How to complete the Looping Catalyst challenge in Destiny 2 Vow of the Disciple

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Challenges inside Destiny 2 raids stand true to their name, as each encounter can be pretty frustrating with an additional objective. The game has five raids, each having a specific challenge bound for every encounter that grants players a chance to earn double loot. This is applicable for the latest Vow of the Disciple activity as well.

Introduced with The Witch Queen expansion, Vow of the Disciple takes players inside the Darkness pyramid. Here, the entire community is introduced to a new enemy type for the first time. This week's challenge is related to this enemy, who is also the raid's final boss.

The "Looping Catalyst" is perhaps the easiest one out of the other three challenges. The following article will break down the process and guide you through the encounter and how to execute the challenge.

Before getting into the challenge, it's important to get acquainted with the encounter itself. The final boss encounter will throw you in front of Rhulk, The First Disciple, who has an array of unseen attacks. To start things off, initiate the encounter by shooting the large Darkness Crux on top of the boss's head.

Shooting the Crux will grant a buff called "Leeching Force." After standing in line for the boss's attacks, this buff can be switched to "Emanating." You will then need to keep depositing the Emanating buff to progress through the encounter. The final bit requires you to repeat the process while trying to evade the boss's attacks.

To complete the challenge, you will need to keep the Leeching Force buff. In other words, do the encounter as you normally would on any given day. After shooting the initial Darkness Crux, stand on the symbol to split the buff further into two Darkness Crux. Now, two people in the fireteam