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A damage type is an attribute of a weapon or ability that has potential to do bonus damage depending on an enemy's shield or whether or not a Burn modifier is active.
The color of an enemy's shield represents which damage type it is vulnerable to. Using a damage type against the corresponding shield will do 200% damage. Using a damage type against a non-corresponding shield will do 100% damage.[1]
In Destiny, burn modifiers increase the damage of weapons and abilities, depending on their damage types, up to 200% for Guardians and 300% for enemies.[2]
In Destiny 2, enemy shields are much more volatile as breaking them with the matching damage type will result in an elemental explosion, dealing significant area-of-effect damage to all others in close proximity. Because the damage type of these explosions is the same as the enemy's shield, this can cause a chain reaction of explosions when nearby enemies with matching shield types are caught in the blast radius.
| Icon | Type | Description | Most effective against |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinetic | Physical damage. | Enemies without shields. |
| Arc | Related to electricity and ice. | Enemies with blue shields such as Captains. |
| Solar | Related to fire and thermal energy. | Enemies with orange shields such as Wizards and Centurions. |
| Void | Related to gravity and dark energy. | Enemies with purple shields such as Minotaurs. |
References
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- ↑ Reddit "Elemental Damage & Nightfall Burn Damage Calculations". Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ↑ Destiny Update 2.0.0
