Every now and then, a Destiny 2 player puts together something so absurd that it makes you rethink what is actually possible solo. That is exactly what happened recently when a Warlock build surfaced that can clear an endgame Raid encounter without a single teammate. The clip has been making the rounds, and once you see how the pieces fit together, it is easy to understand why people are calling it broken in the best way possible.
The Creator behind the Build
The build comes from a Destiny 2 content creator known as milito, who posted a clip showing their Warlock absolutely melting Zo’aurc, Explicator of Planets, the encounter from the Root of Nightmares Raid.
We are not talking about chipping away at the boss over several phases either. This setup clears the encounter in just two damage phases while running completely solo, which is the kind of thing that usually requires a coordinated fireteam.
This Warlock Build Works So Well
What makes this build special is that it is not a single static loadout. It is layered, with three different setups that “milito” swaps between depending on what the moment calls for. Each one has a job, and the magic happens when they all feed into each other.
It is less of a one-button win and more of a carefully sequenced routine that snowballs into ridiculous melee damage by the time the boss is exposed.
The Ad-Clearing Loadout
The first piece of the puzzle is the loadout built for thinning out the room. This one leans on the Exotic grenade launcher Dead Messenger, which fires three Solar waves to wipe groups of enemies quickly.
To stay mobile and survivable, “milito” uses Heat Rises and consumes a grenade to take flight, floating above the chaos while clearing space. It is clean, fast, and sets up the rest of the run.
The Pre-Damage Setup
Before the real damage starts, there is a short transitional loadout that exists for one reason. Using the Exotic glaive Edge of Action, “milito” generates a miniature Titan-style bubble to gain an overshield, then picks up a few glaive melee kills with Winter’s Guile already equipped.
This step might look minor, but it is doing important work behind the scenes. The overshield from Edge of Action activates the Shieldcrush perk, which pumps out more melee damage and melee regeneration, and crucially, it stacks with everything else coming next.
The Main Damage Build That Breaks the Encounter
This is where things get out of hand. Especially for the damage phase, “milito” swaps to Tractor Cannon to apply the weaken debuff to the boss, then pairs it with the Winter’s Guile Exotic gauntlets, which can ramp melee damage up by a massive 500 percent. Stack that on top of the weaken debuff, and the numbers start to look unreal.
From there, the support tools pile on. The Warlock’s Song of Flame Super boosts melee regeneration so the chain never stops, a One-Two Punch shotgun adds even more melee damage, and the Solar Fulmination and Shieldcrush perks from the Hunter’s Journal Artifact tie it all together.
With everything active, Celestial Fire melee attacks hit like a truck and proc enormous ignitions for a second layer of damage. The result is a boss that simply does not survive the onslaught.
Can You Use This Build in Other Endgame Content?
The short answer is yes.
This setup is strong enough to take into Master Raids, Master Dungeons, and Ultimate content without falling apart. A lot of its flexibility comes from the new artifacts introduced in the Monument of Triumph update, which opened up more perk combinations and gave builds like this extra room to breathe. If you have been looking for a reason to invest in a heavy melee Warlock, this is a pretty convincing one.
There is a bittersweet angle to all of this. Destiny 2 is heading toward an end-of-support phase following the Monument of Triumph update, with reports pointing to significant changes at Bungie and no Destiny 3 currently in the works.
As rough as that news is, it does come with a strange silver lining for build crafters. If the game largely stays in its current state, then powerful setups like this one should remain just as strong going forward, barring any last-minute tuning to rein in the biggest outliers. In other words, this broken solo Warlock build could stay broken for the foreseeable future, and players will have plenty of time to enjoy it.
