Guild Wars 2

I’ve done jade maw in fotm a few times but have to admit I’ve never actually “thrown a crystal” back at jade maw himself.

When jade maw puts the little skull icon above your head and you grab a crystal, are you actually supposed to “throw it back” at jade maw? The reason i ask is I don’t see any attack options on the toolbar (number keys 1-5), they are all blank when holding the crystal. Are we supposed to use one of the F1-f4 keys (if they exist for crystal)? Or does the crystal automatically redirect the beam if you are holding it? If you are supposed to throw the crystal back after u get “beamed”, how long do you have before the AI forces you to drop the crystal? Seems like the game only lets you hold onto the crystal for few secs

It all happens so fast (for me, at least, cuz im old), so I end up just dodging the beam. But would like to learn the best way to deal max damage back if i’m doing it wrong

thanks

I’ve only done it once, but from memory, when it focuses on you, you should get the ability to use skill 1. I think you don’t have that skill until the very moment the eye’s ‘gaze’ hits you.

Once your crystal absorbs his beam (and you are surrounded by an aura), you throw it at his head using skill 1. Before that, the skill slot is blank. It might be a glitch of some sort of it’s not turning into a skill.

I think the option is not there until you defeat all jade golems.
After that if you are head by beam and green sphere shows you should have now attack in 1 slot. you don’t have to use it immediately, but do not drop crystal.

How AI is forcing you to drop crystal? I can hold it for as long as I want…

you don’t need to defeat all of the jade golemns before you can throw a crystal. my teams always do both at the same time. Kill them as they get close for extra crystals.

When you get the mark over your head, pick up a crystal asap and just stand there, take the hit. If you dodge while holding the crystal you probably won’t absorb the energy.

awesome, thanks for the feedback

I did not know one could hold onto the crystal “indefinitely” after it being charged by the beam