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Ward of Dawn Defender Class

A Titan using Ward of Dawn, the Super Ability for the Defender Subclass.

Defender is a Titan subclass in Destiny. The subclass is unlocked when any of a player's characters reach level 15. It is geared toward mitigating damage with the use of deployable shields via the use of the Defender's Super Ability, Ward of Dawn and Melee Ability, Disintegrate. A number of the passive abilities can also buff the team via Ward of Dawn.

Upgrades

Grenades

  • Homing Grenade: A grenade that followes and then attaches to enemies and explodes twice.
  • Spike Grenade: A grenade that attaches to any surface and emits a torrent of damaging void light.
  • Suppressor Grenade: An explosive grenade that prevents enemies from using abilities for a short time.

Movement Abilities

  • Lift: Jump and then jump again while in the air to activate Lift.

Modifiers

  • Increased Height: Upgrades Lift to travel to greater heights.
  • Increased Control: Upgrades Lift for better directional control while in the air.
  • Catapult: Upgrades Lift to provide a strong initial burst of momentum.

Super Ability

  • Ward of Dawn: Shape Void Light into an indestructible shield to protect you and your buttcheeks from harm.

Modifiers

Light: While inside Ward of Dawn you and your allies gain significant damage resistance.

  • Blessing of Light: Passing through Ward of Dawn grants you and your allies a temporary shield.
  • Weapons of Light: Passing through Ward of Dawn grants you and your allies a temporary increase to weapon damage.

Melee Ability

  • Disintegrate: Killing an enemy with this powerful melee attack creates a Force Barrier around you which absorbs incoming damage.

Modifiers

  • Warmachine: While Force Barrier is active all your weapons reload and ready blindingly fast.
  • Gift of Light: When the shield created by Disintegrate is active all of your melee kills generate Orbs of Light.
  • Unbreakable: Force Barrier continually recharges.

Class Modifiers

  • Titan Codex I: Training focused on battle recovery and toughness.
  • Titan Codex II: Training focused on speed and toughness.
  • Titan Codex III: Training focused on battle recovery and speed.

Ability Modifiers

  • Bastion: Increases the duration of Ward of Dawn.
  • Relentless: Increases the duration and strength of the shield created by Disintegrate.
  • Gift of the Void: As Ward of Dawn takes damage from enemy fire it creates additional Orbs of Light.

Attribute Modifier

  • Titan Codex IV: Training focused on all attributes.
  • Titan Codex V: Training focused on maximum battle recovery.
  • Titan Codex VI: Training focused on raw speed.

Ability Modifier

  • Untouchable: Reduces the cooldown time of Ward of Dawn.
  • Iron Harvest: Heavy Weapon kills have a chance to create Orbs of Light for your allies.
  • Illuminated: Increases the benefits granted by Blessing of Light and Weapons of Light.

References

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