Guild Wars 2

So I’m a level 80 Engineer, and the final portion of the battle with Aerin is frustrating me. I do very little damage to him before either being knocked off the platforms or having to jump off in order to heal myself, as he does way more damage to me than I to him. So a ten minutes battle may only get him down to 50% health, and if I die in the meantime I have to start the fight over.

Am I doing something wrong here? Or missing a shortcut?

LexiHamster.1609:

So I’m a level 80 Engineer, and the final portion of the battle with Aerin is frustrating me. I do very little damage to him before either being knocked off the platforms or having to jump off in order to heal myself, as he does way more damage to me than I to him. So a ten minutes battle may only get him down to 50% health, and if I die in the meantime I have to start the fight over.

Am I doing something wrong here? Or missing a shortcut?

You’re forgetting to move out of circles and move so that his grenades don’t constantly hit you with all of them. It’s pretty easy to not get knocked off. Also, if you need to retreat just back up off the platform to the ledge/rock behind it. He doesn’t throw bombs back there, and you can get back to the platform without using crystals or going below.

You can avoid the majority of his damage by just staying on the move, where usually only one grenade (or none if you’re good at baiting/juking projectile attacks) will hit you, and staying out of the big orange circles.
There’s also a secret stash of instant-respawn blue crystals you can steal from the inquest you can access as soon as the sun crystals start spawning (you have to do this for one of the achievements) if you have problems staying on the platform. You can get that and drop it next to the platform and you’ll always have a fresh blue crystal to instantly jump back up every time you fall off without relying on crystal respawn timers or walking across the room to get back up the ramp.

Good luck!