How viable is a support focused play style in Destiny 2?

[half thicket]

Ive enjoyed equipment like precious scars and lumina. Yet, I'm just now getting into endgam content.

How viable is a support focused build in endgame raids and dungeons?

I don't mind switching out of Titan to a different class if there's one with better options.

[glacial gate]

running well + lumina + rocket in a raid is viable. Lumina gives a 35% buff and well is well.

[pliant walrus]

can even be hyper support focused and run lumina with a legendary trace and cenotaph

[glacial gate]

true

however for pretty much any content in the game, survivability isnt an issue so "support" builds are usually inferior to a good adclear/dps build

like cenotaph is great with lumina and a trace in gms if ur teammates are potatoes, but 3 half decent strand titans will mow through everything twice as quick for example

[half thicket]

In that case, could I make up for lack of damage with gjallahorn?

[glacial gate]

if you are looking to play raids then being a wellock with lunafactions and gally would be huge for like 90% of the bosses in the game

people will love you if you are dedicated gally dude

[half thicket]

Cool beans. Thank you for the jnfo

[pliant walrus]

i can attest to this people say they could kmiss me often

[clever herald]

support builds generally tend to be less about speccing fully into support and more bringing specific support tools and building into as much damage as possible arround it

like you take either ghally, tractor or lumina and try and align your build as much as possible to a traditional dps build

[glacial gate]

Yeah basically

[timber burrow]

Mate if you do raid roles and well and gally, you're forever mvp

Or div when needed
Or invis hunter and fast orb dunks and debuffs

[half thicket]

So, destiny isnt so much about healing and keeping people alive as it is understanding the encounter and knowing what to bring to make everyone's run easier.

[pliant walrus]

exactly

[sharp river]

only time you would really need a lumina is when you really need to pass a dmg check for a day 1/master raid

[honest elk]

Lumina is pretty nice in Crota's End for buffing sword-holders though.

[sharp river]

you're gonna 2 sword anyways so the lumina is unnecessary

[crimson swift]

^

overrated exotic outside of speeds/day1 like you said

[honest elk]

Lumina can let you 1-sword on normal.

And make 2 sword on master a lot more reliable if otherwise a hiccup happens.

[vocal badge]

It can
But likely it wont

[sullen pike]

Your support build will literally only be lumina or gally and then having whatever else for damage, support builds are super weak and don't have many good Exotics to support that playstyle

Like you've the boots that have noble rounds but it's super slow

[devout vine]

Need to buff boots of assembler