Marathon's Knife Is No Longer A Miniature Halo Energy Sword

Marathon's latest update brings its mighty knife down a few pegs, with developer Bungie reducing its lunge distance and majorly nerfing the amount of bonus damage granted by the Melee Damage stat.

Though it might not seem like it at first glance, Marathon's knife, a weapon every runner comes equipped with automatically, is among the most powerful weapons in Bungie's extraction shooter. Since launch, it's featured a Halo Energy Sword-esque lunge and enough damage to bring down even well-geared hostile runners in a single blow with the right upgrades.

As of update 1.0.5.3, that is no longer the case. The knife's lunge distance has been trimmed by 10% along with a 20% reduction in its targeting angle. But that's not all that Bungie has changed. The Melee Damage stat also received an overhaul, reducing the maximum amount of bonus damage against Runners granted by the stat from 100% to 50%. Bonus melee damage against enemy NPCs is unchanged.