Ever since its release in October of 2017, Activision’s Destiny 2 has become one of the most popular video games on the Xbox and PS4 consoles. In 2019, the game’s popularity skyrocketed when it became free-to-play online via Stadia and other cloud-based applications. The sequel to the 2014 game Destiny allows players to assume roles as Guardians, warriors protecting Earth’s last remaining safe city from a horde of malefic aliens.
The Guardians use a powerful ability known as The Light to save the Last City from the darkness of alien habitation. Throughout the course of the game, several monsters confront the Guardians on their quest. Here are the ten most powerful monsters in Destiny 2, ranked.
10 Fallen Captain
Monstrous enemies in Destiny 2 are divided into four factions: Cabals, Fallen, Hive, and Vex. While the power among the factions varies, Captains typically remain atop the predatory food chain.
Therefore, the Fallen Captain is a formidable enough of a foe to kickstart this list. The trademark of The Fallen includes glowing blue eyeballs and purple exoskeleton. The best way to defeat insectile Fallen Captains is to head north on the area map toward Winding Cove.
9 Vex Hobgoblin
The enemy race known as Vex in Destiny 2 is comprised of one-eyed robotic aliens with supreme defense mechanisms. Among the factions of Vex include Goblins, Harpies, Minotaurs, and Hobgoblins.
Hobgoblins are among the scariest Vex monsters featured in the game. The cybernetic machines come equipped with hidden sniper units that can quickly dispatch sloppy gamers. Hobgoblins also use Laser Rifles and Line Rifles as heir primary weapons and an impenetrable shield to fend off the incoming fire. They can also recoup their heath in the midst of battle.
8 Scorn Chieftain
High-ranking Chieftains are nothing to sneeze at in Destiny 2. In the case of the Scorn Chieftains, the fallen undead captains have the ability to bolster the strength of their surrounding fleet of enemy ranks. Scorn Chieftains also come equipped with high-powered weaponry.
One of the most formidable weapons employed by the Scorn Chieftains includes a slew of totems that easily kill unaware Guardians. They include turret-like Solar totems, trapping Arc totems, and Void totems that create impervious shells around their allies.
7 Vex Minotaur
When it comes to the Vex race, none of the subspecies are as powerful as the Minotaur. The superior cybernetic machine is not only bigger than its brethren but also comes equipped with a large cannon and a destructive arm.
In addition, Vex Minotaurs possess a large health quotient, which takes quite a lot of damage from Guardians to decrease. When they do near death, the creatures become furious and increase their destructive defenses. The upright creatures also possess the ability to teleport in close proximity to the Guardians.
6 Hive Shrieker
Hives are alien enemies with the ability to host worm-like parasites. They come various forms such as Acolytes, Knights, Ogres, Wizards, and Shriekers.
Hive Shriekers serve as large turrets that defend the Hive locations. What makes them so powerful and difficult to defeat is their protective shell, which only opens if a Guardian comes close enough. Shriekers fire Void totems that can quickly harm a user’s health unless they defeat them immediately.
5 Vex Protheon Modular Mind
As part of the Vex race, the Protheon Modular Mind is the final boss of the Inverted Spire Strike. As the head honcho, the Boss has the ability to summon Harpies, Goblins, and other Vex foes to fight beside him.
The Modular Mind can also make the footing beneath a Guardian vanish in the blink of an eye, dropping them into a new environment altogether. They can also withstand decapitation and continue to attack while headless. In the final portion of the three-part final battle, the Modular Mind beckons innumerable Vex for reinforcements.
4 Hive Wizards
Hive Wizards are incredibly powerful monsters in Destiny 2. They possess the ability to fly around and exact magical attacks on the Guardians with supernatural powers bestowed to them by The Darkness.
The skeletal-looking baddies can inflict massive damage from long-range. When they aren’t projecting lethal ammunition, they disappear via smoke clouds. They also cast deadly spells, fire Arc totems at a relentless clip, and use their powers to conjure dark clouds to disorient the Guardians.
3 Hive & Taken Ogres
Hive and Taken Ogres, while slightly different, both pose paramount threats to Guardians in Destiny 2. One of the things that makes them so powerful is their indestructible health level, and conversely, their ability to doll out massive damage.
Hive Ogres attack by shooting unrelenting Void beams from their eyes, while Taken Ogres can shoot beams intermittently with enough force to knock Guardians into retreat. If one of these beams does not instantly kill a user, they can lift you into the air or toss you off the entire game map.
2 Cabal Gladiator
In Destiny 2, Cabal Gladiators are gargantuan humanoid aliens who lumber around with gigantic meat-cleavers for hands that can lethally waylay a Guardian in nanoseconds.
The high-ranking enemies also come equipped with large health banks that are challenging to deplete. Cabal Gladiators tend to mount sneak attacks while Guardians battle its allies, and require large, heavy weapons to defeat them. If struck by one at full force, a Guardian can die from the fatal impact on a nearby object.
1 Taken Captain
All things considered, the most powerful monster in Destiny 2 is the Taken Captain. Taken are comprised of any of the four factions — Cabal, Fallen, Hive, Vex — who have been manipulated by The Darkness.
Taken Captains serve as upgraded Fallen Captains who possess superior strength, health, speed, teleportation skills, etc. They can use a pair of large swords or a shotgun to do inflict harm and can shoot darkness bullets to shroud a Guardian’s eyesight and penetrate cover-shields. Fallen Captains come in several stripes, including the formidable Taken Blight, which is among the strongest iterations of the alien race. Taken Captains also come equipped with Shock Blades and Shrapnel Launchers.
