The best (and easiest) Warlock Prismatic build. And another that isn't, but it's close.

seriously, bleak/FtV is on another level, is one of the simplest builds to use and doesn't even require you to farm dual destiny or pale heart chests. i know that one has been known for awhile now, so i included a variant of the setup as well in case you're looking for a change of pace.
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swarmers setup: 7:58
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[@thebass4511]

Prismatic warlock gives me the ultimate fantasy of actually having friends

[@wishmeluck1602]

LOL

[@truv_]

destiny players

[@GingerBeardMan977]

sadly those friends can't duo with ya to get exo class items (still did a LFG with a guy to get one).

[@SamStraker]

Relateable...

[@rtd2232]

Ill be ur friend ❤

[@JohnDoeADeerAFemaleDeer]

Bleak Watcher does get spit out when you spawn it with Getaway Artist, it’s just spawned from a weird place. If you jump, you can get more distance from it.

[@TheeMurkShow]

My Ros Arago with permeability and onslaught is nasty. When I run a strand super I can do volatile and unraveling rounds on the same weapon. Depending if I Dodge or not beforehand. Plus grapple grenade, activates volatile and unraveling rounds at the exact same (hunter only) time and you can swap between void and strand weapons during that time and apply both debuffs to an enemy.

[@Kaiser8361N]

@@TheeMurkShowscreenshotting this so I don’t forget!!

[@TheeMurkShow]

@@Kaiser8361Nand on top of all that, my favorite exotic class item for prismatic Hunter has been Spirit of inmost light and Spirit of the cyrtarachne ( wolven mail on grenade cast) using your grapple and then hitting something with the melee will automatically go times two for the inmost light buff. And a smoke bomb will keep the inmost light buff at its maximum timer count while the damage over time poison effect is ticking away. You get a TON of ability regeneration. I'm a Titan main that generally only used heart of inmost light. So tinkering with the hunter with inmost light has been a lot of fun. And there's some fun interactions with some of the other abilities as well.

[@submachinegun5737]

For the second build, I’m loving using volatile rounds with ros arago since for some reason proccing volatile also gives onslaught x3 instantly, so threadling grenade gives devour volatile and max onslaught while spawning a tangle to spawn more threadlings

[@jonathansullivan6706]

It does WHAT? Now I gotta try that and exploit it for as long as that stays a thing.

[@jmfe10]

For the second build, I'm REALLY liking Mataiodoxia with Prism Warlock. You get Transcendence insanely fast when you suspend a huge amount of adds. It has all the utility and feels very powerful. Monte Carlo ups the power a bit.

[@TimothyRisby]

The first build in GMs with anti barrier Outbreak with the kinetic fragment also gives Transcendence stupidly quick.

[@jmfe10]

​@@TimothyRisby yes it's nutty. I love it too. But sometimes I want to play something else.

[@CharlesSpadina3030]

Mataiodoxia has been a blast with Pugilist Strand weapon

[@Epicninfa96]

Still tinkering with this exotic. Unsure whether to go prismatic vs strand, they both have their benefits. I might try Monte Carlo. I went Wishkeeper to try to feed into melee energy, and got mixed results.

[@zachn5529]

Use this with the strand exotic bow that suspends targets and most encounters turn into a literal shooting gallery

[@attackmanatee02]

I love how pretty much every warlock (myself included) all tried getaway artist as soon as we got access to prismatic

[@romelobrinkley7930]

It’s so hard to take off. It checks all boxes and gives full freedom of weapon choice. It’s literally the strongest overall build in the game imo

[@nanceinthepants]

You have some agency with the bleakwatcher turret. I used it on the final boss of the campaign. If you’re close to the edge of cover, you can look up to arc your bleakwatcher further around the corner. You can use that to help you move from cover to cover.

[@ChiefCanuck]

For the first build, if you have buried bloodline then you can do the 3 buddy build and have devour (& catalyst weaken, and tons of the pale heart benefits) for an awesome time

[@lainwakura]

5 Times Datto Made An Easy Prismatic Build (And One Time He Didn’t).

[@abyssosque]

w username

[@maidofheart2000]

For Lightning Surge, I recommend trying it with Felwinter's Helm. The suppression combined with Devour from Feed the Void (or Restoration from Facet of Purpose if you want to run a different aspect) will keep you alive in most circumstances. I've used this basic setup in raids and master lost sectors, changing grenade and weapons as needed for the specific encounters, and it's pretty good at keeping you alive and add clear even from up close

[@BlueLeprechaun15]

I'll definitely try it

[@paragonofhonor9952]

I forget what the facet is called but the one where your light abilities deal more damage to dark affected targets is a MUST for the first built. Let’s your super and arc soul do extra damage and you are literally slowing, unraveling or freezing things with your torrent CONSTANTLY AFAIK if your arc soul is doing constant work, your grenade should regen itself, so you can go hellion too if you want.

[@jj_grabes]

I have a very similar Void-Strand setup to the second one going on, but with one difference: Necrotic Grip instead of Swarmers. When I was messing around, I discovered that the poison that comes from melee kills can be used to prolong Devour, so I use Arcane Needles for their extra range and also to spawn Threadlings. My combat loop is (1) Vortext Grenade, (2) Arcane Needle, (3) Khvostov and other stuff. For good measure, I've thrown in Weaver's Call as my other aspect to help with spawning Threadlings. As for my Fragments I am running Grace (since I am running Khvostov), Justice (I feel like this one could be easily replaced with something else), Balance (for Transcendent generation), Bravery (I run a Void Grenade Launcher and Threadling Machine Gun, so they get buffed by my ability kills), and Purpose (just for some extra protection). I've tested this in co-op Legendary Final Shape with friends and so far this setup has been REALLY fun. The Nezarec's Sin Voidwalker and Osteo/Necrotic Broodweaver were already my two favorite Warlock loadouts, so being able to combine them together like this was a fun time. This might be my new go-to loadout. The only thing I can think of to make this build better is the Exotic class item with Spirit of the Necrotic. As for the second perk, I've wavered between Spirit of the Claw (for more poison Arcane Needles that keep Devour running) or Star-Eater (to buff Nova Bomb). Not sure if Spirit of the Swarm could be another thing to consider implementing instead, it's just a random idea I had.

[@Ellzor]

thank you dattodoesdestiny, idk what I'd do without you

[@d.rock2224]

I was running the getaway buddies warlock with two other warlocks with same general build during the glassway gm last week and we were flying through it.

[@ipnugget]

i like to pair getaway artist with no time to explain, the stasis turrets pair greatly with the no time turret, especially with this acts artifact.

[@SprayQuaza]

Thank you Datto, I will use this build when I eventually run the campaign a 2nd time. I wish you a merry RNG luck 🙏🏻

[@camreed]

Datto you're late, 30 other youtubers made this warlock build already

[@bombshellblonde544]

How did it never click for me that turning a grenade into a Bleak Watcher turret counts as consuming it for Getaway Artist? That is BRILLIANT. I can't wait to put this together

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

Look down at your feet when consuming grenade to place the stasis turret right there! Great for precise placement to cover multiple sight lines

[@fillbert6690]

I love the buddy build. Seriously, it’s insanely good. I’ve basically never swapped off of some variation of the build since day 1 of TFS.

[@MrWrighthw]

Nice suggestions. Thanks for putting them together!

[@wlocas]

Sometimes it's just comforting to flip over to a Datto video and hear that reassuring voice. Thanks for being you Datto

[@kjax139]

Buddy build: arc, solar, stasis, no time to explain buddy. Best build

[@TheWittingJoker22]

For the first build, I prefer to run Hellion+Devour and The Call (The Call with Threaded Blast (artifact mod) is just chiefs kiss, too good for me to pass on it), since i dont like the bleakwatcher spawn on my location, its so funny to see in low-mid tier content everything just dies as you look at it. And The Call helps a lot with trans meter, since both buddies are light dmg. This setup is effective with more aggresive playstyle and has more pure dmg, but for gms or other champ heavy enviroment I would prefer bleak setup. Facet of sacrifice can help with dark meter and Facet of hope can help to get your rift back, since you will be amplified via getaway artist. Facet of balance and Facet of awakening both will be procing non stop since two buddies and The Call can kill stuff pretty rapidly. Facet of protection for the last one, but can be swapped for Facet of courage for better dmg to a single target (arcane needle + two buddies), can be swapped for Facet of Purpose (depending on your super, i ran with needlestorm, since, again, the main problem of the build is single target dmg, buffed nova probably deals more dmg, but overshield and devour not a very good combo, since devour heals only hp, you dont need an overshield). The call, sunshot and edge transit super effetive gun setup, overload handcannon (sunshot for even more add clear) and unstoppable sidearm (The Call for the orange bars), top tier gl for boss dmg

[@Laserwolf666]

Been on Swarmers for a bit, and it's been one of my favorite warlock builds so far

[@ighost-_-tg9038]

Awesome video!!!! I can’t wait for the hunter version!!!!!!

[@tsrboomer09]

Graviton Lance with the Weaver build is magnifique. Teaming it with Nova bomb is a really really good combo in my opinion. Use those threadlings to make your volatile rounds and go to town

[@m3mori]

If we’re doing this, I suggest we go for facet of dominance too (is that the weakening fragment?). I really don’t see the point in using prismatic swarmers instead of strand swarmers if you’re not making use of weakening transcendence. nova bomb + expanding abyss sounds even better

[@Jakej3131]

Absolute warlock cinema slowly floating off the edge at the end there.

[@edgysixyearold8694]

I love weavers call with phoenix dive while on devour, because you can dive to heal yourself, and then your threadlings beam to some random enemy to kill them, and give devour. Super safe way to proc your healing in an “oh shit” moment

[@jeffm7007]

Thumbnail of Datto shrugging as he gets knocked off the map is inspired timing.

[@batwing5808]

Just FYI arc soul doing any damage gives you grenade charge, not sure if that was mentioned in the video, but it can be great in harder content where devour is proccing less.

[@michaelbrown688]

Need more exotics or fragments like this that don't require a kill, a lot of people prefer using abilities but the cooldowns so long

[@GeremyG]

Not using Facet or Courage on the first build is kinda odd. Everything is going to be slowed/frozen if you place the bleakwatcher in a good spot.

[@d2cbro]

you really do want facet of courage yep

[@sora_2342]

I would like to see your lighting surge build, I’ve been trying to find a fun build for it and haven’t yet

[@Hugh_Jas]

Your Lightning Surge build was missing Solopsism with Synthos and either Assassin or Necrotic. With the right setup using the current artifact, you can get radiant, woven, invis (with Assassin), amp, jolt, and devour from one powered melee, which you can do 3 times and regenerate VERY quickly.

[@Michael-ee4uz]

The whole point is that they are build that don't use a class exotic.

[@JuggerToad]

The "I don't feel like playing right now" buddy build.

[@lolosh99]

“Arrogance will kill you” Arrogance is very DattoCore

[@swyrles4541]

i love you datto please sign my mantle of battle harmony

[@snowboundwhale6860]

With the Getaway/ Bleak Watcher setup I've pretty much thrown out all the transcendence fragments because it's only occasionally more useful than the turret spam (since transcendant grenade isn't arc so you can't use it for turrets). I was trying them earlier on but I just didn't want it that often and it builds up fast enough as is thanks to the double turrets covering both damage types. Balance has been useful imo since both stasis turret & needle melee are darkness damage so they recharge grenade a little more, and arc soul can charge melee in addition to recharging grenade by default. Also between arcane needle's unravel & bleak watcher's slow/frozen I've found Courage to have a lot of uptime (though I haven't checked what the damage boost actually is), which the arc soul benefits from as well as any of the light supers.

[@matthewgarcia5093]

For the first build I like using arc melee because when you use prismatic you get unlimited charged melees so it’s free jolts/overload stun

[@pitterr5]

i have my prismatic swarmers build set up with final warning and it slaps, got the catalyst recently and the damage is just insanse, also indebted kindness with voltshot on second slot adds up a ton

[@awesomeguy9513]

Does anyone else notice the wizard for the starting dual destiny bit just won’t spawn? Like I’ve done everything in the pale heart besides the raid yet when I do overthrow in the landing or whatever the matchmake version is and finish there’s no savathun wizard spawn. Is it an RNG thing or am I going to the location to fast cause idk what’s not working

[@goodwillcashier5139]

For the first build, if you have it, definitely run it with buried bloodline. You’ll have devour and it’ll allow you to also use Hellion and Bleakwatcher.

[@kcisthe1st]

Bro really got another getaway artist video lol I'm watch but that's crazy

[@rpotts]

Thank you for pronouncing Hellion correctly :) Also Hellion is best buddy, that boy can lob some solar mortars like 50m at enemies I wasn't even paying attention to.

[@nathanflinchum1153]

I was doing an lfg warlords and my hellion shot 1st boss as soon as I got in and forced us to pull with no rally, I was laughing so damn hard

[@d2cbro]

correct mr rpotts

[@caljam82]

I love the bleak buddy build, can destroy anything. I use it with a wave frame risk runner ergo sum

[@theF0R3N]

Ive been running this setup since day 1, makes basically every encounter in a raid or dungeon a cake walk. I even used it in GM excision

[@jdee83]

It’s buddy time!

[@vincezywczak]

It genuinely irritated me that the community figured out the getaway artist/devour build almost immediately because it was clear within five minutes that it was like playing the game on easy mode and almost nothing else would surpass it. I haven't been using it anymore but its strictly out of wanting to use something else; its just so unbelievably good its hard to ignore.

[@josh___something]

It's good... but slow. To get the real big booms out of shatter, or your transendence, you need to wait til a nerd is frozen. The arc buddy is pretty quick, but that's still after you've eaten a nade. It's not like Solar with an ashes buffed hellion and dawn chorus. You're able to stay mobile with it, and that's better on less ""plink in cover" type content.

[@SkyeNet999]

Strand is decent too

[@anotherhuman340]

I've been running literally just Nezzy's Sin and Buried Bloodline with Arcane Needle and Vortex grenades and I am somehow consistently outslaying and damaging all of my friends. It's been a great time and I am very glad that it works so well, since I love void and this is just my void build but with worse grenade damage and better everything else.

[@brightenblack207]

I know it plays into the same summoning build as these but I really hope Child of the Old Gods joins Prismatic. Osmiomancy Summoner and Briarbinds Summoner have been my favorite builds and it'd be amazing if we could combine them. Buried Bloodline has been glued to my side so Devour will be covered so that plus healing rift COG and fragments will help with a lot of grenades and turrets. Cool that it matches the Transcendence grenade, too. If they add the ability to pick up Void Souls to the right column of the class item I'll never ask for anything ever again

[@danielruyters3971]

about facet of bravery it wil work whit anny grenade and enny power melee if its arc ,void , solar , stasis or strand i use my ark power melee becaus of the amplefide abilety that it jolts groups but it also triggers the unraveling rounds for my quicksilver storm

[@johnalbone30192]

Been running Swarmers since the strand unlock for prismatic. You destroy everything. At the end of Dual Destiny you’ll have 600- 700 kills to their 200. Paired with the raid exotic it’s even more fun.

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

Arc Soul damage is what recharges your grenade back fastest with this build! Make sure each pulse is getting hits. 5 pulses gets you nade back.

[@jenarickman9215]

For lightning surge, I use a class item with synthos and necrotic as well as monte carlo. Its really funny how effective it can be. I was using it in the first and 3rd encounter of master vow and it was incredible at ad clearing.

[@elliekerstiens1916]

For the swarmers build I use my arc conductor ergo sun with pro memoria and the call. You just never run out of ammo and everything dies. The only content it’s meh in is gms but even then it’s not bad. I’ve been using it in master raids and the ads just disappear

[@agathor2017]

Daddo please make a video on the good rolls of Ergo Sum I have 15 in my vault and I'm running out of space fast. help

[@jakegibbs6003]

i have something similar to the second build. same aspects, but i run arcane needle / storm grenade with facet of bravery (volatile rounds on nade kills, unravelling on melee kills), then im gonna be hunting down a HOIL/swarmers class item roll. though your video has made me consider facet of solitude for tangle creation even while im focusing on light damage.

[@jimosborn3411]

Need the 'Builds to see us out' video Dat.

[@patrickarraes4422]

I would just like to add that using felwinter helm, necrotic, crown of tempest (fast super and ability regen), osmiomency, vesper of radiance, secanfilament ( can switch it for the exotic side arm from the dungeon for devour) are extremely good builds

[@adamcallaghan2135]

Datto is a fan of esoterickk

[@FashionD2]

I caught this one early! Ive been LOVING prismatic warlock. so much so that I have gone from hunter to warlock lol.

[@jay8480]

Titan main since D1. And today i disted off my warlock and started the campaign with him because titans are sooooooo bad now compared to the other 2. Thank you for the video.

[@metalmarlett1418]

This is the season of buried bloodline. It’s so amazing with the artifact

[@zbanegasg9953]

For Hunters try using Gunpowder and Specter for maximum fragments. Use the strand melee and grenade, and if you have a Calibans cloak its going to be ignition galore. Plus every melee or grapple melee kill gives Gunpowder for even more ignitions. Its a really fun build and if you have Buried for Devour its even more good. Give it a try.

[@Soulverine]

I use a hybrid of these two. Getaway Artist, Helion & Weaver's Call. Especially since the upgrade to Weaver's Call helps you get so many more threadlings just for using a strand weapon. But I still get a stasis buddy by using Winterbite. Winterbite is slept on with this build.

[@dannycarey5244]

I enjoyed this video.

[@jonlacey316]

No time to explain gives you 4 buddies

[@keionwhite4683]

God roll datto

[@imagineabuild]

Peak watcher my goat

[@Taxis_]

It’s the stasis turret guy. We are almost back to the firepower days

[@Jeff-so6hy]

The only content creator who pronounces "hellion" correctly.

[@BuckShot456789]

I used Swarmers and Hellion for most of my play time, I didn't even know about BleakGetaway until the 2nd week lmao

[@Mashamazzi]

4:53 Dattos moderators in shambles rn

[@aaron_ow]

It just...works.

[@scarfking1579]

i love hellion + weavers call and phoenix dive. Pair with a strategist khovostov and youre healing a lot. Could do swarmers if you want too.

[@basedcase]

Does ashes to assets proc from the arc buddy and bleakwatcher turret?

[@Spanky19654]

If I’m using buried blood line to proc devour can I swap out for helion?

[@dredgen0268]

Warlock master race.

[@TargetSniper365]

Facts. Now that we have star eaters too we have the best one and done burst supers in the game

[@oxsila]

​@@TargetSniper365 Can you run still hunt with nighthawk? Yeah, didn't think so 😂

[@TargetSniper365]

@@oxsila that feeling when hunters are so dependent on a single gun to make their class good when warlocks are insane on anything. You do know when still hunt gets nerfed hunters are effectively useless? Warlocks have way more burst super damage now with star eaters.

[@lukasking04]

Lightning surge pluss felwinters helm is so good. Works in endgame to because of the weaken effect

[@ChikenTendies]

Haven’t solo’d a dungeon since spire, and this build with prismatic gave me enough confidence to try Warlords, and it was great (almost flawless but I blew myself up on final boss by accident) I tried ghosts of the deep as a joke for a minute while a friend watched me, it was going okay on Ecthar, I did the first dps phase then left, didn’t feel like running through that slog of a solo dungeon at the time, might revisit though

[@Miketm18]

As a warlock guy, the army of souls build (buddy build ) is the best PVE prismatic build in the game rn

[@BlueLeprechaun15]

Scorch turret, ice turrets, arc buddy, no time to explain buddy, yup yup

[@lemons2513]

No devour = good luck in GMs 😂 (not hating just that I’ve tried like 10 builds in GMs and devour is key to survival)

[@Miketm18]

@@lemons2513 I’ve had success without it in gms but it’s a really good aspect

[@lemons2513]

@@Miketm18 I mean yeah u can go in with zero fragments and just hide behind cover and take forever to do it but is it close to meta? Def not

[@kcisthe1st]

Prismatic swarmers is pretty nice ngl

[@mackstertube]

Besides the Khostov can anyone tell me what his other 2 weapons are please?

[@basedcase]

I wish we had a special pulse to pair with final warning this season. Just something for barrier champs while running final warning.

[@DragonSlayrr142]

Im suprised for the buddy build he didnt mention running NTTE for the 4th and final buddy

[@bbagginsmcswaggins]

I'm a hunter main. Always have been. Been loving prismatic hunter, obviously. But when I'm not playing hunter, I'm probably playing warlock. And I discovered during ITL that I looooooooove threadling warlock with Buried Bloodline for devour and Rufus' Fury with demo/hatchling for even more threadlings. I feel like I can just slap weaver's call & feed the void together, throw on a rufus & the swarmers, and have literally all the grenades, all the time, on an even better setup than base strand warlock (albeit losing Evolution, Generation & the fragment that makes threadricks on strand weapon kills, which do all hurt) Need to make the time to throw this together into an in game loadout and take it for a spin.

[@JauntyAndJaded]

i actually have a lightning surge build with Felwinter’s helm and it does pretty good in content.

[@BIGFESH]

Ive been rocking devour and bleak with a class item that gives me invis on melee and finisher and synthos for more reliable kills. It's alot of fun. Been doing this weeks GM solo no problem. Can take care of all 3 champ types.

[@oak3279]

Facet of Dominance counts for the pris nade on warlock so it's an easy way to add weaken during a DPS phase

[@TargetSniper365]

This right here

[@RobbyBobby320]

Add No Time To Explain in the 1st one and the gang's all here

[@luckytheprotoboi826]

Haven't completed the campaign on my Warlock yet but NTTE also sounds good for the first build if you don't have Khostov

[@kagekitsune98_56]

Here commenting before i watch it. If there is no getaway artist then i dont want it.

[@warsmithandrath449]

I've been running the first build with Sweat Business ever since I got the lightning grenade unlocked.

[@Shroudey]

For me I find the entire first row of prismatic fragments entirely pointless, I have ZERO issues filling my transcendence bar just from dealing damage without using microcosm or even camping kinetic weapons, I mean shit just the stasis turret and arc buddy and fill both bars from 1 grenade if done properly, so for my getaway artist build with feed the void I use; Protection, Courage, Awakening, Ruin and Purpose Then if going triple buddy with Hellion I also run Balance/Solitude, seems to do the job just fine for me I did 50 rounds of Onslaught with both builds and would say the latter is more fun but feed the void is just better and more consistent

[@felwinterpeak1674]

I "upgraded" my Felwinter build when prismatic hit. What i lost in invis with a finisher, i gained in three melee with devour with arc surge. I need to do warlords ruin more for bloodline and i could exchange feed for bleak.

[@yarginshnarg]

Weaver's Call and Hellion should work with Phoenix Dive if you're trying to move around a lot.

[@arty111]

Im ngl I've just been running osmiomancy on prismatic, without bleakwatcher. Infinite coldsnaps does some stupid stuff with demo weapons (demo apex for me) and killing enemies with the shatter from coldsnap still procs devour. I've been pairing with hellion just because it's good supplemental damage, tho I used lightning surge in the first encounter of contest and some other content.

[@burntbread_VOD]

with the getaway artist build, what is the overall goal of the build? is it to spam transcendent

[@extectic]

Nope, the goal is to spam turrets, by constantly consuming your grenade. The grenade recharge is wild so you can have 4-5-6 stasis turrets out in any given fight with some red bars to kill. So spam turrets and constantly have Arc Soul. When you get Transcendent, use it. In my opinion. Arc souls also count as ability kill, so that too procs devour. Constant health increases make you hard to kill.

[@keepovs8448]

I feel like facet of courage should be auto include if you're running arcane needle. It's like a free ~10% damage bonus to your light abilities as long as you arcane need and unravel first.

[@TargetSniper365]

Helps with song of flame and nova a lot

[@Xurs.suspicious.smoothie]

Throw on no time to explain too for ultimate meme potential

[@BandonTEdge]

The thorn build is really fun. Always have super and prismatic

[@BlkZard]

On the first build, I would recommend Devour with Hellion instead of Bleak Watcher in easier content. You really don’t need the crowd control most of the time.