History of Aphelion's Rest Solo Expert

Aphelion's Rest Solo Expert is a 5-point triumph for completing the Aphelion's Rest Lost Sector on Expert difficulty without a fireteam.

The Lost Sector

Aphelion's Rest is a Lost Sector on The Strand in the Dreaming City, added in Season of the Lost. Enemies are mostly Taken (lots of Thrall, Acolytes, Hobgoblins, Psions and Phalanxes) ending in a Taken Knight boss.

Champions and modifiers

• The entrance has one Unstoppable Phalanx; the tree encounter has two Overload Hobgoblins and an Unstoppable Phalanx; the boss arena repeats that with the Knight.
• Reported Master counts are 3 Unstoppable and 4 Overload champions, with Legend at 2 and 2. Per-room lists give fewer, and counts change between seasons.
• Master modifiers: Surge (Solar and Strand), Overcharge (Shotgun), Threat (Stasis), Shields (Void), plus Attrition, which sharply cuts regeneration. Modifiers rotate by season; older sets included Overcharged Weapons and Epitaph geysers.
• Void shields are common; bring Void damage.

Recommended builds

• Anti-Champion: Le Monarque (stuns Overload), or a Chill Clip special such as Riptide. Unstoppable needs a rocket or heavy; Gjallarhorn or Apex Predator are suggested for heavy, and Solar hand cannons for primary.
• Subclasses suggested: Arcstrider, Sunbreaker, Shadebinder. Survivability matters because of Attrition.
• Take cover, kill long-range threats first, clear Thrall before they multiply, and save your Super for the boss.

Solo

Go slowly and use the doors and cover between rooms. Solo runs documented on YouTube (for example the Titan Master solo flawless run) show full routes.

Completing it

Launch Aphelion's Rest alone from the Dreaming City map on Expert and clear it; dying is allowed, only solo completion counts. Expert is the easiest of the three solo triumphs: lower power and fewer champions than Master.

See also Aphelion's Rest Solo Mastery and Aphelion's Rest Flawless Solo Mastery.