Guild Wars 2

I’m writing this because I’m tired of joining parties that want to range foreman spur down while not getting near him and it annoys me. This boss is the east when you just melee him to death. An guardian and warrior should have no problem going toe to toe with him, while other classes might need to step in and out of combat. I hope everyone reads this and takes my advice when they go against him.

The reason I want most of the party to melee him is because when he does his spin attack he doesn’t target anyone close to him. Let’s say you have 4 warriors using their greatsword on him and a Mesmer about 900 range away. Foreman spur will ALWAYS go for the furthest person away from him when he starts his spin attack. He will always travel in a straight line towards the furthest person away.

Think of Diablo 2 barbarian whirlwind if you want. You always had to click far away and then you would whirlwind and stop at the point where you clicked, but you always just went there. All you have to do is watch for his animation before he does his spin attack. He puts his hands in the air for a bit of time and then starts his spin attack. I hope this helps some people out when they want to go for him.

What I have yet to test is what happens when everyone is within melee range of him. I’m not sure if he still does his spin attack then, but having at least 1 person away makes this strategy work really well. I have completed the dungeon several times and have always used this method to kill him. It has worked every time and usually resulted in him dying faster than if we did range.

I was thinking this when I was doing it. I play as a thief but I could easily see a coordinated group stacking him. As was stated when he does the spinning attack he just goes in a straight path and isn’t too hard to deal with the rest of the damage he puts out.

The foreman follows you as you dodge and does not travel in a straight line. If you try to dodge through him, which usually works best if someone is coming past you, he sticks with you and it hurts a lot.

That is only for the person he targets first from far away from him. If you are close to him and someone was further away you only have to dodge once. He will chase the person far away but that is it.

I agree, meleeing this boss is the easiest (like pretty much every boss out there), i personally don’t think the spin attack hits that hard. The first time i fought him, it was on my glass thief and i can still take 2 hits before getting downed.
It is ofc easier if he chases someone else when he spins, but every boss in new TA hits like a wet noodle in melee. Coupled with the lower HP, those bosses are easily destroyed in melee.

dude i killed this guy 7 different times 7 different ways with 7 different groups

this is bugged 100%