[i]First off, you [b]NEED[/b] 6 players to be able to do this in a reasonable amount of time. The difficulty of this raid on normal is 26, so i suggest having at least 5 people in your fireteam who are above level 26. I also suggest you all have mics because communication is critical to completeing this raid. The way i prefer to complete this raid is with 4-5 Hunters and 1 Titan, why? Because when you reach Atheon the fastest way to kill him is with a ranged super, and the best ranged super is the Golden gun which is specific to the Hunter subclass 'Gunslinger'. The 1-2 Titans are necessary for the shield they provide as their super which is available to Titans when they have the subclass 'Defender' equipped. [/i] [b]PLEASE NOTE:[/b] [u]There are many other stragies that work other then the one i am about to explain, but this is considered the most efficient. [/u] [b]STEP 1[/b] [b]1.[/b] When you all spawn there will be 3 circular plates that you will have to sit on while fighting Vex enemies in order to open the gate and proceed. The first plate is on the right, the second is infront of the gate, and the third is on the right of the gate. You need to assign 2 players per plate because you will be fighting Praetorians. All the plates need to be occupied by AT LEAST 1 Guardian at all times until the gate is open. You will know when the gate opens because the white ring/walls on the plates will dissapear. [b]2.[/b] Once you are inside the gate, follow the road down to the first chest. Please wait for all players to get to the chest before opening. This way everyone can get Ascendant Energy. [b]STEP 2[/b] [b]1.[/b] Once you get to part 2 the first thing you are required to do is Defend the spires. This means that you must kill the vex enemies before they sacrifice themselves to the spires, you can only allow 10 sacrifices before failing this part. I suggest assigning 2 players to the right, 2 to the middle, and 2 to the left. The middle is the easiest, the right is the second easiest, and the left is the hardest so plan accordingly. The first spire that spawns is in the middle, after you defend that successfully the left and right spires will spawn and you must defend those two [u]at the same time[/u], following this all 3 spires spawn and you must defend them all [u]at the same time[/u]. [b]2.[/b] While defending the spires enemies will come at you who are titled as Fanatics, when you kill these enemies they will drop a yellow circle. IF you step in the yellow you become marked and must be cleansed. You cleanse yourself by running onto the circular plate which should be glowing yellow like a fire at the front center of the middle area. [b]STEP 3[/b] [b]1.[/b] This part is the Ritual of Negation. The Templar will appear and he is basically an oversized Nexus from the strike on Venus. This part is the hardest part of the Raid in my opinion. In this part you will have to assign 2 players to the left[i](Hardest)[/i], middle[i](Easiest)[/i], and right[i](2nd easiest)[/i]. You will have to shoot and destroy the oracles to proceed. The oracles are yellow glowy boxes and there are 3 oracles that spawn on the left, 3 on the right and 1 in the middle. At the begining of this part the oracles will briefly appear to let you know where they will spawn. (not Complete yet)