Marathon News &
Latest Updates.

Season 2 (NIGHTFALL) launched June 2, 2026, with major balance changes, a new Sentinel shell, the KKV-9SD SMG, the D54 Battle Pistol, and eight new weapon chips. Open Play Week runs through June 9, with the new Ranked queue opening June 14. Our intel feed covers every shift as it happens — meta tier movements, build viability changes, patch breakdowns, and community reactions.

The live Marathon tier list at /meta ranks every weapon and Runner Shell by current viability. Rankings shift throughout the day based on play data, community sentiment, and patch impacts. The page also lets you build and share your own tier list.

Currently, Vandal and Thief dominate solo ranked, while Recon and Triage excel in squads. Rook is banned from Ranked. The specific S-tier shells shift week-to-week — check the live shell tier list at /shells or the meta page for the current rankings. Each shell has a dedicated guide with stats, abilities, builds, and matchup data.

Significantly with every Bungie patch (roughly every 2-4 weeks), and continuously between patches as the community discovers new builds and counters. Our meta tier list refreshes throughout the day to capture both — major shifts after balance updates and incremental movement during patch cycles.

Bungie publishes official patch notes on their site, but the impact on builds and meta takes 24-72 hours to fully shake out. Our intel feed covers each patch with build viability changes, tier list movements, and community sentiment analysis — usually within hours of release.

The Loadout Finder at /advisor generates a complete loadout in seconds — pick your shell, playstyle, and rank goal, and get back weapons, mods, cores, and implants tuned to current meta. For step-by-step shell guides covering each Runner's strengths, weaknesses, and recommended cores, see /guides.