With Shadowkeep, many changes and innovations made their way to Destiny 2 – including the new Finishing Moves – or Finishers. But what exactly are they? And how do you use them correctly? You can find out here in the article.
These are Finishers: The stylish melee maneuvers were newly introduced with Shadowkeep. Thanks to the Finishers, you can finish off a weakened foe with a short animation. It is essentially an additional melee attack.
During this, you can comfortably watch the cool execution from the third-person perspective.
What is the problem with Finishers? Many Guardians still do not know how to execute the new moves. During gameplay, a mini-tutorial in text form appears only once to inform you about the use of Finishers.
If Guardians are distracted at this moment, for example by conversations with their fireteam, they may miss this important information. Because those who miss it will not be reminded again.
Equipping Finishers: In the Guardian menu, you select your Finishers. Here you can also see the key combination needed for activation. Keep in mind that these details only apply to standard controls:
- On consoles, it is R3, so a press on the right analog stick
- PC users click “Q” on the keyboard
Here’s how to use them correctly: To use a Finisher at all, the target must have already lost a certain part of its health. If your opponent has lost enough health, they will shine white/yellow.
Additionally, a glowing circle appears above their head. Now you can move into melee range and perform the execution.
You always look good in combat with the elaborate Finishers, but these actions are not purely cosmetic. Because the Finishers can be enhanced with certain mods and thus also influence gameplay. A central role is played by the new seasonal artifact.
- With the artifact mod Heavy Finisher, which is installed in the class item, Finishers generate Heavy ammo. However, this requires half of your Super energy.
- The artifact mod Thunder Coil, also for the class item, grants bonus damage for all Arc melee abilities and refunds Super energy for Finisher kills.
Additionally, this can sometimes knock out opponents that you would otherwise need almost an entire magazine for.
Here’s how you can customize Finishers visually
Here are new Finisher animations: If your various standard Finishers for Warlock, Hunter, and Titan are not enough, you can exchange them for more elaborate variants.
The catch is: You must purchase the stylish alternatives from Tess in the Eververse.
But you can also earn new Finisher moves through the premium route of the Season Pass.
What do you think of the new Finishers so far? Or have you not even noticed them properly?
