Destiny 2 Renegades Artifact Brings Back an Old Favorite

The Artifact for the beginning of Destiny 2 Renegades has the usual five columns with five perks in each.

Column 1

• Anti-Barrier Handcannon
  • Your equipped Hand Cannons fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions.
• Anti-Barrier Sniper Rifle
  • Your equipped Sniper Rifles fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions.
• Overload Pulse Rifle
  • Your equipped Pulse Rifles fire disrupting rounds which stun the target, delaying ability energy regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.
• Overload Submachine Gun
  • Your equipped Submachine Guns fire disrupting rounds which stun the target, delaying ability energy regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.
• Unstoppable Bow
  • Crossbows and Bows that have been fully drawn for a short time fire a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.

Column 2

• Impact, Shock, Gravity
  • Grants access to the Helmet mods: Kinetic/Void Siphon and Kinetic/Arc Siphon.
  • These mods combine two elemental siphons at a discounted cost.
• Gravitic-Voltaic Charge
  • While you have an Arc or Void Super equipped, increase the maximum number of stacks of Armor Charge you can carry by one.
• Expert Handling
  • Weapon final blows grant a stacking bonus to stability, which resets on weapon reload or stow. Swords gain Guard Resistance.
• Fastest Draw
  • If the first shot shortly after reloading or readying your weapon is a precision hit, gain flinch resistance.
• Elemental Siphon
  • Rapid final blows with a Kinetic weapon or a weapon matching your equipped Super create an elemental pickup that matches your equipped Super.

Column 3

• Press The Advantage
  • Breaking a combatant’s shield grants increased weapon stability, handling, and reload speed. Swords gain increased guard resistance.
• Kinetic Synthesis
  • Sustained Kinetic weapon damage and rapid final blows have a chance to generate a unique ammo brick. Collecting this brick will grant ammo to equipped Kinetic damage weapons and grant Special and Heavy ammo progress.
• Reload at Range
  • Precision hits with Bows and Sniper Rifles grant a stacking bonus to their reload speed.
• Riposte
  • Shortly after guarding with a Sword, your light and heavy attacks stun unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
• Power from Pain
  • Rapid final blows against weakened combatants grant you Devour.

Column 4

• Dielectric
  • Defeating Arc debuffed targets grants Bolt Charge. Rapidly defeating Arc debuffed targets spawns an Orb of Power and heals a small portion of health.
• Armorsmith
  • Breaking a combatant’s shield temporarily grants you damage resistance and increased melee damage.
• Counter Energy
  • When you or a member of your fireteam stuns a Champion, you gain energy for your least-charged ability.
• Combination Argent Blade
  • Briefly pause after executing a light attack, then follow it up with a light or heavy attack to empower your Sword for a short time, granting it bonus damage and charge rate.
• Singularity Blade
  • While you have a Void elemental buff, melee and Sword hits weaken targets, while melee and Sword final blows create a weakening burst.

Column 5

• Elemental Orbs: Arc
  • Arc weapon final blows have a chance to spawn an Arc Elemental Orb. Arc Orbs can be thrown or shot to create an Arc explosion that jolts targets it damages.
• Kinetic Rupture
  • Kinetic weapon damage against a powerful combatant has a chance to create a Kinetic Rupture. Targeting this Rupture causes a damaging explosion that staggers combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
• Snipers Meditation
  • Sniper Rifle hits grant stacking Sniper Rifle damage, stability, and reload bonuses for a short time. Heavy ammo Sniper Rifle hits count as more than one hit.
• Sword Storm Combo
  • Performing three Sword light attacks followed by a heavy attack summons penumbral blades that surround you to damage and disorient combatants. Sword final blows extend the duration of these penumbral blades.
• Void Infestation
  • Defeating a weakened target spawns a tracking projectile that weakens other targets.

Swords Reign Supreme in Destiny 2

Bungie is heavily encouraging players to use swords in Destiny 2: Renegades. With the addition of the Praxic Blade, it is no surprise that this is the direction of the Artifact. The addition of a heavy ammo Sniper Rifle and Snipers Meditation pushes players towards that direction. The combination of Refurbished A-499 and Still Hunt could destroy Destiny 2 bosses.