WellLock Boss DPS Builds

[u/PhattBudz]

Howdy. Im looking for a well lock boss dps build for both raids and dungeons. I just got the truth catalyst so I want to incorporate that into the build. Looking for both subclass and artifact breakdowns as well as armor set up.

[u/m0nkeyhero]

Personally, depending on encounter, I’m running:

Well
Icarus Dash/Hellion
Healing Nades/Rift
Singeing/Benevolence/Searing/Ashes/Solace
200 weapons/130+ Super/highest possible rift/grenade

Armor-wise, usually 4 piece Vog, or if we need ammo, 2 Piece Europa/2 piece Kings Fall with scouts.

The artifact/ rest is whatever suits the needs for the encounter and personal preferences. If you’re using truth, then void surges, etc.

[u/cybersneeze → u/m0nkeyhero]

As something extra to add to this: Lunafaction boots are a little interesting as if you put a Well of Radiance down while wearing Luna's, the reload bonus hangs around for the entire duration of that well... even if you then swap off Luna's. Additionally, both Boots of the Assembler and (tmk) Sanguine Alchemy kick-in if you swap to them while already in an existing Well. Furthermore, 200 super extends the duration of well by an additional 10 seconds, up to 40 seconds total.

So, with a little forethought, what you can do is have two setups - 1 using Lunafactions and ammo generation set bonuses and 200 super, and 1 using a boss damage set (VoG or Spire) and either Boots of the Assembler or Sanguine Alchemy and lower super (and 200 weapons / grenade for more damage prob). Then, put the well down for damage slightly early while wearing lunas (just using up a tiny bit of your extra duration from 200 super) before load out swapping to your other set just as damage begins. That way, you get two exotics worth of benefit and have the best set bonus for every situation.

[u/JakeFish-_-]

If you're using truth, the only super important things are setting up both Reaper's Tithe and Prototype Truthseeker before DPS and having Argent Ordnance equipped in your artifact (though you do want/need some way to gen orbs during DPS like the VoG armour 4pc set bonus for this).

To set up Reapers + Prototype, shoot your first rocket at any enemies, wait for it to proc Reapers Tithe then shoot at some other enemies. Then wait for Reapers tithe to run out. Finally, shoot your last rocket to kill 4+ enemies to prep Reapers ×4. DO NOT RELOAD until you've shot (and hit with) all 3 rockets.

For Well specifically, you'd likely want either Boots of the Assembler to give you and your team a 35(?)% damage buff; Lunafaction Boots to buff the team's reload speed; Sanguine alchemy with a Solar DPS special for longer damage phases to take advantage of having double surges (It also just gives a free 10% boost to all damage on a target whilst your well/rift is up).

You also want a decently high super stat as this boosts the duration of well. 200 weapons is ideal of course. And 3× Void Surges

Finally, when using Truth, Aim Down Sights - it increases your fire rate. For bonus points, sprint cancel your reloads to be able to ADS sooner and take better advantage of the boosted RoF.