Riksis, Devil Archon

Riksis, Devil Archon
Biographical information
Species:	Fallen
Faction:	House of Devils
Rank:	Ultra ((Major when reaching higher levels))
Class:	Captain
Gender:	Male
Combat information
Mission:	Restoration
Weapon(s):	Shrapnel Launcher
Abilities:	Teleportation ; High Durability ; Rapid Movement ; Ultra Smash ; Summon Fallen

"Die!"

— Riksis^[1]

Riksis, Devil Archon^[2] was the Fallen Archon of Sepiks Prime and a leader of the House of Devils in the Cosmodrome in Old Russia, known for collecting the skulls of dead Guardians as offerings to Sepiks Prime itself.^[3]

Gameplay

Riksis serves as the boss in the Restoration story mission. He is armed with a Shrapnel Launcher for ranged combat, and has higher health and attack strength than normal Fallen, and drops an NLS Drive.^[1] It is recommended that Guardians keep their distance from him, as once stirred he is unpredictably elusive and quick with a wave of power called the "Ultra Smash"^[4], an extremely powerful area-of-effect melee attack that causes Guardians to suffer significant damage as well as tremendous knockback, unless the attack kills them instantly, in which it often does. He will also get support from other Fallen, as they will continuously drop from the ceiling after each wave of adds is killed. Guardians should use their class abilities such as grenades and Supers when fighting him, or just avoid him if they want to wait for a later battle. ^[3]

Trivia

He was called "Rixis, Archon Slayer" in early builds. ^[3]He originally appeared inside The Breach before being moved to the Restoration mission.^[1]
During the Destiny demo, upon killing Riksis, Archon Slayer, the player was rewarded with the weapon Thunderlord.
Riksis was the first ever Destiny boss to be fought while the first ever boss to be properly thought of that eventually was implemented into the game was Oryx although he was much different.