Aegis
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| Aegis | |
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Rarity class: |
Relic |
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Weapon type: |
Shield |
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Required level: |
none |
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Magazine: |
infinite |
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Fire mode: |
Melee, Shield, Explosive Bolt |
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Range: |
Short-Mid |
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- "I have destroyed myself to do this. They have taken my Ghost. They are in my blood and brain. But now there is hope. I have made a wound in the Vault. I have pierced it and let in the Light. Bathe in it, and be cleansed. Look to it, and understand: From my own Light and from the thinking flesh of the Vex I made a shield. The shield is your deliverance. It will break the unbreakable. It will change your fate."
- — Kabr, the Legionless[1]
The Aegis is a shield fashioned by Kabr while he was trapped within the Vault of Glass, using his own Light and parts of the Vex that had infected him to create a weapon capable of changing fate within the vault.[1] It is featured in the Vault of Glass raid, The Nexus: Revisited Strike, while subsequent other Aegises would appear in the Vow of the Disciple Raid and multiple times throughout The Final Shape Campaign.
Overview[edit]
The Aegis has been repeatedly used to allow Guardians to defy otherwise absolute odds. Initially, it was used to not only protect a Fireteam of Guardians raiding the Vault of Glass from being erased from existence through cleansing them of the Templar's Mark of Negation, but also to temporarily bring down its immunity shield and block its attempts to teleport away and repair the shield. It and two more copies of it would also reappear again to stabilize the timestreams under the command of the Gatekeepers attempting to distort them enough to erase the Fireteam, but also protect the Fireteam from Atheon, Time's Conflux's attacks and the blinding effects caused by being Marked by the Void due to being outside of one's own timeline within the Vault of Glass.[2] The Aegis would later appear during the battle against Sekrion, Subverted Mind to once again pierce the immunity shield technology from the Vault of Glass that was now being utilized by Sekrion.[3]
The Aegis would again be used by Guardians in order to ward off the suffocating and fatal Darkness permeating Sunken Pyramid's Exhibition to further progress towards Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness.[4]
When the Guardian entered the Pale Heart of the Traveler to stop the Witness from beginning the Final Shape, the Traveler would bestow the Aegis several times, including against the Pillars of Silence[5] and Devotion.[6] Most notably, the Guardian would use it in their first battle against the Witness to pierce the immunity shields of Lenurae, Subjugator of Fluxion and Molak'al, Subjugator of the Traveler, as well as to protect themselves from the the Witness's Resonant Whirlwind attack.[7]
Gameplay[edit]
The Aegis' main attack is a melee strike, which can combo into three hits, done with the "fire" button. Pressing the "aim" button on the ground executes the last hit of the melee combo, a short shoulder charge, while pressing it in the air will stop the user's momentum, and they will slam into the ground at an angle, inflicting heavy damage. Using the "block" button activates a domed shield, which removes the "Mark of Negation" debuff from allies within. This has a cooldown, however, so time wisely. Lastly, the Super attack fires an energy blast, and its main purpose is to bring down the Templar's shield. This Super is charged by killing the Harpies the Templar and Atheon summon to defend themselves.
The Aegis is used in three different encounters: The Templar, The Gatekeeper, and Atheon. In the Templar encounter, the Aegis is used to destroy The Templar's Shield, allowing for the boss to be damaged. In The Gatekeeper encounter, the Aegis must be used to collected from the past, present, and future and all brought together into the present to defend the conflux. In the Destiny 2 version of the encounter, the Aegis is the only way to destroy the shield of the Praetorians that attempt to sacrifice to the Confluxes. During the Atheon encounter, the Aegis is used to protect timewarped Guardians against the effects of time travel and oncoming attacks from Harpies in the present. The Super is also an effective attack against Atheon. If the Aegis is not picked up within five seconds it will wipe the entire fireteam with the "Curse of the Aegis".
The Aegis makes an appearance in The Witch Queen's Vow of the Disciple raid, as part of the "Exhibition" encounter along side the Taken Essence from Last Wish. Outside of being one of 3 items required to be held to view certain symbols throughout the encounter, it is functionally the same as it appeared in Season of the Splicer's reprised version of Vault of Glass.
Trivia[edit]
- The Aegis comes from ancient Greek mythology; it is described as the shield of Athena, featuring the head of the Gorgon Medusa.
Gallery[edit]
In-game screenshot of the Aegis
List of appearances[edit]
- Destiny (First appearance)
- Destiny 2: Season of the Splicer (Non-canon appearance)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny - Grimoire:Activities/Raids, Relic: The Aegis
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/16), Destiny - Vault of Glass
- ^ Bungie (2016/12/13), Destiny: Rise of Iron - The Nexus: Revisited
- ^ Bungie (2022/3/5), Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Vow of the Disciple
- ^ Bungie (2024/6/4), Destiny 2: The Final Shape - Exegesis
- ^ Bungie (2024/6/4), Destiny 2: The Final Shape - Dissent
- ^ Bungie (2024/6/4), Destiny 2: The Final Shape - Iconoclasm
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