Our author Tom has been turning into a rocket in Destiny 2 every night since Forsaken. It may sound crazy, but it is great fun.
“Fly, Tom, fly! Now!” someone shouts into my headset. I look around, fly – and crash like a rocket into a group of Hive enemies. As I still recover dazed from the impact, I hear cheers in my headset. Apparently, I was able to pulverize the enemies, including two particularly nasty witches. Awesome!
This scene actually played out exactly like this last night. With two friends, I ventured into the Nightfall strike “Will of the Thousands,” which recommends a power level of 540. However, since we are crawling somewhere between 505 and 515, this activity turned out to be quite challenging.
We managed to get to the boss fight with the necessary caution relatively smoothly, but we failed several times against Xol. Especially the phase where witches with shields, several melee knights, and loads of Thrall spawn gave us a hard time.
As a Hunter friend suddenly chained the witches with the arrow, I boldly plunged in with my rocket Titan. The witches were dead, and the phase was completed. Thanks to my rocket Titan!
Why do I play a rocket Titan?
When I received my first seed of light in Forsaken, I did not think much about which new super I should unlock with it. At that moment, I was playing with the Arc Titan, which I embodied most often in Year 1 due to its powerful pulse grenade. And without thinking much, I chose the “Code of the Rocket” with the seed of light.
But I regretted that immediately.
Becoming a rocket is not particularly wise
You land right in the middle of enemies: Even though the idea of becoming a rocket and dealing devastating damage may sound brilliant at first – it is not. Because once you’ve slammed to the ground, you suddenly find yourself among all the enemies that survived.
If you want to eliminate a big boss with the rocket attack, but he is still on his feet afterwards, you quickly get the consequences. Because against high-level enemies, you die immediately from a melee attack. It’s better to keep your distance from them.
Aggressiveness is not always the best tactic: Especially in activities with high power level requirements, tactical, slow approaches are recommended. If a Titan shouts, “Guys, I’m jumping headfirst into the enemy!” and then dies, that is not particularly helpful.
You have to learn how to properly utilize the power of the rocket Titan.
Timing is everything
There is no question that the rocket super deals devastating damage. However, you must know when to launch this weapon.
The final blow, the savior in need: If you become a rocket right at the beginning of a boss fight and dive into the boss, you are doing something wrong. The boss still has plenty of health left, and you are standing quite alone and awkwardly among all the enemies. So save your super until you are either overwhelmed by enemies or the boss is already on his last legs.
Especially in the critical last seconds when the boss is about to deliver the final blow, the rocket Titan can heroically end it by taking the boss out early.
Gameplay is genius: Playing the rocket Titan carefully to stay alive after the super is a lot of fun. Flying through the air like a rocket feels great. You can feel the earth shake upon impact and the staggering power that the Titan releases with a single blow. I can definitely see myself carrying this focus for a long time.
Nevertheless, it is generally a good tactic to immediately take to your heels and leave the impact area as soon as you are back on your feet. Because an enemy might have survived…
This is how I play the rocket Titan
I play the focus along with the One-Eyed Mask – the second exotic that I received in Forsaken. The perk of this exotic helmet triggers health regeneration and melee energy restoration with kills using Arc melee abilities. Additionally, I have a perk that gives me bonus super energy from melee kills.
Melee attack as a mini-rocket: The rocket Titan has a pretty cool new melee attack besides the super, allowing him to dive into enemies from above and cause area damage. Once you get used to this mechanic, you can quickly and precisely eliminate a lot of small enemies.
The One-Eyed Mask ensures that my abilities recharge quickly, allowing me to dive into enemies like a rocket often and still stay alive.
Wait, what can the rocket Titan actually do?
New super in Forsaken: In Year 2 of Destiny 2, the Titan was equipped with three new supers. Among them is “Thundercrash,” the super of the new focus path “Code of the Rocket.”
What does Thundercrash do? In this super, the Titan becomes a rocket and crashes into enemies over long distances. According to the in-game description, you zoom through the air like a rocket and deal “meteor-like damage” upon impact.
What else can the Code of the Rocket do?
- Ballistic Impact is the new melee attack. If you jump after a sprint and press the melee button, you slam into the ground and deal damage to all nearby enemies. It is essentially a mini-rocket attack.
- Impact Convocation grants you super energy when you deal damage with Ballistic Impact.
- And on top of that, there’s “Overcoming Inertia,” which temporarily increases weapon damage and reloads your equipped weapon when you pick up ammunition while sliding. An additional nice benefit provided by the rocket Titan.
Here you can see the rocket Titan with its abilities in action:
By the way, we actually finished the Nightfall after one hour and 44 minutes. The rocket attack of my Titan was, of course, the decisive factor!
What do you think of this super? Have you tried it in PvP yet?
