Morning ladies, gentlemen and other aliens of this earth. Video is up! This wasnt my grp! It was offered by a kind person! Thank you sir! The strat offers a different position than mine described below but the gist of it is all there! The bubbles you see on both sides are placed by titans with the blinding bubble helm. Enjoy! I will provide a very easy Hard Mode / Normal mode Atheon strategy POST Patch. YOU MUST GO THERE AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK!! DONT BE LAZY !!! LEARN HOW TO RELIC!!! +10 Internet points to the OP http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/75529835/0/0 Without further due, lets get started. [u][b]What is NEEDED ?[/b][/u] I Highly recommend 1 Defender Titan with Weapons of light. The reasons are to follow - If you can't get a Defender titan with at least the Bubble it will most likely be still possible but it will make the fight much harder. [b][u]What kind of WEAPON is suggested?[/u][/b] Bring an Ice breaker OR any High Impact Sniper. Bring LMGs !!! High Impact and High Fire Rate. Atheon will MELT. Bring Rocket Launchers but DO NOT use them inside the bubble. Jump out, then shoot. [u][b]The Strategy in steps[/b][/u] [b]First - [/b] All 6 of you beautiful guardians get behind anything you want and avoid Atheon line of sight... Pretty easy so far right? [b]Second - [/b] When 3 of you get ported. Assuming you watched the videos of the post mentioned above. Whoever is the quickest - Grab the shield and move on. If you are in the Red Zone (Mars, Desert, etc) Whoever has the shield and is half decent should be able to take out all 3 Hobgoblins by him/herself. [b][u]DO NOT ATTACK THE HOBGOBLINS PERIOD IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RELIC - YOU ARE NOT HELPING THE RELIC BEARER PERIOD !! [/u][/b] EDIT NOTE : If you're a hunter and have the Golden Gun UP - Feel free to wreck the hobgoblins :) If you do not have the Relic, just focus the Oracles and move on. The 3 of you should [u][b]ALWAYS[/b][/u] move as one unit. So the cleansing is for one easier and move efficient. Logic 101 there. If you are in the Green Zone (Jungle, Venus, etc) [b][u]ALL OF YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE SHOULD BE TAKING OUT THE MINOTAUR AT ALL COST - THIS -blam!-ER HURTS!!! LMGS ARE RECOMMENDED[/u][/b] The 3 of you should [u][b]ALWAYS[/b][/u] move as one unit. So the cleansing is for one easier and move efficient. Logic 101 there. [u][b]Third part 1 -[/b][/u] If you are the Outside team. Basically hold your position on both portal pylons (where you power up the portal) You can be 2 on one Pylon. Just make sure you activate both. Its just easier to deal with the supplicants. You're welcome to be in different places. It's just my advice. EDIT : If you are on the outside. I would suggest to be on the portal gate themselves after the portals are open. You have a very good overview of the area and its easy to shoot the Supplicant as they spawn. [u][b]Third part 2a -[/b][/u] [u][b]Now the following is for INEXPERIENCED PLAYERS - AKA NEW AT THE FIGHT[/b][/u] If you have the relic - Make sure you cleanse on the exit / on the other side of the portal. If you are new it's easy to get confused when out of the portal and the following spot to be in can be hard to find at first ( You get used to it quickly though) Where do you stand now you ask? In the middle platform! - The Relic Bearer SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE MIDDLE FIRST !!! If you are the relic bearer. Activate your Cleansing Shield AND HOLD IT. The buff you get allows you to maintain it indefinitely. [u][b]IMPORTANT NOTES[/b][/u] Make sure you are in the middle of that platform. Stacked up near each other. Atheon splash damage can still get you if you are not correctly positioned. When you are in the middle - basically shoot at Atheon. (You may ignore the Supplicant during that phase, ill explain shortly how to deal with them) [u][b]DO NOT USE GRENADES / VOID BOMB OR ANY AOE!! ATHEON WILL MOVE AND MAKE IT HARDER TO TUNNEL DPS HIM[/b][/u] Simply use Snipers and LMGS :) If you have more than 3 - 4 supplicants alive while in the DPS phase. One person should be taking at least 2 of them out. Then focus on Atheon [u][b]IMPORTANT NOTES END[/b][/u] [u][b]Third part 2b -[/b][/u] [u][b]Now the following is for EXPERIENCED PLAYERS - AKA NEW AT THE FIGHT[/b][/u] If you know your way around out of every portals, if you have the Relic you may just cleanse your team inside the portal phase when the oracles are half way done (Down the stairs on both sides). Exit through the portal and go to the middle directly. Where do you stand now you ask? In the middle platform! - The Relic Bearer SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE MIDDLE FIRST !!! If you are the relic bearer. Activate your Cleansing Shield AND HOLD IT. The buff you get allows you to maintain it indefinitely. Assuming your team inside has the proper DPS - When you arrive in the middle you should already have the buff and then activate your shield. Doing this will give you an extra 5ish seconds worth of DPS. That alone can make the difference between 2 or 3 portal phases. [u][b]IMPORTANT NOTES[/b][/u] Make sure you are in the middle of that platform. Stacked up near each other. Atheon splash damage can still get you if you are not correctly positioned. When you are in the middle - basically shoot at Atheon. (You may ignore the Supplicant during that phase, ill explain shortly how to deal with them) [u][b]DO NOT USE GRENADES / VOID BOMB OR ANY AOE!! ATHEON WILL MOVE AND MAKE IT HARDER TO TUNNEL DPS HIM[/b][/u] Simply use Snipers and LMGS :) If you have more than 3 - 4 supplicants alive while in the DPS phase. One person should be taking at least 2 of them out. Then focus on Atheon [u][b]IMPORTANT NOTES END[/b][/u] [u][b]Fourth -[/b][/u] That is by far the most important part where the Defender Titan comes into play. At 3 Seconds remaining on the buff. The Titan should pop their bubble in the middle. This will allow the team to remain in the middle while the boss tries to violate you with his OP Torch Hammer of DOOOMM. As soon as he activate Timeshift. Destroy your detain bubble (You wont have an issue taking them out while inside the shield. Its easier than you think.) Then focus on the remaining Supplicants on the sides while staying in the middle. Taking out the supplicant should be done QUICKLY. As soon as its done. Get on the Pylons. [u][b]Fifth -[/b][/u] Rinse and repeat. And GET LOOTS ... Or shards... or Energies... or a Sparrow... or an Aspect of Glass .... Thats it! Please feel free to try it out! One last thing. If you have 2 Titan Defender. You may drop a bubble at the beginning of the DPS phase in the middle with Weapons of light. Makes the Atheon Melting even faster. My team and I did it in 3 portal phase with 2 29s and 4 30s. and in 2 portal phases with 5 30s and 1 29. It took us, in 2 raids. A total of 7 attempts combined. There is no TL:DR. Don't be lazy. Please feel free to submit your feedback! Also note that my main language is French, so my grammar may be relatively bad. Sorry in advance for this :) Thanks! EDIT : This is a basic tutorial, by no means are you to follow this step by step without tweaking it! This post whole point was to provide you all with a basic strategy, if you feel that using Rockets is the way to go. Then please! Comment below and post more useful stuff! Love you all for the support! EDIT 2: Thanks for all the support!!! Really glad this post is getting so many likes and nice replies!!!! Thank you all!!! EDIT 3: Due to so many replies about it. Remove the Do not bring Rockets and changed the what to bring.