I Ranked Every Hunter Exotic in a Tier List (Destiny 2 PVP)

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As a Young Ahamkara Spine main for PvP I appreciate someone finally giving them the respect they deserve. Thank you, Castle

“If Wormhusk Wasnt So Ugly I Probably Would Never Take it Off” Lmao That’s Literally Exactly How I Feel

One thing to be aware of with the Celestial Nighthawk is that it can destroy a ward of dawn and kill the titan inside the ward with a single shot, and do it from a safe distance; all you have to do is aim at the titan inside the bubble. It also breaks wells and behemoths very nicely, and I use it as a swap during trials if there is a bubble titan on the enemy team. Yes, I run Celestial Nighthawk in Trials; yes, I am a maniac.

it's obvious how much work you put into these videos! S+ tier content

Another thing about dragons shadow: once you put them on, it's very hard to take them off.
Besides situational stuff like celestial nighthawk for boss DPS I almost never take it off. I'm SO used to the huge handling and mobility buffs And automatically reloading everything for me that it's reached a point if I use any other exotic I become uncomfortable and out of my zone. I took them off once and went into a match and I was dodging after emptying my magazines and I was confused why nothing was reloaded. So yeah be aware you'll Crutch them hard.

Young Ahamkara's Spine has a special place in my heart. It was my first exotic in both Destiny 1 and Destiny 2.

Castle Content is always S+ tier. So much thought and diligence into each upload. No clickbaits. I doff my hat to you sir!

Bones of Eao made me main hunter for a bit, double strafe jump and shade step was one of the most fun ive had in crucible. Hope they bring it back one day

graviton forfeit also has increased invisibility on top of the increase that it originally gave. also, if you're lucky and get 2 invisibilities one after the other (which is possible with GF), the invisibility can last up to 28 seconds.

I like exotics that in one way or another change an aspect of how your class functions and gives you a big buff when capitalizing on that change. Ashen Wake, Mask of Bakris, Boots of the Assembler etc.

This is comprehensive. Thank you for putting this together. I personally can’t take off Wormhusk Crown in PvP.

I personally like it when exotics buff a very specific thing. It makes it feel more personal that you chose the exotic you are running

The sealed ahamkara was so good when combined with the ikelos shotgun. The damage buff when close to enemies with the ikelos and the additional buff to damage after a melee combined with the instant reload of the sealed ahamkara made the hunter a close range monster.

I'd love to see the Bones back. I don't think I took them off in D1 when I switched from Titan to Hunter. You could stay in the air from one side of a map to the other.

I think the best way to run Aeons in a 6-player activity might be to have only half of the team running one of each of the mods while the other half on the team are free to specialize their build. For example, there is a lot of potential synergy between Sect of Vigor and the Stag. Ooh, it didn't occur to me until just now, but you could also throw in a warlock with Boots of the Assembler and Lumina. A bottom tree void Hunter with Graviton Forfeit would fit in nicely with that when combined with 6 Rat Kings.

11:54 this is exactly what I felt with not only Shards but also with the Warlock Skull exotic for Nova bomb. I either got a insultingly small amount for killing one or two, or half for killing like 5. There's no way it's percentage based, or if it is it's got some Bungie RNG jank in there.

Also Omnioculus’ perk procs anytime you go invisible, and if you use it with Rat King you will get 4 resist stacks. I basically only use them together because I feel pretty confident that I can always survive whatever is going to happen after I get the Rat King kill and I may be able to get another kill without dying. I also suppose it would work great with Travelers Chosen but I find that it works a whole lot better with Rat King

I’ve been using the knuckle head radar with a box breathing hung jury in the crucible. Needless to say it’s a very strong combo allowing me to kill people across the map in 0.67 seconds while still retaining my radar to answer imminent threats. You should give it a try, it’s literally a turret build that rewards good aim.

Quick reminder that utility kickstart now exists and rocking even the one means you will have 100% uptime on wraithmetal mail, same as what it was before it got stealth nerfed in beyond light. This also means you can get away with 50 mobility on hunters so you can focus your build elsewhere.

I would love to see another tier list with the changes coming this upcoming season.

One thing that was missed with Young Ahamkara's Spine is that it also allows you to stick your trip mine grenades to teammates.

Raiju’s Harness and Graviton Forfeit are my favorites.
Graviton Forfeit: looks really cool and, paired with top tree Nightstalker, enables me to stay out of bad situations in both PvP and PvE after using my dodge to escape.
Raiju’s Harness: looks awesome and is just convenient, especially in things like Mayhem when I can cancel and get the super back that much faster. And did I mention it looks awesome?
Edit: oh yeah, and Oathkeepers. They look really cool, and they make Le Monarque an absolute nuisance to the enemy team.

Bones and Twilight should definitely come back, and 'Locks could use a Glide exotic. I had an idea before the Landfall buff called "Tribulation of Zeus" that enhanced Glide momentum and duration and proc'd Landfall when activating any Super, but I guess that would be pretty broken, since LF is insanely powerful now.

I just came across your video, via recommended, and you are now my new main. Absolutely blown away, by your professionalism, knowledge, and ability to explain everything in a way everyone understands.

Oathkeepers do have an additional bonus to them that wasn't brought up. Bows have a gimmick where they will do additional damage for about half a second after being fully drawn. Oathkeepers essentially keep bows in that state when fully drawn, meaning you can pretty much always do max damage. This is very noticeable with the Le Monarque exotic, as headshots on a perfect draw cause an explosion. Furthermore, you will note that the purple glow that normally dims on it will remain lit. As mentioned though, these are less useful for people who are already good at bows. I think they need some sort of buff.

I’ve seen Hunters run Revenant with Frosstees equipped, it’s actually a pretty great build to use.

I feel like Ophidia Spathe is a top tree exotic, not a bottom tree. Ideally, you should be landing your weighted knives most of the time, which gives you "infinite" knives. But on top tree, being able to just toss trap knives around is very nice, especially on some trials maps. On convergeance last weekend, for example, we ran into people that defaulted to waterfall every round. Our strategy ended up being rushing to bridge, and having me (our only hunter) spam top tree knives around the waterfall as I could gamblers dodge through the wall. It made for a tricky situation for the enemy team, and eventually they were forced to play mid with us. Even then, I could just knife their hallway to block any retreat they tried to make when we got a pick.
It's not the best exotic, but for top tree its quite a nice exotic. At the very least its better than Foe Tracer and Celestial Nighthawk

i run ophidia with blade barrage quite a bit, the fast recharge between kills from the fan of knives added to the double charge gives it an almost 100% up time as long as you have fodder- amazing in PvE, with red bar enemies, and after the final stage you can comfortably throw ~12 rounds of knives back to back without hitting anything before the buff goes away

For me, Young Ahamakara Spines are S tier, actual play making grenades in Trials, plus they do have intrinsic fastball, making it to where i can run double grenade kickstart and bomber, with my triple 100 stats. I highly recommend them as they will be the new shatterdive after dive is nerfed.

Dude Geomag chaos meta was sick lol, but before there was geomag there were the original Shards, I remember getting back like 75%+ of my super energy when I popped when they first came out, it was sick! Of course this was in pve and I don' t think it was ever super crazy in pvp.

This was great! thanks for all the hard work that went into this.I can't wait for you to do Titan and warlock.

Very detailed and concise video. I now feel like I know enough now to really reap the benefits of a hunter. Thanks for taking the time!

6:15 “If it wasn’t so ugly, i wouldn’t take it off” this is relatable on a whole new level

I’ve been playing middle arcstrider since release and it has a big big problem: u can die from self dmg like antheus used to be. This bug never got fixed, and considered that middle arc is a super u can activate face to face to an enemy (the animation of the activation IS a deflect), sometimes happens to die from misadventure. When u die earlier, idk why but Raijus gives u back some super like u deactivate it. I’m not sure if it’s a bug but it’s really good.

As someone who’s been running foe tracer for seasons ever since season four I find it invaluable in crucible. Especially since I run handcannons and Scouts. It’s a lot better than what it was portrayed as but it takes a little creativity to use. Information is power depending on its use.
Other than that this list is well done. Top tier content my guy.

It wasn't mentioned in the video, but you can one shot a titan and their bubble with Celestial Nighthawk. Probably won't change the tier, just wanted that put out there.

Ophidia spathe is amazing with the blade barrage knives in PVE, if you keep getting kills you practically have instant unlimited knives.

As a bow main, I love Oathkeepers. The fact that I can freely check my radar by holding the charge in hip fire and avoiding draw time completely is awesome. Also I was a Bones of Eao main in D1, you have good taste.

Bone of Eao and Red Death were the only two exotics I was sad about losing when we transfered from D1 to D2. I really wish they would bring Bones back. Or even make it an added perk to st0mp335

with bombardiers the good thing with them is on stasis you can swap out winter shroud with another aspect that could potentially give you two extra fragments

I used to run Knucklehead Radar a lot when I first got it around the launch of D2 and it was great for me when I was but a blueberry. I'm still a little blue here and there, especially in pvp but I've now become adept to utilizing Dragon's Shadow with pve builds and Wormhusk Crown in pvp

This video was extremely helpful and very well put together, so sincerely thank you very much.
I mainly only play Warlock, fairly exclusively for years, with only a dabble here and there on my other characters. But with the recent void 3.0 changes, I'm actually really loving my Hunter, so much so that I have been playing my Hunter as my main, and with Iron Banner this week, I am determined to crack some skulls with my Hunter. However, since my Hunter has collected a bit of dust, this video really helps explain each exotic, including what each exotic does as well as their individual strengths/weaknesses in the crucible. I also enjoyed the bit of humour sprinkled throughout, so thank you again.

I really want to try out all the other exotics - but any time I take off wormhusk I feel so powerless in tense situations. I've gotten way too used to the slipperyness they enable!

Foetracer is waaay slept on. I can attribute a fair amount of kills each game with the tracking thanks to pairing with hawkmoon.

Shinobu vows where my first exotics when I started playing crucible frequently while I ended up switching to wormhusk down the road but I still rock the skip grenades , like u said there great to either flush opponent out from hiding or even find out where they are by following the trackers

Reminder that Wormhusk used to be borderline mandatory cause of how good it was when it first came out

It was a blast to work on this with you my friend :) thanks for the opportunity!

4:40 they work really well with Thorn. It lets you two-tap so often

This is a good list so far, but I think you massively underrate graviton forfeit w/top tree NS, it’s my go to combination this season

7:16 i believe these are either glitched or have been shadownerfed for this season. I use these on the regular for my pvp builds, and i usually run it with "the messenger" pulse rifle which used to proc the perk as long as i hit all three rounds of the burts, yet in this season it seems to require at least 4 bullets to hit for the perk to proc, which forces me to use vigilance wing or a different weapon in general just to be able to proc the perk. Very sad

Assassin's cowl also procs with stasis stars and finishers on any class. Also when you do finishers, the invisibility lasts longer and can make your already invis last longer

I love these vids! Extremely thorough, well scripted and great visuals! Castle content going strong! You will get where you deserve to be - and I’ll be here for the ride 😁👍
I recently fell in love with young ahamkaras spine - I rarely play hunter, but these with the six shooter goldie, the new IB sidearm and the trials of the nine pulse is extremely fun. Nice placing for those!

I found wedding veil useful with bottom tree gunslinger: several hopeless battles where it's me and two enemies in elimination that I either won with point blank knife headshot, or drew by healing from knife kill and then trading with the other enemy

Great video. Very comprehensive. Will say I disagree with the oathkeepers rating. With a legendary bow, it's buff is fairly negligible (especially since you can get a roll with absolutely minimized drawtime). But on the exotic bows (monarque especially), oathkeepers let's you ignore the drawtime and always have the bow drawn when you peak. The poison every shot is also absolutely amazing. Don't sleep on the. Totally worth more than just a bow training wheels.
Also the RDM "extra dodges" was probably in respect to a glitch with timing so you can reset the multidodge. The 6 dodges seems intended.

I have to say that out of all the exotics I use.
The placement for Sealed Ahamkaras is the lowest compared to what it can do.
Reloading is one of the biggest killers in PvP. So with melee that have an area of effect or can bounce, you have a high chance of getting a hit. So it's build dependant with needing to rely on melee to sustain dps. Even in close and long range playstyles.
Ps: I would definitely take Bones of Aeo over Stomp-33Z any day tbh.

Ophidea Spathe also reduces the time it takes to ready another charged weighted knife if you land a head shot with your first one.

Honestly man you out out such good content. Love your stuff, joy to watch.

Relatively new to destiny so thank you ssooo much for the visual representations of how the armor pieces work !!!!

I think the recent hunter nerfs are going to make the sixth coyote an s-tier exotic, might go with those if they ever nerf stompees.

Graviton Forfeit, Rat King, 100 mobility, top tree Tether, double Utility kickstart mod. It’s a really fun and lethal build that makes Graviton low A tier, if not better.

When I got omni, I actually used it in an aggressive way with a kickstart plug1and rat king. It was surprisingly effective

Tbh i really want another gunslinger exotic that instead gives you alot more rounds and longer super time, but weakened damage. It would help aloT for farming solar + super

New subscriber. Video is well thought out and wonderfully done. Great job. I learned a lot

Bones/Strafe/Mida-Winters was soooo good. Literally hit a 2ish minute rumble game back in D1 with them

Awesome video!!! Glad somebody finally gave sixth coyote some love. Very underrated exotic. Keep it up

I like niche exotics, but I almost never take off Dunemarchers. Looking forward to the Titan version.

Honestly I prefer neutral game exotics, usually things that buff movement/weapon handling. I don’t ever use the super boost exotics, as I prefer gun skill and positioning over relying on my super. To each their own though

Would you be willing to do a Warlock exotic tier list? These are super helpful! Thank you!

Feels bad about the Tricksleeve ranking as a devil's ruin main, but i understand. If the perk proc'ed the moment you hit critical without having to swap to the sidearm it would be nasty ! IMO this would be the best change to this exotic without breaking the game

Castle is the most slept on content creator in this community I swear

Foetracer increases thorns poison damage. Combine those 2 and it's amazing

@Castle Content the “more dodges than intended” line about Dance Machines in the TWAB was referencing a glitch.
You could do a setup where the Multi-Dodge perk would let you keep the last dodge charge it gives you after the timer ends. This would let you avoid having to wait another 9+ sec. for dodge to be off cooldown, and go back to using the Dance Machines perk on loop. It was unfeasible in PvP but would let you have 100% dodge uptime fairly easily in PvE with no cooldown, so it was patched.

ive been rocking worm husk on my hunter with 100 mobility so i can dodge a bunch and heal often, also with the top tree (i think) void class you can go invisible too lol also reload your weapon or melee all at once!

Ophidia spathe is overlooked...it looks great with the right shader and double knives is great now for 3.0

Oathkeeper actually still buffs draw speed slightly even though it's not in the description.

As a celestial nighthawk main in pvp I can confirm D tier is a good spot for it.

If I play goldy in trials I always keep Celestial Nighthawk on my character to swap on if need.
Comes in handy if the other team pops a bubble or well on the cap point

As an average Blade Barrage enjoyer, I’m glad i’m not the only one who noticed how it feels like they actually got nerfed after the patch

As a Trick Sleeves enthusiast, I use two Sidearms so I can take advantage of the buff. Though I know it sucks in most other use cases...

A calça da sorte funciona no PvP?
Vc percebe diferença no canhão de mão?

I think knucklehead is way more useful for snipers. Because while you're aiming you can still keep track of everything around you because you only have one straight line of sight.

Bones of eao, young ahamkara's spine, sealed ahamkara's grasps and graviton forfeit were the only hunter exotics I regularly used in d1. Bones of eao hasn't returned and the other exotics have been majorly watered down :'( Young ahamkara's spine gave you an extra tripmine grenade which was AMAZING, sealed ahamkara's grasps gave you an extra melee which was AMAZING and graviton forfeit gave you access to the dodge ability (shadestep) which was also (you guessed it) A M A Z I N G

I never swap my exotic. I ALWAYS have stompies on. Only time I switch is when I’m running a night fall and I have on 6 shot goldy, I’ll switch to nighthawk. Either Frost-e55, or Stomp-e55 are always on. Because of this video now I understand these a little more so I think I’ll start playing around with the other exotics. I have ALL exotics on all my characters which is 1 of each. Only ones I don’t have are the ones released with Beyond Light. I could probably focus on getting better rolls, I didn’t really know the exotic rolls rolled with different perks, NEVER knew that, I was oblivious to it until when I came back to Destiny in Season of the Chosen I believe or Arrivals, I came back the last 3 weeks of the season before Ruineous Effigy came out. I quit back before they even released curse of Osiris and Warmind, so I missed out on a lot. I’ve been a Destiny player since Day ONE of D1. Then just got tired of the same thing over and over again but I’m happy I came back with all the content, I’m still playing catch up lmao

I kind of disagree about Shards Of Galanor. It's still a great exotic for PvE, with tier 5 intelect and builds focusig well mods, abilities replenish real fast at low cost. Also about Liar's Handshake, seems that it was a little bit nerfed since last year (I'm not sure, but I can feel it coz I use it a lot), but to compensate that it got an incredible boost with the mod that gives you a well for every charged melee together with the arc mod that boosts your melee after collecting a well. You can clear an entire room just dodging (to replenish melee) and hitting. Not everyone likes it, but for those ones that enjoys put weapons to a supporting role in a game entirely weapon driven, it's very satisfying, also because you can stagger most of the bosses with it giving a wide open window for the other team mates to finish them. In Gambit, if you choose a collector role, you can help fill the bank real quick, but that demands practice. Of course both exoctics are not the best for PvE if that is your focus, and I don't play PvE, so these 2 and Mask Of Bakris are my top exotics.

Mask of Bakris is my favorite exotic. No one expects you to fly past then invisible and at light speed.

Stasis hunter main here, ophidia is super amazing if you switch it to stasis, also bombadiers is hella fun with stasis

Celestial nighthawk also penetrates bubbles allowing you to humiliate the titan emoting inside

one cool thing about the foetracer;
if ure rocking the thorn and have the perk active u can actually 2 head (I think any resilience?) so thats kinda cool :3

As much as radiant dance machine needed to be disabled i do feel like it needs more than what they offer. When would you ever need to dodge 6 times in either pvp or pve, since they removed the super gain theyll end up being in everyones vault never to be seen again because theyre useless

Just hit legend for my first time on Hunter.Raijus was very useful for getting multiple supers or baiting out others and canceling mine so if I did die I would get mine first next time around.

Fun Fact: Ophida Spathe stacks with Monte Carlo, which means you get more knives to spam

I feel like for builds shinobus are easy S but over all like A imo. With high hits on nades you can junk i believe like 5-6 grenades IN 15 SECONDS. Criminally underrated and used

I have used the bombardiers since they came out and only take them off for raids 😂 I run it with bottom tree Goldie and have the melee recharge dodge so I can use them to get away from an enemy and have a knife ready to throw
I have managed to have really good balance with this class. Up close I have plenty of choices to bait people and clean them up with trowing knives or the explosion itself and the doge giving me a knife so I can go for cheeky long range kills. I do wish I was able to have a kill tracker in bombardiers as I reckon I have kill several hundred guardians

If you use young ahamkaras pair it with top tree goldie so opponents proc the knife and trip mine for free kills. If in control just rush the enemy objective and its a free like 3 kills if they're there

Did anyone noticed the smoke bomb doing 840 damage 13:09

Shards were made worse in pve too. Used to be good against atheon with super spam, but now caps out at 50, so it doesn’t work.

I would honestly put the graviton in B tier, because you completely forgot about top tree. The amount of radar manipulation plays you can make with the soul fact that you are invisible longer basically every 11 seconds (if you running max mob) and get your smoke back faster.

Great vid and I agree the shards gauntlet is worse than before. Have a great weekend ☘️.

Kinda random but what would your hunter load out be if you could equip unlimited exotics?