Guild Wars 2

Here’s something to try if you’re having trouble: stick together and have all members act like they’re being chased, that way the oil slicks aren’t too spread out and you can clear them quickly. Ranged DPS on sparki first, then slick. It’s slower, but it worked for my group. Good luck, all!

We wiped like 3 times by killing sparki first. The amount of pools would just overwhelm us.
We got it the first time by killing Slick, since all you get from sparki is burning when you stand still, much easier to deal with :p

We just had one person with the pheromones dragging the ooze through the oil slicks, killed Slick first, then killed Sparki. Fight wasn’t too difficult once we decided to kill Slick first.

Yeah, that’s why this strat worked so well; the slicks only build up when people aren’t kiting them properly or when you are so spread out that the kiting distance gets too long. Staying together and all acting like you’re kiting takes care of that pretty well.

n_n same here after several attempts we decided to kill the norn first then sparky.

Odd we had half a dozen failed attempts killing slick first so we did in sparki and then slick with no problem. You just have to keep on top of the spawning oil slicks is all.

If you try to go after Slick first the amount of oil puddles he lays down increases which gives Sparki all the time in the world to ignite just one of them.

Best to just kill Sparki first , staying in melee range so she doesn’t even think about lighting an oil puddle.

I think it may depend on your team composition. My team tried Slick first probably 10 times and still failed, then tried Sparki first and it was much easier, only took a few tries. I know it seems like killing Slick first is the right thing to do, but I can’t argue with the results.

hmm, interesting.
Atleast it’s good to know that both ways work ^^

We also did sparki first, because doing slick first almost always resulted in someone randomly burning to death, which put a huge wrench in the gears of the overall “everyone make sure you kite when the ooze aggros you” as then someone has to peel off and rez that guy, which then results in more spread oil slicks.

We found doing slick first resulted (for us) in harder/longer kiting, which resulted in more environmental damage>more people off rezzing>more spread slicks>failcascade.

When we just beat down sparki we could screw up the ooze kiting a little and undo that mistake after we killed him, because slick doesn’t really have enough damage to be threatening by himself as long as you deal with the puddles, so everyone can just stack on him while one guy kites the slime around in a circle. The only danger there is accidentally killing the blob and getting hit with the green fog of doom.

Sounds like it can be done either way as long as everyone knows what to do. We had zero problems with this fight and just did the ooze mechanic as intended. Killed Sparki first, and had no issues with continuing to absorb oil slicks with the ooze while we killed Slick. In fact I think it may have ended up that everyone was just burning Slick down at the end and the ooze just sort of hung around the group and sucked up oil as it got laid down. No big deal.

It is sad that the majority of the players go off of Dulfy’s guide. (which says hit slick first).

IMHO Killing Sparki first is the safest. When you are focusing sparki she wont ignite the oil pools and whoever has the aggro of the ooze can easily do their job.

Chewablesleeptablet.3185:

It is sad that the majority of the players go off of Dulfy’s guide. (which says hit slick first).

IMHO Killing Sparki first is the safest. When you are focusing sparki she wont ignite the oil pools and whoever has the aggro of the ooze can easily do their job.

Slick may have been better for them due to the fact that the group she did the dungeon with had crazy-high DPS. Far more DPS than you can reasonably expect outside of a well-organized guild run. For random groups, it is far safer and more reliable to take down Sparki first.

Kill Sparki First. Make sure whoever has the buff doesn’t kite the Oil guys THROUGH the boss (if the Oil guy stops and does their pound move, its almost insta death for anyone not wearing heavy armor – My Guard sits at 18.5k and that oil guy would hit me for 16.7k damage…I have 2800~ Armor). Sparki takes 5 mins to kill.

Then Slick is easy, just max DPS, and Dodge/Support when necessary.

Kill SLick, the hell you killing sparki first for? he does almost no damage and you dont have to deal with ooze kiting

(slick is the oil dude, spark is the robot)

Charak.9761:

Kill SLick, the hell you killing sparki first for? he does almost no damage and you dont have to deal with ooze kiting

(slick is the oil dude, spark is the robot)

Slick is tankier and takes longer to take down. Also Sparki loves to pull you from meleeing slick, making it take longer, as well as attacking with some pretty heavy damage ranged attacks. If you melee Sparki down first, Slicks ranged attacks can be practically ignored.

Then there is both of their ‘enrage’ effects. Slick’s is to put down more oil fields. If your ooze kiter is decent, then that’s not a problem. Sparki’s is to damage you if you don’t move, which limits some classes abilities to melee and forces some into ranged or lower damage weapons.

Now if your group has excessively high DPS, then it doesn’t matter. But if they don’t Sparki is the safer and more reliable one to take down first.

Guess it helps being a guard, can ignore all of sparkis mechanics during slick kill

Charak.9761:

Guess it helps being a guard, can ignore all of sparkis mechanics during slick kill

Yes. You can. Not everyone is loaded with reflects and stability, though. Rangers only get it on an elite. Some professions don’t get it at all.

With the right group comp, Slick may be faster. For random groups? Sparki.

Shouldn’t really matter if the ooze is being managed properly. Sparki should probably die first if your group is lacking in condition removals.

SynfulChaot.3169:

Charak.9761:

Guess it helps being a guard, can ignore all of sparkis mechanics during slick kill

Yes. You can. Not everyone is loaded with reflects and stability, though. Rangers only get it on an elite. Some professions don’t get it at all.

With the right group comp, Slick may be faster. For random groups? Sparki.

Sparki’s attacks can’t be reflected (sadly), only blocked with skills like Shield of Absorption or Smoke Screen (yes, thieves. USE IT)

Ojimaru.8970:

SynfulChaot.3169:

Yes. You can. Not everyone is loaded with reflects and stability, though. Rangers only get it on an elite. Some professions don’t get it at all.

With the right group comp, Slick may be faster. For random groups? Sparki.

Sparki’s attacks can’t be reflected (sadly), only blocked with skills like Shield of Absorption or Smoke Screen (yes, thieves. USE IT)

Eh. S’what I meant. Not like rangers have a good block for that and our only real reflect would just kill the ooze.

SynfulChaot.3169:

Ojimaru.8970:

SynfulChaot.3169:

Yes. You can. Not everyone is loaded with reflects and stability, though. Rangers only get it on an elite. Some professions don’t get it at all.

With the right group comp, Slick may be faster. For random groups? Sparki.

Sparki’s attacks can’t be reflected (sadly), only blocked with skills like Shield of Absorption or Smoke Screen (yes, thieves. USE IT)

Eh. S’what I meant. Not like rangers have a good block for that and our only real reflect would just kill the ooze.

The ooze in the Sparki and Slick encounter takes 0 damage from all sources.

Or was that what you meant too?

Ojimaru.8970:

The ooze in the Sparki and Slick encounter takes 0 damage from all sources.

Or was that what you meant too?

You can hurt and even kill that ooze. Did it the first time when none of us knew the encounter. You know … when noone knew it. That was … a mistake. >.<

We have this fight pretty much downpat at the moment. My group just takes on sparki while I get my warrior with sword leap and bull charge, grab the plant to get the ooze buff and quickly zip around with leap and charge taking care of all the puddles (seems as though the ooze prioritizes anyone with the plant based buff). Refresh the buff here and there between cleaning up oil to make sure it doesn’t wear off at inoppertune times.

Once sparki is down (who drops a lot faster than slick does), slick can no longer light his oil fields on fire making the rest of the fight a walk in the park.

Sparki first is much easier (and faster to kill than slick). The problem is that sparki doesn’t just do fire damage. He does pulls as well, which can screw you over if you are targeted by slick and the ooze.

We kill sparki first every time and its easy mode. The only reason it wouldn’t be easy is the person thats kiting the ooze isn’t doing it right theres never more than one puddle up when we kill sparki first. Also sparki ignites oil…

Namu.5712:

Sparki first is much easier (and faster to kill than slick). The problem is that sparki doesn’t just do fire damage. He does pulls as well, which can screw you over if you are targeted by slick and the ooze.

We kill sparki first every time and its easy mode. The only reason it wouldn’t be easy is the person thats kiting the ooze isn’t doing it right theres never more than one puddle up when we kill sparki first. Also sparki ignites oil…

That’s weird because when I do it (and I’ve cleared TA80 over 10 times now), killing Slick is the easiest thing to do.

It’s been simple matter to kite the Ooze to soak up Slick’s oil AoE, then we can just focus down Sparki after Slick’s down without worrying about the oil AoE DoT-murdering us.

Oh, and Sparki’s pulls are not a problem at all if you use Ranged-DPS to kill Slick and stay together to keep Oil AoE from spreading around too much. Sparki does NOT pull you if you’re ranged, facing Slick, and allowing Sparki to naturally end up out of range of her pull.

And the ignited oil don’t matter either since the Ooze can soak it up if your team is properly briefed on what to do.

It sounds to me like focusing Sparki is what you do if you think you can dodge Slick’s Oil AoE 100% of the time, which almost never happens if you’re not in a party made up of friends/guildies

Prioritizing Slick makes the fight easier because Sparki has nothing you need to constantly watch out for.
It’s better for PUGs, better for yourself, and all it demands is you stop relying on melee.

Sparki’s flames are “easy mode” to dodge if you’re not in melee-range. If you are in melee range, they’ll overload you into oblivion.

DreamOfACure.4382:

It’s been simple matter to kite the Ooze to soak up Slick’s oil AoE, then we can just focus down Sparki after Slick’s down without worrying about the oil AoE DoT-murdering us.

If you kill Sparki first, you dont need to worry about the oil AoE Dot (fumes) murdering you either. Once sparki is down you will only take damage if standing directly in the oil AoE.

By taking out Sparki first, you avoid both the fumes DoT and the inability to stand still without dying. All you need to do is dodge or take a couple of steps to the side when he shoots an oil at you. The oil of which doesn’t hurt much unless you stand in it for extended period of time, but it requires a lot less mobility than versing sparki on his own and you don’t have to deal with sparki’s spam attack.

All good tips. My PUG killed Slick first but there is more than one way to do this encounter. I’ll try the kill Sparki first method next run. Seems logical that it would free up some elements that I wont have to worry about while focusing down Slick. Thanks for the advice.