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Destiny 2 (2017)

Duration: 4:54

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Destiny 2 Season of the Wish
Glaives are one of the weirder choices of weapons in the sandbox. Utilizing a mixture of projectile and melee damage, as well as damage mitigation. But they can also be heavily built into to send their melee damage sky high and making them a real force worth using. But is that investment worthwhile? How do they compare to other special weapon options in the meta right now and what activities can a glaive potentially thrive in.

Glaives used in this video:

Greasy Luck
Source: Ghosts of the Deep
Roll: Disruption Break + Close to Melee

Vexcalibur
Source: //node.ovrd.AVALON// Exotic Quest

Exotic Armor used in this video:
Wormgod Caress
Melee kills grant escallating melee and weapon damage capping out at 5 stacks with values of +200% melee damage and +35% weapon damage.
Triton Vice
Glaives gain the following benefits; +100% melee damage when surrounded. Melee final blows overflow ammo into the magazine. Glaives matching your subclass element cause an elemental explosion on projectile final blow.


Glaves are not being used: 0:00
Titan Glaive Setup: 0:36
Hunter Glaive Setup: 1:50
Neutral Game Glaives: 2:40
Are Glaives Worth It?: 3:25

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