In Destiny 2 , players who own Shadowkeep can earn a new raid exotic – the trace rifle Divinity. We show you what the weapon can do and what makes it particularly valuable right now.
About this weapon: Divinity is a new exotic trace rifle that was recently introduced with the Shadowkeep expansion. The weapon was already leaked before the release of Shadowkeep, and many Guardians were curious about how the new exotic plays.
How do you get this new weapon? While you can get the quest for the Divinity in the open world, to obtain the weapon itself, you ultimately need to go to the raid Garden of Salvation – there is no way around it. Recently, the challenging quest at the end was fully completed by Guardians, and the rifle can thus already be earned.
What the new trace rifle Divinity can do
What makes the new exotic weapon special: Divinity is used in the energy slot, requires special ammo, and deals Arc damage.
The weapon is primarily defined by two special perks – Judgment and Atonement.
- The exotic perk Judgment envelops targets with a field that weakens and disrupts them through sustained damage with this weapon.
- The perk Atonement causes targets that remain under the influence of Judgment for long enough to receive accumulated damage.
In summary, this means that enemies receive +25% damage from all sources.
Why Divinity is so special
Why this weapon is worth it: In short – Divinity is truly unique and offers more than just good DPS for the user. But what makes Divinity so special?
On one hand, it is itself a strong weapon that can deal a lot of damage. On the other hand, it has a high utility for the entire team in the PVE content where the owner is involved. The weapon effectively overrides all new rules regarding damage buffs that Destiny 2 just set in place with the release of Shadowkeep.
What are the rules about? Destiny 2 has revamped how buffs and debuffs work with Shadowkeep.
Currently, players can have only one damage buff and debuff active at the same time. If multiple buffs or debuffs are used, the game favors the most powerful effect and no longer stacks them as it did in the past.
How does Divinity break these rules? The effect of Divinity increases all incoming damage to affected enemies by 25% (weapons, supers, abilities). Similar effects can also exist in abilities such as Weapons of Light, Well of Radiance or Tractor Cannon. However, the damage bonus from Divinity can be stacked with all damage effects in the game – and that makes the weapon special.
This means: The 25% additional damage from Divinity is added on top of every buff, debuff, or damage source applied by players, despite the new rules. This makes the weapon particularly valuable for groups and especially for endgame content like the new Nightfall challenges and the raid. Thus, it is definitely worth having a Divinity in your fireteam.
Divinity in video: You can check out how well Divinity performs in this video by Ehroar (starting at minute 4:00):
What do you think of this weapon? Have you already earned Divinity? Or does this new exotic leave you completely cold?
