Guild Wars 2

Mind if I link this in the pinned topic? I’ll wait for your approval

Thanks for the constructive post. Hopefully it will smooth future encounters.

What a great thread!

Now we need to make sure the pugs understand that standing and spamming “1” isn’t gonna win this fight.

Vorch.2985:

Mind if I link this in the pinned topic? I’ll wait for your approval

Go right on ahead. Knowledge is power against this guy.

Good job with this, I hope alot of people take a look.

Another tip: Be brave!

This guy isn’t going to go down if 80 people are defending turrets and 6 are actually attacking Tequatl. It’s pretty clear this guy has a metric crap ton of health, so we need as much damage on this guys as possible!

Turret #4 gives AoE quickness for 8 seconds every 15 seconds…can not be understated

Very good post, most open world PvEers need this info. Well done.

Note:- A little addition to the mesmer part, they’r prolly in the top tier of the dps, and no chaos storm and mind wrack aren’t sustained dps options if u need optimal dps on teq from ranged so can avoid shockwave is with a sceptor/pistol keeping 3x duelists (maintaining 3x duelists is probably the highest damage or close to warrior in pve)

I wish everyone actually hoped on the forums to find ways to do the boss. unfortunately people just want to show up and get their loot by hitting 1

Telekinesis.8312:

Note:- A little addition to the mesmer part, they’r prolly in the top tier of the dps, and no chaos storm and mind wrack aren’t sustained dps options if u need optimal dps on teq from ranged so can avoid shockwave is with a sceptor/pistol keeping 3x duelists (maintaining 3x duelists is probably the highest damage or close to warrior in pve)

Noted and I’ll add it to the OP! Thanks!

Has anyone tried these to help kill the adds?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Powerful_Potion_of_Undead_Slaying

Stood next to him, put my wells as described, fired on him with everything I had. Not a single hit, even the wells just ticked with “MISS”. I went to defending and repairing the turrets as I concluded I am completely unable to damage him directly.

Meluna.1764:

Stood next to him, put my wells as described, fired on him with everything I had. Not a single hit, even the wells just ticked with “MISS”. I went to defending and repairing the turrets as I concluded I am completely unable to damage him directly.

Is this where you are placing the wells?

To me, these are the damage kings:
1.Elementalist
2.Warrior
3.Engineer
4.Ranger
5.Thief
6.Necromancer
7.Guardian
8.Mesmer

i corrected this for you

Engineer is decent with grenades.

Savoy.6824:

Has anyone tried these to help kill the adds?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Powerful_Potion_of_Undead_Slaying

Wow, is there a chance potions will actually be useful?!?

Another thought, contributing the damage indirectly – if tons and tons of people go down, equip rez skills, like War banner elite, etc. to get them back up and contributing again.

Anyone have tips on where DPS should stand?

Singer.8740:

To me, these are the damage kings:
1.Elementalist
2.Warrior
3.Engineer
4.Ranger
5.Thief
6.Necromancer
7.Guardian
8.Mesmer

i corrected this for you

I don’t know how much I agree with either of you… mostly with the bit with ranger and necro. I feel ranger should be lower than thief, and at least in pvp, power necros hit HARD.

Thanks for posting this. I have a tendency to ignore the summoned weapons with my Ele so it’s nice to know I need to adjust so I’m not slacking on the dps in a timed fight.

Just a matter of everyone getting on the same page and guides like this thread helps with that goal.

Grizm.4560:

Thanks for posting this. I have a tendency to ignore the summoned weapons with my Ele so it’s nice to know I need to adjust so I’m not slacking on the dps in a timed fight.

Just a matter of everyone getting on the same page and guides like this thread helps with that goal.

Fiery Greatsword hits like a truck!

Don’t forget about might and quickness, guys. Every bit of damage helps.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/tequatl/How-to-Fight-Tea/first#post2861144

i have a sord of similar post about this fight. what your showing could very well be team B in this fight.

Can he be hit with criticals? Ive heard both yes and no, and I want to know if there is any advantage to using full zerker gear compared to more survivable pvt gear.

Stx.4857:

Can he be hit with criticals? Ive heard both yes and no, and I want to know if there is any advantage to using full zerker gear compared to more survivable pvt gear.

The only useful stats when attacking tequatl are power toughness and vitality. He is immune to critical hits (So no crit damage or precision) and conditions get overridden constantly (So no condition duration or condition damage).

I will be reading this guide a little more and breakign it down to the server tomorrow thanks for posting!

The Gates Assassin.9827:

Stx.4857:

Can he be hit with criticals? Ive heard both yes and no, and I want to know if there is any advantage to using full zerker gear compared to more survivable pvt gear.

The only useful stats when attacking tequatl are power toughness and vitality. He is immune to critical hits (So no crit damage or precision) and conditions get overridden constantly (So no condition duration or condition damage).

I was just told that after he is hit with the laser, he can bit crit. Does that mean that it would be better to wear zerker gear for the fight or is the amount of time open for crits just not worth it?

Assuming I will on him the whole fight(other than phase2)

Stx.4857:

The Gates Assassin.9827:

Stx.4857:

Can he be hit with criticals? Ive heard both yes and no, and I want to know if there is any advantage to using full zerker gear compared to more survivable pvt gear.

The only useful stats when attacking tequatl are power toughness and vitality. He is immune to critical hits (So no crit damage or precision) and conditions get overridden constantly (So no condition duration or condition damage).

I was just told that after he is hit with the laser, he can bit crit. Does that mean that it would be better to wear zerker gear for the fight or is the amount of time open for crits just not worth it?

Assuming I will on him the whole fight(other than phase2)

That’s not true. He is never crittable. If he was critable, they’d make the whole event critable.

He is an object, like pretty much every World Boss, and therefore cannot be hit by crits at any point in time.

Amazing fight here on Yak’s Bend, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJOtEGXACys

Check minute 14:50!!!!

I want to propose my own build/tactic for Rangers. It will give you constant high damage by evading most of the dragon attacks.
Main point is that you must stand out of waves and fear range. So we need Longbow with 1500 range (taken in traits). In this distance the only thing you need to worry is poison areas, but they can be easily evaded as you are standing not in the crowd and you will have only a few of them during fight.
Another thing is that in this safe place you can have spirits stand near you most of the time.
Also I found not much profit from pets attacks, as they die to fast. So I just use Jungle Stalker to give me Might in combination with Bountiful Hunter trait.
So here is my build based on Longbow and Spirits:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQFATjEVR2VVmVg2Bili90HOD+zIPjShKA

Some explanations:
Steady Focus – most of the time you don’t need to evade anything, so you will have +10% damage with this trait
Eagle Eye – for 1500 longbow range
Primal Reflexes – there is no other useful traits in Adept for this branch, but this one at least will sometime affect Steady Focus
Quick Draw – used for faster cooldown of Rapid Fire (longbow skill 2)
Vigorous Spirits – higher chance for profit from spirits
Strength of Spirit – increases Power characteristic, as it is most usefull one for this encounter
Hunter’s Tactics – constant +10% damage as we always stands from the side of dragon
Bountiful Hunter – most usefull trait for last 5 points we have. By using pet with Might boun and using Healing Spring all the time, we will have +5% damage most of the time.
Quickening Zephyr – to increase damage from Long Range Shot, which is you main skill
Frost Spirit – 70% change to get +10% damage with a hit
Sun Spirit – 70% change to make dragon burn with a hit (the only condition that doesn’t get overriden all the time)
Spirit of Nature – there is no very usefull elite skills for ranger himself, but with this one you can help other player when lot of them was downed by some attack

During fight you must use mostly skill 1. Skill 2 and all the utilities must be used as often as possible. Keep an eye on a poison areas that can appear under you and bouns that you should try to have all the time. Mostly that’s all. Hope this will be helpfull for someone)

Little note for the ele section at the top, take glyph of storms and be sure to cast it from either water or air attunements, works the same as ice bow #4 or meteor shower if you do for a really nice amount of bonus damage, But if you use it from fire or earth the damage won’t be anywhere near as good.

My usual approach is to drop conjures and start in air, open with glyph of storms then ice bow 4 and 3 then drop it switch to fire and unload with meteor shower etc.

Dan.5416:

I want to propose my own build/tactic for Rangers. It will give you constant high damage by evading most of the dragon attacks.
Main point is that you must stand out of waves and fear range. So we need Longbow with 1500 range (taken in traits). In this distance the only thing you need to worry is poison areas, but they can be easily evaded as you are standing not in the crowd and you will have only a few of them during fight.
Another thing is that in this safe place you can have spirits stand near you most of the time.
Also I found not much profit from pets attacks, as they die to fast. So I just use Jungle Stalker to give me Might in combination with Bountiful Hunter trait.
So here is my build based on Longbow and Spirits:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMAQFATjEVR2VVmVg2Bili90HOD+zIPjShKA

Some explanations:
Steady Focus – most of the time you don’t need to evade anything, so you will have +10% damage with this trait
Eagle Eye – for 1500 longbow range
Primal Reflexes – there is no other useful traits in Adept for this branch, but this one at least will sometime affect Steady Focus
Quick Draw – used for faster cooldown of Rapid Fire (longbow skill 2)
Vigorous Spirits – higher chance for profit from spirits
Strength of Spirit – increases Power characteristic, as it is most usefull one for this encounter
Hunter’s Tactics – constant +10% damage as we always stands from the side of dragon
Bountiful Hunter – most usefull trait for last 5 points we have. By using pet with Might boun and using Healing Spring all the time, we will have +5% damage most of the time.
Quickening Zephyr – to increase damage from Long Range Shot, which is you main skill
Frost Spirit – 70% change to get +10% damage with a hit
Sun Spirit – 70% change to make dragon burn with a hit
Spirit of Nature – there is no very usefull elite skills for ranger himself, but with this one you can help other player when lot of them was downed by some attack

During fight you must use mostly skill 1. Skill 2 and all the utilities must be used as often as possible. Keep an eye on a poison areas that can appear under you and bouns that you should try to have all the time. Mostly that’s all. Hope this will be helpfull for someone)

Agreed (with most of this). When Yak’s Bend defeated Teq, I played a support role, stacking on our commander rather than standing away from the crowd, using Frost and Stone spirits and healing spring (instead of relying on burning which has a stack limit) and Blue Moa and Fern Hound on passive for their boons.