Guild Wars 2

Hello there,

I fought my way up in the Queen’s Gauntlet and now I have stumbled on Liadri the Concealing Darkness. I can’t seem to figure out what I need to do to kill her… If anybody knows, please let me know.

Thanks in advance

Mechanics won’t let you , expect nerf !

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1jtdkv/got_my_mini_liadri_the_concealing_dark_d/

This guy begs to differ.

1 guy from 1 million players nothing wrong in your opinion ?) okey

Patch has been live for 2-3 hours? Anet didn’t intend for the Queen’s Gauntlet to be a cakewalk.

Half of warrior traits and skills dont work btw ! Hope we get a fix on endure pain and defy pain Devs ! Then release patch next time ! FIX FIRST RELEASE SECOND !

Kill cosmic rifts, break shield, don’t stand in AoE, don’t let her blender you, kill her before you run out of time.

Buy some dodge food while you’re at it, too.

I would say keep some cosmic rifts , if you kill it when downed will get you up ! So you can use it in your advantage !

Don’t play a ranger, your pet will be dead the entire time…it seems doable, but rangers kinda get shafted by aoe mechanics yet again.

Kaos.9162:

Don’t play a ranger, your pet will be dead the entire time…it seems doable, but rangers kinda get shafted by aoe mechanics yet again.

I am determined to beat this on my Ranger.

You need to lure the clones into the light-vortexes to get orbs, use the orbs 3times on her to remove her shields then she’ll go melee-attacking you and spawns her one-shot aoe more often. Keep your dodges and use invulnerabillity skills if you have them and cant dodge. did it in like 2hours.

My Sweet Lily.1952:

Kaos.9162:

Don’t play a ranger, your pet will be dead the entire time…it seems doable, but rangers kinda get shafted by aoe mechanics yet again.

I am determined to beat this on my Ranger.

I’m working on it too, though I kind of doubt I’ll be able to do enough dps with my current setup. It’s impossible to keep your pet alive for the full fight, between the aoe circles and the insta kill illusions, rangers have a pretty serious handicap for this fight.

boss is sucky , want youtube video of devs doin it

dani.1956:

boss is sucky , want youtube video of devs doin it

What do you find bad about it? I thought the boss was quite good for a solo encounter.

The only really bad part is the constricted camera from being in a dome.

Pinch.4273:

dani.1956:

boss is sucky , want youtube video of devs doin it

What do you find bad about it? I thought the boss was quite good for a solo encounter.

The only really bad part is the constricted camera from being in a dome.

Endure pain not working , defy pain and signet of stamina not working ! TYVM

Kaos.9162:

rangers have a pretty serious handicap for this fight.

No.

Pinch.4273:

The only really bad part is the constricted camera from being in a dome.

And the fact that below you is a big zerg that farms mobs which for me at least kills the framerates.

Oh? Care to elaborate, Kokiman, or are you just being contrary for the sake of it?

Kaos.9162:

Oh? Care to elaborate, Kokiman, or are you just being contrary for the sake of it?

PLAYERS THAT FIGHT EVENTS DOWN MAKE LAG ? UNDERSTAND NOW ?

dani.1956:

Kaos.9162:

Oh? Care to elaborate, Kokiman, or are you just being contrary for the sake of it?

PLAYERS THAT FIGHT EVENTS DOWN MAKE LAG ? UNDERSTAND NOW ?

I was talking about the rangers not having a handicap, the second message was posted while I was typing out my response….easy on the caps there.

What was that Dani? Im not sure Im picking up what you’re laying down.

dani.1956:

Endure pain not working , defy pain and signet of stamina not working ! TYVM

Endure / Defy pain prevent direct damage, not health loss. Unfortunately for you, all the oneshots are health loss. Try dodging them.

Pinch.4273:

dani.1956:

Endure pain not working , defy pain and signet of stamina not working ! TYVM

Endure / Defy pain prevent direct damage, not health loss. Unfortunately for you, all the oneshots are health loss. Try dodging them.

you did the boss ? Can you link the mini please ? I really hate players that talk from curtains (didnt kill the boss )

Signet of stamina + champion of the wild +bowl of orrian truffle ( 40% endurance refill rate ) = 0

the cosmic rifts are killable?

Jazzpaws.2675:

the cosmic rifts are killable?

they take damage but i think its no point focusing on one !

then why are people saying to kill them?!

you can rally off of them, they die in one hit

They die in one hit. Ranged weapons get obstructed on them a lot, but you can still smack them with a melee weapon.

Kaos.9162:

Oh? Care to elaborate, Kokiman, or are you just being contrary for the sake of it?

You have the advantage of pulling enemies towards you. And you should use the signet of stone + bear anyways.

ty for clarifying.

kokiman.2364:

Kaos.9162:

Oh? Care to elaborate, Kokiman, or are you just being contrary for the sake of it?

You have the advantage of pulling enemies towards you. And you should use the signet of stone + bear anyways.

Even with signet of stone, or whatever else you do, the pet is always going to die, taking a significant portion of our dps (even if you’re not specced bm) with it.

Phase 1 is quite well-designed and doable every time once you learn it , it’s phase 2 that is the problem. It’s definitely not doable on my character. I can get to about 50% every time that I don’t mess up on dodge, but after that I am just dead from the normal melee damage of the boss (not the whirlwind). Can’t kite her because of her constant charge/cripple nonsense (which you can’t dodge because you need the dodges for the shadowfall circles), can’t stay toe-to-toe with her because she hits too hard. And why does she need to keep spawning the kamikaze illusions in that phase? I assumed there must be some trick to it like luring her into the circle to weaken her but I couldn’t find anything.

Sounds like a job for dodge food, Eulolia.

Pinch.4273:

Sounds like a job for dodge food, Eulolia.

Doesnt work any food !

how long do you have for this one?

dani.1956:

Pinch.4273:

Sounds like a job for dodge food, Eulolia.

Doesnt work any food !

Food actually does work.

I never see the AoE’s coming, how am I supposed to dodge something I can’t see?

I’m getting downed by something during her shield phase that doesn’t show up in the combat log, and it’s not Shadowfall.

Edit: here’s a screenshot, youtube upload forthcoming. shadowfall was at the back of the cage, this hit me right after I threw the orb at her. 14K damage that didn’t show in the combat log.

JakeG.9620:

I never see the AoE’s coming, how am I supposed to dodge something I can’t see?

The aoes blending in with the floor is just another one of the troll portions of the event.

As for p2, dodging isn’t my problem, no window to dps the boss is.

Well it took me 19 tries, but I got it done. It helps to be in a party so you can target her so you aren’t always hitting clones.

Classes with more dodges will have an advantage, but I did it with my necro anyway.

condition damage is also useful since you can keep doing damage even while you are running away.

Broadicea.8294:

I’m getting downed by something during her shield phase that doesn’t show up in the combat log, and it’s not Shadowfall.

Edit: here’s a screenshot, youtube upload forthcoming. shadowfall was at the back of the cage, this hit me right after I threw the orb at her. 14K damage that didn’t show in the combat log.

It’s a Vision of Mortality. I think you’re having culling issues due to the amount of players below you.

Nokaru.7831:

Broadicea.8294:

I’m getting downed by something during her shield phase that doesn’t show up in the combat log, and it’s not Shadowfall.

Edit: here’s a screenshot, youtube upload forthcoming. shadowfall was at the back of the cage, this hit me right after I threw the orb at her. 14K damage that didn’t show in the combat log.

It’s a Vision of Mortality. I think you’re having culling issues due to the amount of players below you.

Yeah I finally realized it’s the clones exploding when they get near. It should still show in the kittening combat log. Also, thanks Anet for not making this instanced.

Any tips on the 2nd stage of the fight?

I can easily throw 3 orbs at her, but when she starts attacking the instant-kill AoE starts hitting at alarming rates, even with 40% endurance food I can’t dodge fast enough to get out the AoE’s, let alone start damaging her.

Watch the AoE’s carefully and it should be pretty clear what you have to do. I’ll give you a hint; there is a pattern.

I was able to beat her on my Guardian.

0/0/10/30/30 traits. Using a lot of condition removal, healing and keeping vigor up for dodging.

Used Scepter/Focus and Greatsword.

I used Greatsword mainly for retaliation and the #5 skill to chain the shadow figures and pull them into the light when too many appeared, and then kept using Scepter on the real enemy.

My whole gear was Clerics with 3 Monk runes and 3 Water runes.

The only thing I dislike is that the Arena was lagging when I was looking down because of the events going down on the ground level.

Dodge, dodge, dodge the event away…

You can get a buff from one of the NPCs near the waypoint that gives you endurance regeneration. I managed to get it to about 35% now and quit because it’s giving me a headache, it is more doable than I previously thought but still quite ridiculous, especially since you’re also fighting against annoying glitches with the game (stuck with a rubbish camera angle, boss getting untargeted and lag)

I must have tried this over 50 times. If I’d spent those tokens on fighting the other bosses (which are all easy) again for chests I’d be rich now

I’m still stuck at the beginning of the fight where I’m being downed by something I can’t see.

My Sweet Lily.1952:

Kaos.9162:

Don’t play a ranger, your pet will be dead the entire time…it seems doable, but rangers kinda get shafted by aoe mechanics yet again.

I am determined to beat this on my Ranger.

Let me know how you did it, if you can do it.

I tried it about 25 times already, my pet dies in the 1st five seconds, passive or not, because of the aoe. so…..that’s roughly 30% of my health and damage that was rendered useless right from the start. Condition removal through Signet of Renewal or Empathic Bond is also rendered useless because of this, leaving only the healing spring.

The closest I got so far was by having the warhorn to give myself swiftness whenever I could (but it still doesn’t do anything for your pet.), and having rampage as one, for the swiftness and stability, though, again, dead pet makes this skill only half useful. Once I get the three orbs and remove the invulnerability, I then switch my pets, who dies 3 seconds later as opposed to 5 because of the increased aoe. I don’t think I need to mention how useless the sword is for all of the fights except for maybe one because it roots you in place while you are doing the skill.

I use Hunter’s Call, and hope that the earth sigil and sharpened edges will take care of it while I run around with absolutely no opportunity to turn around and attack because the clones will kill me in one hit. Also traps like Spike and Frost, since nearly all of your other utility skills are useless since your pet is also useless in this fight, so far the lowest I can get the boss’s health before dying is about 75%

Someone said earlier that bear + signet of stone might help out, so I’m going to try that next. Greatsword might help too if you time the powerstab…Skill 4 will also work for the blocks (though you stop mid block in the aoe to do your counter attack, which can also end up killing you in some cases?!?) I should be able to get this fight by the end of the month, if the content lasts that long…

Also, If you die and no one is around to rez you, you have to pay the 1s11c to waypoint back, then run all the way back up. (Thank-you Kiel supporters for getting us to save a whole 28 copper!) You also have the 1s64~c to repair whatever broke. 25 tries and 68 silver in waypoint and repairs later, still trying. Atleast I know how Anet plans to counter the ridiculus farming that was going on below me this whole time!

/rant