History of Abominations

Overview

Abominations are an enemy type that appears in the Altars of Summoning activity, where they are protected by crystals. The activity is from Season of the Witch, and the Scorn-aligned encounter is the variant described here.

Encounter

Guardians must destroy the crystals around the arena to strip the Abomination's shield. Once the shield is down, the goal is to kill as many Abominations as possible before the boss spawns. Destinypedia calls them Imprisoned Abominations and says the crystals stop the flow of Screebs.

Sources differ on the crystal type. TheGamer describes Hive crystals, while Destinypedia describes Void crystals.