Destiny Rising Best Estela Build

Intro to Destiny Rising Best Estela Build

Estela is a Solar Offense character in Destiny Rising. Discover her top builds, recommended weapons, and artifacts both in PvP and PvE here on this Destiny Rising Best Estela Build! You’ll also find solid alternatives and best teammates to pair with her here.

PVP Offense

Recommended Weapons

Primary Weapon	Heavy Weapon
DEL2 Sweet Ears	Gallows

Recommended Artifacts

Slot 1	Warding Pact
Slot 2	Healing Nutation
Slot 3	Inverted Fury
Slot 4	Rampaging Precession

In PvP, she has a harder time summoning Lv.3 Illusions. You should rely more in making a weapon focused build. Still, you should also aim to cast higher level summons whenever possible to secure a more guaranteed damage against enemies.

PVE Offense

Recommended Weapons

Primary Weapon	Heavy Weapon
Furies III	Scorched Earth

Recommended Artifacts

Slot 1	Unrelenting Ground
Slot 2	Unrelenting Evolution
Slot 3	Bellicose Pact
Slot 4	Responsive Pact

IN PvE, let Estela’s summons handle most of the fighting so tha you can stay safe at a distance. Focus on a build that maximizes their damage, but keep strong weapons equipped as well. You don’t want to rely solely on her abilities, especially against tougher enemies.

PvP Weapons

Primary

Heavy

Recommended

DEL2 Sweet Ears

With its solid range and stability, this weapon excels at outranging your opponents. Also, it benefits from increased minimum damage outside its effective range, making it difficult for enemies to play safe. That said, it does rely on strong traits to truly reach its full potential.

Alternative

Furies III	This weapons fire rate increases the longer you keep shooting, and it also deals even more damage against targets marked with criticality points. It’s also easy to upgrade through the battle pass, making it a reliable choice to invest in.
Ultimatum	This well balanced gun is easy to use and it offers free reloads on final blows against broken shields making it great for chaining kills. However, it still requires strong traits to unlock its full potential.

Recommended

Gallows

This weapon makes it easy to land guaranteed damage. Its reload speed is faster than most other machine guns, however, polarized rifling isn’t particularly effective unless you’re targeting enemies trying to escape.

Alternative

Scorched Earth

A well-balanced weapon that’s simple and reliable to use. The effective range boost doesn’t provide much value on grenade launchers. Requires strong Traits to fully unlock its potential.

In PvP, Gallows stands out as one of the best weapons out there thanks to its homing grenade launchers. Provided you can land your shots. Because of this, Estela should pair it with a mythic primary, with DEL2 Sweet Ears being a top choice due to its strong range bonus and overall stats.

That said, Furies III is also among her best weapons, as it excels at stacking her passive. If you prefer, you can run it alongside Scorched Earth instead for a different but highly effective setup.

PvE Weapons

Primary

Heavy

Recommended

Furies III

This weapons fire rate increases the longer you keep shooting, and it also deals even more damage against targets marked with criticality points. It’s also easy to upgrade through the battle pass, making it a reliable choice to invest in.

Alternative

DEL2 Sweet Ears	With its solid range and stability, this weapon excels at outranging your opponents. Also, it benefits from increased minimum damage outside its effective range, making it difficult for enemies to play safe. That said, it does rely on strong traits to truly reach its full potential.
Ultimatum	This well balanced gun is easy to use and it offers free reloads on final blows against broken shields making it great for chaining kills. However, it still requires strong traits to unlock its full potential.

Recommended

Scorched Earth

A well-balanced weapon that’s simple and reliable to use. The effective range boost doesn’t provide much value on grenade launchers. Requires strong Traits to fully unlock its potential.

Alternative

Heir Apparent	This weapon excels at clearing waves of enemies but it requires caution because powerful attacks can quickly destroy your shield. It is also far less effective on teams that prefer to stay mobile rather than holding their ground.
Gallows	This weapon makes it easy to land guaranteed damage. Its reload speed is faster than most other machine guns, however, polarized rifling isn’t particularly effective unless you’re targeting enemies trying to escape.

Since her goal is to summon as many level 3 bewitched illusions as possible, furies III is ideal thanks to tis critical point and ammo refund passives, which makes stacking her passive even much more easier. For the Heavy slot, scorched earth is a strong choice with its high rate of fire and ability to quickly build stacks.

If you prefer a more weapon focused build, however, it’s better to run an exotic heavy weapon instead and pair it with whichever mythic primary best suits your playstyle.

PvP Artifacts

Slot 1

Slot 2

Slot 3

Slot 4

Best Artifact

Warding Pact

Damage reduction is one of her strongest stats to have, but in this build, it requires careful cooldown management to perform at its best. Also, it’s only truly effective when used with a character capable of maintaining at least three summons at once.

Alternate Options

Resolute Nutation

As long as you’re attacking consistently, you will benefit from damage reduction. This makes it more effective if paired with weapons and abilities that fire continuously. To keep the buff stacked, you’ll need proper ammo management and cooldown timing.

Best Artifact

Healing Nutation

This’ll provide a simple way to sustain HP as long as you’re landing your shots, making it especially effective on character who rely heavily on their guns. However, note that the actual healing may be lower than what the description suggests.

Alternate Options

Ring of Conversion

This trait is an excellent way to turn otherwise wasted healing into extra survivability. It is best suited for melee casters who dive in to deal damage, but it requires a source of healing for the effect to trigger.

Best Artifact

Inverted Fury

This grants a significant boost to weapon damage, making it a most effective on characters who can stay safe while attacking from range. It also pairs especially well with piercing weapons that focus on dealing heavy precision damage.

Alternate Options

Bellicose Precession

An increased fire rate translates directly into higher DPS, making this especially strong with weapons that have large magazine sized. Also, it is highly effective against Shinkas, since you’ll need to take them down quickly before their shields regenerate.

Best Artifact

Rampaging Precession

This buff is easy to trigger as long as you can land 10 shots, making it more effective on weapons with large magazine sizes. To max its uptime, be sure to reload right after hitting the 10-shot mark so you can activate the buff as quickly as possible.

Alternate Options

Resonating Pact

This is a great way to significantly boost the damage of summons, letting you stay safe at a distance while they handle most of the fighting. That said, keep in mind that summons won’t always focus on the same target you’re attacking.

While her summons can be strong in PVE, skilled opponents can often take them out quickly. For this reason, weapon focused artifact set is usually recommended, ensuring you’re not overly reliant on her summons and spreading more of the build’s power to her guns.

That said, if you struggle to land your shots, or if enemies have a hard time dealing with summons, you can instead run a summon focused set for greater effectiveness.

PvE Artifacts

Slot 1

Slot 2

Slot 3

Slot 4

Best Artifact

Unrelenting Ground

It’s powerful to have damage reduction just by standing still, especially for ranged characters who prefer to stay back and attack from a distance. That said, it’s far less useful for characters or players who like to keep moving constantly.

Alternate Options

Resolute Nutation

So long that you’re constantly attacking, you will consistently gain damage reduction. This makes it most effective with weapons and abilities that can fire continuously, thought you’ll need to manage ammo and cooldowns carefully to maintain max stacks.

Best Artifact

Unrelenting Evolution

Once you’re fully stacked, this can provide a huge amount of damage resistance. However, it’ll require multiple sources of damage reduction to work effectively and often limits you build options if you decided to focus on this mechanic.

Alternate Options

Ring of Conversion

This effect is an excellent way to turn otherwise wasted healing into extra survivability. It shines most on melee heroes who dive in and deal burst damage, however, it require a source of healing for it to activate.

Best Artifact

Bellicose Pact

This will let you stay safe while your summons handle most of the fighting, However, it requires a good cooldown management to use effectively. It can also be swapped out for Rampaging pact if you’d rather prioritize general damage over summon focused damage.

Alternate Options

Bellicose Precession

An increased fire rate translates directly into higher DPS, making this especially strong with weapons that have large magazine sized. Also, it is highly effective against Shinkas, since you’ll need to take them down quickly before their shields regenerate.

Best Artifact

Responsive Pact

This lets you stay safe at a distance while your summons handle most of the combat, through it will require good cooldown management to get the most value. The buff is also guaranteed to apply unless the summon comes from a Signature Ability.

Alternate Options

Resonating Pact

This is a great way to significantly boost the damage of summons, letting you stay safe at a distance while they handle most of the fighting. That said, keep in mind that summons won’t always focus on the same target you’re attacking.

She benefits most from boosting bother her damage and survivability of her summons, ensuring that they stay alive long enough to deal significant damage. However, if you’d rather not rely entirely on her summons, you can switch and opt for an alternative summon type artifacts that distribute buffs between estela and her summons for a more balanced approach.

Recommended Teammates

PVP

Ning Fei	Overwhelming your enemies with numerous summons can make them difficult to handle, while also creating a diving threat that forces your opponents to redirect their focus. However, this pairing requires stronger support from allies, since both he and estela lean heavily toward offense.
Tan-2 Umeko	Having a healer is always valuable, and they can also help finish off enemies that estela doesn’t manage to kill. However, Tan-2 is slightly less effective than Umeko unless Estela is running a pure weapon focused build.

Here are some character that synergizes well with Estela in PvP. Keep in mind though that their strength lies in pairing specifically with her. Other characters may prove to be a much better, but this still depends on your overall team compostition.

PVE

Kabr	This character can keep her safe while her summons dish out damage, and their ability to bind enemies helps those summons survive a little bit longer. However, adding them may result in too many Rapid Fire weapons on the team if the mission doesn’t call for it.
Umeko	This character boosts the damage of both Estela and her summons, allowing her to stay back and play safely without relying on healing too much. Also, their supers synergizes well, enabling them to unlease massive burst damage together.

Here are some characters that we think that works well with Estela in PvE. That said, their effectiveness can vary depending on what mission you’re doing, so be sure to consider whether they’ll be a solid choice for specific scenario before committing to them.

Conclusion

She’s a versatile solar offense character who excels when supported by the correct builds, weapons and team. In PvE, her summons can dominate the battlefield if their damage and survivability are enhanced, allowing her to stay safe at range. That said, in PvP, skilled opponents can quickly eliminate her summons, making weapon focused builds a more reliable option. Her best setups are often balance summon power with strong weapon choices, ensuring she isn’t overly reliant on one playstyle.

When paired with the right allies, whether supportive character to keep her safe or offensive partners to amplify her damage. Estela can adapt to a wide variety of situations. Overall, she thrives when players manage cooldowns effectively, choose the right artifacts, and build around either her summon-centric strengths or her weapon focused alternatives depending on the mission or matchup.

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