

This grants you and allies the 25% radiant damage buff when you use your Incinerator Snap. This resets the cooldown of restoration and radiant buffs with solar weapon kills. This increases the area of those ignitions which you will be getting plenty of from the amount of grenades you can throw and the increased scorch stacks from Ember of Ashes. This increases the number of scorch stacks you apply leading to more ignitions which deal massive amounts of damage. The issue with Heat Rises is that you have to use an entire grenade that is buffed by Touch of Flame for just some melee energy. Icarus Dash gives you some nice mobility if you are in a tough spot while Heat Rises can grant melee energy. This aspect is fantastic as it greatly buffs your grenades which this class revolves around. These respective grenades are what synergizes with each exotic. Fusion Grenades or Solar Grenades – If using Starfire Protocol use fusions, if using Sunbracers use Solar Grenades.Incinerator Snap – This ability clears enemies so well with multiple projectiles and grants radiant if using ember of torches for a weapon damage boost.

To move quickly jump normally, then just as you are about to hit the ground double tap the jump ability for a quick burst, and then repeat. Burst Glide – This is the fastest movement ability for the warlock.If you opt not to use it, I recommend using Healing Rift instead. Empowering Rift if using Starfire Protocol otherwise Healing Rift – Later on I will discuss what makes Starfire Protocol so strong, and it is the exotic i recommend most.Well of Radiance – Despite being changed from an overshield to damage resistance, this super is still very strong and keeps you and your fireteam alive as well as buffs damage.

This build is a little less healer, but a lot more fireworks. This is mostly true, but on the flip side the warlock can deal massive amounts of single target damage and clear low health enemies in a snap. Upon initial release, there was much disappointment that the warlock was not an ideal healer class. IgniteĪ large explosion of solar damage that affects nearby targets. As stacks of scorch increases, the damage of the burn increases until 100 stacks of scorch are reached in which a target ignites. ScorchĪ debuff applied to a target in which they take burn damage. RadiantĪ weapon damage increase, in PvP this is 10% and PvE this is 25%. This is like recovery, but is not interrupted by taking damage. Health regeneration that occurs over a short window of time continuously. This heal is an instantaneous chunk of health that is returned. If you are unfamiliar with what scorch stacks and other new solar terms they are right below.Ī quick burst of healing. This article will be discussing the new Solar 3.0 Warlock class.Īlthough the Aspects the warlock received are nothing new, the class benefits greatly from the new scorch stacking system for a plethora of explosions. Hello, and welcome to the 3rd edition of “Wow! Solar is a lot better than what everyone thought”.
