Oathsworn Pit tanking Faenalir problem.

Veinblood1965 · April 26

I was tanking Oathsworn Pit on Veteran last night for the first time and ran into an issue with the side boss Faenalir on the last boss. I'm a pretty good tank but this guy was one shotting me over and over with Vicious Strikes for over 50k hits.

All I could find when looking this up was this>>>"Vicious Strikes: An AOE cone attack directed at the tank. Make sure to stand behind the boss as there is no red telegraph for this." How do you stand behind the boss when you are the one who has agro? If you've got agro he's going to turn to face you. I did not see any AOE "cone colors or effects" or anything, he was one shotting me the second I walked into the room and taunted him. Any advise?

I finally just tainted and then ran from him and the team nuked him down while he chased me. Other than that we managed fairly well on the last boss.

Also on the main boss, which of his attacks can be interrupted? I was just bashing him every time he did an animation which worked fine and my resources where just fine doing that but some animations it interrupted him and some did not. I could not locate any tank guides for this dungeon that were helpful.

code65536 · April 26

Vicious Strikes: An AOE cone attack directed at the tank. Make sure to stand behind the boss as there is no red telegraph for this.

I'm assuming that whoever wrote that intended for that instruction to apply to anyone who is NOT the tank. I.e., it's saying "The boss has a cleave, so if you're standing where the tank is standing, then you're in the wrong place."

For you as the tank, it means that you need to make sure the boss is turned away from others in your group.

But how do you survive it, you ask? Block. If you're taking 50K damage, that means you're taking the attack unblocked. The ability is basically a copy of the Warrior's "thousand cuts" from Hel Ra Citadel. It will hit you multiple times (and you must block all of the hits), and it has a cleave so anyone standing too close to you will be hit as well.

Also on the main boss, which of his attacks can be interrupted?

None. The only interruptible ability is from the mini-boss with the 2-handed weapon.

Although it's not a guide, this is a video of me tanking this dungeon's hard modes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ-XaIpnCS4

JanTanhide · April 26

code65536 wrote: »

Vicious Strikes: An AOE cone attack directed at the tank. Make sure to stand behind the boss as there is no red telegraph for this.

I'm assuming that whoever wrote that intended for that instruction to apply to anyone who is NOT the tank. I.e., it's saying "The boss has a cleave, so if you're standing where the tank is standing, then you're in the wrong place."

For you as the tank, it means that you need to make sure the boss is turned away from others in your group.

But how do you survive it, you ask? Block. If you're taking 50K damage, that means you're taking the attack unblocked. The ability is basically a copy of the Warrior's "thousand cuts" from Hel Ra Citadel. It will hit you multiple times (and you must block all of the hits), and it has a cleave so anyone standing too close to you will be hit as well.

Also on the main boss, which of his attacks can be interrupted?

None. The only interruptible ability is from the mini-boss with the 2-handed weapon.

Although it's not a guide, this is a video of me tanking this dungeon's hard modes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ-XaIpnCS4

Heck yeah! Impressive!

Veinblood1965 · April 26

code65536 wrote: »

Vicious Strikes: An AOE cone attack directed at the tank. Make sure to stand behind the boss as there is no red telegraph for this.

I'm assuming that whoever wrote that intended for that instruction to apply to anyone who is NOT the tank. I.e., it's saying "The boss has a cleave, so if you're standing where the tank is standing, then you're in the wrong place."

For you as the tank, it means that you need to make sure the boss is turned away from others in your group.

But how do you survive it, you ask? Block. If you're taking 50K damage, that means you're taking the attack unblocked. The ability is basically a copy of the Warrior's "thousand cuts" from Hel Ra Citadel. It will hit you multiple times (and you must block all of the hits), and it has a cleave so anyone standing too close to you will be hit as well.

Also on the main boss, which of his attacks can be interrupted?

None. The only interruptible ability is from the mini-boss with the 2-handed weapon.

Although it's not a guide, this is a video of me tanking this dungeon's hard modes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ-XaIpnCS4

Wow nicely done on that!

That's what is odd, I was blocking, we wiped on that side boss several times. I'd basically just hold block once I taunted him and within a second or two I was dead for a 50k plus hit. Maybe just a bug perhaps. My block worked just fine on the main boss, but this guy as stated I finally just ran from him and the group nuked him down.