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|rank= Long-Range Support
|rank= Long-Range Support
|class= [[Hobgoblin]]
|class= [[Hobgoblin]]
|mission=
|weapon= {{icon|Void}} Taken [[Line Rifle]] <br> {{icon|Void}} Taken [[Slap Rifle]]
|gender=
|ability= {{icon|Void}} Retaliation Swarm <br> Teleportation <br> {{icon|Void}} Melee
|height=
|mass=  
|weapon= [[Void]] [[Line Rifle]] <br> Void [[Slap Rifle]]
|ability= [[Void]] Retaliation Swarm <br> Rapid Movement <br> [[Void]] Melee
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{{quote|You are a Hobgoblin. A particle fountain. Your first purpose is to provide energy — to channel power where it is needed for thought. Your second purpose is to eliminate threats to that thought. ''[...]'' Your function makes you a priority target. You will be equipped for retaliation. Accept the changing blade.|[[Grimoire]] description}}
{{quote|You are a Hobgoblin. A particle fountain. Your first purpose is to provide energy — to channel power where it is needed for thought. Your second purpose is to eliminate threats to that thought. ''[...]'' Your function makes you a priority target. You will be equipped for retaliation. Accept the changing blade.|[[Grimoire]] description}}
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==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Taken Hobgoblins maintain the same role, being used as snipers by the forces of the Taken. They have lost their Stasis Shield, and in its place gained the Retaliation Swarm. This ability generates bolts that circle around the Hobgoblin, and fly towards the first enemy that hits them, moving incredibly fast, with tracking abilities, and dealing high [[Void]] damage. Taken Hobgoblins have one Retaliation Swarm, but if left alone, they will reactivate it. They are almost always equipped with are equipped with a [[Void]] [[Line Rifle]], and usually positioned in elevated or far-away areas so as to more easily snipe at targets. Unlike their non-Taken counterparts, their weak point is the head like other enemies.
Taken Hobgoblins maintain the same role, being used as snipers by the forces of the Taken. They have lost their Stasis Shield, and in its place gained the Retaliation Swarm. This ability generates three bolts that circle around the Hobgoblin, and fly towards the first enemy that hits them, moving incredibly fast, with tracking abilities, and dealing high [[Void]] damage. Taken Hobgoblins have one Retaliation Swarm charge, but if left alone, they will reactivate it. They are almost always equipped with with a [[Void]] [[Line Rifle]], and usually positioned in elevated or far-away areas so as to more easily snipe at targets. Unlike their non-Taken counterparts, their weak point is the head like other enemies.


==Known Taken Hobgoblins==
==Known Taken Hobgoblins==
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==Variants==
==Variants==
*Consumed Hobgoblin
;Common Variants
*Consumed Hobgoblin - Heroic difficulty
*Devoured Hobgoblin - Epic difficulty
*[[Overload Taken Hobgoblin]] - [[Champion]]
*[[Ravenous Taken Hobgoblin]] - [[Elite]] and [[Major]]
*[[Servile Hobgoblin]] - Major {{C|''Destiny 2''}}
*Tortured Hobgoblin - Major {{C|''Destiny''}}
 
;Specific Variants
*[[Deceived Hobgoblin]]
*[[Deceived Hobgoblin]]
*Devoured Hobgoblin
*[[Envoy of Savathûn]]
*[[Envoy of Savathûn (Minotaur)|Envoy of Savathûn]]
*[[Labyrinth Architect]]
*[[Labyrinth Architect]]
*[[Overload Taken Hobgoblin]]
*[[Pressurized Saboteur]]
*[[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval Hobgoblin]]
*[[Primeval Hobgoblin]]
*[[Ravenous Taken Hobgoblin]]
*[[Wrathful Predator]]
*Tortured Hobgoblin
 
==Trivia==
*The Retaliation Swarm of [[Ultra]] Taken Hobgoblins is named Pulverizing Stomp, though it has no special properties beyond its damage scaling due to rank.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

Latest revision as of 12:45, December 13, 2023

Taken Hobgoblin
Grimoire Taken Hobgoblin.jpg
Biographical information

Species:

Taken

Rank:

Long-Range Support

Class:

Hobgoblin

Combat information

Weapon(s):

VoidS.png Taken Line Rifle
VoidS.png Taken Slap Rifle

Abilities:

VoidS.png Retaliation Swarm
Teleportation
VoidS.png Melee

 

"You are a Hobgoblin. A particle fountain. Your first purpose is to provide energy — to channel power where it is needed for thought. Your second purpose is to eliminate threats to that thought. [...] Your function makes you a priority target. You will be equipped for retaliation. Accept the changing blade."
Grimoire description

The Taken Hobgoblin is a type of Taken Vex.

Gameplay[edit]

Taken Hobgoblins maintain the same role, being used as snipers by the forces of the Taken. They have lost their Stasis Shield, and in its place gained the Retaliation Swarm. This ability generates three bolts that circle around the Hobgoblin, and fly towards the first enemy that hits them, moving incredibly fast, with tracking abilities, and dealing high Void damage. Taken Hobgoblins have one Retaliation Swarm charge, but if left alone, they will reactivate it. They are almost always equipped with with a Void Line Rifle, and usually positioned in elevated or far-away areas so as to more easily snipe at targets. Unlike their non-Taken counterparts, their weak point is the head like other enemies.

Known Taken Hobgoblins[edit]

Variants[edit]

Common Variants
Specific Variants

Trivia[edit]

  • The Retaliation Swarm of Ultra Taken Hobgoblins is named Pulverizing Stomp, though it has no special properties beyond its damage scaling due to rank.

List of appearances[edit]

References[edit]