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Destiny 2: Beyond Lightintroduced a fourth damage throw in for Guardians to wield.
Forge your own god rolls with Destiny 2’s weapon crafting system.
It fills a unique roll in the sandbox that none of your Light subclasses can.
Many Aspects were buffed, Fragments were reworked, and entire keywords were added.
What Is Stasis?
Similar to the Light subclasses, Stasis has a series of keywords that form its core gameplay loop.
Hunters are adept at slowing targets.
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Unlocking Stasis
You donotneed to own Beyond Light to acquire Stasis.
It is available to all players.
To unlock the rest of the subclass, you’ll need to speak with the Exo Stranger on Europa.
She sells three things: Stasis abilities, Aspects, and Fragments.
Stasis Keywords Explained
Stasis is an inverted version of Solar, ranging from functionality to keywords.
All Stasis users have access to three core debuffs and two character buffs.
Buffs
Stasis Crystal
A crystal of solidified Stasis matter.
Upon creation, the crystal freezes nearby combatants and slows nearby players.
Crystals can be destroyed, dealing damage in an area.
Frost Armor
Reduces incoming damage by 4.5% per stack (2% in PvP).
Max 5 stacks for 22.5% DR (10% in PvP).
Debuffs
Slow
Slowed targets have reduced ability regeneration and movement speed.
Combatants have difficulty aiming.
At x100 Slow, the target is frozen.
Stuns Overload Champions
Freeze
The target is unable to move.
Boss units can still move while frozen.
Dealing damage to frozen enemies will shatter them.
Shatter
The frozen target detonates, dealing damage in a small area.
Shattered foes are no longer frozen.
Spawns for all players, similar to Orbs of Power.
Unlike Titan Barricades, Stasis crystals are physical objects that can’t be walked through.
you’re free to use crystals to create horizontal platforms or block doorways.
Allied crystals have a dark blue hue, while enemy crystals have a dark red hue.
All Stasis crystals will shatter if they take enough damage, dealing damage to any nearby enemies.
Larger crystals are tougher and create a more potent shatter when destroyed.
In PvE, large crystals are nigh-unbreakable.
In PvP, crystals can be destroyed with sustained fire and certain Stasis abilities.
The DR from this buff stacks linearly, as shown below.
Frost Armor stacks with other DR sources, doing so multiplicatively.
Slow Explained
Slowing an Overload Champion stuns them.
A target can have up to 100 Slow stacks applied before they are frozen.
Targets are slowed for 2.5 seconds by default, reduced to 1.5 seconds in PvP.
A target with 99 Slow stacks is just as slow as a target with 1 Slow stack.
Slow stacks are removed in full when their duration expires.
Notable sources of Slow include Duskfield Grenades, the Revenant’sWithering Blademelee, and the Shadebinder’sBleak Watcherturret.
It is the Shadebinder’s specialty.
The second option is only possible if you were frozen by an enemy’s Super.
Breaking out of Stasis this way will damage you, something you could reduce by speccing into Resilience.
All frozen targets can be shattered, both in PvE and PvP.
Frozen Guardians must take 200 points worth of damage to shatter.
Shatter Explained
Shattering an Unstoppable Champion staggers them.
Shattered Stasis crystals are immediately destroyed.
Shatter damage is reduced to 200 in PvP.
Notable methods of shattering Stasis include the Revenant’sShatterdiveAspect, the Behemoths’CryoclasmAspect, and theWhisper of RendingFragment.
All sources of Slow can be found below.
We highly recommend using Gambler’s Dodge to bypassWithering Blade’s otherwise absurdly long base recharge rate.
Targets hit byShiver Strikeare also Slowed.
In PvE,Penumbral Blastcan be useful for triggeringIceflare BoltsorGlacial Harvest.
When frozen by the storm, the target will immediately shatter.
Bear in mind that in PvP, you cannot benefit fromWhisper of Chainswhile Glacier Quake is active.
With that said, the crystals you destroy can create Stasis Shards if theTectonic HarvestAspect is equipped.
Slowing targets temporarily improves class ability regeneration.
2 Fragment Slots
Shatterdive
Activate while midair to quickly descend and shatter nearby targets on impact.
2 Fragment Slot
Grim Harvest
Defeating slowed or frozen combatants creates Stasis Shards.
Tougher foes generate stronger shards.
Stasis Shards now grant Frost Armor and HP when collected.
3 Fragment Slots
Touch Of Winter
Glacier Grenadesspawn two additional crystals and form in a ring pattern.
Duskfield Grenades are larger and create a small Stasis crystal on impact.
Coldsnap Grenades fork on impact, creating multiple seekers.
Frozen enemies create Stasis Crystals.
This triggers from all sources of Slow, not justWinter’s Shroud.
They behave similarly to Orbs of Power, resting at their location for a short duration before despawning.
Grabbing the shard will grant 10% melee energy.
Each player gets their own Stasis Shard instance, similar to Orbs of Power.
This Aspect has no cooldown.
Any Fragments that buff your Stasis Shards are alsonotshared with your allies.
Any additional benefits provided by Stasis Shards must come from the recipient’s equipped Aspects and Fragments.
Titan Stasis Aspects
Cryoclasm
Enables a longer and more powerful slide with a four-second cooldown.
Sliding into Stasis crystals or frozen targets shatters them and any nearby frozen targets.
Tectonic Harvest
Shattering a Stasis crystal creates a Stasis shard.
This shard grants melee energy when picked up by you or your allies.
Stasis Shards now grant Frost Armor and restore a small amount of HP.
Diamond Lance
Shatter or defeat targets with Stasis abilities to create a Stasis Lance.
Throw the lance to freeze targets on impact.
Melee with the lance to slam the ground, freezing targets in a small area.
Cryoclasmserves as the Behemoth’s main source of shattering Stasis crystals.
Each crystal spawns a single shard that grants 10% melee energy.
Breaking ally or enemy crystals will also activateTectonic Harvest.
Once activated,Tectonic Harvesthas a seven-second cooldown.
Any additional benefits provided by these shards must come from the recipient’s equipped Fragments.
These crystals behave similarly to Glacier Grenades but are much smaller.
These crystals can activateTectonic Harvestand crystal-related Stasis Fragments.
UsingHowl of the Stormconsumes all melee energy and prematurely ends your slide.
it’s possible for you to throw the spear or use it as a melee weapon.
Throwing the spear creates a small AoE on impact, freezing any targets caught in the blast radius.
Frostpulse
Casting your Rift generates a shockwave that freezes nearby combatants.
Glacial Harvest
Freezing targets creates Stasis shards around the frozen targets.
Higher-tier combatants create more shards.
Stasis Shards now grant Frost Armor and restore HP.
This lets you counter aggressive playstyles in PvP with ease.
Bleak Watcherallows you to convert your grenades into ice turrets by holding your grenade key.
In PvP,Bleak Watcherinflicts x10 Slow per projectile.
Shards are instanced, so every player gets their own Stasis Shards when they’re created.
Spawning six Stasis Shards withGlacial Harvestwill put this Aspect on a ten-second cooldown.
Any additional bonuses provided by Stasis Shards must come from the recipient’s equipped Fragments.
Use these tips to obtain high-stat armor with excellent stat distributions.
All Stasis Fragments
This section covers how Stasis Fragments work, not which ones are the best.
If you’re looking for which Fragments are worth using, check out ourStasis Fragments tier list.
Stasis has 16 Fragments for Guardians to experiment with.
Whisper Of Chill
Stasis weapon final blows have a chance to create a Stasis Shard.
Rank-and-file enemies grant 33%, spawning a Stasis Shard after three kills.
Whisper Of Reversal
While you have Frost Armor, dealing or receiving melee damage slows the attacker.
The attack must be a physical hit.
As with all other stat-increasing effects, exceeding 100 in a given armor stat doesnotgrant additional benefits.
Whisper of Fissuresmakes all Stasis shatters much more powerful.
In PvP, each source of shatter will deal eight more points of damage.
Whisper Of Refraction
Defeating slowed or frozen targets grants you class ability energy.
Slowed targets grant around 10% class ability energy when slain.
Tougher foes and enemy Guardians grant additional energy.
Shatter damage doesnottrigger this Fragment.
Whisper Of Durance
Slow from your abilities lasts longer.
For those abilities that linger, their duration will also increase.
Whisper of Duranceextends the duration of the Slow debuff and all persisting Stasis abilities.
Duskfield Grenades,Bleak WatcherTurrets, and theSilence and Squalltornado are all affected byWhisper of Durance.
Stasis Crystals arenotaffected byWhisper of Durance.
Whisper Of Bonds
Defeating frozen targets generates an Orb of Power.
Whisper Of Shards
Shattering a Stasis crystal temporarily boosts your grenade recharge rate.
Shattering additional Stasis crystals increases the duration of this benefit.
Destroying an ally or enemy’s Stasis crystal grants a five-second grenade regeneration buff.
While active, your grenade recharges 500% faster in PvE and 150% faster in PvP.
Shattering a frozen target doesnotgrant this buff; only crystals count.Whisper of Shardsworks in PvE and PvP.
Kills from any weapon or ability will grant progress, not just Stasis weapons.
This Fragment has a ten-second cooldown between activations.
Whisper Of Torment
You gain grenade energy each time you take damage from targets.
This value is increased if you have Frost Armor.
This Fragment works in PvE and PvP.
Whisper Of Fractures
Shattering a target with a melee attack grants a stack of Frost Armor.
Shattering a frozen enemy with a melee attack will grant one stack of Frost Armor.
This works with both uncharged and powered melee attacks.Whisper of Fracturesworks in PvE and PvP.
It does not incur a cooldown when activated.
Hitting an enemy with your charged melee will grant a buff called Nimble Arsenal for five seconds.
Whisper Of Conduction
Nearby Stasis shards track to your position.
+10 Resilience and Intellect.
Whisper Of Rending
Primary ammo weapons do increased damage to Stasis crystals and frozen targets.
Special weapons donotdeal additional damage with this Fragment.Whisper of Rendingworks in PvE and PvP.
Whisper Of Hunger
Increases the melee energy gained from picking up Stasis shards.
Stasis Shards grant double the melee energy when grabbed.
Whisper Of Rime
Your Frost Armor lasts longer and can be stacked three additional times.
This is extremely useful for any Stasis build that can rapidly generate Stasis Shards.
The higher Frost Armor cap works with Exotics likeRenewal GraspsandBallidorse Wrathweavers.
Harness the explosive energy of Solar with Solar 3.0’s Aspects and Fragments system.
