I see A LOT of posts here asking for help with the Xyor part of the Thorn bounty. Guess what? You CAN do it solo! I believe in you, and stuff. Hell, it would take a little longer but it's more than likely doable at lvls 24-25. This is a guide from when I killed him solo, as a level 26 hunter.
My Weps:
Shadow Price (not maxed)
Some blue solar sniper (don't remember, long gone)
Arc Steel Oracle (not maxed)
I would have rather have had an arc sniper and a solar launcher instead, but it worked anyways. Knights are easier to snipe, and wizards are easiest to kill when you can just blow them up while they're zooming around. Heavy machine guns are good for both enemies.
So, before you start:
-BUY A LOT OF AMMO SYNTH!!! I never go into weekly nightfalls or any super tough strike without 10 normal, 15 special and 10 heavy. You won't need that much, but hey, the bigger the wall of bullets the better.
-Pack the right heat. You'll need a good solar weapon for the wizards, and a good arc weapon for the knights. Well, you don't NEED them, if you don't have either you'll just have to fire a LOT more bullets instead.
Now, when you get to Phogoth (as I assume you made it to Phogoth by playing it safe and picked off everyone from the rooms you were previously in):
-Kill everyone before setting him free, or they will swarm the shrieker room. If it gets rough, run to the room behind the shrieker room (a.k.a. the "safe room") before getting ready again.
-If you didn't know, the shrieker room is the room RIGHT before the big room where Phogoth is.
-When Phogoth is free, just stand in the safe room and shoot him until his minions appear (just stand in the entrance to the safe room, and you can see a sliver of the main battle room. If you can't see him, periodically shoot into empty air, and Phogoth will move to where you can shoot him eventually as he will try and shoot you back. He can't hit you).
-Once the minions start spawning, go barely out into the main battle room then shoot a minion and run back to the safe room (You can also just stand in the shrieker room for about 8 seconds(?) and when the shrieker spawns, run back to the safe room and it will despawn shortly). However, some minions (knights, wizards guaranteed) WILL follow you into the shrieker room, but not the safe room. Then blast away at the ones in the shrieker room from safety.
-Soon minions will be crowding the entrance to the shrieker room, outside and inside. Once the inside ones are dead, aggro the ones outside and blast them away too.
-Rinse and repeat. Again. And again. And again.
-And again.
-Once the third tombship has come, that's when Xyor will come to put down the pain. He will most likely come to try and shoot you in the face in the shrieker room, just like all the other Wizards. Return the favor from the safe room.
-Now, you can either just go to orbit when he's dead, or you can have fun and go kill Phogoth for making you frustrated. Simply murder the rest of his minions carefully, and at this point NO OTHER ENEMIES WILL SPAWN. Hunt his fat face down in comfort.
[spoiler]You don't get any rewards for actually finishing the strike. Well, besides Thorn. From killing Xyor.[/spoiler]
-!!!NOTE!!! When the shrieker spawns, it will also spawn 2 wizards, and a bunch of knights. They WILL despawn when the shrieker does. If there's still a wizard or knight in the shrieker room after the shrieker despawns, kill it with fire! Or arc. It's a normal minion.
-The DO NOT's: once you're killing minions, stay away from the room behind the safe room! Somewhere around there is the end of the darkness zone, so if you journey out of it Phogoth will regain health and I'm sure it'll screw a whole load of other things up. DO NOT kill the shrieker. When it dies, so will you. So be patient. Lastly DO NOT kill Phogoth before Xyor shows up, or you'll have to do the whole strike over again.
Have fun! Seriously though, not sure why everyone has such a hard time with this. There might be a lot of words here, but once you try it it's a lot easier than it sounds.
Edit: Really not sure why there's so many asking for help in this thread... This is a guide to do it solo... Buuuuut I guess there are those that want to do it faster ;) GET IT!!!!!
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Need help with this on Xbox one. Tried it solo but just kept dying on the waves part. Gamertag is the same as my username.
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Clearly your not doing this "easy solo" on the ps3. It is NOT the same. I'm a level 33 Warlock, have used sunsinger and voidwalker attempting this solo. Cant even get past sword room. Have an 8 shot 365 damage legendary hand cannon for primary, exotic sniper rifle upgraded to 343 with arc damage (time and patience), and fully upgraded legendary solar rocket launcher. Those hallowed knights won't go down! I put 4 headshots on them with the arc sniper rifle, switch to the hand cannon and dump all 8 rounds into them, and they are still alive!!! Hell it takes 6 shots with ghorn to kill one! For all you non believers, I can say that either you did it on another platform, or you did it before last patch. Still want to complete it but can't solo it. If anyone wants to help out, or just see this for themselves, add me. Badseed1975.
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I need help plz Xbox 360
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Edited by O Exiled 0: 8/19/2015 3:47:31 AMI am trying to save people time by saying do NOT try to do the Xyor part of the bounty SOLO. I tried methods on youtube for around 3 hours before i realized it is pointless to do solo. Just get at least one person with you to help. 2 people increase the success rate of almost 345%. Just get Pho Goth to around 1/4th health and Xyor will spawn on the third drop ship. And is there 2 types of thorns? I see thorns start with 300 damage and 331 damage. I was fortunate to get the 331 damage. Add me on Xbox One: O Exiled 0. I will be glad to help anyone on this bounty because i needed help also. Just returning the favor
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Bump please!
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Anyone on PS4 fancy giving me a hand on this? Level 32 warlock. Add me - mrminimal
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Just get an Icebreaker. It's a lot easier.
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Ya.... I just spent the past 2 hours working on this... The Knights are the killers.... You can't just go out and kill them because there are 5 of them and their weapons nearly kill you in 2 shots... So... Anyone want to help and do this together, DarthVandigo , Message me.
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Ok tried this and couldn't even get past the 3rd wave in the room with the encoded locked door where Sword of Crota mission takes place. Tried to complete it using various legendary weapons including : Time & Patience (full upgraded) and Gjallarhorn. It's the stupid Hallowed Knights and their stupid shields. I'm sure it's just something stupid I'm doing, was the quest Epic when you did it and on what console?
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Xbox 360 Anyone doing the last part for the thorn bounty Do you need help ? I can help because I'm doing it as well I'm a 34 Titan with ghorn and Helm of the Saint
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2 for Xyor at end gt above
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Tried it by myself. Takes a ling time only to kick me out of the game when im picking on phogoth. I clear the room, clear out a bunch of people and then booted. I play solo at lvl 34 so its easy as hell.
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Yeah because we need more people in crucible with thorn
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Thanks mate. My buddy couldn't make it so I just did it solo
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Edited by jwilly mcsquilly: 8/7/2015 4:32:10 AM2 for ps4 add/message me if your interested
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I could use some help with this on xbox one. My gt is budman 401. Ive been trying it solo, but the three waves are kicking my butt.
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2 for xyor ps3 same name as above level 33 Hunter
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Almost finished this until I dc'd..........
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Is there really a guide for this?....
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Can anyone give me a hand on xbox360? It would be greatly appreciated.
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Xbox360 xyor message unimpresedZebra for invite
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At phogoth. Xbox360. Message for invite. Gt: Lubeddy
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Done it last night.. intense and draining. But I got my baby..
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I just did it. It took 3 hours but I did it. It's done.
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I did it with an arsenal, took about 45 minutes. I fought the enemies in phogoths room and only went back into the safe room when the dropships came. Just don't hop around on the ledges, this can spawn mobs, too
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Any advice as to how to get passed that Damned rune door with the 3 waves of minions before phogoth..? I'm having a shitload over problems...