13 Must Have Catalysts in Destiny 2

Some exotics are really bad but you can upgrade them to completely change how they work and make them top tier. So in this video, I’ll go over every exotic catalyst you need to get to make your bad exotics OP and how to get them for yourself.
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0:00 Intro
0:14 1st Catalyst
1:01 2nd Catalyst
1:51 3rd Catalyst
2:36 4th Catalyst
3:31 5th Catalyst
4:32 6th Catalyst
5:15 7th Catalyst
6:00 8th Catalyst
6:46 9th Catalyst
7:12 10th Catalyst
7:51 11th Catalyst
8:24 12th Catalyst
9:01 13th Catalyst
9:50 Fast Catalyst Upgrades
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[@Marshix]

Are there any other exotic catalysts you think are must haves?

[@zombtron7101]

Levithans breath is a must and makes it a good dps contender

[@hhaste]

Eriana's Vow. Auto loading holster really helps it out.

[@tallguy3]

DMT, it’s a completely new gun with the catylyst

[@imightmakefunofyou4433]

@@zombtron7101 shocked this wasn’t up there.

[@IRivalsunnyI]

You forgot to mention that galahorn gives wolf pack rounds to other legendary rockets when someone in your team is using galahorn.

[@car9182]

Bro threw a grenade in the thumbnail 💀

[@therealmvpls1149]

He thought he was slick 🤣🤣

[@Mark-wr8td]

💀💀💀

[@ethanseaman5576]

It could have also been a seasonal mod. I know one creates the lightning strikes if you get an arc kill while amplified.

[@drbarnes9831]

Naw, the photo is legit. Any arc kill and then the follow bows cause chain lightning

[@LordPandaLad]

@@drbarnes9831Except there is not one enemy in the thumbnail, and the arrows are still mid air. It’s literally a storm grenade.

[@arbiter530]

CLARIFICATION: You don’t need to own Witch Queen deluxe edition to get Osteo Striga, you just need to complete the campaign. How most pre-order exotic weapons work is the season the expansion comes out it is only available to the people who got the preorder deluxe edition, but the next season allows anyone with the expansion to get it. Hope this helps anyone who is confused. So don’t spend the extra money!

[@yherr0]

u can't expend extra money though, the witch queen deluxe edition doesn't exist anymore so...

[@arbiter530]

@@yherr0 I mean more for future expansions in which you can buy the deluxe edition for early access to the exotic. It only last a season in which you don’t have access to it

[@Cillian-wwweeee]

@@yherr0it does exist

[@paltson]

But a deluxe edition also contains the whole year's seasons which now have been changed to 1200 silver if you buy them individually and the new bullshit dungeon key, so it's still pretty damn worth it

[@flummoxedbuffoon]

They changed it though because they didn’t specify enough with osteo striga and people thought they’d get the smg when they bought the dlc, so for future deluxe editions not only do you get the other stuff such as all seasons for the year and the dungeon key you also get the new exotic whatever it may be whenever you buy the deluxe dlc

[@telestotimelost4925]

Clarification for Whisper of the Worm: White Nail now refunds 1 round (from “thin air”) to your reserves upon landing 3 consecutive precision hits. Previously, it used to refunds all 3 rounds directly to your magazine, having the potential to never run out of ammo.

[@solarmarks3093]

Never should've changed it considering its dps

[@justsomedude1593]

​@@solarmarks3093it does linear level dps

[@solarmarks3093]

@@justsomedude1593 linear dps got nerfed plus if not exotic linears really arent that good also it should be doing way more than linear its a heavy ammo exotic sniper meant to be used solely for a boss considering the bosses we have now headshots are deam near impossible without a div not to mention its exotic perk is mid giving a 3.6x precision multiplier versus a regular legendary sniler(that normally out dps unless u have a hsitty world drop roll) 3x precision multiplier white nail does brkng it up to 5x but in my opinion for what it is it should be weapon does no body shot dmg but precision dmg has a base 7x precision multiplier and 14x when white nail is procced and considering we have bosses with 44 mill health now thats not even overkill multiplier tbh

[@TheEvilways81]

That's the original white nail perk

[@nubb-nubb6898]

I remember having to do The Menagerie on legendary for the Izinagi catalyst. Good times

[@jinouga3308]

Leviathan‘s Breath Cat is a huge game changer. I think most people underestimate this Bow. You can one shot champions with it.🔥

[@alaskayoung3413]

thats bc its so annoying to finish. way worse than almost every other cat.

[@elchoronano]

​@@alaskayoung3413 nah it's pretty easy, sunshot, graviton lance and the fighting lion catalyst are other thing, catalyst that requires something else than kills are pretty difficult, and year one exotics always have crazy numbers of kills to get the catalyst

[@warlockholmes]

​@@elchoronanosunshots really easy but yeah I'm still going at fighting lion so I get that

[@max5040]

Only viable for PC

[@jinouga3308]

@@max5040 wouldn’t say that. If your hardware is good then you should also deal more damage on console. But even without the hardware problems with this weapon it deal a lot of damage.

[@Starseed1101]

on Thunderlord for Titan use Actium War Rig, it reloads while you shooting, kinda like having a 350 round magazine.

[@saint3818]

The huckleberry catalyst is amazing for ad cleaning and PVP, every kill fully reloads the clip

[@naskosokurov1815]

Outbreak Perfected doesn't suck without it's catalyst. In PvP I get a LOT of kills with it. Sure, the catalyst improves it, but it's still good

[@EddieNocturnal]

Some of this I've been working on so hopefully I'll get through them the thunderlord and outbreak for sure, just wish they're was another way to get bonus progess then rather jumpin gon GOA dungeon

[@e.walker.01]

GOATED video, I’ve just started playing Destiny 2 after a few years away and now I’ve got some things to grind for!

[@sneakysnail6363]

I remember when I picked up my Outbreak Perfected and the next crucible I immediately picked up the catalyst at the Ned of my first match with it

[@mr.lourod6175]

good informative video! Thanks!!

[@flamingfox3615]

2nd warning with the two tailed fox catalyst dont walk forward while firing otherwise you won't shoot the arc rocket

[@aswirlything5838]

Okay but why would walking forward affect that?

[@alexmohr1072]

@@aswirlything5838because bungie is great at game design

[@NicholasF153]

They still did not fix that, lol

[@jauws4200]

3rd warning, its dogshit, jus throw it in the trash 🙏👍

[@FreddyGaming]

To get the Galli Catalyst is by far the most work I have put in to get it and finish it.

[@prototypex8217]

5:50 the malfiecance isnt the only gun to slap this hard with lucky pants, Crimson is a shredding machine when paired with lucky pants

[@robertfrench2754]

I remember doing the missions for most of these before 60% of the base game was vaulted

[@Stuntlyd4]

Thunderlord, 'Doesn't need any help from any other exotic', divinity is clearly there helping buff those lightning strikes chances

[@craigford33]

As a newbie, I need this type of content.

[@thebapslaps]

Welcome to the jungle 4500 hrs in. I'm totally sane.

[@craigford33]

@@thebapslaps 😂

[@lionfire3359]

I used thunderlord with arc surge and ripped through this week’s gm

[@ElareonGaming]

Yo nice vid, thanks for explaining! 1 question: Do you need to have the weapons inside your inventory or even equipped while farming Strikes for the catalysts? I don't see any Cat's to drop yet.... Sadme

[@matter-baby]

you have to get the weapon before getting the catalyst and then you need to kill a certain amount of enemies with it. usually it’s 600 pve kills for light ammo weapons and around 300 for heavies or less

[@maze2007]

Not sure why this Marshix individual even popped in my feed but I will definitely leave a 👍🏻, nicely done.

[@TheXivu_Arath]

I’d still make the argument that the best pound for pound catty is Trinity Ghoul. It takes what is an objectively mid weapon and turns it into an objectively S Tier weapon. I really can’t think of one that manages to throw its weapon that far into greatness as it. Keep in mind, a lot of them a really really good.

[@ayejay2688]

bro i've had the trinity cata for so long i forgot you actually had to aim it to get it's effect xD

[@reggielacey2235]

I got thunderlord malfeasance and two tailed fox yesterday thanks to wish wall Also i wouldn't call them bad without the catalyst

[@Michael-zt8rk]

Even though Crimson's catalyst supposedly only increased range, it turned it into an absolute nightmare of a weapon. Throw Lucky Pants into the mix and the thing becomes a damn chainsaw in PVP or PVE

[@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX]

The Last Word with offhand strike would be ridiculous but so fun as a catalyst. Just saying.

[@CreateToAchieve]

I see people say this alllll the time. That would make it the most broken gun in Destiny history in the crucible. lmfao i’m good

[@davidjohnston2212]

​@@CreateToAchieveas opposed to destiny 1 last word

[@XxHUNT3RN4T0RxX]

@@CreateToAchieve sometimes the most broken toys are the most fun to play with.

[@stormierbody8419]

@@CreateToAchievemaybe on controller since it feels good with that input but it doesn’t feel quite as good to use on MnK

[@jonahbrown5669]

​@@CreateToAchieveBros forgetting about D1 Y1 Thorn killing in 2 head shots or 3 body shots with the DOT. Also forgetting that Last Word in D1 Y1 used to kill in TWO HEADSHOTS from across the map. But no. Offhands strike would make it the strongest 💀

[@stonedwall]

Sunshot is a must have for ad clear with or without catalyst... best ad clear weapon imo

[@leaf2180]

Me with my gjallarhorn that has 114k kills on it:

[@masonhart4458]

​@@leaf2180mans trippin

[@common7172]

@@masonhart4458ol right I ain’t using a rocket on red adds. That kill count is a cool little flex but sun shot for sure lol

[@MonstertruckBadass]

Damn, I remember that catalyst being a paim

[@macho8240]

​@@leaf2180Me when Legend Dares of Eternity

[@themadwarden6603]

Osteo is available to all witch queen owners. Not just those with deluxe edition

[@xXJBrutalXx]

do you have to be using the weapon in the playlist to get the drop?

[@grsycatcarcass5042]

Trinity ghoul plus catalyst is my most used exotic by a long shot

[@Smithcraft1]

The Trinity Ghoul catalyst doesn't seem to trigger from arc heavy weapon kills so I think it has to be triggered with itself, arc melees, or arc grenades.

[@geneparmesan8827]

Great video!!

[@thedarkone954]

Ostriga striga can hold 30 rounds if you add some parts for it in the game

[@Kousei_xD]

Whisper on IO was a Nightmare xD

[@Too-Lazy-For-Good-Name]

When i got trinity ghoul, i got the catalyst drop in the same second from the same boss. I was pretty surprised.

[@Razzy-sr4oq]

Crimson really benefits from its catalyst. Nice, reliable gun. Not as good as Red Death was.

[@prototypex8217]

Pair crimson with lucky pants My friend discovered it accidentally

[@gnd111]

Yep...over 30k kills on mine so far

[@georgev5765]

They pulled some bs for the outbreak perfected. I got it when the mission was available and managed to get the catalyst which I unlocked and equipped while doing the puzzle for the ship yet rn while I have the catalyst I need to unlock it again.

[@MainBattleRobot1701]

Problem with the Witherhoard Catalyst Quest is you need Guardian Kills to complete it. And, if you hate PvP…..

[@hmmm3232]

Play control. You will be hated but it’s the best way

[@pch1370]

Momentum Control is perfect for any pvp catalyst.

[@thebhoy8561]

Honestly when i seen that i dreaded it but i ended up doing the catalyst so fast man it was easy.

[@unknownzay6392]

Yeah facts no thanks on the pvp lol

[@maniacalcoyote6087]

Kinetic/Darkness special pro-pipe, Fighting Lion, and a heavy grenade launcher.

[@anthonyfleming9063]

Mid has become too common a phrase

[@Fyodor_D]

I'll just say it. I would love to see catalysts for masterworked exotic armor. even if they are just effect extenders, subclass energy type switches or an additional mod-slot for armor-catalyst mods

[@spectromaniac4725]

So where do i find Sunshot catalyst? Vanguard Ops or Nightfall?

[@codystartin999.]

Thanks

[@shadowgamer2295]

sorry to tell you that you can get the izanagi cat from playlist activity

[@BADWORD444]

Thunderlord plus actinium rig

[@frykon1820]

Doesn't Vanguard activities also drop two tailed fox?

[@captain_chaos2465]

You don’t even need witch queen to have ostio striga I got mine during the promo before light fall where beyond light Shadowkeep and witch queen were free to play

[@shadowsa2b]

Centrifuse really needs its cat too

[@kidhades98_yt76]

for osteo, just owning witch queen, you will be able to get it

[@ManuelSilva-xw9yz]

we got a problem now tho, how to add that catalyst to whisper now?

[@shatterpoint23]

Note: You just need to own the base The Witch Queen DLC and not deluxe for Osteo Striga.

[@Rivr_Shen]

You dont need the deluxe edition of witch queen for the OS catalyst. Just to claim the triumph for it

[@realfake6669]

Is a known bug, Revision Zero and Vexcalibur have the bug too Equip the weapon with Catalyst and then make a new one on Mars, without Catalyst works too

[@danialiskandar7930]

Does anyone know if i need the respective DLC's to get the weapon's catalyst? I played on Playstation for Forsaken/Black Armory and dropped the game (clan died) but slowly got back into the game after migrating to PC. Since I transferred my characters over to PC, the gear that I have collected over on Playstation transferred over, so I have quite a few DLC exotics without having bought the expansions on PC yet (waiting for a sale). Been doing the vanguard playlists but nothing has dropped for me. I'm aware that the drop rate is pretty whack but I just wanna be sure if I do need the expansions for the catalysts.

[@ddp-52razorback84]

osteo striga, sleeper simulant, whisper of the worm, legend of acrius, outbreak perfected, whitherhoard, trinity ghoul, thunderlord, two tailed fox, cloudstrike, malfeasance, izanagi burden, gjallarhorn

[@treblemix_]

Striga is THE warlocks sub with necrotic grips lol

[@nay6138]

Do you need to be using said weapon to get the catalyst or can I just like have it in my vault or inventory

[@mbk0mbk]

You just have to own exotic, you get catalyst even if you dismantle the exotic

[@sleeper_cell3918]

in order to get the catalysts, do i have to use and equip the guns or just have it on my character?

[@Paulski-hi7kj]

Mostly random drops without wielding the weapon.

[@eddiebernays514]

instead of farming for trinity goul cat, get a salvagers salvo with chain reaction.

[@robertetchingham7337]

Think you slick throwing a storm grenade in the thumbnail🤣

[@Duardo_hey]

You don't need the witch queen deluxe edition to get osteo striga's catalyst, i own the legacy collection and have the cata equipped

[@idkg9700]

btw norm edition for osteo just beat the witch queen campaign

[@asudasinon6224]

Also with gally it buffs legendary rockets

[@jocielgonzalez3744]

damn he left Le Monarque out lol i think that bow goes in par with trinity

[@MrRickChase]

Genuinely feel like the rate of cat drops are completely messed up. For random drops, there should be a slight increase chance if you're using the desired exotic during playlists. It's also felt like it's more inclined to drop cats in playlists you don't normally play. I could go 4 or 5 days without a single drop on my preferred PVE strikes, but in one day of grinding crucible i obtained 4 cats in about 12 matches.

[@knightsurda]

haha...im on like day 90 of trying to get Vigilance Wing to drop with no luck. Yet I can buy an exotic from the monument and it will drop the catalyst within a few playlist runs lol...

[@Mawler12]

Don’t need deluxe witch queen for osteo just need to finish campaign

[@Hiiiro]

Does it need to be done on legendary?

[@kalebt2912]

@@Hiiirono

[@Mawler12]

@@Hiiiro no just need to complete overal campaign

[@tsathirtyvods2409]

How is he using both witherhoard and dragons breath in the witherhoard section

[@solarmarks3093]

Furm believer of trinity ghoul having it's catalyst perk as an intrinsic feels bad that yoy have to get the catalyst just to make the exotic do what it should've done from jump catalydt should've been like trinity ghoul multi kills grant 15% energy to your arc abilities and spawn a lightning rod to throw down st an area to cause lightning strikes there or multi kills "charge" your arc abilities giving them extra dmg and duration

[@elijahthegamer8888]

I dont have eny expanchens can I get the destiny guns and catilists from no expanchens

[@kostistsiutras4373]

i Been killin Vex on Nessus for 14 days, 6 hours a day and i still cant get Sturm catalyst to drop, is it bugged??

[@dudedude600]

Trinity Ghoul Catalyst + Getaway Artist Arc Warlock 🥰🥰🥰

[@DoomiePookie]

Which would be better, this bow or Centrifuse with getaway artist?

[@dudedude600]

@@DoomiePookie I've been preferring Ghoul with the seasonal perk for arc final blows to jump, leading to more catalyst procs. It can reach the point I'm just tap shooting the bow killing all ads around me without aiming.

[@dxrk_sxle7469]

Been waiting years for Lance

[@eliezerortizlevante1122]

A must not have Catalyst Quicksilver Storm

[@mmhhmmm_clips]

“ it’s just thunder lord “ Div bubble “ im i a joke to you “

[@williamcollins626]

thunder lord “i didn’t need the help of any other exotic to make it so that i didn’t have to reload” *while shooting dub bubble*

[@MonstertruckBadass]

So?

[@jeramiahrichardson6363]

Every damn catalyst except for crimson and risk runner drop from playlist activities which is annoying because I can't even do those because I need stupid ps+

[@drakusmero104]

Fun fact: witherhoard has the fastest auto loading perk in the game. It's only like a half second difference but a difference nonetheless

[@RessNation]

aint whisper catalyst from whisper misson on legend ?

[@Cordam.]

Yes thats the craftable version of whisper also you know this vid kinda old

[@tylerhier5090]

Dont need any other exotic for thunderlord. (Proceeds to show thunderlord in use with div)

[@296justice1]

Lol it’s nightfalls, which is basically playlist activities

[@adillpickle6762]

The hoops you have to jump through for the average player just isn't worth the effort to get some of these Cats. You have to jump through enough hoops just to get the weapon and then get your jumping shoes on again.

[@fusionberry7332]

4:26 You dont need deluxe anymore! :3

[@jorgemeza6584]

Anyone know the background beat?

[@freeglokk40spaz]

“I didnt need help from any other exotics, its just thunder lord” literally shows someone using div💀

[@jeffreycrosby1388]

Acrius drop rate in nightfalls is brutal, it will just NOT drop for me. Multiple over and over nightfalls and nothing

[@NongIng]

I still can’t unlock the mission for cloudstrike It’s been how many years now?

[@thebhoy8561]

Mission for the catalyst you mean? Or the gun itself?

[@metalspy]

0:49 Sunshot exists

[@ImTheGibby]

Ngl. I have 35,000 malfeasance kills. It’s my first gun in Dostiny

[@IRivalsunnyI]

You forgot to mention that galahorn gives wolf pack rounds to other legendary rcokets when someone in your team is using galahorn.

[@pch1370]

That's part of the base weapons.

[@rogoth01themasterwizard11]

while the premisce of the video is fine, and you more or less do describe the title fine, you missed a few VERY important things about a decent number of these catalysts that make them good, as an example, the 'accelerated coils' perk added to the sleeper simulant catalyst is unique to that weapon, it's not the same as the regular version of the perk that also reduces the impact of the weapon to give that extra reduction in charge time, or, you didn't actually state that to buy the base version of 'legend of acrius' you will need to not only have the highest tier of general materials needed to buy a weapon from the exotic kiosk, but you will also need to have spoils of conquest from completing raid bosses, which is a massive barrier to entry for many new/returning players for that weapon. there's other nitpicks in how you presented the information provided and while as I stated it's not a clickbait video, you leave out a staggering amount of important information for each weapon and why the catalyst is worthwhile getting for many of them (as some are fairly self explanatory).

[@realfake6669]

1. Unfortunately, Two Tailed fox was indirectly nerfed at the start of this season Last season Void Surge buffed all rocket, now Void Surge only buffs the void rocket For Two Tailed fox this means 2x solar surge and 1x void surge OR 2x void surge and 1x solar surge for maximum damage buff 2. And one more thing, since when does Legend have 4 shots in the magazine? I remember there were only 2 in the magazine 3. And I would add something to the list. Huckleberry, Arbalest, Revision Zero and Fourth Horseman

[@thepixarlamp7669]

With the Legend of Acrius note, the weapon originally came from a quest. Partway through that quest, you would get a version that doesnt have any perks and only has 1 in the mag, which is probably what you’re thinking of. The full version of the gun has 4 in the mag, and the perks you see in the collections screen

[@realfake6669]

@@thepixarlamp7669 Yes but no The Quest version had 1 round in the magazine, I know that, but the gun itself only had 2 Checked old videos, only had 2

[@bigolehayden]

Love Arbalest

[@jonathanzimmerman634]

“Some exotics are really bad” Shows Gjallarhorn.

[@ryanacheson3975]

I swear the TTF, Malfeasance, and Cloudstrike catalysts don’t drop. I’ve played so many strikes and nothing.

[@crystalfox3463]

Why am I starting to miss the “hi I’m marchix and I make destiny 2 guides for solo players” thing

[@collynsmith5432]

Whos hear after the random nerfes to a few of these weapons

[@Not_A_Plant2552]

"And I didn't need help from any other exotic, its just thunderlord!" Teammate using divinity: (●__●)

[@mistrjt9213]

Where can we find these catalysts again?? 😂

[@davidlaureano5580]

Rat king ! Turns into crimson with the catalyst. Don’t judge me 😂

[@KinoKyojin]

"I didn't need help from any other exotics" as you're shooting a div bubble

[@jmtnaico129]

i was about to say that

[@Welverin]

@@jmtnaico129 Along with half the other people who left comment, all of whom ignored the fact that the divinity bubble isn't necessary for thunderlord to work.

[@orionfrost]

Izzy destroys Tormentors

[@davemccheeserz6664]

I LOVE YOU MARSH❤❤❤❤