Speed Run Strikes Guide
From Destiny 1 Wiki
General Tips
Please do not speed run if you have trouble completing the Strikes or if you are under-level
If it doesn’t need to be killed don’t go out of your way to kill it
- There are many points during strikes where you will find enemies that you simply don’t need to kill; usually this is at the beginning of strikes. Just get on your sparrow (if you can) and just blaze past it. This means when you spawn for the Nexus strike PLEASE don’t spend minutes killing all of the low level dregs and goblins in the area, just run past.
- There are a couple strikes where you can take this to the extreme and just sparrow past almost everything. This can make it go fast but be wary of leaving people behind. It may cost you more time in the end.
Keep moving forward
- This kinda goes along with the last one. But it applies to all aspects. This is not a time to explore new areas or inspect weapons. Keep the pace up and get from one area to another as fast as you can. If you need to change loadouts do it while a door is opening or when dinklebot is doing whatever he does.
- This also applies when fighting through zones of enemies. Don’t stand in the back and snipe. You are high enough level to get close and personal and clear enemies out fast.
DO NOT CHEESE THE BOSSES
- The purposes of these strikes are to do them quickly cheesing bosses usually significantly reduces the amount of damage you can do and it will take that much longer. I have seen level 29’s and 30’s hiding under the platform fighting the Archon priest or hiding behind boxes for Ta’aurc and it is ridiculous! This isn’t the nightfall there is no need for that.
- During boss fights all three players should be focusing on shooting the boss as much as possible. Almost every boss will go down surprisingly quickly if you just focus on them and not on finding that perfect hiding place.
- Only clear minor enemies when needed. If they are not shooting at you or a member of your fireteam then save you’re ammo for the boss.
Use your super!
- The more you use your super more your fireteam members can use their super and the more you can use your super and so on and so forth.
- If a defender lays down a bubble go get in it!! It is most likely Weapons of Light which means you do up to 35% more damage which means you can kill bosses 35% faster. I can’t tell you how many times I have laid down a bubble only to have my team mates stare at it and continue shooting just feet away from it. GET IN MY BUBBLE!
Know the strike
- If you start doing these strikes enough you will start to know where certain enemies spawn, boss behavior and optimal routes. Use this knowledge to your advantage with a well-timed super, grenade or just position yourself to get a lot of kills. This will vastly speed up some sections.
