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Destiny Rising - Character Builds
This is a list of all the best character builds in Destiny: Rising. See the best guns, weapons, and artifacts for each character here!

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List of Best 5-Star Character Builds

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Helhest Estela Gwynn
Jolder Ning Fei Tan-2

Best Helhest Build

Helhest
Type Role
Support Support
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Inspiring Axion Unrelenting Ground Ring of Abundance
Slot 2
Ring of Conversion Resonating Axion Unrelenting Evolution
Slot 3
Ring of Courage Calming Token Inverted Fury
Slot 4
Bellicose Planetesimal Talisman of Inspiration Illuminated Ground
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Trinity Ghoul
Heavy
Royal Contravene End of the Line

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Helhest is a summoner who uses drones to buff and heal her allies. Her builds are pretty flexible, but it's generally recommended to increase her survivability and weapon damage output, especially for Heavy Weapons since she can generate Heavy Weapon Ammo.

Best Helhest Builds

Best Estela Build

Estela
Type Role
Offense Offense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Unrelenting Ground Resolute Nutation Warding Pact
Slot 2
Ring of Conversion Healing Nutation Unrelenting Evolution
Slot 3
Bellicose Precession Bellicose Pact Inverted Fury
Slot 4
Rampaging Precession Responsive Pact Resonating Pact
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Furies III Ultimatum DEL2 Sweet Ears
Heavy
Gallows Scorched Earth

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Estela is a summoner who can sit back and let her summons do most of the damage. This means that her builds want to either buff the damage and survivability of her summons or increase the damage of her rapid-fire guns so that she's not fully reliant on her summons.

Best Estela Builds

Best Gwynn Build

Gwynn
Type Role
Offense Offense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Abundant Planetesimal Resolute Conjunction Unrelenting Subgravity
Slot 2
Binging Planetesimal Healing Veil Unrelenting Evolution
Slot 3
Courageous Planetesimal Bellicose Veil Inverted Fury
Slot 4
Bellicose Planetesimal Rampaging Planetesimal Talisman of Inspiration
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Concerto Chushingura
Heavy
Octant Riot Disperser The Chaperone Eternal Retribution

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Gwynn is a melee caster who likes to dip in and out to pick up Void Spirits and deal damage with her abilities. Because of this, she can be built to either increase her damage when she gets close or to increase her survivability so she can safely go in melee range.

Best Gwynn Builds

Best Jolder Build

Jolder
Type Role
Defense Defense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Resolute Conjunction Ring of Abundance Healing Radiation
Slot 2
Healing Conjunction Ring of Safeguarding Resolute Radiation
Slot 3
Jolted Transit Ring of Courage Bellicose Radiation
Slot 4
Resonating Transit Ring of Reflection Rampaging Radiation
Recommended Weapons
Primary
The Huckleberry Riskrunner Wolfpack
Heavy
Partridge Sky Nobunaga

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Jolder is a defensive specialist who can draw in aggro, gain overshield, and create a spherical shield. To complement her playstyle, she wants builds that help reduce the damage she takes or increase the overshields she gains.

Best Jolder Builds

Best Ning Fei Build

Ning Fei
Type Role
Offense Offense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Nimble Veil Healing Radiation Nourishing Pact
Slot 2
Healing Veil Resolute Radiation Inverted Tenacity
Slot 3
Courageous Planetesimal Bellicose Radiation Rampaging Pact
Slot 4
Bellicose Planetesimal Valiant Veil Rampaging Radiation
Recommended Weapons
Primary
The Huckleberry Riskrunner Wolfpack
Heavy
Mahamayuri Saizo HON3 Eibellaks

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Ning Fei is a slippery summoner who can quickly move from enemy to enemy, dropping clones. His builds generally want to either increase the potential of his clones or his movement-based abilities.

Best Ning Fei Builds

Best Tan-2 Build

Tan-2
Type Role
Support Support
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Talisman of Revival Bulwark Token Inverted Guard
Slot 2
Talisman of Luxuriance Unrelenting Token Pranayama
Slot 3
Talisman of Unity Calming Token Inverted Fury
Slot 4
Talisman of Inspiration Hawkeye Token Inverted Vengeance
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Polaris Lance DEL3 Lassi
Heavy
Borealis Izanagi

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Tan-2 is a flexible support that can swap between dealing damage and supporting his allies. Since he's very flexible, his builds can be highly customizable, but he generally wants to increase either his supportive abilities, offensive damage, or something in between.

Best Tan-2 Builds

List of Best 4-Star Character Builds

Jump to a Specific Character
Wolf Umeko Rossi-11 Kabr
Ikora Attal Finnala Xuan Wei

Best Wolf Build

Wolf
Type Role
Offense Offense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Nimble Veil Ring of Abundance Healing Radiation
Slot 2
Healing Veil Resolute Radiation Inverted Tenacity
Slot 3
Courageous Planetesimal Ring of Morale Bellicose Radiation
Slot 4
Valiant Veil Ring of Reflection Rampaging Radiation
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Sweet Business Sworn Oath
Heavy
Satiyaaliksni Smart Bomb

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Wolf is a melee caster that can also play as an off-tank with their overshields. This means that their builds want to either increase the damage of their abilities, supplement their overshield generation, or have a general survivability increase so that they're safe in melee range.

Best Wolf Builds

Best Umeko Build

Umeko
Type Role
Support Support
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Healing Planetesimal Abundant Planetesimal Bulwark Token
Slot 2
Unrelenting Token Inverted Tenacity Upright Tenacity
Slot 3
Courageous Planetesimal Talisman of Unity Calming Token
Slot 4
Bellicose Planetesimal Illuminated Ground Hawkeye Token
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Polaris Lance DEL3 Lassi
Heavy
Borealis Izanagi

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Umeko is a debuff support that primarily uses her shurikens to increase the damage enemies take, but she also has an AoE heal if needed. Because of this, her builds want to either revolve around her ability casts, increase the damage of her sniper shots, or improve her relatively weaker heals.

Best Umeko Builds

Best Rossi-11 Build

Rossi-11
Type Role
Defense Defense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Unrelenting Subgravity Ring of Abundance Chiaroscuro
Slot 2
Ring of Safeguarding Bulwark Pact Unrelenting Evolution
Slot 3
Ring of Courage Ring of Morale Inverted Fury
Slot 4
Bellicose Planetesimal Ring of Reflection Sympathetic Evolution
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Trinity Ghoul
Heavy
Mahamayuri Saizo HON3 Eibellaks

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Rossi-11 is a defense character that uses overshields and barriers to stay alive. They can also confine enemies, preventing them from moving and setting up allies to deal massive damage with their weapons or abilities.

Best Rossi-11 Builds

Best Kabr Build

Kabr
Type Role
Defense Defense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Resolute Nutation Healing Radiation Inverted Guard
Slot 2
Healing Nutation Resolute Radiation Bulwark Pact
Slot 3
Bellicose Precession Bellicose Radiation Inverted Fury
Slot 4
Rampaging Precession Rampaging Radiation Inverted Vengeance
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Furies III Ultimatum DEL2 Sweet Ears
Heavy
Gallows Scorched Earth

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Kabr is a defensive support that uses his shield to keep his allies safe from enemy attacks. However, besides using builds that improve his shielding capabilities, he can also use a build that revolves around his rapid-fire weapons.

Best Kabr Builds

Best Ikora Build

Ikora
Type Role
Offense Offense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Abundant Planetesimal Unrelenting Subgravity Unrelenting Shell
Slot 2
Binging Planetesimal Healing Subgravity Bloodthirsty Shell
Slot 3
Courageous Planetesimal Valiant Subgravity Scattering Shell
Slot 4
Bellicose Planetesimal Bellicose Subgravity Explosive Shell
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Present Fleet
Heavy
Two-Tailed Fox HON2 Tutum

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Ikora is an AoE caster that excels at grouping up and dispatching waves of enemies. She also has powerful weapons that deal spread damage, so she can flexibly build to increase the damage of her weapons or abilities, depending on the player's preferred playstyle.

Best Ikora Builds

Best Attal Build

Attal
Type Role
Support Support
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Talisman of Revival Bulwark Token Inverted Guard
Slot 2
Talisman of Luxuriance Unrelenting Token Pranayama
Slot 3
Talisman of Unity Calming Token Inverted Fury
Slot 4
Talisman of Inspiration Hawkeye Token Inverted Vengeance
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Crimson The Old Prefect DEL7 Simit
Heavy
Royal Contravene End of the Line

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Attal is mainly a support who provides heals and debuffs, but she can also deal good damage with her weapons. She generally wants to increase her survivability or healing output, but there is also the option to use a build that increases her weapon damage as well.

Best Attal Builds

Best Finnala Build

Finnala
Type Role
Defense Defense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Healing Radiation Chiaroscuro Bulwark Evolution
Slot 2
Resolute Radiation Inverted Tenacity Unrelenting Evolution
Slot 3
Bellicose Radiation Upright Vengeance Predator Evolution
Slot 4
Rampaging Radiation Inverted Survival Sympathetic Evolution
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Sweet Business Sworn Oath
Heavy
Partridge Sky Nobunaga

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Finnala is a defensive specialist who excels at health regen and applying the Scorched, Taunt, and Suppression debuffs. Unfortunately, her damage output isn't great, so her builds are limited to increasing her defensive prowess.

Best Finnala Builds

Best Xuan Wei Build

Xuan Wei
Type Role
Offense Offense
Recommended Artifacts
Slot 1
Resolute Conjunction Nimble Ground Bulwark Evolution
Slot 2
Healing Conjunction Healing Ground Unrelenting Evolution
Slot 3
Jolted Transit Valiant Ground Predator Evolution
Slot 4
Resonating Transit Sympathetic Evolution
Recommended Weapons
Primary
Jötunn IST1 Parantha
Heavy
Octant Riot Disperser The Chaperone Eternal Retribution

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Xuan Wei is a melee attacker that uses both his abilities and weapons to take down foes. Since he wants to get close to deal damage, he can use builds that either increase his damage in close range or his ability to stay alive.

Best Xuan Wei Builds

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