Best F2P Exotics & How to Get Them Solo

[@Marshix]

Merry Christmas! I thought this would help a lot of new players who just got new consoles so I hope you enjoy!

[@Marshix]

Help! I'm stuck in the past!

[@babyyodean6921]

Thanks so much for the vids man,I was a day 1 destiny 1 and day 1 destiny 2 but I lost all my progress and I resettled but your vids help so much

[@thirdcoast6513]

Bless

[@Iammasterkush]

Merry Christmas I would have to say the huckleberry is by far one of the best out there and if paired with the ikalos smg with the right rolls will shred through ppl like butter and with a good heavy I use the code duilo sorry can’t spell but masterworking will make the best out of your guns

[@redblade3382]

thank you so much marshix all your videos have helped me A LOT

[@taniksatthedisco6013]

Little extra nugget of info about Arbalest that wasnt said in the video: regardless of difficulty, whether your playing a grandmaster or a hero nightfall, Arbalest will always be able to crack any elemental shield in one shot. Great vid btw!

[@LeatherNinja]

It's crazy they didn't make it some dlc weapon from how good it is, even eukage uses it.

[@rishabhshetty2575]

Monte Calro + Sunbracers on top tree warlock is also incredibly busted You can get up to 6 grenades off a melee ability kill (thanks to sunbracers) and get the damage buff running

[@lukeoverthere1364]

Good content. There's a few exotics here I love. Really like Sunshot but the trouble is that so much of the high level content such as the raids and nightfalls call for a mod so this hand cannon is obsolete. Still enjoy using it for low level strikes and ad clears. I've just got the arbalest catalyst. The weapon works well if you get precision shots but feels so underwhelming when you shoot a powerful ogre in the back. That long charge time and the little weak squidgy noise it makes when you fire. I find that by the time you've aimed to shoot, the enemy has moved and you've wasted a shot. I've heard that the Witch Queen expansion will offer the chance to get the Outbreak catalyst at which point I'll definitely be grabbing that. Really enjoyed this guide. Subbed and happy Christmas fellow guardians x

[@lolicomics]

arbalest is mainly for shields

[@Travis_22]

What activity did Arby cat drop, bud? Im still waiting for mine aaaargh

[@canobeans1210]

@@Travis_22 I got mine from gambit

[@jacksonwagner5963]

@@Travis_22 Any playlist, I got mine from crucible

[@Travis_22]

@@jacksonwagner5963 Thanks I dropped yesterday finally

[@fenrir_Lokison9]

Little pro tip for risk runner. Unless it has been patch (I do not know, honestly) you can self inflict damage with your own arc grenades and activate it's perk.

[@quinxilence3047]

It still works, that’s how I get the perk going with my warlockz also how I soloed the propechy dungeon

[@scgmike7805]

I love the riskrunner!

[@nguyenjeff5052]

Ik its been a year but i dont think this is a bug. Damaging urself w arc also makes u vulnerable in crowded areas so ig its not that broken

[@fenrir_Lokison9]

@@nguyenjeff5052 It is bongia after all. These days, you do not know if it works as intended ornis a bug or an exploit.

[@jeffreymoon4851]

combine montycarlo with sunbracers for infinite melee and grenade :). every melee kill gives about 5 extra long lasting grenades to spam, and then just get your melee back and another melee kill to do it again. Shreds.

[@GhostGaming-gl5xg]

No need for Monty Carlo if you just use momentum transfer mods. It’s great

[@MonstertruckBadass]

It's super nice to hear another solo players look on things, especially if they are not ultra obnoxious and are sincere. subbed!

[@witchisasimp6223]

Bro ive been trying to get Sunshot for so long. Whenever I play a class I instantly find myself attracted to weapons and gear that can be linked back to that class. For hunters I love hand cannons because thats their signature weapon, and when youre first making a character the Hunter is using the Sunshot, but with Sunshot if you read the lore it was made by a Titan, and since Ive recently become a titan main once I found that out I wanted it even more. I have like 4 weapons left in Engrams, I keep pulling heavy ammo weapons and grenade launcher but eventually Ill get there

[@SteppingRazor762]

I was lucky enough to grab a sun shot as my third exotic on a new account. It’s all rng bro you’ll get one soon enough. I got crimson last night for example and was super stoked

[@witchisasimp6223]

@@SteppingRazor762 I finally pulled it, Ive been grinding Titan so hard Im only missing like 5 exotics total, like two weapons and three armor pieces, but Sunshot was like the 5th to last exotic I pulled 😂 They really wanted me to work for it man

[@renewal1229]

Good luck 🤞

[@Dakrs06]

Wait until you find out thorn was used by a titan aswell

[@DanielFreakinAwesome2]

Too bad its trash in PvP

[@janoschfelde1458]

Love your content!

[@Marshix]

Thank you! Glad you like it.

[@ghostsknives8914]

1:02 this had me rolling bro 😂 “Thorn, more like loser”

[@jakobbrown1453]

for the riskrunner you can throw a arc grenade at your feet and you will take arc damage triggering arc conductor

[@SkunkFarmer420]

@jakob brown wouldn’t it be dope if you had an small amount of intrinsic elemental resistance based on the subclass you have equipped. i.e. void subclass gives you small void damage resist. Stacks with void resist mods

[@Marshix]

That would be cool

[@benm3017]

@@SkunkFarmer420 And surely also that would mean you do slightly more damage with energy weapons matching your elemental subclass? Although I get the impression that would be SUPER broken in raids and nobody would play any subclass other than Solar because the top tier DPS weapons are all Solar, Sleeper, 1K and Gally, and Whisper lol

[@SkunkFarmer420]

@@benm3017 lmaoo that would be game breaking

[@sIowcore]

trinity ghoul is also great as its one of the best add clearing options in the game with its catalyst. Its a world drop

[@gamerboy-lm5wy]

pair with thrall way too

[@murtski09]

Ssd thing is that it’s not ftp, it’s forsaken

[@shadowdahuman]

@Ixe Frxxsty Forsaken has gone F2P when the 30th anniversary content went live.

[@darkstriker7115]

@@shadowdahuman yea but only the campaign, the exotic weapons are still paid untill witch queen I guess

[@suraiyabegum1298]

@@darkstriker7115 so after witch queen i can get exotic wepons for free?

[@JonathanJ159]

If you really want to, you can put a pulse grenade on the ground on an arc subclass, then you can get the risk runner perk up and running

[@diggles27]

Just started the game about 3 days ago and starting to learn the mechanics, your videos are great I've been very concise and helpful. Definitely giving some goals to work towards to

[@amongusman6453]

I just pressed it to watch the speed run for the enjoyment of someone who is really good.

[@iwillsimplynot7176]

Fun fact, you can also trigger riskrunners arc conductor by throwing a grenade that does ark damage at your feet. I'm a hunter whos build is mainly focused around combonation blow and doing this with risk runner is amazing and I can clear rooms filled with ads in seconds

[@chwymochi4141]

Merry Christmas Marshix thank you for helping solo players for D2

[@Callsign-117]

I have the number 1 gun and thought it was bad, now I HAVE to try it out again

[@austincastleman4987]

Watch a lot of D2 content on KZbin, but you’re the first I felt worthy of a subscription because as of late I find myself soloing stuff more and more as I just got back into the game, and many of my friends don’t play anymore. Keep up the good work man, loving the content!

[@Cheese-person]

thank you so much because i’m a solo person and i dont know why destiny doesn’t give more support to solos in raids

[@avo1dmee]

The Whisper now actually works differently. Every three crits it pulls 2 shots from reserves and 1 shot from thin air.

[@kyraflick75]

mAGiC

[@markim5087]

I love the sun shot, although I dint use it much..it was a blast during the catalyst…yet the crimson is my favorite over all..

[@joshuahinton2586]

im not even a solo player and i have pretty much all the exotics but i had to watch because your videos are so good

[@desuzx]

wow really? That’s amazing

[@knight702]

Thanks for the video - easy to follow and understand. Also, I now have a new appreciation for these weapons. Subscribing to ur channel. ty

[@wiiilllddd]

for riskrunner if youre using arc you can damage yourself with an arc grenade to get the buff

[@heidimurphy3592]

Merry Christmas Marshix Thank you for always helping me! You are awesome!

[@delirious3911]

would say one thing i used to be a very much free to play player and i got one dlc and got a whole lot of good guns, if u can afford just one mostly the best one being forsaken w the most good exotics in my head, go for it best one in my head and if second u ask definetely shadowkeep but one is more than enough as its alot of money. but for casual players one fusion rifle for free to players too, cartesion coordinate is legendary not exotic but one of the best special ammo fusion rifles to use. get that too, its very good this season hopefully next too. And u should be goated with it. pve or pvp, forsaken provides it. if not all the weapons he told are more than amazing enough, dw about what others have, most destiny 2 players care abt getting the job done rather than the best in pve, ofc pvp ud like to have the best but for pvp u need to get out of the casual stage, spending hrs so that might require time and money in the end so for pve all the guns he recommended are very amazing and u will get them in no time, just like a casual player like me

[@aerocutter2049]

Monte Carlo + akamharas spine ability spam build would be fire

[@pastyman3247]

Great information, I'd forgot a lot of that info, but I'm glad you have refreshed it again. As a soloist I've been getting very slack of late, now I'll get my self back into levelling up. You have explained it perfectly 5🌟s

[@dreamingleviathan3354]

I got Arbalist to drop during kings fall totems after having JUST found out it was great, the RNG gods heard my disbelief and gave me proof.

[@ADTR9043]

"I'm Marshix, and I make guides for solo players." Me: yup, instant sub.

[@CaptainGrnThmbs]

You can also pair the MonteCarlo with the stasis Shuriken works fabulous .

[@TheScarlettKing]

I’ll stick with a risk runner, if you threw a grenade at your feet you get the perk anyways and kills I believe keep it going, so just start the mower and don’t let it stop…

[@The_Rob_D]

Amazing content as always, merry Christmas brother!

[@nwahbard3433]

That head shot registration... Killed PVP.

[@dbplaya_7621]

Great video man! I love sunshot

[@swaggychips737]

Vex mythoclast probably deserves a spot on this list but great list overall

[@Gahmeleos]

Legit everyone of these locations to get them solo was "get it randomly from exotic engrams" or "get it from kiosk"

[@yep9620]

I’d prioritize whisper over sleeper cause once particle is gone in a couple weeks it’s gonna be either a rocket or whisper meta

[@babyyodean6921]

Merry Christmas man!

[@NotZenitsu6982]

Bro this man is the best love your content man

[@samwaterlord6888]

I was lucky enough to get the hard light before I even hit the soft cap, and it’s carried me through most of my progression

[@benm3017]

You forgot to mention that the Lorentz Driver is also free to obtain, and is absolutely a top tier option at the moment.

[@Mattyizhere]

yeah but he's trying to also make you not hated

[@benm3017]

@@Mattyizhere If it's in the game its fair game. Not to mention its also exceptional for ad-clear in PvE.

[@christiancastro5437]

@@benm3017 how do you get it?

[@benm3017]

@@christiancastro5437 Back when I wrote this comment, it was on the Season of the Lost season pass, at level 30 on the free one. Now its in the monument to lost light in the tower, you can pick it up for a heap of glimmer, an ascendant shard and an exotic cipher.

[@iloveknife8798]

@@benm3017 I thought you need the DLC associate with the season to buy?

[@scgmike7805]

Subscribed! Thanks for the good content

[@ZEROTWO-tr4wr]

Who remembers the old whisper of the worm?

[@TheFirstDisciple001]

I had no clue Arbalest was that good. I just randomly got it today too lol.

[@datwitchyswordfan]

When you realize that you already got some of the best exotic weapons at the time, without having to get them with ciphers

[@Aerial_Dash]

Not in a bad sense, but some things I'd replace/add instead of others: Arbalest instead of Monte Carlo Trinity Ghoul (only when you have the Catalyst) instead of Hard Light, or Riskrunner, or Huckleberry (as it's effectively almost the same, with no need to aim nor deal with any mechanical shenigans) Although Arbalest was already in, what I mean is that there are options like Truth (which mainly is free right now: All Forsaken exotics are available for this period of time so...) Yeah, some are good, but some feel like a good "why". Love the way you introduce weapons to new people though, it is great!

[@player-gs8de]

well.. new lights only got the activities not the exotics from forsaken

[@Discount_ed]

Idk why, But hearing you call Thorn a loser like that made me wheeze and chuckle a bit Thanks for the guides xd

[@chemznyc2368]

Great video 💪🏽

[@The-Dom]

Huckleberry feels so good. I just cant find a build it synergizes with particularly well because its non-elemental...

[@MikesUnknownOdyssey]

Guess what the arbalest is a fusion rifle it doesn't work with the unstoppable fusion rifle mod so since it can't break anti barrier and unstoppables at the same time it's worthless

[@samm2392]

Thx heaps marshix🤘☺️👍

[@braxen3937]

Back in the day years before D2 became F2P. I don't know how many times I've seen people rage quit from dying from a Sleeper Simulant or the Telesto but it was always funny afterwards when they sent me a voice message were they lost the ability to speak and instead sounded like a rabid fox! 🤣

[@____vVv]

Great vid bro , but u should have added Trinity ghoul too its really gud for newer players and its the only exotic bow that a f2p player can get now

[@scgmike7805]

Thanks for the info I'm a new player :)

[@WaveOfDestiny]

Trinity is not a free to play weapon. Currently ticuu's divination is the only exotic bow available for free to players. I don't even know if you can buy it at the kiosk after the season has ended.

[@esme011]

I’m missing some catalysts that are no longer available which is sad…outbreak, sleeper, whisper..hope they give us a way to get them at some point. Just did a grind on the arbalest and forerunner catalyst …ugh. Thank you for the solo player content 👍

[@raviduweerasinghe127]

you can still get the sleeper catalyst, I got mine this season

[@day10g]

Yeah I got sleeper catalyst two weeks ago from a nightfall or strike.

[@samm2392]

I got the outbreak catalyst jus last week.Swear on it🙏💯👌from nightfall hero.I'm leveling it up as we speak 🤘It still drops=I couldn't believe it myself✌️🌷😁💋

[@WraithReaper09]

@@samm2392 Yeah. The Outbreak Catalyst was added to Nightfall drops with Witch Queen along with a lot of other weapon catalysts.

[@Carmodyy]

i got sunshot when you could get it from the red legion campaign

[@allentayoto7387]

Xur brought Monte Carlo last time he appeared and as a new player it's really helping me out pretty great alongside the Assassin's Cowl I obtained from Shadowkeep quest. I've been combining the two with Solar to keep my Hunter Alive in PvE despite my low Resilience.

[@DaBoogieMan12]

Yeah it's a really good weapon and I really wish it had a catalyst.

[@ni-voss]

Monte Carlo together with Sunbracers goes Crazy ngl

[@baileyhatfield4273]

I got the Glaciocasm (spelled wrong it looks like), with the ''god roll'' with er the mod which the first shot does bonus damage, and then reload some ammo from reserves, when you get a kill. So extra damage on first shot,a nd if you get a kill it reloads. It, with no mods i've put to make it any better, can one shot a bunch yellow bars.

[@baileyhatfield4273]

Not quite as good as the Telesto, in my mind, BUT then again its legendary vs your ONE exotic pick.

[@Feicht_for_power]

Monte Carlo with sun bracers are very good

[@flagel552]

tractor cannon is my go-to in dares of eternity everyone's either running gjallar or wardcliff so we literally melt the bosses ofcz not everyone should equip it, only one person should be enough (to debuff the bosses)

[@roninkahn4033]

I often use monte with the severance enclosure just bc it helps make so many explosions

[@mikehoover5898]

You had me at “I make guides for solo players”

[@MorbidEvil10]

I got sunshot about a week ago and I'm in love with it! Still trying to find the catalyst tho 😂 I'm happy to see it's on this list

[@Diegog_141]

I dont think u can get catalyst for sunshot in 2022. Ive been trying for weeks

[@MorbidEvil10]

@@Diegog_141 Awwww really? 😭😭 I wonder why

[@samm2392]

Hi🤗yes U can get sunshot cat=U have to get so many kills with it then it will drop at hero nightfall.All my cats have dropped there days after using and actually receiving that WEP.jus grind nightfall and it will drop 4 you🤘💯✌️🌷😁💋👍

[@MorbidEvil10]

@@samm2392 omg tysm 😭 I've just been doing normal strikes and crucible the entire time 😂😂 sadly my Xbox is packed away cuz I'm moving but when we un pack it at our new house I'll be sure to try that! Tysm! 😁😁🤝

[@samm2392]

JinxedEvil 🤗Ur welcome"Goodluck"if U need some help or anything U can invite me if I'm there.Debopflygal76.Hero Nightfall is more rewarding but it will drop on the normal.

[@nimrog]

Good stuff, indeed. And good video for newbies. I have just one question. How the heck you get nowadays the catalyst of the sniper Whisper of the worm? The sniper is good, but quite slow without the catalyst. And in that state there are others energy snipers quite similar.

[@checkems.]

Monte Carlo goes so well with sunbracers on warlock

[@Remua3925]

One thing I do want to say I would say I’m a decent player so I can say pretty good list but I rarely use “tractor cannon, hard light”

[@Remua3925]

What I meant was there’s a few that I would trade out and this is your list

[@Bradoblue]

“Thorn? More like..loser” Absolutely obliterated.

[@jacobarmstrong9173]

Just casually obtained 2 exotics from Xur surprise boxes. Must be nice lol

[@maning04]

I got very lucky to loot an Arbalest during an astral run! I gotta say it destroys an enemy champion in 2 to 3 hits!

[@SHMECCC]

Dude, i couldnt stop laughing after you called out thorn 😂

[@TheHazyTimewalker]

Opening strong with Sunshot, love it c:

[@TheHazyTimewalker]

I swear by Sunshot and the Ashen Wake gauntlets

[@Shuuvel]

I remember getting my sunshot from the old quest and then chucked it in my vault to forget about. perhaps it is time to give it another go

[@SmalluwuFish]

I’m a noob at D2 and I’m trying to get the best hunter build currently using the scorch subclass and this is gonna help a lot. And the monte Carla will help me a lot because my scorch build is mainly for my melee ability so it’ll help really well

[@art3mis86]

i higly recommande the outbreak perfect even tho it cost a great deal of material i still use it to this day as a veteran player with all of the exotics at my disposal ! he's just like my little baby.

[@ItsBaldur]

damn 2 exotics in a row from a haul. took me like 30 to get 1

[@deadlyinfamous66]

Missed opportunity to say " Telesto the besto!" Lol great vid for new players tho mate

[@scgmike7805]

hahahha

[@elijsha9509]

Dude my main exotic weapons are Montecarlo and le monarque

[@stickpig7443]

I have all dlcs and exotics but I still wanna watch

[@scgmike7805]

I always watch Destiny stuff :D

[@ajwalker4416]

Great video as always. I love ths Sunshot but getting that catalyst to drop seems impossible. I've been playing D2 for a year and a half and I still don't have it. Contrast that with getting Ace of Spades a week ago and already getting that catalyst to drop and Traveler's Chosen the week before that. I didn't have either weapon very long but I've had Sunshot forever and still no catalyst. I would suggest, with the nerf to stasis ability regen, the Traveler's Chosen (with or without the catalyst) is good to get those stasis abilities back really quickly. It will refund all abilities to 100% after 10 charged with light. It doesn't work for the super but for all other abilities, it's what I run. I replaced my Monte Carlo with Traveler's Chosen to keep my melee ability always ready.

[@Langodan]

Same. I've been trying to get the Sunshot catalyst for ages. Once I got the Skyburner's Oath, Wardcliff Coil _and_ Arbalest catalysts all within a couple strikes of each other. I could only be like "bungo pls giv me sunshot catalyst"

[@ajwalker4416]

@@Langodan all of those were so easy to get, without even trying really. But no matter how many strikes I've run, no Sunshot ☹️

[@Langodan]

@@ajwalker4416 Good to know we're in the same boat.

[@TheHazyTimewalker]

It took about as long of consistently, non-stop using it for me to get the catalyst for it haha

[@hastyhawkeye]

@@ajwalker4416 I have been playing since red war then took a massive break. Came back season of the hunt and still are missing certain exotic catalysts

[@loganb4469]

I used to use Monte Carlo with sunbracers for warlock, it was a lot of fun

[@erickrivas7034]

Outbreak is pretty much favorite exotic most fun thing to use I used to use it in pvp with recluse

[@CelticLaserCrafts]

Im fairly new to Destiny 2, and Im looking for anyone or fireteam to 'drag' me along in any strikes/raids/dungeons or whatever to help me grab some experience, I'm a decent run and gun style player, just cant do the stuff i want too solo

[@someguy169]

I got the arbalist from the first exotic engram I bought from xür :)

[@Ämyr2006]

6:40 Ever heard about arbalest ?

[@superar5930]

Wow, you didn’t finish the video lol

[@boez_]

Thx, keep on grinding kids

[@ludwigvonn9889]

D2 has so many cool weapons, i spend most my time in game sweating over which one to use... You failed to mention one of my all time fav: Thunderlord machine gun. I mowed down so many mfs with this thing its absolutely insane.

[@matthewlizotte8904]

Nice exotics but will stick with my exotic I got solo extremely easy and can melt thru shields and melt any player or enemy in the area Le Monarque is my favorite toy.

[@picklenik9658]

Great video, but the fact you told people to use the Telesto in PvP suddenly made me hear helicopter whirs and a certain guitar riff.

[@kingman6105]

Who remembers when u got sun shot from the guy on nessus

[@PeeGeeThirteen]

The Catalyst for Outbreak Perfected randomly dropped for me in Iron Banner lol

[@isaiahbracy268]

Good looks bro

[@wiiilllddd]

i use tractor cannon to grind down champions and bosses in dares of eternity

[@binkerbros5683]

Monte Carlo and sunshot were my first exotics

[@LatinaSatsuki]

Hard light is nice but it takes the energy slot where we need that fusion to be in RIP

[@LatinaSatsuki]

I take it back. Hardlight is great in GM’s

[@simonedwards1085]

I’m a new player, and have most of these. Go figure!

[@raynegallaher7661]

When you said Monte Carlo wasn't considered very good I was pretty confused nobody I know doesn't almost constantly use the thing (including me), it just feels incredibly smooth to use, has a pretty good mag, *and* gets you your melee back? Minding the uses of your melee to get back other things (I only play warlock but arc warlocks in general love this particularly with crown of tempests, and it helps you get stuff back indirectly with stasis builds for shattering enemies) and none of that even mentions SUNBRACERS

[@AdamPalot]

isn't the tractor cannon obtainable from the stash right before you first visit the Tower?

[@sneakysoda7277]

Bro was to scared to compare sunshot to ace and I don’t blame him 😂