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Edited by Beetfarmer89:
2/2/2015 3:35:27 PM
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Dragons Breath - It's better than you might think.
As the title reads above, I believe Dragons Breath is better than many of you may think. Better than Gjallahorn in many cases.
[i]I am not saying it replaces Ghorn in every encounter, just in some situations.[/i]
I run DB in Crota's End in every phase except for the Crota fight with extreme success.
Lamps - Drop a huge blast with the Flare at a lamp and let your fireteam recover breifly.
Dropping a blast in your path will cause the thrall to disperse all over the place, often killing themselves falling into holes.
And lastly, firing it at the base of the bridge, keeps thrall back, while you wait for it to build and while you sprint across the bridge.
Bridge- If you know the lanes where the mobs spawn, you can spam them with DB, dealing significant damage to them as soon as they exit.
Hallway - 1 DB rocket at 331 kills a shrieker. Also, firing the rockets into the hallway, clears it of thralls for your runner to make the 2nd chest.
Ir Yut- This encounter is where the Rocket Launcher really shines. After killing both wizards, and clearing the shriekers on both sides, rush left and dump 5 remaining DB's shells into her and she literally melts. She barely moves, and basically sits in the AOE damage the whole time. Not to mention it deals TONS of damage to the adds around her.
[i]Also, most of the strike bosses hardly move, which makes DB extremely effective for them. Such as the devil walker, valas, phogoth, sepikis, the templar in VOG and the nexus. The list goes on and on.[/i]
[b]Edit: I'll get some guardians together today, and use our DB's to show just how effective they are. Stand by for youtube links. Give me a day or so, I am a parent so I get about 1-2 hours a day tops. [/b]
[b]Oh wow, this is trending. Apparently people don't believe me.[/b]
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Dragons breath is almost the same as ghorn honestly except the enemy can move out of the solar flare, otherwise the dps is almost identical.
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I agree completely. I love my DB
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4 RepliesNa dude still sucks. Shoulda been arc dmg
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if you want to damage a enemy over time it's better but if you want to kill something quick ghorn is better
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Thanks for the post. Incredibly informative. I'll give it another go.
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2 RepliesHey guys wanna know why ghorn his good? [spoiler]Damage That's it[/spoiler]
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1 Reply[quote]Better than Gjallahorn in many cases. [/quote] Who else just stopped right there?
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I ran dragons breath and ended up being the Boomer distraction. Waste of coins
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All Exotic are great for specific task. A lot of people thought Red Death Sucked and now it is a great alternative for Crota HM since it could help you survive if you dont have Armor with Replenish. Every exotic could have a potential scenario were it could shine.
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This topic has brought the Gjallarhorn fanboys out of the woodworks. Don't get me wrong, I love mine just as much as the next guy but damn.
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it only takes like 9 DB shells to kill sekrion. I was pretty impressed when I used it against him the first time. it also has a really high rate of fire for a rocket launcher.
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10 RepliesOp is so mad he doesn't have a Gjallarhorn that he made himself believe the Dragon's Breath is almost as good. Any Launcher with Tracking = better than DB.
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I want to reference your opinion.
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8 RepliesEdited by xEllimist: 2/3/2015 4:14:30 PMI agree with the title of your post but disagree about your overall premise. I bought a Dragons Breath from Xur the first time he sold it strictly because it looks bad ass and I couldn't get ANY of the good RLs to drop. After playing around with it, I agree that it's better than most give it credit for. It's effective enough in many situations. During VoG(either difficulty) 1) While defending sync plates, you can drop a Solar Flare on the Vex spawn points. The initial blast and Flare should kill, or at least severely weaken, the Vex. 2) Confluxes, again, firing DB and leaving a Solar Flare will help to lock down lanes especially on the Left Conflux 3) Templar doesn't move until he teleports so he'll sit there and take the Flare dmg [i]if[/i] you're able to hit him. 4) The Gorgons don't move once they spot you so if it's your Fireteams goal to kill one, DB will work well here. 5) Gatekeepers, same as Templar, don't move much until they teleport making DB a viable choice at this stage. And same as Confluxes, the Solar Flare can be used strategically to lock down certain lanes. 6) Against Atheon, I don't believe anyone should be using Rockets unless everyone is using them and the goal is to kill Atheon in 17 seconds. Against Crota, you've already listed good examples so I won't elaborate there. And against strike bosses, such as the Devil Walker, Sepiks Prime, Rockets McDickface, and Brogoth, the Dragons Breath can be used well. It's less effective against the Archon Priest due to his constant teleporting unless you have someone with a Black Hammer or Icebreaker and consistently stagger him. The reason I wrote all that is to emphasize that Dragons Breath is not a bad rocket launcher. It's a decent option. [i]If you don't have a better one.[/i] Gjallarhorn does everything Dragons Breath can do but better and more efficiently. The Wolfpack rounds will seek out other targets if the initial rocket kills the original target making GHorn better for clearing out mobs Truth has its godly tracking and while the damage output may not be better than DB(I don't have any numbers to support either direction), the tracking will ensure you hit your target. Hunger of Crota has Tracking and Cluster bombs making it an effective mob and boss killer as well. It was nicknamed "Baby GHorn" and has the added benefit of being Legendary which frees up your exotic slot for Icebreaker, Patience and Time, Suros Regime, or Thorn. Hezens Vengeance is a solid option with its cluster bomb like MIRV Mini Rockets but doesn't have tracking meaning you have to be a good shot. It's a legendary so you still have the option of using certain Exotics. Again, I'm a firm believer that Dragons Breath is a good Rocket Launcher. It has strategic uses. The other RLs just do a better job. That being said, I firmly believe that DB will get a buff in the future so I'm keeping it for now. I just recently got a Ghorn so once that is leveled up completely, Dragons Breath will likely go into the Vault [b]Edited[/b] To correct information I was initially wrong about.
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I have it maxed out and I too agree it is a great launcher, the reason why (I think ) people don't like it is because must people cant aim. no tracking.. must people that I know that don't like db don't even have it leveled up. I say give it a chance. its funny how people assume something about an exotic before they even level it up to its main perk.. but that is their problem not mine. lol
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Love dragons breath
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It sucks.
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I actually have a friend who runs it in the thrall area of CE and it works REALLY well. He replaces it immediately afterwards, though.
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I honestly don't think its as bad as everyone says, it definitely works well its just situational.
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Hey Fireteam, wait a sec so I can take off my Gjallerhorn and put on my Dragons Breath.... [b]said no one ever[/b]
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4 RepliesDragons breath sucks hands down
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Edited by BattleAxe: 2/4/2015 6:05:12 AMI'd like to see it in action in The hallway with the shriekers before the speed run to the chest.
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2 RepliesValus and pholgoth move. You need to play strikes more often.
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Agreed I have Gjallarhorn fully upgraded but in some situations the dragons breath definitely shines as a launcher just takes forethought as it has no tracking.
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4 RepliesIm sorry but dragons breath just wastes a exotic slot. I hate to sound like a little brat but its not that great I HAD it but it looks awesome but with other exotics its not worth it. Icebreaker will always beat it out in my books in certain situations it is better but those situations don't come up that often so not worth it sorry.
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1 ReplyHow about I just blow everything up with gjallarhorn? Less confusion, more kills and problem solved.
