Contraverse Hold Void Warlock Build
Last Updated:October 10, 2024|Changelog
Welcome to the Contraverse Hold Void Warlock Build guide! Spam your supercharged Void grenades that Weaken targets, debuffing enemies for you and your fireteam. Spread Volatile with your Void weapons and become near unkillable thanks to Devour. With this combination of crowd control and survivability, it’s equipped to handle any challenge thrown your way.
This Void Warlock build is centered around using your Vortex Grenade like no other class can. By combining this grenade with the Chaos Accelerant aspect and the Exotic gauntlets Contraverse Hold, you wield immensely powerful grenades that pull enemies inward towards its point of impact and deal significant single-target damage. Hits from your overcharged Vortex Grenade return a portion of your grenade energy, allowing you to maintain a near-constant supply of grenades.
Feed the Void grants you the extremely powerful healing buff, Devour, when defeating enemies with your Void abilities. In addition, defeating enemies with your Vortex Grenades grants Volatile Rounds to your Void weapons, enabling them to apply the Volatile debuff to anything you shoot. Enemies afflicted with Volatile explode in a burst of Void energy after taking enough damage, amplifying your crowd control potential. Another nice benefit of Volatile Rounds is that they allow your Void weapons to pierce Barrier Champion shields.
- Self-healing from Devour.
- On demand debuff from grenade.
- Kills not needed for grenade ability regen.
- Lack of defense.
- Harder to keep Devour up in a fireteam.
Gameplay Loop
- Hold to charge your Vortex Grenades, then throw it into a group of enemies. This Void Grenade pulls targets towards the point of impact, lingering longer thanks to Chaos Accelerant. Hits with this grenade return grenade ability energy with Contraverse Hold.
- Defeating targets with grenades drop Orbs of Power and grant Devour through one of your chosen aspects, Feed the Void. Keeping this buff active is your number one priority. Devour keeps you alive and provides grenade regeneration for every kill while under its effect.
- Always charge your Vortex Grenades before every throw. If you don't, Contraverse Hold's Exotic perk won't activate, and you won't receive the initial return of grenade energy.
- Your melee, Pocket Singularity, is a secondary measure if Devour falls off before your grenade energy is fully refunded. It can also push enemies back if you're in a sticky situation or need to apply Volatile.
- Ashes to Assets leverages grenade kills to rapidly charge your Super, Nova Bomb: Cataclysm. This ability is effective against bosses or groups of enemies.
Ability Breakdown
Super
- Nova Bomb: Cataclysm
- Using the power of Void Light, you throw out a dying star that detonates on impact. Upon detonation, Void seekers are released which track other nearby enemies.
Abilities
- Empowering Rift - The healing from Devour is more than enough in most cases. Use this Rift to empower yourself and allies inside of it by 20% for 15 seconds.
- Burst Glide - Use your favorite jump ability.
- Pocket Singularity - This is the only Void melee ability for Warlocks. Push enemies away and inflict Volatile.
- Vortex Grenade - The focus of the Contraverse Hold Void Warlock build. Create a vortex that pulls targets inward and damages enemies caught inside. Vortex Grenade also applies Weaken from the Echo of Undermining fragment.
Aspects
- Feed the Void - Defeating targets with a Void ability activates Devour. Every kill while under the effects of this buff heals you to and returns grenade ability energy.
- Chaos Accelerant - Overcharge your Vortex Grenade, increasing extending the duration of the grenade and its area of effect.
You cannot charge your Void grenade abilities without the use of the Chaos Accelerant aspect.
Fragments
- Echo of Remnants - Your Vortex Grenade lasts 50% longer. This allows for maximum damage output and is perfect for enemy spawn points or elite enemies.
- Echo of Undermining - Void grenades Weaken for you and your fireteam.
- Echo of Starvation - Provides an easier way to gain Devour.
- Echo of Instability - Targets defeated with your grenade ability grant Volatile Rounds to your Void weapons, increasing damage and causing explosions after a certain damage threshold is met. These rounds also pierce Barrier Champion's shields.
Gearing
Required Gear and Weapons
Contraverse Hold - While charging grenades, your Warlock is surrounded by a Void shield that provides a 20% damage resistance. Void grenade hits proc the Exotic effect, granting increased base grenade regeneration rate for 1.75 seconds. Vortex Grenades are able to activate this perk twice if targets are damaged by the initial impact of the grenade and the last few ticks of the ability.
How to acquire:
- Purchase from Xur if available.
- Decrypting or focusing Exotic engrams at Rahool.
- Farm the expert Lost Sector on Arms armor days.
- Complete the Vex Strike Force Public Event on Neomuna.
- This Exotic armor piece is not locked behind a DLC. Requires New Light Quest progression to unlock.
Stat Priorities
- Resilience > Discipline > Recovery
- 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.
- Discipline decreases the cooldown on your grenade ability, allowing it to charge faster if Devour has fallen off.
- Recovery governs the cooldown on the Warlocks class ability and decreases the time it takes to regenerate your health and shields.
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 | Harmonic Siphon Ashes to Assets | Heavy Ammo Finder |
| Contraverse Hold | Gloves | Firepower Bolstering Detonation | Firepower |
| Deep Explorer Vestments | Chest | Harmonic Resistance Harmonic Reserves | |
| Deep Explorer Boots | Legs | Innervation Void Weapon Surge | Harmonic Scavenger |
| Deep Explorer Bond | Class Item | Reaper Bomber | Time Dilation |
- Optional Mods:
- On your Chest, replace Harmonic Resistance with the appropriate resistance for the activity.
Armor Mods are unlocked by progressing your Guardian Rank. Check out the Guardian Ranks Guide for more information.
Artifact Perks
- Unstoppable Pulse Rifle - Staggers Unstoppable Champions.
- Fell the Revenant - Deal increased weapon damage to Scorn which are plentiful in Episode: Revenant.
- Rapid Impacts - Dealing damage with a Grenade Launcher temporarily increases the reload speed of Grenade Launchers.
- Power from Pain - Rapid final blows against Weakened combatants grants you Devour. BOOST: Rapidly defeating weakened combatants spawns a Void Breach.
- Debilitating Wave - Finish an enemy to emit a damaging Void wave. Work towards unlocking the BOOST for this Artifact Perk to apply Weaken with this wave.
- Concussive Reload - Using a Grenade Launcher to damage a boss, damage a Champion, or break a combatant's shield weakens them.
- Supernova - Picking up a Void Breach causes your next source of Void damage to create a large Weakening pulse.
- Kinetic Impacts - Sustained damage with a Power Grenade Launcher causes the combatant to emit a shockwave that damages nearby combatants. This shockwave can stun Unstoppable Champions
Recommend Weapons
Kinetic Weapon: The Call - This fresh take on the newly introduced rocket frame sidearm is a powerhouse in the Kinetic slot. With its high damage output and excellent ad clear, this is an easy choice for your special weapon. The Call is locked behind The Final Shape DLC.
Energy Weapon: Graviton Lance - This Pulse Rifle is excellent at clearing a room with its perk Cosmology. Kills with this weapon cause enemy targets to detonate and spawn Void projectiles that track targets. This damage can also trigger explosions from Volatile enemies. The Echo of Instability fragment grants this weapon Volatile rounds.
Power Weapon: Edge Transit - This Heavy Grenade Launcher went from meme to meta thanks to its amazing perk pool when it was reintroduced with Into the Light. It also benefits from Volatile Rounds from Echo of Instability. Farm for Edge Transit by completing the Onslaught activity in the Vanguard directory.
Variants
Gear Swaps
- Equip the recommended Armor Mods you see on the right if you haven't masterworked your armor yet. These only require 4-5 energy and help with the Contraverse Hold Warlock gameplay loop.
- Swap The Call for The Mountaintop which you can farm from the Onslaught activity in the Vanguard Playlist.
- Stack multiple kills with your Void weapons and Vortex Grenade to build stacks of Recombination. At max 10 stacks, swap to your Grenade Launcher for a 100% damage increase.
Ability Swaps
- Swap Feed the Void for Child of the Old Gods.
- Child of the Old Gods can provide some added damage in the endgame. However, note that your grenade energy gained through Devour is cut in half without Feed the Void. Make sure you're comfortable with your grenade regeneration before switching.
Gear Swaps
- Replace Recuperation, Void Scavenger, and Innervation on your boots with 3 copies of Void Weapon Surge.
- Replace Reaper, Bomber, and Special Finisher on your Class Item with 2 copies of Time Dilation.
- Swap The Call for Izanagi's Burden and swap Graviton Lance for any Legendary Void weapon.
- These gear swaps, along with the Armor Mod changes above, give you a powerful burst DPS option to add to your damage rotation with Edge Transit and its perk Bait and Switch.
- Izanagi's Burden requires the Forsaken DLC Pack to unlock.
- If you want a great ad clear option, you can swap Edge Transit with the Void Machine Gun Hammerhead from the Onslaught activity in the Vanguard playlist. It has a deep perk pool and its Origin Trait, Indomitability, helps grant grenade energy.
Summary
This Void Warlock build revolves around maximizing the effectiveness of your Vortex Grenades to control the battlefield and dominate encounters. By pairing the grenade with the Chaos Accelerant aspect and Contraverse Hold Exotic gloves, you can unleash incredibly powerful, overcharged grenades that draw enemies in and deal significant damage. The energy refund provided by Contraverse Hold allows you to maintain a near-constant supply of grenades.
The build excels in both crowd control and survivability. Feed the Void grants Devour, healing you with every Void ability kill while also regenerating grenade energy. Defeating enemies with grenades grants Volatile Rounds to your Void weapons, spreading Volatile and causing additional explosions, further amplifying your damage output. With its ability to nuke elite enemies inside its overcharged Vortex Grenade, this Void Warlock build is perfect for any activity.
Credits
Written by: AbbyHour
Reviewed by: Xtra37, Tenkiei