I decided to create this thread to share some of my experiences successfully soloing fractals. A lot of tips apply mainly to guardians however theres a little something for everyone.
Complementary low level fractal completion screen shots:
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First, due to mechanics, solo completing the dredge and swamp fractal seems to be impossible.
The easiest/quickest fractal to solo pre fractal level 10, while many would believe to be the aquatic ruins, is actually the ascalon/urban battlegrounds fractal. The reason for this is the insane damage scaling npcs get from boons. The Charr NPCs with 12 might from the guardian staff ability Empower can easily kill Captain Amysh with little to no effort on the part of the soloer.
Aquatic Ruins: The krait at the begining of the fractal, and in particular the group of veteran krait guarding the final prisoner can present some problems. However, any difficulty is easily overcome with proper pulling. This is accomplished in two ways: First, for the ranged krait you merely kite the entire group backwards until you find the edge of the melee krait leash range and then go slightly beyond that, but not far enough as to out-range the ranged krait. It is also possible to single pull the melee krait by hugging their leash range and then waiting for one of the krait to use his dive/spin ability in such a way that propels him outside of the leash radius.
The reason this fractal sub level 10 is not easier than Ascalon is because if the Jellyfish devours your character, he instantly resets and starts regaining health. While it is possible with spamming the harpoon or trident 1 ability to interrupt this reset, this mechanic can cause this fight to drag out for an exceptionally long time.
Tips: Be sure to use any ability which causes sink/float when the Jellyfish gets too close to your character. For extra damage, the guardian trident 3 ability can be used while kiting and not facing the target. Spirit Weapons can also speed up the fight. Pray you don’t get eaten.
Ascalon/urban battlegrounds: Your rampaging army of super powered boon fueled Charr Npcs not enough? Well, use any ability that reflects projectiles, I’m looking at you wall of reflection, and watch those pesky rangers drop even faster. Why does the difficulty ramp up after 10? Agony murders your npc death army…fast…
Snowblind Fractal: It is possible to complete the melting the icewall event without killing a single enemy. With good dodging, and damage mitigation through gearing or reflects, its easy to keep all the fires lit for long enough.
Tips: The blizzard during the kill the elemental event occurs at set percentages of health, so either try to be holding a torch at those times and let your pets bring down the rest or light a fire and then burn the elemental down as quickly as possible.
Uncategorized Fractal: If you stand directly behind the fan control console, while Old Tom isnt spinning, then he cannot pull you, nor launch his electricity attack.
Volcanic Fractal: During the first encounter fighting with the Grawl Shaman, if you stand in the area near his platform and where you first entered the room, then the veteran grawl will not aggro onto you.
In the final fight against the Lengendary Grawl Shaman, bleed ticks take off stacks of his shield making this mechanic significantly easier to overcome.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this and in case anyone is wondering besides the screen shots, I’ve soloed uraban battlegrounds on 6, aquatic ruins on 11, TA path straight up, AC- Spider, Kholer, Cave Troll, and Howler King, though I was trolling my guild friends by killing them with his blast.
(edited by Hooya.6172)