Very Quick Tips: Destiny’s King’s Fall raid

Give it a go, it’s fun

As previously mentioned, I think the King’s Fall raid in Destiny is the best offering yet. It’s clean, doesn’t have very many bugs, and has a lot of variety within its walls. At this point I’m sitting on 15 clears, some for gear, some for fun, and others for quests and fragments (a collectible questline).

Whatever your reason is, here are some tips to help you through.

Getting a group:

This can be the toughest part.

I personally use /r/fireteams, and if that fails, Destiny Tracker or DestinyLFG. There’s also niche sites like The 100 if you want a more personal feel. Yes, it sucks that Bungie hasn’t added in any sort of concession, even party finders, but I use these tools on a near-daily basis with almost no issues. If the group lists a “Sherpa” or “newcomers welcome” party, odds are they’ll be patient with you and teach you the ins and outs of King’s Fall.

The raid itself:

• When starting off, you’ll need to split into two groups, left and right. Two designated runners will grab the relics displayed on the map and slam them into the center where indicated with an orb in the statue. You’ll need to slam less than five seconds apart. Repeat this process on both sides six times, with the relics getting farther away each time. I’ve found that it’s best to send two players each into each side, with two in the center, clearing adds, shooting down the doors that block both sides.

• For the ship-based jumping puzzle, you’ll want to follow the group closely if you’re playing it coy, like you’ve done it before. This ensures that you’ll get on the first ship out, and you can just follow the pack from ship to ship. When it comes to the toughest bit roughly three-fourths through, you’ll want to crouch at the back left to avoid getting knocked off, and then jump from the top left if you’re a Hunter. After you pass through the wall in the next portion, look for a fragment before you go up the teleporter.

• The totem section can be approached the exact same way as the first segment. Split into groups of three, and have two on each side immediately run towards the relic and totem. Have a third player hang back to clear adds, and once the first player runs back, run in and relieve the second player from totem duty. In essence, you’ll need to keep a shield on each side’s totem, which shifts every 30 seconds. When you’re playing middle (step on the trigger until your entire Deathsinger debuff is off), try to use supers as much as possible to drop orbs for your team, and kill the Knights and Wizards as soon as possible, or they’ll cause trouble for everyone else. At the start on the front-most pillar to the right, you can pick up a fragment.

• The Warpriest is actually a rather easy fight. Split up into the following groups — two up on top on the left, two middle, and two right. Designate one person from any side to run forward and look at the incoming glyph order — this explains when players will need to step onto their panel. The last player will always get the shield buff. I’ve found that it’s easy to just meet in the middle twice, as it’s a perfect range for Touch of Malice and other guns. Usually groups at this point can smoke him in two rounds of shields. If not, you’ll want to go middle, right, middle. To get the next fragment hang a left in the dark hallway, then another left — it’s at the end of the line near the door on the right.

• On Golgoroth, there’s a unique strategy that works quite well at the start, especially with at least one Titan. You’ll want to gather everyone in the back, and pop a shield where the rocks open up to prevent Golgoroth from firing in. Since all party members will likely have their supers charged (since the preceding maze is quite lengthy), blow them all, and create a cache of orbs for everyone. You can nab another fragment by heading left and jumping up on the first ledge after Golgoroth.

• For this jumping puzzle, you’ll want to look straight down right away, and head to the right-most platform. The last fragment is there. After that, you can start making your way left and onto the first pressure plate. If you want to cheat the puzzle you can pull out your sword (legendary or exotic, it doesn’t even matter if you have ammo actually) and sword-jump horizontally or vertically across. Just jump, sword, jump, sword, and rinse and repeat until you’ve climbed to your desired location. Practice the timing at the start if you like. If you’re a Hunter, try to save your triple or double-jump for the last moment of impact, otherwise your momentum will be too great and you’ll fly off the edge.

• On the witch encounter, my groups have found that the best spot to shoot them from is the middle, right underneath the opposite witch. It allows for the best Touch of Malice damage. If you find yourself running the relic too often and you don’t have a lot of experience, you can kill yourself (and optionally self-res) to rid yourself of the responsibility. I don’t recommend doing this though unless you are short on time, as everyone has to learn eventually.

• For Oryx, you’ll need to shoot him constantly to keep his chest open while you detonate orbs — keep this in mind in case it doesn’t look like you’re doing a lot of damage. Also, feel free to pop your Three of Coins before you fight the Shade.