Guild Wars 2

Going to give path 4 another try this weekend to try to get past dwayna and get my DM title. We’re going to try the brute force method to do it. So far the classes that I know are going is a necro, guardian, and ranger. I’m looking for advice on what weapon sets, skills and trait line those members should use to increase our chances of success of killing her with brute force. I’m also interested what skill appeared to work against her with invisible and which ones don’t. Also what other 2 class would be desired for this set up.
Thank you I would love any advice that is given.

Ranger = 2x Spiders. Poison trap, zephyr, spirit of frost. Bow + Dagger/sword. Entagle ult/rampage as one.
Guardian = Idk. DPS?
Necro = Poison, Bleed, Poison. Scepter + Dagger/axe + focus.

Try to have a mesmer/warrior. These 2 help a lot. or a thief with support build. Poison auras that stun dwayna helps a lot.

Poison and lots of it. This is also the rare situation in this game where a glass cannon actually works.

Any humans – use avatar of grenth
any asurans – carry radiation field
for the necro – all the poison he can carry

For your last two slots I would recommend
1. mesmer – Time warp is a godsend for this boss. Pop it when she stealths and you can usually break the DPS check. Worst case scenario you break each separate DPS segment with a time warp, leading to a longer, but much less painful fight.
2. Warrior or thief. Both have solid levels of DPS, and IIRC thieves also have a way to apply poison

For those super worried about this boss. Ive done it with 3 eles, a necro and a mesmer. (Ele’s were all glass cannon) AS any ele will tell you, our DPS to single targets is really not that high. So dont stress the DPS check so much.

well we tried her earlier this week and failed the dps check

Shadowmoon.7986:

well we tried her earlier this week and failed the dps check

Try to analize, if you’re playing with the same people, what or where they can improve.
Maybe a sigil or a different armor set (different stats), sometimes helps and gives a big boost.

Potion and food buff is probably one of the biggest things people often overlook when attempting a DPS check. Keep in mind the bonus you gain from this is very significant, ~15%+ damage increase and 10% damage less taken, that is a bigger upgrade than rare → exotic.

If you are attempting the brute force strat (which I really don’t advocate), positioning is very important. Make sure she is in a nice corner and her movement is very restricted.

Your water break out person has to be on top as well, make sure they have full party frame enabled so they can see the debuff blinking and when it goes off, this will ensure a fairly high DPS up time on your party.

Lastly, try to fill the last two slot of your party with melee DPS, I can see you have poison handled for the most part, so having 2 warriors would be the most ideal for your composition.

I guess you leave 2 guys inside the cave, attempting to kill her with 3 players. If it’s your case, organize the 4th player (the one near entrance ready to take sparks) to attack her.
Will make things faster and easier. A ranger with longbow as 4th can be a wise choice

We gathered 30ish tears, dragged her outside, then hundred blades’d her to death. No poison necessary (2 War, 1 Eng, 2 Ele)