Guild Wars 2

Thanks for nerfing Guardians. Smite doesnt do any damage to the final grawl boss when he pops on his bubble sheild, neither does the staffs symbol of swiftness.

Was in a group that continuously was getting the grawl to about 6-10 pops left on his bubble but we never succeeded because all I could do to contribute was spam my useless auto scepter attack.

Would like to hear suggestions on how to combat this boss in the current state.

EDIT: For clarity I’ve added that it didn’t decrease the bubble count.

Don’t use staff, use the scepter. Take Tome of Wrath and spam blasts.

Well, the reflect skills are still invaluable when all the mobs spawn to basically turn their dps on them. I’d also recommend just point blanking him with a 1h sword for quick attacks then dodgin out when bubble goes down.

Excuse me if this may sound nooby, but can he be melee’d? I’ve honestly never tried because I’m usually focusing on not getting burnt by the floor and avoiding the lava grubs he spawns.

he can be melee’d yes so long as you keep circling the boss you can avoid the burn, you just have to also watch out for the times when he flys up into the air and will cause an aoe around him.

riskier, but perfectly possible

Yes he can be melee’d.

Positive side of it is if someone is in melee range, he’ll occasionally stop and do this big wind up animation (Similar to imps aoe) which is a fairly long window where he isn’t shooting arrows at people, just dodge it

Bad news is you now have a much smaller window to dodge the arrow if he shoots it at you. The animation is still a good tell, but you no longer have the additional travel time of the arrow to react to it.

If you’re quick on your feet and mindful of his animations go for it.

Shouldn’t be a problem, thank you everyone for your feedback thus far.

Can the arrow be blocked?