Destiny 2: The Solo Flawless Duality Dungeon Guide (All Classes)

Solo Flawless Duality is probably the hardest solo dungeon to date, rivaling, if not beating out Prophecy for the title. This is a solo you're definitely going to want to get done during Season of the Haunted because of Classy Restoration. HOWEVER, if you are watching this after Season of the Haunted is over, you are in luck, as Titan does not rely on seasonal artifact mods whatsoever.

Introduction / Why Titan is Best - 0:00
First Encounter - 2:58
Second Encounter - 13:22
Final Encounter - 17:19

Loadouts used:

First Encounter Titan: SMG, Glaive (Glaive of Dreams mod), Tractor Cannon
First Encounter Warlock: Deliverance Fusion Rifle, SMG, Anarchy
First Encounter Hunter: SMG, Null Composure, The Lament

Second Encounter Titan: Deliverance Fusion Rifle, SMG, Cataclysmic (you're gonna be doing most of your damage via hammers, minus the bosses)
Second Encounter Warlock: Sniper, Riskrunner, Cataclysmic
Second Encounter Hunter: Huckleberry, Null COmposure, Cataclysmic

Final Encounter Everyone: Witherhoard, SMG (Calus Mini-Tool), Cataclysmic w/ FTTC and Bait and Switch

All of these loadouts are flexible, just because I used it doesn't mean it is the defacto best loadout to use.

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[mrfrasersir]

for people running warlock, just remember that getting hit by the colossus’ slow missiles removes your restoration, so if you pop a rift, get hit by missiles then die instantly, that’s why

[SumitShrivastava]

What worked for me.
1st Boss - The extra Psion Strat works perfectly fine. When I killed the 2 during the first run through, i pick 1 symbol up, and remember the second by coming back to the normal realm, and typing it in chat. It is that symbol, from that exact room, that you need to dunk. You are Solo, so no one around to care how you get it or remember it. The Psion will spawn, and you'll have a symbol. Don't kill Psion and use it during Gahlran Nightmare run to extend timer. Hell, even picking up a wrong symbol come rotation 2 or 3 will work, since you can just go and dunk it. The door just won't open. To and fro from the nightmare realm should become second habit to you. It's fine to optimize, but staying alive and fighting should be priority.

Note: Warlocks pop your well on top of the two small walls in the center of the arena. Boss cannot push you around, and the extra adds won't overwhelm you.

2nd Encounter : Use Eriana's / Arbalest / Wave Frame to kill Shielded Cabal easily (One shot to head by the two exotics). Use a Machine Gun as heavy for easy Bellkeepers + Collosus kills. Easy to get overwhelmed. So add clear is prio. Boss dmg is just as long as you want to take, they don't immune back up, so take your time.

Caital: Arbalest / Lorentz is the play for bellkeepers. They 1 shot the backpacks, ensuring you kill the bellkeepers quickly, and not have to deal with fallen packs exploding. During Caital DPS start, Arby / Lorentz 1 shots again. Move to the middle when shooting the chains. Kill the middle 2 as caital spawns, then work where she is going and kill there. Again, just 2 bullets with extremely heavy aim assist or Arby and Lorentz come in clutch. If you have the Dungeon LFR, just use that to DPS or good old threaded needle. Don't fiddle around trying to proc Bait and Switch during an already overwhelming stage. Use special LFR for snipers, and Heavy LFR for DPS. Keep it as simple as you can. Witherhoard helps, but 1 shotting bellkeepers from anywhere instantly and ensuring no pack falling is too good to leave behind. Most important, take your time, if you miss a bell or DPS, it's fine. TAKE YOUR TIME. You are SOLO. No one to backseat or rush you. Play it safe, play it consistent. Take 10 phases who cares. A W is a W.

[Helianthinae]

Very good video as usual, Datto!

I’d like to mention for anyone struggling with the second encounter, wave frame GLs with ambitious assassin works wonders against the shielded guys, it just goes through their shields and with ambitious assassin you can kill the bellkeepers with 2 shots very fast and saves you a lot of time

[SwimTheMoon]

My tip for hunters: during dps phase of final boss, I used 6 shot golden gun to quickly blast all the bell keepers as soon as I got teleported in. Make sure to proc radiance at the start and they'll all be one shots.

I had zero stress going into dps due to this.

[petervalvo]

For hunters, absolutely recommend 6th coyote for the last 2 encounters to make sure you have classy restoration up all the time so you never have to worry about it. Xenophage is great for a slower but MUCH safer clear. It one shots bell keepers, 2 shots the colossus, and does respectable damage to caiatl

[ultimate]

I used double special weapons the whole time:

Caiatl stomping the backpacks killed me the most out of anything in my run. I ended up using Null Composure as my energy weapon (paired with witherhoard) because a reservoir burst shot from Null will one shot the flamethrowers and disintegrate them.

In the second encounter, I used a wave frame as my energy weapon to kill the shielded cabal easily.

First encounter I used a glaive for the artifact buff and the succession sniper to one-shot the bells, and because a 72rpm kinetic sniper can one-shot the beekeepers with a crit (without vorpal weapon) .

[trustypatches]

The thing that softlocks gahlran is picking up a standard from the previous rotation after a damage phase. Just make sure you don't grab any standards without having killed a psion for it in that rotation.

[owen]

Thanks for the fantastic video! I'm fairly new to D2 and these tutorial videos have all helped immensely. Also, shout out for NOT having the auto generated subtitles, it's much appreciated.

[DarkSpartan]

Nothing is more frustrating in this dungeon then dying via getting flung into a wall in this dungeon. Most of my runs were cut short due to bellkeepers flinging me into a wall or up into the air. Highly recommend Lament for this dungeon btw. Can really help keep you alive during DPS if you're running Lorely Splendor with sunspots on titan. Helped me get my solo flawless done earlier this week.

[LNHVideos]

Thank you for this video after all the other "super easy trick OMG LOLOLOL" videos out there, having your thought out explanations and perspective (as well as actual voicing of frustrations) is so refreshing.

Also, yes, definitely use Titan - and I say this as a Warlock main, Hunter secondary since D1.

[andyjane]

For the second encounter, to spawn the standard barer, you only need to kill the 5 cabal that spawn near the top and not the ones down the stairs.

[nightstark]

Still working on my solo flawless, but a tip that helped me go through the solo itself: on the secound encounter, don't be afraid to burn your super while in the Nightmare Realm. The bosses are much weaker than you would expect, and knowing you can use your super to just wipe the Bellkeepers clean when low on time is quite a relief. The same goes for heavy ammo, if you prefer to deal damage with your super, and I would say the same extends to the other fights. You have essentialy unlimited time on the normal realm to get your super and ammo back, and plenty of enemies to kill. Don't let the run go down the drain because you were too afraid to burn something to get out of the Nightmare Realm on time. On the worst case, better to do one more damage phase than to die.

[FormerlyValk]

Regarding the soft lock in the first encounter:

This is completely avoidable as long as you keep track of which standards are usable. During the first run through the nightmare realm, *always* kill two psions, and *only* ever pick up a standard from a psion that you killed that run. On the second time through, *only* pick up the standard from the psion that you killed on the previous run. During damage, always find and kill the psion, and *do not* pick up the standard that it drops.

The soft lock occurs when you pick up a standard that was spawned by a psion that you killed during damage phase. I practiced and completed a solo flawless on hunter (about 10 hours) using this strat and wasn’t softlocked once, so I’m certain that it’s consistent.

[FormerlyValk]

A couple of hunter-specific notes, since datto probably isn’t the best source for hunter content:

- Assassin’s Cowl is a very good replacement for 10 resilience/classy restoration, and sans classy restoration it is the best survivability option that hunters have. I felt far more comfortable on knfe trick + assassin’s cowl than I did on tether for every encounter, although ymmv.

- Non-precision knife trick kills on incendors will evaporate them without exploding them *and* won’t drop a backpack. However, if the target is killed via scorch or ignite instead of the melee itself, you won’t get the knife back or the invis.

- Lucent Blade is currently bugged such that the damage buff is overridden by Radiant (a smaller buff) but it’s still worth using because of the increased sword recharge rate. You don’t even need to be charged with light for it to work

- During all damage phases, your main focus should be keeping up classy restoration (this season obviously). Your healing grenade will refresh the x2 buff, getting a solar kill can refresh the x2 buff, so manage ad kills with solar weapons (such as lament!) during damage phases

- Swords can cancel and reverse your momentum, so if you’re dying to physics deaths… just don’t

- My loadout for both boss encounters was fusion rifle, mini tool (incandescent) and lament. For vault I used heritage, deafening whisper, and gjallarhorn

[nileskauffman]

For the final encounter, I use Trinity Ghoul (w/ catalyst) for ad clear. It’s definitely worth it, you can wipe whole waves of Psions/dogs in one shot. Plus you always have power ammo if you use a finder mod (because primary exotics trigger that more often). Bonus if you have a special weapon with Lead From Gold so your heavy bricks also fill your special ammo!

[soundspoon]

I was just trying this yesterday and you have no idea how much I was missing this video of yours, thanks Datto!
*Edit* When I was trying this, the prophecy smg worked really well to keep classy restoration longer with empyrian

[vrrrmin]

For those looking to use warlock you can still clear fairly easy just with Lament and Karnstein Armlets on Well. Devour + Huckleberry for second encounter turns the combat portion into a joke. Xeno for Caiatl as it one-taps Bellkeepers.

You don't need to worry about Classy Restoration at all as long as you have either Devour or Karnstein Armlets.

[izanami]

Just solo flawlessed it on warlock. The amount of tries that took almost made me give up. All I’m gonna say to my warlock brothers is: if you need to use panic well, use the panic well. It’s better to use the well early and use time to farm super than to die when you could’ve used it. This saved me so many times, and NEVER glide near bell keepers EVER.

[Lavapoint]

Just a quick couple of tips for the anyone tackling the second encounter, regarding the bearer layout. Dog and axe will be around the upstairs bell, Cup and Sun will be the ground bell. There are easy to read maps posted on Google for all 3 encounters.

But just so you can get a good bearing in your head, dog is on the left side, axe is on the right. *swing around* SUN will be on the right, and CUP on the left.

[SumitShrivastava]

Got both GoA and Duality done on Titan. And that is someone who's Guardian Games each year looks as 100% Warlock. Has to complete WQ to get a basic Lorelei but my god. That was so much easier than clawing my hair out from frustration.