rhulk was also set up a lot better then most raid bosses, he remained a big mystery clear up to the raid race, these are disciples of the most powerful being in universe. fitting the first one we see was a raid boss
By far destinys greatest boss. Going from a composed wielder of darkness to an unrelentless monster during dps. Sent shivers when he roared while going into dps
I still prefer riven as a boss without the cheese but rhulks 100% up there. First raid boss that actually fights back during the dps as we aren’t stunning him or delaying a wipe he’s invited us to the top to deal with us personally until he can remake the shield
The drums, I swear to god, nothing in the game up until this point made me feel/acknowledge how power creep hit us lore wise, but those drums alone made me feel so much emotion alone. It really instilled the sentiment of who we were dealing with, he didn't need no big introduction, he was the Witness's Right-hand man, the one who made the Hive, who we had struggled against for so long.
First raid boss to actually fight back during the dps and not just stand there. One of the best things they have done to a raid in years. It was also fitting the strongest enemy we’ve faced was the one who was first to do it. Rhulks dps isn’t stun him shoot him till it’s over. We have to take down his shield then he invites us to the top of his domain to fight us personally
The Drums were so damn powerful, I can never forget how they opened my eyes to really acknowledge who we were dealing with when I first completed the raid. sucked that it couldnt be day one though, we had dc's for 6-7 hours from the launch.
@@adamboy0559I wouldn’t say they all need to be that way. The juxtaposition of Scourge’s intro followed by the maze and race was cool, those are totally different paces. But I did like the urgency of encounter 3 quite a bit, nothing else really makes you adapt like that.
The High Action section of this track has to be one of the best pieces of music they've ever composed. I can't think of any other music in Destiny, or even video games in general that gets you hyped up with a sense of dread in the final round with the boss.
@@bepisaxe4464theoretically he could have killed us in seconds if he actually tried and took us seriously as a threat. He seen lightbarers as weak and pawns not releasing he’s definitely strong but at the same times he’s the pawn being used to enact a frozen universe
i love his full title cuz at the time we didn't know what the witness was, all we knew is that it was the voice in the darkness. and potentially the strongest foe weve seem. it was quite intimidating reading his title and hearing his theme
Fun fact: Absolutely nowhere in the entire game of Destiny is Rhulk ever referred to as The First Disciple. It's some real mandala effect stuff going on here.
@@MonogamousPigeon I have read Rhulk's backstory. Nowhere in the entire lore book does it even sort of HINT that he was the First Disciple. There's simply zero mention of that, there is zero mention of the witness's age in that book, the witness doesn't SAY anything to Rhulk that indicates he's the first.... I don't think so, man.
“You have served your purpose. All that awaits you now is the gift of death... The darkness beyond your final days.”
Such a banger opening villain dialogue
@@RaspyChNezarec’s is also really good
@@vogavation eh nah. His is more goofy villain of the week type dialogue. Rhulk is more sophisticated, but arrogant
rhulk was also set up a lot better then most raid bosses, he remained a big mystery clear up to the raid race, these are disciples of the most powerful being in universe. fitting the first one we see was a raid boss
@@RaspyCh Nezarec just wanted to throw down with his new pals. He just has an extreme definition of "throw down" and "pals". xD
By far destinys greatest boss. Going from a composed wielder of darkness to an unrelentless monster during dps. Sent shivers when he roared while going into dps
I still prefer riven as a boss without the cheese but rhulks 100% up there. First raid boss that actually fights back during the dps as we aren’t stunning him or delaying a wipe he’s invited us to the top to deal with us personally until he can remake the shield
Riven legit is still better but only by a smidge, Rhulk is very, very good I agree
The drums, I swear to god, nothing in the game up until this point made me feel/acknowledge how power creep hit us lore wise, but those drums alone made me feel so much emotion alone. It really instilled the sentiment of who we were dealing with, he didn't need no big introduction, he was the Witness's Right-hand man, the one who made the Hive, who we had struggled against for so long.
"Thrilled to pick my teeth with your bones, little ones."
I'd be glad for Rhulk to use my body as dental floss.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you. I'll just stuff you with my worm friends instead!"
Buddy has no teeth. He's a liar
Again, I'm an exo. WHAT BONES, GHOST????
"My blood spilled! Bravo!"
Freaking amazing fight through and through. It always gives me chills moving into DPS
The first boss who actually fought back as well. He didn’t just stand still and let us damage him he actively hunts us down
The drums in this track are so clean. Taking rhulk out on day 1 was pretty fun with how mobile he is and how much flair they gave his attacks.
First raid boss to actually fight back during the dps and not just stand there. One of the best things they have done to a raid in years. It was also fitting the strongest enemy we’ve faced was the one who was first to do it. Rhulks dps isn’t stun him shoot him till it’s over. We have to take down his shield then he invites us to the top of his domain to fight us personally
@@adamboy0559domain expansion 🤯
The Drums were so damn powerful, I can never forget how they opened my eyes to really acknowledge who we were dealing with when I first completed the raid. sucked that it couldnt be day one though, we had dc's for 6-7 hours from the launch.
rhulk is by far one of the best raid bosses of all time
Not to mention the whole raid it’s kind of difficult in some parts
@@ricardodiazmedellin4886not really difficult but not easy to a point it’s boring. It’s all very fast paced which imo is what raids should be.
@@adamboy0559I wouldn’t say they all need to be that way. The juxtaposition of Scourge’s intro followed by the maze and race was cool, those are totally different paces.
But I did like the urgency of encounter 3 quite a bit, nothing else really makes you adapt like that.
@@progenitor_amborella yeah not all like that level but first and second of vow Also are fairly faced paced on a short time period to fill the totems
raid is easy. LFG is just bad as hell
The High Action section of this track has to be one of the best pieces of music they've ever composed. I can't think of any other music in Destiny, or even video games in general that gets you hyped up with a sense of dread in the final round with the boss.
Riven phase 2 has the dread sounding part then phase 2 has the more triumphant part
This fight became harder in pantheon. He did shadow clone which is probably a power he could do a first but never took us serious enough.
My team didn't really have a problem
The only raid boss that actually talks smack to you.
I guess Calus would sometimes too
The only one who could theoretically back it up as well
@@bepisaxe4464theoretically he could have killed us in seconds if he actually tried and took us seriously as a threat. He seen lightbarers as weak and pawns not releasing he’s definitely strong but at the same times he’s the pawn being used to enact a frozen universe
What about nez
@@medicfdumbonez never even got the chance to realize he was the punchline to a joke expansion.
Music gotta be the only thing Destiny 2 has been consistently good at
Not anymore
@@ciguretwrong lol
Nezarec theme goes bonkers
@@DioStandProud got rid of Micheal Salvatori
sound design in general tbh
Loving these “as heard in game” type of mixes
13:45 - 14:31 love this part, it is so fitting. The sound of pure evil chaos
The Best raid, boss and Soundtrack.
Nice! It's nice to have the full suite but I love both your of this encounter mixes honestly. Looking forward to the Oneirophobia mix!
Yes! Finally a good version of this where it’s mixed well. I love the part where it’s just the drums/snare. Good job as always
The best part was when it went “Charmin ultra soft”
Best boss OST ever
Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness
i love his full title cuz at the time we didn't know what the witness was, all we knew is that it was the voice in the darkness. and potentially the strongest foe weve seem. it was quite intimidating reading his title and hearing his theme
“You have served your purpose. All that awaits you now is the gift of death.. The darkness, beyond your final days…”
The theme that plays when your mom catches you on the game post curfew
"My blood spilled bravo"
Man this rocks, feelsgood to get a complete version of the entire boss without certain parts skipped
For me, Your 'full action' version is more good. I love your remix.
Tbf this is based on how it plays during the encounter rather than me putting everything together fully.
@@ArchivalMindi love both the ingame versions you put out and the mixes you make.
The mixes are 🔥
You will not rise from the deep, but drown… *INNIT*
Any chance you will upload the Acquisition theme? 🙏
We need someone talented to do a drum cover of this
2x speed is funny… “WITNESS FORGIVE MEEEEEEEE!!”
17:46 17:50 17:49
12:25-12:45🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Call me crazy, but something tells me that Rhulk was the original final boss of Vanilla D2.
Imagine if they had fit him into the Season of Arrivals end of season event as THE final boss of Pre- Beyond Light Destiny?
Rhulk was never the vanilla d2 final boss. It was always going to be ghaul to set in place the events to have rhulk in wq
You're crazy.
There is no way Rhulk was planned six years in advance and NO director used him unlike Nokris, Xol, the Black Fleet, Eramis, etc.
Fun fact: Absolutely nowhere in the entire game of Destiny is Rhulk ever referred to as The First Disciple. It's some real mandala effect stuff going on here.
Yeah but his song is called the first disciple
We can infer from the lore he was the first chronologically. Rather than looking for other clues, we can simply apply Occams Razor.
@@MonogamousPigeon I wonder when Nez became a disciple
@@MonogamousPigeon I have read Rhulk's backstory. Nowhere in the entire lore book does it even sort of HINT that he was the First Disciple. There's simply zero mention of that, there is zero mention of the witness's age in that book, the witness doesn't SAY anything to Rhulk that indicates he's the first.... I don't think so, man.
@@lambdadelta5743 Right, the SONG is called that, but Rhulk never is.