Guild Wars 2

Was thinking it might be nice to list some of the tougher/fun events and/or champs that put up a real challenge to solo/few players. The one’s where you’ve got to do just about everything right to even pull it off. Include professions you’ve tried or beat them on to as that can really affect the difficulty level sometimes. And how you managed it.

My favorites so far:

Eastern Collonade, Malchor’s leap – done it on Thief and Warrior. The trick is to get many of the dead NPCs up at once quickly, start rezzing them but don’t finish until you have most of them almost up. The trebs need to be destroyed as much as possible. You can also mange mob spawns a little by killing the fish heads, but if you kill to many you’ll force repops. Slight element of luck in that some of the vets are tougher than others.

Modinir chain, Hirathi Highlands – thief and warrior. I’ve taken this one all the way up to the puppies solo, and killed the boss with 3-4. Don’t think he’s soloable. The champs are the only real challenge, and solo the ranged ones are nasty. The good news is for the ones where you are capping a ring, you can get them out of the ring and cap. This will advance the event but despawn the champ.

Champion Abomination, Cursed shore – Thief. I don’t think this one is soloable for all professions. Done it once on Thief. Trick is to not get hit and keep that frenzy stack down. Poison helps to keep the regen in check. Pets are a liability on this fight, and Basilisk venom thief elite works as a good short cc.

Champion Ooze, Frostgorge Sound – at the end of the mini-dungeon in the south east corner. Thief. Ranged fight all the way, melee is to punishing, at least for thief. You can line of sight it a little with the nearby pillar but it is on a fairly short reset leash. Watch your positioning too, if you get knocked off the platform you will either be outside of the mini-dungeon (rare) or killed by falling rocks.

Risen Chickens, Malchor’s Leap – Thief. Great variability possible on difficulty level. The four vets hit like trucks if you let them, easiest way is to solo each one down. Add more for more difficulty. They poop an egg at you at range and claw your face off in melee. The eggs are the biggest hit. I’ve managed two at once, though usually I’ve been working on one before the second adds. The other variant of the chain spawns a champ inquest who shoots eggs at you. Line of sight her for the win. Bet the chicken coop pre-event for the champ, fail it for the vets.

So what events have you found to be fun and or tough with solo or few people?