25 Jul 2024 (Episode: Echoes - S24)

So you're tired of consecration..

Solar Titan

25 Jul 2024 (Episode: Echoes - S24)

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Summary
This loudout is about trying to match the amount slams a prismatic titan can output, while maintaining endgame survivability.
Notes

This next chunk of information is an weapon selection strategy I developed for using two special weapons. Many people don't know that it can be this nuanced of a process, and I think It can be summed up by the quote. "Accuracy and and attention can be trained in the same instance when you only have one mag left."

I've been addicted to double special ever since I delved into it's nuances while farming master rhulk. In order to use it properly with today's patches and tuning, there are requirements to how you choose a weapon loudout, and how you manage your ammo over an activity.
The main sorting parameter I use for selecting weapons is a simple term called "Ammo per Brick." How much ammo does a weapon get off of a non-finder brick while two special weapon are equipped. I break up guns into 3 categories, low medium and high "APB". Low tier consists of shotguns, high impact and adaptive snipers, special ammo GLs lacking DoTs, fusion rifles, except for rapid fire frames. Medium tier is the most nuanced mainly because of the special ammo, primary weapon exotics forerunner and Eriana's vow. Rapid fire frame fusions, shotguns, and snipers are also in this tier, but only if you are using Scavengers. High tier consists of trace rifles and special sidearms and Ergo Sum with catalyst. The selection process works by picking a primary weapon from Either an Exotic in mid-tier, or anything in high-tier. Special ammo spawns become more common as your ammo reserves deplete, but they're also influenced by a unseen background timer. Special ammo spawns are also restricted if you have a special weapon in your hand, as well as heavy ammo reserves above ~65%. The order of operations I use to ensure ammo drops is use abilities and "primary" until approx. 40% reserves. Then use your special weapon until approx. 60% reserves. Heavy weapons should be used until under the threshold percentage, and then use abilities while holding the heavy. At this point If ammo isn't spawning, swap weapons back and forth, I believe this has to do with a check the game makes on your ammo reserves while you swap weapons.

Quick Look

Details

Exotic
Weapons
Abilities
Aspects
Fragments
Artifact perks

Armor mods

Helmets
Arms
Chests
Legs
Class items
Stats suggestion
22 102 90 102 18 61
Explanation

The way all of the scorch stacks up, and the way all of the fragments and seasonal mods work together, allows for chain reaction ignitions. Start out engagements by looking for either elites or clustered targets to consecrate. If you plant a healing grenade before you slide for consecration, your restoration timer is maxes out immediately on the ignition. Between ember of char, ember of searing, and ember of ashes we get ~20ish% Melee energy per kill as long the enemy is scorched while using Abberant Action. Ember of Ashes and Char also give Dragon's Breath a pseudo Pugilist perk. Allowing it to recharge your Melee as well your whole fireteams Grenades due to firesprite generation.
A Shoot To loot Kinetic Tremors battle scar or a Rewind Kinetic tremors Supremacy is used for anti barrier this season, with either a chill clip Deliverance or Fatebringer used for overloads. Survivability issues can be mitigated by replacing Roaring Flames with Sol Invictus if necessary.
I've always wanted to make a build using solar titan and consecration. I use Supremacy and Deliverance until I get into legend+ difficulty, then I'll start using primaries for ammo generation. If you happen to find yourself without sidearm ammo or a melee, dont forget about dragons breath.

Gameplay Loop

Start engagements by locating a group of enemies to consecrate. Healing grenade goes down before consecration slide to get restoration active. Kill 2-4 enemies with Abberant Action, or dragon breath a crowd, and slide is recharged. Supremacy is there for elite hunting supplementing boss or mini-boss damage. Consecration should only be used on groups of 3-4+ after starting an engagement, To allow your throwing hammer to be used for ad clear. A minimal amount of scorch is required on the enemies near the one igniting to allow for chain reaction ingnitions.

Keywords
Cure
Radiant
Firesprite
Restoration
Ignition
Scorch
Exotic
  • Pyrogale Gauntlets
    Gauntlets
    Percussive Flames – Modifies Burning Maul into a single, high-damage slam of your hammer that creates several cyclones of flame. Consecration's second slam creates a cyclone of flame.
Weapons
  • Dragon's Breath
    Rocket Launcher
    Composite Propellant – Rockets embed themselves in struck targets and periodically eject incendiary fuel that inflicts Scorch. The longer this weapon goes without firing, the more fuel the next rocket contains.
  • Aberrant Action
    Sidearm
    Rocket-Assisted Frame – Sidearm fires self-propelled rocket ammunition. Projectiles explode on impact for high damage.
  • The Supremacy
    Sniper Rifle
    Rapid-Fire Frame – Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.
Abilities
  • Burning Maul
    Super Ability
    Scorch
    Ignition
    Summon a flaming maul and crush targets with the force of an earthquake. [Light Attack] : Spin the maul in a circle around you, damaging nearby targets. [Heavy Attack] : Slam the maul to the ground and create a cyclone of flames that seeks targets, dealing damage and scorching them.
  • Healing Grenade
    Solar Grenade
    Restoration
    Cure
    A grenade that cures allies on impact and creates an Orb of benevolent Solar Light, granting restoration to allies when picked up.
  • Throwing Hammer
    Solar Melee
    Cure
    Throw a hammer from a distance. Picking up a thrown hammer fully recharges your melee ability. If the hammer struck a target, picking it up grants cure.
  • Towering Barricade
    Class Ability
    Create a large barrier that can be used to reinforce a position with cover from enemy fire.
  • Strafe Lift
    Movement Ability
    Jump while airborne to activate Lift and launch into the air with strong directional control.
Aspects
  • Sol Invictus
    Restoration
    Scorch
    Ignition
    Solar ability final blows, Hammer of Sol impacts, and defeating scorched targets creates Sunspots. Your abilities regenerate faster, and your Super drains more slowly while standing in a Sunspot. Sunspots apply scorch and deal damage to targets inside. Entering a Sunspot applies restoration.
  • Consecration
    Scorch
    Ignition
    While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to launch a wave of Solar energy forward, damaging and scorching targets in front of you as you leap into the air. While airborne, activate your charged melee again to slam to the ground and create a second larger wave of damaging Solar energy. If the wave hits a scorched target, they ignite.
Fragments
  • Ember of Ashes
    Scorch
    Ignition
    You apply more scorch stacks to targets.
  • Ember of Searing
    Firesprite
    Scorch
    Ignition
    +10 Recovery ▲ Defeating scorched targets grants melee energy and creates a Firesprite.
  • Ember of Char
    Scorch
    Ignition
    Your Solar ignitions spread scorch to affected targets. +10 Discipline ▲
  • Ember of Empyrean
    Restoration
    Radiant
    -10 Resilience ▼ Solar weapon or ability final blows extend the duration of restoration and radiant effects applied to you.
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Special Ammo Finder
    Increases the drop chance of Special ammo upon defeat of an opponent.
  • Harmonic Siphon
    Rapid Solar weapon final blows create an Orb of Power
  • Hands-On
    Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills.

Arms armor mods

  • Heavy Handed (x2)
    Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

Chest armor mods

  • Void Resistance
    Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.
  • Arc Resistance (x2)
    Reduces incoming Arc damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Invigoration
    Reduces melee cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
  • Recuperation
    Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
  • Solar Scavenger
    Solar weapons get bonus reserves when picking up ammo used by that weapon.

Class item armor mods

  • Powerful Attraction
    Automatically collects nearby Orbs of Power when you activate your class ability.
  • Special Finisher
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Finishers generate Special ammo for the whole fireteam. Consumes 3 stacks of Armor Charge.
  • Outreach
    Reduces melee cooldown when using your class ability.
Artifact perks
  • Sniper's Meditation
    Sniper Rifle hits grant stacking Sniper Rifle damage, stability, and reload bonuses for a short time. Heavy ammo Sniper Rifle hits count as more than one.
  • Winning Hand
    While using weapons with the Dealer's Choice origin trait, combatant precision final blows or rapidly defeating combatants cause the target to explode, dealing Solar damage to nearby combatants. Having several equipped weapons with the Dealer's Choice origin trait increases the effect of the explosion.
  • Authorized Mods: Scavenger
    The energy cost of Scavenger mods are significantly discounted.
  • Logic Reductor
    Weapons with the Radiolaria Transposer origin perk deal increased damage to Vex. Extends the duration of the radiolaria pools created by Radiolaria Transposer.
  • Void Hegemony
    While you have a Void or Prismatic subclass equipped, defeating weakened targets provides a small Void Overshield.
  • Solar Fulmination
    Your ignitions do increased damage in an increased radius.
  • Galvanic Armor
    While you have an Arc or Prismatic subclass equipped, incoming damage from combatants is reduced while amplified.
  • Radiant Orbs
    While you have a Solar or Prismatic subclass equipped, picking up an Orb of Power makes you radiant.
  • Threaded Blast
    Destroying a Tangle with a Strand weapon creates a larger and more damaging explosion.
  • Anti-Barrier Sniper Rifle
    Sniper Rifles you are wielding fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Sniper Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Anti-Barrier Pulse Rifle
    Your equipped Pulse Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Pulse Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Unstoppable Sidearm
    Aiming down the sights of a Sidearm for a short time loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when the modifier is active.

Breakdown

Orb generation

Heavy Handed
Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

Harmonic Siphon
Rapid Solar weapon final blows create an Orb of Power
Orb pickup

Invigoration
Reduces melee cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Radiant Orbs
While you have a Solar or Prismatic subclass equipped, picking up an Orb of Power makes you radiant.

Special Finisher
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...

Recuperation
Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.
Armor Charge create

Special Finisher
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge consume

Special Finisher
... Consumes 3 stacks of Armor Charge.
Grenade cooldown

Firesprite
... When picked up, Firesprites grant grenade energy.
Melee cooldown

Ember of Searing
... Defeating scorched targets grants melee energy and creates a Firesprite.

Invigoration
Reduces melee cooldown each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Outreach
Reduces melee cooldown when using your class ability.
Final blows

Winning Hand
While using weapons with the Dealer's Choice origin trait, combatant precision final blows or rapidly defeating combatants cause the target to explode, dealing Solar damage to nearby combatants. ...

Heavy Handed
Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

Sol Invictus
Solar ability final blows, Hammer of Sol impacts, and defeating scorched targets creates Sunspots. ...

Ember of Empyrean
... Solar weapon or ability final blows extend the duration of restoration and radiant effects applied to you.

Harmonic Siphon
Rapid Solar weapon final blows create an Orb of Power
Defeating an enemy

Ember of Searing
... Defeating scorched targets grants melee energy and creates a Firesprite.

Winning Hand
While using weapons with the Dealer's Choice origin trait, combatant precision final blows or rapidly defeating combatants cause the target to explode, dealing Solar damage to nearby combatants. ...

Void Hegemony
While you have a Void or Prismatic subclass equipped, defeating weakened targets provides a small Void Overshield.

Special Ammo Finder
Increases the drop chance of Special ammo upon defeat of an opponent.

Sol Invictus
Solar ability final blows, Hammer of Sol impacts, and defeating scorched targets creates Sunspots. ...
Finishers

Special Finisher
... Finishers generate Special ammo for the whole fireteam. ...

Keywords

Firesprite

A luminous concentration of Solar energy. When picked up, Firesprites grant grenade energy.

Ember of Searing
... Defeating scorched targets grants melee energy and creates a Firesprite.
Restoration

You regenerate health and shields over time. Cannot be interrupted by taking damage.

Healing Grenade
A grenade that cures allies on impact and creates an Orb of benevolent Solar Light, granting restoration to allies when picked up.

Sol Invictus
...Entering a Sunspot applies restoration.

Ember of Empyrean
... Solar weapon or ability final blows extend the duration of restoration and radiant effects applied to you.
Cure

You are healed in a burst of mending Solar Light.

Healing Grenade
A grenade that cures allies on impact and creates an Orb of benevolent Solar Light, granting restoration to allies when picked up.

Throwing Hammer
...If the hammer struck a target, picking it up grants cure.
Ignition

A large Solar explosion which deals damage in an area around the target and stuns Unstoppable Champions.

Ember of Ashes
You apply more scorch stacks to targets.

Ember of Searing
+10 Recovery ▲ Defeating scorched targets grants melee energy and creates a Firesprite.

Burning Maul
Summon a flaming maul and crush targets with the force of an earthquake. [Light Attack] : Spin the maul in a circle around you, damaging nearby targets. [Heavy Attack] : Slam the maul to the ground and create a cyclone of flames that seeks targets, dealing damage and scorching them.

Sol Invictus
Solar ability final blows, Hammer of Sol impacts, and defeating scorched targets creates Sunspots. Your abilities regenerate faster, and your Super drains more slowly while standing in a Sunspot. Sunspots apply scorch and deal damage to targets inside. Entering a Sunspot applies restoration.

Consecration
...If the wave hits a scorched target, they ignite.

Ember of Char
Your Solar ignitions spread scorch to affected targets. ...
Scorch

The target is singed by destructive Solar Light, taking damage over time. Scorch damage increases as the target accumulates more Scorch stacks. After enough Scorch stacks are applied to the target, they ignite.

Ember of Ashes
You apply more scorch stacks to targets.

Ember of Searing
... Defeating scorched targets grants melee energy and creates a Firesprite.

Burning Maul
... [Heavy Attack] : Slam the maul to the ground and create a cyclone of flames that seeks targets, dealing damage and scorching them.

Sol Invictus
Solar ability final blows, Hammer of Sol impacts, and defeating scorched targets creates Sunspots. ... Sunspots apply scorch and deal damage to targets inside. ...

Consecration
While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to launch a wave of Solar energy forward, damaging and scorching targets in front of you as you leap into the air. ... If the wave hits a scorched target, they ignite.

Ember of Char
Your Solar ignitions spread scorch to affected targets. ...
Radiant

Your weapons are enhanced by the power of the Traveler and deal increased damage to combatants. While you are radiant, your weapons pierce the shields of Barrier Champions and stun them.

Ember of Empyrean
... Solar weapon or ability final blows extend the duration of restoration and radiant effects applied to you.

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