My Current Crucible Builds (Share Your Own!) (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, August 08, 2016, 23:37 (3122 days ago)
edited by Ragashingo, Tuesday, August 09, 2016, 00:03

For whatever reason, I've been playing a good bit for Crucible lately. Maybe it's the wait for Rise of Iron or being (nearly) finished with my Moment of Triumph. But whatever the case, I've been having a lot of fun and thought it would be fun to show off what's been working for me as of late.

Cloaky Gunslinger:

Recently I'd devoted myself to learning to play a good Nightstalker, and I had a fair amount of success, but I kept coming back to the fact that the Void Bow just wasn't as versitile as Golden Gun. I had some good stops with my Nightstalker's Super, but it was rare that I felt I would have done worse with Golden Gun.

At the same time, I had been running with the MIDA Multi-Tool, but kept wanting to use my Bolt-Caster both for its ranged utility and to fulfill my commitment to my Hunter's fictional persona who would absolutely not step foot outside without the biggest Arc blade available. Obviously, the two are incomparable with each other, so I went looking for a MIDA Multi-Tool replacement. And that led me to my current build:

I am currently running a Gunslinger equipped with the standard Vanguard variant of Not Like The Others, some random blue Sidearm (that I now have a Legendary replacement for), and of course my Bolt-Caster. On the armor front, I'm running a Intellect / Strength build to give myself more Supers and Incendairy Blades (which I double up on with Gambler's Dagger). That makes up a fairly standard Gunslinger, in my opinion, so what makes my current build special is the use of Khepri's Sting for a limited five second cloak and backstab.

Not Like The Others is a mid-impact Scout Rifle that feels a lot like a less nimble version of a MIDA Multi-Tool. It actually hits slightly harder and fires slightly slower but with 3rd Eye it performs close enough that my play style is largely unaffected. Instead of a Sniper Rifle, I've found myself using a Sidearm to surprise enemies in close since Not Like The Others gives me the attack range to deal with even pesky Snipers. Add in a nearly always available throwing knife, and the results speak for themselves!

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Ragashingo/video/20277364 http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Ragashingo/video/20277330

Titan Juggernaut:

Where my Hunter tries to start off battles with all the odds stacked in her favor (via being cloaked and getting the first and second and sometimes third shot in before taking return fire), my Titan prefers to charge head on into danger. Either to eliminate it, or at least to delay and weaken it for allies to finish it off.

Currently, my Titan is armed with a Cocytus SR4 heavy scout rifle and the Plan C exotic Fusion Rifle. She has a Heavy weapon, of course, but it is less important and varies depending on my mood. Armor wise, I'm set up for a Strength / Dicipline build with the Overload perk of Stormfist filling in for a lack of Strength. This build works well with Twilight Garison, but I've been running with An Insurmountable Skullfort most recently. The Skullfort frees up the Transfusion column to be used with Headstrong for faster sprinting, plus I find that a second charged melee is actually fairly important to staying alive in the midst of a battle.

The plan with my Titan is to snipe with the Cocytus and surprise even clever enemies with Plan C but also to charge straight at threats like Snipers or even Golden Gun users with the protection of Juggernaut Shield. With the shield up, I can deflect a sniper or Golden Gun shot without taking damage which allows me to at least waste an enemy's ammo, and allows me to taken them down more often that you might think. Fist of Havoc with Death from Above comes in handy too:

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Ragashingo/video/20340913 http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Ragashingo/video/20340929

Those are my builds for the moment, but how about you. Do you have any good builds or build-centric combat victories you'd like to show off? I'd love to hear about / see what you guys have going!