The last 4th challenge in the raid “Oath of the Student” was in Destiny 2 and players could secure another extra loot box. MeinMMO explains what the challenge “Loop Catalyst” is and especially how to master the challenge optimally.
What is a raid challenge? Each raid in Destiny 2 is already a demanding group activity and part of the endgame. Players face tricky puzzles together, overcome jumping passages, to ultimately defeat the final boss. This promises prestigious weapons and armor that can only be found there.
For those who find this already reasonable challenge not enough, they can face a so-called challenge or challenge in a raid every week. While they still include the classic raid mechanics, they also restrict certain playstyles. Depending on which challenge is currently active, one often has to adjust their playstyle slightly to master it.
All challenges usually take place in a specific raid encounter or phase. In the raid “Oath of the Student”, there are a total of four such encounters – the jumping passages are usually excluded from the challenges. They rotate every week but not in random order.
How to succeed in the challenge “Loop Catalyst”
This is the fourth encounter with the final boss: If you plan to play the raid challenge “Loop Catalyst”, your goal is the fourth phase in the raid “Oath of the Student”, which is at Rhulk, the final boss of the raid.
Previously, you had to pick up special bounties from Hawthorne for this, but that has changed. The challenge is automatically active at the start of the raid. You will see the corresponding information about which challenge is currently active at the bottom left when you start the raid. Additionally, MeinMMO will also inform you in the Destiny 2 weekly resets in the future.
Here’s how to succeed in the challenge: To complete the challenge “Loop Catalyst”, your team must maintain at least one stack of the buff “Siphoning Strength” before the damage phase on Rhulk.
Seen this way, it’s not really a big challenge, as this is already part of the usual strategy for most teams. The challenge can even be completed quite easily in a 3-player fireteam as long as the Guardian distributing the buff maintains it at any time.
If it fails nevertheless, you will see the notification “Challenge failed”. To try again, you can all die and the encounter will restart.
In this video, you can see the completion of the challenge “Loop Catalyst”, and Destiny 2 player IPhiniX will give you some tips:
Tips for the challenge
Even if it sounds simple, we still have a few tips for you. You should proceed carefully when sharing the buff, as the final boss likes to focus its gaze on the center while you are on the plate.
Your raid team should keep an eye on the buff timers and always try not to die when you have your “Siphoning Strength” active. Especially in the first part of the encounter, this will be important, as you may need longer than the 45 seconds duration of the buff.
Once the final boss Rhulk starts climbing the stairs, you can execute your normal final boss strategy. Basically, that’s all you need to pay attention to, so it can be said that “Loop Catalyst” is one of the easiest raid challenges in Oath of the Student.
What do you get as a reward? If you successfully complete the challenge, there’s bonus loot and it’s worth it. In addition to the standard chest at the end of the encounter, another box will appear after a short time. This also contains high-end gear. So you should always try to carry the challenges in the raid.
In Destiny 2, you can slightly influence the desired loot, as each encounter offers very specific loot.
With the final boss Rhulk, after a successful run, you have a chance at the raid exotic “Group Pressure”, an exotic pulse rifle.
Additionally, these weapons and armor can also drop in the final encounter:
- Pulse rifle “Deceitful”, the glaive “Lubrae’s Ruin”, and the grenade launcher “Aftermath”
- Armor: “Resonance Fury” helmet, “Resonance Fury” gauntlets, and the “Resonance Fury” mark.
You can find an overview of all available weapons and armor in the raid here:
Do you enjoy such challenges to get extra loot? Or is just the normal run enough for you? If you have already mastered the challenge “Loop Catalyst”, we would be pleased if you share your experiences and let us know in the comments how difficult you found this challenge.
