Boomer

Boomer

Boomer
Production overview
Manufacturer:	Hive
Weapon type:	Portable Siege Cannon
Min-max accuracy:	Moderate
Min-max impact:	High
Min-max stability:	Low
Min-max magazine:	Infinite
Specifications
Feed system:	Celestial Shard
Ammunition type:	Arc Starfire Bolts
Fire mode:	Semi-auto
Rate of fire:	Middling
Damage:	Arc
Effective range:	Long
Service history
In service:	All broods
Affiliation:	Knights Acolytes Hiraks, the Mindbender

Taken Boomer

Taken Boomer
Production overview
Manufacturer:	Hive
Weapon type:	Portable Siege Cannon
Min-max accuracy:	High
Min-max impact:	High
Min-max stability:	High
Min-max magazine:	Infinite
Specifications
Feed system:	Corrupted Celestial Shard
Ammunition type:	Corrupted Starfire Bolts
Fire mode:	Semi-auto
Rate of fire:	Middling
Damage:	Void
Effective range:	Long
Service history
In service:	Taken
Affiliation:	Taken Knights Taken Acolytes

"This devastating Arc weapon is said to contain a shard of some dead celestial body. Lobbing bolts of rotting starfire, it is both a ruinous tactical weapon and an instrument of siege."

— Grimoire description

A Boomer is a type of Hive weapon.

Overview

The Boomer deals Arc damage and has a devastating splash damage effect. Like most other Hive related items, it screeches while in use. It is mostly used by Knights and rarely by Acolytes. This weapon has an astonishingly long range, and because of the splash damage and arching effect of the bolts, it is very effective at flushing Guardians out of cover and suppress them with ease.

The Taken version fires Void bolts in a straight line, making it more precise, but also less versatile or Stasis bolts that slows targets on impact.

Another variant of the Boomer known as the Scorn Boomer is used exclusively by Hiraks, the Mindbender and fires similarly to a Taken Boomer.

Trivia

• The Ex Diris Exotic Grenade Launcher is a wieldable version of a Boomer.

Gallery

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  A Knight wielding a Boomer.

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  A Taken Boomer wielded.

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
• Destiny 2