Summary
Developer Bungie has revealed more about its plans forDestiny 2abilities in the upcomingThe Final Shapeexpansion. The expansion launches on June 07, 2025, and will bring with it a host of new changes and content toDestiny 2.
Bungie is preparing for what might be the most consequentialDestinyupdate in the game’s history.The Final Shapewill bring an end to the story that has been running ever since the originalDestinylaunched in 2014, an arc that Bungie calls “The Saga of Light and Darkness.” In it, the Guardians of the Last City will dive directly intothe Pale Heart of the Traveler, the source of the Guardians' power, in an attempt to stop the Witness, the architect of the first Collapse and the source of all theDestinyuniverse’s troubles to date. As for what will followThe Final Shape,Bungie is staying quiet, but the wake of its story promises to be something entirely new toDestiny 2and its players.
In the runup toThe Final Shape’s release, Bungie has steadily released previews of what players can expect from the expansion, including the Prismatic subclass andchanges to manyDestiny 2Exotic weapons. The latestDestiny 2blog from Bungieexplores what changes will be made to Guardians' abilities inThe Final Shape. These include major alterations to the Stasis subclasses, significant adjustments to the Well of Radiance and Ward of Dawn Supers, and assorted adjustments to abilities in every subclass.
Destiny 2 The Final Shape Ability Nerfs and Buffs
The biggest set of changes target Stasis, theDestiny 2element introduced inBeyond Light. According to Bungie, Stasis had got gotten a full evaluation and “feature-level” updates since the launch of the Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack in late 2021. Now the element will receive reworks to multiple abilities and build Fragments, as well as an entirely new feature called “Frost Armor,” which is a stacking buff that reduces damage when players pick up a Stasis Shard. Frost Armor will replace the overshield effect that Stasis Shards used to grant when paired with the Whisper of Rime Fragment. Bungie will also grant players more ways to generate Stasis Shards or obtain the Frost Armor buff through items like Exotic Armor. Stasis will also receive some class-specific adjustments targeted at improving the experience and compatibility with the new Prismatic subclass.
Stasis Subclass Adjustment Summaries
Two potentially controversial changes Bungie has planned target the Solar Warlock’s Well of Radiance and the Void Titan’s Ward of Dawn. Bungie aims to reduce the “effective invulnerability” that Well of Radiance grants when used, while pushing it more into an offensive booster, following on fromDestiny 2’s previous Well of Radiance nerfs. Meanwhile, Ward of Dawn will be changed to provide more defensive capability around the dome rather than just inside it, while reworking the ward’s Armor of Light buff.
Bungie also detailed a series of changes for each class and subclass, partly aimed at addressing longstanding issues and improving the subclasses' compatibility with the mix-and-match nature of the incoming Prismatic subclass.
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