Guild Wars 2

I tried to solo TA forward last night and was doing OK until the Leurent fight, where just Leurent and the knight were left. No matter what I did I could never seem to hold on to enough blocks, blinds, stability or dodges. Admittedly I only had about six attempts because the encounter was at the end of that annoying run, but does anybody here have any tips? I am comfortable with most weapon styles (hammer I don’t use so often, and bizarre combos like scepter/shield or mace/focus would probably throw me).

Hes a boss that wont allow you stay in melee. You have to dodge the key attacks and then do damage inbetween. Keeping him crippled etc is very helpful as you will often end up kiting him around. I havent tried him on guard but im sure its still doable even without cripple.

Make sure you fight in the centre area so you can use the blossoms to rally if you make a mistake. Also his gs throw that knocks down is a projectile so you could reflect that for some really nice dmg or destroy it with zealots defence. The only attack that cant be blocked and has to be dodged is the imob root which you need to get the timing right otherwise you need to cleave yourself out fast. Its pretty important not to waste dodges on laurent so make sure you can distinguish each attack very accurately. Hope that helps.

For weapons I would use sword/focus and then either scepter/focus or hammer for an extra root. But you could also probably make it work with GS + sword/focus. If you see him using healing signet thats a good time to burst.