8: Gunslinger
Unlike the Bladedancer which has slowly climbed our ranks of the best Destiny classes, the Gunslinger has slowly dropped. However, Gunslingers got a huge boost in House of Wolveswith addition of the excellent exotic helmet, Celestial Nighthawk. A shot from a Golden Gun now does 6x damage and can devastate any major and put a huge dent in Ultras.
However, the Gunslinger’s main issue is they lack utility outside of its Golden Gun. They are just too reliant on a super that isn’t as helpful as some of the other ones on this list. Using Golden Gun shots on packs of enemies isn’t nearly as efficient in crowd control as other classes, and using it on a boss or tough enemy is nice and all, but what then?
Gunslinger has a high ceiling for damage but requires a lot of skill to take advantage of modifiers such as Chain of Woe, Gunslinger’s Trance, and Knife Juggler. Right now, Gunslingers have to work too hard just to compete when Golden Gun isn’t up, leaving it towards the bottom of our Year Two list of the best Destiny: The Taken King (sub) classes.
