Top 10 Exotic Armor for Strand Hunters in Destiny 2 (2023)

In terms of the choices that Strand Hunters have for Unique armor, there are fairly a couple of helpful choices for each PvE and PvP. So, buckle up as a result of at present we’re discussing the high 10 unique armor for Strand Hunters in Future 2 (2023).

10. Sealed Ahamkara Grasps

Perk-wise, these gauntlets provide the potential to reload your weapon everytime you deal melee injury. Even higher is that powered melee ultimate blows will reload each weapon in your stock on high of better mobility, soar top, and airborne effectiveness for 5 seconds after melee injury. You may suppose that as a Strand Hunter, these would work properly with the Hunter’s homing Threaded Spike melee. Sadly, between the perk’s seven-second cooldown and the Unique arms not benefiting Strand Hunters in different ways in which elevate the subclass’s strengths, these are on the backside of the checklist.

9. Speedloader Slacks

Not like the Ahamkara Grasps, these modern slacks are designed that can assist you reload sooner with extra dealing with and better airborne effectiveness. All it’s a must to do is use your dodge to get all these advantages. Moreover, if you and your fireteam are inside 15 meters, you get it for 15 seconds. The buff can be refreshed upon further dodges and kills, which makes it helpful when transferring by way of missions or the Crucible so long as you’re getting kills—not a lot for boss encounters until you possibly can chain add kills with extra dodges.

At 5 stacks, this Unique armor offers 55 Dealing with, 55 Reload Velocity, and 50 Airborne Effectiveness. The Speedloader’s don’t point out this, however you additionally get a lowering Reload Period Multiplier that begins at 1x and caps at .89x, which stacks with the reload buff, too! These could be greater up on the checklist for certain if the Unique perk was a bit much less passive and a bit extra like its namesake.

8. Mothkeeper’s Wraps

Personally, I actually wished to love these Exotic gauntlets extra. It is because the perk, ‘Winged Eclipse,’ turns your grenade right into a bomb that releases two moths that both explode and blind enemies, offer you and allies a small overshield, or a little bit of each—all on a 73-second grenade cooldown. These gloves even offer you an additional grenade cost. When paired with the Widow’s Silk Strand Side, you possibly can have as much as three of those moth grenade prices.

Now, whereas the moths are cool and really feel actually Unique, they don’t really feel as highly effective or helpful as a few of the different Strand grenade choices. Nor do they synergize exceptionally properly with Strand talents. Regardless, it could nonetheless be enjoyable to make use of in PvE and PvP, nevertheless it isn’t going to deal higher injury than different choices or defend you in the best way Woven Mail can.

7. The Bombardiers

I’ve at all times had a considerably mushy spot in my coronary heart for these boots. Primarily as a result of its perk works everytime you dodge, which is commonly, and has a unique, helpful impact for every subclass—neat! For Strand Hunters, the parting present explosion has a 7.5-meter radius that applies Sever for a brief period of time. Keep in mind that Sever reduces outgoing injury by a good quantity on high of unraveling the enemy and turning them right into a Tangle upon defeat.

So, if you happen to don’t have already got a simple solution to generate Tangles on a cooldown as brief as a Tier 10 dodge, these boots assist with that. That mentioned, the Parting Reward bomb might stand to do extra injury in PvE, however not less than it’s attainable to get some shock kills with this within the Crucible because it does 120 injury there.

6. Foetracer

Like The Bombardiers, this Unique helmet helps you make Tangles as a result of its Relentless Tracker perk. Damaging a Guardian or highly effective combatant with a Strand potential offers you most stacks of weapon surge to weapons matching your subclass, so 25% injury buff in PvE and 6% in PvP. Downing the foe you broken additionally creates an elemental pickup, which suggests a Tangle. This implies Tangle technology for this Unique is simpler than the earlier Exotics on this checklist.

These will be helpful however undergo a bit as a result of their considerably situational nature based mostly on potential injury in each varieties of play. Finally, it’s an honest Unique with potential as extra Strand weapons and Strand talents by way of Features are launched over time.

5. Fr0st-EE5

Wow, Fr0st-EE5 are as previous within the Future 2 ecosystem as they’re annoying to repeatedly kind out. Neither of these issues stops Fr0st-EE5 from being helpful in each second you make your character dash. It is because the chilly boots double the regeneration price of your abilities in PvE and double the bottom regen price in PvP. Moreover, your class potential regen price can be elevated by 200% within the Crucible. I can see all that being fairly helpful for many Strand Hunter builds!

It’s additionally vital to notice the doubling of the regen price occurs after each different additive potential regen price modifiers—all the higher. Since you may be dodging that rather more, it’s helpful to know your dash velocity will enhance by 6.25% for 10 seconds, giving your Strand extra mobility. These boots are good, however different Exotics nonetheless outshine it.

4. Wormhusk Crown

Releasing alongside the Fr0st-EE5 in Season 3, the Wormhusk Crown has been nerfed a number of occasions for merely being so efficient at retaining Hunters alive. At present, the Unique helm offers you 67 HP cut up throughout your shields and well being if you dodge. It doesn’t get easier than that. However as a result of it really works off your dodge, builds that make the most of dodging will at all times be optimum and helpful.

That is very true when utilizing the Threaded Specter Strand Hunter Side, the place dodging creates a Strand Hunter. Simply one among my favourite Features within the entirety of Future 2. Having exploding decoys seem each time I dodge, reload, and heal is robust irrespective of when and the place you utilize it. It was shut, however different Exotics on this checklist are only a bit higher.

3. Star-Eater Scales

These are simply one among my favourite Exotics to make use of in PvE. Its perk has loads happening and is targeted on constructing Tremendous vitality sooner—Orbs of Energy that drop give an additional 2% in your Tremendous bar. Higher but, is that even the small Orbs of Energy that you would be able to simply make from mods go from being price 2.5% to 4.5% in whole. Even higher is that amassing 4 extra whereas your Tremendous bar is full overcharges your tremendous, inflicting it to deal 70% extra injury, therapeutic you by 200hp, and providing you with a 100hp Overshield.

Now, I really like Strand’s roaming Tremendous, so these boots do proper by me after I can roam in powerful content material with extra injury and an overshield. I’d say these boots aren’t too unhealthy in PvP both, though for the reason that focus is on Supers, your mileage will certainly differ relying on what number of orbs you or your crew generate. That mentioned, you’re nonetheless a bit extra prone to get your Tremendous sooner than others.

2. Murderer’s Cowl

Now we’re transferring on to the perfect Hunter Exotics that go onerous in a technique or one other. Within the Murderer’s Cowl’s case, Powered Melee and Finisher Kills flip you invisible whereas restoring well being. This buff is endlessly chainable, on high of giving longer invisibility and extra well being based mostly on the enemy you kill. For instance, Minor enemies give roughly 7 seconds of invis and 100hp, whereas Minibosses and Bosses give round 13 seconds and 200hp.

Mix that with the strong-powered melee assaults of a Strand Hunter with the Threaded Spike, and you’ve got a a lot simpler time surviving. The melee assault whereas utilizing the Grappling Hook additionally prompts this Exotic’s perk, which is icing on the cake. Whereas this does work in PvP, it’s a bit more durable to tug off until you possibly can melee somebody lower than half-health. Finally, that is one among your greatest choices as a Strand Hunter in PvE.

1. Cyrtarachne’s Facade

That is it; the Exotic helmet, I’d argue, is one among your greatest decisions as a Strand Hunter. It synergizes extremely properly with many elements of the subclass as a result of the way it grants Woven Mail everytime you Grapple one thing. Higher but, it’s how good Woven Mail is. If Tier 10 Resilience grants a 30% injury resist and Woven Mail grants 60%, then you may be shocked that the 2 stack multiplicatively. For instance, you probably have Woven Mail and Tier 7 Resilience, that involves 68.4% injury resist. Whereas Tier 10 with Woven Mail tops you out at a whopping 72% resistance.

Having that a lot resistance as you fling your self across the battlefield has saved me from dying extra occasions than I can depend. Mix that with Sever, and enemies are hitting you for a lot much less. This works properly in PvP, too! Simply watch out as a result of Woven Mail doesn’t defend your head.

Concerning the creator

Ali Taha

Whether or not its new releases, or a brand new Future 2 season, Ali will flex his gaming and freelancer abilities to cowl them extensively. He began off writing options for Recreation Rant however discovered a greater residence right here on Twinfinite. Whereas Ali waits for the following Monster Hunter title, he enjoys publishing his development fantasy novels as an indie creator.