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Would you consider making an exotic-less build for those newer players that are just starting? Like no exotic armor, no exotic weapons. Just pure mods and subclass aspects.
@@xebolous right on bro...i feel you on that one and truth be told..one of my own go to builds is a no exotic build and the best part is because of the stats on the pieces i chose i can switch to any subclass and it still smacks...good call ..much respect for that.
I want to add a small addition, if you want both infinite melee AND grenade charge; use Monte Carlo as your exotic weapon. Yes, it's a niche pick and isn't great damage wise. But basically you won't need it for anything else than to recharge your melee into an infinite cycle of melee -> grenade
Just got a King's Fall clear running SB; It does great boss damage in the right circumstances, it just tends to be a bit... fiddly to get active, but once it does you can lock down huge spots of a map. The new aspect that cures from grenade kills just makes it even better.
Yeah the build can be super finicky. If a teammate steals a kill or you mess up the rotation, it can be difficult to get the engines going again especially in harder content due to the range of snap.
Thats why you should get an Iterative Loop with enhanced Pugilist. If my melee doesn’t get a kill, or my teammate steals my kill that messes up the gameplay loop. This bad boy gets me melee energy back CRAZY fast. If heat rises is active, get one kill from the air and that’s usually enough to get your melee back. Its nasty. I am grinding the weapon out rn to level it up since I crafted. I don’t even have enhanced pugilist yet but its still works wonders
This build is really fun when you can get the procks, but i find it really frustrating in group content when teammates nick the kill you need for your rotation and then your just stuck for a bit Edit: Wow didnt notice this comment got a lot of activity, till just now. This now one of my favorite builds as it took me a bit of time to get the timings down. Its perfect for Duo dungeon runs with my buddy since the well makes up for some of the damage, and there are plenty of adds to keep this build going :)
I see I'm not the only one struggling with this. I find myself changing back to my void loadout a couple of runs in because trying to enable the rotation if you mess it is rather frustrating
This is it's biggest downfall. It struggles in teammate heavy content but I will say at least in a fireteam of 3 if you keep a fast pace you will DOMINATE the activity. As you probably know if you've been using build this is more a comment for the people that might click on the above comment.
Yea super frustrating sometimes in team play if there aren’t enough adds. I’ve noticed I have this problem a lot less in the newer content where there is way more enemy density
Mactics, this build is incredible. Thanks for taking time to explain the loop and how to make it work properly. Watched some other content creators builds and they don’t go into depth like you. You’re the 🐐 of builds. Love your content!
This was the most detailed and well explained video for the sunbracers that I've come across. I've been trying to use this method but couldn't quite get it right, thank you so much for breaking it down!!
Another fun thing with the glide option, burst glide vs strafe glide with heat rises active actually reverses the speed of the 2. Burst glide become slower than strafe while heat rises is active(like how strafe is slower without it active)
Except nothing beats Starfire and certainly not Sunbracers. Chugging infinite solar double clapping mini nukes without needing anything but doing a little dmg from your well or empowering rift can’t be beat by any class at the moment
@@187roel fun fact. Verities brown can theoretically do double the damage of starfire using a very similar tactic only requiring a solar weapon kill every 10 seconds. Only reason starfire is on top rn is ease of use. However in boss fights with ads it’s the worse out of the 3 grenade exotics.
Note, in high level content you snap won't kill a red bar, but a snap and a dive will, granting cure and if you kill a couple you can keep it going. So slight change to the loop for harder content, jump, snap then immediate dive into the group.
@@artes9222 Not on its own, but if you snap first, then dive on a red-bar the dive will add to the damage of the original snap to help kill higher tier red-bars, where the snap wouldn't do it otherwise. This saves you from having to pre-damage the redbar which then some blueberry will kill robbing you of your sunbracers.
We're gonna need more superlatives. Every build is IMMORTAL and INVINCIBLE and INCREDIBLE. This isn't a criticism of you, I know you guys do what the algorithm demands. I'd just love to see someone throw down "THIS BUILD IS THE GODFUCKER." "THIS BUILD IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLIVION." "THIS BUILD GOES INTO WAFFLE HOUSE AND COMPLAINS ABOUT THE FOOD." just wait for GM and you will not survive for 2 seconds with all those builds that are popping out on yt :)
I have .."fashion issues" with Starfire, I hate how it looks, so I always ran Sunbracers like a hipster. It was always good, but I;m glad to see it get some more recognition now and become more meta. Love the gameplay loop way more than Starfires too. My only real issue with Sunbracers is that I love running Icarus Dash but it;s counter-synergy but oh well.
One fundamental flaw that breaks the entire build. You need a powered meleee kill. Doesn’t sound so bad untill you have two other bozos stealing your kills from under your nose, and the fact that most of the time one grenade is enough for a single group of ads and there’s more weapons for champs and bosses, who don’t always come with a killable companion to activate the exotic perk. With star fire protocol, it’s less spammy, but more stable since you don’t even need a kill or orb to start the regen
I started using this build when Solar 3.0 was introduced. It was hard to use in end-game content. Now with the new fragments and the 20% buff to solar grenades, it just may have a chance. That's if my teammates don't kill everything before I get a melee kill. I run with some true killers.
Sunbracers are very good but this build is for low lvl content clearing trash. You are not going to manage to prok restoration at legendary/ master content very often and flying around like some invisible god aint gonna work either. This build only works on hero content or very few scenario's on legend difficulty. Show me a build performaning like that in one whole master NF or dungeon, then ill be impressed.
Thanks for the dope build Mac. I put it together on my warlock and it's a ton of fun. Like someone else said, it can be a pain to proc stuff when you're doing group activities but either way it's still fun as hell. You may have converted me to a warlock main for awhile after being a hunter main since the start of D1. I haven't touched my hunter since I put this build on my warlock. Lol
I have never seen anyone go in depth so much one what your using. Then go on to tell you what everything your using does and how it effects the build with every single minute detail. Then if for some reason that wasn’t enough you went out of the way to describe the order of how to use the build. You my friend are the greatest destiny builder of all time. I most definitely have subscribed and if I need any help I’ll definitely be coming back.
I've played since D1Y1, and this is my first time using a build craft. It just looks like too much fun to pass up. The production quality of this video is impressive
I've been messing around with one of these builds recently, it's a little different, mainly using sunshot with sunbracers for the giggles, but I also discovered today that you generate a crazy amount of orbs of power, which makes using something with explosive light a really great choice, since youll pretty much always have max stacks
Thank you for your eplanation of throwing a grenade then pheonix diving. I was always having trouble with getting things going. I thought we had to swallow grenade, snap in air then dive on enemies, most times i'd stuff it up or get punished.
What’s insane is that this build has existed for so long and all of a sudden it’s getting traction in this season. I’ve preferred this build over starfire protocol almost 100% of the time
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I actually love this build, before trying it id like to drop some cons Cons: Teammates might steal ur procs. In some raid damage phases its hard to find a a good time to proc sunbracers leaving you without half of ur dps potential.
Are there other build creators? Yes. Do any of them put as much detail as this man does into the guide how to use it and how to craft the build so you have room for mod slots? Hell no I will always look forward to this man’s builds no matter what
I just built a Starfire version of this last night looking at my warlock and putting some shit together. Yours is better and fits that harrier jet identity I was after
Running quad 100 and can confirm, this is the best build I’ve ever used for warlock by far. Was able to solo all dungeons and exotic missions with this build.
Oh yes.... this is awesome, thanks for updating it for Lightfall! I've also been using this in Iron banana as I can't use my usual arc build this week. It's not easy to proc the unlimited grenades, but when it works, hilarity ensues
You forgot the interaction between incinerator snap and pheonix dive for harder content. You snap/dive a redbar to proc an ignition, get a kill, add seconds to restoration, and proc sunbracers due to the damage being coded as melee. Only useful in harder content were your melee's won't 1shot redbars, but an ignition will
I'd really like to see some Master content gameplay with these bracer builds. Almost any build can handle ordinary content and demolishing easy content doesn't really show off the builds power but rather it's mechanics. This is a fantastic video nonetheless and I will be making changes to my current setup to match this one.
I started in lightfall, and I'm just now realizing how easy regular stuff is. Now I feel stuck because I seem to only ever get 2m damage during a boss when some people get 3.5-4
@@onbored9627 it really just depends on what build you’re using and what weapon/weapon rolls you have. For example, if I’m running Starfire with a demolitionist/clown cartridge Hothead with arc surge mods, I can get around 3 million damage to Nezerac (as long as someone has a Gjallarhorn). Thunder lord with the catalyst and arc surge mods also puts out an insane amount of damage on any boss. So I would say the best thing to do would be to get a really good build to work around (for now, Starfire is the best for warlock) and then focus on getting good weapon rolls or catalysts for heavy weapons.
@@Hokie11 I don't have anarchy and the other damage over time options seem to always be taken. witherhoard and osteo. Is starfire still the best? I need to get spoils of conquest but I only have 40. Is there a way to farm them?
@@onbored9627 you can get 15 spoils each week by yourself by getting the first chest in Vow. Each time you open the chest you get 5 spoils, so do that on each character and you get 15 every week in under 15 minutes. Other that that, the second time you run a raid encounter you will get spoils instead of a weapon drop. I think this only applies to the Vow, Kings Fall, VoG, and Root of Nightmares raids. The most efficient is farming Templar in VoG. But you can only farm them in the Templar encounter when VoG is the weekly raid rotation. I know it’s confusing (it is to me still) but I hope that it somewhat helps. Edit: yeah Starfire is still the best for boss DPS but that’ll probably change once they nerf it. I’m not not sure about what I’ll use after that happens
See my only issue with sunbracers is how finicky it is to set up and having someone yoink a kill from you can just leave it dead in the water. I know starfire is going to be nerfed but I’ll probably just stick with it even if it’s shit after said nerf. It’s just easier to use.
People will run to this after the Starfire nerf but Controverse hold is a much better build for grenade based as clear. If you throw multiple solar grenades at a boss in a DPS phase the damage won’t stack.
But the lava blobs from each grenade will do crazy dmg, much better if the boss has a roof over its head so you can stick multiple nades over the boss.
I love how sunbracers is starting to see the limelight. I’ve been using them since season of arrivals. Used it in the day 1 raid. It’s A monster in the first 2 encounters. Even brought a couple friends into the fold of burning everything. Ever see a minotaur boss covered in 15 solar grenades? I have. It’s glorious. I can’t wait to see full raid teams with sunbracers annihilating everything
Great build, as usual. Two quick questions: 1) Do you not find you miss torches for applying radiant? 2) Not tempted to use the grenade final blows heal fragment given how many you're throwing?
Tip: use Monte Carlo with this build to get your melee back faster. I usually kill an ad with melee, then while I’m still holding the Monte Carlo I throw the five grenades and for some reason my melee is already recharged so I just do it again and again until there is nothing left
Absolutely killer as usual, man. Been messing around with Sunbracers this week in preparation for the incoming Starfire nerf, and wasn't too impressed with the way I had set it up. Trying this now and its a whole different ball game. Rock on. I know you briefly mentioned at the end of the video, but what is your preferred weapon set up with this build? Witherhoard/CALUS/Demo-rocket?
I tried using a build similar to this with Sunbracers yesterday on a legendary lost sector and... I can honestly say I dislike using the Incinerator Snap ability because of how close you need to be to enemies in order to get the kill from it to proc the gloves... :( I mean yeah the healing is great but if you can't survive long enough to get that proc off then it's kind of pointless, I'm gonna try experimenting and mastering this build more since it does take some time to get it down compared to the Starfire rapid fire grenade set up with rift and well dropping.
Try aiming for the feet/lower body of your target with Snap. It will focus it more on one target rather spreading out, giving a better chance at proccing.
@@tr4l1975 oh I do, but it's still the issue of getting close enough when you're literally being shot at like you're the only target dummy at a shooting range lol though I admit that sometimes it doesn't go off and my regular melee attack hits the target instead which really irritates the hell out of me 🤣
Agreed. In easy content this build is great. In legend/master lost sectors, however, it's very difficult to reliably proc Sunbracers Ready. Incinerator snap requires you pushing too far out of cover and celestial fire doesn't do enough damage. Starfire protocol with fusion grenades has much better survivability from simply being able to be farther away from enemies
@@tkpro10 I agree 100%, hell I cant even do legendary lost sectors with my OP void build atm spamming charged vortex grenades every 5-10 seconds and that's with using the exotic gloves to make them better AND a Hero's Burden with Destabilizing Rounds on top of it
The build looks good and all for patrol level content, but don’t think it’s going to hold up very well in high end content like GM’s, Incinerator snap deals way too little damage in high end content to kill and trying to Phoenix dive to cause an ignition after snapping is just going to get you melted by ads, I think Contraverse hold or any exotic based build to keep grenade uptime is gonna be the go to as a warlock come the starfire nerf next season
Using this build in vanguard ops I’m able to get 200+ kills and the next highest teammate kills is like 40. On top of that i make 1 orb for around every 2 kills I get. My random teammates are not having fun 10/10 build
Also after using this build for so long I just now realized you have 5 full seconds to throw the nades, I always thought you had to throw them immediately
To be honest even after the nerf this exotic can still put in work and now has way more shine(For people who didn’t know the gauntlets exotic perk would actually last 10 seconds
Conditional Finality + any solar energy and heavy of your choosing for the full solar experience. I'm personally gonna use Acasia's Dejection + either Hezen's Vengeance or Fixed Odds depending on the activity
I always get playmaker commendations in strikes and raids bc im covering the bosses in solar grenades especially in vow bc the final boss barrier/orange wall bounces u a thousand feet in the air if u keep hitting it with heat rises on so i can sot 100 feet in the air spamming grenades
For the love of god, all these content creators claim these builds are the best etc but only show it stomping regular content. Show it in an 1840 lost sector! Avalon legend! Master Nightfall etc!
You clearly don’t watch other build RUclipsrs. They work perfect in end game. Go watch plunderthtbooty or many others shows every build in end game. Including this build. Or how about try it yourself.
I didn't even know that if i let my scorch kill the target it actually gave me the ability of sunbracers. I was always finishing them with my smg if my melee didn't do the job. Good to know that i just need to wait for scorch to do his job.
@Jamil Norman the problem is mostly in groups other players kill those weak adds very fast/easy. So I find it hard to find adds to kill or simply miss the melee because it was killed by someone else.
For group content I'd recommend focusing on cure rather then restoration x2. Easier to keep up with grenade kills verse trying to get a kill within three seconds to maintain restoration. If you can't maintain it it isn't worth using.
Been using that exact built and variations of it for the last couple of weeks (since lf launch). It actually performs kinda bad in master nightfalls already. Don’t think this will get remotely close to starfires power when it comes to endgame. Still a very very good built when u are are maximum of 15 ll under or at best on level.
I’m surprised these builds are only coming out now, if anyone here has watched the content creator Imagine, this has been possible since season of the haunted, that’s when I’ve been using it
Imo you don't really need the ember of searing as just heat rises alone gives a ton of melee energy back and you generate so many orbs the firesprites aren't too helpful either. I personally would replace it with ember of torches to give you radiant mainly for anti-barrier champion capability but it's also a nice damage buff so as long as you have a weapon which can stun overloads you will have full champion stunning capability. Radiant for barrier, ignitions for unstopables, and -insert seasonal anti-overload mod here-. I feel it's just more convenient only having to work around one champion stunning weapon then 2.
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If you dont kill with a melee it sucks. How can this be meta?
Would you consider making an exotic-less build for those newer players that are just starting? Like no exotic armor, no exotic weapons. Just pure mods and subclass aspects.
@@xebolous right on bro...i feel you on that one and truth be told..one of my own go to builds is a no exotic build and the best part is because of the stats on the pieces i chose i can switch to any subclass and it still smacks...good call ..much respect for that.
wat are those transmogs on ur warlock?
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I want to add a small addition, if you want both infinite melee AND grenade charge; use Monte Carlo as your exotic weapon.
Yes, it's a niche pick and isn't great damage wise. But basically you won't need it for anything else than to recharge your melee into an infinite cycle of melee -> grenade
Thank you for this. I never use that weapon but it’s time to dust it off
I’ve tried this, the only problem is you have to keep swapping out for solar weapon in order to keep it going.
No
Just got a King's Fall clear running SB; It does great boss damage in the right circumstances, it just tends to be a bit... fiddly to get active, but once it does you can lock down huge spots of a map. The new aspect that cures from grenade kills just makes it even better.
Yeah the build can be super finicky. If a teammate steals a kill or you mess up the rotation, it can be difficult to get the engines going again especially in harder content due to the range of snap.
@@thecrasianasian4707 the people I play with are notorious for stealing kills lmao guess I can't use these builds
Thats why you should get an Iterative Loop with enhanced Pugilist. If my melee doesn’t get a kill, or my teammate steals my kill that messes up the gameplay loop. This bad boy gets me melee energy back CRAZY fast. If heat rises is active, get one kill from the air and that’s usually enough to get your melee back. Its nasty. I am grinding the weapon out rn to level it up since I crafted. I don’t even have enhanced pugilist yet but its still works wonders
@@Jtown4591 Or if you're down with switching your Exotic weapon to Monte Carlo you can run any perks on your weapons that you want. 😉
@@Jtown4591 bxr crafted can get pugilist incandescent aswell
This build is really fun when you can get the procks, but i find it really frustrating in group content when teammates nick the kill you need for your rotation and then your just stuck for a bit
Edit: Wow didnt notice this comment got a lot of activity, till just now. This now one of my favorite builds as it took me a bit of time to get the timings down. Its perfect for Duo dungeon runs with my buddy since the well makes up for some of the damage, and there are plenty of adds to keep this build going :)
I see I'm not the only one struggling with this.
I find myself changing back to my void loadout a couple of runs in because trying to enable the rotation if you mess it is rather frustrating
This is it's biggest downfall. It struggles in teammate heavy content but I will say at least in a fireteam of 3 if you keep a fast pace you will DOMINATE the activity. As you probably know if you've been using build this is more a comment for the people that might click on the above comment.
Monte Carlo helps a lot in such situations :)
Yea super frustrating sometimes in team play if there aren’t enough adds. I’ve noticed I have this problem a lot less in the newer content where there is way more enemy density
@@TheHuntersRealmYou're a genius 😮
i've been using sunbracers all along, now others will know the power of the sun in the palm of their hands
My new headcanon is now that when Doc Ock is tired of fighting Spider-Man he passes the time on Destiny 😂
I wish sunbracers stayed in the shadows tbh
Bok-tai
Cringe
Good luck using it in gms
Mactics, this build is incredible. Thanks for taking time to explain the loop and how to make it work properly. Watched some other content creators builds and they don’t go into depth like you. You’re the 🐐 of builds. Love your content!
This was the most detailed and well explained video for the sunbracers that I've come across. I've been trying to use this method but couldn't quite get it right, thank you so much for breaking it down!!
Watching this over a year after it was made, the description of the whole build before going into the gear is just awesome☺️
Play warlock pretty much exclusively and had no idea about the enemies target your upper torso thing... That's actually huge.
Another fun thing with the glide option, burst glide vs strafe glide with heat rises active actually reverses the speed of the 2. Burst glide become slower than strafe while heat rises is active(like how strafe is slower without it active)
for solar warlock, "better than Starfire" is the equivalent of "BROKEN / INSANE / OVERPOWERED" (which is true😂)
feels good
Except nothing beats Starfire and certainly not Sunbracers.
Chugging infinite solar double clapping mini nukes without needing anything but doing a little dmg from your well or empowering rift can’t be beat by any class at the moment
@@187roel this
@@187roelwhich is why it’s getting nerfed into the ground lol
@@187roel fun fact. Verities brown can theoretically do double the damage of starfire using a very similar tactic only requiring a solar weapon kill every 10 seconds. Only reason starfire is on top rn is ease of use. However in boss fights with ads it’s the worse out of the 3 grenade exotics.
Note, in high level content you snap won't kill a red bar, but a snap and a dive will, granting cure and if you kill a couple you can keep it going. So slight change to the loop for harder content, jump, snap then immediate dive into the group.
Does the dive kills proc Subracers?
@@artes9222 Not on its own, but if you snap first, then dive on a red-bar the dive will add to the damage of the original snap to help kill higher tier red-bars, where the snap wouldn't do it otherwise. This saves you from having to pre-damage the redbar which then some blueberry will kill robbing you of your sunbracers.
We're gonna need more superlatives. Every build is IMMORTAL and INVINCIBLE and INCREDIBLE. This isn't a criticism of you, I know you guys do what the algorithm demands. I'd just love to see someone throw down "THIS BUILD IS THE GODFUCKER." "THIS BUILD IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLIVION." "THIS BUILD GOES INTO WAFFLE HOUSE AND COMPLAINS ABOUT THE FOOD."
just wait for GM and you will not survive for 2 seconds with all those builds that are popping out on yt :)
I have .."fashion issues" with Starfire, I hate how it looks, so I always ran Sunbracers like a hipster. It was always good, but I;m glad to see it get some more recognition now and become more meta. Love the gameplay loop way more than Starfires too. My only real issue with Sunbracers is that I love running Icarus Dash but it;s counter-synergy but oh well.
One fundamental flaw that breaks the entire build. You need a powered meleee kill. Doesn’t sound so bad untill you have two other bozos stealing your kills from under your nose, and the fact that most of the time one grenade is enough for a single group of ads and there’s more weapons for champs and bosses, who don’t always come with a killable companion to activate the exotic perk. With star fire protocol, it’s less spammy, but more stable since you don’t even need a kill or orb to start the regen
I started using this build when Solar 3.0 was introduced. It was hard to use in end-game content. Now with the new fragments and the 20% buff to solar grenades, it just may have a chance. That's if my teammates don't kill everything before I get a melee kill. I run with some true killers.
Been using this when I started my warlock a few weeks ago running light fall campaign. I used Prometheus lens with my build.
The Monte Carlo keeps your melee fresh nearly all of the time and goes great with this build.
Crafted BxR gets Incandescent and Pugilist
Sunbracers are very good but this build is for low lvl content clearing trash. You are not going to manage to prok restoration at legendary/ master content very often and flying around like some invisible god aint gonna work either. This build only works on hero content or very few scenario's on legend difficulty. Show me a build performaning like that in one whole master NF or dungeon, then ill be impressed.
@@junioreats60 this build literally allowed someone to solo the planet encounter in root of nightmares its great enemy clearing in any level
There is no way I'm using Monte instead of the Prometheus lens. Just use momentum transfer on your arms and you get your melee back in no time.
@@vectorfox4782 Good call homie
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Thanks for the dope build Mac. I put it together on my warlock and it's a ton of fun. Like someone else said, it can be a pain to proc stuff when you're doing group activities but either way it's still fun as hell. You may have converted me to a warlock main for awhile after being a hunter main since the start of D1. I haven't touched my hunter since I put this build on my warlock. Lol
I have never seen anyone go in depth so much one what your using. Then go on to tell you what everything your using does and how it effects the build with every single minute detail. Then if for some reason that wasn’t enough you went out of the way to describe the order of how to use the build. You my friend are the greatest destiny builder of all time. I most definitely have subscribed and if I need any help I’ll definitely be coming back.
I've played since D1Y1, and this is my first time using a build craft. It just looks like too much fun to pass up.
The production quality of this video is impressive
I've been messing around with one of these builds recently, it's a little different, mainly using sunshot with sunbracers for the giggles, but I also discovered today that you generate a crazy amount of orbs of power, which makes using something with explosive light a really great choice, since youll pretty much always have max stacks
A well-crafted BXR-55 with this build would be absolutely insane
When im running Monte Carlo I run bxr as my secondary.
Thank you! I’ve been trying to use my warlock more often, and this build is perfect!
Another Fragment you can use for Make it a Survival Build, is Ember of Determination, that heals you with Solar Grenades Final blows
I had no idea about the ‘Sunbracers Ready’ countdown, that’s wild. Thank you so much, subbed!
Thank you for your eplanation of throwing a grenade then pheonix diving. I was always having trouble with getting things going. I thought we had to swallow grenade, snap in air then dive on enemies, most times i'd stuff it up or get punished.
What’s insane is that this build has existed for so long and all of a sudden it’s getting traction in this season. I’ve preferred this build over starfire protocol almost 100% of the time
Starfire protocol is great too. You just have to pair it with witherhoard and demo hothead to get the most use out of it
@@LEP021085sadly it’s getting nerfed so a lot of people are flocking to sunbracers.
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I actually love this build, before trying it id like to drop some cons
Cons: Teammates might steal ur procs.
In some raid damage phases its hard to find a a good time to proc sunbracers leaving you without half of ur dps potential.
The Way you make the videos about build are great, I never see nothing like you did in no where! Congrats and ty to help all the guardians. 👊
Are there other build creators? Yes. Do any of them put as much detail as this man does into the guide how to use it and how to craft the build so you have room for mod slots? Hell no I will always look forward to this man’s builds no matter what
I just built a Starfire version of this last night looking at my warlock and putting some shit together. Yours is better and fits that harrier jet identity I was after
Thanks for the thorough explanation! The gameplay loop is golden
I've been running almost this exact build for months because I don't have starfire.. good to know that its as good as I thought!!
Love this! As a Sunbracer main for a long time, anything that enhances the play will do for me, cheers!
Very thorough and detailed explanations, thank you for putting this together!
Running quad 100 and can confirm, this is the best build I’ve ever used for warlock by far. Was able to solo all dungeons and exotic missions with this build.
Ok? That's nothing.
@@leonseuropeanislandadventu7398 let’s see you do it. Oops sorry you can’t. Bungie servers are now 💩
My buddy has been running this since solar 3.0 came out. Amazing to see it getting picked up by the community at large.
The one glaring weakness to the build is that, once there are no more ads to kill with the melee, then dealing boss damage is way less than stellar.
It just becomes heavy weapon and well DPS at that point which isn't necessarily bad, it's just not as good as Starfire.
With the mid season patch next week, I’ll for sure be running this with Traveler’s Chosen and the new seasonal fusion with a few different heavies.
Oh yes.... this is awesome, thanks for updating it for Lightfall! I've also been using this in Iron banana as I can't use my usual arc build this week. It's not easy to proc the unlimited grenades, but when it works, hilarity ensues
A point blanck incinerator snap with the fragment that grants extra scorch its a insta ignite and the ignition counts as melee damage ☺️
You forgot the interaction between incinerator snap and pheonix dive for harder content. You snap/dive a redbar to proc an ignition, get a kill, add seconds to restoration, and proc sunbracers due to the damage being coded as melee. Only useful in harder content were your melee's won't 1shot redbars, but an ignition will
I'd really like to see some Master content gameplay with these bracer builds. Almost any build can handle ordinary content and demolishing easy content doesn't really show off the builds power but rather it's mechanics. This is a fantastic video nonetheless and I will be making changes to my current setup to match this one.
I started in lightfall, and I'm just now realizing how easy regular stuff is. Now I feel stuck because I seem to only ever get 2m damage during a boss when some people get 3.5-4
@@onbored9627 it really just depends on what build you’re using and what weapon/weapon rolls you have. For example, if I’m running Starfire with a demolitionist/clown cartridge Hothead with arc surge mods, I can get around 3 million damage to Nezerac (as long as someone has a Gjallarhorn). Thunder lord with the catalyst and arc surge mods also puts out an insane amount of damage on any boss.
So I would say the best thing to do would be to get a really good build to work around (for now, Starfire is the best for warlock) and then focus on getting good weapon rolls or catalysts for heavy weapons.
@@Hokie11 I don't have anarchy and the other damage over time options seem to always be taken. witherhoard and osteo. Is starfire still the best? I need to get spoils of conquest but I only have 40. Is there a way to farm them?
@@onbored9627 you can get 15 spoils each week by yourself by getting the first chest in Vow. Each time you open the chest you get 5 spoils, so do that on each character and you get 15 every week in under 15 minutes.
Other that that, the second time you run a raid encounter you will get spoils instead of a weapon drop. I think this only applies to the Vow, Kings Fall, VoG, and Root of Nightmares raids. The most efficient is farming Templar in VoG. But you can only farm them in the Templar encounter when VoG is the weekly raid rotation. I know it’s confusing (it is to me still) but I hope that it somewhat helps.
Edit: yeah Starfire is still the best for boss DPS but that’ll probably change once they nerf it. I’m not not sure about what I’ll use after that happens
See my only issue with sunbracers is how finicky it is to set up and having someone yoink a kill from you can just leave it dead in the water. I know starfire is going to be nerfed but I’ll probably just stick with it even if it’s shit after said nerf. It’s just easier to use.
People will run to this after the Starfire nerf but Controverse hold is a much better build for grenade based as clear. If you throw multiple solar grenades at a boss in a DPS phase the damage won’t stack.
But the lava blobs from each grenade will do crazy dmg, much better if the boss has a roof over its head so you can stick multiple nades over the boss.
Extremely situational
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@@VIZOR_AxK it isn't 'much better', the lava blobs stack period. putting them on the roof often isn't better than just throwing them
I'll need to practice with this, I think. I main a Titan, just started working on a Warlock last week, so I've got a bit of work to do :)
This is literally my favorite build ngl
I love how sunbracers is starting to see the limelight. I’ve been using them since season of arrivals. Used it in the day 1 raid. It’s A monster in the first 2 encounters. Even brought a couple friends into the fold of burning everything. Ever see a minotaur boss covered in 15 solar grenades? I have. It’s glorious. I can’t wait to see full raid teams with sunbracers annihilating everything
Great build, as usual. Two quick questions: 1) Do you not find you miss torches for applying radiant? 2) Not tempted to use the grenade final blows heal fragment given how many you're throwing?
What do you need radiant for? You’re not exactly going to be using your weapons very often. And restoration x2 is more than enough healing
@@biiill5259 Plus with everything coated in a blanket of unstable mini suns there's nothing left to hurt you to need much healing anyway
your guide is very deep dive and very ez to understand ty
Tip: use Monte Carlo with this build to get your melee back faster. I usually kill an ad with melee, then while I’m still holding the Monte Carlo I throw the five grenades and for some reason my melee is already recharged so I just do it again and again until there is nothing left
Or polaris to get super energy on crits and kills
Absolutely killer as usual, man. Been messing around with Sunbracers this week in preparation for the incoming Starfire nerf, and wasn't too impressed with the way I had set it up. Trying this now and its a whole different ball game. Rock on.
I know you briefly mentioned at the end of the video, but what is your preferred weapon set up with this build? Witherhoard/CALUS/Demo-rocket?
I tried using a build similar to this with Sunbracers yesterday on a legendary lost sector and... I can honestly say I dislike using the Incinerator Snap ability because of how close you need to be to enemies in order to get the kill from it to proc the gloves... :(
I mean yeah the healing is great but if you can't survive long enough to get that proc off then it's kind of pointless, I'm gonna try experimenting and mastering this build more since it does take some time to get it down compared to the Starfire rapid fire grenade set up with rift and well dropping.
Try aiming for the feet/lower body of your target with Snap. It will focus it more on one target rather spreading out, giving a better chance at proccing.
@@tr4l1975 oh I do, but it's still the issue of getting close enough when you're literally being shot at like you're the only target dummy at a shooting range lol though I admit that sometimes it doesn't go off and my regular melee attack hits the target instead which really irritates the hell out of me 🤣
Agreed. In easy content this build is great. In legend/master lost sectors, however, it's very difficult to reliably proc Sunbracers Ready. Incinerator snap requires you pushing too far out of cover and celestial fire doesn't do enough damage. Starfire protocol with fusion grenades has much better survivability from simply being able to be farther away from enemies
@@tkpro10 I agree 100%, hell I cant even do legendary lost sectors with my OP void build atm spamming charged vortex grenades every 5-10 seconds and that's with using the exotic gloves to make them better AND a Hero's Burden with Destabilizing Rounds on top of it
This is a great video, really like how you break it all down and the about enemy aiming.
what should my melee controlls be so I don't use uncharged melee when trying to use charged for controller?
It’s pretty much the d1 super on steroids if you think about it minus the revive. It truly looks like a better build and I will try it out when I’m on
Been running this since beginning of light fall been slowly seeing every other warlock switch over too the light side.
The build looks good and all for patrol level content, but don’t think it’s going to hold up very well in high end content like GM’s, Incinerator snap deals way too little damage in high end content to kill and trying to Phoenix dive to cause an ignition after snapping is just going to get you melted by ads, I think Contraverse hold or any exotic based build to keep grenade uptime is gonna be the go to as a warlock come the starfire nerf next season
Using this build in vanguard ops I’m able to get 200+ kills and the next highest teammate kills is like 40. On top of that i make 1 orb for around every 2 kills I get. My random teammates are not having fun 10/10 build
Awesome video! Thanks definitely giving this build a try.
Lmao. Dude. The Rock-Smith slap was 10/10. 🤣🤣🤣 needed that
Great breakdown thank you
Thank you! I just recently got sunbracer and honestly my build is so ass lol.
Also after using this build for so long I just now realized you have 5 full seconds to throw the nades, I always thought you had to throw them immediately
To be honest even after the nerf this exotic can still put in work and now has way more shine(For people who didn’t know the gauntlets exotic perk would actually last 10 seconds
Subracers are basically D1 Sunsinger super for Solar warlocks (not that anyone used it due to Phoenix)
It’s funny that we have almost had this build for a year and people just now realize how good it is
Conditional Finality + any solar energy and heavy of your choosing for the full solar experience. I'm personally gonna use Acasia's Dejection + either Hezen's Vengeance or Fixed Odds depending on the activity
My D1 AC130 days are finally back!
I always get playmaker commendations in strikes and raids bc im covering the bosses in solar grenades especially in vow bc the final boss barrier/orange wall bounces u a thousand feet in the air if u keep hitting it with heat rises on so i can sot 100 feet in the air spamming grenades
This is the best sunbracers
build I have used it's also the best build generally
absolutely love the build thank you
I've been running this sense season of the Dawn. Sun Bracers may as well be a super.
Very well constructed video guide; you explain everything in detail and depth. Thanks.
For the love of god, all these content creators claim these builds are the best etc but only show it stomping regular content. Show it in an 1840 lost sector! Avalon legend! Master Nightfall etc!
What, solo? Don't overthink it bro.
You clearly don’t watch other build RUclipsrs. They work perfect in end game. Go watch plunderthtbooty or many others shows every build in end game. Including this build. Or how about try it yourself.
Bruh...get good
not all builds are meant for over leveled enemies anyway,as in sunbracers are meant for add clear and survivability in raids in dungeons.
Ur sped casual lmaoo
I didn't even know that if i let my scorch kill the target it actually gave me the ability of sunbracers. I was always finishing them with my smg if my melee didn't do the job. Good to know that i just need to wait for scorch to do his job.
How do you get heat rises and throw grenade? You need to consume a grenade to get the heat rises buff.
I have been waiting for this one, thanks for the builds as always!
It is so good thank you so much you made a noob with 200 hours a bit better with this masterpiece
Imma go back to warlock now and try this build out
So glad I found this video this build is so fun
What is funny is that got sunbracers the other day while doing the lightfall campaign on legend.
May your views and likes be abundant my friend. You deserve it.
Glide type actually doesn't matter, while heat rises is active, it forces you into strafe even if you have burst glide on
The problem I always have when running this or similar set up in groups, is getting that "melee" kill....
If you have a chill clip Riptide it makes it much easier. Slow and/or freeze groups of enemies then take them out with the melee.
@Jamil Norman the problem is mostly in groups other players kill those weak adds very fast/easy. So I find it hard to find adds to kill or simply miss the melee because it was killed by someone else.
Bro, the best part in this vid, Will Smith and Chris Rock. 😅 Good Job🥳
For group content I'd recommend focusing on cure rather then restoration x2. Easier to keep up with grenade kills verse trying to get a kill within three seconds to maintain restoration. If you can't maintain it it isn't worth using.
Been using that exact built and variations of it for the last couple of weeks (since lf launch). It actually performs kinda bad in master nightfalls already. Don’t think this will get remotely close to starfires power when it comes to endgame. Still a very very good built when u are are maximum of 15 ll under or at best on level.
I haven’t seen him talk about incinerator snapping the ground to allow all five flames to proc an instant ignition
Now I just need the sunbracers 😂
I’m surprised these builds are only coming out now, if anyone here has watched the content creator Imagine, this has been possible since season of the haunted, that’s when I’ve been using it
Can you make a updated void titan build video without using artifact mods?
Imo you don't really need the ember of searing as just heat rises alone gives a ton of melee energy back and you generate so many orbs the firesprites aren't too helpful either. I personally would replace it with ember of torches to give you radiant mainly for anti-barrier champion capability but it's also a nice damage buff so as long as you have a weapon which can stun overloads you will have full champion stunning capability. Radiant for barrier, ignitions for unstopables, and -insert seasonal anti-overload mod here-. I feel it's just more convenient only having to work around one champion stunning weapon then 2.
This build is literally fire!
Ive always thought Sunbraces were cool, even as a titan main, ever since I started playing back in season 8
Now I’m not the 65% that isn’t subscribed love this build bunch of my buddy’s tried shitting on it then saw it in game lol
Congrats, it works in ritual activities and hardly works in raids. I sure as hell dont see you using them on neomuna.
Nice touch on using the slap in your video