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Cayde-6

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“ What does it mean to be a Hunter? I say, it's all about where you belong. The Warlocks have their libraries, the Titans have their walls...But Hunters belong in the wilds. „
~ Cayde-6

“ You tell Zavala and Ikora...the Vanguard...is the best bet...I've ever...lost... „
~ Cayde-6's last words

“ Nobody makes my fate but me. „
~ Cayde-6

Summary

Cayde-6 is an Exo Guardian and the Hunter Vanguard, overseeing Guardians of the Hunter Class. He used to run with a crew of Hunters that was famous for its exploits. He and his best friend, Andal Brask, took part in the Vanguard Dare after their crew was attacked by Taniks, the Scarred. The one who failed to take down the legendary Fallen mercenary would become the next Hunter Vanguard. Cayde-6 won the bet and Andal Brask joined the Vanguard. However, Taniks had survived and would later return to kill Andal, prompting Cayde-6 to hunt him down again. After seemingly killing him this time, Cayde-6 would be promoted to be the new Hunter Vanguard.

During the events of Forsaken, Cayde-6 and the Guardian were called in to deal with a prison riot within the Prison of Elders. In actuality it was a prison break, orchestrated by the Awoken Prince, Uldren Sov, and the Scorn Barons. After being separated from the Guardian, Cayde-6 would face this group's Scorn forces on his own. Though he managed to defeat the Scorn underlings, he and his Ghost, Sundace, were assassinated immediately afterwards by the Barons and Uldren Sov. Cayde-6 died in the Guardian's arms and the Vanguard was once more without a Hunter.

Powers and Stats

Tier: Varies, at least 9-A, likely higher physically, higher with abilities, up to 8-B with super abilities and weapons, at most High 6-B

Name: Cayde-6

Origin: Destiny

Gender: Male

Age: More than 127 years old[1]

Classification: Exo, Lightbearer, Guardian, Hunter, Hunter Vanguard

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Inorganic Physiology (Type 1; Exos are humans who have had their consciouness moved into a robotic body), Self-Sustenance (Type 3; Exos don't get tired[2]), Social Influencing (As the Hunter Vanguard, Cayde-6 is one of the few who take a leading role among the Guardians. He is a well-loved Guardian and has earned the loyalty of many[3][4]), Martial Arts and Weapon Mastery, Vehicular Mastery, Limited Spatial Manipulation (Guardian jumpships can warp space for fast travel[5]), Instinctive Reaction,[6][7][8] Analytical Prediction,[9] Accelerated Development (Guardians quickly grow far more capable, despite not even knowing what a gun is after their first resurrection[10][11][12]), Enhanced Senses (Via their radar. Guardians can see Strand sources, a thinning in existence.[13] If a Guardian's Light is strong enough they can pick up on things they otherwise couldn't[14]), Extrasensory Perception,[15][16][17][18][19] Clairvoyance (Can potentially gather information via the Ghost cam while dead[20]), Information Analysis (Guardians can subconsciously analyze things at the molecular level[21]), Blessed, Acausality (Type 4; Lightbearers act outside of normal cause and effect and make their own fate[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]), Empowerment, Immortality (Types 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8; dependent on his Ghost), Resurrection and Regeneration (Low-Godly; can come back, through the Light, from physical erasure so long as his Ghost persists), Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact with ontology with the Light[35]), Mathematics Manipulation (Paracausal entities are capable of manipulating mathematics to change reality[36][37]), Purification,[38][39] Aura, Statistics Amplification, Subjective Reality (The Light and Darkness are ontological forces that grant power over that which is real, and that which isn’t, allowing their users to enforce their will upon reality[40][41][42]), Reality Warping and Law Manipulation (Every demiurge of every race, is a ruler maker, which changes reality to their power/will.[43] Lightbearers regularly warp reality to suit their needs[44][45][46][47][48][49][50]), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1 [combat inapplicable]; Guardians utilize the Light, which is an ontological force[51][52][41]), Creation and Weapon Creation (Guardians can create constructs and weapons from their Light), Absorption (Guardians can absorb energy and power sources[53][54][55]), Forcefield Creation (All Guardians have a protective forcefield generated by their Light[56][57]), Physics Manipulation (Solar Light manipulates the nuclear forces[58][59][21]), Quantum Manipulation (The Light can manipulate quantum fields and quanta[60][61][62][63][58]), Energy Manipulation, Matter Manipulation (Macro-Quantum; Solar Light can cause nuclear fusion and it manipulates quanta, bosons more specifically[21][63]), Radiation Manipulation, Light Manipulation and Temperature Manipulation (Solar Light can manipulate electromagnetic radiation[64][65][66][67][57][63][21][59]), Fire Manipulation, Plasma Manipulation (Solar Light can create and manipulate plasma[68]), Explosion Manipulation, Danmaku with Blade Barrage, Homing Attack, Healing, and Limited Vector Manipulation (Can bend momentum to jump again mid-air[69])

Acausality (Type 4), Levitation, Enhanced Senses (Ghosts can detect quarks[70]), Extrasensory Perception,[71][72][73][74] Limited Invulnerability (With the exception of extremely high firepower, Ghosts can only be hurt by paracausal and ontological attacks[75][76]), Body Control,[77] Information Analysis, Analytical Prediction,[78] Incorporeality (Ghosts can decompile into data points of Light[79]), Creation and Weapon Creation (Ghosts can reproduce a Guardian's equipment[80]), Technology Manipulation (Ghosts can repair and manipulate technology[81]), Hacking, Limited Magic (Ghosts can destroy or nullify Hive runes[82]), Telepathy (Ghosts can telepathically communicate with their Guardian[83]), Data Manipulation and Information Manipulation (Ghosts can manipulate data and decode and encrypt engrams[84]), Resurrection and Healing (Ghosts bring back their Guardians from death and heal them), Teleportation via transmat

Resistance to Hacking and Technology Manipulation (Exos have protection against interference with their functions[85]), Precognition, Power Mimicry, Information Analysis and Analytical Prediction (Paracausal entities can’t be simulated normally[86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][24]), Power Absorption and Power Modification (Paracausal powers have proven difficult to steal and modify[94][95][96][55]), Fate Manipulation and Causality Manipulation (Lightbearers act outside of normal cause and effect and make their own fate[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]), Physics Manipulation (Paracausal entities are aberrations of physics and the Light and Darkness are superordinate to material physics[97][98][99][100][101]), Void Manipulation and Existence Erasure (Lightbearers are resistant to the Taken Blight, which erases reality around it.[37] They're also fine within the Ascendant Plane, which can erase you[102][103][104][105]), Fusionism (Lightbearers are fine within the Ascendant Plane where you can confuse your 'shape' and merge with others[106][103][104][105]), Madness Manipulation (Types 2 and 3; Unaffected by the maddening existence of Vex technology.[107][108] Lightbearers are fine within the Ascendant Plane, to which even indirect influence can drive people insane.[109][48][103][104][105] Also unaffected by its brain stain, infection by a contagious idea[110][111]), Transmutation and Corruption (Types 1 and 2; Lightbearers are resistant to Vex, Hive and Taken corruption.[112][113][114][115] Exos are naturally resilient against Vex corruption[116]), Mathematics Manipulation, Information Manipulation (Type 2), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Mind Manipulation and Possession (Guardians can resist the effects of the Taken blight, though they do take damage over time.[117][118][119][120][37] Powerful Guardians can withstand Deathsongs for an extended period of time[121][122]), Death Manipulation and Pain Manipulation (Powerful Guardians can withstand Deathsongs for an extended period of time[121][122]), Limited Resistance to Absolute Zero (Lightbearers can survive being frozen by Stasis and break out), Subjective Reality, Law Manipulation, Reality Warping, Quantum Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Life-Absorption, Electricity Manipulation, Magnetism Manipulation, Matter Manipulation (Macro-Quantum), Energy Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Heat Manipulation and Deconstruction (Lightbearers are more resilient to abilities commonly used by other Lightbearers than most), Disease Manipulation (Guardians seem far less susceptible to diseases[123]), Poison Manipulation (Guardians are unaffected by high concentrations of methane[124]), Sleep Manipulation (Guardians don't need to sleep[125]), and Soul Manipulation (Damage to or destruction of Guardian souls is not particularly important to Guardians, as they regularly endure such effects)


Attack Potency: Varies (A Guardian's capabilities with the Light at any given moment may vary[100][35]), at least Small Building level, likely higher physically (Powerful Guardians, like Cayde-6, can be strong simply by holding the Light inside them, without the need to let it out.[126] As the Hunter Vanguard, he's stronger than the average Warlock), higher with abilities, up to City Block level with super abilities and weapons (Guardians can take out combat vehicles, such as the Goliath Tank, with super abilities and powerful weaponry[127][128][129][130]), at most Large Country level+ (Defeated and nearly killed the legendary Fallen bounty hunter Taniks, twice.[131] Cayde-6 has a rivalry with Lord Shaxx.[132][133][134] Played a key role in defeating and imprisoning all of the Scorn Barons.[135][136][137] Hiraks, the Mindbender had been killing powerful beings in order to create a Throne World, with Cayde-6 contributing to the majority of his Throne World's size.[138] Should overall be on par with other powerful Guardians, who can match Psions capable of moving Phobos into a geostationary orbit close to Mars[139])

Speed: Varies,[100][35] at least Subsonic (Even unremarkable Guardians can easily blitz humans, even though humans in Destiny have a faster reaction time than humans in the real world[140][141]), up to Massively Hypersonic+ (Superior to The Stormherd, who can hook lightning from the air mid-dsecend[142]. Comparable to the Guardian, who was able to react to lightning during their Stormcaller training[143]), his attack speed Varies with weapons, FTL travel speed with his jumpship (Jumpships can quickly traverse the solar system)

Lifting Strength: Varies,[100][35] at least Class 5 (Hunters frequently incorporate Titan armor components into their own gear.[144] Titan helmets are heavy enough to snap a human neck and other armor pieces are heavy enough to break skulls and rocks through sheer mass[145][146][147]), at most Class M (Stronger than Lady Efrideet, who threw Saladin from a mountain, hitting a Fallen Walker twenty miles away[148][149]), likely Class P (Should be somewhat comparable to Saint-14)

Striking Strength: Varies,[100][35] at least Small Building level, likely higher physically, at most Large Country level+ (Comparable to his AP)

Durability: Varies,[100][35] at least Small Building level, likely higher physically (Comparable to Titans, who can tank a Centurion's weapon shots with decent armor.[150] These shots can disintegrate small vehicles like sparrows[151]), at most Large Country level+ (Can take hits from comparable opponents)

Stamina: Superhuman (Guardians can fight for an entire day[152])

Range: Up to Hundreds of Meters with weapons and abilities, up to Hundreds of Kilometers for his Ghost, far higher with Golden Gun (Comparable to Ana Bray, whose Golden Gun shots could travel through space for light-years, though its effective range is far shorter[153])

Standard Equipment : Ace of Spades, knives, his armor, his Ghost: Sundance

Intelligence: Gifted (Cayde-6 is part of the Vanguard, the leaders of humanity's military forces. He holds the position of Hunter Vanguard, mentoring new Hunters.[154] He also oversees and coordinates Guardian operations and deployments of Hunters throughout the Sol system.[155][156] Cayde-6 is an excellent combatant, survivalist and scout and he and his crew achieved a practically legendary status[157][158][159][160])

Weaknesses: If Cayde-6's Ghost is destroyed his next death will be final.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • High Jump: Cayde-6 jumps again while airborne to get more altitude.
  • Stafe Jump: Cayde-6 jumps again while airborne with more directional control.
  • Triple Jump: Cayde-6 can perform two jumps while airborne.
  • Incendiary Grenade: Throws a grenade that sets enemies on fire upon explosion.
  • Swarm Grenade: Grenade that explodes on contact, releasing multiple smaller drones that seek enemies.
  • Tripmine Grenade: Throws a grenade that creates a laser sensor that causes an explosion upon contact with the sensor.
  • Solar Grenade: A grenade that periodically damages enemies inside its explosion radius.
  • Fusion Grenade: An explosive grenade that causes bonus damage when attached to its target.
  • Firebolt Grenade: A grenade that unleashes bolts of Solar light at nearby enemies.
  • Thermite Grenade: A grenade that sends forth a line of fire, dealing damage and scorching targets in its path.
  • Healing Grenade: A grenade that cures allies on impact and creates Orb of benevolent Solar Light granting restoration to allies when picked up.
  • Marksman's Dodge: A swift dodging maneuver that allows Cayde-6 to quickly reload his weapon.
  • Gambler's Dodge: A swift dodging maneuver that allows Cayde-6 to recover melee energy more often.
  • Explosive Knife: Cayde-6 throws a knife that explodes on contact.
  • Knife Trick: Cayde-6 throws a fan of knives which catch the enemy on fire upon landing.
  • Blade Barrage: Cayde-6 jumps into the air and unleashes a barrage of explosive knives filled with Solar energy.
  • Golden Gun: Cayde-6 infuses his weapon with his Solar Light, firing shots that are capable of instantly killing other Guardians by vaporizing them away.

Gallery

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Losses:

Inconclusive:

References

  1. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6
  2. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Exo 3
  3. ↑ A Hero's Requiem
  4. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 2
  5. ↑ NLS Drive
  6. ↑ Symmetry Fang II
  7. ↑ "Act on Instinct"
  8. ↑ Carding
  9. ↑ Cinder Pinion Cowl
  10. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Abilities
  11. ↑ Risen
  12. ↑ The Sundial
  13. ↑ On the Verge | Train with Nimbus and Osiris | Lightfall
  14. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Hive 4
  15. ↑ Astral Alignment | Charge the Compass: "The Air Hums With Energy" | Season of the Lost
  16. ↑ Chrysura Melo
  17. ↑ A Matter of Trust
  18. ↑ Charge of Light - Tier III
  19. ↑ Arcstrider (Season of the Plunder)
  20. ↑ District 125
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Starfire Protocol
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Destiny 2: Season of the Lost - Embodied
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 react|choose|act
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 act|choose|react
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 asudeM
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Creation's Wind"
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 The Witch
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 III - Cold Forging
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Viper Spine IV
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Finality's Auger
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Prophecy | Introduction: "The Nine Can See the Weft and Weave of Fate" | Season of Arrivals
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Prophecy | Wasteland (Mercury): "The Board Has Not Changed" | Season of Arrivals
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Emissary
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 Hidden Dossier - page 48
  36. ↑ Hidden Dossier - page 40
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 The Taken
  38. ↑ Test Your Blade
  39. ↑ Eris Morn - The Encroaching Nightmare
  40. ↑ Quest: The Other Side, Spellbound
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 Prophecy | Wasteland (Io): "Orin. Tiny, Strong, Face Like Yours." | Season of Arrivals
  42. ↑ Leviathan: Blazing Reaper
  43. ↑ A Thousand Wings
  44. ↑ Insigne Shade Boots
  45. ↑ Insigne Shade Bond
  46. ↑ Warlock
  47. ↑ Scalpel Wing
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 The Gate
  49. ↑ Seraph Supercharge
  50. ↑ Dragon's Might
  51. ↑ "Eternal Light"
  52. ↑ Symmetry Flight
  53. ↑ The Menagerie | The Arkborn (End): "Your Capacity to Absorb Energy" | Season of Opulence
  54. ↑ Nightstalker
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 Adventure, Io | Postmodern Prometheus | The Red War
  56. ↑ Flowing Boots (CODA)
  57. ↑ 57.0 57.1 Actions of Mutual Friends
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 Unveiled | Fifteenth Research Log: "The Beam the Veil Fired at the Traveler" | Lightfall
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 Forces of the Universe | Solar — Osiris's Interpretation | Lightfall
  60. ↑ Void
  61. ↑ Hidden Dossier - page 15
  62. ↑ Savin
  63. ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 Solar
  64. ↑ Home, pt. IV
  65. ↑ Flame Thrower
  66. ↑ Irradiant Contender
  67. ↑ Up in Flames
  68. ↑ Pyrrhic Ascent Vest
  69. ↑ Double Jump
  70. ↑ Eight Million Tales in the City: Miasma, Swamp
  71. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Hive 2
  72. ↑ Hidden Dossier - page 2
  73. ↑ Hidden Dossier - page 29
  74. ↑ Hidden Dossier - page 38
  75. ↑ III - Cold Forging
  76. ↑ The Murder of Cayde-6
  77. ↑ Frontier Shell
  78. ↑ I: Sparky and the Scrivener
  79. ↑ Legacy
  80. ↑ Firecrest
  81. ↑ The Machinist
  82. ↑ Adventure: Deathless
  83. ↑ Cloak Judgement (CODA)
  84. ↑ Ana: Frayed
  85. ↑ 2. THE BEGINNING, PART II
  86. ↑ XXXIX: open your eye : go into it
  87. ↑ Osiris
  88. ↑ Adventure: Deep Conversation
  89. ↑ Omega Mechanos Boots
  90. ↑ Expunge: Styx (Corrupted) | All Dialogue from Multiple Characters | Season of the Splicer
  91. ↑ The Pyramidion | Locate the First Warp Gate: "Unpredictable, Unsimulatable Entropy" | The Red War
  92. ↑ The Variable | Data Retrieval: Accurate Prediction | Season of Defiance
  93. ↑ Brass Gardeners
  94. ↑ Imperious Sun Shell
  95. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Fallen 2
  96. ↑ Liberated
  97. ↑ Approaching Infinity
  98. ↑ XVI: The Sword Logic
  99. ↑ Revanche I
  100. ↑ 100.0 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.4 100.5 Hidden Dossier - page 46
  101. ↑ Last Wish | Morgeth, Defeated — Ninth Wish (Failsafe): "37 Different Laws of Physics" | Forsaken
  102. ↑ Darkhollow Mantle
  103. ↑ 103.0 103.1 103.2 Ecliptic Distaff
  104. ↑ 104.0 104.1 104.2 Guardian's Angel Shell
  105. ↑ 105.0 105.1 105.2 Idle Dialogue, The H.E.L.M. | Crow: "Race You Through the Ascendant Plane" | Season of Defiance
  106. ↑ Dust
  107. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Vex 5
  108. ↑ Prime Zealot Helm
  109. ↑ Reverie Dawn Gauntlets
  110. ↑ Dreadnaught
  111. ↑ On the Hunt
  112. ↑ Wild Hunt Gauntlets
  113. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Eris Morn
  114. ↑ Relic: The Aegis
  115. ↑ Adventure, Io | Cliffhanger | The Red War
  116. ↑ Clovis Bray's Logbook — Missing Pages
  117. ↑ XLIII: End of Failed Timeline
  118. ↑ XLVIII: aiat, aiat, aiat, aiat, aiat
  119. ↑ XXX: a golden amputation
  120. ↑ XXVII: Eat the Sky
  121. ↑ 121.0 121.1 Ghost Fragment: Eriana-3's Ghost
  122. ↑ 122.0 122.1 Symphony of Death | Choir of the Damned | Shadowkeep
  123. ↑ [Brilliance 3.2
  124. ↑ Sloane: Overseer
  125. ↑ Ego Talon Bond
  126. ↑ Mantle of Battle Harmony
  127. ↑ The Dreadnaught
  128. ↑ Arcus and Sagita
  129. ↑ Void, Nowhere Prohibited
  130. ↑ Solstice Hood (Rekindled)
  131. ↑ Winner Take All
  132. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Lord Shaxx
  133. ↑ Ghost Fragment: Lord Shaxx 2
  134. ↑ Solstice Mask (Rekindled)
  135. ↑ Roll Call
  136. ↑ Some Kind of Luck
  137. ↑ Two Cells
  138. ↑ The Baron Hunt | Hiraks, the Mindbender | Forsaken
  139. ↑ The Psion Flayers
  140. ↑ Liar's Handshake
  141. ↑ King's Wrath
  142. ↑ Cloudstrike
  143. ↑ Shard of the Traveler (Stormcaller)
  144. ↑ Rustburner 1.5
  145. ↑ Destiny 2 2017
  146. ↑ Knight Type 1
  147. ↑ Fieldplate
  148. ↑ Mark of Remembrance
  149. ↑ Shard of the Traveler (Sunbreaker)
  150. ↑ Monitor Type 2
  151. ↑ Comrades in Arms
  152. ↑ Vest of the Great Hunt
  153. ↑ Legacy Pt 2
  154. ↑ Speak to Cayde-6
  155. ↑ Hunter Vanguard
  156. ↑ Vanguard Marks
  157. ↑ First Stake
  158. ↑ Fold
  159. ↑ Raise
  160. ↑ Winner Take All

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