Oryx – Final Stage
In this final phase of the encounter, Oryx will teleport you into a small arena surrounded by white mist. Here, he will fly between pillars holding his massive sword. Don’t panic and just prepare to take on whatever he sends your way.
As he flies around the room, he’s completely immune to damage. To damage him, you must wait until he charges you. In order to get him to do that, he’ll first have to summon waves of mobs. These are just your standard Taken enemies and nothing to worry about.
As you defeat the last mob, he’ll charge through the mist trying to wail you with his two-handed melee weapon. This can be tricky to avoid since the area of impact of his sword varies. Just jump out of the way as best you can. After he attempts to murder you, he’ll be vulnerable for a few seconds and you must damage him as much as you can during this. Heavy weapons and supers are the best ways to whittle his health.
After the first few swipes at you, he’ll start using a different attack pattern. He’ll send more mobs, then float behind the mist while shooting void fireballs. These are slow and clunky, so they’re pretty easy to avoid. Once he gets done firing, he’ll charge you once again and he should be at low enough health to defeat at this point.
Congratulations, Guardian! You’ve beat back the advances of Oryx in Destiny: The Taken King! Unfortunately, the battle was won, but the war has just started against the Taken. It seems that Oryx will be back and more powerful than ever in the King’s Fall raid.
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