How to beat the Destiny 2 Iconoclasm mission on Legendary in The Final Shape
Jun. 6, 2024Here are some tips to help you complete Iconoclasm on Legendary difficulty in Destiny 2
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Beating the Destiny 2 Iconoclasm mission and the Witness final boss can be tricky, especially on Legendary difficulty thanks to all the mechanics it piles on. Of course, you’ll also be facing the full force of the Dread and the Taken throughout, so it’s a challenging end to the campaign ofDestiny 2 The Final Shape. After defeating a couple of bosses, you’ll also have to climb up the Sacrarium – a labyrinthine construct holding the ritual site where theDestiny 2villain originated. The complexity of it all means the whole mission is almost like a mini-Raid or Dungeon, so I’ve laid out some tips for beating the Iconoclasm mission in Destiny 2.Big spoilers below for The Final Shape campaign since this is the last mission!
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With the knowledge that “what was made, can be unmade” from the veiled statues, it’s time to find a way to defeat the Witness at the memory of the ritual site where it was created. However, there is a long and highly perilous journey to get there, all part of the Iconoclasm mission. If you’re playing theDestiny 2 Cooperative Focusversion of this mission, all the steps below are the same but you need to remember the extra mechanics and increased difficulty:
Once you’ve seen that fight through to the end, you’ve completed Iconoclasm and will now be into the endgame of The Final Shape, helping the Traveler to build in strength before facing the Witness. You’ll meet allies such asMicah-10 in Destiny 2and uncover new Exotics, some of which might be thebest Destiny 2 Exotics, such as theDestiny 2 Microcosm,Khvostov, andErgo Sum. Once you’ve helped enough, it’s time to face the Witness one last time in theDestiny 2 Excision mission.
This is quite an involved boss fight in terms of mechanics, with all the work needing to be done before the massive Taken Hive Knight Eshkin’tuk, Witness’s Blessed, even appears. And if you die while fighting, you’ve got to start all over from step one. Here’s what to do:
The Dolgith boss fight during the Destiny 2 Iconoclasm mission is mechanically very similar to the previous fight but with a little more complexity. This time, Dolgith is present from the beginning, but has a seemingly invulnerable shield to bring down. Here’s how you beat it:
For this fight, you’re not really fighting the Witness directly, mainly focusing on avoiding its attacks and finding ways to slay its Dread protectors. This is a long and challenging battle, especially on Legendary difficulty. There are lots of quite specific steps to follow and plenty of ways to die, sending you right back to the start of the fight. Here are all the steps needed to beat the Witness in the Iconoclast mission, as well as some tips along the way for Legendary difficulty:
Phew! All that just towoundthe Witness a little, while Ghost and the Guardian both almost die completely. All that’s left is to finish the fight in theDestiny 2 Salvation’s Edge Raidand then the Excision mission.© GamesRadar+. Not to be reproduced without permission.
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