The Taken King will be introducing three new and amazing Subclasses. Part of the reason they're so highly anticipated is because most of their Perks are actually good. Not so with many of the older subclasses; even the strongest ones are pigeon-held into certain builds because the alternatives aren't viable. Fair warning: I'm for the most part a pvp player, so there is a Crucible bias [u]Gunslinger[/u] This Gunslinger Retooling is built upon increasing Golden Gun's Effeciency as a Slayer Super in PvE and PvP. Also, guns, guns, guns! For transparency, this is my Main. Incendiary Grenade: +60% more Burn damage vs. Minions of Darkness. Golden Gun: +80% more damage vs. Minions of Darkness. Overpenetrates targets. Deadeye: Increased Accuracy with Golden Gun. Three Rapid Kills with Golden Gun give you a Bonus Shot. (Doesn't stack with Achlyophage Symbiote) Wildfire: Each kill with Golden Gun cause enemies to explode and increases the damage of Golden Gun for its remaining Duration. (DattodoesDestiny) Circle of Life: Kills with Throwing Knives Reduce the Cooldown of Golden Gun. Incendiary Blade: Standard Melees and Throwing Knives inflict Solar Damage and Burns. +60% Burn damage vs. Minions of Darkness. Sun of Guns (Replacing Keyhole): While your Super is Charged, your Weapons are more Accurate and Precision Kills increase Weapon Damage for 5 seconds. Stacks 3 Times, +15% Damage Max. (Equal to Crowd Control) Gunslinger's Trance: Precision Kills Increase Weapon Stability and Handling. Stacks 3 times. Lasts 15 seconds. Over the Horizon: Increased Range and Zoom on Golden Gun for long range shots. Chain of Woe: Precision Kills Increase Reload and Movement Speed. Stacks 3 Times. Lasts 10 seconds. [u]Blade Dancer[/u] Everyone's formerly favorite Blink-Shotgun Try-hard class. The 2.0 Blink nerf has made Blink-Shotgun a bit trickier to use while Arc Bolt isn't as powerful, but it's still solid. The only "bad" Perks are Fleet Footed and Encore, bad only because Quickdraw and Hungering Blade are so much better. Fleet Footed and Hungering Blade should exchange Perk Columns. -Arc Bolt Grenade: Buff Damage in Crucible to 91. Equivalent buff for PvE. -Skip Grenades: +5% Damage. -Arc Blade: +80% Damage vs. Minions of Darkness. Hold L2 to significantly reduce incoming damage. -Showstopper: Activating Arc Blade and pressing R2/RT will damage nearby enemies. -Encore: Hits with Arc Blade increase the damage of Arc Blade for a short time for five stacks. Kills with Arc Blade refund some Super Energy. [u]Striker[/u] FoH can be devastating when burglarizing Heavy Ammo or breaking the spines of Blade Dancers, Sunsingers, and careless Gunslingers. Like the Gunslinger, the Striker's Neutral Game is a bit lukewarm. New Improvements focus upon enhancing the Striker's CQC abilities, especially when using Juggernaut. -Flash Bang: Being "tickled" by the grenade will still leave you severely blinded. -Pulse Grenade: Increased pulse frequency. -Fist of Havoc: +125% damage vs. Minions of Darkness. (Windup Dead) -Storm Fist: +25% increase in Damage (168 in PvP). Executes a longer range lunge. -Overload: Reduced Storm Fist Cooldown. Kills with Storm Fist instantly recharge Storm Fist. -Discharge: Hits with Storm Fist will Damage and Blind nearby enemies. -Headstrong: Increases Sprint Speed and Slide distance. The leaping distance of Fist of Havoc is improved while Sprinting. -Juggernaut: This perk can Absorb 10% more Damage before Breaking. A "Shattered Glass" effect will warn the player of when Juggernaut has been broken. [u]Defender[/u] Not everyone's first choice in PvP, though it can really shine in competent hands. The Defender's Neutral Game is actually pretty solid, but the Super Game needs work. Major changes to Ward of Dawn have been made to secure it's roll as a Map Control Super. -Spike Grenades: 6 second duration, up from 4 sec. -Ward of Dawn: Patch 2.0 has already tweaked this Super as I'd suggested. -Hero of Light (Replacing Blessings): Instead of summoning Ward of Dawn, you gain Increased (55%) Damage Resistance. Your Weapons Reload and Ready at blinding speed. Lasts 14 Seconds. (Think Radiant Skin SunLock w/o the grenade spam.) -War Machine: Increased Melee Range. While Force Barrier is Active, Weapons Reload and Ready at Blinding Speeds. -Unbreakable: Activates Force Barrier on a hit rather than a kill (MERC1LESS). Force Barrier will continuously Recharge. -Bastion: Increased duration of Ward of Dawn and Hero of Light [u]Sunsinger[/u] This is about as good as a Destiny Subclass can get without Blink. Its only other "weakness" is that Flame Shield is the only logical choice. Useless perks have been buffed or changed altogether to encourage varied and versatile load-outs. -Song of Flame: Shortens ability Cooldowns for yourself and nearby allies. Nearby allies gain +7 Recovery. Doesn't Stack with Heart of Praxic Fire (Squintore) -Fireborn: Activate Radiance from Death. Revive Teammates Faster in Radiance (Squintore). Reduces Radiance Duration by 20%. (MERC1LESS) -Scorch: +60% Burn Damage vs. Minions of Darkness -Solar Wind: Increased Knockback. Scorch can damage and Knockback multiple enemies in a cone AoE. -Brimstone: Kills with Scorch instantly recharge Scorch and cause enemies to explode. -Sunburst: While your Super is Charged, you gain bonus Recovery and Kills with your Grenades and Scorch have a chance to generate Orbs of Light. -Touch of Flame: +60% Burn Damage vs. Minions of Darkness. -Angel of Light: Additionally grants a weak over-shield and bonus accuracy while levitating. [u]Voidwalker[/u] Very good for making things go Boom. Not much else to say here. Overall, this Subclass still holds up and is only lacking somewhat in the grenade department. -Surge: No longer decreases Movement Speed after Surge Decays. -Annihilate: Increase Nova Bomb, grenade, and Bloom blast zone by 15%. Up from 10% -Angry Magic: Nova Bomb and Scatter Grenades aggressively track targets (This was suggested in another thread, but I can't find it atm. I will give the credit due when I can) EDIT: I'll incorporate new suggestions that I like in later Edits. I'll try to properly credit the commentator for their ideas.