Parodos Killer

Waiting at the end of this mission is Parodos, The Choral Mind, a fight with a Vex Hydra that isn’t difficult so much as tricky and involved. Kind of the leitmotif for this whole mission, really, but here, things can get really annoying really quick. I’m not saying this thing can’t be done solo, but as a solo D2 player, I can testify this was a crotchbite of a battle to do on my own.

So, let’s streamline things, first off. The sequence of events that needs to happen is thus:

Kill an Independent Variable Minotaur to get a green module

Use the green module in the middle container to reveal the middle platform and pillar. Activate the switch to reveal Parodos on the ceiling

Go to Parodos’ side of the chamber, kill the Cyclops that spawned there, use the same green module to reveal the platform underneath him

Stand on the red plate there to reveal the weak point on Parodos’ shield. Survive the Goblin horde that spawns.

Destroy the triangular weak point on Parodos’ shield

You have 20 seconds to do as much damage to Parodos as humanly possible before he vanishes

Repeat

Sounds simple enough, and it kinda is, if not for the Independent Variable Minotaurs taking way too damn long to die, and the All You Can Kill buffet of Vex Goblins who keep getting in your way every step of this fight. If you didn’t come here alone, keep someone on stray Vex duty while the actual work gets done. If you are solo, equip a good mob weapon and a hard-hitting Power weapon. You’ll need to stay limber and mobile in the DPS phase since Parodos can do an equal amount of hard-hitting damage right back to you, but you need to be aggressive regardless, time is a factor.

At the 50 percent health mark, things get spicy. Parodus will cordon off the arena into three separate zones separated by red walls of death, and keep firing on you for a bit. Do a bit more damage to him, and he’ll vanish into one of the other zones. Now, killing an Independent Variable Minotaur will give you a blue module you can use to open a portal to the area where Parodus has shielded up again. Destroy the weak spot again, then unload everything you’ve got. Eventually, he’ll die. Again, if you’ve got an extra gun or two, this isn’t so bad. For solo players, though, there’s a lot to juggle, but take your time, and work smart (and from a distance, whenever possible), and it’s still very doable.

Either way, congratulations, when Parodos is dead, that’s another Exotic Mission in the books, and after you talk to Ikora and Failsafe, you win yourself one hell of an Auto Rifle in Choir Of One. You can make it even better with the Exotic Catalysts you can find by beating Encore: Overture on Expert, if you’re feeling lucky/crazy.