DBO Pro Team's MLG Challenge strats. (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Thursday, April 06, 2017, 15:16 (2879 days ago) @ Schedonnardus
edited by Korny, Thursday, April 06, 2017, 15:30

And by "Pro Team", of course I mean "folks that we rounded up last-minute because we don't believe in no Fireteam Builder".

Congrats on using the classic method! It can get insanely hectic up there with all of the Minotaurs and Harpies constantly pouring in. You gotta keep chaining those bubbles and orb generation. Real good stuff! And nice last-minute rez for the win (do I need to say it?).

Last night, our ragtag band didn't exactly plan things very well (surely unrelated to the FTB), so we had an underleveled Hunter, a lone Titan, a second Hunter, and three self-rez Warlocks. Our orb and Bubble supply was... not great. Still, we were able to knock the raid out in fairly solid time:

Strat:

• Have people on the Center conflux spot to have longer sightlines on the adds, while Otter handled the Right teleport.
  
• Having to deal with only one teleport freed me up to shoot the Templar with the Relic (those shots were for you, Morpheus!)
  
• Don't stand on the teleport right away. The Templar will only shoot at you once you're in the ring, so give it a few seconds to maximize blocking.
  
• Sammy was running Courage of the Pack, IIRC, giving the team a much-needed armor and recovery boost, since our only bubble was Weapons.
  
• The orbs lying around help charge the Relic, which allowed for more high-damage shots.

After that, Atheon was simple strategy-wise, the key thing is to avoid getting the team blown up by supplicants:

Strat:

• As always, the Radar will always tell you where the team is teleported, but you apparently have to make sure to give a callout in case someone is erstwhile occupied or on the wrong side (and it's not Mars).
  
• 1&2 both shoot the same oracle, whoever doesn't get the kill goes to the next one.
  
• The vertical slam window for Oracle 3 seems to have indeed been nerfed, so Relic holder should just shoot that one (though we did have a great moment where Otter was killed by the Minotaur, dropping the relic momentarily and resetting the Charge. I ran in and told him to take Oracle 4 out instead, and I shot at 3. His charge was ready by the time 4 was up, and the scene froze on our high-five).
  
• As soon as the gate opens, 4 runs in and handles the Oracle at the bottom of the stairs. 1&2 should be leaving the zone by now, and the relic holder stands by the doorway and cleanses.
  
• Once 1&2 are out, 5 and 6 run in and handle the last two. The Relic holder does not need to stay inside at this point, unless they want to play it safe.
  
• Make your fate, rinse and repeat.

It was a fun raid. It is a bit frustrating that "nobody can die" mechanics managed to wedge their way back into the raid for the last bit, but at least it's only for a challenge (otherwise, would it really be a challenge?).

Also, here are a couple of screens that really wouldn't fit elsewhere. :P

Professing my love:

And last week I was the only one that didn't get to be a Shiny-head. :(

Good stuff! Can't wait for next week's raid. I think we've got the mechanics of the challenges down pat for that one, should only take five or six hours. ;)