Final Step: Defeat Emperor Calus
How to Beat the Leviathan Raid in Destiny 2
You may have noticed that there haven’t been any real boss fights in the Leviathan raid up to this point. Sure you had the Royal Beasts, but they were part of a hunt, and not really like any of the bosses Destiny 2 had already thrown at us. But don’t worry, there’s a very real boss fight waiting for you at the end, and it will require coordination and a heck of a lot of fire power.
Upon entering the Throne Room, Emperor Calus is there sipping from his chalice. He is your final challenge. To kick off the fight, shoot the cup out of his hand and start killing all of the enemies he spawns in. When they’re gone the entire fireteam will be transported to another dimension where you’ll see a giant, purple version of Calus’ head. Three orbs will spawn in this room that three of your team members need to grab to head out to the boss room. The other three are just going to have to hold out in the other dimension and wait.
Outside, there will be more adds as well as four Psions spawning on pedestals with symbols above their heads. Do not kill the Psions. Just clear out the adds and wait. The players on the inside of the other dimension will each see a different symbol on the forehead of the floating head. They need to call them out. You’ll notice that these match the symbols above the Psions. Only kill the Psion that is not called out. This will allow the players in the other dimension to move closer to the floating head, while players outside kill more adds and stop Calus from doing a team wipe move. He will spawn a light above his head and start to charge it, just keep shooting him until he stops.
Repeat the above steps until the inside team is close to the head, at which point it will start shooting out Void Skulls. Those players need to survive the onslaught until three more orbs appear that allow them to exit into the boss room for the damage phase.
The entire team needs to jump onto a pedestal together (they’re in a sort of semicircle around the room) and start doing damage to the boss, preferably going for his head. When he points his red beam at the pedestal you’re all on, move to the next pedestal and continue. Use Power weapons, grenades, and supers if you got them just to get as much damage on him as possible. After enough damage, Calus will expose a robotic belly, which is another critical hit point you can and should use.
Once the damage phase is done, just repeat the previous steps to get to another damage phase. After you get Calus down to very low health he will vanish, ending the damage phase. But, like with Oryx and Aksis, he will reappear for one last ditch effort to kill you all. Everyone has to just use their strongest weapons, grenades, supers, whatever they have, to kill him once and for all. Congratulations, you just completed the Leviathan raid in Destiny 2.
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