Use Raid Gear If You Have It
Just like with previous raid challenges, Wrath of the Machine gear has special perks to help make certain aspects of the activity more manageable. Even if you haven’t been able to play through the entirety of the normal raid, you should have still been able to obtain a few pieces of armor and some weapons. All weapons in the raid provide extra damage against Fallen enemies, which are all you’ll find yourself facing when you enter Destiny: Rise of Iron’s raid.
The armor is even more useful. The boots allow you to move faster while running with a cannon, the gloves drastically increase Heavy Ammo drops, and the chest armor protects you as you carry SIVA bombs. The helmet and primary weapons only drop from the final boss, though, so if you want those tools you’ll need to at least beat the entire raid once. But even having just some gear is beneficial. You can balance it out with your favorite exotics and legendaries if need be.
