The summary of ‘Destiny 2: Which Strand Subclass should you Pick in Lightfall?’

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In this part of the video, Rick discusses what he believes will be the best new Strand subclass in Destiny 2: Lightfall, focusing on Titans, Warlocks, and Hunters. Despite Lightfall not being released yet, Rick uses his extensive experience and knowledge of Destiny 2 to make an informed prediction. He starts with the Titan Berserker subclass, which has a controversial melee focus. The melee, called Frenzied Blade, allows the Titan to lunge forward and slash with three charges by default, potentially giving a significant advantage in close-quarters combat. The super ability, Blade Fury, enhances the melee with a supercharged attack that increases speed with each hit and builds up to a heavy attack, which shoots seeking projectiles that damage and suspend enemies, rendering them unable to fight back for a short period.

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In this segment of the video, the focus is on discussing various abilities and aspects for Titan and Hunter classes in a game, likely “Destiny 2”. First, it mentions the Titan’s roaming supers, which are powerful in PvP but less effective in PvE, where one-and-done supers or team-support abilities are preferred. The video then highlights two powerful aspects for Titan builds: “Into the Fray,” which provides damage resistance and melee energy regeneration by destroying tangles, and “Drenger’s Lash,” which projects a shockwave that suspends enemies when the Titan deploys a barricade. The video contrasts these aspects with the super and melee abilities, deeming the latter as relatively average unless part of a focused melee build.

Next, the segment shifts to the Hunter’s melee ability, “Threaded Spike,” which involves a rope dart that damages and severs enemies as it bounces between them and returns to the Hunter, regenerating melee energy for each enemy hit. Additionally, players can catch the rope dart for an extra effect, making it a potentially powerful melee ability.

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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the effectiveness and potential of specific combat abilities and mechanics. They highlight a melee ability that hits multiple enemies, reduces their damage output, and quickly regenerates its energy, deeming it possibly the best strand melee. The super ability, Silk Strike, allows for free grappling, light and heavy attacks, and excels in mobility and low-level enemy clearance. Compared to the Titan Berserker, Silk Strike seems advantageous but not likely to dominate the PVE meta, where tether may still be preferred for higher-level activities.

The speaker then explains two aspects: Ensnaring Slam, which suspends nearby enemies when the user slams down from the air, and Widow’s Silk, which grants an additional grenade charge and creates a persistent grapple tangle that refunds grenade energy. These abilities enhance mobility and team utility, particularly in challenging activities or environments by allowing quick traversal and potentially reaching advantageous positions.

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In this segment, the discussion focuses on the Warlock’s new subclass, Brood Weaver, and its abilities. The Warlock’s melee ability, Arcane Needle, launches deadly projectiles that track targets, causing high damage and unraveling upon impact. Warlocks can chain three Arcane Needles quickly, which makes this ability potent. The unraveling effect triggers threads to burst out and attack nearby targets, potentially creating a chain reaction of volatile explosions. The Warlock’s super, Needlestorm, casts a barrage of strand spikes that explode and generate threadlings, which then hunt down and damage more enemies. This super is highlighted as potentially the best PVE super among the three new subclasses due to its non-roaming nature and synergy with threadlings, similar to the Colony exotic grenade launcher.

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In this part of the video, the focus is on discussing the abilities and benefits of the Warlock subclass, specifically related to the use of threadlings. The Weaver’s Call aspect is highlighted, where casting the Rift spawns threadling eggs that hatch and perch on the Warlock, ready to attack when new enemies appear. This mechanism ensures efficient use of threadlings, as they are utilized only when needed. Additionally, the Mindspun Invocation aspect is explained, which enhances all three strand grenades. This aspect allows for spawning more threadlings with grapple melee abilities, consuming the threadling grenade for additional perched threadlings, and using the shackle grenade to create suspending detonations on kills. Overall, these aspects are lauded for their ability to maximize damage and efficiency, emphasizing the need for high recovery and frequent use of the Rift and grenades.

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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the strength of various subclasses in “Destiny 2: Lightfall.” They recommend the Broodweaver Warlock for its powerful threadlings, which are effective in both PVE and PVP. These threadlings can target enemies independently and are easy to spawn. The Warlock’s Needlestorm super is highlighted as particularly strong in high-level content. Improvements to grenades and the Rift make this subclass desirable. The Berserker and Hunter subclasses are considered tied for second place, with the Berserker’s aspects being surprisingly impressive, while the Hunter shines in grapple-based scenarios but falters otherwise. The speaker notes that Bungie plans to add more aspects in future seasons, potentially changing the best subclass. The video wraps up with a call to like, share, and subscribe for more content, and to follow on Twitter for updates.