Countdown

Overview

Countdown is a round-based 4v4 Crucible mode. It is a bomb-defusal style mode: each round one team tries to plant and detonate a charge at one of two sites while the other team defends or defuses it. Teams can also win a round by eliminating all opponents.

Rules

• Attackers plant a charge and protect it until it detonates; defenders stop the plant or defuse it.
• Players have limited lives per round, so play tends to be cautious. A match is won by taking six rounds, and rounds run roughly one to three minutes, which made matches slow (reception was lukewarm; one ranking placed it 10th of 13 Crucible modes).
• It rotated through the Crucible playlist as a weekly mode. See Countdown: Rush for the faster respawn variant introduced with Lightfall.

Rewards

Countdown is tied to the Crucible weapon and armor pool listed on this page, including the Triumphal Anthem armor set. Exact drops depend on the season.

Related

Crimson Days and other The Crucible playlists.