Destiny 2 Loadout Trick Makes Grandmaster Nightfall Much Easier

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In an effort to make the PsiOps Battleground: Cosmodrome mission on Grandmaster difficulty a bit easier, one Destiny 2 player shares a simple trick involving the Polaris Lance and a Nightstalker Hunter. For players looking for a challenge, Grandmaster Nightfalls offer the highest difficulty within the Vanguard Playlist. Typically arriving a few weeks into a season, Grandmaster level difficulty offers some of the best rewards for those who are able to overcome the various challenges, like a capped light level, an abundance of champions, stronger enemies, as well as limited revives.

Each season brings a new set of Grandmaster Nightfalls to overcome, and those who are able to best all of them earn the Conqueror title, with the option to gild it over the course of multiple seasons. For many Destiny 2 players, however, the available pool of Grandmasters typically ranges in terms of quality, with one or two Nightfalls in the set of six that are typically viewed as being less than favorable. During Destiny 2's current Season of the Wish, many players are not a fan of the PsiOps Battlegrounds missions being added into the mix, with the Cosmodrome variant in particular proving to be a frustrating challenge for many.

As players continue to come up with strategies to overcome the various challenges within the Cosmodrome, one Destiny 2 player has shared their secret for trivializing many of the difficulties of the Nightfall. On the Destiny subReddit, a user named notfreddiegibbs offered a few tips which ultimately made the Destiny 2 mission far less difficult on Grandmaster as long as each member has the Polaris Lance exotic scout rifle and one of the players runs a Nightstalker Hunter. For the Polaris Lance, which has already become a very popular weapon this season anyway, the fireteam can largely clear out the level by staying back, and using the weapon to headshot enemies, thereby triggering the Perfect Fifth trait for dealing an explosive shot.

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