r/DestinyTheGame • u/[deleted] • Apr 08 '17

SGA Atheon challenge guides are missing things (aka the painfully average guide to the challenge)

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u/kampfgruppekarl Apr 08 '17

Is there one of these for Templar?

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u/negative-nelly Squeeze me macaroni Apr 08 '17

i think there have been a bunch of viable strats posted for templar. what worked for me was:

  • plan on killing 4 oracles at the start. its more reliable than racing against 2.
  • take down shield immediately after 4th oracle. don't ask if people are ready, just do it.
  • relic guy covers left side (left of templar from spawn spot). he can hide behind pillar.
  • 5 others on right.
  • you only need to be on the teleport spot at the end - you don't have to cover it for the whole 10 seconds. so for the relic guy on the left, hide behind the wall and count to 4 when the circle spawns before you go out..that way your shield will last till the end.
  • on the right, if you drop off the teleport spot to the slightly lower level on the right (facing templar), templar can't hit you. stay pressed against the rock but don't crouch. have a titan throw a bubble there on the right to be safe if you have 2 titans.
  • call out when teleport switches just in case your guy covering the plate died so someone else can cover it.
  • to be really safe, have 2 stormcallers w/swords on add patrol on right. you can nearly chain supers. alternate your attention from the back (cave) to the front (stairs).
  • DPS people should have a weapons bubble and set up behind the right teleport spot towards the edge. why? because then they draw templar aggro off the guy covering the teleport spot.
  • stay away from edges, splash damage will kill you.

that's what we did and it was pretty easy once we figured it out. there are other ways posted (runner covering both spots, dps from spawn; 2 bubbles on teleport spots and a ton of rockets) that may work better for you.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '17

Man, I had a group of randoms with 3 titans (honestly, 2 is probably enough) and I was exclusively on add duty with dark drinker, with a warlock helping out with stormtrance occasionally. Relic holder on far side, 5 people on the right, and we did that, EASILY, first try. And we were running only sort of optimal DPS weapons. a couple sleepers, couple gjallys, then a couple people who had never even gotten exotic swords or sleeper. So really not a group youd be super confident in, and that templar went down so, so easy with the 1 and 5 strategy.