Bungie has announced that the Super abilities of Guardians in Destiny 2 will be enhanced with a patch. However, two Supers will be nerfed. The update is set to be released on January 29.
Here’s why Bungie is doing this: With patch 2.1.4, changes are expected for many Supers, and further skills of the subclasses will be modified.
This is part of the planned sandbox updates. Bungie aims to regularly adjust the balance to keep Destiny 2 fresh. Ideally, every play style should feel effective.
Therefore, they want to give some Guardians’ Supers more power, but Nova Warp and Blade Barrage will be nerfed. They were deemed too strong.
This is what changes for the Gunslinger Hunter:
Kills with the Golden Gun return bullets to the magazine – in addition, “Practice Makes Perfect” provides for a faster Super regeneration.
The Golden Gun should remain active longer by rewarding precision kills (Practice Makes Perfect).
The damage of Blade Barrage will then focus more on delayed explosions rather than knife hits. If the knives explode too close to the Hunter, they will also hurt him. Additionally, the knives should no longer track allies.
For Blade Barrage, the overall damage is lower. So, this is a nerf.
This is what changes for the Nightstalker Hunter:
The entire damage bonus is on the first hit of the Mobius Quiver. The radius and duration of the tether will be increased. It will be easier to apply multiple tethers sequentially.
Spectral Blades will be slightly weaker, but not in damage. The damage resistance while the Hunter is cloaked will be reduced. In addition, the duration of the Super will be decreased while cloaked.
This is what changes for the Arcstrider Hunter:
The damage with the Arc Staff will then focus more on heavy hits. The attack damage hasn’t been lowered, but the bonus damage is only on the heavy attack. The additional bonus damage for “Deadly Storm” has been increased.
This is what changes for the Sunbreaker Titan:
The damage caused by the burning effect of the Sunspots against enemies will be doubled.
The buff duration of Sun Warrior will be increased from 3 to 5 seconds. This will enhance all damage.
With the Hammer Strike, the impact radius and the targeting of the tornadoes will be improved.
This is what changes for the Sentinel Titan:
The damage of the Super is now focused on heavy attacks – similar to the Arc Staff. The damage has not been reduced, but most of the increased damage lies with the heavy attacks in the Destiny 2 balance update.
This is what changes for the Striker Titan:
There will now be three stages for how long Strikers remain in the air through “Landspeed.” In each stage, players should now be able to deliver four shocks instead of just three. The damage of the bonus has been significantly increased.
The idea behind this is that Strikers need a high jump point to fully benefit from Landspeed.
With Fist of Havoc, the light shoulder charge will cost 85% less of the Super. Fist of Havoc can now be used every 0.5 seconds.
With Fist of Havoc, skilled Guardians in PvE should be able to stay in the Super for a very long time.
This is what changes for the Dawnblade Warlock:
The duration of the Super will be extended.
This is what changes for the Voidwalker Warlock:
With Catastrophe, the explosion radius and the damage from Cluster Bombs will be increased. The targeting of the Cluster Bombs will also improve, but they will no longer explode each other.
With Vortex, the duration will be increased.
Nova Warp will be weaker. While charging, the Warlock will move slower, charging will also consume more energy, and damage resistance will be reduced.
Additionally, the damage of the bomb will be lower in PvP. The bomb should not be able to blow up large groups anymore.
This is what changes for the Stormcaller Warlock:
The Chain Lightning of Stormtrance now hits one more target.
When will all this happen? The balance update for Destiny 2 is set to be released on January 29. Then the quest for an “exotic hand cannon” will go live.
