Endgame Meta Update: TFS Ability Tuning (Well nerf, grapple melee nerf, Stasis buff)

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  • Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
  • This is probably the most impactful dev tuning article I've ever read, and that's not a bad thing! Here are my thoughts.
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    Timestamps:
    00:00 Intro
    00:45 Well
    06:49 Bubble
    09:27 Stasis
    24:13 Arc
    29:46 Solar
    35:24 Void
    39:57 Strand
    49:24 Outro
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  • @raz1572
    @raz1572 Місяць тому +347

    they really dug up bubble titan just to spit on it one last time

    • @delta_1632
      @delta_1632 Місяць тому +43

      Really the change I get the least out of all of them.
      Just like the Lament changes in the weapon balance.

    • @svn5994
      @svn5994 Місяць тому +24

      Nerfed for absolutely no reason. Typical Bungie move.

    • @johnnguyen7987
      @johnnguyen7987 Місяць тому +24

      What do you mean, don't you like the super doing the same exact thing as your bastion barricade? ☠

    • @sQuaTsiFieD
      @sQuaTsiFieD Місяць тому +9

      It better make 20 big orbs or this shit is useless.

    • @loogiemusmaximusoftides8540
      @loogiemusmaximusoftides8540 Місяць тому +1

      @@sQuaTsiFieDyou can make 8 with the new melee changes I guess

  • @paul2725
    @paul2725 Місяць тому +170

    thank you for the insight, here a quick summary of the video: well is completely dead aegis now suggest to always run dawnblade when running solar warlock

  • @itsmoonlord24
    @itsmoonlord24 Місяць тому +499

    Ah yes my speedrunner opinion has arrived

    • @DarthTaz587
      @DarthTaz587 Місяць тому +70

      *Our speedrunner opinion

    • @ninjawizard3466
      @ninjawizard3466 Місяць тому +14

      These comments are so unoriginal, stupid and old

    • @izanagisburden9465
      @izanagisburden9465 Місяць тому +101

      ​@@ninjawizard3466ah yes my youtube coment section critic opinion has arrived.

    • @xXunknownXx0000
      @xXunknownXx0000 Місяць тому +4

      ​@@izanagisburden9465😂

    • @SmokinTonic
      @SmokinTonic Місяць тому

      lameass comment

  • @Inosabine
    @Inosabine Місяць тому +56

    Stroking my hog to this one‼️ Keep up the good work‼️

    • @michaelferrarini1463
      @michaelferrarini1463 Місяць тому +9

      Lol unhinged comments like this always crack me up.

    • @TheAegisRelic
      @TheAegisRelic  Місяць тому +62

      KEEP CRANKING SOLDIER

    • @Zarrakon
      @Zarrakon Місяць тому

      @@michaelferrarini1463Nah gen alpha new wave tiktok comments or like this aren’t funny at all.

    • @MICROKNIGHT3000
      @MICROKNIGHT3000 Місяць тому

      Who is that in your pfp Ino

  • @mutantraze3681
    @mutantraze3681 Місяць тому +167

    Bubble should have kept the weapons of light so it could at least be viable compared to well. Its so incredibly bad to force an exotic for weapons just for it to still be a significantly worse well

    • @zeke9064
      @zeke9064 Місяць тому +13

      i feel like what they need to do, is make it so that with the helm equipped, you can shoot through the bubble

    • @nawbro9156
      @nawbro9156 Місяць тому +5

      ​@@zeke9064nah, add it to citans or whatever it's called

    • @alexcaballero8372
      @alexcaballero8372 Місяць тому +7

      ​@@zeke9064that makes it well

    • @dikerdodleplays
      @dikerdodleplays Місяць тому +5

      What if they turned bubble into a massive barricade that you could shoot through. Essentially like you place your Banner Shield down. That way PvP doesn't get absolutely shafted by invincible Titans sniping you through a bubble. It would be way more useful than it is now IMO

    • @Daragh356
      @Daragh356 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@zeke9064 Well 2.0? No thanks

  • @rileydport
    @rileydport Місяць тому +89

    13:43 I believe the Renewal Grasps change is 100% a buff. You are able to take the resist outside of the range of the duskfield now, and it lasts for a long time. You just have to use it as more of a prep tool instead of a panic tool. Stasis hunters got the JUICE with this update.

    • @TheAegisRelic
      @TheAegisRelic  Місяць тому +44

      Yeah when I thought about it after making the video I do think it's a buff

    • @jacobpinson2834
      @jacobpinson2834 Місяць тому +2

      Did whisper of chains (40% DR) stack with Renewal Grasps DR or did you just get the higher number?

    • @Ace-ob9yk
      @Ace-ob9yk Місяць тому +6

      @@jacobpinson2834Chains was modified - does not provide 40% DR. Now generates stasis shard if you have Frost Armor.

    • @rileydport
      @rileydport Місяць тому +8

      @@jacobpinson2834it did stack, it went from Resist x3 to Resist x4. So we won’t have that anymore, but the mobile resist is worth it

    • @Splaffy-0-
      @Splaffy-0- Місяць тому +2

      You will still be able to use it as a panic tool if they let the crystal spawn on top of players protecting them from 90% of every attack in the game

  • @alexanderbalikian9277
    @alexanderbalikian9277 Місяць тому +29

    With the new article, Ballidorse Wrathweavers giving 36% dr on rift makes it lowkey a contender with stag. Maybe having a wellock switch to be a stasis lock to give everyone dr in the well basically just like it was pre-patch isn't entirely a throw.

    • @FreshLavender
      @FreshLavender Місяць тому

      Prismatic let's us be flexible with our exotics that have DR options to throw onto a Well user so I'm curious what's going to happen

    • @kaemani6011
      @kaemani6011 Місяць тому +7

      @@FreshLavenderwell of radiance is not included in the prismatic subclass

    • @ghanaria7996
      @ghanaria7996 Місяць тому

      @@kaemani6011maybe one wellock and one stasis lock to give dr? Idk

    • @sourg_rage
      @sourg_rage Місяць тому

      why sacrifice subclass and exotic, when you can sacrifice just an exotic slot by running stag on any subclass?

    • @chochoize
      @chochoize Місяць тому +5

      Balidorse completely outshines stag imo, stag is a stationary 25% DR while balidore is a roaming 13 second 36% DR that can be refreshed with stasis shards (which now also gives HP). not to mention the DR sharing with super and rift while also refreshing yours on super end. only thing stag has going is that it can be used on any subclass.

  • @EliteBlackSash
    @EliteBlackSash Місяць тому +33

    I never run well. I don’t like running solar. But, Mmm The mech in Zero Hour Master will kill you just with the overhead bombardment. You could definitely die in a well in Master+, you couldn’t just tank anything. Esp when there’s a laundry list of negative modifiers And your power lvl is limited. It wasn’t the fault of Well, it was the fault of how you designed the boss encounter. The same way, “Must have Gjallarhorn” was not the fault of Gjallarhorn, it was the design of the Skolas encounter that created the phenomenon. Hardly anybody could beat the encounter until Solar Burn week, with Gjallarhorn. Runs were going 5, 7, 10 hours and people just gave up. I remember it vividly…. Instead of fixing the design issues around bosses - they sunset the gun entirely from the franchise. Until it was time to sell it back. Yeah. They blamed Gjallarhorn too. But As long as you design raid or dungeon encounters to be the way they are… well is not the problem. Esp if you’re going to surround me with infinitely spawning snipers, while doing a DPS check with an exposed crit spot on a stationary boss that will insta-wipe the team. See: RHULK and Wrath of the Machine >>> ACTION based raid design with Movement is the solution. You cannot afford to sit still. But like 85% of encounters it’s designed to create the so-called problem. Nerfing well doesn’t change the logical solution for how you designed the activities

    • @wanderingneophyte8183
      @wanderingneophyte8183 Місяць тому +4

      I remember how bad Skolas was, it is pretty annoying. With what's said in the video with how nothing can replace Well, it getting hit this hard is just going to make things worse, especially for older encounters you'll find in GM's with Well designed in mind.

    • @ghanaria7996
      @ghanaria7996 Місяць тому +2

      Yeah, i like bosses where we dont all just stand in one safe spot and dump ammo. It just doesn’t seem very fun or skillful. Having a boss move around and actually be hard to do damage on i think is more fun. Something like nezarec, except if he jumped on you more, caused blinding, and teleport around. Maybe if he like pulled everyone towards him or something.

    • @realjevans
      @realjevans Місяць тому +4

      well was still silly broken whether encounters were designed around well or not. 30 seconds of immortality on a short cd is a boring gameplay loop that needed to be cut out of the game.

    • @FugitiveJarl
      @FugitiveJarl Місяць тому +1

      what bit of wrath of the machine was like rhulk? I vividly remember DPS spots to dump ammo in Wrath? but otherwise, I fully agree with you. they're creating the problem by designing encounters to fight stationary bosses. I do believe they've also said they design the bosses around having access to Div and Well, which would explain the ridiculous health numbers and dps spots.

    • @Plantdude44
      @Plantdude44 Місяць тому

      @@ghanaria7996 Be careful what you wish for: the new enemy faction has a lot of crowd control attacks, pulling you towards them etc.
      Damage phases are gonna be wild. With the changes to well of radiance getting pulled out of it shouldn't be an immediate death sentence anymore. Bungie know what they're doing. For the most part.

  • @lucienmoolman8017
    @lucienmoolman8017 Місяць тому +92

    I prefer bungie telling us all the nerfs and changes weeks before TFS drops, it allows for all the upsetness to dissipate by the time the expansion drops. I still remember all the rage when the day before lightfall dropped, an article was released with all the nerfs and people were MAD.

    • @MrMultiPlatform
      @MrMultiPlatform Місяць тому +10

      which lead to the worst player count in Destiny's history, missing revenue by 45 %, massive layoffs, & Sony about to take over. People are fed up and are speaking with there wallets now & this past year is proof of that.

    • @digiorno1142
      @digiorno1142 Місяць тому +18

      @@MrMultiPlatformBuffs and nerfs are not at all correlated to player count

    • @submachinegun5737
      @submachinegun5737 Місяць тому

      Yeah these sort of articles get a day of rage and then are mostly forgot about. Nerfs are slaps to the face, pisses you off in the moment but mostly get forgotten quickly

    • @wood5596
      @wood5596 Місяць тому +1

      @@MrMultiPlatform Lightfall suffered for many reasons but balance changes and nerfs is extremely low on that list lol

  • @brisingrsverd341
    @brisingrsverd341 Місяць тому +3

    I really appreciate these long in-depth videos, it’s content I feel like I’ve always not had enough of, so thanks for the great vid

  • @uwu-_-04
    @uwu-_-04 Місяць тому +7

    Great understandable analysis on the buffs and nerfs.👍

  • @Evan.13239
    @Evan.13239 Місяць тому +11

    Just to dash any hopes of a buff for Howl of the Storm. Stasis crystals have a base shatter damage of 150, and Bungie explicitly said that those weren't getting an adjustment. As far as I've been able to test it's not possible to get enemy shatters (previously base 200 damage, now base 400) to inherit the buffs from the source of the Freeze status effect, and the only way to buff enemy shatter damage outside of Whisper of Fissures that I've found is to use the Warlock super.
    So Howl of the Storm, while creating stasis crystals that count as melee damage because crystals do inherit the properties of their source, won't be seeing any direct buffs. What will be nice for Howl of the Storm, however, is that the crystals will now automatically detonate themselves when a player shatters a frozen enemy near them. It previously required two enemies shattering near a crystal for the crystal to break, but with the base damage of enemy shatters now being doubled it should be possible to use a single frozen enemy to shatter everything at once.
    I'm also kind of banking on the improved shatter damage helping out Lance Cap builds a bunch as well. With the Lance Cap being able to make three crystals on champions and bosses I'm expecting the exotic's added damage to be much more accessible since shattering the affected champion or boss should break all of the crystals without any additional attention needed. After all, 400 base damage from the enemy and 3x150 base damage from all of the crystals will match an Ignition in terms of damage, and this can be improved with fragments. I doubt it'll make a Lance Cap build especially good at boss dps or anything, but it will be pretty nice for general neutral game potency in GMs and such.

  • @FrostyIl
    @FrostyIl Місяць тому +104

    Thank God my opinion dropped

    • @Zarrakon
      @Zarrakon Місяць тому

      Cringe overlord

  • @AgonistX
    @AgonistX Місяць тому +3

    This was the best summary of the changes and why each matters. Thank you for not just reading the blog word for word. Love your insights.

  • @RodrigoBarbosa-vd4yf
    @RodrigoBarbosa-vd4yf Місяць тому +2

    Thanks my man, you did all I wanted in a video explaining the changes.

  • @alabamaman1372
    @alabamaman1372 Місяць тому +24

    Thanks for the numbers.
    Crying in my bubble. 😭

  • @heathercarlson799
    @heathercarlson799 Місяць тому +1

    Excellent review and a level headed analysis of the last update. Love it!

  • @adacskipper
    @adacskipper Місяць тому +2

    Thank you for clarifying the grapple point nerf; I had misunderstood it and thought Bungie had murdered Strand Hunters in their eagerness to nerf the grapple 1-2 melee combo

  • @xtreme_d2
    @xtreme_d2 Місяць тому +1

    hope you’re having a good day aegis

  • @Palayedeuhm
    @Palayedeuhm Місяць тому +22

    I’m so glad stasis Hunter is going to feel better to use with these stasis buffs

  • @DanDanStonk
    @DanDanStonk Місяць тому +4

    Yay new vid
    Hope for one talks about armor mods and their potency

  • @lucienmoolman8017
    @lucienmoolman8017 Місяць тому +27

    I'm split between thinking these changes are good or bad. On one hand, bubble is now completely useless in every encounter in the game without helm but on the other hand, the stasis changes sounds like stasis will -cook- freeze real hard.

    • @DFH02
      @DFH02 Місяць тому +1

      They straight up gutted behemoth titan tbh

    • @ready1player31
      @ready1player31 Місяць тому +8

      I will take bubble being useless without helm then being entirely useless as is. At least now it’s better for something like rhulk and crota

    • @zeke9064
      @zeke9064 Місяць тому +1

      @@DFH02 huh how?

    • @DFH02
      @DFH02 Місяць тому +5

      @zeke9064 it's main/best build of spamming the crystal melee has been nuked. Also the overshield you get from the shards is way better than frost armor because of how many you are getting from the crystal spam. Classic pvp ruining great pve builds with the new shard cooldown

    • @gengarclefairy3475
      @gengarclefairy3475 Місяць тому

      @@DFH02 idk running hoarfrost and having all 3 abilities make crystals still it doesn’t seem like that big of a nerf

  • @SpitfyaUK
    @SpitfyaUK Місяць тому +3

    Aegis coming back with consistent SAUCE

  • @augustcross2305
    @augustcross2305 Місяць тому +5

    Clarification: gaining Frost Armor after picking up Stasis shards is an effect of each classes' Harvest aspect. The only other ways to gain Frost Armor are from the reworked Whisper of Fractures or from Exotic Armor.

    • @augustcross2305
      @augustcross2305 Місяць тому +1

      2nd Note: the article confirmed that Winter's Shroud grants increased class ability regeneration from any slow. You don’t have to dodge.

    • @augustcross2305
      @augustcross2305 Місяць тому +1

      3rd Note: Shatter damage being doubled is for Frozen targets only, NOT Stasis Crystals. (This is in reference to you bringing up Glacier Grenade spam and Howl of the Storm.)

    • @TheAegisRelic
      @TheAegisRelic  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah I was referring to shattering targets frozen from being in contact with a generated stasis crystal

    • @augustcross2305
      @augustcross2305 Місяць тому

      @@TheAegisRelic Gotcha, that also makes sense 👍

  • @triplecombogaming
    @triplecombogaming Місяць тому +2

    Small take away from the St.14 Helm is maybe you'll be able to get WoL from Edge of Action bubble. Which is cool. I guess.
    Definitely shooting for a Stag + Star Eater scale class item on warlock with the well changes.
    Run a dps super and still be able to support with healing rift and DR.

  • @gage1975
    @gage1975 Місяць тому +2

    it amazes me that people like you spend all this time on theory crafting and mathematical predeterminations pre-patches. you deserve a subscribe bro. you're mentally insane.

  • @zvChaos
    @zvChaos Місяць тому +1

    Nothing like watching a new aegis on my break

  • @freddyflo7364
    @freddyflo7364 Місяць тому +4

    one more thing regarding the grapple point lingering cooldown: after the 35 something seconds you can guarantee a contingency plan by just spawning another grapple point with the navigator again, which by that time has the cooldown for creating a grapple point run out. or if you're keen on using a hunter for the grapple point creation i am certain you can have a full grapple back by that time too.

    • @TheAegisRelic
      @TheAegisRelic  Місяць тому

      Yep! Exactly

    • @iKnownot999
      @iKnownot999 Місяць тому

      Imo the grapple point is the only thing they should have nerfed about grapple melee, one two punch being activated with it is only really useful/impactful on titan and its killed a barely used hunter pvp build (I've genuinely been killed once by a grapple melee hunter since threaded specter came out and somehow that's the main issue they point out with grapple melee)
      Edit: Not saying berserker didn't need a nerf, I think the wormgod stacking nerf is good but I would to use it too see exactly how good.

    • @freddyflo7364
      @freddyflo7364 Місяць тому

      @@iKnownot999 if they really wanted to kill titan strand melee builds they should/could/would just give it the bonk hammer treatment. aka making grapple melee be unaffected by otp. which they probably will still be doing eventually

    • @iKnownot999
      @iKnownot999 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@freddyflo7364 yep exactly, I'm quite sure I proc my OTP before I even grapple for titan so I just see that as such an unnecessary nerf to essentially hynras bow build which I really like using even if I'm not effective with it. And as I say I dont see any hunters really using grapple offensively in pvp other than myself

  • @oktavist5105
    @oktavist5105 Місяць тому +11

    I feel like the stasis changes won’t end up moving the needle much, probably will just end up with you being mildly more survivable than before. Maybe new supers/abilities would breathe more life into stasis if they ever revisit the subclass after this.

    • @icarusrising2787
      @icarusrising2787 Місяць тому +2

      Exactly. What it really is are changes to feed into prismatic that are being advertised as "hey guys, we heard you so we're reworking stasis!"

  • @deadclicks
    @deadclicks Місяць тому +2

    Hoping we don’t reach a state where we need to stack bubble and well again

  • @marvinvogtde
    @marvinvogtde Місяць тому +1

    the shatter damage might actually still be relevant on bosses, as it onlystates taht was a thing with auto shattering which as far as im aware only happends after 2 seconds of doing no extra damage. which doesnt happend that often, so we should see an addtitional increase in shatter damage to bosses most of the time

  • @icarusrising2787
    @icarusrising2787 Місяць тому +1

    Sleeper build imo is running reworked helm of saint with edge of action. If mini bubble benefits from any of the changes made to ward then youd get all of the defensive benefits without having to swap out a damage super or heavy weapon and with helm you'd get WoL virtually on command

  • @ukemi-
    @ukemi- Місяць тому +1

    with bubble giving overshield while standing next to it, I could see some day one teams use both if they’re having trouble surviving in a well during damage. maybe with the ursa change of unbreakable giving super and then a swap to s14 before damage
    but why run that when banner of war’s healing remains basically untouched, woven mail gives the same dr for the same price of a tangle, and things like heal clip or the new support auto rifle can give healing on any subclass

  • @SvdB4
    @SvdB4 Місяць тому +1

    My bro thank you for the consistency 😮
    Hope you are having a fantastic day!

  • @aidenfoxhayes
    @aidenfoxhayes Місяць тому +1

    Love the stasis changes. Wicked Implement is a lot more enticing now that it grants DR

  • @luk4aaaa
    @luk4aaaa Місяць тому +1

    Finally, my second opinion man has uploaded

  • @blackfang0815
    @blackfang0815 Місяць тому +1

    4:53 you hit the nail exactly on the head. Well can't be replaced. The closest you can get is stacking multiple different things.
    The biggest factor in convincing me how bad Well was for the game was realizing that, for a while there, the Titan exotic glaive had a better Bubble than actually running the super, and most raid bosses you're better off running Tractor Cannon than Tether, but it's impossible to come up with an idea for an exotic weapon that singlehandedly does Well's job better without being clearly overpowered. Something like that would be a worse "must have or throwing" exotic than Divinity, Gjallarhorn, and Anarchy in all their strongest iterations combined.

  • @Palayedeuhm
    @Palayedeuhm Місяць тому +2

    As a mainly Pvp player I am glad to see bubble titan get nerfed in some way. On the pve side though I do think they need to find a new niche/role for bubble

  • @Joe_Casserole
    @Joe_Casserole Місяць тому +1

    i hope this doesn’t make renewal grasps good enough to get nerfed because i’ve been enjoying my secret meta for a while now and don’t want it ruined

  • @thessaloniousbadonkious
    @thessaloniousbadonkious Місяць тому +1

    It wasn't mentioned that Renewal would be losing the -50% damage for enemies in the bubble; with the Frost Armor changes and Prismatic being able to use Widow's Silk for double charges, there's some potential for a very long -50% from boss, -36% incoming (with Rime, obviously less without)...before accounting for Sever -40% outgoing damage/other DR like Well of Radiance/Stag. We could potentially approach the point where Master Raid bosses are tickling us in the snowflake dome. Especially cause we are supposed to get ALL subclass Aspects through the campaign, so Touch of Winter/Widow's Silk will be the premier Duskfield spam build.

    • @TheAegisRelic
      @TheAegisRelic  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah I don't think that's disappearing but enemies in the nade would only apply to swordable/melee bosses or melee builds

  • @SlyRocko
    @SlyRocko Місяць тому +1

    It's good seeing positivity in this tuning preview after hanging around in the subreddit for way too long 💀

  • @kayzinoLee
    @kayzinoLee Місяць тому +1

    Tempest strike and Lighting surge also avaliable in new class. So that could be some potential build in future.

  • @Ben_Fett
    @Ben_Fett Місяць тому +8

    Can't get enough of your level-headed and intelligent opinions on these changes. You're rapidly becoming my go-to channel for everything Destiny.

  • @RickysSalt
    @RickysSalt Місяць тому +2

    Frost Armor can be placed on your team....that is why it is 36% max cause you can give 13 sec to the team and then they just need to touch your DFall and get it back

  • @CoIson.
    @CoIson. Місяць тому +1

    For something more difficult where you’d wanna use a well still, you could have a renewal grasp hunter throw a disk field in the well to get more resistance going

  • @The_Wildfire
    @The_Wildfire Місяць тому +1

    Cranking them videos out
    Love to see it

  • @Aj-py8en
    @Aj-py8en Місяць тому +1

    21:00 I'm just going to point out that frozen targets just take extra base melee damage. Since both the new fragments focus on that base melee instead of projectile melees, I'm assuming thats where the design came from.

  • @brandendunagan8822
    @brandendunagan8822 Місяць тому +1

    In the new armor thing today they said it is maximum stacks from Ballidorse's which is pretty nice.

  • @blast8785
    @blast8785 Місяць тому +1

    My new opinion just drooped

  • @snivyland2878
    @snivyland2878 Місяць тому +2

    What’s an important thing to mention is I think that double shatter bug is only one the automatic shatter. I’ll need to double check I’m pretty sure against bosses you are actively damaging this is a buff as your doing enough damage that’s activating shatter early.

    • @snivyland2878
      @snivyland2878 Місяць тому +1

      Little update: so I did test this the double shatter thing is only if you don’t deal enough boss to force the shatter. Although this is inconsistent cause I think the auto shatter will activate no matter how much damage you deal if you don’t deal damage within 1 second (?)

  • @lady_legs1968
    @lady_legs1968 Місяць тому +1

    Couldn't wait for the aegis drop on this

  • @BigSmoke112
    @BigSmoke112 Місяць тому +4

    Instead of weapons of light being taken away and put onto Helm of Saint-14, I think that perhaps Helm of Saint-14 should improve weapons of light.

    • @icarusrising2787
      @icarusrising2787 Місяць тому +1

      Huge agree, even if it's just an additional 5%. And let ursa give super energy back for damage blocked by bubble.
      Literally all they have to do to make bubble interchangeable with well are changes like this

  • @Bennijin
    @Bennijin Місяць тому +1

    HOIL is still one of my favourite things to use on Arc Titan, Thruster and Thunderclap work great with it because of the short activation times so I'm glad to see the buffs to TClap and Knockout.
    Speaking of which, very much looking forward to KO/Consecration/Frenzied Blade on Prismatic Titan. Come on and slam and welcome to the jam.
    Lightweight Knife buff is great but it's a shame it doesn't work with Ophidia Spathe. I'm glad they acknowledged it instead of letting people find out the hard way, but I'm too set in my ways with Knife Trick and might find it hard to switch.
    I hope it does end up getting synergy in the end, three knives would be *very* attractive.
    _(Psst it should work with Withering Blade too.)_

  • @redshadowstar
    @redshadowstar Місяць тому +1

    it should be noted that the shatter damage increase only applies to frozen targets and not crystals (the way you explained sounds like its both and the examples of how it might effect builds also gives off this idea).

  • @etherealplain
    @etherealplain Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for the vid. The only thing I have to add is the comment about the double shatters on frozen bosses. It doesn't seem to always happen; I'm assuming that means damage can sometimes breaks bosses out before they automatically break out. So the removal of the double shatter and doubling of shatter damage should just make shatter damage vs bosses more consistent. Not that this matters that much, I just find it interesting.

  • @SlongestKongest
    @SlongestKongest Місяць тому +1

    45:50 strand titan without grapple melee still insaley good. Thats why ppl thought banner was so op when it came out oringally before ppl did the grapple combo

  • @YeatGaming69
    @YeatGaming69 Місяць тому +6

    i crank my hog to aegis’ sandbox breakdowns every morning on the way to work. Steering wheel in one hand and in the other, i’m edging my transit til i cascade point

  • @wood5596
    @wood5596 Місяць тому +3

    I wonder if renewal grasps will sort of replace the DR well lost , since it’s the only way to give easily accessible frost armor to everyone.
    Lucky pants also didn’t catch a nerf, so revenant might actually be in a pretty good place.
    Still wish it could have gotten more but that’s just me. Maybe they’ll drop a busted revenant exotic one day.

    • @nathanflinchum1153
      @nathanflinchum1153 Місяць тому

      Ballidorse will also be an option, between frostpulse giving frost armor and well I think we’ll be fine with the nerf lol

  • @JusAFarmer
    @JusAFarmer Місяць тому +25

    Honestly happy to see well nerf, we’ve played the same game since forsaken. People actually can’t just place well and not fear death

    • @FarCraftMania
      @FarCraftMania Місяць тому +2

      Well should still be strong in activities we aren't under light either. We'll have to see how strong the new warlock support super is. Song of Flame might just power creep it offensively.

    • @smellycat57
      @smellycat57 Місяць тому +2

      it gives radiant from stepping inside that sustains for a few seconds outside of it. That should be great for encounters like Rhulk

    • @EggyWeggyIII
      @EggyWeggyIII Місяць тому

      I’m excited to try out something like song of flame instead. Assuming the radiant on melee hit works with this you could maintain radiant for you and nearby allies alongside have an ability spam build that enables things like demo dps Strats all while being mobile with (I’m assuming) some additional DR

    • @svn5994
      @svn5994 Місяць тому +1

      Except there is still no other option for warlocks. Nova bomb still sucks, chaos reach still sucks, stasis still sucks, and strand is only used for burst dps.

    • @kingkurasaki4095
      @kingkurasaki4095 Місяць тому +3

      @@svn5994nova bomb (vortex) will literally be almost as good as night hawk if the buff actually increases the total damage

  • @ninthfriend3347
    @ninthfriend3347 Місяць тому +1

    I think for the lightning surge part, it mostly aims for prismatic subclass I feel. Prismatic can get insane uptime with melee charge with the help of fragment giving them melee energy with rapid light kills and using arcane needle. This gives them flexibility of diving into group of adds and killing them or being ranged using arcane needle. And they can have the sustain and durability when pairing with devour aspects and using repulser brace or fragment that gives them woven mail/void shield.
    Arclock should just be relegated to rift and electrostatic mind spam. Whereas Lightning surge in PvE can be better utilize with Prismatic subclass.

  • @celsonjunior9376
    @celsonjunior9376 Місяць тому +1

    that wisper or reversal is interesting, if it works w hunter melee and is 60+ stacks in pve, it will freeze in a single shuriken, and to have it freeze enemies in pve without the need to use both charges is something ive been wanting for a pretty long time

  • @MegaBeanHead0
    @MegaBeanHead0 Місяць тому +2

    15:00 with winters guile they are changing it where it will automatically shatter when you hit something with it. So it works here.

    • @TheAegisRelic
      @TheAegisRelic  Місяць тому

      Wasn't that already a thing?

    • @MegaBeanHead0
      @MegaBeanHead0 Місяць тому

      @@TheAegisRelic I must be bugging. Yeah I think it is. Either way, I think someone will defo run it out of pure copium.

  • @ringomandingo1015
    @ringomandingo1015 Місяць тому +1

    Honestly it feels like back in D1 where you kinda needed The Glasshouse helmet to actually have a worthwhile buff for dps. Maybe that’s what they were going for.
    Anyways time to bust out Lumina.

  • @jerikojonesjr
    @jerikojonesjr Місяць тому +1

    Balidorse wrath weavers might be really good for boss phases, as you get 1. allies full stacks of frost armor 2. damage buff to super 3. yours + allies damage buff to stasis weapons

  • @TheTorqueAholic
    @TheTorqueAholic Місяць тому +1

    Ngl, I’m glad Well is getting nerfed. It became the modern “gjally or kick.” I’ve seen too many endgame lfgs specifically requesting well

  • @kobeyturralde8163
    @kobeyturralde8163 Місяць тому +1

    I feel like stasis is just gonna be really good on some prismatic builds if you have the right fragments that is

  • @freakinschweeet
    @freakinschweeet Місяць тому +2

    The drawback of using Well is not having a damage super. Why does everyone, including Bungie, overlook that? You're trading burst damage for survivability. The changes they are implementing don't address this but instead shift the paradigm (like Starfire got changed from boss DPS to ad clear at best).

  • @moeknows6300
    @moeknows6300 Місяць тому +5

    Next is exotic armor 🫣

  • @casualofcatarina8483
    @casualofcatarina8483 Місяць тому +2

    I don't like when Bungie nerf things by making them feeling worse to use, like they did with bonk or what they're trying to do with grapple melee. I prefer 1-2 punch not working on grapple melee than having weird cooldowns.
    + I wish the bubble part have some kind of wrong wording for the Armor of Light changes, bc first time I read the post I thought it was going to be like D1 armor of light (or like weapons of light), where you kept the buff after leaving the bubble, but now Idk what they want to do.

  • @insomniaddictesp
    @insomniaddictesp Місяць тому +1

    Bungie reports that sales of the Final Shape among Warlock mains have dropped dramatically

  • @fishnutz5196
    @fishnutz5196 Місяць тому +1

    I didnt know what about Nova Bomb, buff seems alot better than i thought now

  • @ratherbedealingarms
    @ratherbedealingarms Місяць тому +2

    Can't wait to see bonk titan mains migrate to knife hunter.

  • @ng4032
    @ng4032 Місяць тому +1

    My glorious king Aegis with another banger 😁😁😁

  • @SavvyMon4
    @SavvyMon4 Місяць тому +37

    Here before the he fell off comments. Just to say hi aegis to instead

  • @hondo2356
    @hondo2356 Місяць тому +1

    Vortex nova buff isn't a 43% overall damage increase. That's implying the actual detonation does zero damage. It will be 43% * whatever the damage of the current vortex is.

  • @iaiGamer
    @iaiGamer Місяць тому +1

    All that Well nerf tells me is that I won't be trolling if I run Boots of the Assembler now

  • @chinonick911
    @chinonick911 Місяць тому +2

    My favourite D2 analyst has arrived

  • @gard1516
    @gard1516 Місяць тому

    4 videos in 1 week is crazy. Bro got put to work in the coal mines

  • @rando5882
    @rando5882 Місяць тому +2

    15:00 freeze rifting feinds of the crucible

  • @nappy6806
    @nappy6806 Місяць тому +2

    Well + banner might be the way to go now ? ( didn’t watch the full video yet don’t cook me to hard)

    • @TheAegisRelic
      @TheAegisRelic  Місяць тому

      Maybe for some encounters

    • @ianwalters2859
      @ianwalters2859 Місяць тому

      I'm thinking the same thing, seems like they want more shield titans with the buffs to shield throw and extra functionality to Ursa.
      Bear titans rise up!

  • @VandersBrews
    @VandersBrews Місяць тому +1

    How is the vortex duration buff a 1:1 total damage buff? Does it have no impact damage?

  • @TheRyuk92
    @TheRyuk92 Місяць тому

    Well time for hunters to bully titans into running bubble behind the well for the damage reduction for wile in the well

  • @azure98
    @azure98 Місяць тому

    I cant speak for the other Stasis Subclasses but as far as Behemoth went they just took things you were already doing and combined them into easier to maintain more convenient options since you no longer have to micro manage all the Stasis Crystals you could spawn and where they are positioned which makes it less punishing the mess up.
    The Stasis Shard ICD is definitely going to hurt Behemoth but its a small price to pay compared to the alternative and it really was a problem in PvP considering it was just free Overshields on round start without any interaction from your opponent AND you could run it along with Collective Action for a damage buff as well to meet certain break points and could also fuel the Elemental Charge mod quite easily.
    as far as the Grapple Tangle change is concerned im curious if this will apply to regular tangles since Bungie goes through the effort to differentiate them in visual appearance and name.

  • @jibbymarket
    @jibbymarket Місяць тому

    Aegis 😍

  • @TheCharlieDelta
    @TheCharlieDelta Місяць тому +1

    Please use stasis please we beg of you!- The article

  • @sunlitstream2647
    @sunlitstream2647 Місяць тому

    Well well well

  • @Unstressing
    @Unstressing Місяць тому +4

    Honestly, The sheer amount of times my Well has been wrecked is outstanding..... And even now the healing aspect of it got nuked on top of Damage resist? Some encounters can obliterate you even in the well, I'm just saying some Raids need to be relooked at

  • @contentfilter6277
    @contentfilter6277 Місяць тому +2

    Warlocks are still on well duty, it's just worse now. Kind of bummed it wasn't enough to warrant running strand over well.

  • @Y.AG.123AFG
    @Y.AG.123AFG Місяць тому

    Well well well...

  • @idot_lion3677
    @idot_lion3677 Місяць тому

    Aegis gotta be the best destiny 2 youtuber for information

  • @chrono2959
    @chrono2959 Місяць тому

    If they're going to reduce it this much they ought to make double triple quadruple Wells stack that way you could get back up to that level if you wanted to

  • @leor.sanders5852
    @leor.sanders5852 Місяць тому

    Ah yes, let's just make stasis hunters even better than they already are

  • @Belvis_Bresley
    @Belvis_Bresley Місяць тому

    Do you think the increased slow rate on SnS will provide a meaningful buff to warden's edge or malfeasance edge rotations? More slow = more freeze = more kinetic damage, right? I know you aren't able to test these changes yet but you do have a better understanding of how these rotations work and all

  • @iKnownot999
    @iKnownot999 Місяць тому

    I dont think they are filling in the hole of the touch of winter glacier grenade as they say added additional crystal to the ring formation, keyword being ring. But its not an overly important detail anyway.

    • @TheAegisRelic
      @TheAegisRelic  Місяць тому +1

      Maybe it's a ring of seven? We'll see

  • @raiden_tt
    @raiden_tt Місяць тому

    winters shroud is gonna be great on prismatic with combo flow

    • @SavvyMon4
      @SavvyMon4 Місяць тому

      Add on stylish executioner and spirit of the caliban and maybe liar’s and you’re cooking

  • @myob94
    @myob94 Місяць тому

    Thanks for my talking points

  • @Ali_Da_Yung_Dooker
    @Ali_Da_Yung_Dooker Місяць тому

    Hardest working man in PvE business 😤

  • @FugitiveJarl
    @FugitiveJarl Місяць тому

    yoooo my round robin with enhanced subsistence and hatchling can generate even MORE threadlings with thread of rebirth and now weaver's call :)

  • @NotDogman
    @NotDogman Місяць тому

    Saint 14 makes edge of action's mini bubble provide a blinding effect and previously granted overshields aswell (now that the mini bubble provides an overshield, it isnt necessary)
    if this weapons of light change grants it to every instance of the mini bubble youd be able to used weapons of light with literally any titan subclass. How is no one talking about this??

  • @JoelHernandez-tz3vk
    @JoelHernandez-tz3vk Місяць тому +1

    Wonder if I should expect to be kicked from all raids just for being a titan...