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Of course, you can always switch between each of the three subclasses at any time once you’ve unlocked them, but it’s still good to know the situations each subclass is best for. Titans, Warlocks, and Hunters have three subclasses each, and their different supers, abilities, and perks serve a variety of purposes.
10 Titan: Sentinel
The Titan class is the perfect class for those who want to hold the front lines and establish a strong defense for their fireteam, and the Sentinel subclass helps Titans better serve this purpose. The Sentinel Shield super is great at clearing groups of foes in rapid succession, and the Banner Shield super provides protection and a damage buff for your fireteam.
The Sentinel subclass also gets access to voidwall grenades and suppressor grenades, which can be used to keep enemies at bay and prevent particularly annoying foes from using their abilities.
9 Titan: Striker
Like the Sentinel subclass, the Striker subclass excels at clearing large groups of enemies. Titans with the Striker subclass equipped can channel arc energy and slam into the ground with the Fist of Havoc super, which can be incredibly deadly in the Crucible in the right hands. The Thundercrash super isn’t quite as useful, but it can still be helpful if you learn to use it effectively.
The Striker subclass can use lightning grenades and pulse grenades, which are perfect for zoning enemies out and creating safe boundaries for your fireteam. Flashbang grenades are also an option, although they’re less useful. Still, if you need to disorient a tough enemy, a flashbang grenade will definitely help.
8 Titan: Sunbreaker
The Sunbreaker is the Titan’s solar subclass, and it tends to be a bit underused in the grand scheme of things. The Hammer of Sol super allows you to toss flaming hammers at your enemies, detonating on impact and dealing massive solar damage to those caught in the blast. It’s great for racking up kills in the Crucible. The Burning Maul super gives Titan a much bigger hammer, but at the cost of range.
Keeping with the solar theme, the Sunbreaker subclass can use incendiary grenades and thermite grenades, both of which deal solar damage. Equipping the Sunbreaker subclass also lets you use fusion grenades, which are sticky grenades that do bonus damage if they stick to a target.
7 Hunter: Gunslinger
The Gunslinger subclass is the best Hunter subclass thanks to its versatility. The Golden Gun super is one of the best in the game. It can wipe out an entire team in the Crucible or deal massive damage to bosses in strikes and raids. The Blade Barrage super can get you out of any bad situation with ease, shutting down enemy supers or clearing some space in PvE.
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The grenades are some of the best in any class as well. The Gunslinger gets the same incendiary grenades as the Sunbreaker Titan subclass as well as a tripmine grenade that can serve as a trap in the Crucible. Swarm grenades split into multiple small homing projectiles on impact, dealing tons of damage if they all connect with the same target. Add throwing knives into the mix and you’ve got the class with one of the most varied kits in the game.
6 Hunter: Arcstrider
The Arcstrider subclass is more focused on crowd control than precision shooting. The Arc Staff super equips Hunters with a staff imbued with arc energy which is perfect for clearing large groups of enemies. For more defensive Arcstriders, there’s the Whirlwind Guard super, which allows users to rapidly spin the Arc Staff in order to reflect projectiles.
The grenades for the Arcstrider subclass aren’t anything special for the most part except for skip grenades, which can become incredibly powerful when combined with the Shinobu’s Vow Exotic armor.
5 Hunter: Nightstalker
The Nightstalker subclass is for the sneaky Hunters out there. The Shadowshot super uses a void bow to tether enemies to one spot, slowing and weakening them. It also has the added benefit of shutting down enemy supers in PvP. The Spectral Blades super allows Hunters to become invisible and use dual blades to take down enemies with ease.
Vortex grenades, spike grenades, and voidwall grenades give Nightstalkers plenty of opportunities to zone out enemies and create positional advantages. If things get hairy, Nightstalkers can also use a smoke bomb to disappear from sight entirely for a few seconds.
4 Warlock: Dawnblade
The Warlock solar subclass is similar to the Titan solar subclass in that its super launches solar projectiles at enemies, but that’s where the similarities end. The Daybreak super allows Warlocks to summon a solar sword and take to the skies, sending flames at their foes from afar. The Well of Radiance is a support super that places a rift on the floor that provides rapid healing and damage buffs to allies.
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The Dawnblade subclass utilizes solar grenades that continuously deal damage in a certain area over a period of time as well as firebolt grenades that send out homing projectiles that lock onto enemies. The Dawnblade subclass can also use the same fusion grenades as the Titan Striker subclass, too.
3 Warlock: Voidwalker
The Voidwalker subclass is the void subclass for Warlocks. The Nova Bomb super that all Voidwalkers can use is incredibly powerful in both PvE and PvP activities, launching an explosive bomb of void energy at enemies and disintegrating those unfortunate enough to be caught in the blast radius. The Void Warp super allows Warlocks to teleport short distances and explode in a burst of energy each time, and it is absolutely devastating in PvP.
The vortex grenades and axion bolts that Voidwalkers get access to are similar to the solar and firebolt grenades of the Dawnblade subclass, while scatter grenades are something else entirely, splitting into smaller explosives on impact to cover a large area.
2 Warlock: Stormcaller
Stormcaller is arguably the best Warlock subclass, primarily because of its supers. Stormtrance lets Warlocks float around the battlefield electrocuting foes with handheld lightning. The Chaos Reach super fires a powerful long-range beam of arc energy that disintegrates anything in its path.
Stormcallers are equipped with arcbolt grenades and pulse grenades, which can be used to deal damage spread throughout small areas. Storm grenades are unique in that they summon a small lightning storm in impact, but these can be very hit or miss depending on where they land.
1 Best Overall: Gunslinger
The Hunter Gunslinger subclass just has way more to offer than the other subclasses. Both of its supers serve radically different but equally useful purposes, and its grenades and melee abilities are a cut above the rest.
Of course, every Destiny 2 subclass can excel in its own right, but the Gunslinger subclass is the easiest to get the hang of and has the highest potential for damage, especially when you equip Exotics that modify its abilities like the Celestial Nighthawk helmet.
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