(edited by Kazul.2895)
I’ve tried AC explorable mode again today, and still wiped many times without clearing the dungeons. And this is what I concluded from the run, CC is an absolute must for group, as well as AOE condition removal. Support abilities are also crucial to the team dynamics. I am kinda seeing a new kinda trinity where there must be damage dealers, supports, and CC for the run to be successful. For the spider queen run for example, I can’t count the number of times my shout help to counter the poison due to my traits. The warrior in my PUG also keeps alternating CC together with me when fighting the troll boss. I keep knocking the troll back if he comes after me, while the warrior chain cripples him, knocked him down and knocked him back. His shout also keeps healing me, and I always save virtue of courage/Retreat when we cant get out of aoe jump skill in time. The hammer ward skills for guardian is also amazing as a CC, it was the first time I really appreciate hammer as a weapon because I always thought the DPS on hammers are just so bad.
Anyway, with the warrior and I chain CCing, the first 2 bosses were very doable. But we still wipe on the liutenant non-stop. We tried to prioritize killing the elementalist and the rangers first but we always die before we can do anything.
Anyone got a specific strategy on how to go against this boss?
It is possible to pull Kholer down the stairs rather than fight him up with the other two but it is not required. It’s important to focus any ranger first, then any elementalist. For Kholer himself stacking enough CC to get through all those stacks of defiance is kinda tough because he does spam his scorpion wire which is essentially an instant kill. Instead swap up your skills so that everyone is carrying stability, reflects, or if those are not possible a break stun. By using stability or reflect Kholer can’t pull you at all making him a simple boss, the break stuns require a bit more timing to use but will still work. Other than that it’s a matter of kiting him and quickly reviving anyone who is downed.
Edit: Forgot to mention it is also possible to block and dodge the scorpion wire, but I don’t recommend relying on dodge as the person kiting it may not have enough endurance and it can be hard to time.
(edited by Kazul.2895)
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