Volcano Fractal: Shield or Adds first?

Volcano Fractal: Shield or Adds first?

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Posted by: Kain Francois.4328

Kain Francois.4328

Every pug I go with gives me a different strategy for the Volcano Fractal. While I’m not going to say which side fails to prevent the boss from healing, I am curious what are other people’s strategies for the final boss of the Volcano fractal?

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Posted by: realloc.5846

realloc.5846

If the boss is close to the target villager – shield. Otherwise – adds.

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Posted by: Wethospu.6437

Wethospu.6437

Initially you want to reduce shield stacks. If you have time spend some time killing adds.

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Posted by: Oh Snapalope.1378

Oh Snapalope.1378

Do both at the same time.

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Posted by: zencow.3651

zencow.3651

Shield first but also tag the elementals with AoE if you can. Should be down before you start needing to rally off the adds. If you focus adds first you may run into last second ‘oh no he’s reaching the villager!’ moments and end up leaving downed mates defeated.

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Posted by: Zenyatoo.4059

Zenyatoo.4059

shield. Pop a reflect skill and watch the adds kill themselves anyway.
As an ele whenever I see him reaching a shield threshold I immediately meteor shower him, switch to earth mid cast and throw up the magnetic aura to block the adds, throw earth 2 under the adds, then switch to water to freeze the boss so he isnt moving so fast. Then it’s just cleanup of his shield stacks if he still has them, adds if they’re still alive, and ressing anyone who got downed.