The third week of Future 2‘s The Pantheon has kicked off, with Rhulk taking the reins as head honcho. Naturally, gamers will nonetheless must show themselves worthy sufficient to face the Disciple by carving a path via the foes already confronted in The Pantheon: Atraks Sovereign and The Pantheon: Oryx Exalted.

The Pantheon is a four-week occasion centered round a Raid boss rush that will increase in issue as every week passes. The primary week pit gamers towards 4 bosses led by Atraks at a -5 Energy drawback, and week two introduced 5 bosses led by Oryx at a -10 Energy drawback. For The Pantheon: Rhulk Indomitable, gamers face a -15 Energy drawback and 6 bosses, with Rhulk because the finale.

Modifiers matter

As with earlier iterations of The Pantheon, there are some modifiers to think about earlier than dashing in to tackle Rhulk Indomitable. For one, Class Warfare returns from the primary week of The Pantheon. This buff is extremely essential, particularly with the -15 Energy, because it offers a ten% harm buff and harm resistance after utilizing a Class capability. Class Warfare can stack as much as 3 times and applies to all Guardians close to the participant that used their Class capability.

Along with Class Warfare, The Pantheon: Rhulk Indomitable options an Arc and Stasis Surge, empowering weapons of both elemental affinity. It will undoubtedly imply gamers should change their loadouts and alter harm methods to include both Arc or Stasis weapons, making certain the Fireteam makes use of the harm buff. Guardians will want it with the -15 Energy drawback.

The primary 5 bosses

Like The Pantheon: Oryx Exalted, the lead-up to Rhulk is paved with the challenges from earlier weeks of The Pantheon. Gamers will face the 4 bosses from Atraks Sovereign first, adopted by the Oryx Exalted encounter earlier than they will tackle Rhulk.

Whereas there are not any new surprises for the primary 5 bosses, gamers will really feel the distinction of the -15 Energy drawback. Harm should be coordinated and tight, particularly if gamers goal for the par time on every encounter to unlock the Godslayer Title.

Rhulk

Rhulk mechanics

Rhulk is the ultimate boss within the Vow of the Disciple and the final impediment in The Pantheon: Rhulk Indomitable. The sector is separated into two elements, with the primary section occurring downstairs, the place the Rally flag and plate are, and the second section up some stairs additional forward. For the common model of the combat, the group will wish to separate into three groups of two. One group will deal with coordination and advert clear whereas the opposite two groups cross buffs round and dunk on the alters within the enviornment. Every buff group ought to have one runner and one participant on plate responsibility. For ease of rationalization, let’s name one plate and runner group Crew 1, the opposite Crew 2, and the advert clear/coordinators Crew 3.

As soon as the encounter begins, Rhulk will forged an orange bubble barrier over a big a part of the world. Rhulk may also summon a big Darkness Crux above him, and the Crew 2 plate participant ought to destroy this, offering the Leeching Drive buff. In the event that they stand on the plate with Leeching Drive, two extra Crux will seem — one on the left and one on the fitting. Now, every of the 2 Crew 1 gamers can shoot a Crux to obtain Leeching Drive. Lastly, the plate participant on Crew 1 ought to get again on the plate to create two extra Crux for Crew 2. After these are destroyed, Crew 1 ought to have one participant with Leeching Drive, and Crew 2 could have each gamers with the buff.

Whereas that is occurring, gamers not actively concerned in splitting Leeching Drive ought to work on the adverts showing across the six Obelisks within the enviornment. A yellow-barred Glyphkeeper will seem on the closest Obelisks on the left and proper aspect, and people are a precedence so Crew 3 can start studying and coordinating the opposite groups. As soon as each Glyphkeepers are down, gamers with Leeching Drive can learn the left aspect, and gamers with out can learn the fitting. Crew 3 desires to determine the frequent image between the 2 reads, which is able to decide which Obelisks Groups 1 and a couple of can dunk at.

With the learn prepared and three gamers with Leeching Drive, the following step is to dunk the buff six instances. Nonetheless, gamers can’t dunk Leeching Drive as is. After the primary cut up, Rhulk will start transferring to the world’s left, proper, or middle rear to carry out a large laser beam assault. If runners with Leeching Drive enable themselves to get hit by the laser, Leeching Drive will flip into Emanating Drive, and this buff may be dunked. 

Runners can begin getting Emanating Drive as quickly as they’ve Leeching Drive. Simply keep in mind to all the time guarantee one plate participant stays with Leeching Drive, as Emanating Drive can’t be cut up on the plate. If gamers unintentionally find yourself with none participant with Leeching Drive, Rhulk will supply his massive Crux yet one more time earlier than wiping the Fireteam if the buff is misplaced a second time.

It’s really helpful that each runners with Leeching Drive get Emanating Drive collectively to double-dunk, dashing up the entire course of. After the dunk, the lone plate participant (Crew 2) ought to get again on the plate with Leeching Drive to begin the buff juggling once more. The Fireteam gained’t want to fret about one other set of Glyphkeepers, however the dunk positions will change to completely different Obelisks after every set.

As soon as six Emanating Drive buffs are dunked, gamers can cease splitting their buffs and begin to tread towards the steps behind the room. Following yet one more push of provides, Rhulk’s barrier will disappear, and gamers can head as much as the second ground. On this smaller chamber, Rhulk will probably be attacking gamers head-on. He has a cost assault, highly effective kicks, and a multi-directional laser beam. 

Upstairs, gamers will need two runners and everybody else studying. Every time Rhulk prices, he’ll drop his glaive close by. When one of many runners destroys it, they’ll get the Leeching Drive buff, which may turn out to be Emanating Drive by intercepting one among his lasers. Instantly after the glaive is destroyed, Guardians with out Leeching Drive will be capable of see an emblem the place the glaive was. This image corresponds to one of many 4 Obelisks within the corners of the sq. enviornment, the place the runner should dunk their Emanating Drive. I’d suggest assigning the L1 and L2 on the left aspect, with R1 and R2 on the fitting for ease of callouts.

After every Emanating Drive dunk, a chunk of Rhulk’s armor will glow on both his arms or legs. That is the important thing to triggering the harm section, which solely happens after 4 items of his armor are destroyed. As soon as that occurs, Rhulk will change coloration, develop spikes out of his physique, and start attacking extra aggressively, signaling that harm has began. When the harm section ends, Rhulk will crouch down and start casting his bubble barrier once more. Gamers should retreat to the place the plate is downstairs or threat getting tossed off the map.

When gamers handle to push Rhulk far sufficient, he’ll go right into a last stand. That is functionally no completely different from his harm section, however gamers will accrue Emanating Darkness, which begins to make issues tougher to see and kill gamers at ten stacks.

Rhulk adjustments

Probably the most important change for the Rhulk Indomitable combat is the presence of a Rhulk clone when gamers head as much as the second ground. This clone seems shortly after Rhulk begins attacking gamers, spawning from a miniature pyramid. The Rhulk clone can’t be broken and doesn’t drop a glaive or shoot lasers to offer gamers with Leeching or Emanating Drive. He does, nevertheless, observe Guardians round and attempt to kick them to dying. And with the -15 Energy drawback, these kicks actually harm. If gamers want slightly further assist surviving these legs, attempt equipping a Melee Harm Resistance mod.

Aside from the Rhulk clone, Tormentors spawn on the primary and third dunks downstairs. Whereas Tormentors sound scary moving into, Divinity and a few concentrated fireplace make brief work of the foes. In any other case, it’s only a battle to outlive Rhulk’s twin assault and put out sufficient harm to carry him to a swift defeat.