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7/31/2025 9:54:54 PM
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Warlock melee Exotic Sandbox Feedback

This is a feedback regarding what Bungie posted for 7/31/2025 TWID about Warlock lacking meta melee builds. Currently i have 3 exotics that i have in mind that need an update for the current sandbox. [b]Claws of Ahamkara[/b] Gain an additional melee charge. Powered melee final blows spawn an Orb of Power. [b]Propose change to:[/b] Gain an additional melee charge. While your melee energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power charges your next powered melee hit. (stack up to 7x) While all melee energy is depleted, gain minus 20 melee stats. I like the idea of the Ahamkara's power and consequences trait so i would like to apply that in this exotic, basically if you're greedy you get penalized. [b]Transversive Steps[/b] Sprint speed increased. After a short time sprinting, your currently equipped weapon is automatically reloaded. [b]Propose change to:[/b] Sprint speed increased. After a short time sprinting, gain charges that increases your next melee hit. The idea for this is about momentum shift. Ideally gaining energy from sprinting and shifting all of that power to a single powerful punch maybe Bungie could give it a unique animation too. [b]Winter's Guile[/b] Defeating targets with melee attacks increases your melee damage. Targets frozen by Penumbral Blast automatically shatter. [b]Propose change to:[/b] Blocking an attack with melee weapons (currently: Sword/Glaives) slows nearby targets ( #m radius around the Warlock). Melee hits agains't slowed targets deal increase damage. (think of No Bell from season of Heresy) The idea behind the change is a slowed target is vulnerable to melee hits/ charge sword hits. Currently Winter's Guile require you to kill and get % bonus damage for 5 secs, like all other perks in the game. Also this exotic lock you into taking Penumbral Blast which is not a good melee except for crowd control.

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  • In my opinion, Warlocks need an option to refund melee charges, as both Hunter and Titan have multiple abilities and Exotics to do so. The best Warlock currently has is a faster recharge on Heat Rises which is locked to Solar. I would like to see something like Winter's Guile refund your melee charge on a Shatter kill, since they are focusing on Penumbral Blast automatically shattering, or perhaps from normal kills on Claws of Ahamkhara? Until then, very few melee builds are going to be useful other than Lightning Surge or Sunbracers, perhaps Karnsteins Armlets.

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