Solo Root of Nightmares Full Raid | Destiny 2

Overall and encounter thoughts below.

It's pretty cool to have a full raid be solo-able and I enjoyed the encounters, mostly. Being able to beat the raid solo somewhat makes up for the lackluster 6 player eperience of this raid for me as someone who likes doing solo challenges.

However, this is bittersweet because the whole raid is solo-able using completely intended mechanics and no glitches at all. While that may sound like a positive, for me it really speaks volumes on the immense lack of depth of the mechanics in this raid considering it's supposed to be designed for 6 players which I find dissapointing.

Cataclysm:
This is a great solo for anyone wanting to try out solo raid challenges. Straight forward and very flexible with loadouts, just have to learn the node locations and go fast.

Scission:
The easiest solo in the raid and it's great for anyone wanting to practice shatter/well skates under pressure, though skating is not needed. I very much dislike this encounter as it doesn't feel different enough from the first, which is probably why I don't like this solo either. The solo took me just over an hour to beat for the first time, which was the second time I'd done the encounter and I was not the runner on my day 1 team so I didn't know the node locations on the 3rd floor when I cleared.

Explicator:
Definitely the hardest encounter to solo in the raid. It's pretty frustrating to learn, but satisfying to become consistent and beat. The damage phase is very unintuitive so understanding how it works is key to getting consistent good damage.

Nezarec:
I enjoyed solo Nez a lot, I did some of the theory crafting at the start which is always fun. Early on, before the volt shot tech was discovered, damage was exteremely tight which made the encounter feel quite tense. I had a number of final stand trades with rockets before Snazzy figured out the merciless strat which was heartbreaking but I'm in the same boat as about 20 other people there. There's a lot of nonsense in this encounter which can be very frustrating when you're learning but in my opinion you can play around almost all of the nonsense once you have a better understanding of the encounter and how Nez works.


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0:00 First Encounter
5:46 Second Encounter
20:37 Third Encounter
33:30 Final Encounter