Osmiomancy / Verity’s Prismatic Warlock Build
Last Updated:October 10, 2024|Change Log
Welcome to the Osmiomancy Verity's Prismatic Warlock Build guide! This build utilizes the Exotic Class Item, Solipsism with the perk combination of Spirit of Osmiomancy and Spirit of Verity. This combo excels at generating Vortex Grenade energy and improving grenade damage.
When paired with the Aspect Feed the Void, any ability kill procs Devour, as well as multi-kills with Buried Bloodline. This results in rapid regen of your Vortex Grenades that have increased damage thanks to Spirit of Verity. The constant damage output and ad clear provided by this synergy is useful in any activity.
When the enemies are tanky enough, a Vortex Grenades is almost always on the field. This, combined with the survivability of Devour, makes this setup one of the most powerful Prismatic Warlock builds. Excel in end game content such as Grandmaster Nightfalls, where every enemy has a lot of health.
WARNING: The Prismatic subclass and Solipsism require the Final Shape DLC to unlock. Buried Bloodline requires the Lightfall DLC to obtain.
- High grenade ability uptime.
- High uptime on crowd control.
- Great self healing from Devour.
- Hard to obtain Exotic.
- Less effective in low tier content.
Gameplay Loop
The Osmiomancy Verity's Prismatic Warlock Build revolves around increasing your grenade damage and improving its cooldown.
- Start the gameplay loop by getting kills with Buried Bloodline to stack Spirit of Verity.
- After several kills with Buried Bloodline or defeating a target with an ability, Devour is granted. This provides incredible survivability and rapid regen of Vortex Grenades.
- Focus your Vortex Grenades on enemies with more health, specifically Majors and Bosses. This lets Spirit of Osmiomancy grant you its full benefit by allowing your grenade to damage for the entire duration. Throw your grenade at the boss, then defeat smaller enemies with weapons to guarantee there is another Vortex Grenade ready to be thrown when the previous grenade runs out.
- To achieve maximum damage output for Vortex Grenades, while Devour is active, shoot an enemy with Buried Bloodline to weaken them, then hit them with an Arcane Needle to inflict a Darkness Debuff for Facet of Courage, while also granting Radiant with Facet of Dawn.
Ability Breakdown
Super
- Nova Bomb: Cataclysm
- Hurl an explosive bolt of Void Light at a target, disintegrating those caught within the blast. Nova Bomb travels slowly and seeks targets. Detonations shatter into smaller seeker projectiles. This is an extremely strong burst damage option that also synergizes with Facet of Purpose to give you Overshield.
Abilities
- Healing Rift - Heals you and fireteam members while standing inside the radius.
- Burst Glide - Your jump ability is up to you, but the example setup uses Burst Glide.
- Arcane Needle - This melee ability gives you three charges. Use it to activate Devour and apply Unravel to enemy targets.
- Vortex Grenade - This grenade pulls enemies in to continually damage any enemy caught inside. This pairs so well with Spirit of Osmiomancy, especially on large targets that can withstand the entire duration of a Vortex Grenade damage field. A must pick grenade for this Osmiomancy Verity's Prismatic Warlock build.
Aspects
- Feed the Void - Getting a kill with any of your available abilities activates Devour. This aspect increases the amount of health and grenade energy received on kill while Devour is active. Drastically increasing the uptime of Vortex Grenades.
- Hellion - Casting Phoenix Dive summons a Solar mortar buddy that stays with you. Hellion fires mortars at nearby enemy targets that apply Scorch on hit.
Fragments
- Facet of Protection - Provides bonus damage reduction when surrounded by combatants. Greatly increases the survivability of this build.
- Facet of Courage - Grants a 10% damage buff for Light Abilities to enemies affected by Darkness Debuffs. Use Arcane Needle to activate this damage buff.
- Facet of Bravery - Defeating a target with a grenade grants Volatile Rounds to Void weapons. Free DPS increase to Buried Bloodline and Edge Transit.
- Facet of Purpose - Collecting an Orb of Power grants you an Overshield for extra survivability.
- Facet of Dawn - Grants Radiant when hitting an enemy with a powered melee, increasing weapon damage by 25%.
Gearing
Required Gear
Solipsism with Spirit of Osmiomancy and Spirit of Verity is required for this Prismatic Warlock build. These give the build its grenade uptime and damage.
How to acquire:
- Dual Destiny Exotic Mission.
- Open any chest within the Pale Heart.
- Cooperative Focus Missions.
WARNING: The Final Shape DLC is required to unlock the Solipsism Exotic Class Item.
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 | Harmonic Siphon | Special Ammo Finder Heavy Ammo Finder |
| Deep Explorer Gloves | Gloves | Firepower | Momentum Transfer Impact Induction |
| Deep Explorer Vest | Chest | Resist Mods of your choice | |
| Deep Explorer Boots | Legs | Void Weapon Surge Void Weapon Surge | Void Scavenger |
| Spirit of Osmiomancy / Spirit of Verity | Class Item | Time Dilation Powerful Attraction | Bomber |
Armor Mods are unlocked by progressing your Guardian Rank. Check out the Guardian Ranks Guide for more information.
Artifact Perks
- Overload Breechloaded Grenade Launcher - Allows The Mountaintop to stun Overload Champions. Also, your special grenade launcher is always overcharged when that modifier is active.
- 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.
- Killing Breeze - Weapon Final blows giving bonus Mobility helps you meet Stat recommendations.
- Total Carnage - Finishing enemies grants damage resistance!
- 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.
- Conductive Cosmic Crystal - Your Void abilities do bonus damage to targets that are affected by a Stasis debuff. This includes Stasis weapon perks such as Cold Steel and Chill Clip, or debuffs from other players in your fireteam.
Recommended Weapons
Kinetic Weapon: The Mountaintop - With Auto-Loading Holster and either Recombination or Vorpal Weapon for the best roll.
Energy Weapon: Buried Bloodline - This weapon is the key to always having Devour active while also applying Weaken to enemies.
Power Weapon: Edge Transit - This weapon with Envious Assassin and Bait and Switch is a top tier DPS option.
Variants
Alternate Weapon Options
- Swap The Mountaintop for The Supremacy
- This Sniper with Rewind Rounds and Kinetic Tremors offers a great damage option. Swap to this weapon, hit an enemy twice to proc Kinetic Tremors, then swap back to your main or heavy weapon.
- If you don't have Buried Bloodline, swap to Graviton Lance.
- To Weaken enemies, pick up the Artifact Perk Debilitating Wave (with the BOOST).
- Swap Edge Transit for The Slammer (Adept).
- Eager Edge and Cold Steel is the best perk combination.
- This combo allows for speedy traversal while still offering a solid damage option for close range targets. Cold Steel allows for the stunning of both Overload and Unstoppable Champions.
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 gameplay loop of this Solipsism Prismatic Warlock Build.
- Graviton Lance is a great Exotic weapon choice for all levels of this build. Its perk Cosmology causes enemy targets to detonate and spawn Void projectiles that track targets. This damage can also trigger explosions from Volatile enemies.
- Acquire it from any Exotic Engram or from Xur.
Summary
In The Final Shape, Osmiomancy Verity's Prismatic Warlock is a top tier ability spam build option. There are plenty of pairings of Exotic Class Item combinations, but this particular one offers so much versatility and damage output. Your Vortex Grenade is the star of the show with its boosted damage and cooldown. The best part is that it thrives in end game content where combatants have more health.
Credits
Written by: AbbyHour
Reviewed by: Tenkiei