Agreed

D R U M S

yep

The pyramid sounds over the top are so great

The accidental at 1:14 is such a striking note. Definitely a great detail.

You have a point, and its honesty terrifying.

If the witness don't scream infinite power then I'mma riot

Witness is Darth Nihilus confirmed

What’s scary is that while he’s a “Sith lord”, he’s still just the apprentice.

Rhulk kicked our asses and hes only a DISCIPLE of the Witness. Maybe it's just the name he went by but it sure as hell wasn't "The Upended, First Harbinger of the Witness". i cant imagine the other Lubraens are anything less than him

But dude the style this guy has to kick you... the sas

@@Ram-hc4hr it’s funny as fuck lol

This is a good thing? 🤣

@@GhostRydr1172 most definitely is

still means that the bosses don’t skip leg day. Stomping or in this case kicking guardians around like no ones business on day one

I like to think it’s his true form geting revealed after you break it. Since rhulks a species we have never seen it’s like we break his armour Turning him from a darkness disiple into his true race and he becomes enraged by this and that’s why he hunts you down so relentlessly during the damage phase till he heals his armour

@@adamboy0559 interesting analysis

Maybe it's my brain recently on FF14's newest raids, but I can't help but get classic video game vampire vibes from him. Dapper gentleman who exudes power and strength, effortlessly pushing you away. You find him slumbering in a obelisk, and flips upside down gracefully. He invites you to personally fight him once you're pushed his forcefield back, and still gracefully walks around, dashing, kicking you with insane force. Then you make him mad, showing his demonic form. He's much more unhinged here, stomping around, dashing and lasering quickly, hacking at you with his glaive now instead of his kicks. Regains his composure and forces you all back effortlessly.

@@sauceinmyface9302 he is like Dracula from the Castlevania series, especially Order of Ecclesia, he even has a kick attack.

@@adamboy0559 He didn't think much of us until we broke his weakpoints, which is why he gets serious during dps and goes apeshit.

Such is the (former) Disciple of Arrogance, Rhulk.

@@MagatsuDiarahan couldn't have said it better

@Joaquin the darkness entities representing emotions or sins would be a bit too on the nose for bungie, plus there’s the whole “the line between light and dark is so very thin” i think making the disciples represent sins would make them lean too much toward “bad guys”

@@Booooooce ? But they are bad people. Only makes sense since the darkness’s folks are out to end everything that isn’t the final shape.

@@Booooooce They already kinda do. Rhulk *is* arrogant. He lets in to his Pyramid, he talks about how great he is and how little chance we stand against him, then we kill him and he's like "oh. You killed me. I didn't expect that" Calus *is* gluttonous and opulent. His entire schtick is "Grow fat from strength. Party all the time, indulge all the time because we're all gonna die anyway so might as well go out having a great time" Nezerac has been hinted at being a betrayer. So it seems like Bungie already going that route.

He never was anymore he got wrecked by 6 or one 1 simping guardian that craves loot

where? when does this happen? does someone have a video please

@@Jay-lz2wc It happens during the stage just before rhulk dps, where you have the 4 places to dunk at by shooting his glaive. Had it happen on my most recent run. Its a small effect but pretty cool regardless. You can also have the entire fireteam hide behind one of the 4 dunking totems, and he'll do the same to walk on thin air to walk around the totem and kick the guardian there

@Thatoneguy and it worked, I remember thinking what would happen if I made him dash off the edge. Once he started floating off the air I thought it was the coolest detail during his fight.

One small fun I had: If you manage to kill him during his dash, he will just fall. It was hilarious af.

@@therandomlaniusedward2140 also if you're in DPS phase, he'll fire his 4-way blast after dashing. If you can make him fall as he does so, I think he dies because he's too focused on firing the blast to float. He also does the death quote, as if he's embarrassed by how stupid his death was.

Unfortunately he realized it too late and that was his biggest mistake

If only this translated in game better, instead of him repeating the cycle multiple times. Would have been cool to have him drop down and engage directly while we take away his Barrier. By phase 3 he's gone insane throwing beams everywhere, AOEs ect.

Root of Nightmares is good. But I felt like Vow was better. I even like Rhulk’s music more than Nezerac’s.

Yea, Nezerac's encounter is a huge step back from Rhulk's. Especially when Nezerac is unable to fight back if you just stood on elevated platforms. Hope Bungie changes the encounter to make Nezerac more threatening.

@@mun123keet I feel like the way Nezarec was supposed to be fought with everyone spread out cause his boss arena is massive, but Well of Radiance completely invalidates that, I'm surprised his suppression attack doesn't disable well.

​@@xghostx9715i like rhulks overall theme more, but nezzys final stand dps music is peak ost for me

Facts

And by all means you above all else shouldn’t be winning

Yet it's probably the most BM thing a boss has done in forever

And it's called the 'Savage Strike'.

What a gentleman

@@prstechnic1774 Yes, his species must have been a very polite kind

My man goes: fuck outta here boy

That's Escanor's line! Fitting considering rhulk acts overconfident.

It is Escanor's line, yet Rhulk says something similar. This happens during a mission in the Savathun's Throne World location, the mission should be called "Preservation", if i recall it correctly.

Guardian motiff being the dps phase man, michael salvatori hitting the nail on its head again, Music makes a good 50% of whether a raid is good

You speak facts

Edric Yeo totally agree, part of why I think crown (outside of 1st encounter) is heavily underrated. 1st encounter honestly wasn’t the worst thing in the world because the music was bangin. The encounter is still terrible, don’t get me wrong

Man you beat him after 14 hours? Took me over 26 to finally clear it...

One of the best dps soundtracks in the game

Wipe!

Literally just did this with a lfg group! So hype. Stressful doing the damage prep phase with no errors.

"In terms of tokens....we have no tokens."

Instead of that. The leader of the team I ran with said we have to "Big Dick" it. Or as I would like to call it "Leroy Jenkins". We had tokens but when we had no time for DPS and it said "Enrage is near", we had to go full force. And we freaking did it. All the way to final stand and killed Rhulk. Turns out that plan that our leader worked and that was an epic moment for me.

Outta tokens, ain’t outta options

Did you get kicked by the disciple? Because he can kick you like a distinguished gentleman

Me and my team made it to him on day 1and holy God he slaughtered us

We spent about 5 hours on this guy and decided to get some sleep at 5 am and try again the next day because of the contest extension. Being so exhausted and tired really messed with our ability to avoid his attacks, and when we woke up the next morning we killed him within about an hour because we were SO dialed in (goes to show how badly being tired can mess you up). Fucking amazing boss, I don't think I've freaked out as much during a final stand as I did when we beat him.

@@IAmTehEllie Nice job. My team go to 2/3 health and we didn't so it in time. RIP.

my team barely didn't make it to final stand, and we never even got close after that. After contest mode was gone we got it first try, the difference in damage is so big

"RHULK..... SMASH" *roundhouse kicks you into oblivion*

Rhulk Rhogan

It's funnier when you realize that Rhulk is the nickname for Red Hulk.

Funny thing is when I was googling for Rhulk lore google just kept changing the name to hulk 😂

"Now It's Rhulk Time!"

An agent of Darkness...

@@elitegamer9310 the final shape of the Lubraeans...

Walter white

@@DABBY_D jesse we need to cook

@@heheheiamderpmatter375 im pretty sure it shares the same notes as breaking bads intro

One great example of this was back during wrath of the machine. The iron lord theme would play during the dps, before having the siva theme come back when he did his map wipe thing.

Yeah, last wish, and deepstones final encounter tracks do it too it goes all the way back to Kings Fall, it's one of my favorite motifs that I've noticed

I've never played D1 but I've heard it was like the same thing when you fought against Aksis. The trumpets overpowering other instruments in the music resembles Guardians overpowering the enemy. If that is the case then that's some good music

its actually so sick. its a great subtle representation of the light fending off the forces of Darkness. Such as Rhulk

@@linkofdoom24 We also had The Guardian' theme there, super fucking cool.

also: love how the guardian leitmotif and the darkness leitmotif sort of fight each other before the guardian theme really starts to dominate. i love how bungie let’s music reflect what’s going on, they like to have the darkness theme dominate other leitmotifs, and that’s how this one starts, but i absolutely love how it just turns around and becomes this triumphant victory theme. such a good track.

There's countless number of motifs. It's my favorite part about the music in these games.

Really? That's what points towards her being an ally soon? You don't think that motif just means she hated Rhuk and is Victorious after death through us?

@@roberttheronin9803 her ghost still lives so the chances of her revival are high and after learning of her betrayal at the hands of the darkness if she does return I doubt she would want to be neutral anymore

@@tabbymonster66 yes. However its certainly not the leitmotif in this track that points towards it

for real, watching the obelisk transform and him elegantly floating down was terrifying and quite unsettling, probably the best boss entrance i've ever seen

When he came out of the crystal or whatever like a fucking bat I lost my shit

Reveal was just as good as rivens imo we had no insight (if you ignored leaks) to what he’d look like as we did with riven and seeing him for the first time was unsettling seeing him come out the shard yet it had a elegant feeling to it.

@@adamboy0559 seeing her... I think the wish dragon was a she 😬

@@Donts_blackwell the him and he was referring to rhulk who I’m very sure is a male

"Hey, you know what's funnier than one Rhulk?"

Rhulk was on some bullshit with "you will drown in the Deep" until we waterboarded the fuck out of him into the Deep

9/10 for me i wish he was a little more faster {Not like lighting fast} but overall yeah is extreamly fun to fight.

Riven legit is just a perfect encounter, this guy is both better and worse than Riven, though I don't know the words to explain what I mean

@@arzr_er better from having better mechanics to fight him but worse because the mechanic before fighting the boss aren't original?

@@arzr_er Agreed. This is cool, but Riven… (chef kiss)

Isn't he just a tall dude with glaive?

“You have served your purpose. Now all that awaits you is death. The darkness beyond your days.” “What?” “I mean, beep!”

“BEEP IS NOW HERALD OF THE DARKNESS! THERE WILL BE CHANGES!”

oh my god he does

Yeah his attack does one rhulkillion damage it’s insane

Rhulk vs Morbius who would win?

I loved getting Rhulked by Rhulk for 6 hours straight on day one.🥵

I have already a rhulkillion clears, but still no raid exotic.

He Rhulked all over the teams on day 1

I was really excited when I first heard this part in game

I was looking for this

thank you so much! i had been looking for this theme for forever

@@hoop_dawg8939 I found out what the motif was not long ago myself after living for every single time it popped up in themes lol

this part legit gives me goosebumps

*IT'S SHOWTIIMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

Literal light spam

If you think about it, it's actually 4 races: 1. Hive at first (and maybe hive worm-scorn combination for Caretaker) 2. Scorn 3. Taken 4. Rhulk himself as Lubraean

@@tompramanaaccount8892 hive are rarely counted but if you want to be that technical about it sure. rhulk is also one enemy and not really a “minor” consistent enemy so he’s rarely counted as well. I think OP meant like main presented races, sort of like KF with hive and taken being the main focus at all times despite if there were say cabal at the beginning. (i know there arent)

@@dominussalt1682 Yeah true, is just lorewise there are 4 races included here. From gameplay perspective, it's only 2.

Most big raids are like that. KF LW and now Vow

@@roberttheronin9803 ? Last Wish was all taken

Same

Multiple disciples at one time during the witness fight 100%. Maybe even savathun will get involved to end the witness after learning of what he done to her and since she’s not dead could still work

We're in the same boat man. First 3 encounters took my team around 7-8 hours, and then we spent around ten more on Rhulk before we started arguing and broke up. I proceeded to do the fight for another 30 hours straight with little to no breaks and have nothing to show for it. It's completely fine though because I had a great time playing this masterpiece of a raid.

Hey, aleast u got an emblem which no body cares about lol and nobody know whats it means

valiant effort guardian, kingsfall is yours in a few seasons

Don’t forget riven and shaniks’s themes their great

I gotta mention Riven, that theme was sheer perfection with the setting and mood of that fight

This is on par with rivens theme. The way the darkness theme creeps in during the very start as rhulk reveals himself was enough to put it just as good. Along with the guardian motif playing as we damage rhulk and he is on his frenzy stage hunting us down

Finally someone recognizes how good eyes up was.

@@oliverchaparro8109 rivens is good, shaniks idk about that

feel like giving up yet?

Hmm, Oryx is something too

@@Donts_blackwell Oryx was litterally like a pet to them

@@calus_bath_water nobody cares. oryx is still badass

@@calus_bath_water I'm fairly confident Oryx would beat Rhulk

Rhulk felt like a genuine final boss, but calus was lacking and the witness was just kinda there

A song in a game hasn't given my a boost in ages. Props to Bungie.

It’s especially more epic when Rhulk is walking towards me intimidatingly and I’m just there in the Well of Radiance with my Izzy just going “Bring it daddy longlegs!”

It is definitely more fun to 3-phase him rather than mash it just to get the final 1/3 bar music.

This track is straight metal. Very close to the final shape. I wonder, oh Guardian mine. What will remain after your Light is winnowed?

I learned from Nezarec that menacing themes has their own distinct ways of nuance.

Meh we'll figure out how to one phase them in due time

@@moopersworthninjason42nd81 we’ll find a cheese for Megamind

There could be a possibility that something like the witness is in the traveler if you watch the lore

@@joemonkey18 no

@@joemonkey18 Neither the traveler nor the Black Fleet are the causal forces. They’re vessels, and now knowing that the black fleet wasn’t born from darkness, but from the witness using darkness; it’s very likely there’s something out there pulling the strings for the traveler that isn’t the light itself.

When the word true can't describe how correct you are

And I'mma walk up to you with a stride that says, "Yeah, the fuck you going to do about it?"

eh it took 6 guardians to kill him, and like Ikora says in the post-raid cutscene, we barely even achieved that. if every pyramid has a disciple of similar strength, we're fucked

@@jurb156 in sure they'll let us go 1 by one :)

@@jurb156 we keep getting stronger

@@jurb156 guardian plot armor stronger than optimus prime

@@jurb156 and also it is implied at the start of the battle Rhulk wasn't trying by his dialogue. Like his yawn for example.

I always thought that was fitting. Plus a note to make to? This is one of the few Raid Bosses where it feels like instead of us being intimidated by them? We make them realize just how DANGEROUS we really are.

@@williambeck2372 gotta love how by all accounts we should be crushed, and yet we have rhulk running scared off pure confidence

He's just standing there! Menacingly!

When where fist got to dps my I got kicked by him and my friend just said yo you got kicked bro, me I know I was there

@@jbooth8283 the first time we got to his platform we assumed it would be dps so we welled and got ready, and then he dashed.. first boss that MOVES. Scared the fuck outta my fireteam 😂

where could I read it?

Which lore book do I find his chadness in?

@@jush2000 Shattered Suns and Raid Armor Lore

I dunno he looked pretty dead to me

The Darkness doesn't work like that lol if you die then you deserve to die in their eyes.

The OST one is his main leitmotif.

No wonder he one shots us

I think the Leviathan is killed by the worm gods in the battle for one of the moons of Fundament, when the sisters were hunting for Taox? i haven't read the lore in a while so i could be spouting nonsense~ but yeah, definitely shows how powerful we can be! with the power of friendship~

@@herewegogain6411 If you’re going off the Books of Sorrow, we already know that they’re unreliable. Up until this season, we fully believed (according to the lore at least) that Fundament was going to be destroyed because of the great wave, but now we know that it was all a lie told by the darkness to keep the Traveler from getting to the Krill.

The books of sorrow said that part, and the books of sorrow have some lies in them. Rhulk’s lore has no reason to lie, and it also seems like he didn’t kill the Leviathan

Rhulk injured it to the point it couldn't do anything he didn't kill it the hive put the last nail in the coffin to its death which explains why it didn't stop the three sisters from freeing the worm gods.

Said disappoined father kicks you if you make a mistake

@@itsharibonph As he do, but at least we learn after one wipe or several 🤣

@@Orionis_Delta XD trueee

Then we proceed to (figuratively) dunk Rhulk's head in the deep while he believed he could just hold his breath for however long he wanted. It's like an olympian swimmer just kinda floating in the water until he gets drowned by a bunch of crayon eaters, edgelords, and nerds.

@@10THPROPHET 🤣🤣🤣

Wdym, what happened? I feel like i might know what ur talking about since I recently noticed one of his videos disappeared but can you elaborate?

@@regen3128 From what I know, someone was abusing the yt copyright claim system on yt and started claiming videos left and right. Even from the official destiny 2 yt channel and bungie themselves. This impacted all types of destiny creators leading to multiple strikes and very close calls of channels being deleted. Bungie seems to have resolved the issue with yt and highlighted their content and copyright guidelines saying that none of the people affected had breached the guidelines. They apologized that it took a while for them to notice and will do their best to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Thankfully the strikers are being sued by bungie themselves

For about 150k per a strike if I remember correctly

Dude really thought he was just gonna do a bit of trolling lmao

That’s also the reason he’s in savathuns throne world in the first place. I might be wrong but in the lore The Witness gave him a job to take in a species on a world but failed and gone extinct. So rhulk thinks his punishment is being in her throne world

As a drummer we called this St. Anger snare drum by Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich

Pretty much described a the pre dps phase where rhulk beats everyone up with his kicks lmao

Just the fact that you get a raid boss where it isn’t “ok get in the div b*tch’s well so we can div and burn him” was so refreshing…. It was move or get bodied until final stand and I loved every second of it.

Kicking

“all that awaits you now is the gift of death”

The darkness, beyond your final days

@@Fluxbile BUM BUM BUUUUUUM

you and me both homie

Beat caretaker with only five hours of the extra day to go :(

@@Aussie-boi let's go way to push through

Trust me, you did not want to be there on day 1. Stayed up 29 hours straight to get it done and was a literal zombie towards the end

Beyond light theme is a more prevalent Darkness motif, now the Darkness motif here is much more violent and domineering in the beginning signaling "alright no more of this mysterious bullshit im going to fuck you up"

We beat it too. When I watched my friends game clip, it broke my heart that he had music turned off lmaao

@@lookatmyzombies9377 Some people don't realize its the music cue that clues you in for the DPS phase

sEH

Normal Grimm: a dance NKG: Pulls out a guitar and starts playing metal

She is part of the reason why we were able to beat him, and… she did ‘trick’ him. All a grand lie

@@cry1pticzer773 Basically, rhulk and savathun hated each other to the point that he t-bagged oryx in front of savathun when he died.

The pyramid hums in between 👌 perfect

When the boss music becomes your theme music: *LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

final boss music i say this is easily top 3, personally my favorite. overall tracks, replicate and deepstone lullaby are also really good so for me it's hard to rank the top 5. the music team has been killing it for a while now.

@@Red790 I was actually talking about making a Top 25 all-time Destiny tracks video and uploading all the tracks, but my friends said that would fetch a copyright strike and Bungie could possibly just manually take it down. Still been gathering some top Destiny tracks: Deepstone Lullaby (of course!), Bow to No One (Taken King), Seizing the Shard (Warmind)*, The Tangled Shore (background adventurous Indiana Jones music), Whisper of the Worm (from the hidden dungeon), The Farm (Vanilla Desetiny 2 track), Tranquility (Destiny 1 van track), and Passage (Destiny 1 Character select music). *-kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8iXapSfz7uzfGw.html link incase you wanted to hear it

Final boss this takes the first place section by a long shot. Last Stand and Riven of a Thousand Voices coupled with Shell of What Was maximum take top 3

This, Shell of What Was and Look Within are pure perfection

I mean in my opinion you have to put extinction protocol from replicate in there but you can never forget queenswalk