Minotaur: Difference between revisions

{{quote|I thought it was at a safe distance. I was wrong.|[[Grimoire]] description.}}  

 

|Image= [[File:Nessus Minotaur.jpg|325px]]  

|Species= [[Vex]]

|Collectives= [[Aphix Invasive]] <br> [[Descendants]] <br> [[Hezen Corrective]] <br> [[Hezen Protective]] <br> [[Precursors]] <br> [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Virgo Prohibition]]

|Mission= [[A Stranger's Call]] <br> [[Ishtar Collective (mission)|Ishtar Collective]] <br> [[Eye of a Gate Lord]] <br> [[A Rising Tide]] <br> [[The Black Garden]]

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|Weapon(s)= [[Torch Hammer]] (common) <br> [[Slap Rifle]] (rare) <br> [[Vex Laser Rifle]] (common)

|Abilities= Teleportation <br> [[Void]] Shield <br> Berserk Mode <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Minotaur Melee

The '''Minotaur''' is a thick Vex model and is harder to kill than any other Vex unit.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Minotaur|Minotaur]]''</ref>

Minotaurs are one of the deadliest Vex troops [[Guardians]] will ever encounter due to their explosive weaponry, unpredictable teleportation, and aggressive movements, but aside from combat most of their processing power is devoted to the physics of building massive Vex structures suspected to span multiple dimensions.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Minotaur|Minotaur]]''</ref> Minotaurs are equipped with [[Torch Hammer]]s, a devastating heavy weapon that  fires projectiles of strange matter and mauls targets with exotic particle decay and deadly radiation.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex_Arsenal#Torch_Hammer|Torch Hammer]]''</ref>

In combat, Minotaurs are fearless Vex that will always charge their targets while firing their Torch Hammers. They will also teleport erratically while flanking Guardians at different angles, making them a difficult target to pin down. To reinforce their armor, they are also equipped with a [[Void]] shield. One important thing to note about Vex Minotaurs is that unlike Vex Goblins and Hobgoblins, they lack an abdominal weak spot and although shooting a Minotaur's head off will disable its teleportation ability as well as its shield, it will only become even more dangerous - going berserk and firing their Torch Hammers in rapid succession while charging Guardians. In this state, they can punch through a Guardian's shield in seconds.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>  

In [[Destiny 2]], Minotaurs now additionally employ the usage of the [[Vex Laser Rifle]], which can melt through Guardian shields in mere seconds, making them even more dangerous than their first iterations. Their weak spots are also now visible.

==Variations==

*[[Axis Minotaur]]

*[[Integrator Minotaur]]

*[[Storm Minotaur]]

*[[Quantum Minotaur]]

==Known Minotaurs==

*[[Empathic Sentinel]]

*[[Atheon, Time's Conflux]]

*[[Iso Minotaur]]

*[[Sol Progeny]]

**[[Eschaton Mind]]

**[[Imminent Mind]]

**[[Primeval Mind]]

*[[Qodron, Gate Lord]]

*[[Zydron, Gate Lord]]

*Alongside the Hive [[Shrieker]] and [[Shank]]s, Minotaurs were one of the few enemy types in [[Destiny]] to not have a critical spot that can be attacked for extra damage. In [[Destiny 2]] this was changed, as they now sport critical spots to be exploited.

File:Destiny-VexMinotaur.jpg| A Vex Minotaur

File:Vex Jungle.png|A Minotaur with a group of Vex [[Goblin]]s

File:GDC Vex 4.png|GDC Vex Concept Art