Blocker

Blocker
Biographical information
Species:	Taken
Faction:	The Drifter's Taken
Rank:	Elite (Small and Medium Blocker) Major (Large Blocker) Ultra (Giant Blocker) ( Formerly)
Class:	Varies (Taken Phalanx, Taken Captain, Taken Goblin, Taken Knight)
Combat information
Mission:	Gambit Gambit Prime (formerly)
Weapon(s):	Slap Rifle (Small Blocker) Shrapnel Launcher (Medium Blocker, before Beyond Light) Slug Rifle (Medium Blocker after Beyond Light and Giant Blocker) Boomer (Large Blocker, before Season of the Lost) Howler (Large Blocker, after Season of the Lost) Taken Cabal Shield (Medium Blocker, after Beyond Light) Taken Energy Shield (Giant Blocker)
Abilities:	High Durability Rapid Movement Close Bank Siphon Motes Projection Shield (Small Blocker) Darkness Bolt (Captain Medium Blocker) Shield Blast (Phalanx Medium Blocker, Giant Blocker) Shield Lunge (Phalanx Medium Blocker, Giant Blocker) Burn (Large Blocker) / Melee (Captain, Knight and Goblin) Absorption Shield (Captain) Tether (Giant Blocker) Teleportation

The Blocker is a type of Taken enemy that appears in Gambit activies by banking certain amounts of Motes of Dark at once by a single player.

Gameplay

When summoned, the Blocker immediately closes down the bank it was sent to, preventing the enemy from banking their motes. While in combat Blockers fight the same way as most variations of that Taken enemy.

Forsaken

When Gambit was first released, banking 5-9 motes sent a Ravenous Taken Phalanx, 10-14 motes sent a Ravenous Taken Knight, and finally 15 motes sent a Hallowed Ogre.

Gambit Prime

In Gambit Prime the blockers had been switched. Now 5-9 was an Elite Taken Goblin, 10-14 was a Ravenous Taken Captain, and 15 was an Major Taken Knight. Players with the full collector set could bank 20 to summon a giant blocker: an Ultra Taken Phalanx, which had the ability set of Grask, the Consumed. If the disabled bank was left unattended and more than one blocker was active, or one giant blocker was active, the bank would begin to be drained, siphoning motes from that teams bank into the enemy's until the blockers were dealt with.

Beyond Light

With Beyond Light's release and the sunsetting of Gambit Prime and the Reckoning, vanilla Gambit was merged with Prime to make the currently final iteration of Gambit and the Blocker system. The Blocker roles and mote siphoning were carried over from Gambit Prime, with the exception of the medium blocker being changed from a Taken Captain to a Taken Phalanx. The Giant Blocker was removed, as the Collector Armor had its function removed.

Gallery

Current Blockers

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  A Goblin, a type of Small Blocker

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  A Phalanx, a type of Medium Blocker

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  A Knight, a type of Large Blocker

List of appearances

• Destiny 2: Forsaken (First appearance)
  • Season of the Drifter
  • Beyond Light