In the past seasons, Bungie has been shaking up each subclass (Arc and Void). Now, with Season of Dawn coming to Destiny 2 in less than a month, Bungie is making some quality of life changes to the Solar subclasses of each class (Titan, Hunter, and Warlock). In this article, we’ll be discussing every change that this new sandbox update will bring to Hunter’s solar subclass in Destiny 2.
Destiny 2: New Hunter Solar Abilities Incoming
According to the Bungie’s weekly blog-post This Week At Bungie, it seems there are some major tweaks headed our way next season for the Hunters among us. We all know how effective it is to have a Celestial Nighthawk Hunter in a group when you’re going down to raid. Well, things are looking up for the class in general. Below, you can see the complete change.
- For 3-shot we increased the auto-aim distance and reliability when aiming down sights, as it fulfills the role of long-range accuracy. For 6-shot, we shortened the damage falloff range to emphasize the short-range gunfighter role with a lot of kill potential. While it can still perform at longer ranges, it may take an extra shot to get the job done. We’ve made other changes to Way of the Outlaw to help keep its potency like adding a new Explosive Prox Knife that can stick to surfaces and detonate when enemies pass nearby.
- NEW Weighted Knife: High-damage knife throw with a long wind up. Travels at high speeds bounce once and do extra damage to the head. Precision shot final blows recharge the melee completely. The one-hit precision final blow in PvP.
- Practice Makes Perfect: (QoL): Lasts longer but gives a bit less energy per second. Precision hits grant two stacks.
- NEW Knock ’em Down: Precision final blows increase weapon stability and ADS speed. The timer starts at 10 seconds but any additional final blow/assists can increase it up to 25 seconds. Casting your Super with this buff above 20 seconds consumes the buff and grants extra damage. (Does not stack with Celestial Nighthawk).
- Line ’em Up: (QoL): Old perks from Crowd Pleaser are now part of this perk. (Golden Gun can cause precision damage and precision shots generate orbs of light).
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is now live on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, released on October 1, 2019, and later in November on Google Stadia.