One detail I absolutely adore in this bossfight is how, after damaging his weak points, he transforms from a composed dark-wielder to a frenzied brawler; from kicking you elegantly to violently slashing his glaive. Everything about this fight screams perfection.
I like to think it’s his true form geting revealed after you break it. Since rhulks a species we have never seen it’s like we break his armour Turning him from a darkness disiple into his true race and he becomes enraged by this and that’s why he hunts you down so relentlessly during the damage phase till he heals his armour
Maybe it's my brain recently on FF14's newest raids, but I can't help but get classic video game vampire vibes from him. Dapper gentleman who exudes power and strength, effortlessly pushing you away. You find him slumbering in a obelisk, and flips upside down gracefully. He invites you to personally fight him once you're pushed his forcefield back, and still gracefully walks around, dashing, kicking you with insane force. Then you make him mad, showing his demonic form. He's much more unhinged here, stomping around, dashing and lasering quickly, hacking at you with his glaive now instead of his kicks. Regains his composure and forces you all back effortlessly.
@@thatoneguy1553those “6” guardiana are elite level, including us, in lore Crota killed 1 thousand guardians and cracked the surface of the moon with a swing of his sword, put some respek on my boy
this raid made me realize that all those years we were fighting suposed gods, only to realize they were only like sith inquisitors from star wars, rhulk shows us what a sith lord is like, and theres many more of them
Rhulk kicked our asses and hes only a DISCIPLE of the Witness. Maybe it's just the name he went by but it sure as hell wasn't "The Upended, First Harbinger of the Witness". i cant imagine the other Lubraens are anything less than him
What I love about the Rhulk encounter is that this is the first enemy that goes from ''haha little maggots'' to ''OH SHIT'' on last stand, showing he literally could have wiped us out when entering the pyramid by extending the darkness aura there.
@Joaquin the darkness entities representing emotions or sins would be a bit too on the nose for bungie, plus there’s the whole “the line between light and dark is so very thin” i think making the disciples represent sins would make them lean too much toward “bad guys”
@@Booooooce They already kinda do. Rhulk *is* arrogant. He lets in to his Pyramid, he talks about how great he is and how little chance we stand against him, then we kill him and he's like "oh. You killed me. I didn't expect that" Calus *is* gluttonous and opulent. His entire schtick is "Grow fat from strength. Party all the time, indulge all the time because we're all gonna die anyway so might as well go out having a great time" Nezerac has been hinted at being a betrayer. So it seems like Bungie already going that route.
One little detail I like is if you manage to make him dash off the stage, he will use his power to walk on the air and make his way back to the boss arena. This boss is all around cool asf.
@@Jay-lz2wc It happens during the stage just before rhulk dps, where you have the 4 places to dunk at by shooting his glaive. Had it happen on my most recent run. Its a small effect but pretty cool regardless. You can also have the entire fireteam hide behind one of the 4 dunking totems, and he'll do the same to walk on thin air to walk around the totem and kick the guardian there
@@thatoneguy487 and it worked, I remember thinking what would happen if I made him dash off the edge. Once he started floating off the air I thought it was the coolest detail during his fight.
@@therandomlaniusedward2140 also if you're in DPS phase, he'll fire his 4-way blast after dashing. If you can make him fall as he does so, I think he dies because he's too focused on firing the blast to float. He also does the death quote, as if he's embarrassed by how stupid his death was.
After Root of Nightmares Raid and the Lightfall campaign, still the best Disciple we faced along with the best Theme OST. We truly were spoiled with Rhulk!
Yea, Nezerac's encounter is a huge step back from Rhulk's. Especially when Nezerac is unable to fight back if you just stood on elevated platforms. Hope Bungie changes the encounter to make Nezerac more threatening.
@@mun123keet I feel like the way Nezarec was supposed to be fought with everyone spread out cause his boss arena is massive, but Well of Radiance completely invalidates that, I'm surprised his suppression attack doesn't disable well.
9:10 DPS phase. In contest mode, hearing this kick in and knowing you have the damage to beat him after 14 hrs of pure grinding may be the best noise ever.
Edric Yeo totally agree, part of why I think crown (outside of 1st encounter) is heavily underrated. 1st encounter honestly wasn’t the worst thing in the world because the music was bangin. The encounter is still terrible, don’t get me wrong
rhulk is an incredible fight simply because he was holding back during the first part. he couldve instantly waxed us the moment we entered the pyramid but instead chose to stay composed and challenge us, thinking he was arrogantly going to win without even revealing his powers. but then phase 2 kicks in, and he actually understands this is a life or death situation, pulls his thumb out of his ass and starts actually swinging to kill. it shows how even though he was incredibly arrogant, he got a reality check mid fight and actually had to start trying to try and beat us.
If only this translated in game better, instead of him repeating the cycle multiple times. Would have been cool to have him drop down and engage directly while we take away his Barrier. By phase 3 he's gone insane throwing beams everywhere, AOEs ect.
Guardians Raid Team: "Oh boy Damage phase, lets bank so we can kill Rhulk!" Rhulk's Raid Team (Him and 5 shadow thralls): "WE'VE BEEN AT THIS ENCOUNTER FOR HOURS, YOU IDIOTS ARE GOING TO PROTECT BANKS WHILE I DPS AND CARRY!"
It is Escanor's line, yet Rhulk says something similar. This happens during a mission in the Savathun's Throne World location, the mission should be called "Preservation", if i recall it correctly.
Instead of that. The leader of the team I ran with said we have to "Big Dick" it. Or as I would like to call it "Leroy Jenkins". We had tokens but when we had no time for DPS and it said "Enrage is near", we had to go full force. And we freaking did it. All the way to final stand and killed Rhulk. Turns out that plan that our leader worked and that was an epic moment for me.
It's so weird, at points like 7:53 you can hear what I think is the guardian theme literally battling against the darkness/pyramid theme for control over the music. Very cool
One great example of this was back during wrath of the machine. The iron lord theme would play during the dps, before having the siva theme come back when he did his map wipe thing.
Yeah, last wish, and deepstones final encounter tracks do it too it goes all the way back to Kings Fall, it's one of my favorite motifs that I've noticed
I've never played D1 but I've heard it was like the same thing when you fought against Aksis. The trumpets overpowering other instruments in the music resembles Guardians overpowering the enemy. If that is the case then that's some good music
We spent about 5 hours on this guy and decided to get some sleep at 5 am and try again the next day because of the contest extension. Being so exhausted and tired really messed with our ability to avoid his attacks, and when we woke up the next morning we killed him within about an hour because we were SO dialed in (goes to show how badly being tired can mess you up). Fucking amazing boss, I don't think I've freaked out as much during a final stand as I did when we beat him.
my team barely didn't make it to final stand, and we never even got close after that. After contest mode was gone we got it first try, the difference in damage is so big
for real, watching the obelisk transform and him elegantly floating down was terrifying and quite unsettling, probably the best boss entrance i've ever seen
Reveal was just as good as rivens imo we had no insight (if you ignored leaks) to what he’d look like as we did with riven and seeing him for the first time was unsettling seeing him come out the shard yet it had a elegant feeling to it.
i love that savathûn’s song is underneath the triumphant ending; i think it points towards her coming back and being an ally soon. it also kind of gives her props; she has always known guardians are the most lethal thing out there and having them discover the pyramid was a good way for her to clear out its presence in her throne world
also: love how the guardian leitmotif and the darkness leitmotif sort of fight each other before the guardian theme really starts to dominate. i love how bungie let’s music reflect what’s going on, they like to have the darkness theme dominate other leitmotifs, and that’s how this one starts, but i absolutely love how it just turns around and becomes this triumphant victory theme. such a good track.
Really? That's what points towards her being an ally soon? You don't think that motif just means she hated Rhuk and is Victorious after death through us?
@@roberttheronin9803 her ghost still lives so the chances of her revival are high and after learning of her betrayal at the hands of the darkness if she does return I doubt she would want to be neutral anymore
The best raid boss in destiny imo. Perfect boss entrance, a new and unique look for a raid boss, a badass damage phase animation, an entirely unique raid boss damage phase where you have to move around instead of grouping up, and of the course the amazing music. 10/10
In the game Kenshi, there’s a character called Beep, a scrawny insect-like being called a hiver who dreams of being the mightiest warrior in the land. Thing is, Rhulk really just looks like a supremely-beefed up Beep, so I like to think that Rhulk is Beep after embracing the Darkness and becoming a being of pure dominance.
From a music theory standpoint this is a fucking masterpiece. The dueling “guardian theme” and “Rhulk theme” slowly tilting to the light as the song progresses is absolutely insane.
Genuinely one of the best raid boss themes since Aksis, if not the best. Really looking forward to hearing more of what they do with the darkness motif
This is on par with rivens theme. The way the darkness theme creeps in during the very start as rhulk reveals himself was enough to put it just as good. Along with the guardian motif playing as we damage rhulk and he is on his frenzy stage hunting us down
From exploring the Vault of Glass to going head to head with the disciple of one of the most powerful beings in the universe, capable of slaying beast of legends like the Leviathan or the Worm gods with a mere thought... We have come a long way!
Welp, I may have spent 45 straight hours of my life trying to beat this guy on contest mode with nothing to show for it, but at least I can say this raid is some of the best content we've seen in years. This music just takes this experience to a whole new level. Easily on par with, if not better, than the badassery of Riven's theme, with a style and thematic substance so much more than any other theme we've had since Regicide. I cannot wait to see what Bungie does next, nor what they do in Lightfall to top this experience.
Multiple disciples at one time during the witness fight 100%. Maybe even savathun will get involved to end the witness after learning of what he done to her and since she’s not dead could still work
We're in the same boat man. First 3 encounters took my team around 7-8 hours, and then we spent around ten more on Rhulk before we started arguing and broke up. I proceeded to do the fight for another 30 hours straight with little to no breaks and have nothing to show for it. It's completely fine though because I had a great time playing this masterpiece of a raid.
If you think about it, it's actually 4 races: 1. Hive at first (and maybe hive worm-scorn combination for Caretaker) 2. Scorn 3. Taken 4. Rhulk himself as Lubraean
@@tompramanaaccount8892 hive are rarely counted but if you want to be that technical about it sure. rhulk is also one enemy and not really a “minor” consistent enemy so he’s rarely counted as well. I think OP meant like main presented races, sort of like KF with hive and taken being the main focus at all times despite if there were say cabal at the beginning. (i know there arent)
I fucking love rhulk's voice too. He is incredibly sinister beyond any other villain we've faced so far.. the only thing that tops him for that... Is the witness. Hearing them speak in their many voices... I got massive chills when they spoke.
It’s especially more epic when Rhulk is walking towards me intimidatingly and I’m just there in the Well of Radiance with my Izzy just going “Bring it daddy longlegs!”
Even a year later, just under halfway into Lightfall, this still takes the cake as the most menacing theme and boss fight I think we've been up against as Guardians
I can't help but feel overwhelmed by just how DEFIANT the damage phase part sounds. You go from fending off hordes of the Witnesses' troops and playing Rhulks games, to going face-to-face with him and showing him how Guardians face the worst threats to Humanity! I come back to this song a lot to relive my memories of doing this raid for the first time with my friends; learning callouts (at least our dipshit callouts) and how the different encounters worked, making jokes that we continue with, and just enjoying what we're doing. I'm happy that I got to enjoy this game when I could, I wish I had the money to get the expansions to keep up with it all.
"You have served your purpose. All that awaits you now, is the gift of death. The darkness beyond your final days." -Rhulk, First Disciple of The Witness
eh it took 6 guardians to kill him, and like Ikora says in the post-raid cutscene, we barely even achieved that. if every pyramid has a disciple of similar strength, we're fucked
The most dangerous mission that we, the guardian, have ever been on. Venturing into the madness itself and fighting a culmination of evil, only to find out there’s many of them just like him out there. The power we face at the hands of Rhulk is but a fraction of what the witness is capable of. This track not only shows the malice we face against, but of things to come. The witness is returning, and we need to prepare for dangers unimaginably greater than Rhulk.
@@joemonkey18 Neither the traveler nor the Black Fleet are the causal forces. They’re vessels, and now knowing that the black fleet wasn’t born from darkness, but from the witness using darkness; it’s very likely there’s something out there pulling the strings for the traveler that isn’t the light itself.
This boss is an incredible feat of Destiny game design. So many times i feel like my team and I are pumping dps into a wall that doesnt even fight back. In a game, the enemy should act like an enemy and fight you. Rhulk really makes you feel like he wants you dead, from trying to wipe you at the start of the encounter, his menacing approach, constant lasers, his glaive strikes, and his signature kick. The boss is actually fighting us for once, and we aren’t just shooting at a wall with a health bar. It feels great, and the ost just makes it feel better. From the first 3 notes you already know this guy means business and isnt afraid to get his hands dirty.
@@jbooth8283 the first time we got to his platform we assumed it would be dps so we welled and got ready, and then he dashed.. first boss that MOVES. Scared the fuck outta my fireteam 😂
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I LOVED the soundtrack of the final boss. Those undertones of the Darkness, of Savathun's song, all finally coming together. Thanks for posting this, going to listen to it for hours. Also Rhulk is a fantastic raid boss, design is impeccable.
Just a note, that giant bone in the first encounter room belongs to the Leviathan from Fundament. It was keeping the worm gods prisoner until Rhulk came along and tore that rib out of it and assumedly killed it with it. And we killed him. Just thought I'd put that out there.
I think the Leviathan is killed by the worm gods in the battle for one of the moons of Fundament, when the sisters were hunting for Taox? i haven't read the lore in a while so i could be spouting nonsense~ but yeah, definitely shows how powerful we can be! with the power of friendship~
@@herewegogain6411 If you’re going off the Books of Sorrow, we already know that they’re unreliable. Up until this season, we fully believed (according to the lore at least) that Fundament was going to be destroyed because of the great wave, but now we know that it was all a lie told by the darkness to keep the Traveler from getting to the Krill.
The books of sorrow said that part, and the books of sorrow have some lies in them. Rhulk’s lore has no reason to lie, and it also seems like he didn’t kill the Leviathan
Rhulk injured it to the point it couldn't do anything he didn't kill it the hive put the last nail in the coffin to its death which explains why it didn't stop the three sisters from freeing the worm gods.
You know, when you fight the Traitor/Ruin of Lubrae, all I can think of is when you hear the choir is the voice of untold billions massacred calling out for revenge.
I always thought that was fitting. Plus a note to make to? This is one of the few Raid Bosses where it feels like instead of us being intimidated by them? We make them realize just how DANGEROUS we really are.
Just the fact that you get a raid boss where it isn’t “ok get in the div b*tch’s well so we can div and burn him” was so refreshing…. It was move or get bodied until final stand and I loved every second of it.
So basically the raid is running around, dunking whilst a dissapointed father looks at you, and THEN you have to duke it out with disappointed father until he does a chestburster on you and dies. Amazing raid, music fits really well, 10/10 would avoid being stomped on.
Then we proceed to (figuratively) dunk Rhulk's head in the deep while he believed he could just hold his breath for however long he wanted. It's like an olympian swimmer just kinda floating in the water until he gets drowned by a bunch of crayon eaters, edgelords, and nerds.
I love the motif of Rhulk's theme and the Guardian's theme constantly battling back and forth throughout this OST, sprinkled with the ever amazing Pyramid leitmotif that pokes its way through so many different scores.
That’s also the reason he’s in savathuns throne world in the first place. I might be wrong but in the lore The Witness gave him a job to take in a species on a world but failed and gone extinct. So rhulk thinks his punishment is being in her throne world
Genuinely the best raid I’ve ever played, Vow of the Disciple is leagues better than Wrath of the Machine ever was, despite its size of course. And this raid has to have the best soundtrack BY FAR, everything about it seems so elegant and terrifying, like the Darkness is persuading us to give in but we as Guardians know it only leads in an endless abyss. Truly the best music I’ve heard in Destiny 2 in a while, can’t wait to see what they do in Lightfall.
final boss music i say this is easily top 3, personally my favorite. overall tracks, replicate and deepstone lullaby are also really good so for me it's hard to rank the top 5. the music team has been killing it for a while now.
@@Red790 I was actually talking about making a Top 25 all-time Destiny tracks video and uploading all the tracks, but my friends said that would fetch a copyright strike and Bungie could possibly just manually take it down. Still been gathering some top Destiny tracks: Deepstone Lullaby (of course!), Bow to No One (Taken King), Seizing the Shard (Warmind)*, The Tangled Shore (background adventurous Indiana Jones music), Whisper of the Worm (from the hidden dungeon), The Farm (Vanilla Desetiny 2 track), Tranquility (Destiny 1 van track), and Passage (Destiny 1 Character select music). *-ua-cam.com/video/Qbg71njUOL8/v-deo.html link incase you wanted to hear it
Final boss this takes the first place section by a long shot. Last Stand and Riven of a Thousand Voices coupled with Shell of What Was maximum take top 3
I used to be a COD guy, but eventually I had enough with the franchise. I made Destiny 2 my new main game. I started playing fully a little after Beyond Light came out. Witch Queen was the first expansion I pre-ordered and played on launch day. Vow Of The Disciple was my first new and original raid on this game, and I must say that the Rhulk boss fight was an epic experience, mostly because everyone seemed to be loving it as much as me as they weren't going on about it being similar to boss fights I haven't experienced before. It felt new not just to me, but to everyone else.
I absolutely ADORE how much this theme highlights the imposing nature of Rhulk and his boss: Being this brand new enemy with awe-inspiring power and the track conveys this dreadful and villainous vibe, then when the damage starts it hypes you up with the triumphant guardian theme while mixing Rhulks villainous theme, clashing and making a sick ass theme (I fucking love destiny's music)
The Pyramid Bass it’s getting harder and harder, at this point I just I think when the witness shows up, those basses are going to blow my head, i hope
After almost 3 years I finally was able to fight Rhulk yesterday, mind you he wasn't very hard to kill. But this music, the setting, the raid up until that point was unforgettable. This may be my new favorite raid.
Bro bungie nailed the "Darkness" soundtracks Like the beyond light main theme just embedded goosebumps all over my body the first time i encountered him
Beyond light theme is a more prevalent Darkness motif, now the Darkness motif here is much more violent and domineering in the beginning signaling "alright no more of this mysterious bullshit im going to fuck you up"
The intro and darkness theme throughout sends me to lower depths. Absolutely love the dread it brings to this theme. They did a fantastoc job on music and the raid. Glad I got to do this day 1
Second to last attempt We get to Last Stand phase and Rhulk is left with a single HP. I could literally have melee'd him and he would have died. Final attempt before my team disbanded, we did over a third of his health on the first damage phase, no deaths, power ammo everywhere ,this was it. The moment we entered second damage phase My internet disconnects. The team disbands. I cried. But there is always next raid.
One of my fav details is when damage phase is over, you have to look at him for the crystal and all he does with his hands behind his back and in damage mode fucking walking up to you. Badass homie
I absolutely adore the clash of music it’s just so perfect, to the damage phase start with the amp of guardian music makes you really feel like a guardian fighting evil, back to the darkness music at the end of damage phase putting you back into a serious trance of battling to get back to damage! This is just a perfect circle of light triumphing over the darkness yet again
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Agreed
D R U M S
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The pyramid sounds over the top are so great
The accidental at 1:14 is such a striking note. Definitely a great detail.
One detail I absolutely adore in this bossfight is how, after damaging his weak points, he transforms from a composed dark-wielder to a frenzied brawler; from kicking you elegantly to violently slashing his glaive.
Everything about this fight screams perfection.
I like to think it’s his true form geting revealed after you break it. Since rhulks a species we have never seen it’s like we break his armour Turning him from a darkness disiple into his true race and he becomes enraged by this and that’s why he hunts you down so relentlessly during the damage phase till he heals his armour
@@adamboy0559 interesting analysis
Maybe it's my brain recently on FF14's newest raids, but I can't help but get classic video game vampire vibes from him. Dapper gentleman who exudes power and strength, effortlessly pushing you away. You find him slumbering in a obelisk, and flips upside down gracefully. He invites you to personally fight him once you're pushed his forcefield back, and still gracefully walks around, dashing, kicking you with insane force. Then you make him mad, showing his demonic form. He's much more unhinged here, stomping around, dashing and lasering quickly, hacking at you with his glaive now instead of his kicks. Regains his composure and forces you all back effortlessly.
@@sauceinmyface9302 he is like Dracula from the Castlevania series, especially Order of Ecclesia, he even has a kick attack.
@@adamboy0559 He didn't think much of us until we broke his weakpoints, which is why he gets serious during dps and goes apeshit.
“Is this a test? Yes… MY test. I deliver you finality.”
-Rhulk
Remember when Crota was the biggest threat to humanity?
Yeah, its been quite some time lmao
He never was anymore he got wrecked by 6 or one 1 simping guardian that craves loot
Crota was actually quite powerful at some point, just very weak during the raid.
@@thatoneguy1553those “6” guardiana are elite level, including us, in lore Crota killed 1 thousand guardians and cracked the surface of the moon with a swing of his sword, put some respek on my boy
Our first ever raid boss that doesn’t stomp but instead kicks you like a soccer ball
But dude the style this guy has to kick you... the sas
@@Ram-hc4hr it’s funny as fuck lol
This is a good thing? 🤣
@@GhostRydr1172 most definitely is
still means that the bosses don’t skip leg day. Stomping or in this case kicking guardians around like no ones business on day one
this raid made me realize that all those years we were fighting suposed gods, only to realize they were only like sith inquisitors from star wars, rhulk shows us what a sith lord is like, and theres many more of them
You have a point, and its honesty terrifying.
If the witness don't scream infinite power then I'mma riot
Witness is Darth Nihilus confirmed
What’s scary is that while he’s a “Sith lord”, he’s still just the apprentice.
Rhulk kicked our asses and hes only a DISCIPLE of the Witness. Maybe it's just the name he went by but it sure as hell wasn't "The Upended, First Harbinger of the Witness". i cant imagine the other Lubraens are anything less than him
What I love about the Rhulk encounter is that this is the first enemy that goes from ''haha little maggots'' to ''OH SHIT'' on last stand, showing he literally could have wiped us out when entering the pyramid by extending the darkness aura there.
Such is the (former) Disciple of Arrogance, Rhulk.
@@MagatsuDiarahan couldn't have said it better
@Joaquin the darkness entities representing emotions or sins would be a bit too on the nose for bungie, plus there’s the whole “the line between light and dark is so very thin” i think making the disciples represent sins would make them lean too much toward “bad guys”
@@Booooooce ?
But they are bad people. Only makes sense since the darkness’s folks are out to end everything that isn’t the final shape.
@@Booooooce They already kinda do. Rhulk *is* arrogant. He lets in to his Pyramid, he talks about how great he is and how little chance we stand against him, then we kill him and he's like "oh. You killed me. I didn't expect that"
Calus *is* gluttonous and opulent. His entire schtick is "Grow fat from strength. Party all the time, indulge all the time because we're all gonna die anyway so might as well go out having a great time"
Nezerac has been hinted at being a betrayer. So it seems like Bungie already going that route.
The Incredible Rhulk.
"RHULK..... SMASH" *roundhouse kicks you into oblivion*
Rhulk Rhogan
It's funnier when you realize that Rhulk is the nickname for Red Hulk.
Funny thing is when I was googling for Rhulk lore google just kept changing the name to hulk 😂
"Now It's Rhulk Time!"
One little detail I like is if you manage to make him dash off the stage, he will use his power to walk on the air and make his way back to the boss arena. This boss is all around cool asf.
where? when does this happen? does someone have a video please
@@Jay-lz2wc It happens during the stage just before rhulk dps, where you have the 4 places to dunk at by shooting his glaive. Had it happen on my most recent run. Its a small effect but pretty cool regardless. You can also have the entire fireteam hide behind one of the 4 dunking totems, and he'll do the same to walk on thin air to walk around the totem and kick the guardian there
@@thatoneguy487 and it worked, I remember thinking what would happen if I made him dash off the edge. Once he started floating off the air I thought it was the coolest detail during his fight.
One small fun I had: If you manage to kill him during his dash, he will just fall. It was hilarious af.
@@therandomlaniusedward2140 also if you're in DPS phase, he'll fire his 4-way blast after dashing. If you can make him fall as he does so, I think he dies because he's too focused on firing the blast to float.
He also does the death quote, as if he's embarrassed by how stupid his death was.
After Root of Nightmares Raid and the Lightfall campaign, still the best Disciple we faced along with the best Theme OST. We truly were spoiled with Rhulk!
Root of Nightmares is good. But I felt like Vow was better. I even like Rhulk’s music more than Nezerac’s.
Yea, Nezerac's encounter is a huge step back from Rhulk's. Especially when Nezerac is unable to fight back if you just stood on elevated platforms. Hope Bungie changes the encounter to make Nezerac more threatening.
@@mun123keet I feel like the way Nezarec was supposed to be fought with everyone spread out cause his boss arena is massive, but Well of Radiance completely invalidates that, I'm surprised his suppression attack doesn't disable well.
@@xghostx9715i like rhulks overall theme more, but nezzys final stand dps music is peak ost for me
Facts
9:10 DPS phase. In contest mode, hearing this kick in and knowing you have the damage to beat him after 14 hrs of pure grinding may be the best noise ever.
Guardian motiff being the dps phase man, michael salvatori hitting the nail on its head again, Music makes a good 50% of whether a raid is good
You speak facts
Edric Yeo totally agree, part of why I think crown (outside of 1st encounter) is heavily underrated. 1st encounter honestly wasn’t the worst thing in the world because the music was bangin. The encounter is still terrible, don’t get me wrong
Man you beat him after 14 hours? Took me over 26 to finally clear it...
One of the best dps soundtracks in the game
rhulk is an incredible fight simply because he was holding back during the first part. he couldve instantly waxed us the moment we entered the pyramid but instead chose to stay composed and challenge us, thinking he was arrogantly going to win without even revealing his powers. but then phase 2 kicks in, and he actually understands this is a life or death situation, pulls his thumb out of his ass and starts actually swinging to kill.
it shows how even though he was incredibly arrogant, he got a reality check mid fight and actually had to start trying to try and beat us.
Unfortunately he realized it too late and that was his biggest mistake
If only this translated in game better, instead of him repeating the cycle multiple times.
Would have been cool to have him drop down and engage directly while we take away his Barrier.
By phase 3 he's gone insane throwing beams everywhere, AOEs ect.
Guardians Raid Team: "Oh boy Damage phase, lets bank so we can kill Rhulk!"
Rhulk's Raid Team (Him and 5 shadow thralls): "WE'VE BEEN AT THIS ENCOUNTER FOR HOURS, YOU IDIOTS ARE GOING TO PROTECT BANKS WHILE I DPS AND CARRY!"
Every raid boss prior to Rhulk: Planet Shattering Stomp!!!
Rhulk: Just a simple kick.
Yet it's probably the most BM thing a boss has done in forever
And it's called the 'Savage Strike'.
What a gentleman
@@prstechnic1774 Yes, his species must have been a very polite kind
My man goes: fuck outta here boy
"Why should I bare any hatred to someone obviously weaker than myself? All feel is pity"- Gigachad Rhulk
That's Escanor's line! Fitting considering rhulk acts overconfident.
It is Escanor's line, yet Rhulk says something similar. This happens during a mission in the Savathun's Throne World location, the mission should be called "Preservation", if i recall it correctly.
*ENRAGE IS NEAR!*
"Token check !"
"We got no tokens..."
Wipe!
Literally just did this with a lfg group! So hype. Stressful doing the damage prep phase with no errors.
"In terms of tokens....we have no tokens."
Instead of that. The leader of the team I ran with said we have to "Big Dick" it. Or as I would like to call it "Leroy Jenkins". We had tokens but when we had no time for DPS and it said "Enrage is near", we had to go full force. And we freaking did it. All the way to final stand and killed Rhulk. Turns out that plan that our leader worked and that was an epic moment for me.
Outta tokens, ain’t outta options
It's so weird, at points like 7:53 you can hear what I think is the guardian theme literally battling against the darkness/pyramid theme for control over the music. Very cool
One great example of this was back during wrath of the machine. The iron lord theme would play during the dps, before having the siva theme come back when he did his map wipe thing.
Yeah, last wish, and deepstones final encounter tracks do it too it goes all the way back to Kings Fall, it's one of my favorite motifs that I've noticed
I've never played D1 but I've heard it was like the same thing when you fought against Aksis. The trumpets overpowering other instruments in the music resembles Guardians overpowering the enemy. If that is the case then that's some good music
its actually so sick. its a great subtle representation of the light fending off the forces of Darkness. Such as Rhulk
@@linkofdoom24 We also had The Guardian' theme there, super fucking cool.
This is such a wild boss fight, congrats to those who were able to do it on contest mode
Did you get kicked by the disciple? Because he can kick you like a distinguished gentleman
Me and my team made it to him on day 1and holy God he slaughtered us
We spent about 5 hours on this guy and decided to get some sleep at 5 am and try again the next day because of the contest extension. Being so exhausted and tired really messed with our ability to avoid his attacks, and when we woke up the next morning we killed him within about an hour because we were SO dialed in (goes to show how badly being tired can mess you up).
Fucking amazing boss, I don't think I've freaked out as much during a final stand as I did when we beat him.
@@IAmTehEllie Nice job. My team go to 2/3 health and we didn't so it in time. RIP.
my team barely didn't make it to final stand, and we never even got close after that. After contest mode was gone we got it first try, the difference in damage is so big
the intro goes crazy I felt my soul leaving my body seeing him for the first time
for real, watching the obelisk transform and him elegantly floating down was terrifying and quite unsettling, probably the best boss entrance i've ever seen
When he came out of the crystal or whatever like a fucking bat I lost my shit
Reveal was just as good as rivens imo we had no insight (if you ignored leaks) to what he’d look like as we did with riven and seeing him for the first time was unsettling seeing him come out the shard yet it had a elegant feeling to it.
@@adamboy0559 seeing her... I think the wish dragon was a she 😬
@@Donts_blackwell the him and he was referring to rhulk who I’m very sure is a male
The second you hear those first three notes, you know who you're up against.
An agent of Darkness...
@@elitegamer9310 the final shape of the Lubraeans...
Walter white
@@DABBY_D jesse we need to cook
@@heheheiamderpmatter375 im pretty sure it shares the same notes as breaking bads intro
i love that savathûn’s song is underneath the triumphant ending; i think it points towards her coming back and being an ally soon. it also kind of gives her props; she has always known guardians are the most lethal thing out there and having them discover the pyramid was a good way for her to clear out its presence in her throne world
also: love how the guardian leitmotif and the darkness leitmotif sort of fight each other before the guardian theme really starts to dominate. i love how bungie let’s music reflect what’s going on, they like to have the darkness theme dominate other leitmotifs, and that’s how this one starts, but i absolutely love how it just turns around and becomes this triumphant victory theme. such a good track.
There's countless number of motifs. It's my favorite part about the music in these games.
Really? That's what points towards her being an ally soon? You don't think that motif just means she hated Rhuk and is Victorious after death through us?
@@roberttheronin9803 her ghost still lives so the chances of her revival are high and after learning of her betrayal at the hands of the darkness if she does return I doubt she would want to be neutral anymore
@@tabbymonster66 yes. However its certainly not the leitmotif in this track that points towards it
Bro really said “SQUARE THE FUCK UP” and then drop kicked us all the way back to the beginning of destiny 1
The best raid boss in destiny imo. Perfect boss entrance, a new and unique look for a raid boss, a badass damage phase animation, an entirely unique raid boss damage phase where you have to move around instead of grouping up, and of the course the amazing music. 10/10
9/10 for me i wish he was a little more faster {Not like lighting fast} but overall yeah is extreamly fun to fight.
Riven legit is just a perfect encounter, this guy is both better and worse than Riven, though I don't know the words to explain what I mean
@@arzr_er better from having better mechanics to fight him but worse because the mechanic before fighting the boss aren't original?
@@arzr_er Agreed. This is cool, but Riven… (chef kiss)
Isn't he just a tall dude with glaive?
I like when he says “it’s Rhulkin’ time!” Before he instantly Rhulk’s us
Yeah his attack does one rhulkillion damage it’s insane
Rhulk vs Morbius who would win?
I loved getting Rhulked by Rhulk for 6 hours straight on day one.🥵
I have already a rhulkillion clears, but still no raid exotic.
He Rhulked all over the teams on day 1
IT HAS RETURNED
LET US DROWN IN THE DEEP ONCE MORE
Rhulk was on some bullshit with "you will drown in the Deep" until we waterboarded the fuck out of him into the Deep
In the game Kenshi, there’s a character called Beep, a scrawny insect-like being called a hiver who dreams of being the mightiest warrior in the land. Thing is, Rhulk really just looks like a supremely-beefed up Beep, so I like to think that Rhulk is Beep after embracing the Darkness and becoming a being of pure dominance.
“You have served your purpose. Now all that awaits you is death. The darkness beyond your days.”
“What?”
“I mean, beep!”
“BEEP IS NOW HERALD OF THE DARKNESS! THERE WILL BE CHANGES!”
oh my god he does
From a music theory standpoint this is a fucking masterpiece. The dueling “guardian theme” and “Rhulk theme” slowly tilting to the light as the song progresses is absolutely insane.
Genuinely one of the best raid boss themes since Aksis, if not the best. Really looking forward to hearing more of what they do with the darkness motif
Don’t forget riven and shaniks’s themes their great
I gotta mention Riven, that theme was sheer perfection with the setting and mood of that fight
This is on par with rivens theme. The way the darkness theme creeps in during the very start as rhulk reveals himself was enough to put it just as good. Along with the guardian motif playing as we damage rhulk and he is on his frenzy stage hunting us down
Finally someone recognizes how good eyes up was.
@@oliverchaparro8109 rivens is good, shaniks idk about that
5:18 - 5:34 is my favorite part and it wakes me during 3rd phase when we have no revive tokens left
I was really excited when I first heard this part in game
I was looking for this
From exploring the Vault of Glass to going head to head with the disciple of one of the most powerful beings in the universe, capable of slaying beast of legends like the Leviathan or the Worm gods with a mere thought...
We have come a long way!
When 3:09 starts and the motif of Rise explodes in, you know what to do.
Show him the fury of your Light.
thank you so much! i had been looking for this theme for forever
@@hoop_dawg8939 I found out what the motif was not long ago myself after living for every single time it popped up in themes lol
this part legit gives me goosebumps
*IT'S SHOWTIIMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
Literal light spam
Welp, I may have spent 45 straight hours of my life trying to beat this guy on contest mode with nothing to show for it, but at least I can say this raid is some of the best content we've seen in years. This music just takes this experience to a whole new level. Easily on par with, if not better, than the badassery of Riven's theme, with a style and thematic substance so much more than any other theme we've had since Regicide. I cannot wait to see what Bungie does next, nor what they do in Lightfall to top this experience.
Same
Multiple disciples at one time during the witness fight 100%. Maybe even savathun will get involved to end the witness after learning of what he done to her and since she’s not dead could still work
We're in the same boat man. First 3 encounters took my team around 7-8 hours, and then we spent around ten more on Rhulk before we started arguing and broke up. I proceeded to do the fight for another 30 hours straight with little to no breaks and have nothing to show for it. It's completely fine though because I had a great time playing this masterpiece of a raid.
Hey, aleast u got an emblem which no body cares about lol and nobody know whats it means
valiant effort guardian, kingsfall is yours in a few seasons
Man. Things were so intense in this raid. Where was darkness like this in light fall.
Rhulk felt like a genuine final boss, but calus was lacking and the witness was just kinda there
What I loved about this Raid was that there were two enemy types the teams had to face instead of a one enemy-based raid.
If you think about it, it's actually 4 races:
1. Hive at first (and maybe hive worm-scorn combination for Caretaker)
2. Scorn
3. Taken
4. Rhulk himself as Lubraean
@@tompramanaaccount8892 hive are rarely counted but if you want to be that technical about it sure. rhulk is also one enemy and not really a “minor” consistent enemy so he’s rarely counted as well. I think OP meant like main presented races, sort of like KF with hive and taken being the main focus at all times despite if there were say cabal at the beginning. (i know there arent)
@@aeosic Yeah true, is just lorewise there are 4 races included here. From gameplay perspective, it's only 2.
Most big raids are like that. KF LW and now Vow
@@roberttheronin9803 ? Last Wish was all taken
I fucking love rhulk's voice too. He is incredibly sinister beyond any other villain we've faced so far.. the only thing that tops him for that... Is the witness. Hearing them speak in their many voices... I got massive chills when they spoke.
feel like giving up yet?
Hmm, Oryx is something too
@@Donts_blackwell Oryx was litterally like a pet to them
@@calus_bath_water nobody cares. oryx is still badass
@@calus_bath_water I'm fairly confident Oryx would beat Rhulk
Those Darkness motifs are just dripping with menace. Even though my team never got through to damage phase, I loved every encounter start
He's just standing there!
Menacingly!
I actually truly believe getting to third DPS phase and hearing 8:37 is the hypest moment this entire game can possibly offer
A song in a game hasn't given my a boost in ages. Props to Bungie.
It’s especially more epic when Rhulk is walking towards me intimidatingly and I’m just there in the Well of Radiance with my Izzy just going “Bring it daddy longlegs!”
It is definitely more fun to 3-phase him rather than mash it just to get the final 1/3 bar music.
This track is straight metal. Very close to the final shape.
I wonder, oh Guardian mine. What will remain after your Light is winnowed?
32 clears on Vow and I still agree with this statement. Getting to DPS3/Final Stand is pure serotonin.
This exceeds the OST version, thank you so much
The OST one is his main leitmotif.
Even a year later, just under halfway into Lightfall, this still takes the cake as the most menacing theme and boss fight I think we've been up against as Guardians
I learned from Nezarec that menacing themes has their own distinct ways of nuance.
I can't help but feel overwhelmed by just how DEFIANT the damage phase part sounds. You go from fending off hordes of the Witnesses' troops and playing Rhulks games, to going face-to-face with him and showing him how Guardians face the worst threats to Humanity!
I come back to this song a lot to relive my memories of doing this raid for the first time with my friends; learning callouts (at least our dipshit callouts) and how the different encounters worked, making jokes that we continue with, and just enjoying what we're doing. I'm happy that I got to enjoy this game when I could, I wish I had the money to get the expansions to keep up with it all.
"You have served your purpose. All that awaits you now, is the gift of death. The darkness beyond your final days." -Rhulk, First Disciple of The Witness
the fact that we can kill wielders of darkness speaks volumes of how powerful guardians can be. we killed gods before but nothing like this.
eh it took 6 guardians to kill him, and like Ikora says in the post-raid cutscene, we barely even achieved that. if every pyramid has a disciple of similar strength, we're fucked
@@jurb156 in sure they'll let us go 1 by one :)
@@jurb156 we keep getting stronger
@@jurb156 guardian plot armor stronger than optimus prime
@@jurb156 and also it is implied at the start of the battle Rhulk wasn't trying by his dialogue. Like his yawn for example.
This music takes on a whole new meaning after Rhulk Indomitable…
"Hey, you know what's funnier than one Rhulk?"
The most dangerous mission that we, the guardian, have ever been on. Venturing into the madness itself and fighting a culmination of evil, only to find out there’s many of them just like him out there. The power we face at the hands of Rhulk is but a fraction of what the witness is capable of. This track not only shows the malice we face against, but of things to come. The witness is returning, and we need to prepare for dangers unimaginably greater than Rhulk.
Meh
we'll figure out how to one phase them in due time
@@moopersworthninjason42nd81 we’ll find a cheese for Megamind
There could be a possibility that something like the witness is in the traveler if you watch the lore
@@joemonkey18 no
@@joemonkey18 Neither the traveler nor the Black Fleet are the causal forces. They’re vessels, and now knowing that the black fleet wasn’t born from darkness, but from the witness using darkness; it’s very likely there’s something out there pulling the strings for the traveler that isn’t the light itself.
This boss is an incredible feat of Destiny game design. So many times i feel like my team and I are pumping dps into a wall that doesnt even fight back. In a game, the enemy should act like an enemy and fight you. Rhulk really makes you feel like he wants you dead, from trying to wipe you at the start of the encounter, his menacing approach, constant lasers, his glaive strikes, and his signature kick. The boss is actually fighting us for once, and we aren’t just shooting at a wall with a health bar. It feels great, and the ost just makes it feel better. From the first 3 notes you already know this guy means business and isnt afraid to get his hands dirty.
This music playing while jumping and try to dodge his glaive and kicks... oh boi
When where fist got to dps my I got kicked by him and my friend just said yo you got kicked bro, me I know I was there
@@jbooth8283 the first time we got to his platform we assumed it would be dps so we welled and got ready, and then he dashed.. first boss that MOVES. Scared the fuck outta my fireteam 😂
I honestly believe Rhulk was the peak of raids in destiny history.
“Witness, FORGIVE MEEEEE!”
I'm sorry you've experienced so much trouble recently but I really appreciate your services. I hope that when the strikes are resolved you continue your work and that not everything has been lost; so much on your channel is available nowhere else
Wdym, what happened? I feel like i might know what ur talking about since I recently noticed one of his videos disappeared but can you elaborate?
@@regen3128 From what I know, someone was abusing the yt copyright claim system on yt and started claiming videos left and right. Even from the official destiny 2 yt channel and bungie themselves. This impacted all types of destiny creators leading to multiple strikes and very close calls of channels being deleted. Bungie seems to have resolved the issue with yt and highlighted their content and copyright guidelines saying that none of the people affected had breached the guidelines. They apologized that it took a while for them to notice and will do their best to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Thankfully the strikers are being sued by bungie themselves
For about 150k per a strike if I remember correctly
I LOVED the soundtrack of the final boss. Those undertones of the Darkness, of Savathun's song, all finally coming together. Thanks for posting this, going to listen to it for hours.
Also Rhulk is a fantastic raid boss, design is impeccable.
8:36 this part makes me want to learn how to play French Horn JUST so I can play this around my house to announce that its DPS phase to my family.
Ah, so thats how it sounds like. (Said by a person who couldn't get passed caretaker)
you and me both homie
Beat caretaker with only five hours of the extra day to go :(
@@Aussie-boi let's go way to push through
Trust me, you did not want to be there on day 1. Stayed up 29 hours straight to get it done and was a literal zombie towards the end
Just a note, that giant bone in the first encounter room belongs to the Leviathan from Fundament. It was keeping the worm gods prisoner until Rhulk came along and tore that rib out of it and assumedly killed it with it. And we killed him. Just thought I'd put that out there.
No wonder he one shots us
I think the Leviathan is killed by the worm gods in the battle for one of the moons of Fundament, when the sisters were hunting for Taox? i haven't read the lore in a while so i could be spouting nonsense~ but yeah, definitely shows how powerful we can be! with the power of friendship~
@@herewegogain6411 If you’re going off the Books of Sorrow, we already know that they’re unreliable. Up until this season, we fully believed (according to the lore at least) that Fundament was going to be destroyed because of the great wave, but now we know that it was all a lie told by the darkness to keep the Traveler from getting to the Krill.
The books of sorrow said that part, and the books of sorrow have some lies in them. Rhulk’s lore has no reason to lie, and it also seems like he didn’t kill the Leviathan
Rhulk injured it to the point it couldn't do anything he didn't kill it the hive put the last nail in the coffin to its death which explains why it didn't stop the three sisters from freeing the worm gods.
You know, when you fight the Traitor/Ruin of Lubrae, all I can think of is when you hear the choir is the voice of untold billions massacred calling out for revenge.
I always thought that was fitting. Plus a note to make to? This is one of the few Raid Bosses where it feels like instead of us being intimidated by them? We make them realize just how DANGEROUS we really are.
@@williambeck2372 gotta love how by all accounts we should be crushed, and yet we have rhulk running scared off pure confidence
If Rhulk had taken us seriously, I doubt we would even be alive to see Lightfall.
Without a doubt one of the most unique final raid fights we ever had..... *he fookin walks around during damage phase*
Just the fact that you get a raid boss where it isn’t “ok get in the div b*tch’s well so we can div and burn him” was so refreshing…. It was move or get bodied until final stand and I loved every second of it.
Most Bosses: "Waaah, noooo, you can't come up to me! That's not fair! I'll stomp you away!"
Rhulk: "C'mere so I can kick the shit out of you"
When the word true can't describe how correct you are
And I'mma walk up to you with a stride that says, "Yeah, the fuck you going to do about it?"
So basically the raid is running around, dunking whilst a dissapointed father looks at you, and THEN you have to duke it out with disappointed father until he does a chestburster on you and dies.
Amazing raid, music fits really well, 10/10 would avoid being stomped on.
Said disappoined father kicks you if you make a mistake
@@itsharibonph As he do, but at least we learn after one wipe or several 🤣
@@Orionis_Delta XD trueee
Rhulk is literally the biggest chad in destiny lore. Go read the lore if you want to find out why. Also he's definitely not dead
where could I read it?
Which lore book do I find his chadness in?
@@jush2000 Shattered Suns and Raid Armor Lore
I dunno he looked pretty dead to me
The Darkness doesn't work like that lol if you die then you deserve to die in their eyes.
The og Destiny theme in this is SOOOOOOO good 3:40
No sir. That’s YOUR theme. The Guardians Theme
“Welcome children of The Light. Drown in the deep or rise from it.” -Rhulk
Then we proceed to (figuratively) dunk Rhulk's head in the deep while he believed he could just hold his breath for however long he wanted. It's like an olympian swimmer just kinda floating in the water until he gets drowned by a bunch of crayon eaters, edgelords, and nerds.
@@10THPROPHET 🤣🤣🤣
It’s great that guy even taunts you if you mess up during the encounter
2 years later, Salvations Edge is released and Rhulk STILL has the best music in my opinion
I love when the drums kick in when people are reading the call outs, gets me so pumped for DPS
Thank you! Having beaten contest I wanted to hear this again but the official version Bungie put up only has like half the track...
I love the motif of Rhulk's theme and the Guardian's theme constantly battling back and forth throughout this OST, sprinkled with the ever amazing Pyramid leitmotif that pokes its way through so many different scores.
We managed to complete in contest actually after 40 hours being awake... This song kept me alive and motivated.
We beat it too. When I watched my friends game clip, it broke my heart that he had music turned off lmaao
@@lookatmyzombies9377 Some people don't realize its the music cue that clues you in for the DPS phase
this such a sinister theme from the start and them ending with a bang when the guardian go toe to toe with him(damage phase)i love it
"He's just a raid boss. What could he do except for stomping?"
Kicking
0:01 I FUCKING LOVE THAT DRAMATIC DARKNESS MOTIF! It just says your extinction is nigh.
canonically, his pride and arrogance got him killed
Dude really thought he was just gonna do a bit of trolling lmao
That’s also the reason he’s in savathuns throne world in the first place. I might be wrong but in the lore The Witness gave him a job to take in a species on a world but failed and gone extinct. So rhulk thinks his punishment is being in her throne world
Genuinely the best raid I’ve ever played, Vow of the Disciple is leagues better than Wrath of the Machine ever was, despite its size of course. And this raid has to have the best soundtrack BY FAR, everything about it seems so elegant and terrifying, like the Darkness is persuading us to give in but we as Guardians know it only leads in an endless abyss. Truly the best music I’ve heard in Destiny 2 in a while, can’t wait to see what they do in Lightfall.
saying its better than wrath is a BOLD statement bruh......
No. Wrath is better.
Wrath was fun, but imo vow is way better, especially with rhulks design
last wish better
@@prstechnic1774 I love wrath and SIVA, in fact im prob the guy that wants it to come back the most,
but no. vow is better.
The reverb on that snare like a trash can getting smacked with a baseball bat inside a cathedral
I love it
As a drummer we called this St. Anger snare drum by Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich
Pretty much described a the pre dps phase where rhulk beats everyone up with his kicks lmao
This really reminds me of nightmare king Grimm
and it is glorious for someone who could have only been contained
sEH
Normal Grimm: a dance
NKG: Pulls out a guitar and starts playing metal
This could be a top five Destiny track right here. I also highly rank Queenswalk, Oryx Last Stand, and Aksis, Archon Prime (Phase 2)
final boss music i say this is easily top 3, personally my favorite. overall tracks, replicate and deepstone lullaby are also really good so for me it's hard to rank the top 5. the music team has been killing it for a while now.
@@Red790 I was actually talking about making a Top 25 all-time Destiny tracks video and uploading all the tracks, but my friends said that would fetch a copyright strike and Bungie could possibly just manually take it down. Still been gathering some top Destiny tracks: Deepstone Lullaby (of course!), Bow to No One (Taken King), Seizing the Shard (Warmind)*, The Tangled Shore (background adventurous Indiana Jones music), Whisper of the Worm (from the hidden dungeon), The Farm (Vanilla Desetiny 2 track), Tranquility (Destiny 1 van track), and Passage (Destiny 1 Character select music). *-ua-cam.com/video/Qbg71njUOL8/v-deo.html link incase you wanted to hear it
Final boss this takes the first place section by a long shot. Last Stand and Riven of a Thousand Voices coupled with Shell of What Was maximum take top 3
This, Shell of What Was and Look Within are pure perfection
I mean in my opinion you have to put extinction protocol from replicate in there but you can never forget queenswalk
This guys glaive needs to be a collectible item in real life, I can't get over it it's so dope
I used to be a COD guy, but eventually I had enough with the franchise. I made Destiny 2 my new main game. I started playing fully a little after Beyond Light came out. Witch Queen was the first expansion I pre-ordered and played on launch day. Vow Of The Disciple was my first new and original raid on this game, and I must say that the Rhulk boss fight was an epic experience, mostly because everyone seemed to be loving it as much as me as they weren't going on about it being similar to boss fights I haven't experienced before. It felt new not just to me, but to everyone else.
I absolutely ADORE how much this theme highlights the imposing nature of Rhulk and his boss: Being this brand new enemy with awe-inspiring power and the track conveys this dreadful and villainous vibe, then when the damage starts it hypes you up with the triumphant guardian theme while mixing Rhulks villainous theme, clashing and making a sick ass theme
(I fucking love destiny's music)
The fact that they don’t include the strings of 5:18 in the official released track should be a crime
The Pyramid Bass it’s getting harder and harder, at this point I just I think when the witness shows up, those basses are going to blow my head, i hope
I’ll admit, I’ve intentionally thrown on second damage phase just to listen to the violin part on more than one occasion
I died so many times because instead of splitting the buff, I was focused on the music. It's so good, like damn.
After almost 3 years I finally was able to fight Rhulk yesterday, mind you he wasn't very hard to kill. But this music, the setting, the raid up until that point was unforgettable. This may be my new favorite raid.
Can’t believe I spent 30 hours trying to fight this guy for a useless jpeg. But at least his theme slaps
Damn, did Rhulk drop an NFT?
@@sweep_swoop you have to screenshot it during last stand. It distracts him from wiping you and extends the damage phase.
That intro will always give me chills
Now that Normal mode has been enabled I can finally dive in. Congratulations to those whom cleared it on Contest mode!
That snare is so pure and filthy at the same time.
Bro bungie nailed the "Darkness" soundtracks
Like the beyond light main theme just embedded goosebumps all over my body the first time i encountered him
Beyond light theme is a more prevalent Darkness motif, now the Darkness motif here is much more violent and domineering in the beginning signaling "alright no more of this mysterious bullshit im going to fuck you up"
evilmaxxing to this song rn
The intro and darkness theme throughout sends me to lower depths. Absolutely love the dread it brings to this theme. They did a fantastoc job on music and the raid. Glad I got to do this day 1
to think that raid was just a TEASER for what's to come
If you listen carefully
At 4:24
And 9:52
You can hear Savathun's song
She is part of the reason why we were able to beat him, and… she did ‘trick’ him. All a grand lie
@@cry1pticzer773 Basically, rhulk and savathun hated each other to the point that he t-bagged oryx in front of savathun when he died.
The part when you enter rhulk his arena 3:09
*Absolute banger*
The pyramid hums in between 👌 perfect
When the boss music becomes your theme music: *LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
the chanitng at 7:07 is JUST PEFECT
10:07 "WITNESS....FORGIVE ME!!!"
Second to last attempt
We get to Last Stand phase and Rhulk is left with a single HP.
I could literally have melee'd him and he would have died.
Final attempt before my team disbanded, we did over a third of his health on the first damage phase, no deaths, power ammo everywhere ,this was it.
The moment we entered second damage phase
My internet disconnects.
The team disbands.
I cried.
But there is always next raid.
Contest mode or normal?
One of my fav details is when damage phase is over, you have to look at him for the crystal and all he does with his hands behind his back and in damage mode fucking walking up to you. Badass homie
The perfect mix is back!
you know the runs going bad if you start hearing 5:01 💀🙏
I've started listening to raid music more to connect certain parts to how the team is doing yeah. Like I gauge my teams progress in Verity 💀
I absolutely adore the clash of music it’s just so perfect, to the damage phase start with the amp of guardian music makes you really feel like a guardian fighting evil, back to the darkness music at the end of damage phase putting you back into a serious trance of battling to get back to damage! This is just a perfect circle of light triumphing over the darkness yet again