Is dragon star arena soloable?

N0TPLAYER2

Somehow after months of playing I never was aware of the dragon star arena.

Can anyone compare it to malstrome arena?

I have 475 champ points, gold gear. Can solo normal malstrome no problem. Have a vet 16 temp and sorc.

Can it be done solo? How about a 2 man group for the vet version?

Any info is appreciated as always!

rokrdt05

It can be solo'ed. The content is v14 and does not scale to v16. It's meant as a 4man arena not solo... so you really can't compare to Maelstrom Arena. If you solo it you're most likely not going to get a leaderboard score.

A buddy and I 2-Manned it and ended up with a 19k score.

N0TPLAYER2

Cool. Not worried about the leader board, just a completion.

I meant compare it to maelstrom arena as far as difficulty.

rokrdt05

N0TPLAYER2 wrote: »

Cool. Not worried about the leader board, just a completion.

I meant compare it to maelstrom arena as far as difficulty.

The mobs don't hit as hard as they do in Maelstrom, but there are a lot more of them and a lot of adds during boss rounds. So as long as you can pace yourself and kill things quickly it shouldn't be too too difficult.

You really are better off just getting a group together or at least a secondary person who can off heal... I wouldn't want to spend a lot of time in there just for a complete and a group can help lower time inside drastically.

Ahzek

There is a thread here on the forums from someone who soloed vDSA ages ago, but that was with ~1k CP. Im pretty confident it can be done even with the CP cap nowadays, but you have to be prepared to deal with some hard hitting bosses.

That said, normal Maelstrom arena is about as challenging as soloing a mudcrab, so I would not take that to measure your skill. If you can do vMA in a reasonable time (~1h) you should have the damage and awareness to deal with vDSA as well id assume. Especially when you play a magica sorc, since hardened ward makes it just that much easier.

Shader_Shibes

Soloing vdsa will be much harder than normal maelstrom. There's a lot more mobs to contend with. Normal maelstrom is no challenge what so ever.

N0TPLAYER2

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a shot with a friend and see how it goes.

Then I'll give normal a try solo. Just for fun!

failkiwib16_ESO

Is vDSA even soloable? I mean the 9th stage mechanics with the ghosts and undeads... O.o

DRXHarbinger

You can fight through that stage. Eventually the shield will drop. Noted it with 4 people though not 1.

Fat_Cat45

failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »

Is vDSA even soloable? I mean the 9th stage mechanics with the ghosts and undeads... O.o

It can not be completed solo. Falling in the holes will reset the wave if no one is left above ground.

The only possible way to complete arena 9 is literally killing those ghosts on top 1 hp at a time for like 60k or more. They only take a max of 1 dmg when their ghost remains on the bottom crypt.

Ariisen

Veteran DSA or normal DSA?

I don't think vDSA is soloable mechanic-wise, the normal version should be fairly easy to solo with a decent build.

Slayyer-AUS

Fat_Cat45 wrote: »

failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »

Is vDSA even soloable? I mean the 9th stage mechanics with the ghosts and undeads... O.o

It can not be completed solo. Falling in the holes will reset the wave if no one is left above ground.

The only possible way to complete arena 9 is literally killing those ghosts on top 1 hp at a time for like 60k or more. They only take a max of 1 dmg when their ghost remains on the bottom crypt.

Their shield drops with in like 1 minute and you can kill them very easily lol.

So no you don't have to damage them for 1hp at a time that is just a waste of resources

NewBlacksmurf

Just get a group cause if ur asking....the answer is no. U should run it a few times successfully before soloing it, if you can

N0TPLAYER2

Ariisen wrote: »

Veteran DSA or normal DSA?

I don't think vDSA is soloable mechanic-wise, the normal version should be fairly easy to solo with a decent build.

I was referring to the normal. I realize the vet version would be nearly impossible solo.

For the record I took on craglorn solo for 95% of it and had no problem. With my buddy we melted Shada before she could spawn adds. I feel pretty confident in pve for sure, with both my temp and sorc. So I figured I could solo the normal, not the vet. I'll try the vet 2 man and go from there. If I need a group I'll grab one, I'm just excited I somehow overlooked it all this time and have a new arena to master!

Thanks again for all the info

beamy93

Fat_Cat45 wrote: »

failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »

Is vDSA even soloable? I mean the 9th stage mechanics with the ghosts and undeads... O.o

It can not be completed solo. Falling in the holes will reset the wave if no one is left above ground.

The only possible way to complete arena 9 is literally killing those ghosts on top 1 hp at a time for like 60k or more. They only take a max of 1 dmg when their ghost remains on the bottom crypt.

It can be soloed there just needs to be someone else in the group with you. They, of course, do nothing the entire time.

VDSA has been soloed plenty of times.

rokrdt05

Fat_Cat45 wrote: »

failkiwib16_ESO wrote: »

Is vDSA even soloable? I mean the 9th stage mechanics with the ghosts and undeads... O.o

It can not be completed solo. Falling in the holes will reset the wave if no one is left above ground.

The only possible way to complete arena 9 is literally killing those ghosts on top 1 hp at a time for like 60k or more. They only take a max of 1 dmg when their ghost remains on the bottom crypt.

Wrong. It can be soloed. No need to go in the holes. You have 2 options.

1. Burn 1 of the ghost before they summon the add and then work on boss adds until the ghost shields expires (it does eventually expire before they recast it).
2. Work on boss and adds and leave ghost for last and follow the above method on waiting for their shields to drop.

(they take full damage when shields expire, it's on a timer like any other buff)

It's a long process yes, but it's extremely doable.

N0TPLAYER2

Tried this today. Struggled solo on the normal version. If someone can solo the vet version, bravo!

Will be a nice challenge with a buddy.