Killing the Primeval quickly (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, October 04, 2018, 09:49 (2318 days ago) @ Cody Miller

How are people killing the primeval so quickly?!

Like a badass, that’s how ;)

https://xboxdvr.com/gamer/nevindouglas/gif/hatefulathleticconure

I think I see. But I have seen it go down even faster than that. I have literally seen it full health upon entering the portal to invade, and dead before I even get halfway to the team.

In that clip, I believe I was the only one using Sleeper or the IKELOS Shotgun. If we’d had multiples, it would have gone down even faster.

It's somewhat disappointing that the winning strategy is just Ikelos / sleeper / supers. When the burn happens that quickly, there's nothing you can do except burn it faster yourself. Even if you fully heal it, it's dead in another 12 seconds before you get another portal.

A better mechanic would have been having to indirectly damage the primeval similar to the way you damage oryx with the light bombs. So strategy and efficiency over raw power.

Not exactly. Power Ammo and Super energy are both limited resources. And using shotguns isn’t actually that easy, because of the bosses’ stomp attacks (you need to know exactly when to rush in and jump away, and also position yourself so you don’t get bounced into a pit or crushed against a wall).

I’ve had plenty of success by invading in the midst of or just after the enemy team has burned their supers and used a bunch of heavy. I’ll score 3 or 4 kills, heal the Primeval, and leave the enemy to face a full-health boss, only now they don’t have their supers and half their heavy ammo is gone.

Even when things don’t go that well, I’ve managed to drive the enemy team into hiding while I chase them around. That’s 30 seconds that they aren’t shooting their Primeval or invading, while my team has free reign to work on our Primeval.