Destiny 2 Prismatic Hunter Builds, Guides, and What We Know So Far (2024)

How to Play Prismatic Hunter in Destiny 2

With The Final Shape expansion, a significant milestone in the Destiny 2 universe right around the corner, a brand new subclass awaits us.

Prismatic will allow us to mix and match abilities and aspects from darkness and light subclasses in ways we’ve never considered.

Today, we’re going to dive into the Prismatic Hunter subclass and even give you some fantastic ideas on how to put all the new pieces together!

Prismatic Hunter Fragments

At the core of the Prismatic Hunter are the subclass fragments – powerful abilities that can be mixed and matched to create unique playstyles. The latest intel from the Tower shows there will be a total of 21 Prismatic Fragments to utilize and experiment with.

Prismatic Fragments	Description
Facet of Purpose (starting)	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. (-10 Recovery)
Facet of Hope (starting)	While you have an elemental buff, your class ability regenerates more quickly.
Facet of Ruin (starting)	Increases the size and damage of shattering a Stasis Crystal or Frozen target. Increases the size of Solar Ignitions. (+10 Mobility)
Facet of Dawn (starting)	Powered melee hits against targets make you Radiant. Powered melee final blows make both you and nearby allies Radiant. (-10 Strength)
Facet of Protection (starting)	While surrounded by enemies, you are more resistant to incoming damage. While Transcendent, the effect is increased. (+10 Strength)
Facet of Balance	Rapidly defeating targets with Light damage grants Melee energy. Rapidly defeating targets with Dark damage grants Grenade energy.
Facet of Bravery	Defeating targets with Grenades grants Volatile Rounds to Void weapons. Defeating targets with Powered Melees grants Unraveling Rounds to Strand weapons.
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. (+10 Recovery)
Facet of Dominance	Your Void grenades Weaken targets. Your Arc grenades Jolt targets. (-10 Discipline)
Facet of Generosity	Defeating targets while Transcendent creates Orbs of Power for your allies.
Facet of Grace	Damaging targets with Kinetic weapons grants you bonus Transcendence energy. Defeating targets with your Super grants you and nearby allies bonus Transcendence energy. (-10 Resilience)
Facet of Justice	While Transcendent, your ability final blows cause explosions. (+10 Intellect)
Facet of Courage	Your Light abilities deal increased damage to targets afflicted with Darkness debuffs. (+10 Discipline)
Facet of Blessing	Melee final blows start health regeneration. While Transcendent, Melee final blows start health regeneration for you and nearby allies.
Facet of Mending	Grenade final blows Cure you. Transcendent grenade final blows increase the strength of this effect.
Facet of Honor	Collecting an elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants Transcendence energy of the same type. (+10 Strength)
Facet of Sacrifice	While you have a *Light* buff, ability final blows grant bonus Darkness Transcendence energy. (+10 Discipline)
Facet of Devotion	Defeating targets afflicted with a Darkness debuff grants bonus Light Transcendence energy. (+10 Strength)
Facet of Command	*Freezing* or Suppressing a target reloads your equipped weapons and increases stability, aim assist, and airborne effectiveness. Defeating Frozen or Suppressed targets creates a Stasis Shard or *Void Breach*.
Facet of Awakening	Rapid elemental final blows and Super final blows generate an elemental pickup of the matching damage type. (+10 Resilience)
Facet of Solitude	Rapid precision hits emits a Severing burst from the target. While Transcendent, the effect is amplified.

Prismatic Hunter Supers

All the Prismatic subclasses in Destiny 2 were given extraordinary abilities to combine, and Hunters have been blessed with some of the most powerful. With access to five amazing Supers, Hunters are poised to dominate the battlefield and take on any challenge with confidence.

First off is the all-new Storm’s Edge. Storm’s Edge will blink you to wherever you’re looking, and then you essentially Bladedance, spinning around and unleashing a large Arc shockwave as you do. Afterward, you can blink and attack two more times. It will be excellent for add clear and even better in PvP.

The classic Golden Gun: Marksman is also being added to the Prismatic Hunter arsenal. Great for dealing with Champions, minibosses, and bosses alike!

Prismatic Hunter Aspects

Before I go over the Aspects Prismatic Hunters have at their disposal, there is a crucial piece of information you all need to be aware of. All Prismatic Aspects will now work with other subclass keywords. For example, Stylish Executioner will activate on killing any debuffed enemy, not just Void-weakened targets!

The first is the new Arc Hunter Aspect, Ascension. When Ascension is activated, you’ll twirl your Arc Staff in the air, sending you up high and Amplifying yourself and your nearby teammates!

Gunpowder Gamble is also on the list of Prismatic Hunter Aspects. Gunpowder Gamble should work with either which subclass element your super is or any element. That information isn’t available as of yet. Nonetheless, it’s always been a fantastic PvE Aspect!

Winter’s Shroud will also be at your disposal, and with it about to receive a buff, I will be using it often on Prismatic Hunter. At launch, slowing targets with Winter’s Shroud will briefly improve your Class ability regeneration rate and grant PvE damage reduction when activated. Winter’s Shroud will be available on Prismatic Hunter as soon as you unlock the subclass!

Next, we have the infamous Threaded Specter. What was once an absolute problem in PvP may prove to be an excellent Aspect for PvE. Try pairing it with Winter’s Shroud!

Prismatic Hunter Abilities

Class Abilities (All are available immediately)

Upon receiving the Prismatic subclass, you will have access to all 3 of the Hunter class abilities: Marksman’s Dodge, Gambler’s Dodge, and Acrobat’s Dodge.

Melee Abilities

Combination Blow is one of the most exciting additions to the Prismatic Hunter subclass. The possibilities will be endless with a melee ability of this caliber coupled with Gambler’s Dodge.

Knife Trick is also an option you’ll have as a Prismatic Hunter. How will it fare without the Knock ‘Em Down aspect? Only time will tell. You will receive this melee ability with Prismatic!

The final melee ability that is unlocked alongside Prismatic is Withering Blade. Given that you have two melee charges with this ability and that they slow on impact, it will pair very well with Stylish Executioner.

Threaded Spike is another excellent addition! Severing enemies on demand will always be incredibly useful in any activity!

Lastly, we have Snare Bomb. This ability probably won’t see a slew of usage at launch. It doesn’t retain much viability from previous seasons without the Vanish in Smoke Aspect.

Grenade Abilities

First on the list is the Arcbolt Grenade. These will receive a significant damage buff when The Final Shape launches, which is a much-needed buff!

One grenade you’ll be able to use as soon as you unlock Prismatic for your Hunter is the Swarn Grenade. These will be getting a slight tracking buff, a duration buff, and a 20% PvE damage increase!

A Stasis Hunter staple, the Duskfield Grenade, will be in the arsenal alongside the other fantastic grenades. Paired with some of the new Prismatic Hunter Fragments, this will likely be a frequently used grenade. This grenade will also be immediately available on Prismatic.

While it is unfortunate Prismatic Titans will not have access to it, Hunters will be able to use the Grapple ability. The movement from Grapple can be employed in just about any activity when mastered.

The final grenade ability accessible to Prismatic Hunters is going to be the Magnetic Grenade. These will likely have a quick cooldown and may be very useful in any content!

Prismatic Hunter Transcendence

Transcendence is a brand new feature coming with The Final Shape. When using Prismatic, you will have two meters above your Super meter. One side fills when you deal Light damage or debuffs, the other with Darkness damage and debuffs. Note that dealing Kinetic damage will fill both bars! When both are full, you’ll be able to Transcend.

When you do so, you’ll be able to use a brand new grenade that deals Light and Darkness damage, and for hunters, that is the Hailfire Spike. This device can be thrown and will attach to enemies or objects. When it detonates, it unleashes a slowing storm, then explodes, causing ignitions with a scorching cyclone. It may just be Conditional Finality in a can, but it does some serious work!

Transcendence also grants you a hefty increase to grenade and melee regen time and a weapon damage buff that stacks with other damage buffs! Dealing melee damage while Transcendent will increase your grenade regen time even more, and vice versa. Lastly, it provides you with a lovely damage reduction!

Prismatic Hunter Builds

Here are some of our theorycrafted builds for Prismatic Hunter.

Chilling Ignitions

Exotic Class Item

Spirit of the Caliban (Melee final blows trigger an ignition) & Spirit of the Liar (Dealing damage with a powered melee or being hit by a melee attack will allow you to follow up with an extremely powerful melee counterpunch)

Weapons

Any One-Two Punch shotgun
CALUS Mini-Tool with Unrelenting & Incandescent (Any incandescent weapon can work)
Dragon’s Breath / Gjallarhorn

Stat Priorities

Resilience (100)
Discipline
Mobility
Recovery
Strength
Intellect

Abilities

Gambler’s Dodge
Combination Blow
Duskfield Grenade
Super – Silence & Squall

Aspects

Winter’s Shroud
Gunpowder Gamble

Fragments

Facet of Purpose
Facet of Blessing
Facet of Courage
Facet of Protection
Facet of Dawn
Facet of Awakening

Armor Mods

Hands-On, Heavy Ammo Finder, & Solar Siphon
Heavy-Handed, Impact Induction, & Bolstering Detonation
Resist mods of your choice
Solar Weapon Surge x2 & Recuperation
Time Dilation, Bomber, and Powerful Attraction

Gameplay

Get one melee kill with Combination Blow to ignite enemies
Dodge near enemies to slow them and refund your melee charge
Continue this loop of igniting and slowing enemies
Throw your Duskfield Grenades and Gunpowder Gambles every chance you get to increase the carnage

Woven Dance Machines

Exotic Armor

Radiant Dance Machines
- Activating your dodge ability while near targets allows you to dodge additional times for a short period. Defeating targets extends the duration of the additional dodge.