First of all, sorry if it's a 100+ topic on how to kill Atheon, but yesterday I got into a team where no one could do anything proper. Everyone "knows" what to do, but as a team we failed lots of times. Atheon part is not hard and long, it's a quick run, so it starts to get annoying after 3+ fails. :) We all play it, we all know the basics, we throw grenades on "Venus", we think it's fun to kill the boss in a couple of mins, so I will just focus on the very last part of the run. That's the way my team does it most of the times. It helps to say this to the players during the first 30 secs of Atheon intro, when everyone is hiding behind the pillars. In your own words, of course :) [b]1.[/b] Oracle shooters say "2 oracles left", when, obviously there are two oracles left :) Players at the plate have enough time to focus on killing supplicants or throw grenades/trap to the gates just in case there is a new one coming. A small addition, but it helps. [b]1.1[/b]. At that time relic holder cleanses oracle shooters (that should be at the stairs near portal, shooting last 2 oracles. Do not shoot them from the far, come closer to the gate) and goes out through the portal. [b]2.[/b] As relic holder goes out, he gets to the centre platform (left from Mars, right from Venus, do not go through the plate, turn just when you exit the portal), so the other players (holding the plate) do. "Weapons of light" bubble is a nice addition, put it in the back. [b]2.1.[/b] Oracle shooters have enough time to get out of portal, cleanse on the central platform and join the bullet rain. [b]2.2.[/b] Shoot Atheon in the balls. Do not use grenades. Leave the bubble at 2-3 secs left. This way the team has maximum DPS time on Atheon. Do it 2 times, grab you VEX and dismantle the helm.