Destiny 2 Forsaken Gambit Guide: Tips, Tricks, and When to Pop Super

After countless trailers, teasers, videos, screenshots, and everything in between, it's finally time for Gambit! The newest gameplay mode, debuting in Destiny 2: Forsaken, combines PVE and PVP elements to create a fast-paced, team-oriented mode that seems to serve the middle ground it's trying to cater to well. As a refresher, here's the gist of the game mode:

Two teams of four enter the battlefield, battling computer-controlled enemies. The race of the enemies is decided randomly and disregards the map the Guardians are battling on (think Prison of Elders-ish.) When the enemies are killed, they motes, which are picked up and dropped into a bank. The first team to cash in 75 motes spawns a boss, called the Primeval, and the team that kills their boss first wins the round. Winning 2 of 3 rounds seals the match.

At certain points, a portal will open, and a player can jump through to cause chaos on the other side by attacking the other team's Guardians. If an "Invader" scores a kill, the deceased will drop all the motes they had at the time of death. If applicable, the enemy Primeval will also be healed when the Invader scores a Guardian kill. Like all other modes, the most important tip we can give you is don't die. But, based on some other stuff we've seen so far, here are a few tips to get your Gambit career started (and hopefully make your teammates a little less mad at you.) 

Cash In Early

Enemies drop a resource known as "motes" which can be deposited into a team's bank. The bigger baddies drop more motes than the little weenies, but that doesn't matter here. Your primary objective is to clear your side of the field as fast as possible in order to send "blockers" to your opponent's side. Cashing in 5 motes sends a Taken Phalanx (those awful Cabal with the shield that launches you off the edge of every map ever,) 10 a Taken Knight, and 15 a Taken Ogre. Your opponents cannot cash in their own motes while a blocker is up, meaning that as long as that baddie is terrorizing your opponents, they aren't making any progress towards winning the round, so get one of those blockers over ASAP. Use this time to grind more motes, regroup, or wait for your Supers to charge. Speaking of which...

Save Your Supers!

Supers should only be used in one of three situations: Killing an enemy intruder, killing other Guardians as the intruder, and dealing massive damage to the Primeval, the biggest of baddies who must die before your team wins the round. Using your Super to clear trash mobs is an absolute wastet of time in the grand scheme of things, especially when the new weapons update means you can carry a Shotgun and a Rocket Launcher to clear mobs with. Save your Supers, people. 

Bring a Nightstalker and a Dawnblade 

Today's celebrity exhibition showed us just how helpful these two classes can be. A Nightstalker using their new subclass Super, Spectral Blades, is the perfect Invader, being able to sneak up on unsuspecting Guardians and cut them down to size. On the flip side, teams can benefit greatly from the Dawnblade's new Super, Well of Radiance, is a Super that acts as a mega Rift - empowering allies with health and an overshield faster than its normal counterpart. Dropping a Well of Radiance can be a great way to get a jump start on dealing damage to the Primeval - and winning the round. 

Bring Your Rocket Launcher

Outside of your Super, your Rocket Launcher is your other best friend. Huge group of Fallen headed your way? Blast them with your Rocket Launcher. Pesky Hunter just jumped through the portal? Rocket. Primeval has a sliver of health left and everyone's dead or reloading? You know what to do. It doesn't seem like ammo is an issue like other PVP modes, so be sure to bring your rocket launcher and have fun blowing everything up. This is probably the closest thing you Destiny 2-only players will get to the majesty that was the Gjallarhorn, so enjoy it! 

The Need for Speed 

Speed seems to be the name of the game, so be sure you're doing everything fast: killing, picking up motes, cashing in, and dropping bosses. Teams seem to benefit from mobile Supers, such as both Striker supers, the Spectral Blades, and the like. Be sure to be fast, but don't panic, either. Stay solid, stay alive, and you'll be just fine. 

Best of luck on the battlefield, Guardian! We'll be out there with you. Have you seen Xur today? If not, mosey on over here and see what he's got for sale!