The Final Shape’s new Prismatic subclass breaks the chains and lets you loose with a diverse roster of abilities from across all the existing subclasses, as well as some brand-new options. As you might have run into, making a build is more complicated than ever before with Prismatic. Hunter mains will no doubt feel this more than most as its Prismatic subclass is more tricky to use than Warlock and Titan. So, here’s the best Destiny 2 Prismatic Hunter build that you can make.
Although it’s not a requirement to make a strong Hunter Prismatic build, the new Destiny 2 The Final Shape Exotics, and the unique Exotic class items especially, go a long way in amping up your power. Struggling to beat the Destiny 2 The Final Shape missions because you’re all but forced to use Prismatic? Worry not.
Best Destiny 2 Prismatic Hunter Build
The best Destiny 2 Prismatic Hunter build in PvE is:
- Super - Silence and Squall
- Melee - Withering Blade
- Grenade - Swarm Grenade
- Aspect 1 - Gunpowder Gamble
- Aspect 2 - Winter’s Shroud
- Fragment 1 - Facet of Courage
- Fragment 2 - Facet of Ruin
- Fragment 3 - Facet of Balance
- Fragment 4 - Facet of Solitude
- Fragment 5 - Facet of Mending
- Exotic Armor - Existentialism (Spirit of Inmost Light + Spirit of the Coyote)
- Exotic Weapon - Sunshot
Although Hunter’s Prismatic grenade is hard to take full advantage of, the rest of its build options are incredibly fun - and certainly still powerful. The main aim of this Hunter Prismatic build is to freeze enemies with your class ability thanks to Winter’s Shroud before blowing them all up with Solar damage, especially Gunpowder Gamble.
Facet of Courage causes your Light abilities to deal increased damage to Darkness-debuffed enemies. In this case, it will be frozen targets, which is very easy to pull off. Pair this with Facet of Ruin, which increases the size and damage of shatters and ignitions, and you’re in for some ice-cold explosive action. Meanwhile, Facet of Balance keeps your ability energy topped off, Facet of Mending and Facet of Solitude provide additional survivability through cure and sever effects respectively.
As for your Exotic armor, you’re going to want to go with Hunter’s new Exotic class item, Existentialism. With this, you can combine the effects of Heart of Inmost Light (yes, a traditionally Titan Exotic) with Sixth Coyote. You will gain an additional class ability charge to freeze enemies more often, as well as be able to empower your abilities and further improve ability regeneration.
Lastly, the Sunshot is your best bet for an Exotic weapon. Not only is it a superb hand cannon in its own right, but it also synergizes well with the Gunpowder Gamble Aspect, Facet of Balance, and Facet of Ruin.
Destiny 2 Hunter Prismatic Subclass Overview
The Prismatic subclass combines a handful of abilities from other classes and mashes them up into a unique new subclass all about dealing both Light and Dark damage. The goal is to build two different ability bars by dealing damage with Light and Darkness abilities and weapons to become Transcendent. This buff provides limited-time access to a unique new grenade and a handful of powerful effects, including increased ability regeneration.
The Hunter's Prismatic Transcendence Grenade is Hailfire Spike:
- Throw a device charged with Stasis matter and Solar energy that attaches to surfaces or targets and then erupts into a slowing storm. After a short duration, the device ignites, creating a deadly scorching cyclone.
Here are all the Prismatic Hunter abilities in Destiny 2:
All Hunter Prismatic Melee Abilities
| Name | Description | Element |
|---|---|---|
| Knife Trick | Throw a fan of flaming knives that scorch targets on a hit. | Solar |
| Snare Bomb | Throw a Smoke Bomb that attaches to surfaces and pings target radar, then detonates into a disorienting smoke cloud, weakening nearby targets. Targets within the smoke cloud take damage over time. | Void |
| Combination Blow | A quick strike that temporarily increases your melee damage when defeating a target, stacking three times. Defeating targets with this ability also fully refills your class ability energy and restores a small amount of health. | Arc |
| Threaded Spike | Throw a rope dart that bounces between targets, damaging and severing them. The dart will return to you once it's done, returning melee energy to you for each target hit. Activate again just as the dart gets back to you to catch it and increase the amount of energy returned. | Strand |
| Withering Blade | Toss a Stasis Shuriken at targets to damage and slow them. Provides multiple charges. | Stasis |
All Hunter Prismatic Grenades
| Name | Description | Element |
|---|---|---|
| Swarm Grenade | A grenade that detonates on impact, releasing multiple drones that seek nearby targets. Each drone slightly scorches affected targets. | Solar |
| Magnetic Grenade | A grenade that attaches to targets and explodes twice. | Void |
| Arcbolt Grenade | A grenade that chains bolts of lightning to nearby targets. | Arc |
| Grapple | Weave a grappling hook, and quickly pull yourself forward. Grappling to a tangle immediately recharges your grenade energy. During and shortly after grappling, your melee attack deals damage and unravels targets. | Strand |
| Duskfield Grenade | A grenade that shatters on impact, leaving behind a field that slows targets and freezes those who do not leave the target area. | Stasis |
All Hunter Prismatic Aspects
| Name | Description | Fragment Slots |
|---|---|---|
| Stylish Executioner | Defeating a weakened, suppressed, or volatile target grants invisibility and Truesight. After performing a Stylish Execution, your next melee attack while invisible weakens targets. | 2 |
| Winter's Shroud | Dodging slows nearby targets. Slowing targets briefly increases your class ability regeneration. | 3 |
| Gunpowder Gamble | Defeat targets with Solar abilities, Solar debuffs, or Solar weapons to charge up an improvised Solar explosive. Throw a Solar explosive that can be shot in mid-air to cause an ignition. | 3 |
| Ascension (New) | While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets. | 3 |
| Threaded Specter | Activating your class ability leaves behind a decoy woven from Strand matter that draws the attention of nearby combatants. After taking significant damage or when combatants approach, the decoy detonates, dealing damage and releasing Threadlings that seek out and attack nearby foes. | 3 |
All Prismatic Fragments
| Name | Description | Additional Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Facet of Awakening | Rapidly defeating targets with Light or Darkness damage or Super final blows generates an elemental pickup of the matching damage type. | Plus 10 Resilience |
| Facet of Balance | Rapidly defeating targets with Light damage grants melee energy. Rapidly defeating targets with Darkness damage grants grenade energy. | N/A |
| Facet of Blessing | Melee final blows start health regeneration. While transcendent, melee final blows start health regeneration for you and nearby allies. | N/A |
| Facet of Bravery | Defeating targets with grenade final blows grants Volatile Rounds to your void weapons. Defeating targets with powered melee final blows grants Unraveling Rounds to your Strand weapons. | N/A |
| Facet of Command | Freezing or suppressing a target reloads your equipped weapons and increases weapon stability, aim assist, and airborne effectiveness. Defeating frozen or suppressed targets creates a Stasis Shard or Void Breach. | N/A |
| Facet of Courage | Your Arc, Solar, and Void abilities deal increased damage to targets afflicted with Darkness debuffs. | Plus 10 Discipline |
| Facet of Dawn | Powered melee hits against targets makes you radiant. Powered melee final blows make you and nearby allies radiant. | Minus 10 Strength |
| Facet of Defiance | Finishers create a detonation that either jolts, scorches, slows, severs, or makes targets volatile based on the damage type of your equipped Super. | Plus 10 Recovery |
| Facet of Devotion | Defeating targets afflicted with Stasis or Strand debuffs grant bonus Light Transcendence Energy. | Plus 10 Strength |
| Facet of Dominance | Your Void grenades weaken targets, and your Arc grenades jolt targets. | Minus 10 Discipline |
| Facet of Generosity | Defeating targets while Transcendent creates Orbs of Power for your allies. | N/A |
| Facet of Grace | Defeating targets with Kinetic weapons grants you bonus Transcendence energy. Defeating targets with your Super grants you and nearby allies bonus Transcendence energy. | Minus 10 Resilience |
| Facet of Honor | Collecting an elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants Transcendence energy of the same type. | Plus 10 Strength |
| Facet of Hope | While you have an elemental buff, your class ability regenerates more quickly. | N/A |
| Facet of Justice | While Transcendent, your ability final blows explode. | Plus 10 Intellect |
| Facet of Mending | Grenade final blows cure you. Transcendence grenade final blows increase the strength of the effect. | N/A |
| Facet of Protection | While surrounded by combatants, you are more resistant to incoming damage. While transcendent, the effect is increased. | Plus 10 Strength |
| Facet of Purpose | Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Amplified, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your equipped Super. | Minus 10 Recovery |
| Facet of Ruin | Increases the size and damage of the burst when you shatter a Stasis crystal or frozen target, and increases the area of effect on Solar ignitions. | Plus 10 Mobility |
| Facet of Sacrifice | While you have an Arc, Solar, or Void buff, ability final blows grant bonus Darkness Transcendence energy. | Plus 10 Discipline |
| Facet of Solitude | Landing rapid precision hits emit a severing blast from the target. While transcendent, the severing blast is bigger. | N/A |
That covers the best Destiny 2 Prismatic Hunter build that you can use in PvE, whether you’re taking on the Salvation’s Edge raid or grinding the new Destiny 2 Overthrow activity for fresh loot.