Welcome to the Orpheus Rig Void Hunter Build! This build allows you to generate your Super very quickly, ensuring constant battlefield control and breathing room for your fireteam. This Super, Shadowshot: Deadfall, applies Suppression and Weaken—a 30% global debuff to enemies for you and your fireteam!
The Void Hunter subclass is versatile, providing both strong solo potential and exceptional team support. Whether you're diving into a Raid, Nightfall, or any endgame activity, this build seamlessly integrates into any fireteam.
The core of this Void Hunter build revolves around the Exotic Boots Orpheus Rig. This exotic provides Super energy for each target tethered by Shadowshot: Deadfall, allowing you to recharge up to half of your maximum Super energy with a well-placed tether. In addition, Orpheus Rig grants a portion of your melee, class ability, and grenade energy if they aren't already at full capacity. This ability refund mechanic is crucial for maintaining the high-frequency ability spam that defines this playstyle.
- High ability uptime.
- Good crowd control.
- Tether provides global debuff.
- Easy overshields and invisibility.
- Requires higher ad density.
- Super is not a high damage Super.
Gameplay Loop
The gameplay loop ensures constant ability usage, frequent Invisibility, and continuous Shadowshot: Deadfall regeneration, making Orpheus Rig one of the most effective Void Hunter builds for crowd control.
- Dodge to go Invisible - Stealth your way toward a group of enemies undetected.
- Jump above the enemies and use your melee to trigger Trapper's Ambush - This creates a large smoke cloud on impact, Weakening enemies in range. Smaller red-bar enemies are likely to die from the smoke damage, while the rest are Weakened, taking 15% more damage. This is a lower debuff value than your Super's Weaken, but it's still very useful. Check out our Elemental Mechanics Guide for more information.
- Dodge to collect Orbs of Power with Powerful Attraction and trigger Reaper to generate more Orbs of Power for you and your team.
- Throw your Vortex Grenade - Use it on groups of enemies to Weaken them. Grenade kills grant Volatile Rounds to your Void weapons, causing enemies to explode upon taking further damage.
- Use Shadowshot: Deadfall on groups of ads - This Weakens and Suppresses enemies, creating easy targets for your fireteam. Defeating tethered targets can return up to 50% Super energy thanks to Orpheus Rig.
Ability Breakdown
Super
- Shadowshot: Deadfall
- This Super tethers all enemies within 12.5 meters. While tethered, enemies are Suppression and Weakened—applying a 30% global debuff to enemies for you and your fireteam! Tethered enemies also share 50% of damage taken. The tether itself lasts 12 seconds, but you can increase its longevity by killing enemies in the tether (0.5 seconds per enemy up to a max of 25 seconds).
Abilities
- Gambler's Dodge - This dodge immediately refunds your Snare Bomb.
- Triple Jump - Triple jump is nice, but use whichever jump feels best to you.
- Snare Bomb - Instead of using this melee directly, perform a Trapper's Ambush to instantly Weaken enemies in the area and grant Invisibility to yourself and any allies within range.
- Vortex Grenade - This grenade pulls targets inward and continually damages enemies trapped within the vortex.
Casting an ability or shooting a weapon removes your invisibility before the timer is up!
Aspects
- Trapper's Ambush - consumes your Snare Bomb to make you and nearby allies Invisible, while Weakening nearby enemies.
- Vanishing Step - dodge to go Invisible.
Both of these aspects offer as-needed invisibility - vanishing step is a dodge, and trapper's ambush is a quickfall dive (the in-game subclass menu tells you which button you have these bound to).
Fragments
- Echo of Harvest - defeat Weakened targets to create Orbs of Power and spawn a Void Breach. Picking up Orbs grants Super energy, and Void Breaches grant dodge energy.
- Echo of Starvation - picking up an Orb of Power or a Void Breach grants you Devour. Final blows restore health, grant grenade energy, and extend the duration of Devour.
- Echo of Vigilance - Defeating a target while your shields are depleted grants you a temporary Overshield, saving you in critical situations.
- Echo of Instability - Defeating targets with grenades grants Volatile Rounds to your Void weapons.
Gearing
Required Gear and Weapons
Orpheus Rig - provides you with ability and Super energy for each target tethered by Deadfall anchors.
How to acquire:
- Purchase from Xur (his loot rotates weekly).
- Decrypting exotic engrams at Rahool.
- Farm the expert Lost Sector on Leg Armor days.
- Complete the Vex Strike Force Public Event on Neomuna.
- Note: this exotic is not locked behind a DLC.
Stat Priorities
- Resilience, then Mobility, and then 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.
- Mobility is what reduces your dodge cooldown.
- Discipline decreases the cooldown on your grenade ability, allowing it to charge faster.
Armor Mods
| Item | Slot | Mandatory Mods | Supporting Mods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Explorer Mask | Helmet | Harmonic Siphon Dynamo | Heavy Ammo Finder |
| Deep Explorer Grasps | Gloves | Firepower Heavy Handed | |
| Deep Explorer Vest | Chest | Charged Up | Harmonic Resistance Harmonic Reserves |
| Orpheus Rig | Legs | Void Weapon Surge Void Weapon Surge | Recuperation |
| Deep Explorer Cloak | Class Item | Powerful Attraction Time Dilation | Time Dilation |
- Optional Mods:
- On your Chest, replace Harmonic Resistance with the appropriate resistance for the activity.
- On your Class Item, replace Powerful Attraction with Time Dilation mod for more Armor Charge duration.
Armor Mods are unlocked by progressing your Guardian Rank. Check out the Guardian Ranks Guide for more information.
Artifact Perks
- Elemental Siphon - Rapid final blows with a Kinetic or Void weapon create an elemental pickup that matches your Super.
- Void Hegemony - While you have a Void subclass equipped, defeated weakened targets provides a small Overshield.
- Expanding Abyss - Void sources deal increased damage to weakened targets.
- Shieldcrush - Faster recharge for your melee and grenade.
Recommended Weapons
Kinetic Slot: Witherhoard - Blighted targets take damage over time, and their deaths create a lingering blight field that damages nearby enemies. This weapon excels at area control and sustained damage and is particularly effective against enemies grouped up by Shadowshot: Deadfall.
Energy Slot: The Recluse with Threat Detector and Surrounded is an excellent perk combo for close-quarters combat. This Void Submachine gun shines in situations where you need to clear ads quickly, especially when surrounded, where it gains a 40% damage boost.
Power Slot: Edge Transit crafted with Envious Assassin and Bait and Switch is an outstanding Legendary Void weapon for boss damage. Combining these perks allows for impressive damage output when switching between your equipped weapons.
Variants
Gear Swaps
- Equip the recommended Armor Mods you see on the right if you haven't masterworked your armor yet. These help with Super regeneration for the Orpheus Rig Hunter gameplay loop.
- Swap The Recluse to the brand-new Solar rocket sidearm, Aberrant Action. Available from the Failsafe at the H.E.L.M or in the Seasonal Activity playlists.
- Use Edge Transit against bosses, and Hammerhead for more ad-dense activities.
- Swap Witherhoard for Outbreak Perfected
- Complete the Zero Hour Exotic Quest from the Legends Destination. Outbreak is one of the best Kinetic Exotics in Destiny 2 because The Corruption Spreads perk causes SIVA nanites to swarm and help with ad clear.
Ability Swaps
- Unlock Solar Fulmination from the Artifact Mod for bigger and more damaging Ignitions with the Incandescent perk on Aberrant Action.
Gear Swaps
- Swap The Recluse to Buried Bloodline.
- This powerful Sidearm grants Devour with Violent Reanimation. Completing the Catalyst adds Splitvein Lineage, allowing you to Weaken enemies while Devour is active.
- Swap Edge Transit to match your activity's Elemental Surge. Craft or farm for reload perks like Auto-Loading Holster and Reconstruction. Meta options include:
- Solar Surge - Apex Predator
- Arc Surge - Crux Termination IV
- Stasis Surge - Cold Comfort
- Strand Surge - Cataphract GL3 (Adept)
Summary
This Orpheus Rig Void Hunter build excels at providing rapid Super generation and crowd control through Shadowshot: Deadfall. Your Super applies Suppression and Weaken, granting a 30% global debuff to enemies, benefiting both you and your fireteam. With Orpheus Rig, you can recharge up to half of your Super energy with well-placed tethers, ensuring frequent use of Shadowshot for crowd control.
Ideal for Raids, Nightfalls, and endgame content, this build offers unparalleled crowd control, empowering your team with potent enemy debuffs and Orbs of Power.
Credits
Written by: AbbyHour
Reviewed by: Chadly, Tenkiei