Precious Scars Strand Titan Build
Last Updated:February 9, 2025|Changelog
Welcome to the Precious Scars Strand Titan build guide. Precious Scars received a major buff in Season 23, Season of the Wish, giving the player Restoration when using a weapon matching their subclass type. This provides you with consistent healing. The buff turned a D-Tier Exotic into an A to tier choice overnight. Using Strand’s already strong abilities giving Woven Mail while having access to Banner of War means you’re an absolute tank in any endgame setting.
Precious Scars is the backbone of this setup and is second to none. Getting final blows with a weapon matching your subclass gives Restoration, meaning kills = non-stop healing. Now remember this works with any subclass, providing you with many fun ways to use this Exotic. In addition to the healing you get from final blows you also get an Overshield when being revived or reviving teammates. This is without a doubt the best support exotic for Titan to date.
Gameplay Loop
The loop for this Precious Scars Strand Titan build is very easy to execute since most of it is taking out targets with your primary weapon. Doing so results in consistent Restoration and use of your fragment abilities. You’re able to Sever, and Unravel any target with the subclass setup and still punch enemies for high damage like a true Titan. Even though this primarily is a weapon build you have high melee regeneration from Into the Fray so use those Frenzied Blades frequently!
Ability Breakdown
Super
- Bladefury
- This is the only option that is available, but even if it wasn't it would be my main choice. Bladefury is the strongest roaming super for Titan because of it's fast DPS and ability to scale its own melee damage. Even on a setup like this it stands tall.
Abilities
- Rally Barricade, I recommend this over towering mainly for it's shorter cooldown.
- Strafe Lift, Jump is your choice!
- Frenzied Blade, One of the strongest Melee Abilities in the game. Having three charges of this as well is incredible for consistent damage and Sever application.
- Grapple, A mobility option that includes a powerful Unraveling Melee Override.
Aspects
- Into the Fray, Perfect aspect to ensure you have consistent Woven Mail from destroying Tangles. Also more melee energy regeneration is never a bad thing.
- Banner of War, One of if not the very best aspect in the game, granting effortless healing and a damage boost to yourself and all nearby allies.
Banner of War requires consistent melee/finisher/sword kills to stay active, weapon kills don't extend the duration!
Fragments
- Thread of Generation, This is a lock for every Strand build because it's free grenade energy for just playing the game.
- Thread of Isolation, Since this is a weapon damage focused build this is great for consistent Sever of targets.
- Thread of Propagation, Getting free unraveling rounds for just meleeing a target is huge for this setup.
- Thread of Fury, Even more effortless Melee Ability regeneration.
Gearing
Required Gear and Weapons
Precious Scars
How to acquire:
- Focus Exotic engrams at Rahool in the Tower.
- Participate in Vex Incursions on Neomuna.
- This assumes you've purchased the Beyond Light Campaign.
Stat Priorities
- Resilience, then Discipline, and then Recovery.
- Resilience is the amount of damage you can take before dying, as well as your shield capacity.
- Discipline is what reduces your grenade cooldown.
- Recovery is how long it takes for your health to regenerate after you take damage.
Learn more about the Stats available to you in Destiny 2 with our dedicated guide.
Armor Mods
| Item | Slot | Mandatory Mods | Supporting Mods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precious Scars | Helmet | Special Ammo Finder Heavy Ammo Finder Harmonic Siphon | |
| Deep Explorer Gauntlets | Gloves | Harmonic Loader Heavy Handed Impact Induction | |
| Deep Explorer Plate | Chest | Solar Resistance Arc Resistance Void Resistance | |
| Deep Explorer Greaves | Legs | Strand Weapon Surge Recuperation | Strand Weapon Surge |
| Deep Explorer Mark | Class Item | Powerful Attraction Reaper Bomber |
- Optional Mods:
- On your Legs, add an additional Strand Weapon Surge for increased damage.
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.
- Unraveling Orbs
- Picking up an Orb of Power or a Tangle grants your Strand Weapons Unraveling Rounds, additionally giving them Anti Barrier capabilities.
- Disruptor Spike
- Increases the potency of your Sever and Exhaustion debuffs, further lowering enemy damage (Overloading effects Exhaust enemies, lowering their damage).
- Dreadful Finisher
- Finishing powerful combatants creates Special Ammo for you and your fireteam. More Ammo is generated when Finishing Subjugators, Tormentors, and Champions.
- 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.
- Elemental Supercharger
- Defeating Severed and Exhausted enemies with an Elemental Weapon with the same affinity as your equipped Super Ability grants you additional Super Energy (Overloading effects Exhaust enemies, lowering their damage).
Recommend Weapons
- Kinetic Weapon: Quicksilver Storm - This Strand Exotic Auto Rifle shoots small rockets alongside the normal stream of bullets, adding consistent damage. Each rocket hit gives the Weapon a powerful Grenade Launcher shot, up to 3. Obtain this Weapon from the Monument to Lost Lights, it does not have a cost.
- Energy Weapon: Retold Tale - Any Shotgun with One-Two Punch works here, this one is freely obtainable from the Dreaming City.
- Power Weapon: Scintillation - with Envious Assassin and Bait and Switch pair with this Episode's synergistic Artifact Perks to make this Weapon a suitable Boss killer in any situation. This Nightfall Weapon is focusable at Zavala in the Tower.
Summary
Strand Titan has many different ways to play and this is a great choice among the crowd of options! Having high healing, weapon damage, and ability uptime means you go into any encounter ready to win. Want to stand behind your barrier and shoot targets? No problem with this build! Want to run and gun while melee enemies into tangles? This build has your back! Want to be a healing fiend for your team in high-end content? This is the perfect build for just that!
Credits
Written by: Byrdman
Reviewed by: Chunky, Tenkiei