Wizard

"That Wizard came from the Moon!"

- Ghost

Wizards are a powerful caste of Hive. They wear long, crumbling robes and fly overhead to unleash their spells, drawing on the power of the Darkness to fuel their powers.

Overview
While the lesser Hive monsters carry out the Hive's will through overwhelming force, the Wizards plan the Hive's conquests and carry out the unspeakable rituals that create its menagerie of abominations. In addition to fueling the Hive's might through sorcery, the Wizards also serve as its reproductive caste. A Wizard becomes fertile either from a mate or on her own, whereupon she will produce the pupae that give rise to the Hive's legions of Thralls.

Gameplay
Wizards are often frustrating opponents on the battlefield, being able to unleash long range darkness blasts in rapid succession while swiftly flying around. The higher the Wizard is ranked, the faster they fire them. In addition, they can plant down poison clouds that deal damage over time, blur the player's vision, and slow them down. The vast majority of wizards come with Solar shields, except for Omnigul, who comes with an Arc shield.

Variants

 * Chosen Wizard - Heroic difficulty Wizard
 * Hallowed Wizard - Major Wizard
 * Ascendant Wizard - Epic difficulty Wizard
 * Waker of Crota - encountered exclusively in Siege of the Warmind and The Wakening. Wakers of Crota glow green and are capable of summoning traps called Vestiges. Vestiges damage players who walk over them. Killing Wakers will prevent more Vestiges from appearing.
 * Deathsingers - These Ultra wizards are encountered exclusively in raids, and will kill the entire party after a certain time limit if they are not killed beforehand.

Known Wizards

 * Gotra, Eir Spawn
 * Heart of Crota
 * Ir Anûk, Deathsinger
 * Ir Halak, Deathsinger
 * Ir Yût, the Deathsinger
 * Mormu, Xol Spawn
 * Omnigul, Will of Crota
 * Verok
 * Vurok, Eir Spawn
 * Xyor, the Unwed

Trivia

 * The phrase "That Wizard came from the Moon!" (as uttered by the Ghost) has become an infamous line among the Destiny community. Bungie has released a shirt in recognition of the meme.


 * All Wizards are actually female.

List of appearances

 * Destiny