Build Burning Fists and Roaring Flames through melee pressure, recover through Sunspots and hammer pickups, then debuff a priority target with Tractor Cannon.
Burning Fists · Roaring Flames
Sunspots · Hammer of Sol
Wormgod Caress builds escalating, decaying melee damage from melee or finisher defeats. Higher Burning Fists levels also improve weapon damage. Roaring Flames stacks from Solar ability/ignition final blows and boosts Solar ability damage.
Secure easy kills first. A fresh room and an isolated boss do not automatically provide maximum stacks. Keep the actual buff timers in view.
Sol Invictus creates Sunspots from qualifying Solar defeats. Enter one to gain Restoration; Solar defeats can extend active Restoration/Radiant through Empyrean.
Picking up a hammer that hit a target grants Cure and melee energy. Current text scales returned energy with Melee: do not assume every pickup instantly restores a full hammer. Tractor adds suppression/Weaken, not healing.
Hit with a charged Throwing Hammer for Torches' Radiant. A Solar ability final blow can start Roaring Flames and create a Sunspot. The hammer hit alone is not a guaranteed kill or Sunspot.
Pick it up for melee energy and, after a hit, Cure. Respect any remaining recharge. Never run through lethal fire or off a ledge to retrieve it; use weapons while it recovers.
Enter a Sunspot for Restoration and ability regeneration. Firebolt and Sunspot scorch support Singeing's class recharge. Empyrean extends buffs already active; it cannot start Restoration from nothing.
Melee/finisher defeats raise the Exotic's decaying damage buff. Use available enemies rather than assuming a permanent maximum. Finishers are optional and should be safe, not forced during a boss mechanic.
When close range is safe, apply Tractor's Weaken/suppression, then use melee and Special damage. Coordinate debuffs: do not assume every Weaken source stacks additively or that Tractor contributes conventional rocket-like Heavy burst.
If targets die out, retreat to weapons and cover. Hammer of Sol gives roaming ranged Solar pressure and Sunspots. For distant bosses or unsafe melee phases, change the weapon plan instead of forcing the combo.
Roaring Flames / 2 slots: Solar ability/ignition final blows increase Solar ability damage, up to three stacks. This is separate from Burning Fists.
Sol Invictus / 2 slots: Solar ability final blows, Hammer of Sol impacts, and defeating scorched enemies create Sunspots. They scorch enemies, improve ability regeneration while occupied, and grant Restoration on entry.
Your Sunspots are not a general team-healing source without an effect that explicitly shares them. No Consecration is equipped.
Powered melee hits against combatants make you and nearby allies Radiant. -10 Grenade. Radiant is weapon support, not a universal hammer/Super damage multiplier.
Extends Radiant and Restoration applied to you. Does not create either buff by itself.
Solar weapon/ability defeats extend active Radiant/Restoration. -10 Health. The Kinetic primary and Void Tractor do not satisfy the Solar-kill condition.
Scorching targets improves class recharge. Use Firebolt/Sunspot scorch; an ordinary hammer hit is not automatically scorch.
Burning Fists: melee/finisher defeats build damage that decays over time; high levels add weapon damage. These gauntlets do not supply Synthoceps' surrounded trigger or a free heal.
Melee-stat investment supports this focus, but exact live scaling and Exotic interactions should be tested in game. Survival matters more than preserving a damage stack.
Void Heavy shotgun. Short-range impulse suppresses and dramatically weakens targets; explicitly strong against Overloads. Use for priority/team debuff utility, not to launch yourself into every enemy pack.
Check current Exotic engram/vendor acquisition. Catalyst is optional. While learning, an owned Legendary Heavy is fine, but loses Tractor's debuff and requires a different Champion plan.
| Slot | Armor | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Helmet | Exodus Down HelmLegendary / piece 1 | Orbs and melee Super-energy support. |
| Arms | Wormgod CaressExotic | Burning Fists engine. |
| Chest | Exodus Down PlateLegendary / piece 2 | Encounter resistance. |
| Legs | Exodus Down GreavesLegendary / piece 3 | Orb recovery and Solar weapon surge. |
| Class item | Exodus Down MarkLegendary / piece 4 | Class utility; both set bonuses. |
Shield breaks collect nearby Orbs/ammo. This is emergency utility, not an instruction to lose shields for pickups.
Charge gains, losses, or spending heal you and grant brief damage reduction, scaling with charge shifted. Orbs and surge decay support personal defense; no source-set Ferropotent bonus is active.
Use current Exodus versions with real set perks. Ornaments/legacy copies do not count. These four pieces are the easy-to-grind foundation; ideal Exotic stats and weapon rolls are progression goals.
| Weapon / slot | Perk pair | Role / source |
|---|---|---|
| Blast Furnace / refreshedKinetic / Kinetic slot / Primary pulse | Kinetic Tremors + Chaos Reshaped | Ranged fallback between melee windows. The linked refreshed guide lists Arena Ops; do not confuse its roll with legacy copies. |
| Midnight Coup / BRAVEKinetic / Kinetic slot / Primary hand cannon | Explosive Payload + One for All | Established BRAVE-pool alternative to Blast Furnace. Check current acquisition; neither Kinetic primary extends Empyrean. |
| IKELOS_SG_v1.0.3Solar / Energy / Special shotgun | Pugilist + Incandescent | Special damage, melee energy from kills, and scorch spread. Legacy Seraph source; check current rotation/vendor. Does not require a speculative thrown-hammer One-Two Punch interaction. |
50 Grenade / 100 Class / 200 Melee / 50 Super. Start with 100 Melee and useful Class/Health, then build Melee toward 200 as gear allows. The high Melee target is a progression focus, not required to learn the loop.
Final targets after Torches -10 Grenade and Empyrean -10 Health, not verified inventory totals. Preserve Health/Weapons and resistance mods. 200 does not double the first 100 points' recharge effect or guarantee every pickup fully refills melee.
Monument of Triumph / reviewed 24 October 2026. The hammer-and-Radiant plan: nearby-ally Torches buffs support class energy; Solar pickups recover the weakest ability, and Radiant enables grenade/Shrapnel benefits alongside the existing melee engine.
| Slot / tier | Perk | Trigger / practical effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 / T1 | Elemental Benevolence | Applying an elemental buff to allies returns class energy. Self-only buffs are not the support trigger. |
| 2 / T1 | Refresh Threads | Collect a pickup matching your subclass element, or a Tangle with a Strand Super, for energy to your least-charged ability. |
| 3 / T2 | That Fresh Bullets Smell | Ammo-brick pickups temporarily improve Kinetic weapon damage. It does not boost the Solar shotgun or Void Tractor Cannon. |
| 4 / T2 | Elemental Coalescence | Defeats can create elemental pickups aligned with your equipped Super; creation is a chance, not every kill. |
| 5 / T2 | Elemental Daze | An elemental-weapon Champion stun produces an aligned debuff explosion. You must supply the initial stun first. |
| 6 / T3 | Shieldcrush | Radiant or Amplified improves grenade recharge/damage; Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or a Void Overshield improves melee recharge/damage. It grants neither buff itself. |
| 7 / T3 | Radiant Shrapnel | Sustained weapon damage while Radiant, or a weapon defeat of a scorched enemy, releases scorching Solar projectiles. |
Shieldcrush's melee bonus needs Woven Mail, Frost Armor, or a Void Overshield; Radiant alone activates its grenade side. Do not advertise it as a free Radiant hammer multiplier. Torches supplies Radiant; the Kinetic Primary benefits from That Fresh Bullets Smell, not the Solar shotgun or Tractor. Ally-triggered Benevolence is group utility, not a solo refund.
Tractor covers Overloads. Radiant can cover Barriers on eligible other weapons; arrange a reliable Unstoppable tool rather than waiting for an uncertain Ignition.
Check the activity's required types and your current in-game counter tooltips. No old seasonal auto/pulse/hand-cannon perk is assumed just because it existed in the original artifact.
Alternative direction: Encrypted Data Disk offers Armorsmith and finisher energy; it is a utility alternative, not permission to add its perks to these seven.
Sources: GameRant / seven refreshed artifact pools (19 June 2026) and Bungie Help / Adjust the Artifact (seven total perks). Select the current in-game versions if wording differs; these are build-fit recommendations, not measured damage rankings or duplicate-perk stacking exploits.
| Slot | Mods | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Helmet | Hands-On Kinetic Siphon Heavy Ammo Finder | Melee defeats support Super; matching primary multikills make Orbs. Finder supports Tractor. |
| Arms | Heavy Handed Impact Induction Focusing Strike | Powered melee defeats create Orbs; hits support grenade/class energy. Respect proc cooldowns. |
| Chest | Concussive Dampener 2× encounter-matched resistance | Use Melee Damage Resistance when the encounter warrants it; still match actual incoming threats. |
| Legs | Solar Weapon Surge Recuperation Invigoration | Buffs Solar shotgun, drains charge, and gives Orb healing/melee energy. Does not buff Throwing Hammer. |
| Class item | Reaper Powerful Attraction Outreach | Class cast gathers Orbs, supports melee energy, and prepares a weapon-kill Orb. |
Ticks are not saved. For weapon-led damage without a hammer-retrieval loop, compare Void Arsenal.
Prepared 23 October 2026. The source presents a meta melee core; its alternate armor bonus and exact stacked damage claims are not reproduced. Verify live item text, availability, mod costs, and interaction rules after patches.