Archetype
Aggressive Glaive
Generates energy on dealing ranged damage.
[Aim Down Sights] : Raise shield, depleting energy over time
[Melee] : Kinetic melee combo
Stats
• Impact | 95 | ||
• Range | 71 | ||
• Shield Duration | 25 | ||
• Handling | 28 | ||
• Reload Speed | 35 | ||
• Aim Assistance | 70 | ||
• Inventory Size | 35 | ||
• Airborne Effectiveness | 13 | ||
• Rounds Per Minute | 45 | ||
• Charge Time | 25 | ||
• Magazine | 4 | ||
Selected Perks | |||
Popularity: Overall | Select 4 perks to see their popularity. | ||
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Popularity: MW Bonus | INACTIVE |
Perk Playground
- No Perk Selected
- Lightweight Emitter •
- Auxiliary Reserves •
- Low-Impedance Windings •
- Tempered Truss Rod •
- Supercooled Accelerator •
- Ballistic Tuning •
- No Perk Selected
- Light Mag •
- Swap Mag •
- Accurized Rounds •
- Appended Mag •
- Alloy Magazine •
- Extended Mag •
- No Perk Selected
- Pugilist •
- Demolitionist •
- Immovable Object •
- Overflow •
- Tilting at Windmills •
- Shot Swap •
- Genesis •
- No Perk Selected
- Wellspring •
- Unstoppable Force •
- Close to Melee •
- Incandescent •
- Impulse Amplifier •
- Harmony •
- Surrounded •
- No Perk Selected
- Ambush •
- Hakke Breach Armaments •
- No Masterwork Selected
- Shield Duration •
- Reload Speed •
- Range •
- Handling •
- No Mod Selected
- Anti-Flinch •
- Backup Mag •
- Ballistics •
- Counterbalance Stock •
- Freehand Grip •
- Heavy Ammo Finder Enhancement •
- Icarus Grip •
- Quick Access Sling •
- Radar Booster •
- Radar Tuner •
- Sprint Grip •
- Stunloader •
- Synergy •
- Tactical •
- Targeting Adjuster •
- Adept Counterbalance •
- Adept Handling •
- Adept Icarus Grip •
- Adept Mag •
- Adept Range •
- Adept Reload •
- Adept Stability •
- Adept Targeting •
Curated Roll
Random Rolls
TIP: Theorycrafter Recommendations
The blue/red/gold icons & glows below are Theorycrafter Recommendations. They are the perks that trusted community theorycrafters like for this weapon and can disagree with what is most popular. The colors indicate the game mode for which they prefer the perk.Learn More
Color Icon Game Mode Blue PVE Red PVP Gold PVE & PVP
Popular Trait Combos
Popular Individual Perks
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26.8%
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16.0%
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15.0%
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14.8%
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14.8%
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12.4%
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33.4%
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15.7%
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14.4%
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12.4%
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12.4%
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11.3%
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34.4%
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26.6%
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10.5%
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8.9%
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8.2%
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5.8%
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5.2%
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35.4%
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31.8%
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9.7%
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7.8%
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5.8%
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5.2%
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3.9%
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90.3%
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9.6%
Masterwork Popularity
Mod Popularity
Your Rolls
TIP: Popularity Ranks
The letters F thru S below are Popularity Ranks. They measure how popular your roll is versus the most popular roll for this weapon among the global community. The most popular roll is ranked S+. The least popular is ranked F-. Popular doesn't necessarily mean "good"; unpopular doesn't necessarily mean "bad". Use what you enjoy!
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TIP: Theorycrafter Recommendations
The blue/red/gold icons & glows below are Theorycrafter Recommendations. They are the perks that trusted community theorycrafters like for this weapon and can disagree with what is most popular. The colors indicate the game mode for which they prefer the perk.Learn More
Color Icon Game Mode Blue PVE Red PVP Gold PVE & PVP
TIP: API Perk Swap
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Related Collectible
Lore
Judgment of Kelgorath
"CARVE UNTO ME A TRIBUTE OF WAILING PRAYERS" —Xivu Arath, Hive God of War
*****
Häkke Foundry Rebuild-001
Designation: Experimental Project–Vanguard Clearance Approved
Work: New haft, bound in dampening weave. Blade reset with reinforced tang, sharpening not needed. Emitter fitted and recalibrated, grip and housing reconstructed to meet Human anatomy.
"Darkblade core - 1" retrieved from onsite by Guardian operator.
Hive inscriptions decoded by operator, Osiris. Translation of experiential record imprint as follows:
*****
The black-flame projection of Xivu Arath fills the Martian cavern. Below her, Kelgorath's broken blade rests atop a ritual altar—both are inlaid with runes caked in dried blood layered like stratum.
An ornately adorned Wizard presides over the communal ceremony. They motion to the blade.
"This one has failed you many times."
The cavern quakes with Xivu's whispered reply.
RUIN BIRTHS RENEWAL
She reaches through her projection and coaxes the blade into the air, then cleaves hefts of the heavy Hive metal from the weapon. What remains is a dark sliver. An imitation of Xivu's black edge.
AS VICTORY'S HAMMER SHAPES, SO DOES FAILURE'S CHISEL
The blade is reforged, a razor of painless edge and subtle ends.
WORTH SHALL BE MEASURED…
Xivu Arath twists her claws. A haft condenses from swirling soulfire into solid stone and bonds to the blade. By her voice, the weapon is anointed.
…AND JUDGMENT PASSED
At her command, a tear into the Ascendant Plane bursts open before her. Kelgorath steps from the portal.
"What can this humble servant offer Death?"
The cavern fills with her answer.
CLAIM MARS; POSSESS THE WARMIND
Kelgorath barely recognizes the blade he once pledged to Savathûn, now remade as he has been. He grips it, and in his grasp, it sprouts into a wicked axe, cored by a sliver of Xivu Arath's might.
RISE, KELGORATH, DARKBLADE
This new Glaive is easily the best legendary one available to date, has a wide selection of PvE and PvP perks that can be used for any Glaive play style, if you just like meleeing everything then the Close to Melee perk is the best pick, it adds 30% bonus damage to the melee attacks after getting a kill with the projectile and can be infinitely refreshed on projective or melee hits, pair that with Wormgods, Winter’s Guile, Karnstein’s, Synthos or even Necrotic Grips and you’ve got yourself a melee machine as all of these interact with the melee side of Glaives!
Otherwise if you run Glaives for the sole purpose of the projectile or shields only then Immovable Object/Unstoppable Force is a great combo, but you can sub out either of these for stuff like Incandescent or Overflow and Demo for auto reloads or even run Impulse to speed the projectile up.
It has tons of potential for everyone and because of that I think it’s an S-Tier special weapon, really is just a great Glaive overall.
For PvP though I just recommend going for something that’s going to make this snappy as with it being an Aggressive frame like the exotic Warlock exclusive Glaive it’s quite slow and sluggish, so Impulse Amplifier and probably Tilting at Windmills is a decent combo to mess around with, it’ll make shots travel faster making hitting your targets more consistent but then Windmills will make you move faster while blocking, making you harder to keep track of.
Maybe not the best Glaive for PvP but still really solid.
So, I have one of these crafted now and my personal favourite roll is; high shield duration (including MW) for busted high DR on the fly, which is perfect for high tier content and for getting revives off for free without needing invis, a mag increasing perk, Enhanced Overflow and Enhanced Close to Melee.
Having Overflow means I don’t really ever need to reload the Glaive, which is nice because my personal favourite play style is just meleeing things, but having all of those extra shots in the mag means easy access to shield energy for later without needing to care about managing ammo or the mag itself, it’s awesome!
Demolitionist can also be subbed in for Overflow if you prefer that kind of free reloading, as you also get bonus grenade energy on projectile kills too, kind of a pick your poison situation.
Overall as mentioned above it’s an amazing Glaive, and if you’re a Glaive fanatic like I am you will LOVE this one, highly recommend grinding for!