Any tips for legendary lost sectors?

[Rae]

I either don't have any good weapons that I'm limited too because of the artefact mods to deal with champions or the exotic I need for a build is locked behind.. Lost sectors.. which are what I'm struggling to get.

For how hard the the content is for what I've heard are abysmal drop rates.. I don't understand why it's so brutal.

[lamenting spongebob]

The drop rates are about 25% from my experience, they're not that bad. Certainly nowhere near raid exotic rates
They aren't too bad difficulty-wise if you're 20 or 15 levels below, just stun champs and take your time going through it. Utilize cover as best as you can and take out all the small enemies before working on champions

[lamenting spongebob]

Also bows are REALLY helpful. Lemon is a particularly good choice for sectors imo

[MemoireStar]

If it's just the exotics you're after (and you own lightfall), the Vex Strike force public event is an easier way to get guaranteed exotics for every clear. There are tools (like a discord bot) that pings you when the event is about to start, to make dealing with the random spawns easier.

Lost Sectors vary greatly in difficulty (do NOT play master lost sectors, the slightly increased drop rate just isn't worth it), and some are just not fun to farm even if you're a veteran with strong gear. Other than that, it pays off to run strong universal builds like:

Titan:
- Synthoceps + Throwing Hammer destroys everything that isn't a champions (and even those on Legend difficulty) with constant healing
- Alternatively spam Storm grenades with Heart of Inmost light and Bomber mod class item

Warlock:
- Healing Rift spam + Well of Radiance + Fusion grenades already enable a lot of damage, but you can make that even stronger if you own exotics like Mantle of Battle Harmony or Starfire Protocol
-Void Warlock is super strong with Contraverse Hold if you have those
- Strand Warlock can also pull quite a lot of weight with threadlings and constant suspension.

Hunter:
- Void Build for invisibility and Explosions
- Assassins Cowl helmet for invis+healing on any subclass (all you need is a melee kill or finish)
- Solar just set up a fragment synergy and spam abilities for anything except champions (and you can use radiant buff to deal with barriers)

In general, there are a few exotics that are not hard to get like Wish Ender that are really strong and will go a long way to make runs easier for beginners. Learning spawns and safe positions also helps a lot. And I repeat, do not play Master Lost sectors, especially if you don't have the best gear and experience.


If you let us know what class you're on and what you're specifically struggling with we can probably help some more.

[Slyer1144]

This might be a bit of a lame answer but if you are really struggling with legend/master lost sectors then maybe you should look for alternative exotic gear sources until you have all the items for a build you can work with. You can check Xur on the weekends to see if he has an armor piece you dont have, you can participate in the vex strike events on neomuna for a guaranteed exo that you dont have (event spawn randomly tho so might be a bit tedious) or currently you can focus eerie engrams from the halloween event at eva for exotic loot.

getting all the exotics is a grind tho so dont let it demotivate you

[Rae]

Originally posted by The man hiding in your bushes:

Also bows are REALLY helpful. Lemon is a particularly good choice for sectors imo

I took Lemonarque with me to the one on the moon but it wasn't working on the servitors shields.. I'm probably doing something extremely dumb, so for now I gave up, but yeah my light levels pretty bad, 1789? I only recently came back so I guess I'll work on that for now and worry about lost sectors maybe next season/expansion.

[lamenting spongebob]

Originally posted by Rae:

Originally posted by The man hiding in your bushes:

Also bows are REALLY helpful. Lemon is a particularly good choice for sectors imo

I took Lemonarque with me to the one on the moon but it wasn't working on the servitors shields.. I'm probably doing something extremely dumb, so for now I gave up, but yeah my light levels pretty bad, 1789? I only recently came back so I guess I'll work on that for now and worry about lost sectors maybe next season/expansion.

Yeah that light level is going to make them a NIGHTMARE to complete. Also lemon only stuns overloads, you need an auto rifle or a normal bow to deal with barrier champs

[AloofHermit37]

use wishender, that makes any lost sector or nightfall ez

[Aramazia Kin]

Originally posted by Rae:

Originally posted by The man hiding in your bushes:

Also bows are REALLY helpful. Lemon is a particularly good choice for sectors imo

I took Lemonarque with me to the one on the moon but it wasn't working on the servitors shields.. I'm probably doing something extremely dumb, so for now I gave up, but yeah my light levels pretty bad, 1789? I only recently came back so I guess I'll work on that for now and worry about lost sectors maybe next season/expansion.

I kinda hate that they jacked up the LL requirements for legendary content so much, it just makes them a pain to do now if you've not been leveling up.

[DakotaThrice]

Originally posted by Rae:

I either don't have any good weapons that I'm limited too because of the artefact mods to deal with champions or the exotic I need for a build is locked behind.. Lost sectors.. which are what I'm struggling to get.

There are so many champion counters available these days that the artefact perks aren't even remotely a limiting factor. Those perks may be more consistent/reliable but here are always other ways you can counter those champions.

There also aren't any exotics that are required to clear any of the list sectors, if there were nobody would have been able to clear them in the first place.

There are a couple of factors here that are contributing to your lack of success:

• Your current power is 1788 whilst Legend Lost Sectors are set at 1830 which puts you at 42 under which is a greater penalty than even Grandmaster content imposes. I'm not sure in the current numbers incoming and outgoing damage based on power levels but at 50 under all enemies would be immune and you'd be dealing no damage at all. Even if you don't change anything else you're nowhere near ready to be tackling Legend Lost Sectors at your current power.
  
• You're currently running a double primary loadout. Unless you're familiar with the content and can consistently handle the enemies you're facing you should be running a special weapon in higher level content. That said with the power differences you're looking at you'd likely just run out of ammo and be left with a mostly useless weapon.
  
• You have the full auto mod equipped in your scout rifle. There's now a game wise setting that allows you to enable automatic fire for all weapons. Enabling that will allow you to equip a more beneficial damage/utility mod in that slot.
  
• Your stats aren't terrible but you could definitely get more out of them with stat increasing mods which would help out in general. You do have Sniper/Harmonic resistance mods equipped though so you get points for that assuming they match the damage in the activities in question (note that melee/sniper resist are both dependent on range rather than the source of the damage).

At this point I'd be hesitant to give more specific build advice as depending on how much you play the situation ould be completely different by the time you're at a more appropriate power level. That said if you want to get into higher level content then your first priority should be to focus on getting your power level up, once you've done that I'd come back.and post again and I'm sure there will be plenty of people willing to help you adjust your builds for the content/meta at the time.