Crota’s End: Bridge
The second section of Crota’s End involves getting all six of your fireteam members across a bridge one at a time. This will require team communication as you split up to work individually during certain sections. There are three major threats that you must be aware of at all times if you want to succeed: annihilation towers, sword bearers, and gatekeepers.
The bridge in question requires that a guardian carries a sword in order to cross and is why you can only cross one at a time. Once across the bridge, you will have to deal with a gatekeeper that can only be damaged by the sword. That one gatekeeper spawns each time a sword bearer defeats it is something you want to keep in mind. Creating an un-killable threat for those who have already crossed can and will cause many problems.
To begin, you will want to split up your fireteam into three pairs; this will ensure that you get into a flow before you have to split up. Now, before you head down to trigger the activity, take some time to decide what order you will be crossing the bridge in. It’s a very good idea to send two of your strongest first that way they can cover whoever follows. Another good idea is to keep a sunsinger warlock for last so that they can revive themselves just in case things get a bit hectic on their end.
Once you’ve established who is going to do what and when they are going to do it, you are ready to begin. Make sure to allow the pairs that are covering the left and the right to get into position first. Once the center pair takes position on the bridge plate, it will activate the annihilator towers which wipe your special meter and, if you take too long, will also kill your entire team. This can easily be avoided by making sure someone is standing on the tower plates at all times. If things get hectic, make sure that whoever guards the bridge plate gets off first.
After a few seconds the first sword bearer will make an appearance and should be called out immediately. Whoever is going first should leave their plate and focus on this enemy. Before dealing the death blow, make sure that the bridge is fully formed, the sword is on a timer so the last thing you want is to have to wait for the bridge. If the bridge is in fact ready kill the sword bearer and carry the sword across. Once across, you will have to deal with a gatekeeper that can only be killed by that shiny sword you are now carrying.
To take out the gatekeeper, search him out and begin your attack as soon as possible. They glow blue so they stand out pretty well against the other knights you’ll come across. Your best bet would be to spam the heavy attack which will cause the gatekeeper to flinch and make it much easier to take it down without dying. Once you’ve taken this enemy out, all you have to do is survive until the next sword bearer spawns so you can have a team member join you. Just rinse and repeat until you have three guardians across and you are ready for the next phase of the bridge.
Once you have three guardians across, it’s time to take control of the plates to allow the other three to move freely and survive as they try to cross. The set up is exactly the same as the other side, just make sure that nobody stands on the bridge plate or it will cause the annihilator towers to act up. With all of this settled, you will shortly have all six of your fireteam members across the bridge, but you aren’t out of the fire yet.
Once you have all made it across you will face one more challenge before moving on. There will be two hallowed ogres that will spawn on the left and right along with tons of thrall, acolytes, and a couple of wizards. Focus on just the ogres while moving around to keep out of harms way. Once they are defeated all of the other enemies will disappear and you’re ready to take on the next challenge.
