Falling Star Arc Titan Build

Revenant

Last Updated:October 9, 2024|Change Log

The Cuirass of the Falling Star Arc Titan has been a consistent choice since day 1 and has only gotten better with its 3.0 update in Season of the Plunder. One build that has always been on top is Thundercrash Titan with Cuirass of the Falling Star. This build turns your Titan's already strong super into an absolute missile of damage in endgame content. The best part of this setup is you don’t need an exotic weapon to enhance anything. If you do it’s simply the sprinkles on top of your massive sunday of a build.

Cuirass of the Falling Star has the spotlight for this setup. It reads “Greatly increases your Thundercrash impact. Gain an overshield that lasts longer the further you travel before striking a target.” Now this is a simple 100% increase in damage, but for Titan that’s pretty big. The super itself is a fast rinse and repeat ability so you’re able to immediately start building super energy again. Add in there a nice little overshield to protect you from foes that lived the blast; it's a solid option for most endgame activities.

Pros

Big super damage
Great for endgame content
Damage reduction on impact

Cons

Super needed to get use
No benefits for general mobbing

Gameplay Loop

The loop for this build is mostly your decision since it depends on what gear you bring in. The entire setup is you trying to generate super energy so you can get that juicy Thundercrash off on big targets. The hands-on suggestions we give help this by ensuring the more you punch the more super you get back. Perks like Knockout help by giving damage boosts to melee while also keeping you healed as well. Your Thunderclap is extremely helpful since it can do big single target damage while clearing waves of enemies as well.

Weapon wise, we suggest an arc weapon to take advantage of the surge mods on your legs. Anything with Voltshot is nice for clearing big groups and stunning targets because of Jolted. Play around with this setup and get an idea for how fast you get your super back. If it returns quickly in a fight then use it freely as you wish. Remember that it helps get orbs for your team so they can feed into you as well.

Ability Breakdown

Super

Thundercrash
- Hurtle through the air like a missile and crash into targets to inflict meteoric damage. On it's own this is a par super, but combined with Cuirass of the Falling Star it's a massive bomb on enemies.

Abilities

Thruster, Having a quicker activation of your ability is nice especially combined with our Titan Mark mods.
Strafe Lift, Jump of your choice!
Thunderclap, Being able to take out massive groups of enemies with one punch is very helpful in big situations. Combined with our arm and helmet mods you'll have your super back quick.
Pulse Grenade, This is by far the best grenade for arc currently. Getting that added benefit of more Ionic Trace is great for energy regeneration.

Aspects

Touch of Thunder, Your grenades have enhanced functionality (we recommend Pulse) Pulse grenades create Ionic Trace periodically as it damages targets and increases in damage over time.
Knockout, This is a great option to consistently keep up health regeneration especially when there's many low level enemies alive. Also getting that constant Amplified activation is great.

Fragments

Spark of Shock, Your arc grenades Jolted targets. Great for clearing out even bigger groups of enemies.
Spark of Ions, Having your jolt effects feed into your energy regeneration is great.
Spark of Discharge, You again should have an arc weapon on, but these final blows mean more ability energy.
Spark of Resistance, Having a bit more resistance on your arc class is key since it's the one class with subpar healing.

Gearing

Required Gear and Weapons

Cuirass of the Falling Star

How to acquire:

Purchase from Xur (his loot rotates weekly).
Decrypting exotic engrams at Rahool (it will be a random exotic drop, but will prioritize exotics you currently do not have, known as the knockout system).
Farm the expert lost sector on chest Armor days.
Note: this exotic is not locked behind a DLC.

Stat Priorities

Resilience > Discipline > 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
Deep Explorer Helmet	Helmet	Special Ammo Finder Heavy Ammo Finder	Harmonic Siphon
Deep Explorer Gauntlets	Gloves	Heavy Handed Impact Induction	Heavy Handed
Cuirass of the Falling Star	Chest	Arc Resistance Solar Resistance Void Resistance
Deep Explorer Greaves	Legs	Arc Weapon Surge Recuperation	Arc Weapon Surge
Deep Explorer Mark	Class Item	Powerful Attraction Reaper Bomber

Optional Mods:
- On your Arms, add another Heavy Handed for faster cooldown to create Orbs of Power.
- On your Legs, add another Arc Weapon Surge for higher damage for your Arc weapons.

Armor Mods are unlocked by progressing your Guardian Rank. Check out the Guardian Ranks Guide for more information.

Artifact Mods

You're going to want to boost up the damage and usage of Lost Signal so equip Concussive Reload to weaken targets before you use your super.
Since you're mainly using Centrifuse you have to invest into mods like Trace Evidence and Retinal Burn to get those great effects.

Kinetic Weapon: Lost Signal - Grenade launchers are huge this episode so taking advantage of a Stasis one like Lost Signal is huge.
Energy Weapon: Centrifuse - Arc Auto rifles are a big choice right now with the addition of the new artifact mods.
Power Weapon: Wendigo GL3 (Adept) - Consistent and incredibly strong choice to use for high DPS!

Variants

Starter

Gear Swaps

Swap Centrifuse for Shadow Price.
- Classic option that is still meta to this day.
- How to acquire: Complete strikes and earn rank-up packages from Commander Zavala.
Swap Wendigo GL3 (Adept) forThunderlord.
- A strong exotic heavy that many people still use in Raids today. It is also a great option for simple ad clear because of hit's great AoE damage.
- How to acquire: Xur with Strange Gear Offers.

Summary

Thundercrash Titan has been a great option for boss and endgame damage for awhile and tends to be forgotten. The shift in subclass metas season to season has put this great setup on the backburner even though it’s still a potent option. Activities like Pantheon have shown this is still a great option for Titans looking to edge out the damage their Goldengun Hunter friends create. Hopefully with the Final Shape we see more reasons to fly around like a missile smashing bosses.

Credits

Written by: Byrdman

Reviewed by: Chunky, Dredscythe