Prismatic

Prismatic Symbol

"The line between Light and Dark is — it's gone. It's gone! Guardian, you're — you've fused Light and Dark into harmony. How?"

— Ghost

Prismatic is an elemental affinity of both the Light and Darkness fused together. Prismatic allows the user to combine abilities and Supers from all previously acquired Subclasses, and fill up a Light meter and a Dark meter to activate Transcendence, which will modify a grenade to use a Light and Dark element. It was first introduced in The Final Shape.

History

Gameplay

Subclasses

The Prismatic Hunter is evasive and maneuverable, grappling around the battlefield and leaping to advantageous positions with Ascension. Their starting Prismatic build enables that maneuverability, with Winter’s Shroud providing a handy debuff that Stylish Executioner (which now triggers by defeating an enemy afflicted by any subclass debuff) can activate from, providing easily accessible Invisibility to reposition to wherever you need to be with safety.

The Prismatic Titan excels at disabling enemies to make them easy targets for high-impact follow-ups. Drengr’s Lash, Shackle Grenade, and Diamond Lance are all potent primers for a subsequent Consecration, Thunderclap, or powerful Unbreakable blast. Their starting build allows them to freeze targets with Diamond Lance (which can be created from any ability final blow) and wind up fully charged Thunderclaps to remove the threat from the fight in one fell swoop.

The Prismatic Warlock brings an army to bear, summoning a horde of Bleak Watchers, Hellions, and Threadlings in the blink of an eye. Their starting build lets them lock down entire rooms with Bleak Watcher and Penumbral Blast, and their ability damage (including damage caused by shattering the frozen targets) kickstarts Feed the Void, granting grenade energy to start the cycle anew.

Verbs

Common effects of the Prismatic subclass are:

Transcendence - You resonate in perfect harmony with Light and Darkness. You gain increased ability regeneration, increased weapon damage, and damage resistance against combatants. Your grenade is replaced with a unique Prismatic grenade that combines multiple damage types. Defeating targets while Transcendent extends its duration.
Light Buffs - Light buffs include Amplified, Cure, Radiant, Restoration, Devour, Invisibility, and Overshield.
Darkness Buffs - Darkness buffs include Frost Armor and Woven Mail.
Light Debuffs - Light debuffs include Blind, Jolt, Scorch, Ignitions, Suppression, Volatile, and Weaken.
Darkness Debuffs - Darkness debuffs include Slow, Freeze, Sever, Suspend, and Unravel.

Utility Abilities

Transcendence: Achieve harmony by dealing damage with Light and Dark damage types in equal measure or by applying subclass buffs to your allies. Kinetic damage generates both Light and Dark energy. While Transcendence is active, your grenade is replaced by a unique Prismatic grenade that deals both Light and Dark damage. Dealing melee damage while transcendent greatly increases your grenade energy regeneration, and vice versa. Defeating targets while transcendent extends its duration.

Movement Modes

Hunter

High Jump
Strafe Jump
Triple Jump
Blink

Titan

High Lift
Strafe Lift
Catapult Lift

Warlock

Burst Glide
Strafe Glide
Controlled Glide
Blink

Class Abilities

Hunter

Marksman’s Dodge
Gambler’s Dodge
Acrobat’s Dodge

Titan

Towering Barricade
Rally Barricade
Thruster

Warlock

Healing Rift
Empowering Rift
Phoenix Dive

Melee Abilities

Hunter

Combination Blow
Knife Trick
Withering Blade
Threaded Spike
Snare Bomb

Titan

Shield Throw
Thunderclap
Frenzied Blade
Hammer Strike
Shiver Strike

Warlock

Incinerator Snap
Pocket Singularity
Chain Lightning
Penumbral Blast
Arcane Needle

Grenades

Hunter

Titan

Warlock

Supers

Hunter

Titan

Warlock

Aspects

Hunter

Gunpowder Gamble
Ascension
Stylish Executioner
Winter's Shroud
Threaded Specter

Titan

Consecration
Knockout
Unbreakable
Diamond Lance
Drengr's Lash

Warlock

Hellion
Lightning Surge
Feed the Void
Bleak Watcher
Weaver's Call

Fragments

Facet of Awakening: Rapidly defeating targets with Light or Darkness damage or Super final blows generates an elemental pickup of the matching damage type. +10 Resilience
Facet of Balance: Rapidly defeating targets with Light damage grants melee energy. Rapidly defeating targets with Darkness damage grants grenade energy.
Facet of Blessing: Melee final blows start health regeneration. While transcendent, melee final blows start health regeneration for you and nearby allies.
Facet of Bravery: Defeating targets with grenades grants Volatile Rounds to your Void weapons. Defeating targets with powered melee final blows grants Unraveling Rounds to your Strand weapons.
Facet of Command: Freezing or suppressing a target reloads your equipped weapons and increases weapon stability, aim assist, and airborne effectiveness. Defeating frozen or suppressed targets creates a Stasis Shard or Void Breach.
Facet of Courage: Your Arc, Solar, and Void abilities deal increased damage to targets afflicted with Darkness debuffs. +10 Discipline
Facet of Dawn: Powered melee hits against targets make you radiant. Powered melee final blows make both you and nearby allies radiant. -10 Strength
Facet of Defiance: Finishers create a detonation that either jolts, scorches, slows, severs, or makes targets volatile, based on the damage type of your equipped super. +10 Recovery
Facet of Devotion: Defeating targets afflicted with Stasis or Strand debuffs grants bonus Light Transcendence energy.
Facet of Dominance: Your Void grenades weaken, and Arc grenades jolt targets. -10 Discipline
Facet of Generosity: Defeating targets while transcendent creates Orbs of Power for your allies.
Facet of Grace: Damaging targets with Kinetic weapons grants you bonus Transcendence energy. Defeating targets with your Super grants you and nearby allies bonus Transcendence energy. -10 Resilience
Facet of Honor: Collecting an elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants Transcendence energy of the same type. +10 Strength
Facet of Hope: While you have an elemental buff, your class ability regenerates more quickly.
Facet of Justice: While transcendent, your ability final blows explode. +10 Intellect
Facet of Mending: Grenade final blows cure you. Transcendence grenade final blows increase the strength of the effect.
Facet of Protection: While surrounded by enemies, you are more resistant to incoming damage. While transcendent, the effect is increased. +10 Strength
Facet of Purpose: Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Amplified, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield, based on the damage type of your equipped super. -10 Recovery
Facet of Ruin: Increases the size and damage of the burst when you shatter a Stasis crystal or frozen target and increases the size of Solar ignitions. +10 Mobility
Facet of Sacrifice: While you have an Arc, Solar, or Void buff, ability final blows grant bonus Darkness Transcendence energy. +10 Discipline
Facet of Solitude: Landing rapid precision hits emits a severing blast from the target. While transcendent, the severing blast is bigger.

Enemies

While no enemies deal Prismatic damage, there exist some foes that are protected by the power of The Witness to the point that they are invulnerable to damage, indicated by the term Bound and a pinkish healthbar and glow. The only way to break this protection is for a player to hit them while they are transcendent, after which point they will remain vulnerable until slain. This protection replaces the base enemy's Absorption Shield, which they will not generate even after their defenses are broken. If no Prismatic Wells are available or if a player doesn’t have either a Light or Darkness-aligned damage type equipped, shooting Bounded enemies will fill both bars and will allow for a player to enter Transcendence to damage Bounded enemies.