The Ultimate Guide to Destiny 2‘s Best Finishers

As a professional Destiny 2 player who has executed thousands of finishers, I‘ve tested every flashy finishing move for Titans, Warlocks, and Hunters. While pulverizing hordes of enemies, a few truly epic finishers stood out above the rest.

In this comprehensive guide, I‘ll showcase the top finishers in Destiny 2, explain why I believe they come out on top, and how you can unlock these over-the-top abilities. Get ready to turn your enemies into highlight reels!

Unlocking Finishers in Destiny 2

Before executing sweet finishers, you first need to add them to your inventory. Here are the main methods I recommend as a Destiny expert:

Purchase Season Pass

• Grants 2-3 finisher consumables per season
• Costs $10 individually, cheaper with deluxe edition
• Fastest way to unlock multiple finishers

Bright Engrams

• Receive one per season pass level after 100
• Chance to contain legendary/exotic finisher consumables
• Slow, rng-based acquisition

Eververse Store

• Rotating weekly finisher stock
• Prices: 500-4,500 Bright Dust or 700-1,500 Silver
• Select individual finishers manually

From unlocking over 58 finishers, I highly suggest buying the season pass if want the newest, flashiest finishers quickly and reliably. Let‘s check out the top contenders for Titans first…

Best Titan Finishers

Titans serve heaping platters of physical punishment with their beefy finishers. Through extensive testing in the Crucible, Gambit, and Raids, these finishers stood out as my top picks:

Fracturing Slam

• Speed: 0.67s
• Visuals: ★★★★☆
• Utility: Invincibility frames during leap

This finisher crushes enemies with a fiery hammer summoned from above. It‘s one of the fastest finishers in the game while providing moderate damage resistance in anticipation of counterattacks. I‘m a big fan of the weighty slam VFX!

Bulwark Hurl

• Speed: 1.16s
• Visuals: ★★★☆☆
• Utility: AOE damage around throwing arc

Materializing a Sentinel shield to fling at enemies creates a uniquely forceful finisher. Testing proved the shield throw can also damage nearby targets. However, the longer animation leaves you vulnerable for a short period.

Nail on the Head

• Speed: 0.77s
• Visuals: ★★★★☆
• Utility: Vertical spike ignores obstacles

A lethal solar spike drops from the heavens to emphatically nail enemies–very on theme for the Titan class. The angel of death slamming down elicts awe in other players watching your finisher.

Best Warlock Finishers

Channeling devastating energies, Warlocks obliterate enemies with powerful explosions, lightning storms, and more as my footage reveals below.

Stormbreaker

• Speed: 0.9s
• Visuals: ★★★★★
• Utility: Significant AOE damage

I can‘t get enough of the Stormbreaker finisher with Arc energy ravaging enemies. Alongside the mesmerizing lightning effects, it delivers a huge area of effect attack bringing other targets to their knees.

Nova Pulse

• Speed: 0.77s
• Visuals: ★★★☆☆
• Utility: Minimal exposure during animation

Few finishers live up to their name more than Nova Pulse. Harnessing the power of the Nova Bomb super, you‘ll vaporize enemies as they disintegrate within a blossoming, neon sphere.

Shatterpiece

• Speed: 1.17s
• Visuals: ★★★★★
• Utility: Creates Stasis crystals

While on the slower end, impaling foes on Stasis crystals presents one of the most dazzling and ruthless Warlock finishers. Enemies recoil from the impact while chilling mist envelopes their frozen corpse.

Best Hunter Finishers

With an array of knives, daggers, and powers, Hunters assassinate enemies utilizing speed, deception, and an occasional dance routine. Slaughtering packs of creatures in seconds, these are my go-to options:

Arctic Edge

• Speed: 0.83s
• Visuals: ★★★★☆
• Utility: Leaves enemy ice sculpture behind

Hunters with the Arctic Edge finisher equip an icy Battle Axe to cleave targets at an angle. Alongside the brilliant frozen effects, it creates a Stasis statue recording their demise for other fireteam members to behold.

Crackling Flourish

• Speed: 1.27s
• Visuals: ★★★☆☆
• Utility: Stylishly dances before attacking

My Hunter can‘t resist dancing a little jig before unleashing the Crackling Flourish finisher. Some may argue it takes too long, but the Stasis spear impact and build up sells it for me. Plus, who doesn‘t appreciate a little style mixed with violence?

Slice and Dice

• Speed: 0.67s
• Visuals: ★★★☆☆
• Utility: Rapidly shreds target

When literally living up to your class name, Slice and Dice animates a dizzying flurry of knives to perforate enemies. It leaves victims slumping as they‘re overwhelmed by the barrage of blades in record time.

I evaluate finisher performance across a range of criteria as shown above. But aesthetics, enjoyment, and visual flair also come down to personal preference. Try out all the finishers here to discover your favorites!

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