Part 2: Stop the Bathing Ritual
How to Beat the Leviathan Raid in Destiny 2
The first challenge players will have to face after finally clearing the gates of Destiny 2’s Leviathan raid is stopping a bathing ritual. We’re not sure why we need to stop someone’s bath, but if that’s what Emperor Calus wants, that’s what he’s going to get.
Now this challenge requires some tight teamwork, as you must all lock in some moving chains and you’re on an invisible timer of sorts. Take too long and the waters will become corrupted, instantly wiping the entire team and forcing you to start this section over. You’ll notice that there is one glowing platform with an orb in the middle of the room, as well as two on either side of the room. The one in the middle constantly respawns its orb (which is important to remember). You’ll also notice that in the middle room there are three chains with these purple and gold cages. Those are Censers, and they are your main target for the Bathing Ritual.
Now that we have all the important parts of the room in order, it’s time to start. A good strategy is to make two teams of three, one for the left side of the room, one for the right. You’ll have one member of each team in center, one in the front of their side, and one in the back. To trigger the instance, all orbs must be claimed. Now, what you want to do is have the person in the front of each side call out when they have 20 stacks left of the buff granted by the orbs. At that point, the people in the middle will grab the middle orb then swap with the front person. That person will then swap with the back person. And it will keep rotating in that order. Each player on each team will constantly be moving clockwise from Center>Front>Back, and it repeats until the task is done.
The reason you’re swapping constantly is that standing on the platforms on the side lowers chains, that lower the Censers in the middle room. If you stay off of the platforms for too long, they raise back up, and if you take too long you die. So you must have someone always on the platforms dealing with adds as they swarm in. Once all the chains lock on both sides everyone needs to go to the middle.
In the middle room, pick four players to stay center so they can grab the orb and do damage to the Censers (whose cages are now gone). The other two players need to keep the room clear of any enemies so that those in the middle don’t die. Near the end of this phase, a Psion will appear. Kill it (must enter its bubble to do so) and any projections it may have spawned. Once done, repeat the same steps until all Censers are destroyed.
