Following the release of Destiny 2 content updates after The Edge of Fate, Legendary armor sets now drop with two-piece and four-piece set bonuses. While many bonuses cater to specific weapon types, subclasses, or abilities, several generalist options excel across any PvE environment. Choosing the right set allows players to maximize survivability, utility, and Super energy generation.

Best Survivability Armor Sets

For players prioritizing defense, two primary sets stand out for keeping guardians alive in high-end PvE content:

  • Exodus Down (Nessus): The two-piece bonus, Emergency Electromagnet, collects nearby Orbs of Power and ammo bricks when your shields break. The four-piece bonus, Repurposed Charge, heals you and grants up to 35 percent damage resistance whenever you gain, lose, or spend an Armor Charge.
  • CODA (Prophecy): Final blows with Light weapons grant stacks of Light Polarity (improving the Grenade stat), while Darkness or Kinetic final blows grant Dark Polarity (improving the Melee stat). The four-piece bonus provides up to 40 percent damage resistance and extra ability energy when alternating between Light and Dark damage types.

Best Utility and Orb Generation Sets

Maintaining high uptime on armor mods requires steady Orb of Power generation and efficient ability loops:

  • Atheon’s Memory (Vault of Glass): Picking up an Orb of Power grants a Health stat bonus and releases a burst of radiolaria when your shields break via Radiolaria Breach. The four-piece bonus, Collective Power, creates an Orb of Power when dealing sustained damage while holding a subclass buff, making it exceptionally strong during raid boss phases.
  • Yearning Echo (Grasp of Avarice): Collecting ammo, elemental pickups, or Orbs of Power grants Untold Greed stacks, which reduce incoming damage by up to 15 percent and boost weapon reload speed. When your shields break, these stacks convert into a fountain of Orbs of Power.

Best Super Generation Set

Players focused on maximizing their Super uptime will find clear benefits in competitive activities:

  • Iron Battalion (Iron Banner): The two-piece Primary Honing bonus boosts handling, reload speed, and primary weapon damage against non-boss combatants based on your Weapons stat. The four-piece Supercyclical bonus refunds up to 30 percent Super energy based on final blows while your Super is active, stacking directly with Exotics like Shards of Galanor.

Subclass-Specific Alternatives

Beyond neutral options, players leaning heavily into specific elements can utilize targeted sets. The Seventh Seraph set from the Cosmodrome fits Stasis builds, the Lustrous set from Tenet of Bravery serves Solar builds, the Luminopotent set targets Arc, and players can choose between Nezarec’s Nightmare (Root of Nightmares) or Eutechnology (Portal) for Void builds.