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Edited by l Beanie l:
7/11/2015 7:44:56 AM
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Solo Crota's End for Flawless Raider
I only have 2 achievements left. Upgrade a Hunter sub-class, and FLAWLESS RAIDER!
So on Saturday I started my personal quest - get flawless raider by soloing Crota's End.
I'd never attempted to solo before. After lots of hours over this weekend learning how to solo this raid, after crap loads of wipes, a few early lucky runs, and too many "so close!" moments, I've got every part down near perfect.
But since then I'm stuck in this nightmare cycle of just having a major blunder every run...
..Messing up a run through the hall after the bridge (shriekers and thrall!!), getting swiped by ninja knights, running straight into an exploding thrall that appears out of nowhere or messing up the jump across the bridge.
It doesn't seem to matter how perfect everything is going, something always ruins the run. I'm starting to get really pissed off.
Any tips? Anyone that solo's flawless, how do you get through it without losing concentration?
The worst part for me is the period between killing the death singer, and being able to activate the crystal. That bit is just tedious. Acolytes constantly spawn out the doors, 2 yellow bar knights with swords constantly spawn either side and manage to sneak up and ninja me while my guard is down. Any tips for this part? How does it work? Do I have to kill a certain amount of knights before the last part of the raid begins, or is it just on a timer? .. the amount of times I've done this raid and I haven't figured that out yet and keep getting caught off-guard!
Also a good strat for killing the sword bearer at crota would be great.. just gally from above? sniping him? Or gally /shotty..
[spoiler]I'm not going to do the Hunter sub-class achievement any time soon. I can't put myself through those story missions any more. It's painful[/spoiler]
EDIT : ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED. SOLO FLAWLESS.
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I can solo Crota on all characters and I did it with hunter / warlock / Titan when level 32 was the cap. [i][u][b]Darkness tips:[/b][/u][/i] Titan - defender, saint-14 helmet, blessing of light, bad juju helps with super a ton Hunter - Bladedancer, don't touch me, max stealth perks, run. Warlock - Voidwalker (if confident) obsidian mind, nova bomb with bloom, or if you want to run sunsinger do that with claws of ahamkara. I'd recommend at the end of the darkness using the rocks for the elevation. Saves headaches. [b][i][u]Bridge:[/u][/i][/b] You can build the bridge solo by running on and off the platform repeatedly, you need to practice the timing. Get across, kill stuff. You're done. [b][i][u]Thrallway[/u][/i][/b]: If you are going for flawless you better not care about the door at the end. Just use rockets for the shrieker, back pedal until the purple blast is gone. Jump to avoid the thralls. Pretty straight forward. [b][i][u]Deathsinger:[/u][/i][/b] Multiple ways to do this, personally this is my method. I always brought out the wizard on the right first (left side if looking from Crota's spawn point.) kill the wizard. Then move to the other side, drag out the wizard, kill it, then kill the shrieker on that same side. After the 1st shrieker is down, move to where you killed the first wizard, blow up that shrieker then rush deathsinger. If you are a hunter and happen to have celestial nighthawk, congrats. The fight is over. Titans, utilize the bubble and bob in and out using rockets Warlocks try to get up top above the boss and fire from there, toss some grenades to scatter the adds. [b][i][u]Crota[/u][/i][/b] Adds are easy so I'm not going to discuss that. Once both hallways are clear move out the left door, snag the chalice. Personally the easiest way I have done Crota solo was to kill the swordbearer right when he comes out, go to the rock formation on the right. Drop the sword, shoot rockets / grenades depending on your setup. Jump up to slash Crota, back down to the rock formation, repeat. After this dip back into the middle area and wait for Crota to move back, repeat earlier. If you didn't know, it takes 2 full gjallahorn shots to break down Crota's shield. I won't break down numbers for Crota on other rockets. You'll figure out what you need to do.
