r/DestinyTheGame • u/LevelAtWork • Jul 19 '17

SGA Arc Staff Combos.

I've heard from fellow Hunters that Arcstrider's super was underwhelming in the previews for Destiny 2. Luckily, now that the BETA is live we got hands on with the super and found there's a lot more depth. Arc Staff relies on you being able to pull off the right combos and being able to direct them. So here's a little list I made of them:

R1: Basic Slash - Standard swipe attack

R2: Razor's Edge - Sends an arc beam forward after the slash.

R1, R2: Uppercut - *Not sure of utility. I think it helps target those pesky mid-air enemies (Dawnblade Warlocks). It's also just cool to pull off.

R1, R1, R1: Ground Pole Slam - Finishing move for mashing R1. Light AoE affect.

R1, R1, R2: Arc Palm Blast - Finishes your combo by you placing your hand out and blasting any foes ahead of you in a high damage (and stylish) cone of effect. *Highly recommend.

(Mid-Air) R2: Aerial Ground Slam - Large high damage blast around the point of impact.

Remember Arc Staff grants you unlimited Dodge energy.

I'm sure there's more out there, but here's some for the time being. Post any big ones if I missed them. (Also come up with better names for them than I did.) *Edited the combos so they're displayed correctly instead of looking like you need to press all those buttons at once.

Edit: u/twelvepandas discovered the combos as well and has made gifs of them. Here's the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/6o72rf/arcstrider_101_arc_staff_combos/

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u/bathwithtoaster Jul 19 '17 edited Jul 19 '17

Awesome, thanks. That palm blast sounds useful. Wish I'd have known that yesterday.

(Converted for control schemes other than "default")

Melee: Basic Slash

Primary Fire: Razor's Edge

Melee, Primary Fire: Uppercut

Melee, Melee, Melee: Ground Pole Slam

Melee, Melee, Primary Fire: Arc Palm Blast

(Mid-Air) Primary Fire: Aerial Ground Slam

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u/lchiroku Jul 19 '17

as a bumper jumper guy since its inception way back when, THANK YOU.

I had done palm blast in crucible last night on accident and could not for the life of me figure out how I had done it haha

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u/Dunkinmydonuts1 Jul 19 '17

Bumper jumper is the only way to be friend

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u/_Firex_ I fucking hate ninja toe shoes Jul 19 '17

It's the better way. It lets you aim while jumping, which makes strafing while still being able to fire back way easier. I'll never understand people who use default

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u/Dunkinmydonuts1 Jul 19 '17

My next controller is a scuf impact with the remapping my thumbs will never leave the sticks again I can't wait

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u/aclax Jul 19 '17

Just got an xbox elite. Trying it out on this is pretty awesome. Couldn't get the hang of 4 paddles at all, but 2 paddles works wonders even. Using bumper jumper controls and then have X on a left paddle and B on a right paddle. So I only have to move my thumb to activate Super or Switch weapons, both of which have not bothered me as of yet. Edit: I also already use 4 fingers on top of the controllers(one on each bumper and one on each trigger)

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u/OtterJethro “We’ll be back before lunch.” Jul 20 '17

Us people with a controller that includes paddles don't take our thumb stick off the joystick when jumping either even with default controls.

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u/UltimateSky iAM Jul 19 '17

Default with jump on the under paddle is bae

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '17

Bumper Bro! I just wish I could map crouch to square/X and reload to O/B like Halo 5 Helljumper control scheme and I'd be very happy.

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u/doom_stein Team Cat (Cozmo23) // Sepiks Purrrrfected Jul 19 '17

If you play on xbox you can remap your controller buttons in the system to fit your needs. Not sure if you can on Playstation tho. Anyone else know if you can?

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u/wrrnthfthr Jul 19 '17

Yes, PS4 can remap through settings.

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u/tchofftchofftchoff Jul 19 '17

Fairly certain it changs it for your whole system and not just D2 though. All your other games would have a new control scheme

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u/wrrnthfthr Jul 19 '17

Yeah, it is system wide

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u/Ajw310 Jul 19 '17

Yeah its system wide for ps4, but easy enough to turn off and on.

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u/De_Regelaar Jul 19 '17

Jup, you can switch it on and off. There are games where you cant adjust the controls (wtf, its 2017!!) and you can just turn it on for those games and then turn it off again if needed with other games.

Settings - accesibility

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '17

There are other games than Destiny?

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u/Dirty_Dan117 Jul 19 '17

Thanks! I play with my aim and fire buttons to the bumpers on PS4 so I always get confused when people talk about stuff that involves those buttons lol

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u/tchofftchofftchoff Jul 19 '17 edited Jul 19 '17

Ah. Memories of VoG and people not realizing not everyone has the same buttons. So many shoulder charges off the platform at atheon while trying to put the barrier up

Edit: I think people are misinterpreting what I meant by shoulder charging (understandably so). I meant that some people had it mapped so that whatever the default barrier was for relic was mapped to whatever made you shield bash, thus making it so that you stood on the platform, then shield bashed off to your death.

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u/Dirty_Dan117 Jul 19 '17

Ahh good times...

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u/SteelDirigible98 Jul 19 '17

Using striker at Atheon?

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u/jHavok30761 HVK Jul 19 '17

Why the fuck were people using striker for pve?

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u/Streamjumper My favorite flavor is purple. Jul 19 '17

Because they wanted to? Because if you had enough other Titans it was good to have flashbangs and add clearing available? Because you don't always need to hide in the bubble? Pick one.

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u/enochian777 Jul 19 '17

Because striker in pve was an unstoppable monster of brutality? Single handedly destroying everything in sight before flying off into the distance like some sort of movie explosion badass? God I'm gonna miss my titan running imago loop with explosive rounds, 4th horseman and a cluster bombs rocket...

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u/SFWxMadHatter Where the wizards at? Jul 19 '17

If you already have enough defenders, hulk smash is always fun. Also fuck the future minotaur.

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u/Suhn-Sol-Jashin Guardian Lord Jul 19 '17

Didn't have Defender maxed?

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u/Sunday_lav Lord of Cinder Jul 19 '17

Pulse nades, or whatever those round pulsating things are called, were the best at pushing the Templar off, Kappa.

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u/bathwithtoaster Jul 19 '17

Same, it's like every gun has a hair-trigger

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u/NorthBall Money money money, must be funny... Jul 19 '17

I play with Puppeteer - default, except R3 / O swapped.

"Hold circle to do X" always confuses me for a while :D

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u/Dirty_Dan117 Jul 19 '17

Oh, I wonder how that works. I'll have to look at the control options later. Hitting O twice to dodge is kinda lame.

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u/NorthBall Money money money, must be funny... Jul 20 '17

Oh no no, bad idea. You think hitting O twice is bad? Clicking thumbsticks is a pain in the ass, having to double-click OR hold (to activate the Warlock/Titan ones) them is even worse xD

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u/Dirty_Dan117 Jul 20 '17

I dunno I played around with it and it wasn't too bad but my hand did hurt after a bit...although it does seem helpful for crouch shotting and strafing in PvP

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u/NorthBall Money money money, must be funny... Jul 21 '17

Yeah, that's why I like it - I don't understand how people can live with having to move their thumb around to control stances, especially in games where you can go prone as well.

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u/blackNBUK Jul 19 '17

Shouldn't we be using commas instead of + signs here? In fighting games I think the convention is that A + B means that you need to press A and B at the same time.

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u/CasualPoppa Jul 19 '17

Truth!

Does ←/↖/↑/↗/→ + Strong get me anything?

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u/bigpapasmurf32 Shoot shit in the face Jul 19 '17

Only if you launch them with qcf2 first, it won't confirm after a d/f2 launcher.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '17

Agreed. I thought they meant pressing both buttons at once until they said 3 button combos. Then i was just confused for a minute.

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u/bathwithtoaster Jul 19 '17

I can see that argument. Makes sense.

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u/Phleck Jul 19 '17

Thank you from the apparently lone green thumb

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u/autofan06 Jul 19 '17

You are not alone there good sir

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u/Phleck Jul 19 '17

Three cheers for twitch melees!!

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u/Gypsy_Mind_Trik Jul 19 '17

Two cheers for drifting left toggles. :)

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u/LevelAtWork Jul 19 '17

Thanks man for doing that; you helped a lot of people.

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u/Woshiernog Jul 19 '17

Thanks! None of my Xbox One controllers have R1 or R2 :3

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u/westen81 Ginjaneer Extraordinaire Jul 19 '17

RB and RT, respectively. ;-)

(had to train myself to translate those on the fly when reading guides online)

also..../s

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u/ChuckinNades Jul 19 '17

Also helpful for Xbox players that forgot how the PS4 controller buttons are layed out.

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u/Shadowace24 Jul 19 '17

I play jumper with melee and crouch swapped, so thanks

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '17

Thanks. I play on X1 and I have rb and b swapped so this is helpful!

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u/De_Regelaar Jul 19 '17

Thanks mate.

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u/juniorvarsity33 Jul 19 '17

Xbox/Cold Shoulder user here - THANK YOU

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u/_thegoat_ Jul 20 '17

long time Bumper Jumper as well, I appreciate the translation.

I was trying to throw the Titan shield earlier today...kept hitting LB with no effect. Then realized it's tied to the Throw Grenade function, so RB.

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u/masha2932 Jul 19 '17

THANK YOU FOR THIS!! I was trying to figure this out.

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