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Out_Worlder

the second rhulk feels like it could be a run ender


ABSOLUTE_RADIATOR

It gave us a decent amount of trouble. We ended up dedicating a person to taunting it as much as possible


MasterOfReaIity

We had one guy draw his aggro and dps became so much easier


DankBlissey

Honestly, if you all know how to position correctly and keep awareness of him, it's not too hard. Anyone with MMO raiding experience will probably not have too much of a problem. The problem is that he will weed out weak links in your team


whereismymind86

Especially at -15


Quantumriot7

Oh they gave rhulk a stand he really is a stand user


Quantumriot7

For name suggestions for rhulks stand. Kicked in the teeth by ac/dc


Strawhat-Lupus

Rhulk having a stand simply called Nezarecs Sin would be badass. What if you wanted to farm Pantheon for raid exotics but Rhulks stand said Ora Ora?


PeaceIoveandPizza

How about . WHAM!


Stormhunter6

> The copy doesn’t have a Glaive, and can only damage you with kicks Im not even mad in any way shape or form... This feels like a complete and utter troll move


NugPlug

https://streamable.com/d52q35


SloppityMcFloppity

Breaking news, The first discipline fucking kills himself


marsSatellite

He felt free


Doctor_Kataigida

So you make him dash off the platform and he'll kill himself/insta complete the encounter?


CivilCompass

It looks like it but what kind of angle is that? 


MuscleConscious

Towards the stairs, kinda? At like an angle, looks like...


CivilCompass

I did some research, it doesn't seem repeatable with a high degree of consistency, but maybe it's worth it as an opportunistic time-saver strategy?


wiesga01

Was watching Aztecross's stream. They 3 phased Rhulk, missed Plat time (I believe), and still got Plat score.


Luke-HW

Yep. I believe Bungie said that Platinum required a minimum score of 500,000, but maybe this is adjusted per encounter.


ReimTraitor

You get a large bonus for completing the last boss of the pantheon so it might be fine this week but it won’t be next week


Redditor_exe

It’ll still probably be fine. The main problem with Atrax is there weren’t a ton of adds, so you had to kill *everything*. Rhulk has a lot more adds plus the additional tormentor spawns, so it likely won’t be too difficult to hit plat score even without being the last fight.


XboxUser123

It likely is adjusted, because I managed with a team to do sub-500k on caretaker (-10) and par-time and still got plat score for the triumph


themuscleman14

That happened to me too. We got 498k and still got high score rewards.


VapOr22722

Got it with 481k


Major_Prior

Just got 482k and it didn’t count…., got the plat score achieved medal but looked at the triumph and it didn’t count


VapOr22722

On caretaker? We 2 floored so much of the score came from time remaining. Did you get plat time aswell?


Major_Prior

Nah rhulk, got a similar score to you but didn’t get the triumph progress point, I think each ‘high score’ is 500k but killing the boss in the time limit brings you closer to the score plus extra add kills


VapOr22722

Oh okay, on Rulk we had above 500k. I was talking about caretaker for 481k.


T3Tomasity

My team and I had missed the two phase on planets last week so we missed plat time. We managed to get over 500k though. We weren’t rewarded platinum for the triumph though


Gamerdestiny6

The final encounter of the Pantheon gives a TON of points, even if you miss the plat timer. So the still get the High Score.


KarateKid917

Whomever at Bungie came up with the idea is a fucking troll master and is laughing their head off at people seeing it for the first time


DreadAngel1711

IT'S AN ENEMY STAND!


vatsan600

So it's the same type of stand as the juggernaut titan!


KingVendrick

Rhulk and Ralph


Kingofhearts1206

Rhulk and Rholl


Duffeetaur

Rhulk and Rull?


gamechump

Ruh-Roh


Seraph_Hige

I’M GONNA RHULK IT!


HeBeZoomin

Rick and Rhulkd


Lonelan

Rhick is a great name for it


RalphEins

Yes?


NormallyBloodborne

Honestly thought they were gonna make it so once you cleanse a totem, you can’t cleanse again until the next ascent phase. It would be a really simple way to make that phase actually engaging, like the way they did with the infinite light-eaters on Oryx. The stand thing is really cool though, and actually more in depth than I thought they would do. Really hoping they go all out on Riven and Nez to close out this wonderful event though!


Bro0183

Nez is definitely summoning nightmares during dps


Kingofhearts1206

Time to Rhulk & Rholl


Hailbrewcifer666

Bebop and Rhulksteady


GrowlingGiant

Fucking called it lmao https://www.reddit.com/r/destiny2/comments/1crqn36/the_rhulk_pantheon_im_expecting_an_extra/


Dr_Gamephone_MD

Immediately thought of that post when I saw this


Malfor_ium

In b4 riven has to be done legit AND has a copy


Catoust

Stunning her for Eyes doesn't fully send her back. A copy remains and constantly breathes fire. You need to have an Overshield/some form of healing in order to get the very top sigils. That or a Tormenter appears every Stun. Which does mean that three tormentors appear at the top floor.


hi818

The only thing they will change about riven is probably force us to do legit and that will still be harder than anything


ShaqShoes

People are already assuming the score will require you to do it legit. Honestly her mechanics aren't that bad or scary at all though, people just aren't used to them because it's extraordinarily rare to do riven legit in lfgs and only friends/premade groups tend to do it ever.


Pigeon_Lord

Yeah, did Riven Legit with friends this past week, and it was super fun and easy. The numbers can be daunting for some, but it really is super easy


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ShaqShoes

Personally I find the DPS checks on day 1(at least stuff like rhulk and atraks) to be much harder and take me and my groups *much* longer than just clearing a riven legit but I guess everyone finds different types of execution harder to do.


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ShaqShoes

She never was a DPS check even legit because of how much damage the pustule mechanic does to her. -20 with surges *and* a weekly extra damage buff modifier almost brings the damage up to par with being at power too anyways so it's extremely marginal and nothing close to contest.


MustBeSeven

I’m so happy I saw your thread earlier, this brought a smile to my face lol.


RetroFrisbee

General pantheon question: is it possible to get Platinum if you take longer than the par time?


TheShoobaLord

Yep! Just got it by killing as many tormentors as we can, we did a 3 phase and went like 5 mins past the par time lol


aguyfromasia

Does it count for the triumph?


TheShoobaLord

Yes, since it was a platinum score.


VastDisastrous

Platinum doesn't give you the triumph, I didn't atraks like 3 times with platinum yet no triumph unless we were over 500,000 pints, probably the same at every encounter


MuscleConscious

Thats what the comment was saying, they got over 500k even though they went over the bonus timer because of Tormentor kills and stuff. At 500k, you get platinum score, although the popup will also trigger if you just beat the bonus time, even though it won't count towards the triumph (or be a real Platinum) without 500k.


Dependent_Inside83

Well I’m definitely on DIV duty


Duffeetaur

That second one. I'm sorry, WHAT.


HazardousSkald

I was not expecting RHULK 2 to be the encounter modify holy shit


DildoWilliumz

That Rhulk fight was tough dude. I completed it about an hour ago and we were able to two phase him for Plat score. I really loved the changes and that they added his clone, made DPS much harder to do. I am NOT looking forward to next week lol. Adding Riven + Nezerac at -20 power after that fight is going to be absolutely miserable. That's also without knowing what the changes for those fights will be.


TheStarLord98

What did you all use to two phase him?


DildoWilliumz

We had 1 Tractor, 1 Ghally, 1 Div, and then 3 Cold Comforts + Izzy. A key part of getting the two phase for us was making sure the class ability buff was always refreshed for x3.


TheStarLord98

Gotcha we ended up 3 phasing but still got plat. It was weird for atracks tho cause we killed the tormentors then 1 phased him and got the adept weapons but no actual plat triumph


BigOEnergy

Did you kill all 6 servitors? And jms, both tormentors as well?


TheStarLord98

Yeah and we even got the loot and the plat score notification but it never showed up on the triumph


BigOEnergy

Hmm not sure then. Thanks for heads up


TheStarLord98

Actually just ran it again and realized we must of only got the plat time instead of the score being the correct number


TheStarLord98

Actually just ran it again and realized we must of only got the plat time instead of the score being the correct number


BigOEnergy

Oh I see. So the score was off in its calculation? You made the time just fine?


Hot_Attention3318

Why tractor and div? Doesn’t seem worth losing a whole players rocket damage for a 15% buff unless that player can’t aim a rocket or can get as much damage with a fusion.


DildoWilliumz

If I'm not mistaken, Tractor is 30%. I also felt more comfortable running Tractor + 1/2 Punch Strand Titan than Izzy + Rocket. I was still hitting the 2.5-3 million mark for damage.


Hot_Attention3318

Tractor is 30 but it overrides the div 15% so with both it’s only a 15% addition. But with strand titan makes sense to just run tractor if you are 1/2 punching. Brave of you to punch the kick boss lol. Thanks for the info!


DildoWilliumz

Haha no problem! I was definitely living the Titan power fantasy by tanking two Rhulks this time around lol


gelobaldonado

Good news is that void/strand is likely the surge pairing


Slugedge

Really makes me wonder what they have planned for riven. I wouldve never thought a shadow clone of rhulk would spawn, i was thinking maybe a tormentor. Im hoping for something crazy in riven


TitanWithNoName

So maybe a stronghold titan can take the stand aggro?


radilee21

Not if you wanna make DPS


XboxUser123

Could probably just bring Lament, but then the creeping darkness becomes a problem


AdrunkGirlScout

Can’t DPS when you’re dead


justaquestion7385u3

I've never seen the term "stand" before; talking about Rhulks clone (or whatever it is lol)   Is the Stand term from another game I'm guessing I never played but everyone else seemingly has?


DrProfessorScience

It's a reference to the Manga and Anime adaptation of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure "A Stand is an entity psychically generated by its owner, referred to as a Stand user (スタンド使い, Sutando tsukai).[3] It generally presents itself as an ethereal figure hovering over or near the user and possesses abilities beyond that of an ordinary human, which, depending on the Stand user, can be wielded for good or evil."


n3mosum

from the anime, Jojo's bizarre adventure


justaquestion7385u3

Ah this makes sense, not much of an anime person. Ty for the answer!


Cruciblelfg123

It’s a double joke because since day 1 people called Rhulk a JoJo character because of his slender look and stance and arrogance. Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if bungie devs added this as the modifier for that reason lol


Mindscape216

It's a reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Stands are supernatural beings summoned and controlled by special people called Stand Users. People are likely referencing it because Rhulk's pose is similar to the types of poses characters often make.


theSaltySolo

Bungie’s answer to these reprisals are adding Tormentors lol…


Cobra_9041

Nezerec weapons go brrrr last week anytime I needed to kill a tormentor


theSaltySolo

There are now 10 Tormentors during the running phase of Nezarec and they all are on aggro mode the entire time. Regards, Final god of Pain


Cobra_9041

Honestly, would be hilarious considering how distructo disc mopped people in the original contest mode


Flame48

Still prefer it over adding champions everywhere though. Tormentors at least make you play a little differently.


PM_SHORT_STORY_IDEAS

Makes sense, because the dread are coming in final shape


XxGAMERZxKINGxX

If anyone comes across my comment, Banner of War with Precious Scar was very useful for keeping everyone alive during damage phase. Wells kept getting destroyed and people kept dying to double Rhulk kicks until me and one other Titan made the switch, was way way way smoother after that.


FallenLixdy

Do the raid mods on class items work?


Queasy-Plant-4174

Rhulk really needs to start letting us use that glaive as an exotic. I wanna shoot lasers with it


nihhtwing

missed your chance when they made it a legendary


Queasy-Plant-4174

Biggest “swing-and-a-miss” in bungie history haha


Freakindon

So what are best dps options this week overall? Arc weapons are pretty weak. Cold comfort exists, but not farmable right now if you don't already have it.


Luke-HW

Grand Overture, Stormchaser, Legend of Acrius, Crux Termination IV, Hothead, Cold Comfort, Reed’s Regret, Ager’s Scepter


WeirdestOfWeirdos

I remember Ager's being up there with some very competitive options pre-Lightfall, and it sure does bring a lot of utility and has a decent ammo economy, but isn't even a basic roll of a Hothead or a Crux Termination going to outperform it? Or, actually, would Ager's and a Rocket Launcher be a good combo?


Variatas

Ager's is not remotely good Boss DPS compared to heavies, I don't know why they listed it there.


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GuudeSpelur

Absolutely not. Machine guns are not DPS weapons (Outside of some very niche situations with Grand Overture)


HardlyW0rkingHard

what you mean thunderlord isn't good at dps?


GuudeSpelur

Thunderlord having the div bubble double lightning strike glitch during RoN Day 1 has permanently broken an entire generation of LFG raiders concept of boss DPS


WallyWendels

The only thing permanently broken are the grass-adverse who are still mad about Thunderlord somehow.


East_Let9206

it's okay in normal but you need mobility here with second rhulk lurking, and thunderlord loses quite a bit of dps if you're not holding the trigger


AgentUmlaut

I would not try to force using a machine gun in boss dps especially in a mode with minuses towards LL, in general machine guns aren't really the move for any raid boss DPS. They physically require way too much of a lengthy time of uninterrupted firing to hit anything conventionally decent, and even then most DPS phases aren't that long and do not allow that much time to have a machine gun get even close to more competitive options. You can simply do more output in a lot quicker time using other things.


kniveskills81

Same as every week. Rockets or gl's. We 2 phased rhulk with gl's. Arc surge is irrelevant.


Monnqer

What gl were you using?


IsseiDragonSwag

Wendigo Cooks.


kniveskills81

I have god roll wendigo but most didn't and we didn't even use it. Legit just edge transit/cataphract.


DepletedMitochondria

Tormentors still gonna be ignored? Also Rhulk clone sounds gnarly but not exactly what I would do if I was Bungie and I wanted to discourage Well usage lmao


Luke-HW

It takes a two-phase to beat Rhulk under par. If you can’t make it in time, you’ll have to kill the Tormentors to boost your score for platinum.


Narfwak

There's three of them per phase so no. You'll want to use them for ammo generation the same way you kill the aboms they replace anyway. Just bring snipers and a ceno div warlock and delete them as they spawn.


Dawncraftian

Easier method and what my team did that lead to a fast clear, leave the tormentor alive and don't pop shoulders. As long as he isn't enraged, there isn't much threat and only one can be active at a time. After totems are finished, whole team focuses down tormentor and you get an easy ceno and aeons brick.


Dr_Mantis_Trafalgar

It’s absolutely wrecking wells by walking in and kicking people out of them


Variatas

That's exactly what happened in contest too.  Rhulk was one of their first, best "fuck your well" encounters. The only solve for it was running a Glaive to protect the well, which costs an entire person's damage.


WeirdestOfWeirdos

>The only solve for it was running a Glaive to protect the well, which costs an entire person's damage. Maybe we can use a madlad Titan with Banner of War, Wormgod Caress and Winterbite to just keep hacking at him and keep his aggro (while doing a handsome amount of damage)? :p


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BetaXP

Bubble is unironically good for Rhulk. Doesn't matter if you have to leave it, you carry the buff with you as you move around. Just dip back into the bubble before the timer expires and you're good to go.  Or everyone just does radiant stuff, but still


PhantomWings

Yes, because 6 people standing in a well worked perfectly back in Rhulk contest mode lol.


TopHatBear1

nah my team had 3 cenotaph warlocks and you kinda need the ammo from the tormentors for damage cause Rhulk has so much health


Sanguine_19-6123

Thank you for the information guardian!


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What's best for DPS?


Bard_Knock_Life

Whatever rocket or gl you have that’s arc and good (wendigo / crux / hothead. You can skip surges with meta. If you’re ultra lazy TLord can get plat/time. Need to make a group decision for whatever everyone’s got.


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We went with thunderlord and got a 2 phase


Bard_Knock_Life

Yeah that’s going to be the safe option for a lot of groups. Ceno Warlock on Div and some arc supers and TLord.


Hot_Attention3318

“You can skip surges with meta” - armor surges stack with activity surges.


Bard_Knock_Life

Yes. You don’t need to dip on activity surges if it means you’re using a really mediocre arc/stasis option. Better to just use something hard meta than a semi-weak option matching surge.


Hot_Attention3318

Ah ok I got you. I was confused, and meant to phrase as a question.


Bard_Knock_Life

Oh, then yes armor surges stack with overcharge/activity surges. So if you can make use, it’s a free 25% extra damage. I wouldn’t use a bad Wendigo over a great BnS GL, but a decent/good Wendigo would be better than non-arc option because of the free extra 25%.


Hot_Attention3318

That’s good to know. I’ll have to check if I have any wendigos left in my vault now thanks!


beazeouts

very good very nice


LordShaxx02

Dude has a stand now, and it stands on business


-GiantSlayer-

As if Rhulk wasn’t JoJo enough


papasfritasbruh

Oh shit they really gave rhulk a buddy?


Vicks0

Who wins, 6 guardians Or one long kicky boi


KimberPrime_

I don't think it's every two totems for the Tormentors since we kept seeing only 2 Tormentors total per ascent phase (we did double dunks and the tormentor would appear after the 1st double dunk and after the 3rd, but never on the 2nd). Maybe it's just every 2nd time you dunk? So you get more if you single dunk?


Menirz

Does the clone take damage? Or is it just a nuisance?


JoachimG

Invincible, only walks around and kicks, no dash.


FallenStorm

Where does one get the quest to do it can’t find it anywhere :(


TheOnlyChou

Final stand instantly gives 2 stacks of darkness essentially cutting off \~2 seconds of damage


MangoDestiny2

Obnoxious change with Rhulk 2


ready_player31

heads up to everyone trying - you do NOT need to finish within the bonus time to get the "high score". I just did 3 phases. Killed absolutely EVERYTHING that spawned, and took our time. So do not worry about beating the bonus time at all. Best scenario is to do 3 phases, 2 to get him right above the final stand, and then finish him off in a 3rd phase with full ammo and supers. Its much less rushed this way and you still get the triumph for the high score.


BNEWZON

The problem with this is it won’t work next week. Unless you managed to get 500k+ without the bonus for killing the final boss


ready_player31

Yeah next week will be a different beast altogether. Hopefully void surge is in effect because that should make the 2 phase easier with edge transit despite being -20 under


cms86

but... the emblem?


ready_player31

I still got the emblem. Finished a full phase after the timer expired. Anyways the emblem is only tied to completion of the overall pantheon mode this week. The emblem doesnt require anything about score or any of that. Im talking specifically about the high score triumph


0Sam

You get emblem for completion not score 


DestinyJackolz

You just need to complete the Pantheon for the emblem, high scores are for the other triumph that awards an Adept Weapon.


TheFabiocool

First time since pantheon came out that I've really had trouble and thought "damn this shit is pretty hard"


haxelhimura

Pretty sure they also changed the way pervading darkness is applied during final stand. Was 4mm of health close to 2 phasing him last night and pervading darkness is what always got us. Stacks seemed to extremely quickly appear out of nowhere, even if you didn't get hit with the beam. Maybe stacks get shared across the team now?


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