Minotaur

"I thought it was at a safe distance. I was wrong."

— Grimoire description.

Minotaur
Statistics
Species:	Vex
Collectives:	Aphix Invasive Descendants Hezen Corrective Hezen Protective Precursors Sol Divisive Virgo Prohibition
Functions:	Mobile Foundry Heavy Infantry
Mission:	A Stranger's Call Ishtar Collective Eye of a Gate Lord A Rising Tide The Black Garden
Combat information
Weapon(s):	Torch Hammer (common) Slap Rifle (rare) Vex Beam Weapon (common)
Abilities:	Teleportation Void Shield Berserk Mode High Durability Rapid Movement Vex Melee

The Minotaur is a thick Vex model and is harder to kill than any other Vex unit.

Overview

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. Minotaurs are equipped with Torch Hammers, a devastating heavy weapon that fires projectiles of strange matter and mauls targets with exotic particle decay and deadly radiation.

Gameplay

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.

In Destiny 2, Minotaurs now employ the usage of the Vex Beam Weapon, 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—Major
• Chord Minotaur
• Descendant Minotaur
• Point Minotaur
• Praetorian
  • Headless Praetorian
• Precursor Minotaur

Known Minotaurs

• Aphix Penultima Alpha
• Atheon, Time's Conflux
• Corrective Permutation
• Iso Minotaur
• Prohibitive Mind
• Prohibitive Permutation
• Protheon, Modular Mind
• Sol Progeny
  • Eschaton Mind
  • Imminent Mind
  • Primeval Mind
• Qodron, Gate Lord
• Zydron, Gate Lord

Trivia

• Alongside the Hive Shrieker and Shanks, 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.

Gallery

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  A Vex Minotaur

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  A Minotaur with a group of Vex Goblins

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  GDC Vex Concept Art

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
• Destiny 2