Guild Wars 2

This is not a perfect guide, just a guide to help those who need it. Anyone that wants to add more content to it or if you see something that needs fixing. Post an answer bellow and Ill take a look at it.

Many know him as the giant bug summoning fox like thing who instant kills you and wastes your silver on repairs. The impossible final boss to ignore because he cant be beaten and Anet needs to Nerf him. Let me educate you on how wrong you are:)

Follow these tips and you will have a better chance.

What you need to win vs Lupicus:
Gear: - (It has been noted that normal rare gear works too, however these are recommended)
- Full Exotic Armour Incl Trinkets(Not necessary but highly recommended and should be a must)
- Exotic Range weapon with decent range (This is a must!)
- Exotic Melee weapon (Only one in the group needs this, the “Tank/Melee role character”) – Explained further down why.
- A full set of Armour with a complete set of Superior Runes
- Weapon with a decent Upgrade.

Consumables:
- Multiple “Powerful Potion of Undead Slaying” – Lasts for 1h if you dont die.(If you die you need to drink up again) – ( Can be bought in trading post for less than 1 Silver each.)
– Reduces Incoming damage from Undead by 10 percent.
– Increases damage dealt to Undead by 10 percent.
– 10 percent more experience from kills (Experience is always nice to have for more Skill points)

Either:

- Chocolate Oranges - Lasts for 30minutes. – There are better ones out there, and if you have them, use them. ( Can be bought in trading post for less than 1 Silver each.)
– Nourishment + 28 percent more magic find (Helps to get better loot)
– 10 percent boon duration (Increases your boons which is nice – Boons are buffs on your character)
– + 10 experience from kills (Xp always helps)

OR

- Mango Pies - Lasts for 30minutes – There are better ones out there, and if you have them, use them. ( Can be bought in trading post for less than 1 Silver each.)
– Nourishment + 70 Vitality.
– Gain Health every second (Number unknown)
– + 10 experience from kills (Xp always helps)

Other requirements:
- Atleast 14k+ Hp on your character or you will be 1 shot and risk the teams success every time you die.
- Know what to expect.
- Fast reactions incl knowing how to dodge. (Hotkey dodges on side mouse keys helps a lot)
- Dont get lost running back to Lupikus if you die. Know the map.
- If you are downed, hope and wait for a party member to resurrect you
- If you die, RUN BACK ASAP. I cannot stress how many people just sit down waiting for a res that would never come. If you die in an explorable mode dungeon, you run back no matter what. Nobody should risk resurrecting a dead team mate.

The Tactic

I am Assuming if you are reading this, either you have no clue who Lupicus is and just interested in reading forum posts or need help understanding this boss.

Lupicus has 3 Phases which need to be completed. I will break down each Phase and explain how to get past them.

Phase 1

Life = 100 – 75percent.
Lupicus Spells/ability:
- Summons a Risen Grub (A green smoke can be seen on the Avatar that will spawn the next grub. You will be stunned when the grub appears on you.)
- Summons Swarms (Green smoke swarms of bugs that have a lot of hp + can do massive DPS if swarmed by a group at once)
- Goes Invulnerable (Goes invulnerable for a couple seconds to signal phase 2 starts)
- Eats Grub for boon stacks. (Max 25 stacks + 1000 damage + 1000 defence per each stack. Not sure about the boosts but it sounds about right)

How to get past Phase 1.

Phase 1 is all about killing bugs. Not about killing Lupicus. Reason being Lupicus spawns Grubs on your team + pets. Which he will eat once they are grown to gain additional stat boosts. I am not sure what the exact stats boost is but consider it 1k + damage and 1k + Armour. It sounds about right.

- At the start 4 should decide to become the “Rangers” 1 to become the melee.
- Stand a couple steps away from Lupicus, not too far so your range attacks cant reach, and not too close so the grub gets eaten faster.
- Everyone stands in a tight group, not necessarily on top of each other but within a heal circle range.
- How to stand? 4 Rangers stand behind the melee player who stands in front to block the swarms from reaching the rangers who are shooting at Lupicus.

So when you start fighting Lupicus Rangers target Lupikus and melee stops the bugs. IF the melee falls, instant resurrect him and help him out with AOE spells if you see that there are more than 3-4 swarms around your group. If everyone resurrects 1 person, the resurrection will take less time.

If a Grub apears, ALL rangers MUST attack it. Use spells, auto attack it doesnt matter as long as the Grub is dead. A good team wont let the grub slide half way towards Lupicus and kills the Grub within the group. Targeting the Grub with Ctrl + L Mouse click helps.

Phase 2

Life = 75 – 50percent.
Lupicus Spells/ability:
- Mass AOE green goo Attack – Also known as his ult. (1 Hit does around 14k damage) Dont get hit!
- Green Random Range strikes – Attacks that look similar from his ult but targets a player and follows them. (This can be heard via sound. Its a gurgling sound, and can be dodged. Remember dodge this attack half way towards you or else it will follow your dodge and hit you. – 1 Hit does around 14k damage. Perhaps the reason why Lupicus is so hard to complete in general.
- Shadow Walk – A blink/windwalking ability. You can see Lupicus when he does this, and if he targets you dodge. If you dodge it 1s, you will be out of range when he appears. When Lupicus appears he will do a small AOE damage where he lands + 1 slash attack with his claws on you (14kish damage in 1 hit, maybe around 16k.)

How to get past Phase 2.

After the boss goes invulnerable it helps if you are on voice chat to shout out a warning. If not, look at your team and run when they do, or if someone says run, just run. When the boss ends his invulnerability it will either use his ult or shadow walk. The goal in this phase is to not get killed, because when you die, it becomes harder for the team to hold back Lupicus.

When Phase 2 starts, run as far away as possible from Lupicus, as his ult has a range. Plus the further away you are the less AOE circles you meet, and easier to dodge. When Lupicus shadow walks to you, dodge the attack, and run away from Lupicus. Try range Lupicus from time to time to lower its HP. It doesnt matter if you get out of range, just dont die. Your team mates will do some damage while you are out of range. IF the situation looks safe, get a bit closer to Lupicus and range him to do some damage. If Lupikus uses the target green goo attack, dodge this as well.

IF someone dies near Lupicus, as in his melee area and is downed, dont bother resurecting or he will wreck you too. Wait untill Lupikus shadow walks away and jump in to help your party member. If Lupicus ults while you are resurecting. LEAVE THE PLAYER AND RUN! No point having more people die because of one. IF you die, run back asap.

IF it looks as the player you are trying to resurrect is going to get you killed too. Leave him/her. Its everyone for themselves in these instances.

DO NOT RUN OUT OF THE ARENA IT WILL RESET LUPIKUS TO 100 PERCENT HP. Atleast 2 people MUST be in the arena. If you are solo in the arena its ok, but if there is 2 people in the arena, one walks out it resets Lupikus. This may be a bug i dont know. Initially players tried to pull Lupikus out of the arena making him stuck in the door frame of the arena which was later patched. Any player or team that attempts this gets the wrath of Anet on them which resets Lupicus.

Phase 3

Life = 50 – 0 percent.
Lupicus Spells/ability: (New sets of spells.)
- Green AOE bubble – Very much like the Mesmers AOE Sphere, this AOE traps the player and wont let the player go out until he/she is dead or the cast time is over. You cannot dodge out of this bubble once your in it. Lupikus uses this bubble within melee range, right after it appears out of its Shadow walk. Dodge it before it casts this spell. It can be done as you will see an extra large red circle around you. (around 4k damage per second.)
Note:
Lupikus will stand in one location spaming this spell out, looks like he is forcing an overgrown bubble into the ground.
- Green bubble attack – Very much like the life steal attack of a necromancer. It is also cast within melee range, dodge doesnt seem to break this spell but rather distance. So run away once he shadow walks and casts this. It does damage over time. The longer you are being casted on the more damage you take.
-Green Life steal sucking attack – Lupicus goes all Ballerina in the air, and floats up. He creates a large AOE around his avatar and sucks in a green light from the ground. Any player caught in this will be feeding life to Lupikus. You will die unless you leave this circle. Pets and NPCs dont seem to do much to affect Lupicus health. They dont always die like Player avatars either from this spell.

How to get past Phase 3.

Same tactic as Phase 2, just keep in mind the 2 new additional spells. The Green AOE bubble + Green bubble attacks. Stay far away from Lupicus. The goal here is to distract Lupicus in any way possible. Hunter pets, mesmer clones, summoned creatures/npcs will confuse Lupicus and they will be the target of his 3rd Phase spells. Make sure to keep the waves of non player avatars running towards Lupikus, turn your pets to agro from guard mode if your a Ranger!

So how long does it take to kill Lupicus?
- Depends, hes like an easier version of a raid boss on WoW. It can take 15minutes, it can take 30. It can take 1 hour depends how badly you do as a team or how much punch you are able to do as a team while you run around.

Is Lupicus the last boss?
No, there are 2 more. (Maybe more depending on the route, but the general understanding is there is 2.)

Note:
- The path all differ after Lupikus is dead once again. There is 4 doors that you can go through once Lupikus is dead. Depending on which of the 4 paths you chose at the start. The door open to you is different.

How to get past Phase 3.

Same tactic as Phase 2, just keep in mind the 2 new additional spells. The Green AOE bubble + Green bubble attacks. Stay far away from Lupicus. The goal here is to distract Lupikus in any way possible. Hunter pets, mesmer clones, summoned creatures/npcs will confuse Lupicus and they will be the target of his 3rd Phase spells. Make sure to keep the waves of non player avatars running towards Lupicus, turn your pets to agro from guard mode if your a Ranger!

So how long does it take to kill Lupikus?
- Depends, hes like an easier version of a raid boss on WoW. It can take 15minutes, it can take 30. It can take 1 hour depends how badly you do as a team or how much punch you are able to do as a team while you run around.

How good is the loot?
The same as any other boss. It may or may not drop exotics/rares, but will drop greens or blues.

Is Lupicus the last boss?
No, there are 2 more. (Maybe more depending on the route, but the general understanding is there is 2.)

Note:
- The path all differ after Lupikus is dead once again. There is 4 doors that you can go through once Lupikus is dead. Depending on which of the 4 paths you chose at the start. The door open to you is different.

Do all the paths lead to Lupikus?
Yes, there is no way around Lupicus without exploiting a bug which is bad. A dead lupikus is a good lupikus so kill it.

Can the reflecting shields before Lupikus be used in fights to reflect damage?
Not that Ive noticed. The shield just broke when the ult hit. I assume its too much damage. Dont bother using it. Plus the shields should have been used in the previous section either way and shouldnt be intact by the time you fight Lupikus.

Does Lupikus drop legendaries or the boss’s after?
This cannot be verified, but legendaries are player made and the exotics necessary for legendaries are gotten via the corret combination of items in the mystic forge or via the Trading Post. However there are indications that maybe a high level dungeon boss may drop a part of the legendary item build. This cannot be confirmed as of yet, but may be true may be not.

Can you make money off the Arah dungeon?
Yes, dont die a lot, play well and you will make money once you reach the end. There is a reward for completing the Arah dungeon, where you get money + xp + any random drop you may get. You also get 15 Shards of Zaitan from the completion + additional shards collected through out the dungeon.

Is there any close Way Point to Lupikus?
No, Unfortunatly all Way points are far, but the one with the Asura path is closest to Lupicus than any other Way Point. It maye be best to try this path first if its your first Lupikus slaying trip!

Do you need exotic armour to beat Lupicus?
-After confronting the Gw2 Community, it seems as if full exotics is not necessary. Many have done Lupicus without full exotics. Think of it as a convenience to have a well geared up team. Makes life easier, however as noted above. It is not a requirement.

Extra notes:
-There seems to be a bug or intentional coding. If a thief or any class makes all the players in the Lupikus arena invisible in any way, Lupicus will reset. Please try to avoid using invis.
-The melee player does not need to be guardian, any player with decent melee weapons and confidence may take this spot. Its only for the first 25percent.
-Some have said stopping the grubs may not be necessary and the stacks given to Lupicus does not make any difference. If you find this to be true, please post it bellow and the community can have a look and decide. However as the writer of this guide. I think Anet wanted the grubs to make a difference.

I hope this guide helps. It may be a bit messy, but if you see a need to edit something, then post it bellow and it will be considered:P New information would be nice if any can be given. Additional tactics that have worked may also be posted for all to see.

If you need an extra hand, dont hesitate to whisper me in game. I am always looking forward to a nice challenge:) Just dont invite me if you have bad gear/lower than 14k hp and have low confidence in beating Lupicus. It would be better if you spent an extra day upgrading your armour:)

Good luck killing Lupicus!
TheDKP

NOTE:

This Guide was written by TheDKP, this guide was written for Bacon Bacon, and may be shared to other parties given that necessary credit is given to those that helped write the guide.

Ive posted this up on the GW2 Forums hoping I can stop the boring farm spree that people are on due to the lack of confidence they have in finishing the Arah Dungeon. Anet has done a great job making this Dungeon. Its big, its challenging, and has a lot of content compared to any of their other Dungeons. I hope this Guide will help a lot of other people Enjoy the Arah Dungeons as much as I did.

I would like to thank all the comment and fixs people have suggested. I have updated the posts accordingly. I would like to stress that this is not the ultimate guide. It is one amongst many other method of completing Lupicus. This guide is mainly targeting the Gw2 community to try to convince those who lost confidence in the Arah dungeon. It can be beaten. It is not impossible! So lets do it!

Im sorry if there was any spoiler content, or incorrect data. IF there is any of either, then please post it bellow for this post to be updated.

Thank you.

TheDKP

Note:
I can only join parties in the EU servers not the US sorry!

Simini Mini Guide:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Priestess-of-Dwayna-Arah-4th-Path-Mini-Guide/first#post392649

Extra notes from Community:

- Its been confirmed by the community and personally. Maxed out gear is not required, only a good team of players with decent communication, trust and dedication to beat this boss.

- Food and potion is not necessary, however it is recommended for a smoother fight. It is up to you if you value food and potions that are less than 1 silver each would make your life better or not.

- 14k+ Hp does not seem to be recommended any longer, however it is still recommend to have high HP over lower hp.

- After Phase 1 Lupicus may spawn up to 2 grubs. If possible kill these, but at this point grubs are not a priority. The Priority is to survive.

- In phase 1, apart from killing the grubs, make sure you wipe out the locusts too. If you only dps on grubs and boss, the locusts swarming around will bring you big trouble in phase 2.

- During phase 2 dont try to stand between the red circles. Its a projectile rather than really an AoE, and it can hit you even u are out of red circles. Best is a perfectly timed dodge, obscure it by hiding behind the gate, or go out of range. Block also works wonders too if you can.

- When he charges you, the time to dodge is right before he reaches you. You can see it by a green trail towards you. I find it easier to timely evade his attack rather than dodging his charge.

Hmm, some edits did not seem to get edited. Ill re-edit Phase 3 when the forum lets me.

There are 3 more attacks that should have been added there.
1. Close range AOE spam like the one from phase 2.
2.Phase 2 Green ranged Auto attack
3.Life stealing howl? A green animation which looks like Lupicus is howling or sucking in the air around him.

*Also the Warden path opens up a waypoint near Lupicus. Exact same spot as the Seers path (Asura path). To unlock this waypoint, you need to complete the dungeon up to the steps by Lupicus, and TP to the waypoint. Kill all mobs in the way, and kill the gate guards.

Extra pictures;) Cause we all like seeing Lupicus dead

Looks great, seems to hold up with my teams experience as well. Btw his name is giganticus lupicus i believe.

Renegade.6325:

Looks great, seems to hold up with my teams experience as well. Btw his name is giganticus lupicus i believe.

Thank you Edited the title and post accordingly:)

Is this the guy who summons grubs that move toward him and heal him? Just dps him down the whole time, the grubs do absolutely NOTHING. Easy fight.

Crono.2374:

Is this the guy who summons grubs that move toward him and heal him? Just dps him down the whole time, the grubs do absolutely NOTHING. Easy fight.

They give stacks to the boss:/ You will notice he does more damage and have higher defence overall after phase one. The more stacks the harder the overall kill gets.

He got to like 10 stacks when I fought him. They didn’t seem to do anything, honestly. My group and I noticed the stacks going up and all, and wondered if he’d get stronger and start killing us, but nothing happened. Don’t know man, seems like ignoring the grubs is the best plan of action.

Crono.2374:

He got to like 10 stacks when I fought him. They didn’t seem to do anything, honestly. My group and I noticed the stacks going up and all, and wondered if he’d get stronger and start killing us, but nothing happened. Don’t know man, seems like ignoring the grubs is the best plan of action.

Well, it could be for some people:) Either ways Ive done the “ignore grub action”. The max stacks was 25. Also it affects how much damage he does after coming out of Shadow walk is what my group noticed.

Yeah, I’m not disagreeing with you. I was with a good friend and 3 random players and we managed to kill him with no problems. I think each stack should do a LOT more damage and the mechanics of the grubs should actually MATTER. There are a lot of encounters that seem broken, this is one of them. I think if they made the grubs buff him a lot more the fight would be much more interesting.

He doesn’t drop exotics t all, i’ve cleared him about 9 times, not one exotic. Just another boss.

The equipment requirement makes me scratch my head. I hope it doesn’t mean that without full exotic set I should forget about doing arah explorable mode.

Killed lupicus over 6 times in the past few weeks, none of my group have had any exotic drops, so I don’t think the drop rate is high at all (Even with MF food)

Dont had any great armour, in mather of fact I had 77-80 armour, not the best weapons and I do know my guildies also didn’t had it. But we had no problem defeating him. We didn’t use any Consumables or other cooking stuff. It was our first time there and we had no problem defeating him.

But thank you for your guide. but in the end its all about skill and logical thought and less about armour etc.

kgptzac.8419:

The equipment requirement makes me scratch my head. I hope it doesn’t mean that without full exotic set I should forget about doing arah explorable mode.

Definitely not, it is not a requirement. Just a convenience to have since full exotics usually means over 14k+ HP. It helps if you don’t get 1 shot, but the consumables will help.

To those that mentioned consumables aren’t necessary. Yes its not necessary but helps a lot! Plus they dont cost a lot, so you might as well.

Post has been updated with new information.

Berelain.2308:

Dont had any great armour, in mather of fact I had 77-80 armour, not the best weapons and I do know my guildies also didn’t had it. But we had no problem defeating him. We didn’t use any Consumables or other cooking stuff. It was our first time there and we had no problem defeating him.

But thank you for your guide. but in the end its all about skill and logical thought and less about armour etc.

I do agree, GW2 is made for players with skills and logical thought. The idea of the game is to not get hit by anything if possible. But armour does help:P

Good job beating Lupicus with your armour:)

The only thing that makes Lupicus hard is the random bolts he shoots out which have no indicators in Phase 2.

Titarion.2609:

The only thing that makes Lupicus hard is the random bolts he shoots out which have no indicators in Phase 2.

Edited Phase 2 to point out the attack more clearly. Thanks:)

Another thing about phase 2, all the bolts he shoots out – ground target and player targeted – are projectiles. Which means every one of them is affected by skills that block or reflect projectiles.

As a mesmer, illusionary warden and feedback were invaluable as small safe zones if he blankets your area with AoE.

Secondly, this also means that simly moving back and forth will cause his single target attack to miss, so you don’t have to use a dodge on it.

His shadow walk also knocks you down for an inordinate amount of time, so it’s quite important to dodge. If you have a stun break, that will get you up quickly in case you mess up your dodge timing.

My group killed him for the first time last night and none of us got exotics, or even rares (eh maybe ONE rare) so it’s definitely not guaranteed that you will get exotics from killing Lupicus.

Just wanted to let anyone reading know, don’t go in with high hopes like we did -__-

I killed him in a PUG yesterday (admittedly 2 guys in my team knew what they were doing), and you certainly don’t need a full set of exotic gear to beat him, or use any consumables or +undead slaying stuff.
I only have 2 pieces exotic, and at least a few of my other teammates didn’t have (full) exotics either. 14K+ HP isn’t required. Yes, it’ll help, but not required. I was playing Elementalist at 11.5K HP and never got 1-shot by him.
Nonetheless, nice guide. Should be useful to people.8)

As for what he drops. Nothing special really. I got a white boots drop off him, and didn’t get anything worthwhile from the chests and boss after him either.

Thank you for all your comments, I have updated the Guide Accordingly.

Bumping this back up for those that have problems with Lupicus. I have edited the content accordingly with new data.

From today, you need to finish the dungeon to get shards, so here is how you complete one of the most challenging part of Arah Dungeon. (For most players)

DKP as this boss is encountered in all paths. do u think its good for this game to have a boss not “hard” like this but with too much prerequisites? I wasted 5 hours on pub its its clearly impossible without communication and some of ur prerequisites.At the first hour it was a challenge to me, giant hard kitten boss but i realize its not about skill.

Venon.9641:

DKP as this boss is encountered in all paths. do u think its good for this game to have a boss not “hard” like this but with too much prerequisites? I wasted 5 hours on pub its its clearly impossible without communication and some of ur prerequisites.At the first hour it was a challenge to me, giant hard kitten boss but i realize its not about skill.

I spend like the first 5-10min of each run with random pugs explaining each step. How to stand, what to do. Decide on the way point to walk back.

I hope in the near future, there will be enough players around who know what to do so I dont need to explain the tactic for 5-10min before each Lupicus attempt.

This boss can be killed by a random pug, ive done it a couple times, and even done it with random guildies with no voice com. Ofc a voice com helps, but it only helps in the explaining part and encouraging your team. “Keep it up” etc.

Thanks DKP, good stuff there

A lot of the time he will summon two grubs when going into phase 2. The damage he does with 0 stacks is noticeably less. Auto attacks 9k AoE 8.5k on a messmer with ~1400 toughness, so killing grubs will help.

Thank you Vithaar and Gies. I will update the content once the forum allows me to edit my posts. Its a bit buggy right now:)

Edit.
Ive updated the content of this guide as best as the forum allows me to. I think Ive reached the cap of one posts in words/letters which makes it very hard to update everything.

Ive added the updates as extra notes at the bottom of the posts on another post.

I think i was stuck from 7pm to 11pm on this one boss, every time i had to explain how to do this boss, but most of them didnt understand it so i referd them here but they looked for like 2 seconds and said the couldnt find it

aw:/ Thats unfortunate:/

Well…its here for those that need it:)

To those that pmed me from the US servers to join them, sorry but since I’m in the EU servers I cant join

Yesterday I tried to kill him in a pug group and he resetted 3 times in a row, with someone being alive and hitting him… Today the same thing happened once, me and a guildie hitting it with bows while it resetted in his chamber, without any pull tricks. We managed to down him in the end avoiding the walls, but it was nonetheless very frustrating.

Sina.9208:

Yesterday I tried to kill him in a pug group and he resetted 3 times in a row, with someone being alive and hitting him… Today the same thing happened once, me and a guildie hitting it with bows while it resetted in his chamber, without any pull tricks. We managed to down him in the end avoiding the walls, but it was nonetheless very frustrating.

Did someone use invis? When 1 player uses invis, and the whole team within the boss’s atk range goes invis then itll reset the boss.

OR

When the boss doesnt have any player within combat range which is usualy the case when there is only one player left in the Arena. Thats why its safer to have atleast 2 players left in the Arena within combat range.

Was very unfortunate for you:(

DKP.4196:

Sina.9208:

Yesterday I tried to kill him in a pug group and he resetted 3 times in a row, with someone being alive and hitting him… Today the same thing happened once, me and a guildie hitting it with bows while it resetted in his chamber, without any pull tricks. We managed to down him in the end avoiding the walls, but it was nonetheless very frustrating.

Did someone use invis? When 1 player uses invis, and the whole team within the boss’s atk range goes invis then itll reset the boss.

OR

When the boss doesnt have any player within combat range which is usualy the case when there is only one player left in the Arena. Thats why its safer to have atleast 2 players left in the Arena within combat range.

Was very unfortunate for you:(

No invisibility. I’ve been hitting it hard with my shortbow in autoattack range.

Sina.9208:

DKP.4196:

Sina.9208:

Yesterday I tried to kill him in a pug group and he resetted 3 times in a row, with someone being alive and hitting him… Today the same thing happened once, me and a guildie hitting it with bows while it resetted in his chamber, without any pull tricks. We managed to down him in the end avoiding the walls, but it was nonetheless very frustrating.

Did someone use invis? When 1 player uses invis, and the whole team within the boss’s atk range goes invis then itll reset the boss.

OR

When the boss doesnt have any player within combat range which is usualy the case when there is only one player left in the Arena. Thats why its safer to have atleast 2 players left in the Arena within combat range.

Was very unfortunate for you:(

No invisibility. I’ve been hitting it hard with my shortbow in autoattack range.

Well then it must be a bug:/ and should be reported. I cant say anything more since Lupicus never resets for me unless we accidentally drag him out of the door which doesn’t happen too often.

If only people gave this kind of love to the gw2 wiki we might actually find these guides when in said dungeon and looking for them hehe.

Well you are more than welcome to post it about. I just posted this in gw2 forums since I thought some feed back from the community would be nice:)

“How good is the loot?
Legend says it drops Exotics like a common good. This cannot be verified due to lack of data, but most people who have completed Lupicus agree they got exotics. The drop chances are quite favorable is all I can say as of yet.”

I have only gotten white items from him… And his chest was just the normal blue/green trash

haha, yeah it does drop Orange items;) Ive seen it with my own eyes, but the drop rate is the same as any other boss imo. I havent noticed anything special in the drops:)

I thought I edited that part out. Ive fixed it now.

Nothing new, might as well throw in a few more from my personal experience then.

1. In phase 1, apart from killing the grubs, make sure you wipe out the locusts too. If you only dps on grubs and boss, the locusts swarming around will bring you big trouble in phase 2.

2. During phase 2 dont try to stand between the red circles. Its a projectile rather than really an AoE, and it can hit you even u are out of red circles. Best is a perfectly timed dodge, obscure it by hiding behind the gate, or go out of range. Block also works wonders too if you can.

3. When he charges you, the time to dodge is right before he reaches you. You can see it by a green trail towards you. I find it easier to timely evade his attack rather than dodging his charge.

All in all i think Lupicus is really a fun fight. It takes time to learn, but eventually you will get there. And the thrill of finishing it is great too!

Thank you for your input Henryik. I will add it in the extra notes;)

I melee the 3rd phase, I find it helps the group a fair bit if Lupi agros me in melee, as every one can pretty much stand around and shoot him. Some times he will continue to chase other people but half the time he will fight me in melee.

To melee him make sure you have stability to get out of his prison orb, and make sure you have a stun breaker as well. Make sure that you reserve dodges for his barrage attack, some times it will still hit you once or twice for 2-3k after you dodge out of it. Having a second source of stability can be a real help, if he hits you twice in a row with the prison orb.

Kellie.3687:

I melee the 3rd phase, I find it helps the group a fair bit if Lupi agros me in melee, as every one can pretty much stand around and shoot him. Some times he will continue to chase other people but half the time he will fight me in melee.

To melee him make sure you have stability to get out of his prison orb, and make sure you have a stun breaker as well. Make sure that you reserve dodges for his barrage attack, some times it will still hit you once or twice for 2-3k after you dodge out of it. Having a second source of stability can be a real help, if he hits you twice in a row with the prison orb.

Hmm Ive never seen someone do this and I dont plan to try myself:P I think the balerina move will pwn me instead

Dodge out of prison attack.

Mesmer can use teleport skills like phased retreat or blink to get out of his prison attack in phase 3. Worth a note :P

So we killed Lupicus on our first attempt.

For the first phase we bunched up together, with 1 melee killing the grubs and everyone else ranging him.

Second and third phases we simply scattered and DPSed him.

Seriously, he’s not hard! But holy kitten is it necessary to give him so much HP!?!?