How to beat Skolas (Guide) (Destiny)

by DreadPirateWes, Wednesday, July 08, 2015, 19:35 (3424 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

Good summary. These are my favorite tips:

The most important thing to keep in mind during the Skolas battle is that you are in complete control.

In most cases, you'll want to rotate along the outer edge of the arena... cutting through the middle is almost always guaranteed disaster.

You will want to enter this battle with full Heavy Ammo. As usual, Gjallarhorn is ideal for maximum damage per second.

Play it safe, take your time, and you will beat him.

You must also keep a close eye on your devouring essence timers, and factor that in to your decisions.

The psychology of being in control takes some getting used to. But you really aren't in danger unless you put yourself in danger.

This is incomplete:

My group tends to treat the elevated platform in the far left corner of the arena as our "home base". We find it to be the most easily defensible position. There is another, smaller elevated platform in the far right corner, which we treat as "position B"

You didn't mention the only actual safe area -- underneath the far right corner. You could stay down there and nothing would spawn or attack you forever (as long as you don't shoot anything).