Destiny 2: The Final Shape Swings for the Fences With Subclass Mixing, First New Enemy Faction in Years

In a developer livestream showcasing their upcoming expansion, Bungie made a bevy of announcements for what awaits players in Destiny 2: The Final Shape.

The livestream opened by announcing a new subclass called Prismatic, which fuses Light and Darkness powers to let players mix and match Destiny’s long roster of abilities to create their own Guardian cocktails.

As art director Dave Samuel explained, “One of the concept artists early on created this very evocative image of a Guardian with Light armor and Dark armor.”

“We’re like, ‘we really need this in The Final Shape. This is the ultimate form of being a Guardian to wield Light and Darkness at the same time,’ ” added Catarina Macedo, The Final Shape’s project lead. “We built Prismatic to be exactly that.”

Not content with this possibly game-breaking mixup to the sandbox, the livestream also announced Destiny 2’s first new enemy faction since the Forsaken expansion in 2018: The Dread.

Joining the Tormentor from Lightfall last year and the Subjugator that was previously announced for The Final Shape, The Dread will include flying bats with guns called Grim, acrobatic melee bruisers called Husk, and Weavers/Attendants, which will use Strand and Stasis powers respectively to obstruct and bully us.

“The Dread are this new Witness faction,” said Samuel. “When you see these new characters, not only do they look unique and new, but you see, like, a throughline that we’ve been building through the years that connects it all together.”

The livestream also included a cameo appearance from executive creative director Luke Smith, who teased that although The Final Shape is the finale of the Darkness and Light saga, it would not be the end of Destiny, with a promise they’d have more to say in the future.

“Facing The Witness is not the end of Destiny 2, and it’s definitely not the end of Destiny. After you face The Witness, we’re going to tell you what’s next in Destiny 2,” he said.

Destiny 2: The Final Shape is slated to make its debut on June 4th after a delay. It will be predeeded by a limited-time activity called Into The Light, which will give players a chance to fight waves of enemies to score some extra loot ahead of the expansion.