28 Mar 2025 (Episode: Heresy - S26)

Solar Warlock DPS Build - Sanguine Alchemy

Solar Warlock

28 Mar 2025 (Episode: Heresy - S26)

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Details

Exotic
Weapons
Abilities
Aspects
Fragments
Artifact perks

Armor mods

Helmets
Arms
Chests
Legs
Class items
Keywords
Cure
Radiant
Firesprite
Restoration
Ignition
Scorch
Exotic
  • Sanguine Alchemy
    Chest Armor
    Blood Magic – While standing in any rift, damaging a target will mark it. You deal extra damage to marked targets, and gain additional bonus damage with weapons that have a damage type matching your equipped Super. Weapon final blows while standing in any rift pause the rift's countdown, extending its duration.
Weapons
  • Lord of Wolves
    Shotgun
    Shrapnel Launcher – Fires a powerful short-range burst of Solar damage.
  • Rake Angle
    Glaive
    Aggressive Glaive – Hard-hitting, slow melee/ranged polearm with a frontal shield. Generates energy on dealing ranged damage. [Aim Down Sights] : Raise shield, depleting energy over time [Melee] : Kinetic melee combo
  • Speleologist
    Machine Gun
    Rapid-Fire Frame – Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.
Abilities
  • Well of Radiance
    Super Ability
    Restoration
    Radiant
    Scorch
    Ignition
    Thrust your Sword into the ground, damaging and scorching nearby targets. The sword projects a continuous aura, granting radiant effects and restoration to nearby allies, protecting them from the effects of Stasis.
  • 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.
  • Incinerator Snap
    Solar Melee
    Scorch
    Ignition
    Snap your fingers to create a fan of burning sparks that explode and scorch targets.
  • Healing Rift
    Class Ability
    Conjure a well of power that continuously heals those inside it.
  • Burst Glide
    Movement Ability
    Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with a strong initial boost of speed.
Aspects
  • Hellion
    Scorch
    Ignition
    Activate your class ability to summon a Solar mortar that lobs flaming projectiles at distant targets. Targets damaged by the mortar are scorched.
  • Touch of Flame
    Restoration
    Cure
    Your Healing, Solar, Firebolt, and Fusion Grenades have enhanced functionality. Healing Grenade: Improves the strength of cure and restoration effects applied. Consuming a Healing Grenade with Heat Rises also applies restoration to nearby allies. Solar Grenade: Increases linger duration. Periodically emits blobs of lava around its perimeter. Firebolt Grenade: Increases target search radius and maximum target count. Fusion Grenade: Explodes twice.
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 Torches
    Radiant
    -10 Discipline ▼ Powered melee attacks against combatants make you and nearby allies radiant.
  • Ember of Benevolence
    Restoration
    Cure
    Radiant
    -10 Discipline ▼ Applying restoration, cure, or radiant to allies grants increased grenade, melee, and class ability regeneration for a short duration.
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Special Ammo Finder (x2)
    Increases the drop chance of Special ammo upon defeat of an opponent.
  • Harmonic Siphon
    Rapid Solar weapon final blows create an Orb of Power

Arms armor mods

  • Heavy Handed
    Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.
  • Fastball
    Increases grenade throw distance.
  • Momentum Transfer
    Causing damage with a grenade reduces your melee cooldown.

Chest armor mods

  • Harmonic Resistance
    Reduces incoming Solar damage from combatants
  • Solar Reserves
    Increases the amount of ammo you can carry for Solar weapons.
  • Stasis Resistance
    Reduces incoming Stasis damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Solar Weapon Surge (x2)
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Your Solar weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. Your Armor Charge now decays over time.
  • Recuperation
    Replenishes health each time you pick up an Orb of Power.

Class item armor mods

  • Reaper
    Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.
  • Outreach (x2)
    Reduces melee cooldown when using your class ability.
Artifact perks
  • Defibrillating Blast
    Stunning a Champion grants maximum stacks of Bolt Charge. Triggers an Arc bolt that heals you and jolts combatants that it damages.
  • Piercing Sidearms
    Your equipped Sidearms fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Overload Trace Rifles
    Uninterrupted fire from your equipped Trace Rifle causes the beam to stun combatants, delaying ability energy regeneration and exhausting them. Strong against Overload Champions. Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.
  • Unstoppable Glaive
    Glaives you wield fire a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Glaives are always overcharged when the modifier is active.
  • Flashover
    When you gain maximum Bolt Charge, you also become amplified. Lightning bolts deal more damage.
  • Maligned Harvest
    Rapidly applying Volatile causes your next instance of Void weapon damage to create a weakening burst. BOOST: Applying Weaken provides a small Void overshield.
  • No Bell
    Rapid Glaive melee final blows grant Special ammo Glaives additional ammo. Blocking damage with Glaives increases their melee damage to targets.
  • Photonic Flare
    Defeating an exhausted or severed target with Arc damage releases a blinding burst. Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.
  • Hold the Line
    While surrounded, Machine Guns and Glaives gain increased reload speed and stability; final blows heal you.
  • Dielectric
    Defeating Arc debuffed targets grants Bolt Charge. BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.
  • Volatile Marksman
    Rapid Void weapon precision hits and rapid Void weapon final blows grant Volatile Rounds. BOOST: Volatile detonations grant class ability energy.
  • Overclock and Load
    While you are amplified or have Bolt Charge, Arc weapons gain increased handling and reload speed.

Breakdown

Orb generation

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

Dielectric
... BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.

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

Reaper
Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.
Orb pickup

Solar Weapon Surge
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

Solar Weapon Surge
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge effect

Solar Weapon Surge
... Your Solar weapons gain a small bonus to damage while you have any Armor Charge. ...
Class Ability cooldown

Volatile Marksman
... BOOST: Volatile detonations grant class ability energy.
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.

Momentum Transfer
Causing damage with a grenade reduces your melee cooldown.

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

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

No Bell
Rapid Glaive melee final blows grant Special ammo Glaives additional ammo. ...

Techeun's Regalia Hood
Queen's Favor – Generate Awoken Favors with fewer final blows. ...

Sanguine Alchemy
...Weapon final blows while standing in any rift pause the rift's countdown, extending its duration.

Hold the Line
While surrounded, Machine Guns and Glaives gain increased reload speed and stability; final blows heal you.

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

Reaper
Shortly after using your class ability, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.

Volatile Marksman
Rapid Void weapon precision hits and rapid Void weapon final blows grant Volatile Rounds. ...
Defeating an enemy

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

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

Photonic Flare
Defeating an exhausted or severed target with Arc damage releases a blinding burst. ...

Dielectric
Defeating Arc debuffed targets grants Bolt Charg... BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.

Keywords

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.

Well of Radiance
... The sword projects a continuous aura, granting radiant effects and restoration to nearby allies, protecting them from the effects of Stasis.

Ember of Benevolence
... Applying restoration, cure, or radiant to allies grants increased grenade, melee, and class ability regeneration for a short duration.

Touch of Flame
... Healing Grenade: Improves the strength of cure and restoration effects applied. Consuming a Healing Grenade with Heat Rises also applies restoration to nearby allies. ...
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.
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.

Ember of Benevolence
... Applying restoration, cure, or radiant to allies grants increased grenade, melee, and class ability regeneration for a short duration.

Touch of Flame
... Healing Grenade: Improves the strength of cure and restoration effects applied. ...
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.

Incinerator Snap
Snap your fingers to create a fan of burning sparks that explode and scorch targets.

Well of Radiance
Thrust your Sword into the ground, damaging and scorching nearby targets. The sword projects a continuous aura, granting radiant effects and restoration to nearby allies, protecting them from the effects of Stasis.

Hellion
Activate your class ability to summon a Solar mortar that lobs flaming projectiles at distant targets. Targets damaged by the mortar are scorched.
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.

Incinerator Snap
Snap your fingers to create a fan of burning sparks that explode and scorch targets.

Well of Radiance
Thrust your Sword into the ground, damaging and scorching nearby targets. ...

Hellion
... Targets damaged by the mortar are scorched.
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.

Well of Radiance
... The sword projects a continuous aura, granting radiant effects and restoration to nearby allies, protecting them from the effects of Stasis.

Ember of Torches
... Powered melee attacks against combatants make you and nearby allies radiant.

Ember of Benevolence
... Applying restoration, cure, or radiant to allies grants increased grenade, melee, and class ability regeneration for a short duration.

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