[GameSpot] - Destiny 2's New Exotic Seems Way Too Powerful

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As is often the case with Destiny 2, it seems the addition of a new Exotic weapon to the game has brought some unforeseen consequences. With the newly launched Season of Arrivals comes a new grenade launcher called Witherhoard, which is already annihilating raid bosses and dominating in the Crucible--and it's only a matter of time until its powers are nerfed.

Witherhoard has some special perks that make it unlike other grenade launchers in Destiny 2. Instead of firing explosives, it launches grenades that cause an effect called "blight." Hit an enemy head-on, and they get infected with blight, which causes damage over time. When they die, a pool of blight spreads out on the ground where they fall that damages any enemies that step into it. If a grenade his the ground rather than an enemy, the blight pool appears, so Witherhoard is great for doing direct damage to bosses, or for holding territory as enemies walk into it and get killed.

It's only been available for a day, but already, players are finding out that Witherhoard's grenades are seriously powerful. The launcher's blight eats up Destiny 2's toughest bosses--fire a bunch of Witherhoards at a raid boss like the Garden of Salvation's Sanctified Mind or Last Wish's Riven and you can kill them in seconds.

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