“Defeat Oryx the Taken King.”
“Defeat Oryx the Taken King” is an objective in the Raid King's Fall in Destiny: The Taken King
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Team Suggestions[edit]
Hunter[edit]
Nightstalkers are exceedingly useful to get a strong start in this boss fight. The Blackhole combined with Shadowshot makes for a great way to generate a lot of Orbs of light. It can help a lot with some of the adds that will come in during the waves.
Gunslinger are helpful for inflicting heavy damage on Oryx during a damage phase. They can also help to quickly eliminate the Light-Eater Ogres if they are active in the middle.
Bladedancer are good for clearing adds quickly. The chaining ability of their grenades can go a way to help manage and clear the adds.
Titan[edit]
Defender titans are a very useful member to have. Their Weapons of Light buff will help a lot to boost damage to Oryx.
Striker titans are helpful with quick clearing of adds. They have useful grenades as well to help with the adds.
Sunbreaker titans are great for clearing adds and dealing with the Orges because of the lengthy duration. The grenades help a lot with the adds that are coming in while dealing with the platforms.
Warlock[edit]
Stormcallers are great for clearing out the adds. These can help with getting a lot of Orbs of Light.
Sunsinger are useful for overall light generation. This can help a lot to keep Supers charged and ready for use.
Voidwalker are helpful for blasting away adds and doing more damage to Oryx.
Walkthrough[edit]
The time has come to face down the Taken King himself. Again, this is a coordinated activity and it will take a lot of communication to be sure that the team can make it through the encounter. Someone will be Torn Between Dimenions once again. Most of the team will be helping reach their goal while the remainder of the members guard the middle and help with clearing adds and important targets.
Team members will need to assigned numbers so they know which platform to head to. These platforms are the same set up that you were dealing with the Daughters of Oryx. This encounter has the team needing to once again aid a member Torn Between Dimensions navigate the phantom platforms. The first person will be going up onto the platform just before the Guardian torn between dimensions (the Runner) immediately after Oryx has hit it. The second and third Guardians need to be on the next platforms that are counter-clockwise (to the left) from the platform Oryx has hit. This does mean the third person will be diagonal from the first platform. The remaining 2 Guardians will be running "mid". They will be managing the adds in the fight and helping people kill off the Light-Eater Ogres that will be appearing.
First Phase[edit]
To trigger the fight, someone will need to approach the mote of taken energy at the far end of the arena.
This will trigger the mote flying over the ledge and a large number of Thralls rushing toward the group. One person should stand between the last pillars and draw the Thralls over to them. Have someone expend their super and decimate the Thralls to generate Orbs for the other members of your Fireteam. This can help a lot for the Defender Titans to have their Ward of Dawn. This will be very helpful for some of the later portions of the fight. After the Thralls are down, 2 Taken Knights will appear on the platforms in the far portion of the area. Quickly eliminate them as well.
Now it is time to actually start working on defeating Oryx himself.
The Taken King will move to any of the left or right-hand platforms. Where he slams his fist, as stated earlier, is the starting platform for the Guardian who is Torn Between Dimensions. Needless to say, be sure that no Guardians are on the top of the platform where Oryx is floating.
Immediately after Oryx slams his fist down on the platform, the Runner and the Guardian with them need to jump up onto the platform. This will start the platforming sequence for the phase. Once again, the Runner will need to be quick and precise in their jumps. The rest of the Guardians nearby the platforms need to jump up onto their platforms and stay there. As soon as the Guardian steps onto their platform a Light-Eater Ogre will emerge from the bile on the ground nearby. Throw a grenade at the Ogre and then quickly kill the Ogre. They will leave behind a sphere of Corrupted Light. Stay on your platform until the Runner has gotten the artifact. Once they have, head for the middle.
The Runner will need to successfully navigate the platforms and reach their target mote. Once they do, they will be able to steal the Brand of Immortality from the Vessel of Oryx below. They need to immediately head to the rest of the team who have gathered in the center of the arena. While this aura is activate and protecting the Guardians, they will not take damage from most sources. Oryx himself will still be able to kill the team though.
With the Aura of Immortality the fireteam needs to pull out their Sniper Rifles, Machine guns and any other decent impact high fire rate weapons. Oryx will start to "Call upon the Darkness". The team needs to start firing on his once his chest/stomach start to glow. If you do not stagger him, his attack will wipe the team.
With Oryx staggered, it is time to do the next thing to hurt him. Each of the Ogres dropped a sphere of Corrupted Light and the people on the platforms (and one of the middle players) need to rush into the Corrupted Light and stand in its sphere of influence for several seconds. When the light is triggered, a massive and deadly blast of Light will emerge from it. Any Guardians caught in the blast will die. To ensure that everyone can make it back in time, someone on the team needs to give a short countdown for the other guardians to enter the Corrupted Light at about the same time. When the light is triggered, each player's name will be announced on screen. They need to immediately rush back to the Guardian with the Aura of Immortality. This is the only way to survive the resulting blast from the Light.
Now we approach one of the harder elements that the Guardians need to survive, the bombardment. Oryx will start launching numerous blasts at all the Guardians. Those Guardians who were on platforms need to quickly rush back to the platforms and start running around them. The two in the middle should jump up onto the raised platforms and start running in circles jumping between the two. If they can run very close together, the pair of them can run there. Otherwise, one of them should head over to the entrance and run a small circle there. Be sure to stay clear of the 2 Guardians who are running around the platforms on the sides.
Once Oryx stops his bombardment this cycle will need to be repeated. A Guardian will be Torn Between Dimensions and they are now the Runner. Just repeat this whole cycle until Oryx is reduced to or below 50% health
Second Phase[edit]
When Oryx is reduced to below 50% health, it will be time for him to change tactics. The bombardment at the end of each damage phase will be replaced with an sphere that Oryx will draw Guardians into. One at a time, 5 members of the fireteam are pulled into the sphere where a Shade of Oryx moves just outside a barrier. Those inside the sphere need to quickly kill the Shade. While inside they will be under the status Darkness Dimension. This will stop the inherint health recover that Guardians enjoy. They need to kill it off.
Those outside the sphere that Oryx has created have another job. They need to focus their fire on stopping the Thralls and other Taken trying to enter the sphere. This makes it a lot easier for the team inside to focus on their objective of dealing with Oryx. Quickly eliminate the Taken Knights outside the sphere and then focus on the Taken Thralls.
When Oryx is reduced now to 1% or less, he will make his final stand. The Fireteam needs to turn to where the battle started. The heavy weapons and special weapons need to be pulled out and fired at Oryx. He will be charging up a final spell. The fireteam needs to do enough damage to finish him off before he can finish this spell. Do so and the raid will be complete.
