Who here actually uses Helm of Saint a lot? (Destiny)

by dogcow , Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Friday, March 06, 2015, 15:09 (3797 days ago) @ Revenant1988

That helmet was the first Exoitc armor I got the first month of Destiny, and I still have it, but I almost never use it.

What a shame! Put that thing on!

It's fully leveled and I've seen how the blinding effects work in PvE and PvP, but I never really found a way to use it other than for novelty.

When I first got it I felt the same, "Gee, what a nice little novelty." However, once I started using it a lot I've found it to be pretty dang great.

How do you guys like to use it? What are your strategies and configurations on it?
For example, are you using it defensively or offensively, and why?
I'd like to see some thoughts on it, so maybe I'll find more use for it.

Do I use it defensively or offensively? YES!

Configuration: If I'm using it with a team I'll usually run Blessing of Light. If I'm fighting Atheon I'll swap over to Weapons of Light. If I'm by myself? Armor of Light. I'll usually run it with the 'Bastion' to increase the duration of my bubble.

Placement: One of my favorite places to put the bubble are at choke points or in front of monster closets. For example, during the first encounter of the Omnigul strike I'll place it in the right hand door when all those thrall spawn & suddenly the little room everyone hides in turns into a boxing ring and every guardian morphs into Little Mac from Mike Tyson's Punchout with dozens of thrall blindly wandering around that little room. It's kinda fun.

Putting it in front of a monster closet or in a monster movement path during a boss battle will really reduce the pressure when adds/mobs/whatever enter the arena. If there's 3 places the adds come from then you've essentially cut the wave by 1/3.

In the Abyss you can use it to allow your guardians to put some serious distance between them & a mass of thrall, but, any other super could wipe out huge amounts of them too. It's really nice if you need to revive someone, just watch out of those melees.

And of course there's always using it to blind the gatekeepers when crossing the bridge.