Apotheosis Star-Eater Prismatic Warlock Build
Last Updated:February 9, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Apotheosis Star-Eater Prismatic Warlock Build Guide! This build takes advantage of the Exotic Class Item Solipsism with the perks Spirit of the Star-Eater and Spirit of Apotheosis. Star-Eater greatly increases the damage of Nova Bomb: Cataclysm as you pick up Orbs of Power. Apotheosis lets you squeeze out even more damage by boosting your ability regen after your Super is cast.
To keep you alive and your Storm Grenade energy full, Feed the Void activates Devour on ANY ability kill, giving you one of the strongest self-heals in the game and improved grenade energy returns. Your grenade also Jolts targets thanks to Facet of Dominance, improving its ad clear.
This Apotheosis / Star-Eater Prismatic Warlock build provides an easy way to become Radiant with Facet of Dawn, increasing your weapon damage by 20%. With Facet of Purpose, picking up an Orb of Power grants half of a Void Overshield, giving you a healthy mix of offense and defensive buffs.
This build's Weapons are highly interchangeable! Our recommended Weapons take advantage of its numerous damage types with the situationally powerful Elemental Honing. See the Variants section for alternative Weapon recommendations.
WARNING: The Prismatic subclass and Solipsism require The Final Shape DLC to unlock. The Queenbreaker requires the Forsaken Pack DLC to unlock.
Gameplay Loop
The aim of the Apotheosis Star-Eater Prismatic Warlock build is to charge your Super ability as quickly as possible. When it's full, continue to pick up additional Orbs of Power for Spirit of the Star-Eater. Orbs of Power also grant you a Void Overshield.
- Cast Phoenix Dive to Cure yourself and nearby allies while activating Reaper. Your next weapon final blow generates an Orb of Power. This also spawns your Hellion, dealing Scorching Solar damage with each hit.
- Secure kills with your Grenade or Melee Ability, generating an Orb of Power thanks to your Armor Mods. This also activates your second Aspect's enhanced Devour. Scoring multiple Arc kills also makes you Amplified.
- Use Arcane Needle to become Radiant from Facet of Dawn and spread Unravel. Facet of Courage causes your Super and Grenade abilities to deal even more damage to targets afflicted with this Darkness Debuff.
- Dealing Light or Darkness damage charges its respective Transcendence Meter, activate it once it's ready to access a unique Grenade dealing Void and Stasis damage which Weakens, Suppresses, and Freezes enemies.
- When you have collected enough Orbs to maximize Feast of Light, use Nova Bomb: Cataclysm to damage bosses or large groups. After your Super ends, your melee and grenade have increased ability regeneration due to Spirit of Apotheosis.
- You constantly deal damage of each Elemental affinity through your abilities, giving extremely high uptime on your Weapons' Elemental Honing Perk, providing them 35% increased damage or more.
To unlock Solipsism, you need to complete Dual Destiny. Check out our dedicated guide.
Ability Breakdown
Super
- Nova Bomb: Cataclysm
- Throw a cataclysmic Void explosive that slowly travels through the air and tracks enemies. It detonates on impact, dealing massive damage and unleashing a swarm of smaller seeking explosives.
Abilities
- Phoenix Dive - Jump in the air and activate your class ability. You and surrounding allies gain 2 stacks of Cure. This also activates your Hellion Aspect.
- Burst Glide - Use your favorite jump ability.
- Arcane Needle - This melee ability gives you three charges. It's used as a way to activate Devour, gain Radiant, and apply Unravel to enemy targets.
- Storm Grenade - A Light damage type grenade ability which deals a significant amount of damage in a short amount of time. Used to generate Orbs of Power with Firepower and Jolts enemies via Facet of Dominance.
Aspects
- Feed the Void - Getting a kill with any of your available abilities activates Devour. Every kill while Devour is active restores your health to full and a large portion of your grenade energy.
- Hellion - Casting Phoenix Dive summons a Solar turret that stays with you. This turret fires mortars at nearby enemy targets that apply Scorch on hit.
Fragments
- Facet of Protection - You have improved survivability while enemies surround you. This is very often.
- Facet of Dominance - Your Storm Grenade Jolts targets, causing them to emit deadly chain lightning. The Void part of your Prismatic Warlock grenade, Freezing Singularity also Weakens - causing them to receive 15% increased damage and 20% reduced movement speed - targets when using this Fragment.
- Facet of Purpose - Collecting an Orb of Power grants you half of a Void Overshield, increasing survivability. Casting Phoenix Dive collects nearby Orbs of Power through Powerful Attraction.
- Facet of Courage - Your Storm Grenade and deals increased damage to targets affected by Darkness Debuffs.
- Facet of Dawn - Powered melee hits make you Radiant, increasing weapon damage by 20%.
Gearing
Required Gear
Solipsism - This Exotic class item pulls from two pools of Exotic traits from all three classes. This Prismatic Warlock build uses Spirit of Apotheosis and Spirit of the Star-Eater specifically.
How to acquire:
- Complete the Dual Destiny activity on The Pale Heart.
- Awarded from Overthrow chests on The Pale Heart.
- Purchase from Xur in the Tower.
- Note: Solipsism is locked behind The Final Shape DLC.
Stat Priorities
- Resilience > Recovery > Discipline.
- Resilience is the most crucial stat to focus on. Aim for 100 Resilience to maximize your damage resistance and shield capacity, ensuring better survivability in challenging encounters.
- Recovery governs the cooldown on the Warlocks class ability and decreases the time it takes to regenerate your health and shields.
- Discipline decreases the cooldown on your grenade ability, allowing it to charge faster.
Learn more about the Stats available to you in Destiny 2 with our dedicated guide.
Armor Mods
| Item | Slot | Mandatory Mods | Supporting Mods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Explorer Hood | Helmet | Kinetic Siphon | Heavy Ammo Finder |
| Deep Explorer Gloves | Gloves | Firepower Heavy Handed | |
| Deep Explorer Vestments | Chest | Resist Mods of your choice | |
| Deep Explorer Boots | Legs | Recuperation Arc Weapon Surge x2, or whatever Element your Heavy Weapon is. | |
| Spirit of Apotheosis / Spirit of the Star-Eater | Class Item | Powerful Attraction Reaper | Bomber |
Armor Mods are unlocked by progressing your Guardian Rank. Check out the Guardian Ranks Guide for more information.
Artifact Mods
- Unstoppable Fusion
- Gives your Fusion and Linear Fusion Rifles the ability to Stun Unstoppable Champions.
- Overclock and Load
- Your Arc Weapons have improved Handling and Reload Speed when you're affected by Arc Elemental Buffs.
- Dielectric
- Defeating targets afflicted by Jolt or Blind grants you Bolt Charge.
- Dreadful Finisher
- Finishing powerful combatants creates Special Ammo for you and your fireteam. More Ammo is generated when Finishing Subjugators, Tormentors, and Champions.
- Flashover
- Bolt Charge deals more damage. When Bolt Charge readies, you also become Amplified.
- Horde Shuttle
- Unraveled enemies occasionally release Threadlings when they take Weapon damage.
- Particle Reconstruction
- Dealing sustained damage to an enemy with Fusion or Linear Fusion Rifles partially reloads them and causes them to deal bonus damage to that enemy.
- Defibrillating Blast
- Stunning a Champion immediately grants and readies Bolt Charge while triggering an Arcbolt which Jolts enemies and partially heals you.
Recommended Weapons
Kinetic Weapon: Fatebringer - This Kinetic Primary Weapon obtains the maximum benefit from Elemental Honing and has a synergistic Origin Trait, we recommend Explosive Payload as a pairing perk. This Weapon drops from the (free) Vault of Glass Raid. If obtaining this Weapon isn't feasible for you, see the Variants section for alternatives.
Energy Weapon: Cruoris FR4 - This World Drop Coriolis-like Fusion Rifle is easy to use and gets a lot of mileage out of Elemental Honing, we recommend Clown Cartridge as a pairing perk.
Power Weapon: The Queenbreaker - This Exotic Weapon's 3 burst mode enjoys great Boss dps and excellent total damage, while its Chain-Blinding firing mode is handy for any other situation. Alternatively, any other Exotic Power Weapon works here depending on the situation. See the Variants section for more detail.
Variants
- No Weapon is required for this build, some just work better than others.
- If Fatebringer isn't obtainable, we recommend Kinetic-Element Primary Ammo Weapons: Midnight Coup, Blast Furnace, and Multimach CCX are excellent options - use whatever best suits your playstyle and your current activity.
- Cruoris FR4 is very easily obtainable but may not be suitable for every activity. Psychopomp from Episode Heresy is an excellent alternative if you need more ad-clear. Any Special Ammo Grenade Launcher with Disorienting Grenades also proves itself invaluable.
- Equip any Exotic Power Weapon of your choosing best suited for whatever Activity you wish to play. The Queenbreaker is versatile, but Parasite and Grand Overture are more suitable in certain Boss encounters. Whisper of the Worm and Leviathan's Breath perform similarly but are different Elements. You can also opt for Tractor Cannon or Gjallarhorn if your team needs more support.
- Change your Weapon Surge Armor Mods to match your chosen non-Tractor Cannon Heavy!
Summary
This Apotheosis Star-Eater Prismatic Warlock build is all about boosting your Super damage beyond normal levels. Using the Exotic Class Item with the perks Spirit of the Star-Eater and Spirit of Apotheosis help generate ability energy to do even more damage with your Storm Grenade and Arcane Needle. This build also has respectable survivability with Devour and Void Overshield. The built-in Orb generation from your Weapons and Abilities supports you and your fireteam, all while you have the freedom to use whichever set of Weapons you please.
Credits
Written by: AbbyHour, Xtra37
Reviewed by: Byrdman, Tenkiei