Fire marauder in Infinite Archive so ultra hard

DragonRacer

BretonMage wrote: »

DragonRacer wrote: »

BretonMage wrote: »

EdjeSwift wrote: »

BretonMage wrote: »

EdjeSwift wrote: »

The only real one-shot they have is their breathe weapon during the flying phase. That one is rough cause of lack of ground marker, you just have to keep eyes on them and when you see their flight path rush to the side where they don't hit. That's pretty much the trick there. It cover about 70-80% of the circle area where it's safe to be so getting to safety is priority, ignore the atronachs and rush. They do this twice, so keep eyes in the sky.

Isn't this marked with a big red circle? The part where you basically move to the edges of the platform, at which time Laatvulon lands and knocks you right off the platform.

That's the fire dragon, L is the Ice Dragon.

I've never been knocked off on landing, or at all. You dodge/block Fus'Ro'Dah and wing slaps.

Yes, you're right, I had Laatvulon just then. I've never been able to block any of the wing attacks myself (am I just not fast enough?), and have learnt to stay in front of their face at all times, where the attacks can be blocked.

The key is don't get near the wings. There is no reason for you to anyway. When he lands, just stay still because when he lands, even if he is facing the wrong way, 9 times out of 10 he turns to face you correctly (every now and then something goes buggy, he doesn't behave correctly, and I get wing-slapped off the platform). Then just tank/self-heal through bites and blasting breath, DPS him, and you only need to actively block when he does his Fus Ro Dah, which is telegraphed as coming by the usually gold line streaks coming out of the head that all enemies do to telegraph an impending heavy attach that you should block. If you do not block that or don't have stamina to block, then, yes, that will knock you off the platform as well.

That's basically the strategy for any and all dragons.

Fus-ro-dah is pretty easy to block, yeah. I've actually found the Elsweyr dragons to be lethal if you're in front of them. My DD can't block through their lightning/fire breath, for example. The dragons in IA are more manageable (at least in the first few arcs, don't know if they get harder after that).

Sorry, I meant to say that’s basically the strategy for all dragons - in IA.

(But I also main a tank so that’s still my basic strategy in overland/Sunspire LOL The sweet spot between head and wing shoulder to stand in…)

AnduinTryggva

Djennku wrote: »

[snip] (aka Gothmau) also tends to desync when fighting you, and in early arcs, if you have the resistances, block mitigation, etc., he doesn't hurt much if you just block his attacks. I use Bracing Anchor on my NB dps, and that helps up until I run out of stam (skill issue).

The key to soloing him is keeping him at range, and yes, his reach is incredibly long.
Here's a mech guide that'll explain his patterns and how to handle it. (Description has timestamps for bosses)

https://youtu.be/Cpi3YUIpGBI?si=wut7gAttWtyOhngC

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Nice video. But again: This is a ranged build. As a melee the only possibility is getting close during his whirl phase. This is where it is really unfair to melee players - again.

SONEshock

katanagirl1 wrote: »

This is the only maurader I have not got the achievement for killing.

I almost always have to solo this so I just use my arcanist so I can blow through the first arc and then call it quits. She has low health due to being my trials toon but I can use the arcanist shield for bosses and Th’oat.

The few times I have fought him he always appears at the start of the stage and him plus all the adds makes for a mess. It’s always me plus another dps when not solo so we don’t stand much of a chance.

I don’t want to bother making a tanky build just for this, I have plenty of other toons already.

I can offer free tanking services just to help you get your achievement for killing him 👋

gamergirldk

Why is it? Does every fight have to be Tank & Spank? Sounds pretty dull.

And if u get stuck in a arena with no room to kite ? some arenas are really small.

katanagirl1

SONEshock wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

This is the only maurader I have not got the achievement for killing.

I almost always have to solo this so I just use my arcanist so I can blow through the first arc and then call it quits. She has low health due to being my trials toon but I can use the arcanist shield for bosses and Th’oat.

The few times I have fought him he always appears at the start of the stage and him plus all the adds makes for a mess. It’s always me plus another dps when not solo so we don’t stand much of a chance.

I don’t want to bother making a tanky build just for this, I have plenty of other toons already.

I can offer free tanking services just to help you get your achievement for killing him 👋

Hey thanks for the offer, but I am on PS.