Armor 'archetypes' announced for Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate

Leg armor with Super archetype (Image via Bungie)
Leg armor with Super archetype (Image via Bungie)

Legendary armor pieces in Destiny 2 will be getting their archetypes. This should allow each armor to drop with its own stat spike, leading players to identify the type they want for their build. Considering the entire stat system is being reworked, it will heavily impact how each gear works around them. Since every type of armor used to define how much a stat a player could roll, Bungie has kept the overall interaction the same.

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This adds more incentives for someone to go after armor pieces in the new expansion. Read on for more details regarding each archetype for the Legendary armor pieces.


New armor archetypes in Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate

Alongside the new tiering system for armor pieces being implemented in the core sandbox, each Legendary armor will receive the following archetypes:

  • Paragon: Super primary, Melee secondary
  • Grenadier: Grenade primary, Super secondary
  • Specialist: Class primary, Weapons secondary
  • Brawler: Melee primary, Health secondary
  • Bulwark: Health primary, Class secondary
  • Gunner: Weapons primary, Grenade secondary
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Each armor type will prioritize a certain stat to have a spike, based on its name. As mentioned in the list above, a "Grenadier" archetype of armor piece will have the most stat spike for Grenades, followed by Super. For Bulwark, it would be Health, Class, and so on.

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Here's what the developers have stated regarding the upcoming archetypes for armor:

"Each Armor 3.0 drop has a randomly selected armor archetype. Each of the six available archetypes are themed around a specific playstyle and determine the two highest stats on each piece of armor. Each piece of armor will also roll with a tertiary (or lowest) stat randomly selected from the remaining four stats."
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Note that the drop rates for any specific type of armor can be tweaked further with Ghost mods, much like it has until now. Hence, if a player wants a Grenadier piece to drop, they can do so by equipping a mod, running activities, or focusing on pieces from vendors.


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Edited by Soumyadeep Banerjee
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