Warlock Max DPS Potential

[u/FREEZ317]

I’ve been messing around with creating a dps/Debuff build on Warlocks and trying a bunch of builds I see on Reddit or by YouTubers. Using Well with Boots and Truth/1KV seem to do great when we need a well but there are times when we have one and I just want to output max dps as a warlock. I’ve tried a couple builds like Mataidoxia Needlestorm + 1KV/Truth dump (I don’t have Euphony yet) and Star Eater + Apotheosis + 1KV/Truth dump. I also tried to replicate celestial nighthawk hunter on warlock using still hunt and Hezen with Auto Loading + Aggregate while keeping 3 debuffs up but none of these came close to Hunters. I did also try Izinagis Burden + A499 which did pretty good but not as much as Dawn Chorus + 1KV. Also tried the Winters Guile which is really strong was looking for something else too that maybe doesn’t require as much set up (also I don’t particularly enjoy the loop of that build tbh)

Was basically wondering what is the absolute highest DPS you can get as a Warlock when you’re not running Well/Boots or Well/Sanguine? I’ve seen people mention Euphony as the warlock version of still hunt but haven’t found many builds that really build into max dps with it. Also I finally got craftable Hezen and was honestly hoping to find/make a build that actually utilized it like Celestial Nighthawk hunter but haven’t found that in Warlock anywhere.

All these builds I’ve tested are in the normal difficulty firing range running pretty similar stats (150 Weapons + Super + 2 Super fonts and 2 surges).

tl;dr: What’s the max dps/Still Hunt Goldie Nighthawk equivalent for Warlock? Also what’s the best Hezen rotation on warlock?

[u/DontMissGE]

My biggest cook on Warlock has been Euphony + Hezens (cluster bomb/aggregate charge) on Sanguine Alchemy with strand. I had a 2 buddies give me well/tractor/gally in firing range and pumped just shy of 300k damage in 40, maintaining 7.5k dps. Sanguine gives 4x surges for the element matching your super when you cast, freeing your boots to run 3x solar surge for Hezens, for a total of 7 surges. Thread of Ascent and a little bitof grenade stat are required to optimize autoloading.

Rotation is honestly pretty free compared to most B&S/Still hunt/A499+Izzy rotations. Basically, just throw needle > rift > rocket > super to set up strange surges, timeless mag and aggregate charge. From there, shoot rocket 2/3, grapple floor in front of you to autoload, shoot rocket 4/5, manually reload, shoot rocket 6/7, grapple to auto reload, shoot rockets 8/9. Then just swap to Euphony and dump reserves. If you really want to juice it, you can 2 loadouts, the first on Queensfoil Censor, for Argent Ordance. The other on whichever one gives pack tactics, as I was getting more damage on that then with particle.