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|service= [[Guardian]]s
|service= [[Guardian]]s
|affiliation=[[Oryx, the Taken King]] <br> [[Eris Morn]] <br> [[Weapons of Sorrow]]
|affiliation=[[Oryx, the Taken King]] <br> [[King's Fall]] <br> [[Eris Morn]] <br> [[Weapons of Sorrow]]
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{{Quote|Let them feel every lash, every curse, every touch of malice that they first dealt to me.|Weapon description}}
{{Quote|Let them feel every lash, every curse, every touch of malice that they first dealt to me.|Weapon description}}
'''Touch of Malice''' is an exotic [[scout rifle]] obtained through collecting [[Calcified Fragment]]s and fighting bosses in [[King's Fall]].
'''Touch of Malice''' is an Exotic {{icon|Kinetic}} [[Scout Rifle]] obtained through collecting [[Calcified Fragment]]s and fighting bosses in the ''[[King's Fall]]'' [[raid]].
 
In ''[[Destiny 2]]'', it is available as a random drop after defeating [[Oryx, the Taken King]] in the final encounter of the reprised raid released in ''[[Season of Plunder]]''.


==Destiny==
==Destiny==
===Gameplay===
The Touch of Malice is a high RoF-lower Impact archetype of [[Scout Rifle]]. This means that one would be tempted to repeatedly press the trigger to quickly fire off rounds, but there's a hidden perk: Full Auto. This makes it so that the player can simply hold down the trigger and reduce the stress on their finger. The Instrinsic Perk is the weapon's namesake: the last round in the magazine instantly regenerates and deals double damage at the cost of the wielder's life force. Even with your health slowly going down, the potentially endless stream of bullets allows this weapon to open up a niche in doing high, uninterrupted DPS against PvE bosses. And if one can take advantage of the Touch of Mercy perk, where three rapid kills instantly start health regeneration, then the wielder will be able to keep up on DPS on the boss. Even with the massive questline required to obtain it, as well as the fact that you can kill yourself while using this weapon, the reward is well worth it.
The weapon's perk perfectly fits the raid that is needed to obtain it. During the final fight against Oryx, many strategies have the player stand in the an Aura of Immortality to deal damage to Oryx. Thus, using the double damage perk of the final round coupled with the Aura allow for massive damage to be dealt. Other strategies involved using player controlled health bonuses to use Touch of Malice outside of the Raid. For example, one could use the Titan super '''Ward of Dawn''' to have Blessing of Light and have increased health.
===Perks===
===Perks===
*Intrinsic Perk: '''Touch of Malice''' – Final round of the magazine regenerates and deals bonus damage at the cost of the wielder's life force.
*Intrinsic: '''Touch of Malice''' – Final round of the magazine regenerates and deals bonus damage at the cost of the wielder's life force.
*'''Barrel:'''
*'''Barrel'''
**'''Soft Ballistics''' - Less recoil. Penalty to Impact.
**'''Soft Ballistics''': Less recoil. Penalty to Impact.
**'''Smooth Ballistics''' - Increased recoil. Boost to range.
**'''Smooth Ballistics''': Increased recoil. Boost to range.
**'''Smart Drift Control''' - Predictable and controllable recoil. Penalty to range.
**'''Smart Drift Control''': Predictable and controllable recoil. Penalty to range.
*'''Primary perks:'''
*'''1st perk'''
**'''Eye of the Storm''' - This weapon becomes more accurate as your health gets lower.
**'''Eye of the Storm''' - This weapon becomes more accurate as your health gets lower.
*'''Stat modifiers:'''
*'''Stat modifiers'''
**'''Snapshot''' - Aiming this weapon is incredibly fast.
**'''Snapshot''': Aiming this weapon is incredibly fast.
**'''Hammer Forged''' - Improved range and accuracy.
**'''Hammer Forged''': Improved range and accuracy.
**'''Flared Magwell''' - Reload this weapon even faster.
**'''Flared Magwell''': Reload this weapon even faster.
*'''Special perks:'''
*'''Exotic perk'''
**'''Touch of Mercy''' - Three rapid kills will return a portion of the wielder's health.
**'''Touch of Mercy''' - Three rapid kills will return a portion of the wielder's health.


===Acquisition===
==Destiny 2==
*Complete [[The Deep Lore]] - find 5 [[Calcified Fragment]]s
*Complete [[The Old Hunger]] by killing bosses in [[King's Fall]]
*Give [[Eris Morn]] 25 [[Wormspore]], 50 [[Weapon Parts]], and 50 [[Hadium Flake]]s
*Collect 35 Calcified Fragments
*Enter [[The Undying Mind]] and kill [[Morgath, Lore-Keeper]] at the end of the [[strike]].
*Collect 45 Calcified Fragments
*Enter [[Fear's Embrace]] and kill [[Mar-Zik, the Blightcaller]]
*Pick up [[Touch of Malice]] from Eris
 
===Gameplay===
===Gameplay===
The Touch of Malice is a high RoF-lower Impact archetype of [[Scout Rifle]]. This means that one would be tempted to repeatedly press the trigger to quickly fire off rounds, but there's a hidden perk: Full Auto. This makes it so that the player can simply hold down the trigger and reduce the stress on their finger. The Instrinsic Perk is the weapon's namesake: the last round in the magazine instantly regenerates and deals double damage at the cost of the wielder's life force. Even with your health slowly going down, the potentially endless stream of bullets allows this weapon to open up a niche in doing high, uninterrupted DPS against PvE bosses. And if one can take advantage of the Touch of Mercy perk, where three rapid kills instantly start health regeneration, then the wielder will be able to keep up on DPS on the boss. Even with the massive questline required to obtain it, as well as the fact that you can kill yourself while using this weapon, the reward is well worth it.
The Touch of Malice has remained mostly unchanged from the original in both function and gameplay dynamic. However, with increased access to healing and damage resistance by all classes, users will typically be able to take advantage of the intrinsic perk (merged with Touch of Mercy) for longer than in ''Destiny 1'', and can do so without staying in place if necessary.


The weapon's perk perfectly fits the raid that is needed to obtain it. During the final fight against Oryx, many strategies have the player stand in the an Aura of Immortality to deal damage to Oryx. Thus, using the double damage perk of the final round coupled with the Aura allow for massive damage to be dealt. Other strategies involved using player controlled health bonuses to use Touch of Malice outside of the Raid. For example, one could use the Titan super '''Ward of Dawn''' to have Blessing of Light and have increased health.
New to the ''Destiny 2'' version of Touch of Malice is the perk Charged with Blight, which uses precision hits to charge up a secondary attack. Once fully charged with ten hits, holding reload chambers in a Darkness Bolt that poisons and blinds enemies for a brief period of time when fired. Additionally, while not explicitly mentioned in the perk description, enemies poisoned by the Darkness Bolt take 50% more damage from all [[Weapons of Sorrow]], i.e. Touch of Malice itself, [[Thorn]], [[Osteo Striga]] and [[Necrochasm]]. This further empowers the weapon's already-high DPS and makes returning strategies for team use of the weapon even more effective.


==Destiny 2==
===Perks===
===Perks===
*Intrinsic Perk: '''Touch of Malice'''
*Intrinsic: '''Touch of Malice''' - The final round in the magazine deals bonus damage, drawing from the wielder's life force, and then regenerates itself. Rapidly defeating 3 targets restores health. Guardians and powerful combatants count as more than one defeated target.
**The final round in the magazine deals bonus damage, drawing from the wielder's life force, and then regenerates itself. Rapidly defeating 3 targets restores health. Guardians and powerful combatants count as more than one defeated target.
*'''Polygonal Rifling''': Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.  
*'''Polygonal Rifling:''' Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.  
**Increases stability.   
**Increases stability.   
*'''Flared Magwell:''' Optimized for fast reloading.  
*'''Flared Magwell:''' Optimized for fast reloading.  
**Slightly increases stability.  
**Slightly increases stability.  
**Greatly increases reload speed.   
**Greatly increases reload speed.   
*'''Charged With Blight:''' Precision hits drain combatants' life force and charge up a ball of Darkness. [Alternate Weapon Action] and then fire to unleash the blight projectile, shrouding combatants in Darkness and temporarily blinding them.
*Exotic Perk: '''Charged With Blight''' - Precision hits drain combatants' life force and charge up a ball of Darkness. [Alternate Weapon Action] and then fire to unleash the blight projectile, shrouding combatants in Darkness and temporarily blinding them.
*'''Hand-Laid Stock:''' This weapon is optimized for recoil control.  
*'''Hand-Laid Stock:''' This weapon is optimized for recoil control.  
**Increases stability.
**Increases stability.


===Catalyst===
===Catalyst===
The Touch of Malice's Catalyst obtained from a puzzle in King's Fall. It grants '''Rapid Hit'''; if used correctly, this allows the user to cancel its intrinsic perk faster if necessary while also reducing the kick from Charged with Blight, making the weapon easier to control and more comfortable to use over long periods of firing.
In the ''Destiny 2'' reprised raid, this weapon's catalyst is obtained completion of a secret puzzle in the raid. After obtaining 700 kills with this weapon, the catalyst unlocks the following perk:
 
*'''Rapid Hit''': Rapid precision hits temporarily increase stability and reload speed.
===Acquisition===
This weapon randomly drops at a low rate after defeating [[Oryx, the Taken King]] in the reprised [[King's Fall]].
 
===Gameplay===
The Touch of Malice has remained mostly unchanged from the original in both function and gameplay dynamic. However, with increased access to healing and damage resistance by all classes, users will typically be able to take advantage of the intrinsic perk (merged with Touch of Mercy) for longer than in ''Destiny 1'', and can do so without staying in place if necessary.
 
New to the ''Destiny 2'' version of Touch of Malice is the perk Charged with Blight, which uses precision hits to charge up a secondary attack. Once fully charged with ten hits, holding reload chambers in a Darkness Bolt that poisons and blinds enemies for a brief period of time when fired. Additionally, while not explicitly mentioned in the perk description, enemies poisoned by the Darkness Bolt take 50% more damage from all [[Weapons of Sorrow]], i.e. Touch of Malice itself, [[Thorn]], [[Osteo Striga]] and [[Necrochasm]]. This further empowers the weapon's already-high DPS and makes returning strategies for team use of the weapon even more effective.


==Grimoire and Lore==
==Grimoire and Lore==
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]]''{{Nc}}


==References==
==References==
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