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New Destiny Subclasses Explained Even Further

Bungie shares details on the new moves your Destiny character will get with the Taken King expansion.

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At Sony's press conference at E3 2015, developer Bungie announced a new expansion for Destiny called The Taken King. One of the most intriguing additions coming in the expansion is a new subclass for each character type. The Warlock, Hunter, and Titan will all receive a new set of moves, skills, and abilities.

Bungie has now explained a little more about what we can expect from those new subclasses. On its website, the studio broke down the different elements of each class.

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The Hunter is getting a Void subclass titled Nightstalker. Its super move, called the Shadowshot, is an ethereal bow that can tie a group of enemies together using a Void Anchor. This will slow and incapacitate them so that your teammates can mop them up. Nightstalker's new grenade, called a Voidwall grenade, makes a wall of Void Light upon detonation. NIghtstalker Hunters can also throw smoke to blind and disorient enemies. Finally, this subclass gives players an evade move to quickly dodge attacks.

The Titan's subclass, called Sunbreaker, is a Solar moveset. Its super is titled the Hammer of Sol, and lets players summon a flaming hammer to attack with. Sunbreaker Titans get a Thermite grenade which sends fire in a line upon explosion. Its melee is called Sunstrike and is a powerful Solar attack. Finally, the Firekeeper skill lets Hammer of Sol last longer and gives Titans an overshield when they're near Sunspots.

The Warlock's Stormcaller subclass focuses on Arc energy. Its super lets Warlocks fling lightning bolts that chain between enemies. The Storm grenade casts a lightning storm in a radius around its impact, and its Thunderstrike melee attack hits enemies at long range. The Perpetual Recharge skill recharges grenades when you get a melee kill, and melee when you get a grenade kill.

We recently learned that the Taken King is getting a collector's edition with a bunch of real-world extras. Keep an eye on GameSpot for impressions and news about the Taken King in the coming weeks.

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