Surges Are GONE Now, So Here’s The HIGHEST DPS In The Game

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Published 2024-06-21
In today's video we go over the highest DPS and total damage in the game, and to no one's surprise it's an optimal Still Hunt Celestial Nighthawk rotation!

Pre-DPS Loadout: dim.gg/hxdgm3q/Raid
DPS Loadout: dim.gg/eiur4ra/Raid

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It's quite easy to tell someone that Still Hunt plus Celestial Nighthawk is the highest DPS in the game and have them put it on, but it takes a little more knowledge to know why this is and what you can do to make things as optimal as possible. For starters, you ought to be on Prismatic since for one, it opens far better ad clear loops than Solar Hunter, and second, you gain access to Facet of Courage, a fragment which grants 10% increased ability damage (including Goldie) to any target affected by a Darkness debuff. Which Darkness debuff you say? Slow and Freeze. Being on Prismatic Hunter allows us to utilize the Hailfire Spike grenade when we become Transcendent, which initially applies gradual Slow stacks then Freezes. Furthermore, being Transcendent also applies a stacking 5% weapon damage buff, so with that plus other things like self-proccing Radiant constantly, self-proccing Weaken constantly and Solar Holster techs, this setup is truly a force to be reckoned with and I'll truly be surprised if it isn't nerfed at some stage in the future. Anyway, please enjoy the build!

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0:00 - 0:56 What Does The Build Do For You?
0:56 - 3:50 Subclass Setup
3:50 - 4:48 Weapons
4:48 - 5:14 Armor Mods
5:14 - 6:04 Importance Of Solar Holster
6:04 - 6:50 Cayde's Retribution Reload Feature
6:50 - 7:08 Importance Of Building Transcendence
7:08 - 8:09 Full Damage Rotation (4.1m, No Surge)
8:09 - 8:35 Note About Consistency
8:35 - 9:14 Damage Rotation Witness Example
9:14 - 9:52 Outro

All Comments (21)
  • @rahminoodels
    Idc what anyone says about using the same loadout getting boring, having the biggest numbers at the end will never get old
  • @Huskers1028
    In the newest episode of Fireteam Chat the Bungie dev (Ben) mentioned that internally they are heavily looking at titans. That’s good news. Maybe cope. But I’m hopeful
  • Hey! I see you're editing more clips of you using the build/explaining the mechanic you're describing. The editing is really well done, and it's probably going to be very helpful for newcomers. Keep up the amazing content!
  • Bro showed the rotation in a practical setting already love him more than most other people who cover this stuff
  • @calebhenry3601
    I gotta say, I'm jealous of your room; having that A-frame-esque roof always gives a nice cozy vibe.
  • @SilentNova_
    Possibly in the minority, but I LOVE the current "Still Hunt meta". Snipers have been irrelevant for far too long. Hand Cannon, Sniper, Machine Gun loadout is so satisfying
  • @SpyroHolliday
    Thank you for explaining the explosive light over bait and switch setup!! Was struggling to proc bait and switch during my damage phases
  • @Arespr26
    Thank you so much man !! Easy sub
  • @JG54206
    Worth mentioning that even though the numbers in game may not reflect it, it does appear from the health bar on bosses that BnS does apply to the first rocket fired to proc it. Source for this was an older Aegis video.
  • Only other thing I'll bring up would be fitting Ruin into the build somewhere, as that will increase your damage with the transcendent grenades ever so slightly with the 12.5% increase to shatter damage. (I'd personally drop dominance as about the only time that's doing anything is after transcendence ends AND after you've thrown and used up the last smoke bomb transcendence gives you, making it more than likely not entirely worth while verses the shatter damage increase. but, also has to be a target that gets frozen and shatters, so there is that). Isolation isn't bad either for None witness boss fights, but yeah! Still insanely potent and your ability to pull off that combo on greg was awesome to see.
  • @dvnwllms
    I got a shiny Midnight Coup with shoot to loot/explosive payload & one for all/desperate measures during onslaught last season. So glad I'm not stuck with Vulpecula. Stellar guide, looking forward to using it!
  • @KDoGGXz
    Perfect vid for me. Hunter main. Been looking for a good hot swap for DPS and survivability. And thanks for explaining for rotation and subclass detail. Nice video
  • @scarletsun04
    if u feel like getting dark transcendance is still awful i personally use lost signal/grapple in adclear build. U can get full dark transcendence in like 2 shots if ads dont move out of it but 5 shots is like a max
  • Just to add a little correction, bait an switch does apply on the first rocket, the numbers that appear on contact are not representative, it has being tested and the damage increase does apply to the first rocket but the numbers in the end screen showed that the buff was applied on the first rocket
  • Love how he shows a clip of it not being perfect it just makes the build look really nice to use
  • @weichi_
    goldie hunters 🗣️🗣️
  • @hue_lord_4208
    I remember when everyone was begging for Still Hunt to be a heavy, and everyone assumed it would be meh when they learned it was a special