Solo Grandmaster Nightfall w/ -99 Power Handicap [Destiny 2 Episode Revenant]

[@Esoterickk]

Welcome to the world's longest, and probably most boring to watch, Solo GM The Lightblade. I got inspiration from the video @Chablo91 posted yesterday ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/sILCYp9qmb58eJY ), showing that we can now load into GMs with a -99 handicap. The GM enemies are at 2050, and the lowest possible power you can go in with is 1951 where you're still able to deal damage. Previously you'd be only able to load in with a max of -40, so I'm not too sure if it was TFS or this season that allowed for higher handicaps. Either way, considering I'd previously done other max handicaps, 0 resilience and 0 mod runs before, it was fitting to do the -99 run. A couple of things about this run: First, surprisingly you can actually take at least two hits from many of the attacks. I was expecting everything to be a 1 hit at -99, but the majority of the attacks you'll survive at least one hit. Second, I skipped the majority of the champions. As you probably tell from the beginning, it takes at least 1-2 minutes to defeat a single barrier champion, and that's making use of multiple Anarchy shots. I knew on the boss fight itself it was going to be pretty unrealistic to be able to focus on a champion for that long to be able to clear them out for platinum without taking splash damage back, so I opted to skip the majority of them in the beginning to save some more time. Even if I had infinite anarchy ammo I still feel like it'd be unrealistic for this specific GM. Third, I used pretty much every cheese or skip imaginable. The damage you deal at -99 is pretty much pitiful, and again in this strike specifically the boss fight would be a nightmare to do legit at this much of a handicap. While it's entirely possible, there's far too many inconsistencies at this handicap, and it'd make the run even longer than it already is. Fourth, this strike is both very good for the -99 handicap run, but also very bad. Solely for a completion, a majority of the strike can be either skipped or cheesed. But the Hive Guardians are a menace to deal with during the boss, especially so before the final phase. If not for those it'd obviously be very easy to do. I do think there's other strikes in the line up that will be possible to do platinum at -99, but for a single completion and ignoring champions, this one isn't too bad either. Lastly, this isn't a "true" -99 handicap, as two of the weapons are still 2010. I think if scaling is still as it was before, it means they're doing more damage than they otherwise would if everything is at -99, but the damage taken is as it should be. I think the damage I deal is bad enough as it is, so I don't think that should be too much of a problem. But it's pretty much impossible to get an exact set of everything at 1951 (or 1937 considering the +14 artifact). Maybe customisable difficulty will allow for "true" runs like this. edit: this was apparently changed, regardless of weapon level the damage dealt is based on your average power level, so this is a true -99 handicap. Video proof here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHyknWZqmK-kptk And as further proof of enemy scaling in GMs being up to -99, here's an unedited video showing different power levels and how it scales up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2aWpHSvoZKtebc Anyway, all of that being said, it's obviously not all that impressive or difficult considering the approach. It's mostly just a test of patience, having a gear set that allows you to get to 1951, and not getting too greedy. This attempt was unfortunately by far the worst entrance area I've done, about 5 minutes slower than usual. And I also sped up a few sections where I was just doing nothing but firing the scout rifle endlessly, to make it less tedious to watch. Also, the enemies in GM are 2050, not 2030. Your power level is limited to 2030. 2050-1951 = 99

[@rickydoesstuff]

Eso what happens at 1950 power?

[@sreeru]

You ain't wrong tho

[@seanle-dinh7622]

@@rickydoesstuffenemies are immune

[@guardian6079]

@@rickydoesstuff you do zero damage

[@Anonymous-bk9xy]

I think The Final Shape did something to you… *Worser than any Ghost or Guardian has ever experienced…*

[@aidenation101]

D2 vets using this video to explain how GM’s felt back in the day 🙏

[@Shinybook51]

They really have fallen from grace. Even in year 4 GMs could be a little scary since you still took a ton of damage (and season 16 by extension, in which the best example of this was OG lightblade). Resilience change and the power creep of subclass 3.0 and better weaponry over time has contributed to GM difficulty decaying substantially. Hoping in frontiers things get shaken up a bit :)

[@aaron_ow]

The first time we got The Corrupted as a GM was rough, all 3 of us standing in the back with Wish Ender plick-plonking until it was safe to move. These days it's a speedrun challenge more than anything, same goes for most other activities in the game currently.

[@fayrebrand1402]

⁠@@Shinybook51yeah but having better load out and more optimized subclass is part of the game, they shouldn’t stop doing that but they really should increase difficulty, as we get better weapon and subclass difficulty should go up too, even as a solo player it’s easy to solo it

[@TheHeliy]

@@Shinybook51 What a great idea, let everything oneshot you so everyone just sits behind cover spaming their primary against some dmg sponges so destiny dies in a much faster rate!

[@Brian-yz8dj]

​@@TheHeliybit of a strawman.

[@Chablo91]

Here's the man of the hour GG man incredible will be watching today. Thanks for the mention sir :)

[@antonysodium8381]

Pples champ 👊🏿👊🏿

[@fraleb527]

i told you :D it's really impressive

[@Esoterickk]

Cheers for the idea!

[@Jakesterpop1]

@@Esoterickk You were shooting Alak-Hul's toes?!

[@MrIslander3]

I'm so glad Chablo91 is alive to see this, he deserves to see this moment

[@KillKodoku]

theres no way he actually did it. someone made a video about this earlier saying why nobody has done this…and this lunatic actually did it😭

[@EpicJonC]

"Chablo 91"

[@Mefirst.349]

Yo pretty bad ass

[@whoisthis4948]

​@@EpicJonC the legend didn't think he had an adoring fan 😂

[@louisbrown6968]

Yes I watched that video this is pretty unreal

[@Low-Key_Awesome]

Great choice of words to describe him, lunatic is right 😅

[@rerdak4334]

Bro's playing Destiny 2 as a civilian ain't no way

[@dochollidxy2192]

What next? 'Solo Grandmaster Power Level 0, Only Starting White Gear.... While Blindfolded and Being Chased by Homicidal Clowns...on an Apple II'

[@IlPinguonauta]

At some power level, you won't even deal damage, maybe -100

[@dochollidxy2192]

@@IlPinguonauta oh I'm sure he'll find a way 😂

[@andrewkh208]

Solo grandmaster nightfall IRL, Live! He is on savathun's throne world taking on the strike himself 😂

[@cwj2733]

@@IlPinguonautayea i wondered why he’s -99 instead of -100 and i was like yea that’s the point they become question marks huh. 99-50 i think is double skulls and then one skull, swords yadda yadda

[@Pieplup]

@@cwj2733 at -100 you deal zero damage

[@slingshotnerd]

31:43 Aww that’s so cute it’s like when my cat reaches his paw under the door while I’m taking a crap

[@dlbarnes]

It is because he takes his time and uses cover. Some Destiny 2 players fail or hate certain content because they want to rush through it, not realizing how scaling works. I have watched many videos from this Brother, especially his soul series. It's improved my game a lot. Everyone wants to one-shot or one-phase everything, and that's why you fail or hate specific GM. Players don't use the characters or their abilities correctly. No one communicates

[@CPWS_The_Stingray]

This is next level cope

[@Kotoknow]

@@CPWS_The_Stingray yes and no

[@dankerbell]

@@Kotoknow yeah on the one hand, there's a lot of takeaways you can get from watching eso play and learn more about top level movement, but on the other, it feels like this is massively downplaying his skill or at least in this case his patience

[@bungiehater-g2]

Yeah man it just so happens that none of the knights spam their shields on him. Totally

[@twelvevfxofficial]

@@CPWS_The_StingrayYou're coping for the fact we're not supposed to one shot end game content

[@szoku8357]

The boss pedicure strat got me rolling ngl :)))

[@c.m.6358]

I've been a sub of Chablo's for a long time, great player with a lot of knowledge, he got tired of the game and took a break, but looks like he's back at it posting again, glad to see they tried adding difficulty to gm's

[@RecklessRusty]

Chablo put up a video yesterday talking about this. One day later it’s done. 😮

[@He1las]

Savanthun: So how did you die??? Alak-Hul: I was shot in the foot thousands of times while someone hid behind your flowerpots😭🤣

[@el_heizenberg9172]

It isn't election day, it's Esoterickk day. Dude is a Destiny 2 legend

[@TheBitingBat]

This is what my average gm run feels like ngl

[@RIPlly]

Man, the timing. Not long ago I mentioned you in a vid, the guy saying how insane is GS with bigger handicap. Legend for such a dunk video

[@JP-nh6id]

You sir are a sick individual!

[@PixelleHearts]

Does Alak-Hul have toes? Well, if he did, he surely doesn't now.

[@sergibons8230]

When Esoterickk writes a spelling mistake, the dictionary corrects itself.

[@-Benja]

Holy i wasn't expecting anyone to do it so fast I just saw chablos video just yesterday 🤣🤣🤣

[@krypticcuber3526]

Eso, (can I call you that?) but anyway listen. I am a huge fan of your videos. I thoroughly enjoy you making a mockery of bungies “hard content” and make it seem so simple. This is the first time I've ever clicked off your video. Amazing work! But omg its so slow paced 😂 you truly are one of the best in this game

[@hschooljoe]

I love him checking his six on that ledge for those teleporting explosive thrall. That is so nerve wracking

[@Bananalorian]

I have a hard time completing a normal grandmaster and this man is just doing it solo while being handicapped

[@w.clouds]

@@Bananalorian glaze

[@kolbeblackford4948]

​@w.clouds how is that glazing? That's exactly what happened

[@w.clouds]

@ how is it not glazing i mean

[@Cykadelia]

​@@w.clouds It's not glazing when you're just stating facts. Glazing typically means when people make stuff up to make someone appear better/more impressive than they actually are

[@cwj2733]

@@kolbeblackford4948because everything is glazing to these kids. you can’t compliment people nowadays without it looking ‘corny.’ i said they’re reharvard, which most of them are

[@jackhandy8242]

Damn man. Destiny 2 needs an Esoterickk difficulty level. I'm thinking Steven He....leaf, emotional damage. Nice job.

[@HiImMusha]

This man is the definition of Lore Accurate

[@ChristopherGladhart]

Kinetic tremors ftw

[@4EverK3LZ]

This man is on another level, like seriously

[@esme011]

Man of infinite patience

[@DanielMullis-i5k]

The GOAT of destiny 2 when it comes to PVE content

[@MasterJunior93]

YES!! THE GUNDAM RIFLE!!

[@arthas_stormr8ge877]

Chablo91 got this man to do it! This is madness lol!

[@thebloke4664]

genuinely insane i can’t believe this

[@titan1213]

I saw that video from Chablo 91 yesterday, and I immediately thought of you lol.

[@viidinpolttaja]

With a score of 777 aswell, absolute legend

[@Travis_22]

Loved it! Some good tips to take away, thanks 🙂

[@2Gals1Monkey]

omg that hiding spot at the end hahah shooting his feet

[@resentfusion5634]

Absolute madlad!

[@rickydoesstuff]

In the description this is the lowest power level you can still do damage, what happens at 1950?

[@InvisibleThing]

the enemies become immune

[@rickydoesstuff]

@ ah ok

[@cwj2733]

@@rickydoesstuff100 and above they’re question marks. 99-50 is two skulls. i think 49-30 is one skull and everything else is swords or at/below level

[@LiKwiD507]

Eso- '" i see your feets "

[@ryzesupremus611]

This guy deserves 2M subscribers

[@gotahavesome]

Do not underestimate the person who ran a strike with no damage.... all hail a gaming god

[@gotahavesome]

Is that the mercurial

[@RandomZen411]

@@gotahavesomeMacabre I think

[@gotahavesome]

@RandomZen411 yea thats it

[@ExtraordinaryFate]

Gaming god lmfao

[@gotahavesome]

First of all this gamer is more than that so yes god...😂❤

[@MrRickysteven]

The best goddamn D2 player

[@ruthlessfps]

babe wake up, esoterickk uploaded.

[@dimepieces6591]

Chablo just made his video...unreal this was beat this fast!

[@TsuriaDragon]

There’s a actual cheese spot for the boss 😮😮😮😮

[@patrickw474]

Dude this is the funniest cheese I’ve seen

[@neotheone9951]

Now there is no excuse that your fireteam should die in grandmaster. He did it solo and -99 level. Dude is insane

[@vortexobv5780]

This poor bastard sat for sooo long with transfiguration on so many occasions.😭 ggs

[@yousofmwiiu86]

YOUR USING MY FAVORITE HELMATR LES GOOOOO I new it wasn't a bad helmet Nice job

[@originalblisz]

52:51 me using a sniper in pvp

[@MartijnenIlonaBrinkman]

Awesome, you watched the video and did it 👌🏻👍🏻

[@funk3nst3in]

this is what shaw han's fireteam musta felt like in the cosmodrome edit: omg the LB disciples in the final encounter were so confused :) they had no idea what to do

[@TheDan8998]

Great job as always. This video just highlights how poor scout rifles feel in the current sandbox..

[@gallien]

This is how I felt trying to do A Garden World...

[@fromkorea9088]

No words just cool bro

[@epic0310]

actually hilarious when he got to boss & hid, and then all you see is big toe

[@ArmanGT]

PTSD from GM solo’s when GMs came out. Insight terminus, when it came out as the first GM, took forever to solo cause he had 7 billion hp lol

[@yousofmwiiu86]

This guy is something else. Literally altra Instinct on anything You should have just soloed the witness

[@Fluxbyte141]

we will never understand this guys motives its frightening

[@ssassi115]

yeah bro is the best d2 player

[@vincethegreat3066]

😂 when I watched @Chablo91 talk about this the first person who came to mind was ESO lmao. Both great content creators.

[@Shinybook51]

I'm looking forward to customizable difficulty as well. Should make for some very interesting challenge runs.

[@moisesbanks8129]

Simple tu eres el Destiny

[@kaistar-ib7fd]

absolute legend bruv

[@tantalolagnia2918]

this shows that LFG dont need to kick low power lvl ppl. Just slow and steady and have a decent build :) Great video btw! Keep it up man!!

[@balintgorbe81]

Doing something that lasts 30 minutes max in 1 hour is just insane time waste

[@moltenn7]

I don't kick people in lfgs, but you really should have at least 2010 light if you wanna do gms

[@hermanerasmus8577]

Solo run is not exactly the same as a three man lfg. The game does upscale for the amount of gaurdians.

[@Phynnecho]

This ain't just a skill gap, bro threw the boss into the skill pit of despair.. and succeeded.

[@Nailfut]

PTSD from doing Cerberus Vae III 10 years ago...

[@enzothekuo1030]

ALAK-HUL, THE LIGHTBLADE with a thousand holes on foot

[@rikuyoshi5943]

INSPIRING AF!!!!!

[@term3092]

Shoutout to the one and only Chablo !!

[@Cazamalos]

He's so good he can't find something that really challenges him in this game. My humble suggestion is trying a GM using only the Donkey Konga bongo drums controller 😂.

[@goodtim3s394]

46:39 oof, run almost rekt.. Waitta go Eso, where there's a will there's a way.. Or a toe to shoot. :)

[@sniper5406]

22:22 i thought this weapon actually do this when reloading lol, wtf Eso

[@DestructoVic]

Witch queen was so good, man.

[@megadeuce-b7c]

Reminds me of Borderlands where you can be Zero and stab The Warrior in the foot to kill it.

[@goodtim3s394]

Proof that Alak-hul doesn't train his feet. xD

[@ElReyGus]

22:22 I thought the scout rifle transformed into an LMG

[@kamen.rider.decade]

Esoterickk, Bane of Toes

[@itslethal4050]

This is the Esoterickk I’m bored video

[@dankerbell]

bro's just flexing now

[@PabloEscobar-lt5xt]

Bro tried to bait him with that suppress nade 10:23

[@amaze865]

The sped up sections made me laugh so hard idk why.

[@seancalver]

ESO on another level when it comes too grandmasters

[@eVirusss]

Bro is so good he had to nerf himself

[@joostoon]

He heard the call..

[@themetalpig7613]

Eso saw Chablo's video... "challenge accepted".

[@magtesla4240]

Man be telling me "skill issue" with every language 😭😭

[@One2ooTree]

Every blueberries dream

[@ajuklegendari]

tf, so much free time man.

[@fir3wall40]

hes so strong he had to handicap himself

[@JamesJaySmith]

Should we call it UNDER-light blade

[@four321zero]

😆COmments on Chablo's channel just said Esoterickk will take up this challenge and here we are 1 day later

[@thermalerosion4556]

Is there a lore reason why alak-hul doesn’t use his giant axe when he knows esoterickk is right there? Is he stupid?

[@kyledea187mdkjr5]

I understand that hes 99 below the enemy but that scout damage is sad to see

[@ephraimmabi5537]

Why not rewind rounds on the scout? + shieldbreak weapon mod you can shoot it forever

[@bkratos36]

Wow....😂😅😂 you are the man.

[@sweetman6685]

Woah woah woah a 2010 launcher thats against the rules. (im kidding this si insanely impressively. )

[@Altherot]

Is this the challenge all the Destiny content creators constantly crave??

[@justachad6494]

Wait wait...I genuinely thought enemies were just immune after a certain threshold. When did they change this??

[@BentlyYurkin]

Chablo91 referred to it as the Super level GM. At 100 under, the enemies are immune to your damage. This is the lowest level you can be to complete.

[@Mrgarunimo]

This is the equivalent to a man in a wheelchair climbing mount Everest