Arah Giganticus Lupicus
He reset for us as well tonight right after he shadow steped.
He’s not quite so bad, but typical run-in-and-smash-him tactics don’t work.
For phase one, the entire party stacks up on each other. Kill all worms. No active pets. Let the NPC die and stay dead. Keep the party alive with aoe stuns/healing. Hammer is a good weapon of choice for a guardian/warrior in this situation.
If he gains a single stack, just run out and reset. You’ve let a grub escape. This may be due to the NPC being alive, a pet being on the boss, or someone running away from the group.
As soon as phase 2 starts, scatter. You need one support character (warrior with bonus to revive speed actually comes in handy) dedicated solely to providing speed buffs, clearing conditions, and picking up downed characters. Their responsibility is also to stay alive so people have a chance to run back without resetting the boss. Instant recovery from battle standard is helpful, as is the option to set restoration “stations” with other banners throughout the room. Precision banner can help boost the party’s damage as well as provide speed.
Melee is not suggested on this boss, due to his bubble near the end of the fight. It’s possible, and it may make the fight go faster, but it isn’t safe. And there’s enough damage going around where safety is a greater concern than speed.
Is that the jotun path boss, I believe it is? Just got done with a group killing oozes and getting wiped on mesmer illusionists over and over we got better and faster but still took forever. Got to the 9 titan dudes that you kill while being in the light and oh the last 3 of the 9 just went green and you can’t fight them. So we just spent 3 hours not getting to a boss, not getting any tokens and getting crap drops from the 1 chest that we got during the run. Thanks ANET! Just frustrated been having a blast so far with minimal gliches but this one irked me…