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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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  • I got it max out and it's good wizards hate dragons breath solar it's good but same it won't track enemies then it would have been op as hell

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    • #ibelieve

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    • Another nice thing about DB in the thrallway is that, unlike Gjallarhorn, it does not have a proximity fuse. When you're shooting a shrieker, there's no chance that a stray thrall will cause your rocket to blow up in your face. Underrated weapon.

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      • Thanks for the info, you have finally pushed me to want to max it out!

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        • Edited by bilid: 2/2/2015 4:55:25 PM
          the problem is that gjallahorn does everything better than it, and you have grenades called solar grenades and pulse grenades that work just as good, pulse grenades works amazing as it has increased length, i've cleared a lot of CE raids with my raid team, we've tried lots of setups and realised that dragons breath is not as good a a gjallahorn or hunger of crota for clearing out enemies and we always have a variety of characters so theres atleast 1 warlock and titan for the grenades, even a gjallahorn seems useless until hallway as icebreaker can clear out a shit ton of enemies in 1 shot at the light pillar part and it has increased agility perk. hunger of crota > Dragons breath, does more damage and has tracking, can also kill shriekers in 1 shot on normal while you have to wait 10 seconds for dragons breath to destroy it. overall dragons breath is more of a cheesers weapon and a weapon you would just use to have some fun. it's only good if you don''t have a gjallahorn, hunger of crota or hezen vengence, if it has tracking maybe it will be on par or just below hunger of crota.

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        • Only problem with dragons breath that I have is the solar grenade doesn't last as long as it should, and I feel like it could be bigger and add burning damage to the stuff it hits

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        • All factual information but I still prefer my Ghorn

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        • I would use my Dragon's Breath more if the flare was a little bigger and hand pull to it. But I find the launcher poor compared to my Hunger of Crota. I also would rather have my exotic slot open for red death or Ice Breaker. The Dragon's Breath needs to be aimed so it isnt a quick fire on the run moving target launcher, if you have the time and can plan and aim your shots it is ok.

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        • I agree it's a great launcher. I had it fully leveled after 3 days.

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        • It is a great rocket launcher, but you have to aim, and people don't like that.

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          • There are only two fights I could actually see it being useful. Templar in VoG since he's just stationary, and Ir Slut when she starts singing. Even then it's still really underpowered for taking up the exotic slot.

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          • Good post. I'll maybe start using mine, haven't even started leveling it yet.

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          • Bump for video

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          • Edited by xilxad: 2/2/2015 4:29:33 PM
            I believe you, i didn't use it for the longest time until i did some research. Bungie supplies items sometimes and people don't catch on. It should be good for Crota too as he tends to stand in the same spot but i haven't tried it yet.

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            • Edited by KhorosheyRabotnik: 2/2/2015 4:21:25 PM
              I agree with everything except for your observations on strike bosses. Valus, sekrion, sepiks, and phogoth all have enough movement room where they will flee dead zones. Now the devil tank, he will suffer greatly. Edit: and the Templar. The templar cheese was based on the fact that he fled from dead zones. He may not run off a cliff, but he won't stick around for that.

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              • I used mine for solar purposes until I got HoC which frees up a exotic weapon to be used elsewhere. For that reason alone I really like HoC as I believe HoC and IB are a better combo than any that can be used with an exotic RL equipped.

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                • Its not a bad rocket launcher BUT its not worth the exotic slot. I'd prefer to use VM, Hawkmoon, Icebreaker, thunderlord and Ghorn if you have it (I don't). WHich do much better job since HOC does comparable dmg and its a legendary. Only downfall of HOC is the 6 shells you can carry.

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                • I'm with you on this, especially for bosses/enemies that don't move. Ir Yut, Spider-Walker in the Sepiks Prime Strike, and things like that. Other than that, I'd rather use my Ghorn to just kill everything. When it comes to parts like the lamps, everyone shooting them, killing with rockets usually does enough. If you need some AoE's, throw down a grenade that sticks around with AoE damage.

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                • Or u can just trow a solar grenade

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                • Also, area denial. Shoot it at a door that's spilling hostiles and good things happen. It's also the badassest looking weapon in the game. https://www.google.com/search?q=p40+warhawk&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari#imgrc=D-PPxENQhZcH4M%253A%3Bundefined%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwallpapersinhq.com%252Fimages%252Fbig%252Fp40_warhawk-894042.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwallpapersinhq.com%252F42086-p40_warhawk%252F%3B1920%3B1280

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                • Edited by Flyinpenguin117: 2/2/2015 4:11:42 PM
                  I used it during Crota's End last night for Shriekers, Ir Yut (who dropped me another Dragon's Breath), and Crota. Its surprisingly effective, and still viable against Crota if you're a good shot.

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                  • I have both and agree. Another good spot - crystal in summoning room - it's not going anywhere...

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                    • Have both, Gjallarhorn is much better.

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                      Works just as good on the Crota fight as well. Beat it last night using DB

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                    • Oh I believe you. DB gets a bad wrap cuz some people can't aim a RL without seeking or proximity detonation.

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                      • Love my D Breath. I've been using it lately with the solar flare to get Crotas shield down. Goes pretty fast!

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