Guild Wars 2

Ok so y-day i did last story instance of HoT and boy did that take hours. That however wasn’t thanks to the difficulty of the boss, but due to the infamous glider part of the fight. So here’s a short sweet survival guide so you don’t have to suffer like I did:

When it’s time to fly you’ll see updrafts around the arena. And updrafts they are, but the rules are different then what you’re used to from the jungle. They are generated by blue spherical lauch pads underneath them. Don’t try to jump on them like with bouncing mushrooms, that didn’t work out that well for me. Just walk/run over them and you’ll be auto-launched, then open up your glider and fly. It’s not true you get only one shot – if you missed it you can still try again.

Now if that’s not quite working out for you, then there’s the desperate measure – giving glider the middle finger and facetanking the incoming damage. I won’t say it’ll work for every profession, but two confirms i can give is my necro and buddy’s ranger.

With ranger it most likely was the signet of stone scenario + tanky pet that revived him when he got downed, keeping him alive just long enough to survive the whole stage.

With my necro it was tank maximum build – lotsa hp, Rise!, full life force bar and most imporant of all – plague form. The last one makes you uber tanky, giving you best short at surviving it all. Be certain to fire it off at full/ near full health bar. After all’s said and tanked, be sure to heal back up (blood magic traitline + dagger on 2nd weapon set for it’s #2 skill helps a lot). Oh and nearly forgot summon blood fiend! It was invaluable through the fights. Resilient as hell, doesn’t forget to heal me up (unlike myself!) and kept my hp high throughout most of the fights.

Going by the above rule i can imagine a warrior with rampage could do it too, mixing in some panic buttons (defy pain, maybe shield block – dunno if it’s attacks are blockable) before going hulk tank mode.

Rest of fight does not require any special guiding if you ask me so enjoy your last HoT story battle and hopefully you won’t have to “enjoy it” over and over and over again due to glider horrors thanks to this little guide;)

Not sure if its true or not or just bugging out but i heard stealth gliding helps and he won’t throw rocks at you. Tested it out several times seems to work sometimes and not work other times.

Circling while constantly using left right movement keys when you are gliding also helps with not being hit by the stones. Not a guarantee but does reduce the number coming right at you.