Kalli, The Corrupted
by heavygauge
The Mechanics
Before you even begin the fight, assign each fireteam member a number between 1 and 6. This will govern which doors to enter once Kalli triggers her wipe mechanic. Have every fireteam member type this out in chat and keep reading as there is more about this later.
There is an inner circle of Symbols that will have doubles of three of the Snake Symbols, around the central room that houses Kalli. Notice the one which is the odd-one-out. Do not go to the plates that have the odd-one out. For example, if Split Snake, Eight Snake and Cloud Snake are present, the odd-one will be the Infinity Snake.
At the plates, you will notice that they have three distinct sections. Two of the three will have tiny Taken Blights spawning on them once the encounter begins, accomplished by a fireteam member stepping on one of their plates. The play is to stand on the one that is without a Blight (notice the repeating theme of the odd-one-out). After a short duration, the Blights will despawn and two others on different plates will begin to spawn, as evidenced by the the Taken goop on the floor. We colloquially refer to this as a "cleansing". Cleanse the new set and then do it once more to spawn a Might of Riven, who is a sword-bearing Taken Knight. Bring him down and then meet up in the central room for the Damage Phase. Kalli will intermittently be harassing you at random plates during the above phase and will try to bump you off your plates and into the walls.
Once Kalli spawns, have your Titan apply a Hammer Strike on Kalli, have the Well of Radiance Warlock plant one without equipping the Lunafaction Boots and scope in with your Whispers of the Worm and go to town. Six Outbreak Perfecteds will serve the same purpose. Once she starts waving her arms around and when you see the message "Kalli conceives an oncological weapon" pop up on the left of your screen, be prepared to go into your respective doors.
Read the open doors like you would a book, as seen in the image above and have your fireteam enter in to safety. If any two Guardians enter through the same door, the one who goes in first will be killed, so avoid this. After this, repeat the process for two more damage phases.
If you haven't finished bringing her down, you will have to cleanse plates again with a new odd-one-out Symbol. Rinse and repeat.
TL;DR
Cleanse outer plates with only the symbols on the inside ring
Don't stand on the section with the Taken Blight (thrice)
Kill Might of Riven and meet in the middle for the Damage Phase
Damage Phase and then hide in dedicated Doorways
Repeat as necessary (twice or thrice)
The Strats
Use the in-game roster key ("U" by default) to set everyone a door number alphabetically
Use Taken Armaments on the Taken Thrall that spawn in between damage phases to generate more Heavy ammo
Optimal Loadout
Weapons
Threat Level with Major Spec, Curated Nation of Beasts with Dragonfly Spec, Whisper of the Worm
Sub-Class and Armor
Warlock with Well of Radiance but NOT Lunafaction Boots (this will not proc White Nail on Whisper)
Titan with Hammer Strike WITH Hallowfire Heart
Taken Armaments mods.
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