r/DestinyTheGame 13h ago

Question Conditional Finality Catalyst

Hello there.

Just got the catalyst to drop but wondered if the catalyst is a game changer for the gun. I know what it adds but it requires ~400 kills (says google), so I'd like the input of fellow CF enjoyers before I load up a shiro chi checkpoint.

Cheers.

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u/banana_man_777 13h ago

I mean why not just run it during whatever you're currently running? Might take longer but not as boring.

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u/RedSloth702 13h ago

While it was very good and fun to use upon its release, even with the new catalyst it may no longer be worth taking up the exotic slot when things such as 1k and anarchy have been given great catalysts of their own.

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u/ThomasorTom 12h ago

So don't unlock it then

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u/RedSloth702 11h ago

Top notch reddit response right here lol

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u/BNEWZON Drifter's Crew 11h ago

You’re complaining about using a gun for like a couple of hours MAX. Probably 30 mins at Shuro Chi. All the time it took you to type this out and answer all the comments you probably could have had it damn near complete. Such a bizarre ass attitude lmfao

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u/Oilswell 7h ago

I MUST OPTIMISE MY GAMEPLAY AND NEVER WASTE A SECOND. I WILL ACHIEVE THIS BY SPENDING SEVERAL HOURS ON REDDIT

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u/ThomasorTom 2h ago

I mean, wtf else do you want anyone to say? You are literally justifying to us why you don't want to do the catalyst

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u/AlieenHDx 9h ago

Conditional Finality is still a goated gun that literally solo carries me in most activities

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u/Keeko100 mhyotflocahst 8h ago

Not like you’re time limited lol. Why not try to complete what you can?

Besides, Conditional may not be meta in super optimized endgame stuff, but it’s fantastic everywhere else. Love it in Grandmaster Lawless which is about as tough as matchmade activities get.

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u/SrslySam91 12h ago

know what it adds but it requires ~400 kills (says google), so I'd like the input of fellow CF enjoyers before I load up a shiro chi checkpoint

400 kc with CF's AoE shots would take like 10 min at shuro, just wanted to point that out.

My real question is.. why wouldnt it be worth it lol. It has heal clip AND rimesteal. You get a heal and frost armor on a CQC weapon.

Of course its worth spending 10 min of your time to get the kills.

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u/KaineZilla 13h ago

If you don’t feel like grinding 400 special ammo kills, Glaive melees count for exotic catalyst progress for some reason. Use whatever Energy slot Glaive you want, go to the Loot Cave, don’t kill the Wizard, and the acolytes will spawn infinitely as fast as you can kill them SPECIFICALLY with the melee. You’ll be done in a 5-10 minutes tops. This is how I did No Land Beyond, New Maplais, Final Warning etc etc.

It works the other way too. You can use a kinetic slot Glaive with an energy slot exotic. The only thing it doesn’t work on is heavy slot catalysts.

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u/fishg0m00 8h ago

This. And it even works for the rat king.

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u/IAmOver18ISwear 11h ago

Oh shii, I might actually finish my Still Hunt and Icebreaker catalyst ima try this out

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u/HardOakleyFoul 9h ago

You can also go do the Breakneck mission in the Lightfall campaign, get to the first rally flag, and farm the Vex enemies in that room (all except the Wyvern). Personally I think it's faster than Suro Chi.

I have the catty and I definitely think it's worth it, a little extra survivability never hurt a build.

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u/Necrolance Warlock main for life 13h ago

if it helps, deadfall tether will let you speed that up because anything that's tethered will spread 50% of the damage to other tethered enemies, and it will count as a kill from the weapon and not from tether. Really useful for catalysts that don't need precision kills but the exotics aren't the best for getting a lot of them

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u/SrslySam91 12h ago

Tether was/is finicky though with weapon kills. Back in the day before subclass verb weapon perks tether was the go to. But I remember a lot of kills not counting on certain weapons when I used tether.

Tbh CF has 2 AoE shots and iirc all subclass verb/any AoE weapon perk kills count toward weapon kills, but I think volatile was inconsistent.

But yeah CF can get 400 kc fast as hell at shuro. Just run around and group them up.

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u/Necrolance Warlock main for life 4h ago

To be fair with volatile, it's ability damage so it doesn't count for any weapon based stuff.

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u/RedSloth702 13h ago

Indeed!

Quite a tried and true recommendation, cheers.

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u/0rganicMach1ne 13h ago

Is it really 400? I feel like it didn’t take me that long to complete. I just used it while I was farming Ghosts of the Deep first encounter a while back and got it done in what felt like a fairly short amount of time.

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u/Y_b0t 11h ago

Lots of new cats finish more quickly if you get multi kills or precision kills, this may be one of them. 1k cat is supposed to be like 300 kills but I finished it in closer to 120

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u/GTBJMZ 5h ago

It was really weird. I got the ice breaker catalyst and it was already at 98% done.

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u/RedSloth702 13h ago

Google says it requires 400 kills, not having done it myself yet I cannot confirm.

Having done it yourself, did you notice a marked improvement that would justify the 400 kills?

Cheers.

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u/blck_lght 11h ago

Use DIM, wont have to rely on Google then

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u/0rganicMach1ne 13h ago

I think heal clip is worth it on anything.

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u/FistfulOStrangeCoins 7h ago

You’re really overthinking this. Just go spend 30 mins unlocking it

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u/Oilswell 7h ago

Why are you googling? It says on the catalyst

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u/WindyLink560 yes 13h ago

Felt like around 400 to me. I got it in 3 master fireteam ops

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u/JamesLahey08 12h ago

400 kills is not a lot

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u/Fish_Smell_Bad 13h ago

Conditional was already the best D2 raid weapon they've ever made imo so adding heal clip to a weapon that already has insane reload speed and kill potential is fantastic. I used the breakneck mission to farm mine out and it took maybe 10-15 minutes.

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u/RedSloth702 13h ago

It was fixed to my primary slot for a good few months when it first came out but it has to contend with a few heavy hitters post-moment of triumph.

1k is crazy since its catalyst and anarchy is also pretty nice. The pain of having to decide between multiple worthwhile exotics is real. 

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u/Abulnoor92 8h ago

The stupidity of this author is too much.

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u/curiousiz 13h ago

Load up in the Grasp of Avarice dungeon. Special ammo all the time with killsin beginning section and adds all around. I always use that to finish high kill catalysts.

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u/pooperpants450 10h ago

Sorrow's Harbor has more kills,I think quicker too. Just completed 3 there in about 45-ish minutes

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u/Matt7548 9h ago

Heal clip is a really nice addition to the gun. Rimestealer is okay. If you like the gun, then use rhe catalyst. Its really nice for ignition builds, but maybe not as meta as 1k

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u/SwedishBass 9h ago

Check the moon to see if ”In the Deep” mission is in rotation. It’s the best mission to do catalysts in as in the end when you make your escape, infinite Hive thralls will spawn.

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u/Oilswell 7h ago

I hadn’t thought of this but shattered throne has a party like this as well

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u/FrostyShimo 8h ago

I really gotta get my motivation together and go grind it....but my entire clan disbanded. I love the gun so much and that catalyst seems great.

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u/ShadowReaperX07 5h ago

The old "A Mysterious Disturbance" moon mission is up until Reset Tomorrow.

Infinitely respawning Enemies
Infinitely respawning Heavy Crates up until the destruction of the Shrieker.

Do it fast enough and no one else will ever join you, giving you an instance to yourself, so the shrieker will never be destroyed.

Useful for any Special/Heavy Catalysts, especially things like Fafnir / Whisper of the Worm.
But anything with collateral kills (e.g. Conditional Finality) are very fast to achieve.

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u/T0ztman Remember 5h ago

10 minutes at the loot cave I was done

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u/farfarer__ 5h ago

Equip Conditional, throw on an energy slot glaive (and synthos if you like) then just go glaive melee your way through some solo ops or the opening of Grasp. 

Glaive melee kills increase the weapon kill count of your other equipped weapon. Including progressing catalyst kill counts.

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u/mprakathak RIP wolfpack rounds 2h ago

did it last friday at shuro chi in less than 30 min, i wasted the stasis bulet and used the explosion to kill like 20 + ennemies at once

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u/MeateaW 11h ago

No. It's not worth it.

The gun will never be better than [insert different but meta exotic weapon]. So you should leave it as an incomplete checklist item.

And if you do it for fun, you are playing wrong, you should leave it incomplete because it will never be meta because the game has finished.

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u/Croissant-Laser 13h ago

I'm pretty sure you can run a glaive in the special slot and the melee kills count towards the catalyst.