Hunter or Warlock.. can't decide! Thoughts?

[Requimatic]

I've been playing Hunter (and enjoying it, barring some thoughts) and finally broke 900, but also just recently started a Warlock as well, thanks to a build video I saw.. so I had some questions.

The (Warlock) build in question was the "immortal" Warlock build involving Nezarec's Sin, liberal use of the Devour buff, and a pretty nice looking super generation.

But, outside of being pretty tanky, is the damage output of such a build enough that it would be welcome in a group?

As for Hunter, I can't decide which subclass to focus on at all. Way of a Thousand cuts seems great if you've got Shards, but Way of the Pathfinder also seems pretty nice if you've got Orpheus Rig and can play the build well enough. But then there's Celestial Nighthawk, which makes for great boss burning.

Essentially, I guess what I'm asking is if all of these weird, crazy, and/or niche builds are actually good enough to be played in endgame situations. I'd hate to focus on something like that only to find out it's not particularly well-received by people later on and all that.

I'm particularly fond of Way of a Thousand Cuts (Blade Barrage), and Pathfinder wasn't too bad, but would likely be much, much better if I had Orpheus Rig.

I just can't decide!

[𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔞 ✝]

Warlock is much better at PVE while Hunter is the most versatile class but you can't go wrong with either. Both are capable of crowd control, dealing single target damage, and capable of support playstyle on pve.

In the end whatever you choose you won't regret it, both class are fun to play.

[Malfeasance]

I can vouch for Nezarec's. I personally don't use bottom tree (devour build) unless I'm attempting to solo stuff like tougher heroic events and such, but as long as you can kill things and keep devour rolling, you basically can't die.

I personally run top tree with the oppressive darkness mod from the last tree in the artifact. I've seen the main super burst hit for over 100K when set up with a charged vortex grenade, which does great damage by itself and has great uptime when paired with a Demolitionist main weapon, in my case Every Waking Moment which is easy to farm for a good roll.

The only negative is that you're locked into void energy weapons to keep abyssal extractor running, so I do enjoy running other builds, especially in PvP, so I can use other stuff.

But yeah, lock vote for me. Didn't care for my hunter at all on my journey to 900, swapped to a lock shortly after hitting it and haven't looked back. Titan is fun for a change, but my hunter is almost solely a gunsmith daily bounty character.

[Cylixx]

I'm a Hunter main.

I suggest Warlock. Because OMFG EVERYONE IS A HUNTER and some PVE content does not forgive you for having 3 Hunters in your fireteam. Looking at you Reckoning.

[Jason Krushbone]

Titan...nuff said!

[SolutionS]

Originally posted by Jason Krushbone:

Titan...nuff said!

[Kashra Fall]

The nez sin build you saw is indeed an immortal if played correctly and played solo. You however have to get kills for devour to stick on you and that is problematic in groups that shred units before you can get o them. However, due to the artifact giving oppressive darkness (Grenade mod) this makes the top tree a little more viable in groups. Overcharged void vortex grenades tick for 2k initially and then 5k a second on a boss sitting still and debuff them for 30%. This will also make your tracking nova hit for 164k and the balls after for around 37k. It's quite powerful.

A build I recently made by mistake, but is quite fun, powerful and even useful in PvP is what I like to call the buff bot build. You get he double fusion grenade chest piece, get 90 discipline, around 50 recov/resilience and what this build allows you to do, is survive well just about anything. Why? Because the double fusion grenade can turn into double overshield grenade. If you hit a teammate with it, you basically get it back instantly. Change your rift to empowering rift and if they stand in it, you get that+your melee and your grenade back pretty instantly.

This basically turns you into an infinite healer in both PvE and PvP in between your normal damage phases. I did this build earlier on a 950 and we scored 126k with only minimal deaths due to bad placements (Still working out the kinks) and in PvP it legitimately made people rage quit and accuse of hacking due to always having the grenades.

[Sam]

Everyone plays Hunter, good character for tryhards, choose warlock if you love PVE only.

[Wanderer]

I enjoy warlock. Hunter is fun too but I find it harder to stay alive.

[Pluviophile-]

Originally posted by Hella gay 4 Ana Bray:

Why not both?
I play all 3, I main all 3.

XD gonna takes long time bro :((

[WhiteCrow]

If you happen to nab an Orpheus you'll be very welcome in Raids, 950+ Nightfalls and any other difficult stuff. BB with Shards is a fun as hell build as well you can do a lot with. Liar's Handshake Arcstrider is bonkers too.

[Wanderer]

Just play them both and when you get your first exotics, either from random drop or Xur, decide which class is more fun with the new toys and spend time on that.

[MOSLEY]

The Nezrac's sin/devour build is great for solo play but you'll spend a lot of your time with well of radiance if you're playing warlock in some of the harder PVE content.

Hunters can be useful with orpheus rig/tether or celestial nighthawk/golden gun too though.

It's really up to you and which class you prefer playing. I (and a lot of others) have one character of each class.

[MOSLEY]

Originally posted by Hella gay 4 Ana Bray:

Originally posted by Pluviophile-:

XD gonna takes long time bro :((

Nuh, not really, I don't really repeat quests since there is no real point getting the same exotic again and you can share your weapons to boost your level really quickly.

It's worth hanging on to those exotic quests as you can use them to grind your power level up at the start of a season. I'll usually progress a couple of quests to the last step as some prep for the next season.