A bunch of Destiny 2 exotic weapons are getting anti-champion buffs

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Everyone’s still eagerly anticipating the Destiny 2 showcase slated for August 23, and Bungie has said that in the meantime, we won’t be getting much in the way of big news from the weekly update posts. Still, the latest This Week At Bungie outlines some impactful changes – several Destiny 2 exotic weapons are getting buffed with new intrinsic qualities that make them effective against the MMO game’s champion enemies.

Bungie says it wants players to have a few more options to bring for each champion type, namely barrier, unstoppable, and overload champions. Each of these requires weapons kitted out with specific perks, which up until now has more or less ruled exotics out from consideration for these missions.

In all, eleven Destiny 2 exotic weapons are getting buffs, with several receiving intrinsic anti-champion buffs. Here’s the full list:

The exotic shotgun Lord of Wolves sees the beginning of a rework, too – although this doesn’t involve any actual buffs, mercifully. It’s driven PvP players nuts for ages, and Bungie is making some significant changes to it. In PvP, it’ll start with 10 rounds instead of 15 (this is unchanged in PvE), its burst size is going down from 10 to 5 shots when Release the Wolves is active, the time between bursts has been reduced by 60% when Release the Wolves is active, and its base damage is being decreased by about 20%. In PvE, it’s getting a 20% damage buff to make up for this.

This week’s TWAB also details buffs coming to several weapon archetypes, including scout rifles, high-impact auto rifles, hand cannons, glaives, and grenade launchers.