Taken Hobgoblin

Taken Hobgoblin
Biographical information
Species:	Taken
Rank:	Long-Range Support
Class:	Hobgoblin
Combat information
Weapon(s):	Taken Line Rifle Taken Slap Rifle
Abilities:	Retaliation Swarm Teleportation Melee

"You are a Hobgoblin. A particle fountain. Your first purpose is to provide energy — to channel power where it is needed for thought. Your second purpose is to eliminate threats to that thought. [...] Your function makes you a priority target. You will be equipped for retaliation. Accept the changing blade."

— Grimoire description

The Taken Hobgoblin is a type of Taken Vex.

Gameplay

Taken Hobgoblins maintain the same role, being used as snipers by the forces of the Taken. They have lost their Stasis Shield, and in its place gained the Retaliation Swarm. This ability generates three bolts that circle around the Hobgoblin, and fly towards the first enemy that hits them, moving incredibly fast, with tracking abilities, and dealing high Void damage. Taken Hobgoblins have one Retaliation Swarm charge, but if left alone, they will reactivate it. They are almost always equipped with with a Void Line Rifle, and usually positioned in elevated or far-away areas so as to more easily snipe at targets. Unlike their non-Taken counterparts, their weak point is the head like other enemies.

Known Taken Hobgoblins

• Tacharion the Blighted

Variants

Common Variants

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

Specific Variants

• Deceived Hobgoblin
• Envoy of Savathûn
• Labyrinth Architect
• Pressurized Saboteur
• Primeval Hobgoblin
• Wrathful Predator

Trivia

• The Retaliation Swarm of Ultra Taken Hobgoblins is named Pulverizing Stomp, though it has no special properties beyond its damage scaling due to rank.

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)
• Destiny 2