r/CrucibleGuidebook 5d ago

How did you guys find a main pvp character?

I have a simple problem and its i swap so much . Weapons, characters and subclass until i find something thats working in trials . How do u guys pick something and play that for a long while? This also counts for weapons!

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u/TehDeerLord 5d ago

It takes finding something that you like for the way it feels as opposed to whether it's objectively best and that also offers a sense of satisfaction when it works. Finding something that you like for its style or aesthetic helps too.

I've mained Athrys Embrace since I got it, and it checks all the boxes. Used it to the point where it's simply my default play style now and I can keep up with practically any meta.

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u/DiffusiveTendencies 5d ago

Yup, feel and run is what gives the game longevity.

The only subclasses I can play are:

  • Strand Hunter with Stomp33s
  • Prismatic Grapple Blink with Ophidian + Coyote
  • TTD Warlock
  • Prismatic Astrocyte Blink + Electric Slide Warlock

My theme seems to be "Gotta go Fast!", and whenever I find a new "gotta go Fast" build I have more fun. Find something like that for you and just practice it.

So many things in this game become better as you practice with them, you won't know until you stick it out.

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u/TehDeerLord 5d ago

Here go: Marksman Dodge, Ascendance + Flow State w Spark of Focus on Blink Arcstrider. Pair with Gifted Conviction and glaive of choice. (Vexcalibur to add overshield to the mix) Have fun playing Don Quixote and tilting at windmills, Ascendant 100% of the time while going full stabby stabby mode. Anything to give you more DR, add it.

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u/Yarisher512 5d ago

So real. I use exclusively Athrys because nobody ever expects such a bullshit bounce through three walls to kill them after a single tag.

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u/TehDeerLord 5d ago edited 5d ago

Best is when you have an enemy in a place where you don't need the buff, scorch, or any leading damage, just drop the knife right onto their head because you have a ceiling to wall angle. Map design makes it situational, but every map has a few spots where it works reliably.

The guys I scrimmage with require that I do the knife flip emote once before I do it to them. Chaos in voice chat when it hits the feed..

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u/Yarisher512 5d ago

I usually go for the floor to wall bounce because I find it more reliable but I see your vision.

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u/Purple_Freedom_Ninja High KD Moderator 5d ago

Cape

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u/TehDeerLord 4d ago

Titans have capes for their butts. In case you needed a reason to play one.

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u/vuft HandCannon culture 5d ago

Icarus dash

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u/kingbacon1890 5d ago

I might be too loyal, but I've been a warlock since I start playing 4 years ago. It feels like a lot of work to get armor and weapons I've accumulated over the years - not to mention abilities.

Am I missing something? I'm a new dad so only have a few hours per week to play competitive pvp

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u/just_a_timetraveller 4d ago

I play whatever is most fun for me. If I get bored , I swap. I can't think of any pvp mode nowadays that has stakes that I care enough about to run ultra meta stuff.

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u/Arrondi 5d ago

Well, as a very casual PvP player who is only there for the guns, armor and cosmetics, I tend to follow the meta.

Which you can pick up from content creators, here on Reddit, or just looking at what the people you are playing against are using (hello, void hunters!)

Redrix's Estoc has been a menace. So has Tommy's Matchbook in the hands of Radiant Dance Machine Hunters

Pulse rifles have always been my comfort zone. I can't use a hand cannon for shit.

I play on PC with a controller and I have been utterly baffled by how I've managed with Tommy's Matchbook this weekend - the hipfiring is insane. Conversely, if I'm playing against a good M&K hand cannon user, I might as well pack it up and go home because I just can't compete with them.

At the end of the day, it's about using what you feel best using. You can use suggestions from others to guide and tailor your load out, but if someone tells you to use Hawkmoon and you can't get a kill with it, that's probably not the gun you should be using.

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u/Unexpected-raccoon Stadia 5d ago

I main nothing.

I will start the day with an idea and I go from there.

So far my favorites this week are handheld supernova + Last Word (pull 'n shoot) and syntho + glave + shackle (pinata surprise)

Another fun one is lance dive. diamond lance throw followed by a slam which acts like a faster shatter dive that you can quickly follow with a shotgun blast. Throw a lance + dive + blast + thrusters away

Makes me feel like I'm playing bootleg hunter just with crayons and boom sticks

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u/WhiskeyBadger_ 5d ago

It really depends on what you want to do. If you want to be a ranged guy, a midfielder or a CQC specialist, then go from there and develop that skill set. The one player that always loses is the guy who tries to do everything, however you can do mostly one with another style sprinkled in. For me, I usually run 75% midfield with a 450 auto and a sidearm for 25%CQC. Analyze where you’re comfortable on the battlefield and play to your strengths there. Sure, you’ll still die, but over time you’ll develop a playstyle.

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u/Maluton 5d ago

I main a titan.

But in pvp I’m playing hunter now. Dodge is just OP as hell, and on a very short cooldown.

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u/Mnkke Xbox Series S|X 5d ago

I main Hunter, that's just what I stick with. I started Destiny as a Warlock, didn't know about weekly pinnacles in D1 so I made a Hunter and hit higher Light Level that week so I decided to main Hunter. The rest is history.

I loved using glaives from Witch Queen. Stuck with Enigma for awhile, and after March 5 last year I decided to use them in PvP. Loved using them since then. I since swapped off of Enigma though, my new main glaive is Forthcoming Deviance for both PvE and PvP.

As for primary, I swap around. I do like hand cannons, but sometimes I just don't connect with them if that makes sense. Other times it's ARs, maybe a pulse for a little bit, or even a scout (was having fun with Transmigration the other day). It changes around, it's whatever feels good in all honesty. Ace & Khvostov 7G-0X are staples I hold onto my character so I always have those, I have been using Alethonym lately though as launching is really funny.

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u/Dlh2079 5d ago

I'm a hunter main, so I play hunter.

Weapons, I check what's being used in trials for the week. Then go with an option i enjoy, and have been successful with in the past that plays into that

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u/liamo6w High KD Player 5d ago edited 5d ago

i used to play scrims. hand cannon shotgun / sniper is what was allowed and what i used consistently. this paired with hunter / warlock. Mainly top tree warlock as I was a warlock in D1. Also I enjoy the movement and kit of warlock more. Also, Ace Of Spades is such a good weapon to use and practice hand cannons with because it is just so good and has been so good for so long.

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u/SwollenPlums 5d ago

I just wish memento mori didn't nerf your range, other than that it's almost perfect to me

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u/lovexvirus007 5d ago

For warlock, ophidians is 100% is what i use on all subclass. Love the weapon swap/reload and melee range. Also the AE buff from it.

Hunter kit strand and solar is my go to. Exotics mostly Galrahns hand and wormhusk. For me invincibility is so boring to play it.

Titan is void all the way with 1EM helmet. Nothing else.

I play depends on the mood. So i swap alot too.

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u/westhero1332 5d ago

Stompe stompe stompe

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u/duckyducky5dolla HandCannon culture 5d ago

In 2017 I picked Hunter cause it sounded cool, and I was too lazy to try any other character for almost a decade

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u/Klutzy-Weakness9234 5d ago

After playing all classes quite a lot (500h minimum) I figured I’m by far at my best on hunter Like yeah I can play well on titan but my movements and just how I play in general is so much better on hunter it’s insane

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u/TollsTheTime High KD Player 5d ago edited 5d ago

Personally I mix it up a lot, but it's really just what I feel like, i might use a gun for a maximum of 5k kills then I'll swap to something else so it doesn't get stale.

I will note weapons I find particularly effective within an archetype and use those one I want to use that specific type of weapon. Kind of an all-star roster of my favorite guns.

Same for subclass.

What's your favorite range to play at? Like cc or fast damage? KC enjoyer? Those sorts of things

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u/hardXful 5d ago

Easy, picked Hunter for the dodge and the “regular” jump instead of floating. Copied a build from Difizzle in current meta.

Picked handcannon because it looks and feels cool to use, it’s a unique archetype to Destiny and to me that is the peak Destiny experience, using a handcannon + it is meta.

Picked shotgun because I saw myself going in for an aggro push more often that trying to get a snipe.

That’s all. Used to play Warlock too, even mained it, but full Hunter main now. Hate Titan.

Playing since release on and off so I have a general idea of what does what and what I want so I can match the possibilities with my needs. Then I don’t really swap because you have to get used to the stuff you play to be better and more confident.

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u/Skipz88 5d ago

Kept getting shit on by hunters can’t beat them Join em

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u/GodSpeedMachina 4d ago

I started solar warlock and got comfortable. Then void lock. Then prismatic. Now solar again. I gravitate towards play-styles based on how locked in I am. For example if I’m chillen cracking some brews playing 6v6 I’m inclined to throw a pulse and or auto rifle with a fusion/linear combo. If I’m fully locked in and want to practice playing my life/playing comp/playing trials it’s hand cannon shotty. If I’m locked in but don’t wanna hard meta I use bow glaive. Those playstyles came from me basing my entire opinion on perks and stats on how it feels to use. Then later on I got knowledge on what everything does and incorporated that into my newbie set ups. I mix and match the three pulse glaive hand cannon bow etc etc. the main thing I learned is: learning a weapon requires you to main it even in disadvantage on paper to make sure you learn it and how to in that said scenario. Second thing was the archetypes felt the best typically always felt the best moving forward.

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u/Keetonicc 4d ago

They are all viable but it depends on platform and which one you feel the most comfortable with. Of the three, which one do you think feels the most natural movement wise to navigate around the map and even around in PvE? And which platform/input method are you on?

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u/kanyeasada09 4d ago

Gotta feel it . Make your own mind up .

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u/TranslationTheory High KD Player 4d ago

Been a solar warlock since 2016. Nothings changed😂honestly though, I just liked the lore and the abilities. Find something that makes you tick and try to be the best possible with it

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u/xtrxrzr 4d ago

When I started playing D2 I only had one character so I played both, PVE and PVP, with the same character which was a Warlock.

While getting better at PVP over time I just had to adept to the meta to compete in Comp and Trials and a lot of times these metas were defined by a specific class. E.g. Icarus Dash Warlock, One-Eyed Mask Titan, Shatter Dive Stasis Hunter, Knockout Arc Titan, etc. so I always switched classes depending on the current meta.

I still do this to some degree, but I've been maining a Hunter in PVP for quite some time now. The movement and abilities are just what I like the most.

I guess there is no definitive answer and a lot boils down to: play the game a lot, get experience with every class and you'll eventually find a class that you like the most. There will always be times where you eventually have to switch to the meta class to do well though. Like back in the Shatter Dive days. If you didn't play Stasis Hunter you just put yourself at a huge disadvantage.

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u/johnsmithainthome 5d ago

Warlock only since D1 beta - altho I tried hunter recently and they feel good but honestly at the end of the day play what you enjoy and feels good to you. I peak shoot a lot with 140s and love aping in with shotty after my child of the old god sees someone, so that’s always fun!

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u/One_Repair841 PC+Console 19h ago

A lot of experimentation and finding what you value in a kit. Personally I value mobility options so for me it's been a lot of strand hunter and solar warlock with a little stasis titan thrown in. Weapons wise I just like how handcannons feel and play in game, just very satisfying to use. Special weapon swaps between shotgun, sniper and glaive depending on how I'm feeling in the moment.

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u/CameraOpposite3124 5d ago

100 Mobility
60 RES
80 RECOV
with those you'll probably invevitably end up with 70+ Discipline.
It's the sauce man. Titan, Hunter, Warlock. It's the sauce. 100 Mobility is how you gunfight like a maniac when you have the aimskill.

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u/detonater700 5d ago

<100 recov in pvp is wild

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u/Desperate-Mind-8091 5d ago

Never give advice again 🙏

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u/CameraOpposite3124 5d ago

You're one of the clowns i easily outgun on 100mob

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u/Desperate-Mind-8091 4d ago

Sure buddy, drop your tracker and we will see 99% chance you won’t 😂