Guild Wars 2

Hello. Not sure if this is the right place to post this but i am a level 80 ranger and i was wondering if Fractals can be solo’ed, i know dungeons are not and this is classed as a dungeon but it still let me in to the Fractal in Lion’s Arch? So i was wondering if they could be solo’ed or not am just wanting to know so i can do some more parts of my Monthly Achieve before tomorrow? Thanks for the help.

No. You were able to zone into the “staging area” and you CAN zone into the dungeon, like any other dungeon, but you wont be able to solo.

Fractals are usually much much harder than most dungeons and require a certain amount of communication within the group. A lot of times, it is more than just killing trash and bosses. Environmental things to avoid, etc.

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Thanks for the answer of my question. Lot of help Topic may be closed.

You need to complete 3-4 maps which require things to be done by multiple players. Certain parts can be done by one person but that’s it

Actually, I believe that the grawl, snowblind, uncatagorized, and ascalonion fractal may all be solo’d my a very skilled player.

There are a couple of paths that can be solod on the lower difficulties with certain classes. I played around with my ele and here are my results so far.

Aquatic Ruins Fractal — Doable but if you get eaten the boss resets so you have to keep range at all time and most of the damage ll come from the cages.
Cliffside Fractal — I very hard and annoying because the hammer has to be dropped at 39 stacks. Definately not recommended, but might be possible at lower difficulties if played well (I could get up to the arms but after dying a couple times I gave up).
Snowblind Fractal — Doable, nothing really hard
Solid Ocean Fractal (Jade Maw) — Should be doable for all classes, but didn’t get there yet
Swampland Fractal — Not doable due to wisp mechanic
Underground Facility Fractal — Not doable due to pressure plates
Urban Battlegrounds Fractal — Easiest to solo since you have help from the npcs
Volcanic Fractal — I managed to get to the final boss (40 is a lot) but couldn’t get enough hits in before the boss reached the npc and it kept healing (might be doable for a ranger)
Uncategorized Fractal — I stranded at old Tom because I couldn’t outheal the poison field with my build, but I am pretty sure with proper dodging and selfheals you could probably do him (warriors/guardians probably, mabye rangers since they have the pets protecting them)

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Actually, I believe that the grawl, snowblind, uncatagorized, and ascalonion fractal may all be solo’d my a very skilled player.

Underwater, Cliffside, and of course Solid Ocean (Jade Maw) can technically be soloed as well.

However, Uncatagorized can only be effectively soloed at 1-9. Once the crystals come into play on the midway boss, it rapidly becomes non-viable to solo that. Dredge and Swamp, obviously, cannot be soloed (and in fact require a minimum of 3 players) due to their specific mechanics – wisps and pressure plates.

The result of this is that attempting to run fractals either solo or with two players is taking a gamble. Running into any of the above fractals can derail a run partway.