The 10 Stages of Every Warlock Main (Destiny 2)

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  • @ShadowDestiny
    @ShadowDestiny  Рік тому +86

    1) Next, watch the 10 Stages of Every Titan Main, it's hilarious: ua-cam.com/video/Nd5Qny40Zng/v-deo.html
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    • @ShadowDestiny
      @ShadowDestiny  Рік тому +1

      @@GamesProject :) I love collabs

    • @treyrandall2983
      @treyrandall2983 Рік тому +1

      Next up,
      Life as an Enemy NPC from the lonely acolyte to raid bosses like Atheon...
      Just as an idea.

    • @Jmsgmng
      @Jmsgmng Рік тому +3

      It’s about dam time we have been waiting

    • @itsjndo4574
      @itsjndo4574 Рік тому

      i've been waiting for that video thank you !!

    • @firenzarfrenzy4985
      @firenzarfrenzy4985 Рік тому +1

      I started playing Destiny about the time you made 10 stages of hunter main. Warlock is my first character and main till this day. I was in the last weeks of Forsaken and I watched it I think once WQ debut. I've waited a year for this and It's finally here. Your series is super accurate. It felt like someone taped my D2 experience and put it in a video. Except maybe stage 7. My friends are so good at the game I never really had the medic phase. I wasn't the cornerstone player they need to provide debuffs or spam rifts etc. So being the medic war rather unrewarding. Other than that I can safely say with 2K hours in the game I'm a good stage 8.5-9. Still making the rare rookie mistakes like bad rift placement lol, never used heat rises or wellskated but I've set a path to flawless many things like raids and dungeons. Similarly I've attained the status of resident lore nerd of my fireteam. It's a chore but a thrill to catch up on lore actively compared to others who know it because they've sat through it, Taken King and before to Lightfall. I'll see you at stage 10 someday Shadow. What I'm trying to say I guess is you've been a key part in my D2 introduction and watching myself run through these stages with stage 10 being the next and final step is exciting.
      PS. Guilty of being a floater because I can't see people if they're in the air so I go in the air. Then I realise others aren't as dumb as me and can look up. And I REALLY want hood of the exile.

  • @biiill5259
    @biiill5259 Рік тому +3139

    That bit about stage 9 warlock seeing enemies not as obstacles but as catalysts to trigger perks is so true. A red bar isn’t a red bar it’s 5 Solar grenades. That group of enemies isn’t enemies it’s an empowering rift. Or a burst of healing. Or an explosion that melts the rest of the room.

    • @choosegoose_
      @choosegoose_ Рік тому +128

      2 red bars close together = 1 stasis turret
      Simple warlock math

    • @JohnNugroho
      @JohnNugroho Рік тому +44

      yasss, heat rises, fly up, see where the red bars at, throw charged melees, back to yellow bar, throw 5 nades, repeat.

    • @detectivepotato6983
      @detectivepotato6983 Рік тому +15

      For me it's volatile rounds, void damage boost, damage resilience, elemental wells and food for my nezerecs

    • @thatloner2831
      @thatloner2831 Рік тому +20

      @@detectivepotato6983 running low on health and see a single thrall. Two calculated shots from my smg, throw a charge melee, now I'm a hungry immortal.

    • @AtLaS-bd1lj
      @AtLaS-bd1lj Рік тому +5

      We warlock get hungry

  • @WanabyGoogler
    @WanabyGoogler Рік тому +573

    Shout out to all the early stage warlocks, you got this and you’re healing and empowering goes a long way for the team.

    • @mildchaos6037
      @mildchaos6037 Рік тому +16

      The biggest stage is 100% the accepting your role as a support. Watching the entire fireteam flock to you like a golden god the moment they hear that sword hit the ground is so satisfying

    • @Christopherson2006
      @Christopherson2006 Рік тому +3

      Thank you 🥲

    • @katnisS2titan
      @katnisS2titan 11 місяців тому +1

      @@mildchaos6037 I dafenatly agree on that 🤭🤭, since i am a stage 6.5 (which is a combination of study and the medic🌚) and still working my way up (after a lllooonnnggggg time since i stopped playing destiny)

    • @Pudge_Button
      @Pudge_Button 11 місяців тому +2

      Born to nova, forced to well

    • @makinoyagami8720
      @makinoyagami8720 9 місяців тому +3

      I'm still in Stage 2 Warlock... 🗿

  • @triskcyt5484
    @triskcyt5484 Рік тому +577

    Fun fact: Nezarec's Sin actually works with any subclass as long as you get void kills. So kill something with, let's say a funnel web, and it'll give you that ability regen for solar, arc or stasis. It obviously works best with void but ya know.

    • @vulpesumbra7738
      @vulpesumbra7738 Рік тому +44

      you can do the same with crown of tempest, just have a weapon with voltshot, as its now arc abilities or jolt kills

    • @gavinraw8635
      @gavinraw8635 Рік тому +25

      @@vulpesumbra7738 sadly they patched this a couple hot fixes ago. I honestly didnt know that until then.

    • @SolNilas
      @SolNilas Рік тому +5

      @@gavinraw8635 I think it still works. I got jolt kills with delicate tomb and it still worked.

    • @viviolet7
      @viviolet7 Рік тому +1

      tbf he didnt have any void weapons on in that segment

    • @Brother_O4TS
      @Brother_O4TS Рік тому +1

      Didn't know that. Might try it out. I do have Graviton Lance so this might work wonderfully

  • @Mimo-ye5pm
    @Mimo-ye5pm 7 місяців тому +80

    "Most stage 1 warlocks feel helpless and confused" sir I have 300 hours in this game as a warlock and I STILL feel helpless and confused

    • @NoppyOwO
      @NoppyOwO 7 місяців тому +1

      you and i both matey

    • @noraschoots3167
      @noraschoots3167 6 місяців тому +3

      heh, it took me a good 2000 hours to even begin getting good at the game and another 2000 to start even being able to think about doing lowmans

    • @pancakes7337
      @pancakes7337 6 місяців тому +2

      I have 1000 hours on warlock and am now just starting to build craft. I suck at this game

    • @itachi4alltime
      @itachi4alltime 6 місяців тому

      Me three

    • @andyyoo8018
      @andyyoo8018 5 місяців тому

      I get it, [insert the same thing as other comments] also, go for crimson. It will keep you alive through anything.

  • @kingjade
    @kingjade Рік тому +231

    I can't honestly put into words just how accurate this video is. Holy hell, man, even 7.5 was a perfect hit. Blinked through original kings fall myself.

    • @davidgorgone6076
      @davidgorgone6076 Рік тому +7

      Blink is the superior movement ability. Instant crossing of distance and when mastered, you can cause total mayhem in pvp

    • @ap4e_941
      @ap4e_941 Рік тому +2

      Spent hours blinking through whisper😅

    • @Icarus.2
      @Icarus.2 10 місяців тому +1

      Dude had this video spot on but Ive never used blinked lmao never will

    • @WCGamesOfficial
      @WCGamesOfficial 8 місяців тому +1

      I blinked through the Last Wish for the meme and ended up kind of liking it

    • @mehyeah2931
      @mehyeah2931 6 місяців тому

      @@WCGamesOfficialprobably helps if you have friends I grinded the game for 4/5 weeks I have for several warlock builds. I always carry eager edge since warlock directional movement is ass. Been using blink astrocyte with eager edge for speed runs. Try them out.

  • @Skeezer_ray
    @Skeezer_ray Рік тому +535

    As a warlock main who’s been though every stage I can say this made me smile the whole way (:

  • @snapz117
    @snapz117 Рік тому +373

    As a Warlock main since Destiny 1 Day 1, over the past 8-9 years of this game with easily 5000-8000 hours across both games on all platforms, I can commend this video. I truly felt connected to the last two stages of Warlock and I can fully agree that I have committed to the bathrobe, once believing we were the worst class and to know that we are the best class now. I was initially going to play Titan coming from Halo but as soon as I booted up to the screen to choose my class back in 2014, I picked Warlock because Harry Potter! I have no regrets and I am a Warlock main to my soul...

    • @justjeremy6450
      @justjeremy6450 Рік тому +5

      A wholesome origin

    • @haydenwilson7388
      @haydenwilson7388 Рік тому +5

      Felt this a lil too much🥲

    • @riddell26
      @riddell26 Рік тому +2

      You are why warlocks are called nerds

    • @justjeremy6450
      @justjeremy6450 Рік тому +2

      @@riddell26 we embrace it, like true warlocks, I feel it’s cringe to be a sweaty hunter though. My respect goes to the crayon munchers

    • @raymaxos
      @raymaxos Рік тому +1

      I am a Titan main since 2015 (as i played 1 year warlock) and to be honest, i feel like the game has really evolved in all this years, i remember playing as a kid (i am 13 at the moment) and i have always explored every area and each of my moments on destiny, like casting my first ult, unlocking my first exotic class item and using saint 14 helmet, unlocking Last Word (in destiny 2) with 500+ deaths, those moments, are the ones who marks a guardian, ae choose our fate, those moments define us

  • @vojto8608
    @vojto8608 Рік тому +237

    As a someone who has reached stage 10, as a proud Warlock with about 2k hours in the game, I can with no hesitation say, that this was 100% spot on

    • @ShadowDestiny
      @ShadowDestiny  Рік тому +15

      thanks! :)

    • @Enzar17
      @Enzar17 Рік тому +4

      I'm about to break 1,700 myself, and yeah, absolutely no lie detected. On the contrary, I think it's hilarious how accurate this is. I just entered Stage 9 this season, and it's insane how different the game looks now, and how much system mastery benefits the warlock specifically.

    • @Mechkiller100
      @Mechkiller100 Рік тому

      I got 2k+ hour myself and I can confirm, we all just want the Bathrobes/Dresses

    • @bakatemplargaming2430
      @bakatemplargaming2430 Рік тому

      ​@@Enzar17 only 1700 hours I'm breaching 10k yes i no lifed years 1 and 2 and then slowed after

    • @Gofres_1
      @Gofres_1 Рік тому

      3.5k here and I whole heartedly agree

  • @ExperiMentalDon
    @ExperiMentalDon 5 місяців тому +2

    10:58
    I remember back in D1 when I'd get with raid groups and they'd see that I was using blink, and they'd complain and try to get me to switch becore the jumping puzzles because they "didn't want the jumping puzzles to take forever." The sheer shock in their voices when I'd not only one-run the puzzles with it, but also finish it before anyone else, was always incredible. I won't say I was the best with it, but it turned out to be pretty handy a lot of times.

  • @dragonlord7987
    @dragonlord7987 6 місяців тому +10

    6:55 your honor I have never worn any of those helmets in my life

  • @thegentleman725
    @thegentleman725 Рік тому +260

    YES YES YES. I BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG FOR A WARLOCK VERSION

  • @matthewreed5988
    @matthewreed5988 Рік тому +193

    Probably just me, but when I started playing, warlock jump felt amazing to me as it was not like anything I had seen in other games.
    Until I got additced to burst glide. Then I just fell off the map.

    • @UltimateTViptv
      @UltimateTViptv Рік тому +2

      True i started with a hunter and couldnt make jumps at all then i went to warlock jumping was a breeze.... then the arc rift with arc soul goodness

    • @muliph3633
      @muliph3633 Рік тому +2

      Felt amazing until I did my first few whisper runs, then I started to grasp the movement more

    • @Saint_Wolf_
      @Saint_Wolf_ Рік тому

      You also fell off (+L(+ratio))

    • @Rizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      @Rizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Рік тому +7

      I cant stray far from strafe, I love the ability to be accurate since my shots can't be

    • @Rawkit_Surgeon
      @Rawkit_Surgeon Рік тому +3

      Yes, I too have mastered the art of gracefully falling to my death.

  • @emperorholocron8278
    @emperorholocron8278 Рік тому +95

    “My brother in Light…”
    Speaking as a warlock main this is the most Warlock thing you could possibly say… 😭

    • @LueLucifer
      @LueLucifer Рік тому +6

      I'm a lone wolf warlock.
      All my D1 friends are gone now.

    • @dylanwhelan9946
      @dylanwhelan9946 Рік тому +1

      @@LueLucifer same man same, honestly so sad. Aha

    • @super-manny5648
      @super-manny5648 Рік тому +1

      @@LueLucifer I’m pretty sure there’s a way to look at like previous friends and like a menu

  • @PartySan_
    @PartySan_ Рік тому +88

    I watched Fullmetal Alchemist and saw that the warlock had a fire snap melee ability and i loved the class even more

    • @dravenmlm4185
      @dravenmlm4185 Рік тому +9

      If you haven't please try it wish sun bracers and Roy will have nothing on you.

    • @PartySan_
      @PartySan_ Рік тому +2

      @@dravenmlm4185 i made a whole vid using it after finding out it was in my warlocks inventory lol

    • @w1ll923
      @w1ll923 Рік тому +1

      Full metal jacket is better

    • @spoopyac3
      @spoopyac3 7 місяців тому

      @@w1ll923 not by a long shot

    • @NoppyOwO
      @NoppyOwO 7 місяців тому

      ​@@dravenmlm4185 i need that now

  • @Punishr0621
    @Punishr0621 Рік тому +232

    This dude really just told me my entire life story this past week until stage 8...
    And yes, blink is my child that I will nurture till the end of time.

    • @jeffgoldboy
      @jeffgoldboy Рік тому

      blink is horrible

    • @nailinthefashion
      @nailinthefashion Рік тому +8

      I got the blink exotic helm today so it's time to go to the ascendant plane and weep

  • @terraax6919
    @terraax6919 Рік тому +65

    Funny thing is that the warlock „glide“ is more realistic than the other class jumps, but still the hardest to learn for new players or Warlock haters. It only requires logic to understand first

    • @danielmdax
      @danielmdax Рік тому +11

      I'm a Stage 9 Warlock Main (with bonus blink phase). I agree.
      It's hard to learn initially but it's VERY Destiny-physics bound. Once you learn that, it's awesome. Specially when adding Heat Rises.

    • @Rein-s8m
      @Rein-s8m Рік тому +2

      Try falling a foot off a ledge and use logic to glide back up. I've died many times trying

    • @fysy9989
      @fysy9989 Рік тому

      ​@@Rein-s8m in shattered throne the combination of icarus dash and an eager edge sword saved me in some impossible ways

    • @magmadude35
      @magmadude35 Рік тому +1

      I took to the warlock glide like a majestic effing eagle, when I made my titan I was so confused. I was like, I thought this was supposed to be like a jetpack... why is it just worse glide?

    • @viviolet7
      @viviolet7 Рік тому +2

      ​@The big shout simply use logic to not fall in the first place

  • @Kuragi_Kriada
    @Kuragi_Kriada Рік тому +76

    I may be an outlier but I "tested" Blink during Stage 1 and decided to get good with it before moving on.
    Turns out that getting good with Blink early actually really helps with learning how to use momentum to your advantage a lot sooner.

    • @alderstifen7738
      @alderstifen7738 Рік тому +6

      There are tons of little variations in the stages. Most Warlock mains I know started as another class but moved towards Warlock, kind of like the opposite of stage 6.

    • @landonwilson422
      @landonwilson422 Рік тому +4

      @@alderstifen7738 I was a titan on like stage 5 or 6 then swaped to warlock now on stage 8,9 or 10

    • @Linkman8912
      @Linkman8912 Рік тому +2

      @@alderstifen7738 yeah, I started as hunter, then switched to warlock and never looked back!

    • @caldarilogi
      @caldarilogi Рік тому +2

      ive been using blink since d1 and still use it in pve and pvp void walker is my main subclass, then it goes storm caller, shade binder, dawn blade, havent figured out where strand will be in the list it might be my new second.

    • @AlexByars
      @AlexByars Рік тому

      I think I've used blink once since D2 came out but props to you

  • @Serukia
    @Serukia Рік тому +73

    I originally had a Hunter back in d1 launch, but sometime before ttk I saw warlocks with Radiance and liked how that looked and also simply bc they had the different grenade throw animation, so I switched to a warlock main and been so ever since.

    • @SloppyKnight
      @SloppyKnight Рік тому +2

      Same

    • @Rizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      @Rizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Рік тому +1

      I was the same with hunter, but once Necrotic grips came out... I've never touched another class since, granted I rarely use necrotic grip synergies anymore, it was a good catalyst to improving as a warlock

    • @Jekkin8
      @Jekkin8 Рік тому

      Same just I tried titan second for about a year than I found warlock

    • @DarkDisc1
      @DarkDisc1 Рік тому

      Same with me...Hunter in D1 and some time after ttk and before Roi I made a warlock ..been a warlock ever since..I don't have a Titan, tried one on my nephews profile and flying bricks just ain't my thing lol

    • @janalan6167
      @janalan6167 Рік тому

      I was a titan first but got immediately bored and changed to hunter but then I saw my friend using self rez and I immediately changed to warlock and then went back to hunter and now I'm a warlock again lol

  • @Inuzika
    @Inuzika Рік тому +59

    As a warlock main myself, someone who picked warlock launch day on destiny 1 and still has not even tried hunter or titan to this day.. You absolutely nailed every single stage, this video is amazing. Well deserved like and sub earned from me.

    • @ShadedV
      @ShadedV 10 місяців тому +2

      Man I played a warlock in the beta for destiny 1 and still a warlock main to this day in destiny 2

    • @Hero_Of_Time94
      @Hero_Of_Time94 10 місяців тому +2

      @@ShadedVits great to see some of the oldest warlock players here. I too have been a warlock main since D1 Beta. Same character from all the way back then too.

    • @animalicon3535
      @animalicon3535 9 місяців тому

      wild how ur content and pleased just playing warlock typically more intelligent people need an "escape" or to fresh up stuff constantly and i think smart when i think warlocks although not calling you dumb but thats insane

    • @animalicon3535
      @animalicon3535 9 місяців тому

      @@Hero_Of_Time94 warlock is best for PVE even with the well abt to get nerfed moderately still yk for PVP bubble and well only S tier super unless u have a aim assist controller golden gun then maybe hunter too or a smart hunter who can tether or use his more "skillful" supers compared to just pressing f and putting a bubble or a sword down lol

    • @Travelers_chosen_damaged
      @Travelers_chosen_damaged 9 місяців тому +1

      I was a crayon eater but then I saw the light and because a warlock

  • @dantuber7
    @dantuber7 Рік тому +13

    7:04 nah I love the cowboy hat on warlock

  • @sanguinem1656
    @sanguinem1656 Рік тому +52

    As a Warlock main since the D1 Beta, I can confidently say this class is so frustrating and yet so rewarding all at once.

    • @dougcarey2233
      @dougcarey2233 Рік тому +7

      Lowest floor, highest ceiling. That's us.

    • @naf8787
      @naf8787 Рік тому

      ​@@dougcarey2233 LMAO the whole game is just aiming and ability usage ur not special

    • @dougcarey2233
      @dougcarey2233 Рік тому +5

      @@naf8787 Nope. I'm not special.

    • @super-manny5648
      @super-manny5648 9 місяців тому

      @@naf8787get over yourself

    • @KabbalahSherry
      @KabbalahSherry 7 місяців тому

      ​@@naf8787- 😅🧂 LMAOOO

  • @naamloos1031
    @naamloos1031 Рік тому +126

    Stage 11. Rylee Reloaded.
    Completely insane and act without thinking and bash their heads into a wall so many times that the wall falls down eventually. Also they wear the Hot Wheels colors on their armor

    • @RyleeReloaded
      @RyleeReloaded Рік тому +52

      Ahhh, the true stage 11.
      Permanent brain damage.

    • @SilverGamingFI
      @SilverGamingFI Рік тому +17

      @@RyleeReloaded I don't have brain damage, I AM THE BRAIN DAMAGE!

    • @lilyemma3382
      @lilyemma3382 Рік тому +14

      rylee is a titan pretending to be a warlock and its beautiful

    • @LowIntSpecimen
      @LowIntSpecimen Рік тому +4

      Rylee enjoyer spotted
      Oh he's literally in this thread lmao

    • @Imrich_whatru
      @Imrich_whatru Рік тому

      Warlock of mass destruction

  • @Page-bv9td
    @Page-bv9td Рік тому +76

    Now I anticipate the inevitable 10 stages of a fun main.
    Fellow fun mains, rise up.

    • @temp3608
      @temp3608 Рік тому +3

      what is fun?

    • @logannoordam6895
      @logannoordam6895 Рік тому +6

      *adorns an aggressive sidearm, tricksleeves and le monarque*
      Aye. I'll rise to that call

    • @temp3608
      @temp3608 Рік тому +1

      @Mavic teach me thy sorcery

    • @Somewhatsharp
      @Somewhatsharp Рік тому +1

      Ticcu

  • @jerryncordova
    @jerryncordova Рік тому +18

    Me seeing this at level 5 👁️👄👁️

  • @doctorsex2673
    @doctorsex2673 Рік тому +2

    When someone asks me to use well i bust out the void melee build and proceed to always be the last one standing

  • @liftedplane
    @liftedplane Рік тому +43

    Kind of crazy how well this described my own journey as a warlock main over the last 4 years.

    • @cadentan9083
      @cadentan9083 Рік тому +1

      I am literally seeing my friend go through this entire process right now since he started the game a few weeks ago

  • @bendevlin1234
    @bendevlin1234 Рік тому +34

    As a d1 warlock main this brings back memories specially the nova deaths and blinking around.

    • @-whiskey-4134
      @-whiskey-4134 Рік тому +1

      So many times I swear I was one pixel off from a perfect nova bomb and ended up nuking myself to oblivion lol

  • @jmod6625
    @jmod6625 Рік тому +71

    I’m at stage 8. I’m slowly feeling the potential a warlock truly has and I’m proud that the countless hours has led up to this moment.

    • @azazelraidz9539
      @azazelraidz9539 Рік тому +1

      Stage 9 and yeah, Warlock is insane with the builds you can make. Build crafting with Warlock is extremely satisfying, and getting builds that work are extremely fun.

    • @barstool9156
      @barstool9156 Рік тому +2

      Stage 10 Lock, but on the Lore side...
      Builds are nasty, and your creativity, nastier. The meta is full of builds, and anything you can think of has been done, except for in PvP. I suggest you play it if you want to make unique one of a kind builds.

    • @Ixarus6713
      @Ixarus6713 Рік тому +1

      @@barstool9156 Nice to meet another 10, there's some stuff I still need to learn (well skating) and I don't dare touch blink until it gets fixed.. 😭😭😭 But I gotta go fast and kill those ads. 😁
      (Also, if anyone tells me I wasn't the reason we survived a difficult encounter due to clutching, *I will kill you!* (In crucible (Maybe (I suck at PvP))))

    • @nathankientzy2836
      @nathankientzy2836 11 місяців тому

      Another stage 10 lock here. Been warlock since launch of d1 and I was stuck at stage 8 for years. Then after coming back for the 3.0 update in the span of a month I made 10 new builds, started soloing all the content I could, and went flawless in trials for the first time. The best part was giving the builds to the other locks in my clan so they could get stronger

    • @Yūrei56
      @Yūrei56 11 місяців тому

      @@Ixarus6713 warlock well skating isnt too hard on pc its just a practice thing

  • @S0n0fG0D
    @S0n0fG0D 10 місяців тому +1

    Also if you want to take it even further, use the monte carlo rifle. With each damage you do, it increases melee cooldowns dramatically. And with each kill theres a high chance to fully recharge your melee skill. Actual warlocks dream.

  • @zestog6208
    @zestog6208 8 місяців тому +2

    Warlock was my 3rd class during covid just to power level my hunter faster but with time I’ve slowly got through the stages. Now that I dont play as much I dont even bother playing anything else than warlock. Currently at stage 8 been jumping off cliffs a lot lately

  • @spartans3227
    @spartans3227 Рік тому +60

    Absolutely loved this breakdown, never knew the true depth of it. Truly impressive.

  • @Egalia_1
    @Egalia_1 Рік тому +29

    Took me all the way back to my vanilla D1 days. Progressing through the stages of mastery over nearly a decade is an experience I'll always treasure

  • @shadowSK2
    @shadowSK2 Рік тому +20

    I love how this hits every concept of being a warlock I was stuck at stage 9 for about 2 years, after which I just let go, go with the flow, teach and help out my clan members and just embrace being a warlock so I think I finally achieved lvl 10 in 2022. Looking forward to acquiring new knowledge and furthering my build with my teammates in lightfall.

  • @Exambient
    @Exambient 8 місяців тому +1

    Even after a year that this video is posted. This is very relevant to my 10 stages of grief as a new Warlock main. Love the vid! Looking forward to the next expansion vids in June!

  • @BaddiesSEA
    @BaddiesSEA Рік тому +2

    As a warlock main from vanilla destiny 1, this is spot on. We already went through some stages like learning blink’s true potential back in d1 (rip blink+ shotgun) but everything is true. From lore scholar, to one main fireteam, to guiding and just helping players in anyway they can. 1500 hours on destiny and 1400 are on warlock. Space magic!

  • @DeusAutemEstInanis
    @DeusAutemEstInanis Рік тому +7

    6:57 I made my Kitsune mask have either arctic pearl or SUROS modular so that the white glowing eyes are as bright as possible. It also works with the Rhulk emote’s white neck/collar piece when you just stand.

  • @pandemicofplaguedoctors7528
    @pandemicofplaguedoctors7528 Рік тому +11

    I love how genuinely accurate this video is
    It portrays Warlocks skill being based on that Warlocks knowledge which is true both in lore and gameplay
    I’d say as a Stage 9 Warlock who has dabbled in the other classes I believe that Warlocks have the biggest learning curve and have the biggest differences between a new and veteran player
    Plus that bit about Warlocks seeing enemies as catalysts for our abilities is very true as well
    Good work overall!

    • @eduardopablo7123
      @eduardopablo7123 Рік тому

      Everytime I got my melee charge (solar brazalets) and see a red bar ready to spam solar granades.

  • @Entropy_91
    @Entropy_91 Рік тому +21

    Watching a late stage Shadebinder or Voidwalker work is truly a sight to behold.

    • @austinfinch3668
      @austinfinch3668 Рік тому +11

      Shadebinder main here. Can say from experience I've had a whole nightmare containment crew just stop killing shit and watch me as I proceeded to put about 20 turrets all over the cestellum 🤣🤣

    • @DJTyme209
      @DJTyme209 Рік тому +3

      @@austinfinch3668 right 😂 I be doing the same..just out of boredom in certain activities.. Just to see how many turrets I can have on the filed at once...I'm like lets freeze the whole world 🤣

    • @caldarilogi
      @caldarilogi Рік тому +4

      my best friend is a hunter and is always amazed at how hard we are to kill if we can keep devour going

    • @barstool9156
      @barstool9156 Рік тому +7

      Eyoooo. Voidwalker here. Titans have there punch. Hunters have there knives.... IVE GOT BOOOOOOOOOOOM

    • @minilabyrinth
      @minilabyrinth Рік тому

      That's me, I literally stand outside the balefire in current seasonal defiance battlegrounds, taking tick damage, and spam everything I have the whole encounter, and average 220 orbs of light created each time loool

  • @bingustheallknowing8526
    @bingustheallknowing8526 Рік тому +4

    Easily top 5 destiny youtube videos ive ever watched, this is fucking amazing, and I felt truly connected as a warlock main

  • @jlr1357
    @jlr1357 Рік тому +2

    8:41
    As Rylee said many times: "Born to Nova, forced to Well"
    Edit: He just said it afterwards :u

  • @thegamerscore951
    @thegamerscore951 Рік тому +20

    As a warlock main. This make me happy knowing there someone out there who knows our pains…. And amazing power

  • @torunsmok5890
    @torunsmok5890 Рік тому +11

    I'm a stage 10 but battlemage armored warlock drip is still my favorite. There's something so satisfying about the heavy armored d&d cleric vibe, or the lightly and almost sinisterly armored hex mage aesthetic

  • @TheLegendaryEmuHunter
    @TheLegendaryEmuHunter Рік тому +5

    9:23 this is actually why I’ve stuck with being a warlock. I get to be an effective healer and people will take me into their fireteams, no questions asked.

  • @NoahWarner-d7v
    @NoahWarner-d7v Місяць тому +1

    Some of this stuff is common sense that most people would figure out a lot quicker than the video would suggest.

  • @Fishgunn
    @Fishgunn Рік тому +5

    My father got me into destiny in 2018 but I didn’t like it as much then in 2021 I came back to it and I was blown away by all the stuff I missed about my old warlock account and seeing this video is reminding me about how much stuff I still have to accomplish even only putting in about 96 hours (according to steam) into this game.

    • @KabbalahSherry
      @KabbalahSherry 7 місяців тому

      So how are you doing now that The Final Shape is here?? 😏 Is your Loc all suped up & wearing the best drip? lol

  • @Sapphire_Eye
    @Sapphire_Eye Рік тому +21

    I'm curious about what a "10 stages of" would look like for those who play all 3 classes

    • @FarookKMOON
      @FarookKMOON Рік тому

      I feel like post getting stage 10 of one of the classes that you feel you mastered you would start like soft rest and start playing more consistently the other tow

    • @Telesto_Timelost
      @Telesto_Timelost Рік тому

      The ultimate guardian

    • @MegaNinjaSkill
      @MegaNinjaSkill Рік тому +1

      I refuse to believe that someone plays all classes evenly. Everyone always gravitates to one class or another

  • @mohamedsupreme4190
    @mohamedsupreme4190 Рік тому +46

    As a stage 10 warlock main and a byf disciple this made my day

    • @FarookKMOON
      @FarookKMOON Рік тому +1

      Still in stage 9 but I'm learning the lore Byf vids are amazing

    • @XSoulgamez
      @XSoulgamez Рік тому +1

      So can you guide me I’m stuck at like stage 5-7

    • @mohamedsupreme4190
      @mohamedsupreme4190 Рік тому

      @@XSoulgamez i would like to, however due to how lightfall is changing builds and mods i would wait till i figure everything out

    • @GhostCastle7
      @GhostCastle7 Рік тому +1

      I became a byf disciple like a year ago lol

  • @dragonbornnugget8107
    @dragonbornnugget8107 Рік тому +7

    I went from titan to hunter and finally settling with warlock and have not regretted my choice in my main

  • @ChoklittRockett
    @ChoklittRockett Місяць тому +1

    I was hunter main from d1 all the way till about d2 season 15. I have been warlock main ever since I love it. Got some crazy builds for both pve and trials . Can’t go back to hunter or titan

    • @CarsonRut-n7y
      @CarsonRut-n7y Місяць тому

      It's just right for the fun and both pve and pvp, and do you like solar warlock? You have too lol

  • @nat1club349
    @nat1club349 Рік тому +1

    Definitely stage 3 right now. Stopped playing destiny back after 2 came out, just got back into it now and am 40 hours in

  • @Chrosteellium
    @Chrosteellium Рік тому +8

    Cant believe you didnt mention the celestial armor set in the fashion segment. Probably one of, if not the best, sets easily available. Every armor piece from it is goated.

    • @blueberry8726
      @blueberry8726 Рік тому

      One of the first sets i bought was that because i liked the star theme

    • @marinawolf
      @marinawolf Рік тому

      word.

  • @davidcourtney2491
    @davidcourtney2491 Рік тому +7

    As a stage 9 warlock, I can say that I am very proud of how well he did his research. I love how accurate this is. 😂 I just hit the solo everything faze and can’t wait for the rest lol

  • @dokho7iday
    @dokho7iday Рік тому +5

    So accurate and well done! I love how you used a ton of the suggestions the community gave in the comments of your original poll.

  • @DerUnbekannteFlo
    @DerUnbekannteFlo 7 місяців тому +1

    Went from Rezz Warlock to Stormcaller and never stopped being one since Destiny 1
    Seeing a whole room blow-up in chain lightning is very satisfying

  • @TrevTheMan00
    @TrevTheMan00 8 місяців тому +1

    Well nezarec's sin works well with graviton lance and strand since GL creates void orbs that explode all around and strand melee crates needle missiles and they just combo so well you just create a symphony of death and its glorious.

  • @icebrg.
    @icebrg. Рік тому +16

    Stage 10 for me was becoming addicted to non meta weapons because of their hidden or unappreciated potency 😂 voidlock with nezarecs sin and ruinous effigy is godly

    • @collinpeters2874
      @collinpeters2874 Рік тому +3

      I agree with you. I now, after all this time, find it most fun to play with weird weapons and exotics. There will always be the meta builds u can go back to, but I enjoy the weird makeshift ones the most.

    • @Starfloofle
      @Starfloofle Рік тому +1

      Effigy is my main exotic and probably will forever be. I just love the damn orb gun too much to ever give it up. Traces are awesome by themselves, but the orb feels awesome to slide in and grab while it's midair, it provides you a great survivability power in its drain guard (even after it was nerfed) and there are few things more satisfying than slam dunking that ball onto some unsuspecting goons from twenty stories up as if you were a titan LOL

  • @Venthris
    @Venthris Рік тому +7

    As a Stage 9 Warlock who started back in D1 let me tell you, the journey to stage 10 is a long one, but while the destination is important, so to is the path you walked to get there.

  • @yoshigottagun
    @yoshigottagun Рік тому +5

    I became a warlock main at beyond light launch when enough pressure from my almost exclusively hunter main clan caused me to cave and dawn the dress. It hooked me instantly.
    Now, more than 2000 hours later, I'm proud to say I'm a stage 9 player. I have tons of builds, know how to use them all, and regularly teach raids. I've solo flawlessed every dungeon in the game and farm GMs every week.
    I hope to eventually move on to stage 10, but I still have a lot to learn. My next step is a Day One. I tried with an LFG at Vow but we couldn't get past caretaker. This time, I have a fireteam already ready which I put together myself. We won't get worlds first, but I'll be damned if we don't get that clear.

    • @dan4099
      @dan4099 Рік тому

      Lowmans?

    • @yoshigottagun
      @yoshigottagun Рік тому

      @Dan Raids with less than a full fireteam. Usually when someone says "lowman" they mean 3 or less members.
      The only one I've done so far was a Rhulk, but it was pretty fun and made for a decent challenge.

    • @dan4099
      @dan4099 Рік тому +1

      @@yoshigottagun haha ik was it is was just wondering if you had done any - you should do more they are good trio flawless dsc and vog are easy and fun :)

  • @ThatOneGuy-iv9sn
    @ThatOneGuy-iv9sn Рік тому +1

    I was at one point a stage 10 warlock before 3.0 builds but now I am a Titian and I still like reminiscing on my warlock journey that started on d1 rise of iron after playing hunter and then Titian for all of d1 before that

  • @fragileanxiety129
    @fragileanxiety129 9 місяців тому +1

    I've mained Hunter and Titan in prev expansions. Last night started a Warlock thinking I'll main it in Final Shape. 1:20 into this video and it's 100% accurate

  • @jetpackboy09
    @jetpackboy09 Рік тому +12

    I remember a few years back in 2019 when my cousin was telling me about how this game had “magic wizard” class. I said “that sounds cool. I’ll give it a try.” 3 years later and here I am still. Shout outs to all my fellow fairy-jumping, bookworm, warlocks out there!!!

  • @Das_Nici
    @Das_Nici Рік тому +4

    This is the Quality content I was looking for!
    Amazing work as always.

  • @nikinfinite07
    @nikinfinite07 Рік тому +9

    I recently returned to be a warlock main. I haven't been one since the red war.... . Very glad I first chose magic over stealthyness and bulkyness

  • @Fmurffx33
    @Fmurffx33 Рік тому +1

    "And Titans look like a kid drew all over them with crayons." And we're damn proud of it! That kid is probably the happiest one around, which means we've done our job! 😤

  • @Sadoruro
    @Sadoruro Рік тому +2

    Gosh this is so spot on ! This brought back so much memory of my journey to stage 9 warlock, it's incredible.

  • @silverx3604
    @silverx3604 Рік тому +4

    Fun Fact: Nezarec’s sin actually works with all subclasses, but to get the energy boost the kills must be void, so you can be on a solar subclass but as long as you have a void weapon getting you kills it will activate the buff from Nezarec’s.

    • @ShadowDestiny
      @ShadowDestiny  Рік тому

      Yeah we know. If you look in the video, I was not using void weapons either

  • @Dremikanix
    @Dremikanix Рік тому +5

    I'm at about 2800 hours, and I would say I'm a solid stage 9. It is CRAZY how accurate these 10 stages are. A fantastic job.

  • @calypsothespirit
    @calypsothespirit Рік тому +4

    As a Titan main, watching mains of the other two classes learn and develop has only ever made me appreciate my choice even more.
    Not because the other two seem weak or dumb or something, but because watching them makes me appreciate how each of us grow and evolve as our classes, and how together we can use our skills and knowledge to our empower and protect each other.
    Despite our differences, despite our playful and petty rivalries, Warlocks and Hunters are my brothers and sisters. And I'm proud to be the first of their fireteam.

    • @limitless_ftw
      @limitless_ftw Рік тому +3

      As a hunter main I am still very jealous of how cool titans and warlocks look like

    • @RykardLordOfBlasphemy21
      @RykardLordOfBlasphemy21 Рік тому +1

      @@limitless_ftw As a warlock main I dont mind swapping my glorified wristband for your cape

    • @limitless_ftw
      @limitless_ftw Рік тому +1

      @@RykardLordOfBlasphemy21 As a hunter main I believe every class needs a cape

    • @minilabyrinth
      @minilabyrinth Рік тому

      Yeah this game has amazing feeling of identity for your character

    • @uyuyuyuya
      @uyuyuyuya Рік тому

      ​@@limitless_ftw no, no capes!

  • @crusher5728
    @crusher5728 Рік тому +1

    EVERY warlock main is born the same way at the same moment and that moment is throwing their nova bomb

  • @silverbloodborne9495
    @silverbloodborne9495 Рік тому +1

    Get nezarecs sin
    Me: the void it calls
    My fireteam: you good my guy

  • @katzhas
    @katzhas Рік тому +10

    Stage 5.1 when you created a male warlock and realize how it's the worst mistake you did in the whole game

  • @cammo353
    @cammo353 Рік тому +1

    I got Contraverse Hold as a drop while I was in stage 3 and ended up skipping stage 4, now I think I'm just loitering around stage 5/6 because I refuse to use solar

  • @lemonyship96
    @lemonyship96 Рік тому +1

    I believe i am in mid to late stage 8, despite playing warlock since destiny 1 week 1. Movement is my entire build. And izanagis, i love izanagis

  • @MichelleWilde-ws7sv
    @MichelleWilde-ws7sv 9 місяців тому +1

    ... I'm realizing. I went out of order and did stage 5 at like stage 4 and now I'm on stage 4 And theres still Leaking hints of stage 5 remaining.
    Also, my personal favorite headpiece is the last stag and for a while. I just used it as my main armor exotic, no matter what scenario because I looked freaking sick.
    I also learned how to glide at like stage 3. It's really not that hard. But that's probably because I was a solar main which as warlock is like training wheels for your glide.

  • @emoducksauce7405
    @emoducksauce7405 Рік тому +1

    Fun fact: Nezarecs sin does work with all classes as long as you use a void weapon

  • @ZeroTheOtter
    @ZeroTheOtter 8 місяців тому +1

    I’d consider myself a pseudo stage 10 warlock who skipped the medic stage cause I refuse to well (nova bomb and blink ftw) and perfer to try everything else. I make and try out hundreds of loadouts that tend to flop. I recognize I’m not the greatest player but there’s always run for improvement. I for one focus more on having fun and learning ever detail o can about destiny’s lore and wouldn’t have it any other ways. Cheers to all my fellow grenade eaters.

  • @Sadoruro
    @Sadoruro Рік тому +1

    I watched your other two videos about Titans and Hunters, and only this one about the Warlock journey is truly beautiful from the start to the end. There's no tryhard phase, no egoistical trip, no tbagging phase... The Warlock journey is only about becoming the best space wizard and achieve the greatest PvE feats, and there's beauty and innocence in it.

    • @spacebunsarah
      @spacebunsarah Рік тому

      Judging by the comments on those videos though, I think it hits with those people too. We’re just warlock mains so this really just makes sense to us. 🤷‍♀️

  • @Corpiananime
    @Corpiananime Рік тому +1

    Shadow I think you can continue the series by doing The Life of a Crucible main then The Life of a Gambit main and then Life of a Crucible main!

  • @coolrotaryphone
    @coolrotaryphone Рік тому +1

    A proud stage 9 warlock. I hope one day i can ascend

  • @TheD404
    @TheD404 Рік тому +1

    I started as a warlock and played through the whole base D2 as my first destiny experience. It was fun but after my play-through I started a hunter and haven't looked back.

    • @MyZ001
      @MyZ001 Рік тому

      Yea, started Warlock, but after playing as a Hunter AND as a Titan for awhile I'd rather be either one of those. I feel like the other 2 classes have evolved to have unique playstyles, while the Warlock (outside of healing) is just shoot stuff and throw grenade/melee.
      Hunter can go invis, help the team go invis, debuff enemy to take more damage, be quick and agile; Titan can generate overshield for self/team, "silence" enemy, tank attacks, create titan bubble OR ad clear with same subclass...
      What kind of playstyle to Warlocks have besides throw out a heal??

  • @traumino02
    @traumino02 Рік тому

    this is the third time i watch this video.
    the first time i watched it was 6 months ago, when it got posted.
    seeing myself going up the stages with time makes me realize how much i've improved.
    i went from "okay but wtf is an exotic and how do i get one?" to "haha yes grenade spam with sunbracers goes boom"
    i can totally see that i still have a lot of room for improvement and the hardest thing i've done so far was soloing the prophecy dungeon.
    i'm currently trying to solo spire of the watcher but the final boss still kicks my ass.
    hope that one day i'll be good enough to solo a raid.

  • @cisco8237
    @cisco8237 Рік тому +1

    I think I just got to the stage 7 medic I absolutely love running well in pve now and I like Sunbracers to spam solar grenades

  • @jubjub567
    @jubjub567 Рік тому +1

    I was a stage one blink warlock and I always remember I queuing up the duality dungeon and my teammates were like don’t use blink, so I switched off it to a regular jump and didn’t know how to use it and kept falling to my death. So I ended up switching back to blink for the rest of the dungeon lol.

  • @solidius7589
    @solidius7589 Рік тому +1

    I am currently in stage six, however, I am not at all disillusioned with being forced to well. I've always been a solar warlock main, before I even realized how good they were.
    However, I'm also currently spending a lot of time as my arc titan. Im still a warlock main, above all else, but ad clearing with trinity Ghoul and thundercrash is a fun change of pace.

  • @spacebunsarah
    @spacebunsarah Рік тому +2

    I knew I wanted to main warlock from the second I saw the character creation screen. But my friend told me titans had more health, so I played Titan until the Wendigo farm last season. I cried when I learned how to wellskate a few weeks ago and when I died 32 times on the Vow jumping puzzle, so I totally cried watching this too. 💖

  • @Tronnort
    @Tronnort 6 місяців тому +1

    Beeing warlock Main for the past 7 years ,i can say that im still in Stage 3 😂

  • @Akumu-tq4hf
    @Akumu-tq4hf Рік тому +2

    I used to play as a hunter but later on I switched to warlock now I’m can say I’m a stage 8 warlock main with 730+ hours and I have so much pride for it…
    I still have more room to improve on warlock but I am happy to learn more!!😊

  • @HeavyMetalLoverrr
    @HeavyMetalLoverrr 10 місяців тому +1

    I loved my jump from the second i started playing. IDK why but, for me, its so easy to control. A jump and then a boost is not that difficult

  • @banzan0
    @banzan0 4 місяці тому

    I'm not going to begin to tell you how incredibly accurate this is... Anyway thanks for the content dude. I know it's an old video, but as a "newish" player (only 60 hrs in) to Destiny 2 you're making this progression in the game pretty easy going for sure.

  • @Alex-ug9wx
    @Alex-ug9wx Рік тому +1

    I’ve just made a warlock (hunter main) and just WOW. They have so much more than us hunters! I got it from 1600 to 1794 in about a day (including artefact) and I’m absolutely loving it. I have an incredible build (PVP and PVE) with starfire protocol. My hunter might get a bit dusty…

  • @nailinthefashion
    @nailinthefashion Рік тому +1

    I identify most with stage 7, although I've played so long I'm beyond. I'm so hopelessly comitted to being a support in all games, i feel super seen with that stag callout. I got excited when i got it from Xur today lmao

  • @animeboi87
    @animeboi87 Рік тому

    o m g. you've definetly described EXACTLY how im feeling when playing warlock for the first time. Im new to destiny 2 and I feel exactly to how your describing it. Thats crazy bro, sick ass video!!!

  • @Courier_Kyle
    @Courier_Kyle Рік тому +1

    Stated a Warlock purely to use Nova Warp and haven't swapped off since.

  • @0XxAngelOFDethxX0
    @0XxAngelOFDethxX0 Рік тому

    after watching this, i could say that i'm a strong stage 6.5, but i can relate to what you said in all the stages that came before that, also about the stage 10 as today i asked for help in my clan, a warlock stage 10 joined me out of the blue and instead of rushing the mission and be done with it ( which he could since he oddly one shots everything lol ) he showed me how to move and what tactics to use at which time to be able to solo it next time, even let me clear the waves solo as practice, now i'm in love lol

  • @mathieumercken9962
    @mathieumercken9962 Рік тому +1

    Born to Nova, forced to well hits hard

  • @josephvires4751
    @josephvires4751 Рік тому +1

    Really long story ahead
    I've played since Destiny since its original launch. I actually started out as a Titan and enjoyed it, but then my older brother also started playing and picked Titan as well, and much better than me too. After feeling upstaged, I decided to switch to Warlock.
    It felt really confusing to me at first after playing Titan, especially the gliding, but after a month or so, I got the hang of it. Not only that, I started to like Warlock better. Running Sundance and Shatter Nova made me feel like a badass.
    Then Taken King came out, along with Stormcaller, and I immediately fell in love with it. In the wide words of Th3Jez, I was literally Jesus the Super. And it was awsome for me to just go Emporer Palpatine on anything in my way.
    Then D2 came around, and I was depressed they removed the original Sundance super, but I got used to it as well. Since then, I've grown more and more as a Warlock, actually making builds and using all sorts of exotics, and when Forsaken came out, I did it again. Same with Beyond Light, and I'm going to do it with Lightfall too.
    Long story short, I love Warlock, and looking back on my journey, I'm sure I've never made a better decision to switch in my life

  • @Qwerky396
    @Qwerky396 Рік тому +1

    Just started last week and this just made everything make sense. Great video

  • @MightBeUwU
    @MightBeUwU Рік тому

    I am currently maining warlock for Strand and my current flow setup is melee based by running Monte Carlos, Chromatic Fire to complement Monte, the Threadling grenade, and Threadling artifact to increase range, damage, ect.

  • @Dullkopf
    @Dullkopf Рік тому +2

    yoooo i nearly ended my destiny career after 30 mins or smthing bcs of exactly that stage 1 jump hahaha