Destiny 2: Acquisition & The Caretaker - Vow of the Disciple Raid Guide

[@notoriousvex1632]

I'm sure spending 8 hours in these two encounters forged the strats in my brain but watching these guides is therapeutic

[@aziz-dailycommentsandmore9086]

12 hours between the two over here lol

[@Moose_Hawkins]

Dude I am haunted by these symbols in my goddamn *DREAMS*

[@Vanilla_Is_King]

Did anyone else call the two black and orange people "pedo"?

[@clayless8701]

@@Vanilla_Is_King my team called it "gay"

[@itsethan1340]

@@clayless8701 I called it black man standing behind a man

[@AppleWasMyIdea]

The Caretaker really pushed my team and I to the limit. Sometimes we'd go ten runs without seeing a single heavy brick. Wells, Reeds & Divinity for the win!

[@DattoDoesDestiny]

we also opted for a more weapon focused DPS strat, turned out very well. our first kill was glitched, so we went back for a second run and got a non-glitched kill, was great knowing the strat would've worked either way. it is very strict though, normal mode likely to get crushed.

[@AppleWasMyIdea]

@@DattoDoesDestiny We also ran Witherhoard alongside Reeds which was very helpful for even just add clearing between phases. Also, I think I can say for the rest of us, but congratulations on an incredible run mate. Still hoping you get that World's First someday.

[@tristen9736]

Our top strat was void warlocks with Cartesian coordinate and sleeper. Was getting 5.5 mil damage

[@AppleWasMyIdea]

@@tristen9736 We got the same amount of damage. Initially we started with a Void start, however, after 7-8hrs of it not really working out, we switched up tactics and did three wells, one for each plate, and saw a major improvement. Thundercrash was actually pretty damn useful.

[@greenlukesky4615]

@@AppleWasMyIdea didn’t have any titans, how does thundercrash work on the caretaker?

[@1pablorz]

Just beat Rhulk on contest. Truly pushed us to the limit, I think solid raid rating for VOTD.

[@Sparrowthebird]

Caretaker took us 8 hours, rhulk took us 10 hours, I am so damn tired now lol.

[@linkofdoom24]

I just finished mine about 2 hours ago. And yeah. The raid is pretty good, symbols can get a bit much. But overall fun

[@1pablorz]

@@linkofdoom24 I fuckin despised the caretaker's mechanics but Rhulk was VERY impressive. I'm sure it will age realy well with the unique mechanics at the end of each phase.

[@mutantraze3681]

Honestly one of the best raids to date and ABSOLUTELY the best design wise. Just looking at the boss room is pleasing

[@Spartan-sz7km]

Raid is gonna be fun on normal when DPS isn't so tight. But man contest was brutal

[@Deathslayer296]

The Darkness is linked to memory. The Raid asks us to remember symbols. Fitting.

[@martinvraniskoski7379]

My team was only able to get through the first encounter, but figuring it out was honestly a blast. I love slowly picking apart encounters on day 1 and making progress

[@sealight1742]

if anyone needs/ wants names for the symbols, the room just before the fist encounter has all of them and if you walk up to one it will show the name of the symbol under you radar.

[@frostypineapple]

For caretaker 2 stunning, 2 running, and 2 for ad clear (left and right) worked really consistently with LFG groups for me. It helped to never have the problem where he faces you after his back opens

[@AyylienInvader]

This was the strat our team used! With two people, you can basically stun the boss as soon as possible every time, which gives the other teams all the time they need to clear adds/get symbols.

[@MrZerk815]

Stunners, Runners, and Gunners. xD

[@icyflame2a]

This was my first day 1 raid experience and it was amazing to finally be doing one myself after watching your day 1 streams for years, my team couldn't get past Caretaker after being stuck on him for 10 hours, but it was still such an amazing experience and I'll definitely be doing all future raids on day 1 too. GG's on your 2nd place finish too Datto - I'm super proud of you

[@aziz-dailycommentsandmore9086]

exactly my same experience, look at the bright side tho, we will be future day 1 raiders, keep on!!

[@icyflame2a]

@@aziz-dailycommentsandmore9086 100%!! Didn't get the day 1 clear for this one but we'll get it in the future! :)

[@ahmadjeha]

Same boat for ny team too. Took us 3 hours on the first encounter and we quit after 10 hrs in caretaker

[@icyflame2a]

@@ahmadjeha first encounter was tough for my team cause we just kept getting anteatered, was such a great feeling to finally get through it though ahaha

[@ahmadjeha]

@@icyflame2a Yeah we got the anteater error too like 3 times just on the way into the pyramid in the swamp section.

[@Togawaken]

Even though I already beat the raid it is a tradition to watch all of your guides because my raiding career all started from watching your guides

[@08risaka]

It’s tradition at this point. Came for the music and stayed for the guide.

[@kankles6569]

I love that you've never changed your raid guide music. It truly brings be back to so many other raids when I hear it

[@worldline4711]

Came for the music and stayed for the music

[@Oglna]

Can't wait for you to guide Jez and Danielle through this and have Jez make up new names for the symbols

[@CapitanChoripan]

Datto my man, you´re a PVE warlord and dont let anybody let you think otherwise. We watched your run in a group with some friends here in Santiago and we cheered for you and Mathclass when you killed the final boss. My point is, keep at it. I really enjoy your content and you indirectly taught me how to play this game.

[@doom114]

I can’t describe the amount of hype I feel when I here that fking raid guide music play together with the title card. Unbelievable hype.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

This is honestly the best guide I've seen for these two encounters. Most of the guides i've watched have made the raid look a lot more complicated than what it seems.

[@vex6213]

I just wanted to say, congrats on the Worlds Second! Thats a fantastic placing, and your consistency across all the raids is truly mindblowing. You do not get the respect you deserve as a player of the game.

[@skoalsniper006]

Loved watching your run Datto!

[@a113cox]

"If Bungie thought the good part of Last Wish was the symbols" lol kinda true, and yet in this raid, I never felt overwhelmed at all. They took the symbol mechanic from last wish and made it 10x better by adding distinction and clarity for each symbol. Overall this raid was fantastic, very fun day one fun. My team was on pace for top 30 until Rhulk.

[@evaangelofdeath]

Major props to the art team for the symbol designs.

[@misterio10gre]

I think it was also pretty ingenuous to use things that the player is already familiar with (expansion logos, places like the tower, and such)

[@Swiftstorm86]

I agree completely. The problem with Last Wish symbols was that half of them looked so similar. Varying forms of birds, fish, and dragons. The symbols in VotD, on the other hand, are all quite distinct. Despite there being 26 of them (Last Wish only had 16), I never felt like I didn’t recognize a symbol. Granted, staring at the symbols for 14 hours across these two encounters (most spent lacking damage at the Caretaker) before our team had to call it definitely burned them into my mind. I swear I’m gonna have dreams of these things for a week.

[@misterio10gre]

@@Swiftstorm86 I know, the one thing that kept me from ever trying a legit LW run was the fact that all of the symbols are the variation of either a bird, fish, snake, or dragon

[@Epicstar25002]

agree with this 100 percent except there was many issues shit day one experience imo

[@KillahBee001]

THE MUSIC IS BACK BABY

[@Moose_Hawkins]

You're here to get a guide for a last-minute Contest mode clear. I'm here to listen to Datto's raid guide music. We are not the same.

[@fort809]

“Last minute” there’s still 15 hours left of contest

[@ioncavegrandma9256]

I'm here because me and my clan reached Rhulk completely blind after like 20 hours give or take total in the raid and we're very proud to have gotten there totally unassisted but we all agreed we'll never beat him, and now I'm here for relaxing datto music. Maybe we are the same.

[@gamechip06]

I don't even have witch queen. So basically, There is another

[@infernas]

I'm pumped to hear that background music again. I've been humming it all morning like an idiot lol in anticipation of your guides. Can't wait to give this raid a try after reset. ❤️

[@crisblackhat1497]

Everytime a raid drops I wait for the music every single time I have a smile on my face waiting for the guide with the song in the back ground 😂

[@bjcooper4365]

I needed to hear that music again. God bless the sweet symphony of Datto’s raid guides.

[@leviprentice6736]

im a simple man. I see a Datto raid guide, I like it, even though I already know all of the mechanics.

[@jeffburghduf6227]

What to raid? I know most of the mechanics of the first encounter and caretaker(only 2 that I've been able to hop in and help clanmates with)

[@KirbyTheConsumer]

Do I know how to do the raid from being glued to the stream yesterday? Yes. Am I still gonna watch the guides for the immaculate Datto quality and the crisp background soundtrack? Absolutely!

[@MEMxxLEGEND]

Glad you got around to saying Obelisks correctly. Loved watching your run Datto.

[@demob7]

Don't know if anyone said this but can we stop for a second and realise that despite getting flamed (by people with brains like boiled eggs) for getting world 2nd, Datto still gives us this? Datto, my man, you are a fucking legend. You get flamed by people in the D2 community and still make a guide. That shows a lot of integrity, my good sir. Just part of the reason that you're one of the coolest nerds in history.

[@hyperhinhitter]

Best part of a new raid is Dattos banger raid guides.

[@gpawan1996]

i love how you have included live examples which make this the best guid out there!

[@ThatOnePaperBag]

Jez is gonna have a FIELD DAY making names for the symbols.

[@BananaKiller15]

Sadly our team fell after about 18 hours total, caretaker had our number despite getting close and making progress. Congrats on your run Datto! Thanks for being great and an awesome dude!

[@juanmaolivailustrador]

Oh, boy. I can't wait to hear J3z's interpretation of the symbol names when he inevitably gets Datto to be his sherpa. Also, love the breakdown; I'll definitely use this for my first try.

[@dez7649]

Boy it’s funny af 🤣

[@_colton_6452]

he’s definitely has the best callouts for this raid

[@ashb7]

Jez and Danielle should get to officially name the symbols in every future raid.

[@hobo3040]

After finally beating this on contest, listening to the raid music is simply bittersweet. This raid is amazing, i love this expansion man

[@beans4097]

Thanks for the guide Datto it really helps me out! Loved watching the run on Vows of the Disciple. I hope you had a lot of fun!

[@TeyLew]

Datto + Raid Guide + This Music is always a relaxing time, even if what's shown on screen is chaos

[@baileylaviolette543]

My team and I only made it halfway through the Caretaker on day 1, but I'm still really proud we managed to solve the encounters ourselves. Glad to see we didn't miss anything, thanks Datto

[@dahvoun3918]

After all of these years you still have the best guides out there

[@KraZerrr1]

I take great joy in waiting for these videos for the iconic music tbh

[@RobbyBobby320]

The song....the sooooong.... it's back in my head! Welding itself into the tiny little grooves of my brain!

[@asimplefarmer]

Always an S tier guide. I love the fact you show he POV of different jobs

[@masterfuljoe1017]

Finally took down Rhulk about an hour and a half ago, this has to be my favorite raid, aside from the launch bugs it was absolutely fantastic.

[@C.V.U]

Loved the blooper at the end, thanks for the extremely clear video!

[@SuperHumaneater]

No.2 in raid completions but No.1 in raid guides with added humor.

[@brianmccrary5369]

Datto: "So no head?" Caretaker: Stunned and devastated

[@zeik101]

My team already figured this out, but I really just like the vibe with the music and the explanation

[@Palayedeuhm]

Very good video. I really enjoyed seeing the perspectives of you guys performing each roll. Beating caretaker on contest mode was one of the most satisfying feelings ever

[@RC-sk5rg]

The music has returned!

[@RiverTroll]

You can also prevent the slam attack by having the face shooter quickly shoot his face as soon as the glow starts

[@mellowdarkness3344]

If your internet is lacking, some times your shots before his face glows can count after a moment. Leading to a near instant face stagger, then soon a stun

[@ryansmukala7618]

This was my teams first attempt at a day 1. We got stuck on the first encounter for about 7 hours or so before we finally beat it. Then we hit a wall super late on caretaker and called it there. I’m disappointed we couldn’t get a day 1 clear, but I’m still proud that we managed to clear one encounter on our first attempt at a day 1. I wasn’t sure what to expect between contest and figuring out brand new mechanics so that’s why I’m proud of what we did. I think we can do better next time because we will have a better idea going in of what we need to do for contest. I think what messed us up more than anything was the speed of each encounter. It seemed like you had such a small amount of time to actually execute the thing for the encounter that it was really overwhelming sometimes.

[@StrikingIke386]

It was pretty much the same with us. 1st encounter was more an issue of just staying alive, but we eventually moved everyone around enough that we have a near flawless run. Caretaker got us though. We eventually had it down enough that symbols, stuns, and ads were easy, but we just didn't have the damage. Most of us didn't have good snipers, linear, or outbreak like people were suggesting. We also had a bad team comp of 1 hunter, 1 Warlock, and 4 titans, so the lack of wells hurt. Honestly, despite not being able to finish, it was still a solid experience. Just more props to the teams that could do it!

[@Rock12402]

Ah good to hear that music once again. Congrats on 2nd Datto! Your team did great.

[@JacobMinger]

If you’re having trouble remembering room locations just go into the new mission that opened up and explore 😀

[@DrGoldsylver]

Which new mission?

[@0xC0FFEE1]

Preservation. You actually redo the payload part of the raid and go into the 1st encounter. But over there you just kill everything

[@Saint_Wolf_]

I like that this year will have two raids and dungeons which means we'll hear the guide tune a lot.

[@devinchenigma2652]

Every raid release the one thing i look forward to the most is the background music on Datto's encounter guides

[@SammehEatWorld]

as soon as the classic music hit i knew it would be great

[@zenno5190]

Your effort for Day 1 was admirable Datto! I wish my team didn't get stuck on Caretaker, then Acquisition the second day, then Caretaker yet again.

[@ctyonthehil]

Very well done. Thanks for being such a standout member of the community.

[@cahillrebel]

Praise Datto for actually explaining these counters better than LFG guides. Someone just said the first encounter spawned symbols and then something about opening doors. Like no context about why I was killing taken knights or anything.

[@JKERNS0824]

Datto my man your going to get that world's first at some point but no one is more consistent than you. You'll always be #1 to us. Keep your head up brother and we'll see you Starside.

[@jadelily18]

honestly my team hasn't gotten past acquisition yet, but god i'm proud of us for finding even a bit of it out. Two players had to leave so we stopped, but I think we did pretty well for our first day one :)

[@skilledgaming5256]

That first encounter looked so confusing when watching someone do it on day 1. But your explanation made things make so much more sense

[@michaelk7116]

On the caretaker my team went in looking for specific symbols and most of the time we’d only find 2 and have to go back in. Tgis makes it so much easier. It’s surprising how we did it. Our stun team was on top of things to give us score time.

[@Benstein347]

For the Caretaker encounter: Our team had two symbol runners. We took turns running the room or working ad clear outside and the door for the other runner. Also we had 2 ursa titans to pop bannershields and buff the rest of the team. LFR's, especially sleeper, gave great damage numbers. 2 bannershields will last the entire damage phase and have the benefit of being mobile. Adding ursa means that with a high-ish int (I had 70), we had ursa's every damage phase except the last stand.

[@Spartan-sz7km]

Banners help with works but bubble in between the plates is better, because you run through the bubble before DPS. They also ran saint-14 for survivability/crest

[@PlatinumAssassin]

Great quick guide. Ammo economy was brutal in this fight.

[@liamrow3653]

Well done to you and your team, sucks you guys were so close for WF, but that is what keeps us loving Destiny :)

[@laim858]

Yesssss the raid guide music is back. GG on 2nd place Datto.

[@RoastedJustice]

Just to let you guys know: On Caretaker encounter, you *do not* have to shoot the symbols in the order you picked them up :)

[@jaacnalc82]

Awesome job Math Class! Was rooting for you guys the entire time! ❤️

[@arj4568]

I always enjoy watching your guides on every raid keep up the good work.

[@theogknight2292]

id argue that these symbols are much less of a pain to memorize than last wish especially if you've played destiny a good amount. Since these symbols have pictures on them, and are called what the picture relates to, its much easier to identify and differentiate these symbols than 4 different dragon, snake, bird, and fish symbols. If you need to learn them, do the newest "campaign" mission that opened up on the throne world. It literally has you go to the pyramid again, and you get into it the same way as the raid itself so you can learn how to do that as well. Theres literally a room right before the first encounter room that shows you every symbol and what its called.

[@F-aber]

Wait where does it say what it's called? O know the room you mean

[@AnticitizenOne]

@@F-aber push your face into the symbols in the “library” (that’s what my team was calling it idk if that’s official or not) and the name of the symbol shows in the upper left corner of your screen, like where a zone name pops up in PvP.

[@bnasty5614]

@@AnticitizenOne if you are close to the symbol and zoom in on it then it tells you what it is on the top left

[@quinnhancock3660]

this is exactly what I've been waiting for... this is EXACTLY what I've been waiting for

[@tank_dempsey]

The best time of the year, the music is what keeps me going. Oh also datto’s raid guides are okay too LUL

[@VitaminP]

What a great raid, as always just hearing the background music makes my day

[@Egalia_1]

Woo the music is back! Now I'm primed and ready to tackle this raid

[@Blu_Jay23]

Awwwww yeah! Its that time again, raid guides with head bopping music

[@Joey-pw9fm]

I LOVE this raid. This encounter reminded me of vault.

[@gizdurango0135]

Finally a comprehensible desc of this encounter, thank you bro👌👌👌

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

At least Bungie was considerate enough to give a room where all the symbols are presented and have an actual name to each.

[@josephmitchell5349]

Worlds second on completion of the raid but worlds first on the best guide.

[@alexanderbaker149]

Day one-ing is a very interesting experience. Took hours to get a new group when half my team left the first time, didn’t complete the first part till after the race was won, and i had to stop due to an anxiety attack coming up ironically in caretaker. The LFG team was nice at least

[@ASmallerMolecule]

Man, every time I hear "The Caretaker" in Destiny it reminds me of the actual Caretaker responsible for making Everywhere at the End of Time

[@Hoxgene]

That synced uhhhhhm @7:07 is legendary

[@harrisonyoung3857]

Ayy tho fr good job Datto, always been a strong contender, and needless to say the guides are some of the best around, good luck on the next Ed man 😀

[@Retrophoenix-]

Never stop using that background song, Gunnar Olsen first to last is a banger

[@BillyNahar]

Ahhh the Datto guide music, how we have missed you.

[@jujubea68]

incredible datto, thank you so much man. love you with everything my heart can muster

[@welds8424]

I was disappointed to not finish for the emblem, but proud that my team was able to figure out encounters with no outside help. Though I have to say that I did not feel very threatened by most enemies apart from a champ catching me off guard or those damn wizards in the dark room. Leg campaign was good warmup.

[@lazeatscrayons2426]

I feel like they reduced enemy health because of the mass density that this raid throws at you at one time, so killing things was super easy. Still enjoyed it though

[@maidineden69]

Always know how to put a smile on my face, thank you datto.

[@thetimewornspire3742]

For stunning i would recommend a stasis hunter with the new exotic stasis gauntlets and a grenade build. Have two people on the stun job with the boss between the two. Throw grenade to reduce his damage and face tank his attacks. He usually shoots two beans then slams and shooting his face cancels his slam. With this method you and the other dude can stun him 15+ times before he gets to the plates.

[@Eugeniusness]

I've been humming this music earring for this video!

[@Buisnesmoose]

when you come for the backing music

[@ΜάνοςΜαθιουδάκης-ο5θ]

Aahhh yes, the classic music 🎶 from datto's raid guides is back

[@DontEatCream]

World's first raid guide right here, let's goooo

[@gravitonlance3610]

Ah yes, the “Time for a Datto raid guide Music” awesome.

[@Negative_Rust]

THE MUSIIIIIICCCCCC ITS BACK. RAID DADDO IS HERE IN FULL EFFECT

[@zeebj.7610]

Finally, the raid song makes its glorious return...

[@arctic3927]

This is going to be a interesting one to teach people I bet

[@calebolds9609]

I like how close up the bosses are in Vow and DSC Rhulk especially

[@jpm8002]

The new mission after y’all beat the raid was a nice intro to the mechanics aside from the obelisk. Can’t wait to LFG…

[@anubismarbles]

Datto raid guide music, how ive missed you.