GAMBIT

COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY

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GAMBIT

COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY

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Gambit: Competitive Cooperative Activity

The Drifter invites two teams of four to partake in his Gambit arena, a matchmade PvEvP activity that requires Guardians to eliminate enemies, collect and bank motes, summon a boss and defeat it before the opposing team does!

Quick Lore − The Drifter

The Drifter is a rogue Light-bearer who hosts the Gambit activity and acts as a vendor for Gambit-related items. Aboard his Derelict ship, he has explored the far reaches of the Solar System and beyond, collecting machines, gadgets, and trinkets along the way.

The Drifter, for the most part, is a mystery to many. He has gone by many names, has travelled across the system and embraces both light and dark.

In recent times, the Drifter has helped us establish a better connection with the Nine, especially through his complicated relationship with the Emissary of the Nine. During the rise of the Kell of Darkness, the Drifter and Eris Morn assisted Guardians with wielding Stasis, a form of Darkness.

Information extracted from Destinypedia & Ishtar Collective. To view lore entries from Ishtar Collective, click here.

Quick Menu − What are you looking for?

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The Drifter is your point of contact for the Gambit activity and is located in the Tower Annex. The Drifter offers a seasonal weapon ornament, bounties, and a Triumph Seal for each season. Rank-up packages are also available which provide additional rewards, such as materials and a new shader, for specific Infamy ranks.

Gambit in a Nutshell

When the Drifter transmats you to the Gambit arena, hostiles will begin to flood a corner of the arena. Your objective is to clear out each wave, collect and bank the motes that drop from the combatants that you defeat.

Once your team has banked 100 motes, you will summon a Primeval, a Taken Boss, that you will need to defeat. Defeat your Primeval before the opposing team defeats theirs to win the match.

Blockers

Banking motes will also send blockers to the opposing team’s bank, preventing them from banking further motes until they clear their bank. All blockers are Taken Majors. There are three different types of blockers that you can spawn:

Small Blocker (5 motes): Summon a Taken Goblin.
Medium Blocker (10 motes): Summon a Taken Phalanx.
Large Blocker (Max 15 motes): Summon a Taken Knight.

If two or more blockers are summoned, they will begin to drain the bank. You will hear an audio alert when this is happening. If your bank is being blocked, work as a team to clear them out as quickly as possible, or your team may run the risk of losing a good chunk of motes!

Invaders

Three times during the initial collecting round, a portal to the opposing team will become available. One Guardian can use the portal and invade the other side. The invader’s objective is to eliminate or disrupt the opposing team. Unless defeated, the invader has 15 seconds to do what they can to wreak havoc before being sent back to their side. When your team has summoned a Primeval, the enemy team can periodically send over their invader!

Use long-range weaponry, like a Scout or Sniper Rifle! Gjallarhorn, Xenophage and Eyes of Tomorrow also work great, and heavy spawns quite frequently after clearing out waves.

Killing the Primeval

To destroy a Primeval, you will need to eliminate Taken Wizards called “Primeval Envoys” that spawn at certain health points. This will provide a stack of damage buffs for your team called “Primeval Slayer.” Rinse and repeat until the Primeval is dead.

NOTE: Prior to summoning your Primeval, it’s best to pick up special and heavy ammo and conserve them for the fight ahead. Unless you are actively invading, you should have plenty of ammo for the boss battle.

Here’s our recommendation for the Primeval Gameplay:

During Primeval Slayer x2, use special ammo and abilities (Grenades/Melee). Don’t use your super yet!
During Primeval Slayer x4, use your heavy ammo then back to special. Keep some for your next round of envoys.
During Primeval Slayer x6, use your super and any leftover ammo.

If you’re in a fireteam, you can communicate when supers should be used, but general rule of thumb is to leave them for last, especially the high-damage supers like Thundercrash, Chaos Reach, Nova Bomb and Blade Barrage.

Gambit Reputation & Inventory

Like other vendors, Gambit has its own Rank-up System. When completing matches, you will earn reputation that contributes toward your rank.
- Each rank will provide a Gambit Engram.
- When you rank up to certain tiers, you will unlock rewards that can be claimed at the Drifter.
Completing matches will be the main source of gaining reputation, though winning matches provides more reputation.
Stay in the queue to create an Activity Streak that provides a bonus to reputation gains as you continue to play.
- Going to the Tower, the H.E.L.M or to orbit will NOT impact your Activity Streak; going AFK or going to a destination other than Social Spaces, Orbit or Gambit WILL end your Activity Streak.
Once your Gambit Rank is maxed out at Rank 17, you can reset it. This will allow you to gain additional tiered rewards while ranking up again!

Engram Focusing

Drifter offers the ability for players to focus Gambit weapons and armour using the Gambit Engrams earned while ranking up.
Gambit Engrams are a virtual currency and live exclusively in the Rank progress bar.
You can focus the Gambit Engrams directly into either Gambit armour or weapons.
Brand-new Gambit weapons are only available as drops during their introductory Season and are then available for focusing on the following Season.
Effective in Season 20, players can focus Legacy Gear, even if they haven’t yet obtained it!

Keep an eye out for reputation boosts! A notification will be posted in-game. Our Destiny 2 Dashboard will also provide a banner notification when reputation boosts are in effect!

Loot Pool

Gun and Run

Rapidly defeating targets with this weapon grants bonus sprint speed. Guardians, powerful combatants, and high-value targets grant this bonus quicker.

Found on any new Gambit weapon obtained after Season 16.