With the announcement last week of updated raids, I realized the clock was probably ticking on getting my Flawless Raider trophy solo. After a number of attempts yesterday, everything clicked last night. To paraphrase Lord Shaxx: Crota and I had an argument...and I won. ;-)
If you haven't tried it yet, it's definitely doable, even by an average player like me. Watch some vids, do a few practice runs, and go emerge victorious. As an added bonus, you can mentally taunt Eris as a scrub every time you pass her in the Tower. But get it done before the update goes live this month...no telling if a solo run will be possible after the patch drops. Thanks, fellow guardians!
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For strategy, I ran hunter to make it as simple as possible. Used Don't Touch Me guantlets and bladedancer invisibility perks for running the lamps. Switched to gunslinger (triple jump) and Bones of Eao for crossing the bridge. Used a mixture of Golden Gun and Sleeper Simulant to deal with ogres and shriekers before and during the thrallway. Also used Sleeper for deathsinger shriekers, and took her out quickly with the help of Celestial Nighthawk. For Crota, I kept that build to drop his shield easily and took my time in a cautious approach using three swords. Plenty of other approaches, but this one was simplest for me.
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Edit 1: As some people pointed out below, the lower light versions of the raids are [u]not[/u] disappearing. Bungie was very clear on this point during the 3/8 livestream. However, in that same stream, during their discussion towards the end (while the VoG live demo is running), they do specifically state that for Crota's End, some changes are being made [i]even to normal mode[/i]. It is not confirmed that you will no longer be able to solo the raid after 3/28. But it is possible that the mechanics will change in all Crota modes so that you can't solo any of them. My advice: if soloing Crota is on your bucket list, completing that goal before the update is your best bet.
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13 RepliesThe best load out for lamps is tether and zhalo.
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I learned how to sparrow fly. For the first time in awhile in Destiny, I enjoyed it.
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I just recently got flawless raider as well. Unfortunately I need practice with the sword and took 3 goes with the sword to kill crota. Crazy thing is that the kill happened while crota was enraged
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Congrats. I got that long ago but not solo. Much easier to run it with my clan and get the achievement for a clan raid as well. And yeah, I think they are fixing the shortcuts and cheese with the update so if people want it they better get it now.
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Awesome! I don't know why but I just have never cared for that trophy but love raiding! If Bungie made flawless raider gear like they have for flawless Trials I'd grind for that gear for sure. It's unfortunate the devs don't make raids have flawless gear too. I don't care how hard it is I'd still want there to be gear for it. I think that gear would be way more harder to obtain than that joke of a lighthouse gear!
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I think you can do Y1 PoE with a premade group and can get the achievement/trophy that way as well, granted it's not the "legit" way. Back In HoW I got the achievement for doing a raid with your clan mates by doing lvl 32 PoE. We were all stunned and couldn't believe that counted.
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1 ReplyI just got my flawless done today! Like you, I realized it was probably a short time until CE was non-soloable, so it needed to get done now or never. While I've gone a good few raids without dying (barring teammate wipes), I'm glad this remained. No shame in using Crota, since the challenge isn't in getting yourself through flawlessly... it's worrying about your dumb partners lol Now! To do KF hard and WoTM hard! New account, so my gear ain't where it needs to be yet.
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1 ReplyCongratz, i got it on my Xbox account, just recently invested in a PS4 so will be completing on there as well
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1 ReplyGet it soloing crota: meh Or you can do it for real with 6 people. It's not impressive to show your flawless raider when you cheese the whole raid by yourself, especially in a raid that's mostly a large strike. Doing a raid flawlessly with 6 people is far harder than any solo crota run
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Congrats, don't be bothered by all the negativity from the children
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8 RepliesGot my Flawless in Y1 running VoG when less than 1% of the player base had even attempted it. Running Crota Solo using Cheese spots is no longer a real accomplishment.
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Congratulations! I achieved my flawless raid around a year using a similar strategy. It's a nice feeling owning that trophy/achievement.
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I did it using only one hand. [spoiler]https://www.bungie.net/en/Community/Detail?itemId=223104119[/spoiler]
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They won't bring up normal mode (sadly) so it's fine to solo still
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Speaking of bucket lists.....I finally got the WotM Ship last night! It only took 71 HM completions! Fck that raid!
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F a fireteam
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8 RepliesIf anyone needs to get this done send me a message. I have a friend who is helping people do this on both systems and we're more than happy to take people through. On Xbox we have more than enough people to do crota without having to cheese the bridge part. Message me here (or Xbox via console) if interested.
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Congrats buddy on your flawless trophy! I just solo'd it for the first time last night after seeing this post. I had just started messing around trying it solo last weekend, but after seeing this I knew it was now or never. I had never ran sword before so there was a learning curve but I got him down in 2 cycles! It felt like it was the one of the highlights of my PvE experience. I would recommend anyone who hasn't done it to give it a try, it is a truly rewarding gaming experience. [spoiler][/spoiler] Red Death was key!
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1 Reply[spoiler]Made You Look[/spoiler]
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I've gotten so many people flawless raider on Crota. Bravo BTW, glad to see people doing it on their own.
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Would of had it in year 1 but 1 person died on the jumping puzzle in vog. Ive solod croata before but havent got the patience to keep trying. Im just looking forward to getting back in there
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Well done... Welcome to the group!
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2 RepliesWhy is everyone getting flawless raider now? Are we not able to do it on normal mode after the update?
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12 RepliesI don't have a problem with it, it's just running it flawless. When you get to the bridge, how do you do the bridge jump without dying from the invisible wall? I've attempted a couple times but sadly have died by the invisible wall.
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6 RepliesFlawless soloed crota Got my first flawless raider trophy on vog back when there was only vog available...
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I went flawless yr one when vog had bugs, good times.