Taken Captain

Taken Captain
Biographical information
Species:	Taken
Rank:	Elite Infantry
Class:	Captain
Combat information
Weapon(s):	Taken Shrapnel Launcher (common) Taken Shock Blades (uncommon)
Abilities:	Absorption Shield Teleportation Darkness Bolt High Durability Rapid Movement Fallen Melee

"You are a Captain. The only thing between your band and asphyxiation. Every Dreg and Vandal counts on you. All of them want to be you. Your entire life is a performance: you play at strength, or you die of weakness. [...] Everything that sees your banners and your riches wants to kill you and take what you have. If you cannot hide yourself, you must make them blind. There is a knife for you. It is shaped like [you cannot find me]. Take up the knife. Breathe the blade. Take your new shape."

— Grimoire description

The Taken Captain is a type of Taken Fallen.

Gameplay

Taken Captains either an Arc Shrapnel Launcher or Arc Shock Blades, and are their shields have changes to Solar. They can quickly teleport to evade incoming attacks much like their non-Taken counterpart. The main ability Captains gained upon being taken is the Darkness Bolt, a blinding sphere of Darkness. It has several unique properties: fast velocity, infinite range, can travel through walls, uses a large hitbox, can penetrate through multiple targets, hit the same target twice, cause blindness and deafness, and can suppress a Guardian's Super, even when the Super meter is fully charged. To make sure that they have plenty of opportunities to use this attack, a Taken Captain will rapidly teleport to another position. They are a difficult foe to dispose of, especially if allowed to stay in the backlines. However, their arsenal is much diminished compared to their regular counterparts, which can make them predictable.

Known Taken Captains

• Asterion, Set Apart
• Crorok, Will of Xivu Arath
• Drensik, Venom of Oryx
• Drevis, Aspect of Darkness
• Driviks, the Chosen
• Eriviks, the Waking
• Falsek, Lost to Oryx
• Grayris, Baroness
• Gulletous, the Insatiable Hunger
• Irxori, Lost to Oryx
• Ishrasek, Lightbinder of Savathûn
• Ithriks, the Lost
• Karakis, Taken Enforcer
• Keksis, the Betrayed
• Kell Echo
• Kiphoris, Devil Captain
• Kophoris
• Lhoks, Exile Baron
• Nixis, Hunger of Oryx
• Savriks, Riven's Patience
• Teksis, Ascendant Sentinel
• The Odynom
• Vakarsik, Grasp of Quria
• Vendraxis, Shadow of Oryx
• Vesesiks Lightkiller

Variants

Common Variants

• Consumed Captain - Heroic difficulty
• Devoured Captain - Epic difficulty
• Ravenous Taken Captain - Elite and Major
• Servile Captain - Major (Destiny 2)
• Tortured Captain - Major (Destiny)

Specific Variants

• Blighted Captain
• Blightmaker
• Emissary of Savathûn
• Eye of Riven
• Eye of Xivu Arath
• Farseer's Saboteur
• Festering Brute
• Harbinger of Savathûn
• Labyrinth Architect
• Paraversal Contender
• Paraversal Contestant
• Primeval Captain
• Prismatic Taken Captain
• Ravagers of Xivu Arath
• Scavenging Crew Leader
• Taken Blightblazer
• Taken Exsanguinator
• Taken Forerunner
• The Hermit
• Warmonger

Trivia

• Among the Destiny community the Taken Captain has become infamous for its rapid teleportation and proliferate usage of Darkness Bolts. This is especially true in missions like Paradox and Lost to Light where the player has to fight them in close quarters. The Prison of Elders boss Keksis, the Betrayed is also reviled for continuously spamming these abilities.
• Following the release of Beyond Light, Shrapnel Launchers wielded by giant Taken Captains (like the Blightmaker) began to have Solar Damage as opposed the usual Arc damage they were accustomed to. It is unknown if this is a developer's oversight.

List of appearances

• Destiny: The Taken King (First appearance)
• Destiny 2
  • Warmind
  • Forsaken