I never thought I would see the day where every reused D1 character feels like the return of an old friend. Now all we need are the Bond Brothers, Valus Mau'ual, and Valus Tlu'urn.
Well actually because he’s a guardian he lost his memory so really it’s this Alak-hul: “I don’t even know who you are” New lights: “I don’t even know who you are”
Alak-hul, the Lightblade. It was an honour to cross blades with him again. And now, we can make it a regular thing. Perhaps my personal favourite strike from the DLC.
It’s the best strike bungie has made in a long time, waaaay better than the story mission they used for beyond light and shadow keep, I liked the fanatic tho
Guys y’all realize this is the new replacement for the fanatic since both are immortal and doing the strike over and over for both is technically canon
As someone who's been playing since Taken King, hearing the first few notes gave me immediate goosebumps and I remember screaming "NO EFFIN' WAY!" when Alak-Hul's name reappeared on my screen. Crazier yet was seeing that he was now Alak-Hul, the *Lightblade.*
When I did the strike for the first time I was continuously rambling about 'No way they brought Alak-Hûl the Darkblade back' and my new light friend kept correcting me that it was the Lightblade, not the Darkblade
@@janjimgar918 uldren/crow situation. Alak-hul the darkblade is dead, the lightblade is the ghost-revived, light-wielding version of him, aptly named "the lightblade"
Blackout and Grounded was a super dealy combo, can't jump to dodge because even the slightest hit one shotted you. I STILL remember Solar Burn and Grounded in the Shield Brothers Strike, same stuff.
Fynch "careful, the knight guarding this place ? he's an old rival of Oryx and he's no joke" "me getting flashbacks from the sunless cell" you don't say.
Anyone ever just think back to the day this DLC was about to launch and came to this specific track and remember the hype it had behind it? No? Just me? Cool
I saw the name "Light Blade", and instantly grinned. The Homie was back. I started the track and was floored by how hard of a remix it was. My favorite strike theme ever.
I figured the ascendant knight would be the boss here, but i wasn't expecting it to just straight up be alak-hul. hindsight, probably shouldve seen it coming
I AM PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. WHEN I FIRST PMAYED THIS MISSION AND HEARD THE FIRST 10 SECONDS OF THIS SONG, I ASCENDED OUT OF MY CHAIR AND ASCENDED EVEN HIGHER. THIS SONG IS EMPOWERING.
Not all creatures of the Hive strained for the will of Oryx. Alak-Hul, the Darkblade, was one such. Not long ago he outlived his once-King and was in position to take his mantle. Alak-Hul perished, but has now been granted the “mercy” of the Light. The newly Risen “Lightblade” now acts in the service of the newly Lucent Witch-Queen. He must be destroyed.
since the heroic or whatever level strike for him in D1 was the last step in getting one of the exotic swords in taken king, i grew fond of fighting him back then, loved his theme- when i saw him pop up again in witch queen i was like, oh cool- but then his theme starts and i was like OH LES FCKN GOOO
This theme and sepix redux are my two favorite themes from strikes, overall they come at a close second and third to battle ready from the lightfall campaign
Someone please mix this with dark blade. I like how much heavier this one id but I also love the slow build up that the original dark blade track had in the beginning
Anyone else notice that the motif is the same as "Dark Blade" from "The Taken King" OST? And how Oryx and Savvathunn are siblings? I thought that was interesting.
Lightblade: You've got alot of nerve being here.
Guardian: YOU'VE got alot of nerve being alive!
Proceeds to kiss each other.
“Guardian”
“You know me?”
“I do, your not the only one cursed with light…”
“My only curse is savathun”
@@fuzzy3383 Except The Lightblade would be the one who wouldn't remember lol
@@zen4ever3 bruh that’s fucked up🤣
HAPPY SOULS
THE HOMIE, CLAIMER OF LIGHT
COMETH TO CLAIM YOUR ASS AS ONCE DONE BEFORE.
*GONNA CLAP SOME LUCENT CHEEKS*
THE HOMIE REBORN, CLAIMER OF LIGHT, CLAPPER OF ASS
DAMN, HE’S GOT CAKE.
HOMIE OF LIGHT, CLAIMER OF ASS
Guardians in Sunless Cell: I can't see shit
Guardians in Lightblade: I can't see shit
Taken King: we face a Knight in a dark, lightless pit.
Witch Queen (I hope): We face a Knight in a blindingly bright tower above ground.
you are correct
@@connormac4401 Just played the Strike. I was half-right. lol
Fuckin nailed it
Shoutout to it literally just being Alak-Hul again.
We do under ground but we do
New Light: "What happens if I shoot his helmet off?"
Me, remembering the Sunless Cell: *This is were the fun begins*
Oh yeah
“That got they’re attention, go get em guardian!”
*Alak Hul charges his foes*
*insane chuckling & giggling*
@@triumphdx-pr3442 *confused screaming and running like a bitch*
I never thought I would see the day where every reused D1 character feels like the return of an old friend. Now all we need are the Bond Brothers, Valus Mau'ual, and Valus Tlu'urn.
Cabal are friends so hopefully we'll see the Bond Homies once again
So who's ready to see if they(Bungo)learned from Bond Brothers Cheese 😁
And dont forget Valus Ta'aurc
Wasn't there a Valus in the pyramid ship on Europa?
@@antares8826 He’s already back in Dares.
I smiled too hard when I heard this song again. It’s been 7 years.
Me to!!
We actually heard this song in D2 already, when you fight the three Knights in the Reckoning
Me
@@friedpk37 it wasnt quite the same tho, but yeah i remember it seeing it mentioned
Alak-hul: “you took everything from me…”
New lights: “I don’t even know who you are”
Was literally me lmfao
Well actually because he’s a guardian he lost his memory so really it’s this
Alak-hul: “I don’t even know who you are”
New lights: “I don’t even know who you are”
@@xenomorph383 “….guess this is the part where we start shooting each other.”
@@xenomorph383 (he has dementia)
@@itsg0ldesonsame but i heard of him
And this guy is a freaking a Lightbearer. Meaning, narratively, this Strike can happen multiple times because his Ghost gets away.
Thank GOD! Alak-Hul Lives on,
Alak-hul, the Lightblade. It was an honour to cross blades with him again. And now, we can make it a regular thing. Perhaps my personal favourite strike from the DLC.
His ghost flew off btw. We didn’t kill it
Alak hul he is hunting you
Do you know whats the name of the track that plays when you are in orbit? Like after the main title screen but before u go to any particular node.
@@TheTakenKing999 Track 10: Hidden Truth
It’s the best strike bungie has made in a long time, waaaay better than the story mission they used for beyond light and shadow keep, I liked the fanatic tho
Guys y’all realize this is the new replacement for the fanatic since both are immortal and doing the strike over and over for both is technically canon
The fanatic, except with funkier music and he gives every D1 player flashbacks
It's also not bullshit and is more fun, so savathussy be playing herself
@@lukeingle5587 😳
The better Fanatic basically
@@lukeingle5587 eh I disagree tbh
As someone who's been playing since Taken King, hearing the first few notes gave me immediate goosebumps and I remember screaming "NO EFFIN' WAY!" when Alak-Hul's name reappeared on my screen. Crazier yet was seeing that he was now Alak-Hul, the *Lightblade.*
When I did the strike for the first time I was continuously rambling about 'No way they brought Alak-Hûl the Darkblade back' and my new light friend kept correcting me that it was the Lightblade, not the Darkblade
@@zxamostheseer697 Sunless cell darkness room flashbacks
Alak-Cool, The Dankblade
@@janjimgar918 uldren/crow situation. Alak-hul the darkblade is dead, the lightblade is the ghost-revived, light-wielding version of him, aptly named "the lightblade"
Eris: "You took everything from me".
Alak-hul, the Lightblade: "I don't even know who you are".
Not any more
Literally, homie does not remember his darkblade days anymore
Vell Tarlowe (the Titan that was felled by the Homie): rolling in his grave
@@averagemumeienjoyer5498 speen
He really doesn’t
“Alak-Hul… he is hunting you once more.”
Finally a worthy opponent as a titan Maine using glaives
There are two type of players
Alak-Hul
*THE HOMIE*
Alak-Hul, King of the Homies
@@theangrywig3905 yes
@@theangrywig3905 the OG homie
Alak-Hul, the Homie King
Giver of the fun swords @@theangrywig3905
So many horrible D1 memories from the Alak-Hul strike anyone remember trying to get the original exotic swords from that strike
Horrible memories? It was glorious! Oh, and the shrieker room. That WAS horrible.
@@brandondennis7527 you know what fair enough the original Shriekers were annoying when you kill them in D1 with those stupid tracking void bombs
Time to suffer with the Homie while getting the exotic glaives 👍
@@ArbiterKaidonThelVadam d1 shriekers are actually scary in d1
@@ArbiterKaidonThelVadam The new shriekers are more annoying though.
I hope to god that titans get the Alak-Hul helmet back, we probably won't though which is sad.
Only if I can get the Taniks cloak back.
@@spaced0rit070 you got the psion cloak
I pray
@@Mat-iz4ls the hood isn’t holographic, 0/10.
@@spaced0rit070 Only if I get the Theosyion Arms back.
Alak-Hul: "You shouldn't be wielding our darkness"
Guardian: "Neither should you with our light"
AAAAAWWWW HEEEECK NO, i didn’t even needed to hear the first 2 seconds to know that this was *that* guy’s theme
Uh oh Alak-hul is back.
My smile was unbelievable when I heard this song in the strike I got literal chills
bungie you don't understand how excited I got when I heard this in the strike
Wait 'till Blackout's the modifier in the future, then it'll be like old times. Still hits like a truck without it
Blackout and Grounded was a super dealy combo, can't jump to dodge because even the slightest hit one shotted you. I STILL remember Solar Burn and Grounded in the Shield Brothers Strike, same stuff.
@@Texas_RedNV Ugh, don't remind me, some things are better left in the past.
New lights these days will never understand how scary it was to have a boss apear right behind you in a pitch black room
You're right instead we get to see him run full speed and fuck us up
He was terrifying. He is terrifying now. I froze upon his return first time. As a titan player, the trauma returned
Why do I hear boss music?
*health bar appears as you turn around to see this menace standing there*
With NO HUD...tried it the whole mission...never again lol
@@MambaRanger Bet the homie wrecked you.
Sunless Cell Boss room: “it’s to dark in here.”
The Lightblade Strike boss room: “it’s to bright in here.”
I absolutely love this strike in general. Literally Destiny 1 reference: the Strike
I will redownload destiny 1 just to play this strike. I have all the dlc but never played this strike
Cleared this grandmaster yesterday and gotta say it's a good thing bungie makes the music go so hard, cuz you're gonna be hearing it for a while lol 😆
Fynch "careful, the knight guarding this place ? he's an old rival of Oryx and he's no joke"
"me getting flashbacks from the sunless cell" you don't say.
This is probably one of the best strikes in a long time.
It's so much fun
When you made this comment, you meant a long time like...1 year? Proving Grounds was incredible when it released and still is
@@SJSharkByte I despise nessus, so I don't take back what I said.
Once that axe drops oh boy its architects time
Bro 1:11 onward just is when you really realize this is remixed hard and I love it. Great track, great fucking strike op.
This makes me think it is an orchestral-style remix of the original Darkblade theme. Lovely.
A solid remix of the best song in destiny history
This song kicking in after I actually forgot about it was the most hype part of Witch Queen for me.
If you ever needed a hype track, this right here is it.
YOU ALREADY KNOW ITS ABOUT TO BE REAL
Hearing this without the game in the background makes this such a bop
I was happy to see my boy again after so long. His new digs looked good.
I absolutely love this Expansion and this strike is the reason why
Heard this during the strike and went to go find this banger
Alak-Hul... the light blade, WILL TASTE MY GLAIVE!!!
Well you literally called it
**Stab** **Stab** **GETS SMASHED INTO THE GROUND WITH AN AXE** "GUARDIAN DOWN!"
Yep me and some blueberries did it after his 2nd health gate
Funny Enough in my first run ever I literally charged him with my glaive 😂
Pretty much what I did and I stabbed him to death and somehow with no deaths on my side!
I can already just tell this is a respawning restricted area
NEVER THOUGHT I'D HEAR THOSE HUMS IN-GAME AGAIN😭
This is the reason why I love the witch queen if you love destiny 1 and remember the darkblade. You'll love this strike
This is a solid strike. Seriously, keep up the good work Bungie.
Alak Hul’s GM modifier’s just him using middle tree hammers and you’ll see him periodically chuck a tiny axe at you
*Alak Hul uses thundercrash*
Missed opprotunity
*beyblade theme intensifies*
This is one of my favorite tracks from the entire expansion, the chorus of the main theme added to it makes it just so foreboding and great!
"The Light Blade" Strike:
"Alak Hul, the Light Blade"
0:00 Beginning
0:25 2nd Phase
1:13 3rd Phase
1:45 Enraged
2:37 End
thanksss
@@karolescolar4177 np
this song slaps so hard. this scratches a little itch in my brain. i think it makes me play the game better.
this track goes hard especially the second part of the beginning
This is one of the reasons why I love The Witch Queen expansion
Can't wait to see more of him. His ghost _did_ get away, after all.
This strike is absolutely top tier from looks, mechanics, and THE HOMIE.
Anyone ever just think back to the day this DLC was about to launch and came to this specific track and remember the hype it had behind it? No? Just me? Cool
I saw the name "Light Blade", and instantly grinned. The Homie was back.
I started the track and was floored by how hard of a remix it was. My favorite strike theme ever.
When I heard the first notes, yesterday, I was like no way, he's back! Yesss!!
I was guessing the strike would be about alak hul but this remix made it so much better
Me: Alak-Hul!! We meet agai-
*Alak-Hul teleports and insta-kills me from behind*
Me: ah, just like old times
Me *sees this strike's name*
*Instant PTSD from doing this nightfall solo in D1*
*Panic*
YOU ALREADY FUCKING KNOW!!!!
LETS GOOOOO
i'm so glad he came back
I figured the ascendant knight would be the boss here, but i wasn't expecting it to just straight up be alak-hul. hindsight, probably shouldve seen it coming
D1 music was so good, so happy to see those old melodies back.
I AM PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. WHEN I FIRST PMAYED THIS MISSION AND HEARD THE FIRST 10 SECONDS OF THIS SONG, I ASCENDED OUT OF MY CHAIR AND ASCENDED EVEN HIGHER. THIS SONG IS EMPOWERING.
The middle Part is just EPIC! 🔥
When I heard the classic TTK synth beginning during the strike I lost it. Love the homages
Not all creatures of the Hive strained for the will of Oryx. Alak-Hul, the Darkblade, was one such.
Not long ago he outlived his once-King and was in position to take his mantle. Alak-Hul perished, but has now been granted the “mercy” of the Light.
The newly Risen “Lightblade” now acts in the service of the newly Lucent Witch-Queen. He must be destroyed.
Its all fun and games until you're reloading and he starts running at you
Fighting this guy using Stasis is so ironic 😅
AKA *the* toughest Nightfall *and* GM.
Seriously, this is tough as nails and almost impossible to do.
since the heroic or whatever level strike for him in D1 was the last step in getting one of the exotic swords in taken king, i grew fond of fighting him back then, loved his theme- when i saw him pop up again in witch queen i was like, oh cool- but then his theme starts and i was like OH LES FCKN GOOO
the sound of his halberd/axe slamming against the ground will always be a part of this track for me
bro can kill you with 2 strikes of his melee attack 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Alak-Hul cast Thundercrash
This strike as a GM with Arc singe… oof that was hard…
Banger song just barely offsets the terror of him chasing you down in 3rd phase during a GM
Guardian: you've took everything from me!
Light Blade: I don't even know who you are.
When it is arc singe and blackout modifier:
The homie, Claimed your ass, back for more
Alak-Hul: Welcome back, Guardians.... Remember me?
Me: *holds up Worldline Zero* Yep, and you still owe me a honorable duel... EN GUARD YOU BASTARD!
New lights: Alak-Hul? Eh let’s kick his ass
D1 Vets: YOURE AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE DAY I LOST YOU
This theme and sepix redux are my two favorite themes from strikes, overall they come at a close second and third to battle ready from the lightfall campaign
The vibe hit hard
I love this theme
ALAKHUL THE DARKBLADE
Just so y’all know, the lightblade has a ghost and we don’t get to kill it. So this guy ALSO has potential to come back with savathuny
To be honest, first time re-hearing this was a great nostalgia moment the fan service worked😉
Someone please mix this with dark blade. I like how much heavier this one id but I also love the slow build up that the original dark blade track had in the beginning
Everybody gangsta 'till the helmet comes out.
I am glad to see my favorite strike boss ever come back.
On the old darkblade ost before it was taken down i talked about how if Alak-hul came back it would be awesome
And I was fucking right
Pov: you set this to your alarm. And you wake up as your guardian
Everybody gangsta until you knock Arak-Hul's helmet off
Anyone just automatically hear his spawn-in animation sound when the music starts?
D1 TTK: Alak-hul The Darkblade
D2 TWQ: Alak-hul The Lightblade
*intense flashbacks of failing 100's of times trying to get dark drinker and bolt cutter*
I Love this soundtrack and Alak-Hul The Light Blade since D1 ❤ * Like *
Wait a minute since he gets away (kinda like us ) every time he wins and wipes a team that’s a canonically a win for him.
Cant wait for this to be the nightfall
The dude that caused me and my friends a lot of stress getting the exotic swords is back with his legion of ISIS thralls.
Anyone else notice that the motif is the same as "Dark Blade" from "The Taken King" OST? And how Oryx and Savvathunn are siblings? I thought that was interesting.
It's the same boss from destiny 1, Alak Hul the darkblade is now the lightblade.
@@externalboss9404 I didn't play witch queen-
It makes even more sense now. Thank you! :)