Guild Wars 2

how do we do this weve been at it for like 20 mins and only at 50%

Complete the mission as normal without allowing the Vortex Crystals to take a boon from you.

Do not use skills that give you buffs.

im doing that but the boss takes long as hell to kill

I feel like there has to be a better way, but for some reason phantasms hit the boss for a normal amount of damage, so with my mes, I did it with izerker (with triumphant distortion so that it lived long enough to get an attack off). Projectiles are reflected, of course, so no iduelist.

It felt like a really stupid way to get the achievement, and it still took forever. I took longer than I had to ‘cause I figured out what to do partway through the fight, but I bet it’d still take at least 15 minutes.

yeah i used my mesmer im sure with a group of 5 mesmers it would be a walk in the park
but i think there should be a legit way to do it

Ah, according to the other thread on this, you can use let fragility be stolen. You just can’t let actual boons be stolen. That’s pretty easy, then…

oh thats very easy then

Just did it. It’s just normal buffs that you can’t let be stolen. You’re fine having the fragile get taken.

Pretty annoying on a guardian. I have to get my aegis stripped first before I can attempt to even approach those crystals.

I’m having problems with this achievement. I use my Mesmer and ensure I have no runes/sigils/skills that create boons. As soon as the color “boon” disappears when I transfer the 1 HP buff to the vortex, I lose the achievement. Is this normal?

Use skills/signets that doesn’t give boons, if you get a boon, run around and wait for it to expire before you get close to a vortex.
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I did it exactly this way and finished it myself without much difficulty. First time as a mesmer, second time as a guard. If it’s “too long" be patient. None of it was hard at all, just mechanics.