Vaults of Madness Boss #2: Bugged or Working-as-Intended?

Emma_Overload

The 2nd Boss in Vaults of Madness (aka Ulgana Soul Reaver) has a hard CC ability that does not seem to be breakable with an interrupt, even though the break free hint "Press L + R" comes up on the screen occasionally. Because of this, it takes a VERY long time to significantly damage Ulgana, as she regens a lot of health during the excruciatingly long CC. Is this (or any) CC really supposed to be unbreakable? Also, even though I started using pets to distract her, her CC NEVER lands on either the Clannfear or the Twilight... what's up with that?

The CC I'm talking about lifts you up in the air for what seems like 10 seconds (screen shot below). I tried to kill her for hours last night, but I always died before I could even get her to 20% HP. All it takes is one piece of bad luck, e.g. Clannfear dies at the wrong time, and it's all over. The CC lasts too long, and the period in between CCs is way too short, so it's hard to do much damage (or healing) before she wallops you again!

ALSO, there is a secondary issue with Ulgana's CC that I'm not sure is supposed to be happening. When I'm CC'd I always hold down block because I thought blocking was still supposed to work in that situation. With Ulgana's CC, however, my Stamina never goes down even though she continues to attack while I'm CC'd. Furthermore, the failure to register a block means that NO Ultimate is generated while you are CC'd!

ZoS, could you please look at this mechanic to determine if it is bugged or needs re-balancing?

Yakidafi

I could not break free either, not sure if bug or not. But this is not a solo dungeon either though.

ZOS_Seiffer

Thanks for the post Emma. So Desecrated Soul is intended to be a group mechanic. Ulguna chooses a random player to levitate and desecrates their soul. The ability does not target pets. The crowd control that impacts your character can not be broken by the default method. The only way to end your levitated state early is to destroy the four Feast orbs that float towards Ulguna. This is where the group mechanic part comes into play. Your fellow adventurers would need to attack the orbs in order to break you free.

With that being the case, there is a bug with the Desecrated Soul ability causing the active combat tooltip to appear which instructs you to use your crowd control break ability. Since you are not able to break free using this method, the tooltip is misleading. This bug is currently being addressed.

As for blocking while you are being crowd controlled, it depends on the type of crowd control currently impacting your character. If your character is stunned you will not gain the benefits of blocking. Ulguna takes advantage of this and makes sure to stun you while she desecrates your soul. If you are stunned, having group members around to either soak the incoming damage or keep you healed is a huge help.

Emma_Overload

Seiffer wrote: »

Thanks for the post Emma. So Desecrated Soul is intended to be a group mechanic. Ulguna chooses a random player to levitate and desecrates their soul. The ability does not target pets. The crowd control that impacts your character can not be broken by the default method. The only way to end your levitated state early is to destroy the four Feast orbs that float towards Ulguna. This is where the group mechanic part comes into play. Your fellow adventurers would need to attack the orbs in order to break you free.

With that being the case, there is a bug with the Desecrated Soul ability causing the active combat tooltip to appear which instructs you to use your crowd control break ability. Since you are not able to break free using this method, the tooltip is misleading. This bug is currently being addressed.

As for blocking while you are being crowd controlled, it depends on the type of crowd control currently impacting your character. If your character is stunned you will not gain the benefits of blocking. Ulguna takes advantage of this and makes sure to stun you while she desecrates your soul. If you are stunned, having group members around to either soak the incoming damage or keep you healed is a huge help.

Thanks for the detailed answer!