How To Get Elemental Charge Destiny 2

To consistently gain Elemental Charge in Destiny 2, you need to combine the right armor mods with specific gameplay actions. The core of this mechanic revolves around using Orbs of Power, Elemental Wells, and enemy debuffs.

Orbs of Power

Generate Orbs of Power. This is the foundation for many builds. Certain weapons with the 'Masterwork' enhancement automatically generate Orbs on multi-kills. Consider using Masterworked weapons in your preferred loadout.

Armor Mods for Orb Generation

Equip the following helmet mods to benefit from Orb generation:

• Siphon Mods: These are elemental-specific (e.g., Solar Siphon, Arc Siphon, Void Siphon, Stasis Siphon, Strand Siphon). Rapid defeats with weapons matching your subclass element will create Orbs of Power. Use these to tailor your gameplay around a particular elemental damage type.
• Heavy Ammo Finder/Scavenger: While not directly related to Charge, more Heavy Ammo means more Heavy weapon kills, which translate to more Orbs. Consider it a tangential benefit.

Apply these mods to your helmet to make Orb generation a constant occurrence during combat. Experiment with different combinations to determine which works best for your playstyle. For example, if you favor Solar weapons, equip Solar Siphon. If you find you're running out of Heavy ammo often, use a Heavy Ammo Finder.

Elemental Wells

Elemental Wells are small orbs of elemental energy that spawn upon certain conditions and grant buffs when collected.

Armor Mods for Elemental Wells

Use these leg armor mods for Elemental Well generation and benefits:

• Elemental Wellspring: Defeating a combatant with a grenade spawns an Elemental Well matching your subclass energy type. This requires frequent grenade usage.
• Reaping Wellmaker: After using your class ability, your next weapon final blow creates a Void Elemental Well. Good for classes with frequent class ability usage (Hunters and Titans).
• Melee Wellmaker: Rapid final blows with a melee ability creates a Solar Elemental Well. Focus your build on powered melee attacks.
• Font of Wisdom: Picking up an Elemental Well grants you greatly increased Intellect, boosting your Super recharge rate. Crucial for builds focused on frequent Super usage.
• Font of Might: Picking up an Elemental Well that matches your equipped weapon's damage type grants increased weapon damage for a short duration. This helps maximize your damage output during specific engagements.
• Well of Life: Picking up an Elemental Well grants a burst of healing. Useful for survivability, especially in challenging activities.
• Well of Restoration: Picking up an Elemental Well grants energy to the ability with the least energy. This is a great way to ensure ability uptime.
• Seeking Wells: Elemental Wells track to your location. Makes collection easier, especially in chaotic combat.

Combining Well generation and benefit mods lets you chain abilities and weapon buffs. For example, use Elemental Wellspring to create Wells with grenades, then use Font of Wisdom for faster Super recharge.

Charged With Light

The Charged with Light system lets you accumulate charges to activate various buffs. You need mods that grant Charged with Light and mods that consume it.

Armor Mods for Gaining Charged With Light

Use these armor mods to gain Charged with Light:

• Taking Charge: Become Charged with Light when you pick up an Orb of Power. This is the most straightforward and common way to become Charged with Light.
• Charge Harvester: When you use your Super, you gain Charged with Light. Good for Super-focused builds.
• Striking Light: Defeating combatants with melee damage grants Charged with Light.
• Swift Charge: Rapidly defeating combatants with Pulse Rifles or Sidearms grants Charged with Light. Tailored for specific weapon loadouts.
• Shieldbreak Charge: Breaking an enemy shield with a matching elemental weapon grants Charged with Light. Effective against enemies with shields.
• Precision Charge: Rapidly defeating combatants with precision damage grants Charged with Light. Requires good aim.

Armor Mods for Using Charged With Light

Apply the following armor mods to expend Charged with Light and gain benefits:

• High-Energy Fire: While Charged with Light, gain a bonus to weapon damage. Consumes one stack of Charged with Light per kill.
• Protective Light: While Charged with Light, when your shields are broken, you gain significant damage resistance. Consumes all stacks of Charged with Light. Excellent for survivability.
• Lucent Blade: While Charged with Light, dealing damage with a Sword grants increased Sword damage for a short duration. Consumes one stack of Charged with Light.
• Blast Radius: While Charged with Light, gain increased damage and blast radius for Rocket Launchers and Grenade Launchers. Consumes one stack of Charged with Light.
• Stacks on Stacks: Gain an additional stack of Charged with Light each time you become Charged with Light. Increases your maximum stacks.
• Supercharged: Allows you to hold two additional stacks of Charged with Light. Requires another mod that grants Charged with Light.

A practical example would be equipping Taking Charge to gain Charged with Light from Orbs, and then using High-Energy Fire to boost weapon damage. Alternatively, use Protective Light for increased survivability in difficult encounters. Consider using Stacks on Stacks and Supercharged to allow for a larger storage of charged light.

Fragment Synergy

Subclass Fragments can further enhance Elemental Well and Orb generation. Certain Fragments synergize directly with these systems.

Example Fragments

• Solar: Ember of Benevolence (Applying Restoration, Cure, or Radiant to allies grants increased grenade, melee, and class ability regeneration).
• Void: Echo of Starvation (Void weapon final blows grant Devour).
• Arc: Spark of Volts (Finisher final blows make you amplified).
• Stasis: Whisper of Chains (Being near frozen combatants or crystals grants damage resistance).
• Strand: Thread of Generation (Dealing damage with Strand weapons grants grenade energy).

Integrate Fragments that align with your chosen gameplay loop and subclass. Using Ember of Benevolence on a Solar Warlock build focused on healing, will boost your ability regeneration, thus creating more Orbs, and Wells through your abilities.

Tips for Effective Implementation

• Focus Your Build: Don't try to do everything at once. Choose a specific playstyle (e.g., ability spam, weapon damage) and build around it.
• Team Coordination: Communicate with your fireteam to create synergistic builds. For example, one player can focus on generating Orbs, while another focuses on utilizing Charged with Light.
• Experiment: Try different combinations of mods and Fragments to find what works best for you. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.
• Consider Enemy Types: Adapt your build based on the activities you're playing. For example, Shieldbreak Charge is more effective in activities with many shielded enemies.
• Weapon Choice: Pick weapons that align with your build. For example, use weapons matching your subclass element if you're using Elemental Siphon.

Checklist for Building an Elemental Charge Build

• [ ] Choose a primary damage type (Solar, Arc, Void, Stasis, Strand).
• [ ] Select weapons that align with the damage type.
• [ ] Equip a helmet mod for Orb of Power generation (Siphon mod).
• [ ] Equip leg mods for Elemental Well generation.
• [ ] Equip leg mods for Elemental Well benefits.
• [ ] Equip armor mods for gaining Charged with Light (Taking Charge).
• [ ] Equip armor mods for expending Charged with Light (High-Energy Fire).
• [ ] Select Subclass Fragments that synergize with the build.
• [ ] Test and refine the build in various activities.