The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

Key Takeaways

  • Crota, Son of Oryx in
    Destiny 2
    requires precise team coordination with complex mechanics to defeat.
  • Oryx, The Taken King in King’s Fall raid has randomized mechanics that demand precise timing and communication.
  • Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent in Garden of Salvation is the most frustrating boss to teach and execute due to chaotic mechanics.

As someone who has spent countless hours traversing the cosmos in search of loot and glory, I can confidently say that the most challenging raid encounter in Destiny 2 is none other than Riven of a Thousand Voices from the Last Wish raid. Now, I’ve faced my fair share of formidable foes, from the fearsome Taken to the enigmatic Vex, but Riven takes the cake for sheer confusion and complexity.


Over a span of 7 years since its debut, Destiny 2 has provided countless memorable raiding encounters, such as the initial launch of Vault of Glass and the arduous raid races of Last Wish and Salvation’s Edge (each requiring around 18 and 19 hours respectively). What these raids share, though, is some incredibly challenging boss battles.

Regardless if a player joins battles with casual groups or structured teams, everyone encounters at least one boss they dislike battling and dread instructing novice players on. This compilation explores eight of these bosses known for employing the most complex strategies. Each conflict presents a distinct hurdle to surmount, some of which can be so daunting that experienced players often resort to using ‘shortcut’ tactics to defeat them.

8 Crota, Son Of Oryx

Crota’s End

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

In the game Destiny 2, Crota, Son of Oryx, isn’t the toughest boss out there. But his updated mechanics took many guardians off-guard. Since he was a familiar foe from earlier versions of Destiny, players expected a straightforward battle: shoot him with rockets and then attack with a sword. However, in this iteration, defeating Crota demands effective communication among team members and full cooperation from every participant.

As a dedicated gamer eagerly taking on the challenge of vanquishing Crota, here’s what it takes to succeed: Gather a team buff, then pass it among us, secure its deposition, slay specific foes, bring down another enemy that emerges after the initial ones fall, shatter the boss’ defense, demolish an environmental peril, and lastly, dodge a total wipeout by huddling in a protective chamber. It’s a complex series of events, made all the more daunting by the risk of one team member slipping up, potentially derailing our entire campaign.

7 Oryx, The Taken King

King’s Fall

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

In the video game Destiny, Oryx, The Taken King, reappears as a raid boss, sporting freshly updated mechanics. As before, this formidable foe demands meticulous team synchronization and clear communication. Players must keep tabs on plates, time their steps to specific moments, slay large minions to generate explosives, prevent other minions from reaching those explosives and detonating them, secure an invincibility shield to endure the boss’s elimination technique, damage the boss, and counteract a post-damage phase attack that features random elements.

In addition to everything else, an unpredictable aspect of this encounter involves singling out any one of the six participants, who are then compelled to solve a parkour challenge. Mastering the fight mechanics is just the beginning; it’s essential that all five other players also understand them and are prepared to execute their parts flawlessly in coordination with precise timing and positioning.

6 Rhulk, Disciple Of The Witness

Vow Of The Disciple

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

The raid boss encounter with Rhulk, Follower of The Witness, stands out among others in the game due to its distinctiveness. Defeating him demands not just familiarity with the mechanisms introduced throughout the raid, but also a genuine struggle when it comes to dealing damage. This is because Rhulk is highly mobile, making it tough to inflict harm on him.

As a gamer, I find myself in a situation where I need to recall the distinct symbols’ names within the game. This swift and precise communication with my fellow players is crucial when it comes to distributing buffs into the appropriate slots. It’s important to note that we only get three chances to do this correctly, or else defeating the boss becomes an impossibility, requiring a restart. This encounter can be quite unforgiving for those who aren’t well-coordinated or lack experience.

5 Consecrated Mind, Sol Inherent

Garden Of Salvation

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

Many players find The Garden of Salvation raid in Destiny 2 to be extraordinarily challenging. This isn’t just because it’s one of the lengthier raids, but also due to the intricate mechanics that are tough to grasp and can be quite glitchy. For instance, during the Consecrated Mind, Sol Inherent battle, players need to gather “motes” dropped by enemies and deposit them into a totem. Then, they must follow the boss, collect its slime, and shoot it in the appropriate eye at the right moment.

As a gamer, juggling tasks in this game can be quite a challenge. I’ve got two main responsibilities here: one is to keep an eye on the totem, because if I don’t, those pesky Vex enemies will swarm and drain its power. The other is to take down the boss, but there’s a catch – I can only grab one of its secretions before I kick the bucket, so my teammates and I have to split up and stay in constant communication just to coordinate well enough to reach the damage phase. And to make things even more complicated, during the damage phase, the boss moves backward, forcing us to stay on our toes while also dishing out enough damage to take it down. It’s a dance of strategy and quick reflexes!

4 Zo’aurc, Explicator Of Planets

Root Of Nightmares

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

In the game Destiny 2, the Raid known as Root of Nightmares is often seen as one of the most straightforward due to its final boss, Nezarec, Final God of Pain, being quite manageable. However, Zo’aurc, Interpreter of Worlds, presents a challenge that seems to belong to an entirely different raid. The team must divide themselves, with four members focusing on plates and the remaining two handling enemy clearance. The four plate-handlers need to acquire a buff, identify the odd planet hovering above their assigned plate, and then swap it with the appropriate planet on the opposite one.

Although it appears straightforward, execution usually leads to blunders, annoyance, and unexpected departures of team members without notice. The process of inflicting damage is simple, involving positioning on designated spots at various instances for the correct buff to harm the boss. However, constantly changing the positions (planets) can prove extremely challenging.

3 Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent

Garden Of Salvation

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

Among all raids listed, it’s once more the Garden of Salvation that stands out as the most challenging, given its two entries. The fight between Sanctified Mind and Sol Inherent is a turmoil-filled ordeal, even for the most meticulously planned teams. This battle requires players to be lasered together to construct platforms, open portals, and subdue the boss, all while managing the tethered connections.

This boss takes the top spot for most frustrating to teach, and most painful to do with a random team, but doesn’t contain the most difficult-to-understand mechanics. The mechanics themselves, when boiled down, are quite simple, but in practice are all but impossible to pull off. The tether will connect to random people constantly, the boss disintegrates the floors leaving big pools of liquid that tick away at the players’ health, and the motes can sometimes just glitch through the floor, meaning whole sections must be redone to collect one extra mote.

2 The Witness

Salvation’s Edge

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

As a devotee of Destiny’s epic narrative spanning over ten years and two games, I can attest that facing off against The Witness, the formidable antagonist who has been the culmination of our collective struggles, is no walk in the park. This colossal entity, with limbs emerging from the ground, walls, and sky, presents a relentless onslaught of enemies that never cease to spawn. It’s not just about staying alive; players must strategically target and damage these limbs. The key to this lies in acquiring one of three distinct buffs, each with its unique color and shape. The correct arm to target is identified by the color it emits and the corresponding shape it assumes. Once a limb has been destroyed, the victorious player receives the “Gliphbreaker” bonus, empowering them to demolish the circles adorning the boss’s frontal area.

After all these circles disappear, we move into the damage stage. During this phase, the boss will launch various attacks on the damage area, which need to be dodged or else it could lead to your demise, making retaliating with damage quite tricky. The Witness also possesses several mechanisms that can instantly wipe us out, not just during the damage phase but also in the phase leading up to it. In essence, without a coordinated team who is fully aware of what’s happening amidst the chaos of flashing lights, shapes, colors, and various visual elements on screen, this battle becomes nearly impossible to win.

1 Riven Of A Thousand Voices

Last Wish

The Destiny 2 Raid Bosses With The Hardest Mechanics

Most players in Destiny 2 would likely confess that they haven’t defeated Riven of a Thousand Voices honestly, due to the complexity of its mechanics. To stand a chance in winning this battle, players can head to the appropriate room and pour as much damage as possible onto Riven’s leg, which frequently results in her being killed. Overcoming her legitimately is significantly more challenging.

In this scenario, the team divides into two groups, each moving to separate rooms. One group follows instructions from a designated player, focusing on picking up symbols and destroying them as needed. The other group engages the boss by dodging its attacks and firing at it in specific locations.

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2024-11-09 19:35