Shadebinder

Shadebinder
Information
Alignment	Stasis
Unlock	The Kell of Darkness

Shadebinder is the Stasis-based subclass of the Warlock class. Shadebinders wield a Stasis staff to control the battlefield from range, locking groups of enemies in place and breaking them apart. The subclass is built around the Stasis keywords freeze, slow, and shatter, and with the Bleak Watcher Aspect it can deploy a Stasis turret to hold an area.

Lore

Reality is chaotic and unruly; bind it and bring order.

I first heard it in the Thrall-carved tunnels on Callisto as I saw Light torn from my friend: a chaotic chime like breaking glass, ringing in the corners of my mind. I ignored it then and burned the Hive vermin with vengeance and fire.

But it returned when Ghaul's wicked contraption gripped the Traveler and the Light fled from my bones: a cold chorus in my ears, a shattered song demanding to be heard. I clung to it then, shivering in the rubble of the Last City. It drowned out the marching of Centurions and focused my will to survive.

It was in the shadow of the Pyramid on Europa that I finally understood. What was noise became a chilling harmony born of dissonance, a structure I could finally grasp. I joined the song, and as my voice perfected the chord my hands gripped a staff of ice—chaos given shape. It sealed my hands in rime, and the song resonated through my flesh. I was its instrument, and it was mine; when we sang "be still" to the world, it would obey.

Abilities

Super

• Winter's Wrath: Summon a Stasis staff. While your Super is active:
  • [Super Primary]: Cast out a barrage of Stasis shards that freeze targets.
  • [Super Secondary]: Cast out a shockwave that shatters all frozen targets.

Melee

• Penumbral Blast: Raise your Stasis staff against your foe. Send a blast of Stasis forward to freeze your targets.

Movement

• Balanced Glide: Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with both moderate speed and directional control.
• Burst Glide: Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with a strong initial boost of speed.
• Strafe Glide: Jump while airborne to activate Glide and start an airborne drift with strong directional control.

Grenade

• Coldsnap Grenade: A grenade that freezes on impact and sends another seeker to find and freeze targets.
• Duskfield Grenade: A grenade that shatters on impact, leaving behind a field that slows targets and freezes those who do not leave the volume.
• Glacier Grenade: A grenade that creates walls out of Stasis crystals to block damage and freeze targets; these walls can be shattered for damage.
• Shatter Grenade: A grenade that sticks to combatants before exploding into razor-sharp Stasis shrapnel. The shrapnel ricochets off surfaces, dealing damage to all in its path. Hitting a frozen target shatters it instantly and deals bonus damage..

Rift

• Empowering Rift: Conjure a well of power that increases weapon damage for those inside it.
• Healing Rift: Conjure a well of power that continuously heals those inside it.

Aspects

• Bleak Watcher: Press and hold the grenade button to convert your grenade into a Stasis turret that fires slowing projectiles at nearby targets.
• Frostpulse: Casting your Rift generates a shockwave that freezes nearby combatants.
• Glacial Harvest: Picking up Stasis shards grants stacks of Frost Armor. While you have Frost Armor, defeating combatants with Stasis or Kinetic weapons may cause them to shatter, damaging nearby foes. The shatter chance increases with your Frost Armor stacks. Taking damage while you have Frost Armor generates grenade energy.
• Iceflare Bolts: Shattering a frozen target spawns seekers that track and freeze other nearby targets.

Fragments

Main page: Stasis Fragments

Images

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