire breakdown. Quality of the video was very nicely delivered. I subscribed and liked and looking forward to more of your videos. Thanks for sharing.
Ooooo I'm pumped for this vid to watch it all back but got here pretty early still! This is one of my 3 builds that are "Lightfall ready" Great stuff as always Mac
Also, how convenient for any new hunters/new players... Xur is selling an okay Ahamkara's Spine this weekend!
loved the live graphics showing off the ability rotations
Cannot wait to see the future proofing. Also why intellect? If I'm not mistaken it very much seems to be useless from testing I have seen.
I really wanna run this with gunpowder gamble like i did when solar 3.0 just dropped, but gunpowder gamble gives you so little fragment slots that you can barely do anything with ur build.
I prefer this to calibans for higher end content or group play. Calibans is fun for solo and low end stuff where you can easily secure the knife kill but this is more versatile
I got the arms t drop for me yesterday so I didn’t have to go find some in the tower :)
I tried this build once, but it only lasted for a few hours. Mostly because I wasn’t exactly sure what I was doing. So I appreciate the breakdown and looking forward to those strand build.
I tried Spire fo the Watcher right now. My 2cnts:
1) I find it inferior for survivability. I used Elemental Shards + Heal Thyself but still is not that good for me. Maybe I need to perfect the loop. My Mini Tool has Enhanced Unrelenting and I still found myself dead too many times. Hopefully Ember of Mercy improves this situation.
2) I Used an Arc Helmet for Hands-On instead of Ashes to Assets, because I find myself throwing more knives than grenades.
Gunpowder gamble is cool for ad clearing even in GMs, dont sleep on it
I've been waiting for Mactics to do this video for so loooong. Legitimately since solar 3.0 launched. Nobody does these type vids quite like he does.
As a PvP main. I can attest to this build. Went flawless in solo trials last week. Swapped out for proximity knife though. And used an adrenaline junkie weapon. For you PvE guys who bedgrundingly play PvP. Highly recommend
This is the main build I rock, I wonder how much better this will be over mine. Let’s go mactics #huntersmasterrace
How good is it on gms?
@@LR17-K not very i wouldn't expect
Torches, ashes char (singeing and solace for OYM)
MAX MOB (2)
MAX RESIL (1)
Recovery wanted but not needed, hard to build with max mob/res
Ignore discipline
Focus intelect (ignore if using font of wisdom)
maximise strength to fullest (3)
Ashes to assets
Bolstering detonation (x2/bolstering melee)
Focus on stats+combat
Focus on stats+combat, absolution/insulation
X2 utility kickstart
Font of might
Well of life
Time dilation
Melee wellmaker
Grenade wellmaker / font of wisdom
Witherhoard
Demo + lasting impression Roar of the bear
Recommended : calus mini tool, retraced path
this build is so much fun. Thank you. i’m already subscribed brother.
My god, this one with the Fusion w/ Chill Clip is going to be amazing for GM's!!!
i already love young grenade build but this. this is just on another level
This will be a great build! Right up with healing from arc hunter!
I wouldn’t sleep on seeking wells, even tho elemental wells are changing in lightfall, running elemental ordnance/melee wellmaker/seeking wells/well of life have worked the best for me. For the 5th elemental well mod i run elemental armaments if i have a solar weapon like Zaouli’s Bane or explosive wellmaker if not. Great video nonetheless.
Its a really good build. Personally ive found solar ahamkaras with double impact to be better for me. With the fragment giving class ability regen on scorch you really dont need the two void mods.
I don’t know why but nailing knife head shots and making enemies unicorns is some of the most fun in destiny. Can’t wait for this one.
I know its 1 less fragment but i have been having a ton of fun with gunpowder gamble. I never even noticed it until recently but super fun to play.
Maaan, the survivability has been the only thing preventing me from taking solar hunter into GMs. I've been doing just fine with Nightstalker and Arcstrider.
Your tutorials are the best on RUclips!!! Thank you
Thanks for making all these builds I have enjoyed play with a lot of them ❤ see you in Strand
Can't wait to try this when I get off work!
Mans really posted this video and predicted this weeks hunter ecotics
TY... I am trying this out, right now!
Sick build! Thanks for the content!
This build has been my go-to since season 17. Just all kinds of fun
the reason why i never used this build is because of the lack of healing. i always just ran ophida spathe and double throwing knived while using a healing Grenade. good to know i can finally use a different build and not die instantly
What about Ember of Empyrean? Solar kills extend Radiant and Restoration, and seems like it would synergies nicely with this build
if you want to get a jump on this build, a good young ahamkara's spine is currently being sold by xur this weekend.
that solar hunter drip, earned the sub. do it guys
Hey Mactiecs just curious in future when Light fall comes out. Which classes you think you’ll pick first on making another awesome build video on strand ? I’m super excited to see what Hunters can do with strand.
I honestly prefer it with golden gun, for even more grenades. Adding gunpowder gamble makes even bigger explosions