27 Apr 2025 (Episode: Heresy - S26)

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Prismatic Hunter

27 Apr 2025 (Episode: Heresy - S26)

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Exotic
Weapons
Abilities
Aspects
Fragments
Artifact perks

Armor mods

Helmets
Arms
Chest
Legs
Class items
Keywords
Bolt charge
Amplified
Darkness buffs
Darkness debuffs
Light buffs
Light debuffs
Transcendence
Radiant
Restoration
Frost armor
Woven mail
Invisibility
Overshield
Jolted
Ignition
Freeze
Shatter
Unravel
Sever
Suppression
Weaken
Exotic
  • Relativism
    Hunter Cloak
    This item drops with random intrinsic perks.
Weapons
  • Thunderlord
    Machine Gun
    Reign Havoc – Final blows with this weapon generate stunning lighting strikes from above. Lightning strikes grant a stack of Bolt Charge. Strong against Overload Champions.
  • Reckless Oracle
    Auto Rifle
    Rapid-Fire Frame – Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.
  • Tinasha's Mastery
    Sidearm
    Rocket-Assisted Frame – Sidearm fires self-propelled rocket ammunition. Projectiles explode on impact for high damage.
Abilities
  • Shadowshot: Deadfall
    Void Super | Light Ability
    Weaken
    Suppression
    Tether foes to a Void Anchor, weakening and suppressing them for you and your allies. The Void Anchors fired from Shadowshot pull targets toward the impact point, which then become traps and wait for prey. Void Anchors have increased range and last longer.
  • Gambler's Dodge
    Class Ability
    Dodge to perform a deft tumble, avoiding enemy attacks. Dodging near enemies fully recharges your Melee Ability.
  • Grapple
    Strand Grenade | Darkness Ability
    Unravel
    Weave a grappling hook, and quickly pull yourself forward. Grappling to a Tangle immediately recharges your grenade energy. During and shortly after grappling, your melee attack deals area damage and unravels targets.
  • Strafe Jump
    Movement Ability
    While airborne, jump a second time with strong directional control.
  • Threaded Spike
    Strand Melee | Darkness Ability
    Sever
    Throw a rope dart that bounces between targets, damaging and severing them. The dart will return to you once it's done, returning melee energy to you for each target hit. Press [Melee] just as the dart gets back to you to catch it and increase the amount of energy returned.
Aspects
  • Stylish Executioner
    Invisibility
    Light Debuffs
    Darkness Debuffs
    Weaken
    Defeating a target affected by any elemental debuff grants invisibility and Truesight. After performing a Stylish Execution, your next melee attack while invisible weakens targets.
  • Ascension
    Amplified
    Jolted
    [Air Move] While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets.
Fragments
  • Facet of Purpose
    Restoration
    Bolt Charge
    Overshield
    Frost Armor
    Woven Mail
    Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Bolt Charge, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your equipped Super. -10 Recovery ▼
  • Facet of Ruin
    Ignition
    Freeze
    Shatter
    Increases the size and damage of the burst when you shatter a Stasis crystal or frozen target, and increases the area of effect of Solar ignitions. +10 Mobility ▲
  • Facet of Hope
    Light Buffs
    Darkness Buffs
    While you have an elemental buff, your class ability regenerates more quickly.
  • Facet of Devotion
    Transcendence
    Darkness Debuffs
    +10 Strength ▲ Defeating targets afflicted with Stasis or Strand debuffs grants bonus Light Transcendence energy.
  • Facet of Dawn
    Radiant
    Powered melee hits against targets makes you radiant. Powered melee final blows make you and nearby allies radiant. -10 Strength ▼
Armor mods

Helmet armor mods

  • Special Ammo Finder
    Increases the drop chance of Special ammo upon defeat of an opponent.
  • Harmonic Siphon
  • Stasis Siphon
    Rapid Stasis weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.

Arms armor mods

  • Heavy Handed
    Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.
  • Impact Induction
    Causing damage with a powered melee attack reduces your grenade cooldown.

Chest armor mods

  • Void Resistance (x3)
    Reduces incoming Void damage from combatants.

Leg armor mods

  • Orbs of Restoration
    Picking up an Orb of Power grants a small amount of energy to your ability with the least energy.
  • Better Already
    Your health begins to regenerate immediately after picking up an Orb of Power.
  • Stasis Scavenger
    Stasis weapons get bonus reserves when picking up ammo used by that weapon.

Class item armor mods

  • Special Finisher
    Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. Finishers generate Special ammo for the whole fireteam. Consumes 3 stacks of Armor Charge.
  • Distribution
    Reduces all ability cooldowns when using your class ability near targets.
  • Bomber
    Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
Artifact perks
  • Defibrillating Blast
    Stunning a Champion grants maximum stacks of Bolt Charge. Triggers an Arc bolt that heals you and jolts combatants that it damages.
  • Heavy Ordnance Regeneration
    Dealing sustained damage to targets with a Heavy Machine Gun or Rocket Launcher grants damage resistance and increases grenade and melee regeneration for a short duration. BOOST: While Heavy Ordnance Regeneration is active, defeating powerful combatants disorients nearby rank-and-file combatants.
  • Overload Machine Guns
    Shots from Machine Guns you are wielding disrupt combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration and exhausting them. Strong against Overload Champions. Additionally, Machine Guns are always overcharged when that modifier is active. Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.
  • Piercing Sidearms
    Your equipped Sidearms fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Sidearms are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Unstoppable Fusion
    Aiming down sights for a brief period with any Fusion Rifle you are wielding loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions. Additionally, Fusion Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Anti-Barrier Sniper Rifle
    Sniper Rifles you are wielding fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Additionally, Sniper Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
  • Flashover
    When you gain maximum Bolt Charge, you also become amplified. Lightning bolts deal more damage.
  • Maligned Harvest
    Rapidly applying Volatile causes your next instance of Void weapon damage to create a weakening burst. BOOST: Applying Weaken provides a small Void overshield.
  • Disruptor Spike
    Improves the effects of Exhaust and Sever, lowering a target's damage output even further. Exhausted targets deal reduced outgoing damage.
  • Hold the Line
    While surrounded, Machine Guns and Glaives gain increased reload speed and stability; final blows heal you.
  • Dielectric
    Defeating Arc debuffed targets grants Bolt Charge. BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.
  • Volatile Marksman
    Rapid Void weapon precision hits and rapid Void weapon final blows grant Volatile Rounds. BOOST: Volatile detonations grant class ability energy.

Breakdown

Orb generation

Heavy Handed
Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

Dielectric
... BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.

Harmonic Siphon

Stasis Siphon
Rapid Stasis weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.
Orb pickup

Orbs of Restoration
Picking up an Orb of Power grants a small amount of energy to your ability with the least energy.

Facet of Purpose
Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Bolt Charge, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your equipped Super. ...

Better Already
Your health begins to regenerate immediately after picking up an Orb of Power.

Special Finisher
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge create

Special Finisher
Collecting an Orb of Power causes you to gain 1 temporary Armor Charge. ...
Armor Charge consume

Special Finisher
... Consumes 3 stacks of Armor Charge.
Ability cooldown

Distribution
Reduces all ability cooldowns when using your class ability near targets.
Class Ability cooldown

Ascension
[Air Move] While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets.

Volatile Marksman
... BOOST: Volatile detonations grant class ability energy.
Grenade cooldown

Grapple
... Grappling to a Tangle immediately recharges your grenade energy. ...

Impact Induction
Causing damage with a powered melee attack reduces your grenade cooldown.

Bomber
Reduces grenade cooldown when using your class ability.
Melee cooldown

Threaded Spike
... The dart will return to you once it's done, returning melee energy to you for each target hit. ...

Bolt Charge
... Receiving a stack of Bolt Charge grants you melee energy.
Final blows

Heavy Handed
Your powered melee final blows create Orbs of Power.

Facet of Dawn
... Powered melee final blows make you and nearby allies radiant. ...

Thunderlord
Reign Havoc – Final blows with this weapon generate stunning lighting strikes from above. ...

Hold the Line
While surrounded, Machine Guns and Glaives gain increased reload speed and stability; final blows heal you.

Harmonic Siphon

Volatile Marksman
Rapid Void weapon precision hits and rapid Void weapon final blows grant Volatile Rounds. ...

Stasis Siphon
Rapid Stasis weapon final blows create an Orb of Power.
Defeating an enemy

Heavy Ordnance Regeneration
... BOOST: While Heavy Ordnance Regeneration is active, defeating powerful combatants disorients nearby rank-and-file combatants.

Special Ammo Finder
Increases the drop chance of Special ammo upon defeat of an opponent.

Facet of Devotion
... Defeating targets afflicted with Stasis or Strand debuffs grants bonus Light Transcendence energy.

Stylish Executioner
Defeating a target affected by any elemental debuff grants invisibility and Truesight. ...

Dielectric
Defeating Arc debuffed targets grants Bolt Charg... BOOST: Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.

Sever
... Severed targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Transcendence
...Defeating targets while Transcendent extends its duration.

Amplified
... Rapidly defeating targets with Arc damage makes you amplified.

Unravel
... Unraveled targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.
Finishers

Special Finisher
... Finishers generate Special ammo for the whole fireteam. ...

Keywords

Restoration

You regenerate health and shields over time. Cannot be interrupted by taking damage.

Facet of Purpose
Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Bolt Charge, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your equipped Super. ...
Light buffs

Light buffs include Amplified, Bolt Charge, Cure, Radiant, Restoration, Devour, Invisibility, and Overshield.

Facet of Hope
While you have an elemental buff, your class ability regenerates more quickly.
Sever

The target's connections to the world around them are cut, and their outgoing damage is significantly reduced. Severed targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Threaded Spike
Throw a rope dart that bounces between targets, damaging and severing them. ...
Overshield

You are armored with a protective barrier of Void Light. Reduces damage taken from combatants.

Facet of Purpose
Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Bolt Charge, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your equipped Super. ...
Light debuffs

Light debuffs include Blind, Jolt, Scorch, Ignitions, Suppression, Volatile, and Weaken.

Stylish Executioner
Defeating a target affected by any elemental debuff grants invisibility and Truesight. After performing a Stylish Execution, your next melee attack while invisible weakens targets.
Transcendence

You resonate in perfect harmony with Light and Darkness. You gain increased ability regeneration, increased weapon damage, and damage resistance against combatants. Your grenade is replaced with a unique Prismatic grenade that combines multiple damage types. Defeating targets while Transcendent extends its duration.

Facet of Devotion
... Defeating targets afflicted with Stasis or Strand debuffs grants bonus Light Transcendence energy.
Jolted

The target is energized with destructive Arc Light. They take additional damage while jolted and chain lightning to nearby targets. Jolt damage causes Overload Champions to be stunned.

Ascension
[Air Move] While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets.
Invisibility

You vanish from sight and do not appear on radar. While invisible, your radar range is reduced. Performing offensive actions will end invisibility.

Stylish Executioner
Defeating a target affected by any elemental debuff grants invisibility and Truesigh... After performing a Stylish Execution, your next melee attack while invisible weakens targets.
Frost armor

You are fortified by layers of durable Stasis matter, reducing incoming damage. Frost Armor damage resistance grows stronger as you gain additional stacks.

Facet of Purpose
Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Bolt Charge, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your equipped Super. ...
Woven mail

Your body is encased in a protective mesh of tightly woven Strand matter, greatly reducing any incoming non-precision damage.

Facet of Purpose
Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Bolt Charge, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your equipped Super. ...
Weaken

The target takes increased damage and has their movement speed slowed.

Shadowshot: Deadfall
Tether foes to a Void Anchor, weakening and suppressing them for you and your allies. ...

Stylish Executioner
... After performing a Stylish Execution, your next melee attack while invisible weakens targets.
Darkness debuffs

Darkness debuffs include Slow, Freeze, Sever, Suspend, and Unravel.

Facet of Devotion
+10 Strength ▲ Defeating targets afflicted with Stasis or Strand debuffs grants bonus Light Transcendence energy.

Stylish Executioner
Defeating a target affected by any elemental debuff grants invisibility and Truesight. After performing a Stylish Execution, your next melee attack while invisible weakens targets.
Darkness buffs

Darkness buffs include Frost Armor and Woven Mail.

Facet of Hope
While you have an elemental buff, your class ability regenerates more quickly.
Ignition

A large Solar explosion which deals damage in an area around the target and stuns Unstoppable Champions.

Facet of Ruin
Increases the size and damage of the burst when you shatter a Stasis crystal or frozen target, and increases the area of effect of Solar ignitions. ...
Amplified

Your movement speed and weapon handling are greatly increased. After sprinting for a short time, your movement speed is further increased. Rapidly defeating targets with Arc damage makes you amplified.

Ascension
[Air Move] While airborne, consume your class ability energy to summon your Arc Staff, propelling yourself upward and creating a burst of energy around you that amplifies allies and jolts targets.
Bolt charge

Accumulate stacks of Arc Bolt Charge. While you have Bolt Charge, sustained weapon damage generates stacks of Bolt Charge. At maximum stacks, any ability damage generates a powerful bolt of Arc lightning at the target's location. Receiving a stack of Bolt Charge grants you melee energy.

Facet of Purpose
Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Bolt Charge, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your equipped Super. ...
Suppression

The target is taken out of any active abilities and cannot activate any abilities or movement modes while suppression persists. Afflicted combatants cannot fire their weapons. When suppressed, Overload Champions are stunned.

Shadowshot: Deadfall
Tether foes to a Void Anchor, weakening and suppressing them for you and your allies. ...
Shatter

When a frozen target is shattered, they take damage and deal damage to nearby targets. Shatter damage causes Unstoppable Champions to be stunned.

Facet of Ruin
Increases the size and damage of the burst when you shatter a Stasis crystal or frozen target, and increases the area of effect of Solar ignitions. ...
Radiant

Your weapons are enhanced by the power of the Traveler and deal increased damage to combatants. While you are radiant, your weapons pierce the shields of Barrier Champions and stun them.

Facet of Dawn
Powered melee hits against targets makes you radiant. Powered melee final blows make you and nearby allies radiant. ...
Freeze

The target is trapped in Stasis matter and is unable to move. After taking additional damage while frozen, the target shatters.

Facet of Ruin
Increases the size and damage of the burst when you shatter a Stasis crystal or frozen target, and increases the area of effect of Solar ignitions. +10 Mobility ▲
Unravel

The target is permeated with destructive Strand matter. As they take additional damage, they create unraveled projectiles that seek out nearby targets. Unraveling Rounds from your Strand weapons pierce the shields of Barrier Champions and stun them. Unraveled targets unwind into a Tangle when defeated.

Grapple
... During and shortly after grappling, your melee attack deals area damage and unravels targets.

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