Destiny 2: Ranking Every Damage Rotation

[@majjkiii]

pin me and not akilles

[@pretzelstick5552]

i hav akilles on my friends list. mad chill

[@AscendantNomad]

Really, really impressed by the quality and depth of information presented. Well done. Thanks for making this.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Glad the Crucible Doctor himself enjoyed some PvE content!

[@whyandwhere6021]

@@TheAegisRelic I have a cold comfort with impact casing envious and explosive light how could I fit the in a rotation similar to the number one rotation

[@joeym3147]

As if nomad has any idea about quality and DEPTH xd surface level topic KZbinr fr

[@SentientMattress531]

@@whyandwhere6021it’s basically the same thing but you don’t need to shoot the trace rifle between witherhoard and cold comfort

[@Zarrakon]

CRINGEEEEE REDDITOR COMMENT

[@Xemo]

Well done Aegis! This is something the casual community or anybody looking to get into the endgame of Destiny must watch.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Thanks Mr. Xemo :3

[@qn9009]

xemo i did ron solo flawless before you did

[@supercool6665]

@@qn9009 proof?

[@satanlovesmewhydontyou]

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[@Itryhardder]

​@@qn9009Wake up you're dreaming again

[@ABasketofOranges]

Landmark video for the community. Thanks to you and your buds for doing this

[@gyrozeppeli8303]

Landmark creator tbh

[@laur3nz39]

ye aegis vids are really one of a kind

[@blanked8243]

genuinely the goat of explanatory, informative, and relevant information, by FAR the best d2 content I've seen so far.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Thanks Mr. Blanked :salute:

[@MrTrombonejr]

It's so refreshing to see a destiny content creator that is a) intelligent, and b) cares about the most important aspect of the game.

[@KodiakD2]

This is by far one of the greatest technical breakdowns ever done in the Destiny community. Thank you for all your hard work

[@julienc7226]

This video is amazing. As someone who started playing last season and is trying to get into more endgame content this was great. At first I thought the video would’ve hard to understand and catered towards advanced players but that executing section at the end really helped me out. Video was very high quality, simple and easy to understand. I hope you get the growth you deserve. Keep it going!

[@PrelapseYT]

Insane video. You've definitely upped the standard for any DPS analyses from now on. Must've taken a lot of effort to put this together

[@TheAegisRelic]

It did indeed take a lot of effort but it was mostly creating an underlying database that I can now use to do a lot of other useful analyses! Hopefully that will make it worthwhile :D

[@lukelaws3545]

Hey just wanted to say that I’m GENUINELY grateful for these videos. I’ve always wanted to do speedruns but never felt I could til destiny and as of now it’s the thing I want to do the most in the game. There’s just not a lot of GOOD and well put together videos on speedrunning and this is right up my alley. So thank you friend, I’ll be watching every upload ☺️

[@TheAegisRelic]

I have an intro-type video to speedrunning on my channel somewhere if you're interested! :)

[@lukelaws3545]

@@TheAegisRelic for sure will check it out!

[@Flamme-Sanabi]

As a Radiant Dance Machine Cultist, this videos puts a tear to my eye.

[@UltraStrawberryDreamsMonster]

even though I am a "veteran player" and use some of the best dps options already, I still learned a lot! No one EVER told me to use targeting mods when double slugging, and knowing that Levi isn't really as "bottom barrel" as it gets, gives me a sigh of relief when I see someone with it. Absolutely sharing this with my clan, Thank you Aegis!

[@Laeshen]

I've watched every video in the series and strongly believe you're one of the best d2 content creators on the platform.

[@Icedbattery]

Never thought I’d a watch a 40 min video on dps in 1 sitting. Thanks for the informative and entertaining video

[@Delta-u5f]

I’ve played destiny for so long but I only got into dungeons and raids back with the launch of 30th anniversary. Now this is the kind of stuff that is fun for me. I used to grind hours aimlessly doing strikes or lost sectors and played destiny as a hoarder solo player or just adventurer kinda. Now however I love doing dungeons and raids and I love hearing about people rotations for damage and why as it so often reveals some hidden secret in game mechanics that I didn’t know. Videos like this one, (if there are any like it), are exactly what I love and want to hear about. Hell of a job putting this video together.

[@Overlycomplicatedswede]

Me and my friends did a run of VOG with completely optimized dps setups and we did the whole raid in 32:51 (that’s the fastest we have ever done a raid and we all pumped a fuck ton of dps.) Thanks for such a clear and pretty easy to understand explanation to this.

[@laur3nz39]

this video is truly revolutionary for new players and ppl who wont get off linears and thunderlord, its crazy that they are that far behind rockets i saw you editing this monstrosity of a video on stream and i dont want to know how many hours you put into this but it really paid off, keep it up, best video ive seen in a long time!

[@TheAegisRelic]

Thanks! :D

[@eivetss]

Yo I have takin a little over a year break and this video is insanely helpful definitely subscribing

[@Commander_Pika]

Much appreciated! Data packed, researched, with examples. Been interested in trying to learn some dmg rotations, as I lean more towards "simple" dps options when it comes to raids/dungeons (as those are most useful to recommend when I teach/Sherpa players in those activities).

[@alexk2714]

This is insanely good. Normally I don’t like commenting, but you deserve the algorithm boost. Keep making informative content like this and you’ve got a regular viewer

[@WhereHappinessLies]

Hands down the most detail specific, easy to understand series I have seen about a video game & it's mechanics. Phenomenal work Aegis wow

[@makeshift27015]

bruh this video is amazing, and I love your channel. Having come from other MMOs that have very fleshed-out technical wiki's with this kind of information, it always felt like scientific empirical testing was weirdly lacking in the D2 community and everybody seems to get their information by parroting popular KZbinrs. Your videos show that there are still genius number-fiends in the community we can rely on for factual data based on actual tests and I appreciate it a lot.

[@delxiv]

As a QA, Testing, Math Nerd, and Destiny player since D1 beta 2, you've more than earned this. Enjoy your new sub as well. Thank You & keep up the great work.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Thank you! Appreciate it very much. Will keep working at it :)

[@LeaSatou]

incredible video. I've been sending all of these to my friends as they come out; can't wait for the next one

[@garrettdollar]

This series has been incredible. Because there’s no firing range in Destiny allowing a solo player to test, this information is absolutely critical. Thank you to everyone involved for investing your time in this series. Now do it all again when the devs change up the game 😂

[@benforer9318]

Regnant got it’s time in the spotlight :) I hope bungo does something to bring HGLs and linears up. Maybe HGLs could start rolling with cascade point + better damage perks with a buff to reserves and making linears the total damage kings if you land crits. I am a critic of thunderlord but it is nice that you can get 2 needlestorms off in one phase with it.

[@life-destiny1196]

If a Cascade Point/BnS heavy GL existed, I bet it'd be fun to work out something with it and Cloudstrike

[@AStah001]

This video.....hell, this series....chef's kiss. The hero we don't deserve. Questions; - What perks are you using on Heritage and Regnant? (couldn't spot them outside of explosive light in the vid or the spreadsheet) - Are the Aeon gauntlets (sect of force) a decent alternative for Titans?

[@TheAegisRelic]

Reconstruction/Recombination, ALH, and not really

[@peterparker8400]

Thank you, i already played the game for a long time but never cared about dps or meta. But ive slowly reached a point where dps is essential but i never looked anything up untill now. So thank you that my search ended here and now i have the know how to deal that sweet damage.

[@TClord]

its funny seeing so many players trying these rotations and failing miserably in my lfg raids lol. Shout out to the new RDM hunters who dodge and instantly forget there are other players around. That said, I appreciate seeing more players trying to improve instead of complaining all the time.

[@itztizzle]

Been watching you for awhile now and just gottta say, your content is my favourite in the Destiny space. Your videos are incredibly informative and well made. The community at large would be a lot better at the game if they watched all of your videos. Keep up the amazing work!

[@benforer9318]

Reminder to my strand locks to start your rotations with a single arcane needle for infinite chaining unravel damage

[@TheAegisRelic]

Unravel is free damage :)

[@Joe-qq4mk]

Thank you so much for presenting proper information about the game in such a easy to understand way. I feel like so many people are mislead by most of the “testing” vids out there. Thank you for doing it right!

[@CPWS_The_Stingray]

33:44 When the pellet shotgun buff came out (forget what season but I remember it was sometime around VoD coming out) I put together a swap rotation between ragnhild, found verdict, and acrius with dragon shadow. I didn't do official dmg testing but in Rhulk farms I was able to out damage Izi+palm spam consistently (Both builds having optimal dex+targeting+FoM mods). Then acrius got trench barrel and I never cared enough to figure out a new rotation.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Fair enough haha

[@sammies.3615]

Recently found your content and am very very happy. Please keep up the good work, you are straight up outworking everyone else and deserve to be at the top.

[@suushi8736]

Completly amazing! I hope you get more traffic coming to your channel. Absolutely fantastic work and clear yet detailed explanations!

[@Spilk214]

Wake up! The shield guy posted. Also thank you for opening my eyes about linears never being the best option.

[@nathin157]

🐐🐐🐐 series, hoping this blows up before in-game lfg goes online

[@havoctwoone]

This is the definitive destiny 2 damage video as far as I’m concerned. What a masterpiece of content.

[@life-destiny1196]

I don't think I can accurately express how bad the signal-noise ratio is when you try to find good DPS strategies in Destiny 2. Thank you SO much.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Couldn't agree more, which is why I made this video :)

[@MowJoeJoJo]

This is going to be referenced by me time and again. Bless you, Aegis. You’ve taught so much in one video. SO MUCH!

[@varuns9641]

prob some of the most important d2 videos on youtube , good shit and thank u

[@SwoleakhulTheBlind]

Holy shit Aegis 😳 the amount of effort put into this. Absolutely amazing content.

[@AutistiCat2406]

Banger after banger cant wait for another lengthy video about killing bosses I don't fight but I find interesting

[@irrelevantnamehandle]

thanks for the video, I’ve recently started to try and min max with some of my loadouts and builds (running double special, using more dps oriented builds etc.) and this video really gives me an idea of what to be running. This video making me realize b&s rockets might have been a mistake with the amount of power creep they’ve done for dps, lol.

[@zukasu_]

Lets go Aegis, never thought I'd watch so many damage testing and video editing streams but it was nice. The finished product is a banger!

[@DebuffEko]

Great video Aegis. I know this video required loads of effort to complete and I know that I single like won't do it justice. Well done

[@jag8015]

every player has something to learn from this, insanely well made video as usual

[@slingshotdave6437]

Great vid dude! I love using Malfeasance Lucky pants when with LFG’s. Main reason is the ammo economy. If it doesn’t feel like the team is going to one phase a certain boss I open with around 15 shots before a dodge reload then swap between a fusion and bait n switch apex until out of luck call down over. Not optimal but fun and consistent.

[@lucienmoolman8017]

The dedication to test almost every dps rotation is surreal, great work. Although at 11:46 when you said titans have no helpful weapon dps exotics, I do want to let you know that eternal warrior got a rework and gives arc weapon damage boosts up to 25% and the tier 4 buff gets activated when exiting fists of havoc. The only problem is that it only works with arc weapons and you need to use FoH instead of Thundercrash. Path of the burning steps also got a similar rework but with solar weapons. Other than that the video is perfect.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Giving up Cuirass Thundercrash (easily Titan's best ability-based burst DPS) in order to use a 25% surge on Arc (not the best affinity atm given rockets) over a 17% or 22% surge is just not worth doing unfortunately. The only thing that could have titans compete at a high level is Verity-assisted HoIL pulse/storm grenades in a Demo rotation, but I didn't want to include that in an individual rotation ranking for obvious reasons. As for PotBS, I don't think I need to explain why that's not a great choice either.

[@PyroZero_]

thank you for doing all of the tedious work other content creators weren't willing to ❤

[@TheAegisRelic]

It becomes a lot easier when it's fuelled by your own questions haha

[@PyroZero_]

​@@TheAegisRelic40:00 does sprint cancelling allow you to actually fire izi faster or just ads/aim early

[@illumo_d2]

@@PyroZero_ actually faster iirc ?

[@life-destiny1196]

@@PyroZero_ Not Aegis, but sprint canceling doesn't work like that on any gun to my knowledge. But it does help you get into ADS faster, yeah. If you hold down the fire button while in this state, the gun will also shoot immediately once the reload duration is over, which is great to make sure you're not waiting unnecessarily between shots (either from just going slow or from having to wait for ADS animation after you already waited for the full reload animation).

[@TheAegisRelic]

Helps you aim early, doesn't change lockout period, but makes it so you can sit on a boss just holding left click early haha

[@rustyshackleford8817]

Trying to get into d2 after a long break, and this was VERY helpful thank you.

[@tony1990]

This video is amazing, can't wait for follow up content and will be checking out the earlier stuff as well. Thank you for this

[@TheAegisRelic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@exhamahile]

this is by far the best d2 vid i've watched to date (and I've watched them ALL lol) nice work, lad!

[@TheAegisRelic]

High praise from someone who's watched all of them... thank you!

[@ZeroWorldline]

banger of a video holy shit 🤠 For the next part you should include supremacy with bait and rewind + cartesian damage test to pair with tractor/ghorn when you cannot use double pallet and maybe also include whats the best rotation for every interval of time since different bosses have different dps phases (mainly looking at the 25 sec one since its the most common)

[@TheAegisRelic]

I'm planning on testing a BnS Supremacy / FL Succession rotation for Gjally/Tractor users who need range :)

[@mrp1x3lpanda]

It would genuinely be amazing for you to do damage testing for low mans as well, e.g. Dungeons or Low-man raids where you can't fit things like Ballidorse Wrathweavers for Cold Comfort users or Tractor Cannon. Loved this and will definitely be using the spreadsheet moving forward. Are you planning to update it as time goes on?

[@TheAegisRelic]

Yes it will be updated :)

[@pupperaccino]

Amazing video, had to comment to improve YT's chance of spreading this work of art

[@adlayy]

9/10 video no lost sectors mentioned at all

[@scottie7345]

Absolutely monumental undertaking. Simply incredible.

[@sirm6127]

Fantastic video very well laid out. the only thing that came to my mind is that I wish you made a point to highlight the best double weapon setup for those cases where you want a gun to shoot moths or something. to be fair that's a little outside the purview of boss damage.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Trace rifles :)

[@jj_joergensen2200]

This video deserves an algorithm comment. Well done.

[@deadclicks]

Incredible series so far. Appreciate all the work you've put into this. Also fire thumbnail

[@MrTrombonejr]

i've bbeen waiting for this channel my wholel life

[@LR17-K]

Can’t wait for the next episodes! I’m learning so much from these, thank you.

[@kade6340]

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen!

[@SirTilley]

Just commenting cause bro put so much effort into this. Thanks for being such a great representative of the end-game raiding community

[@fufflenuffle8918]

Nice work, love doing low man’s and this series is a great resource that I can send to the people who want to get into that sort of thing

[@killerkitsune]

This series has been extremely informative, its a great watch. I really wanna make a lucky pants malfeasance build now...

[@pugschamp]

Absolutely amazing work. So glad to see the proper diligence put into the damage testing and statistical analysis! Do you plan on making a comprehensive DPS over Time chart as well or do you think the Damage over Time graph mostly is enough for the kind of data you think is relevant? Either way, thank you so much for the testing and extensive work put into this!

[@TheAegisRelic]

The graph will grow as I add more rotations :3

[@FatherOfPearl20]

Back when Lightfall first came out and heavy GLs received their boss damage buff, I remember trying out Cloudstrike with ALH/Cascade Point and finding it a little more consistent than my friends' Explosive Light rolls. You obviously lose out on the buffed damage for the first six shots, but my basic napkin math found that the increased fire rate would end up pulling ahead in more sustained scenarios - especially if you ran Backup Mag and/or one of the mag-boosting drums. Having 7 or 8 in the drum allows you to better take advantage of Cascade Point's 2.5-second duration and, in theory, would be infinitely self-refreshing since Cascade only requires two sniper crits to activate. So I would shoot off three Cloudstrike shots to get the first lightning proc + triple tap refund and ready Cascade, dump all 7/8 Wendigo rounds, then swap back to Cloudstrike and shoot 6 more shots while waiting for ALH, and repeat. Haven't tried it since the rapid fire sniper buff. Explosive Light is absolutely better if you only have the time or ability to shoot one mag (or a bunch of extra orbs like you would in a team setting), but there aren't a whole lot of damage phases in this game that are that short. Your Izi swap setup would probably blow this out of the water, but it might be worth keeping in mind in case heavy GLs, rapid fire snipers, or both get more buffs in the future.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Cloudstrike + Cascade Wendigo is something I considered trying out for this video, but it doesn't seem to perform very well theoretically... I can revisit it when I go over Cascade Point rotations.

[@FatherOfPearl20]

@@TheAegisRelic I figured it wouldn't, since neither of the weapons on their own are all that great and there isn't a ton of room to add a kinetic slot weapon into the rotation. The only thing it really has going for it in the context of this discussion is that it's funny to fire a Wendigo at 200RPM. Figured I'd throw it out there on the off chance you hadn't considered it at all. Awesome work as always.

[@tag11000]

I love linears so much! Cant wait to watch this video to see how well they do.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Who's gonna tell him...

[@tag11000]

NO

[@Lowely_xd]

rumor has it that this man is still shooting at the boss. Great work 👍

[@Supernovasnipe]

This is incredible. Thanks for putting the time and effort into making stuff like this.

[@TehJoeBro]

Been watching and rewatching this vid since it came out. Peak D2 informational content, especially for wannabe PvE sweats like me :') Kudos and can't wait for the next parts

[@brindogg]

YOOOOO EVERYONE WAKE UP THE GOAT 🐐 DROPPED PART V OF THE SERIES I HAVENT EVEN WATCHED IT AND I KNOW ITS FINNA BE A BANGER

[@Vig21]

I can’t thank u enough for making a video like this, the amount of LFGS that I’ve had to argue with that Tlord is better than rockets is insane. I hope more people see this video😂😂

[@TylerStupid]

Holy shit you deserve way more subs… haven’t gotten an in depth video from… anyone. You killed it dude.

[@yaboysavoie4777]

This man deserves all the subs. Very nicely done.

[@intensitygate2148]

prayin this makes waves, far too much valuable, well-thought out tests to go unseen mr aegis!!!

[@bolillo5013]

I’m just getting back into endgame content with my friends after a year or so of not playing much, thanks for the great video. Edit: Watched the whole vid, realized that I need to get quite a few weapons 💀

[@ListenToAJ]

this is insanely helpful alongside everything else on your channel, sub + notifications are on

[@jakestewart9428]

sweet vid my guy, really appreciate the resources you linked

[@xzeuii]

Prelapse is also the goat when it comes to DPS videos, his charts are amazing

[@MarcleGames]

Bro you're insane. This video and document will be referenced for years. Please if you need any upkeep or damage testing help LMK

[@horia_2020]

O wow the quality of this content is amazing

[@florianwilde5038]

Could you possibly do a video on the perfect combination for each amount for players. So for example what should 2 players use “one hunter with tether a warlock with well” “one with g-horn one with normal rocket” etc ? Love your videos ❤

[@TheAegisRelic]

Next video there'll be something similar, but what people use in team sizes smaller than 6 is extremely situational... so I'll be going over all the situations!

[@florianwilde5038]

@@TheAegisRelic My friend and me mostly do duo dungeons Warlock: Well, Rain of fire, G-horn, loop, Hunter: Tether, Radient dance machine, Coldcomfort with envies and chill clip and we always try to improve our dps (I know we are far far from optimal) So i want to know what is optimal for 2 dudes only

[@slimjong-un5743]

Beast creator. Love this content as a low-mid experienced d2 player

[@ThrumondFrost]

Excellent video. I'm just sad that Titan doesn't have any good dps strats. I've had that feeling for years but having it confirmed makes me happy I was right, but also sad.

[@TheAegisRelic]

HoIL pulse/storm Demo rocket with Verity's teammates is pretty decent, but I didn't list it here since it does require a whole team structure built around it :P

[@jigglyhamburgers9366]

Absolutely insane video brother. You are doing God’s work for the community!

[@Leviakagzus1]

Wow! You did such a great job. Was looking forward to this video and didn’t disappoint. Well, just sad my Titan is slacking. Titans need some love. ❤😢

[@ogLenas]

This series is on another level and I am sharing with whoever will listen.

[@Ysl489]

Really regret deleting my alh/surrounded sojourners now. Right before lightfall I cleaned my vault and saw that I haven’t used my sojourners in a long time (always just used my alh/vorpal filo with 85 handling) so I went right ahead and deleted it for the vault space. Can’t be arsed to farm a new one. Maybe next season we will get another solar slug.

[@TheAegisRelic]

Surrounded slugs have almost no use don't worry haha

[@emiljonsson4693]

Thank you for this masterpiece of a video.

[@jakubstrykowski276]

hello love the video. im kinda curious if prenerf linears with particle deconstruction were close to current rocket dps

[@TheAegisRelic]

They are in fact worse

[@guitarlover42]

watching you just execute every single damage strategy in the game perfectly is wild.

[@Rios-ov3xi]

I’d love to see information on how much value utility exotics provide. When is it worth it to use divinity? When should you use tractor? How much does the damage loss from 2 people using tractor and gally impact the effectiveness of eachother? How much do you need to be out-damaging your lfg by to make it not worth it to switch to gally or tractor?

[@xrinnegan]

I am a OG Destiny player and I don’t really play destiny like that to the point I’d understand the Dps and Tank side of things and Healer roles , I am currently starting to actually SEE the mechanics of this game and how tf you REALLY play it instead of just building a Decent build , this is the OP shit I’m looking for 😂😂😂😂🤙🏾💯 thank you brother , I just had to type the right thing the search bar , “Destiny 2 Op best Damage” and here I am Lmaoo

[@TheAegisRelic]

Great to hear!

[@borear_9839]

Very cool job, thank you man!!! Could you add all the videos from this series to the playlist to make it easier to share with my teammates, please

[@TheAegisRelic]

They're all part of the Endgame Essentials playlist :)

[@greathornedyak9904]

Thank you for making interesting, no drama content.

[@masterzecke1263]

Amazing work as always ty for making this video

[@theknm1000]

Casual player, learned a lot over the course of this series. Keep it up!