For a first time, use Suros. It's the best weapon you can use if you don't have Vision of confluence from the raid yet. It's good during all phases and good for any role you play. Bring a strong rocket launcher for atheon If you have one, or a machine gun that does void damage if you don't have a strong rocket launcher. Other than that, a sniper is most beneficial for the bosses. Elemental damage only affects shields, and the only shields you will expect during this raid are void shields. So if you have void damage weapons then that's a plus, but in all honesty on normal mode any high level weapon will burn through their shields fairly quickly regardless. If you have a strong void damage sniper or machine gun then use it, otherwise don't worry too much about it. After you've got some raid loot you should aim for this setup: Primary - [b]Vision of Confluence[/b] Special - [b]Praedyths Revenge[/b]/[b]Icebreaker[/b] (both is good to have during raid but I prefer praedyths if I had to choose one) Heavy - [b]Corrective measure[/b] is great for oracles and also does void damage which is a plus.[b] Gjallarhorn [/b]for Atheon.