So I just beat veteran maelstrom arena..

Hutch679

I just beat it on my stamina dk, however, it did not give me a total score at the end and did not place me anywhere on the leaderboard? what gives? Do you have to have under a certain amount of deaths or something? and what gets you the maelstrom weapon?

Spliffo

You have to do the arena in one go to get a score so you can't leave or log out and come back. The weapons are a random drop from the last chest

firerapture

You have to complete the entire run without logging off or leaving Maelstrom arena to get a score.

Hutch679

Well damn. Thank you for the responses. Back to the grind lol. Got that first clear under me though so it should be easier next time around.

Superschwizer

Mind sharing a little overview of your build and skills? Im on my Stam dk too, but im having a hard time in that arena

Ep1kMalware

Hutch679 wrote: »

I just beat it on my stamina dk, however, it did not give me a total score at the end and did not place me anywhere on the leaderboard? what gives? Do you have to have under a certain amount of deaths or something? and what gets you the maelstrom weapon?

if you logged out, left for more than 15min, or disconnected it counts as a saved run and you don't get leaderboard. You get maelstrom weapoms from last chest after last boss.

Tempah

Just do vmsa again now you've completed it.
It will be a lot easier now you know how to do it also good luck getting your weapon with the trait you want.

altemriel

congrats!!!

respect!!


could you please share your gear and skills build?

Hutch679

I'm running dual wield/two hand.

1L/5M/1H
Full stamina glyphs

Molag Kena helm infused (health glyph)
Bloodspawn shoulder well fitted
Marksman chest divines
Marksman hands divines
Marksman legs divines
Marksman waist divines
Dreugh King Slayer boots well fitted

One hand agility axe sharpened (wep dmg glyph)
One hand agility axe sharpened (disease glyph)
Two hand agility maul defending

Agility necklace robust (wep dmg glyph)
Dreugh King Slayer ring healthy (wep dmg glyph)
Dreugh King Slayer ring healthy (wep dmg glyph)

Serpent mundus stone

Buffed I'm at 24k health, 4100 wep dmg, 34k stamina, 1.8k Stam Regen. I'm an imperial I should mention.

As for champion points...

71 thaumaturge, 71 mighty, 25 blessed
65 hardy, 70 elemental defender, 32 thick skinned
100 mooncalf, 55 warlord, 12 tumbling

I'm at 580/501 champion points.

Bar1
Venom claw
Noxious breath
Rearming trap
Bloodcraze
Rapid strikes
Flawless dawnbreaker

Bar2
Shuffle
Resolving vigor
Rally
Volatile armor
Igneous shield
Dk standard of might

This is a pve only build and will do a ridiculous amount of damage. Like seriously it's absurd how much damage it does. I killed the round one boss in less than one minute lol

Some advice. Prioritize targets. Most dangerous targets first and hit them with full dots then 2 or 3 rapid strikes. I can take down a crematorial guard in about 3 seconds on round 9 so you won't be lacking in damage. Basically buff up, apply dots, heal and re-buff, apply dots. Rinse and repeat. Shouldn't really need a gap closer the arenas aren't that big.

I wanted to throw my controller several times. However. I found relaxing by taking a break and coming back to it with a clear head allowed me to focus on what mistakes I was making and how I could improve on my next attempt.

Use tri-pot potions. Make sure you have a lot. I go in with about 100 to be safe. They are relatively cheap now.

Hope this works for you! If you need advice on any rounds let me know I'll try to help you out.

@altemriel @Superschwizer

MaxwellC

@Hutch679
What was your score at the end because I'm very curious with the setup.

Hutch679

MaxwellCrystal wrote: »

@Hutch679
What was your score at the end because I'm very curious with the setup.

It didn't tell me my score because I left and came back. Logged out and came back and what not. See my OP. I wish it told me I only used a handful of power ups. Mostly on rounds 6, 8, and 9. I found round 8 to be very easy tbh. Round 6 and 9 were the hardest. I hate spiders lol.

MaxwellC

Ah I thought it still told you a score but it just wouldn't be recorded. I finished vMSA on my Stam DK with my highest 447k (thanks to some mistakes I did) but for some reason I struggle on my Mag DK lol which is suppose to be easier.

Hutch679

MaxwellCrystal wrote: »

Ah I thought it still told you a score but it just wouldn't be recorded. I finished vMSA on my Stam DK with my highest 447k (thanks to some mistakes I did) but for some reason I struggle on my Mag DK lol which is suppose to be easier.

I struggle hard on my magicka Dk in there. I thought Stam was much easier at least for me

Hutch679

Hutch679 wrote: »

MaxwellCrystal wrote: »

Ah I thought it still told you a score but it just wouldn't be recorded. I finished vMSA on my Stam DK with my highest 447k (thanks to some mistakes I did) but for some reason I struggle on my Mag DK lol which is suppose to be easier.

I struggle hard on my magicka Dk in there. I thought Stam was much easier at least for me

I'm on Xbox one though

Mortehl

I assume you meant 5m 1l 1h?

Zaldan

Mortehl wrote: »

I assume you meant 5m 1l 1h?

or running half naked

rhapsodious

Zaldan wrote: »

Mortehl wrote: »

I assume you meant 5m 1l 1h?

or running half naked

Real men run VMA in their skivvies.

Hutch679

Mortehl wrote: »

I assume you meant 5m 1l 1h?

Yes, you're correct. Sorry for the error on that I'll fix it.

Hutch679

Also as you can see from my build I don't run an execute. The reason is if all dots are firing it ends up being around 30k a second anyway while you are spamming rapid strikes. So my buff bar gets an extra slot instead of using executioner that hits for roughly 25kish on a good day.

More dots.

Superschwizer

Hutch679 wrote: »

I'm running dual wield/two hand.

1L/5M/1H
Full stamina glyphs

Molag Kena helm infused (health glyph)
Bloodspawn shoulder well fitted
Marksman chest divines
Marksman hands divines
Marksman legs divines
Marksman waist divines
Dreugh King Slayer boots well fitted

One hand agility axe sharpened (wep dmg glyph)
One hand agility axe sharpened (disease glyph)
Two hand agility maul defending

Agility necklace robust (wep dmg glyph)
Dreugh King Slayer ring healthy (wep dmg glyph)
Dreugh King Slayer ring healthy (wep dmg glyph)

Serpent mundus stone

Buffed I'm at 24k health, 4100 wep dmg, 34k stamina, 1.8k Stam Regen. I'm an imperial I should mention.

As for champion points...

71 thaumaturge, 71 mighty, 25 blessed
65 hardy, 70 elemental defender, 32 thick skinned
100 mooncalf, 55 warlord, 12 tumbling

I'm at 580/501 champion points.

Bar1
Venom claw
Noxious breath
Rearming trap
Bloodcraze
Rapid strikes
Flawless dawnbreaker

Bar2
Shuffle
Resolving vigor
Rally
Volatile armor
Igneous shield
Dk standard of might

This is a pve only build and will do a ridiculous amount of damage. Like seriously it's absurd how much damage it does. I killed the round one boss in less than one minute lol

Some advice. Prioritize targets. Most dangerous targets first and hit them with full dots then 2 or 3 rapid strikes. I can take down a crematorial guard in about 3 seconds on round 9 so you won't be lacking in damage. Basically buff up, apply dots, heal and re-buff, apply dots. Rinse and repeat. Shouldn't really need a gap closer the arenas aren't that big.

I wanted to throw my controller several times. However. I found relaxing by taking a break and coming back to it with a clear head allowed me to focus on what mistakes I was making and how I could improve on my next attempt.

Use tri-pot potions. Make sure you have a lot. I go in with about 100 to be safe. They are relatively cheap now.

Hope this works for you! If you need advice on any rounds let me know I'll try to help you out.

@altemriel @Superschwizer

Ths
At vas VERY helpful, thanks a lot!

gentomann

do i get a guaranteed weapon when im currently on the weekly leaderboard and increase my score?

Shader_Shibes

gentomann wrote: »

do i get a guaranteed weapon when im currently on the weekly leaderboard and increase my score?

If you on the weekly leaderboard when it closes you are guaranteed a weapon, and maybe jewelry piece also.

Hutch679

Sweet I made the leader board this week. How many times can a single character run it in a week? And if you can run it multiple times, do you get loot every time?

AverageJo3Gam3r

@Hutch679 thanks for sharing. Did you use volatile armor throughout or did you swap that for wings on certain rounds?

I'm stuck on the boss on round 5. I get overwhelmed with adds every time right after the boss breaks the first platform.

Hutch679

AverageJo3Gam3r wrote: »

@Hutch679 thanks for sharing. Did you use volatile armor throughout or did you swap that for wings on certain rounds?

I'm stuck on the boss on round 5. I get overwhelmed with adds every time right after the boss breaks the first platform.

For round 5 try this...

Front bar
Venomous claw
Rearming trap
Evil hunter
Bloodcraze
Bloodthirst
Flawless dawnbreaker

Back bar
Rally
Igneous shield
Resolving vigor
Reflective scale
Critical rush
Corrosive armor

Round 5 was tough for me. I had to use all the power ups but will practice more on trying to only use 3 then down to 1 or none eventually. So they way I do it, is I start on the platform with the healing power up. Don't take it right away. Instead take the boss to about 80% and kill all the adds. Then reapply all your buffs, dots, and take the boss to 75% and get to the platform with the haste power up. Take down the adds quickly as they can overwhelm you. To avoid the main bosses attacks keep moving left and right in a circle around the boss. Once the adds are down, pour your damage in the boss, as soon as he drops to about 50% he is going to break the platform, grab the haste buff and get the hell out of there. Now you should be on the final platform and the boss will have around 40%. Grab the defense power up and Kill THE ADDS FAST. Once the adds are down grab the damage power up and zero the boss with everything you have. You easily bring him down to zero with no adds on you. Make sure you keep up all your buffs. It is not easy and you will need to practice this a bunch but I have that's the easiest method to clear round 5 final boss.

You want to make sure he absolutely does NOT take out the platform with the defense and increased damage power ups as that's the platform you want to be on last.

You also have the option of using Corrosive armor on the last platform as it make you basically invisible for 10 seconds.

Let me know how you end up. Good luck! Ps. Round 6 is brutal if you don't know how to do it. I can help you with it as well.

MarcoPolo

Congrats, I cant seem to get past the 1st bloody boss I get him down to a execute he has like 2% health and bam im dead, iv tried on my magic sorc who has a 4k spell damage and on my stam dk who has nearly 4k damage and a crit of 91% bit still cant kill the sucker

Hutch679

MarcoPolo wrote: »

Congrats, I cant seem to get past the 1st bloody boss I get him down to a execute he has like 2% health and bam im dead, iv tried on my magic sorc who has a 4k spell damage and on my stam dk who has nearly 4k damage and a crit of 91% bit still cant kill the sucker

Do you completely understand the mechanics of the first boss? I find that being able to fully understand what the boss casts and what skills he uses that do mass amounts of damage and how to avoid them will help you to complete it.

For the first boss he starts out very simple basically allowing you to just apply a lot of damage on him. He then summons adds, teleports and begins casting several magic attacks at you. As a Dk, you can reflect these. What I do, is lay out tons of damage on the boss, as soon as he teleports I begin killing the adds and cast reflective scale in between abilities killing the adds. Once the adds are down, time to lay it on the boss again. He teleports in a clockwise circle and only has about 560k health which is relatively weak compared to the boss in round 7 that has 1.2 million health. The first round boss is rinse and repeat killing adds then laying damage on the boss. Remember dodge roll sparingly and blocking is also your friend. But use those wings to reflect that shots he's throwing at you.

MarcoPolo

Hutch679 wrote: »

MarcoPolo wrote: »

Congrats, I cant seem to get past the 1st bloody boss I get him down to a execute he has like 2% health and bam im dead, iv tried on my magic sorc who has a 4k spell damage and on my stam dk who has nearly 4k damage and a crit of 91% bit still cant kill the sucker

Do you completely understand the mechanics of the first boss? I find that being able to fully understand what the boss casts and what skills he uses that do mass amounts of damage and how to avoid them will help you to complete it.

For the first boss he starts out very simple basically allowing you to just apply a lot of damage on him. He then summons adds, teleports and begins casting several magic attacks at you. As a Dk, you can reflect these. What I do, is lay out tons of damage on the boss, as soon as he teleports I begin killing the adds and cast reflective scale in between abilities killing the adds. Once the adds are down, time to lay it on the boss again. He teleports in a clockwise circle and only has about 560k health which is relatively weak compared to the boss in round 7 that has 1.2 million health. The first round boss is rinse and repeat killing adds then laying damage on the boss. Remember dodge roll sparingly and blocking is also your friend. But use those wings to reflect that shots he's throwing at you.

Im new at trying the arena on vet lvl iv been running it on normal to just get better,
thanks this will help il give it a try, I do tend to use the wings alot but I think I forget towards the end and thats what gets me, im not gonna quit trying, since my first complete on normal im enjoying the content I just cant seem to get past the first area on vet but like the normal it took many tries to complete it

Hutch679

MarcoPolo wrote: »

Hutch679 wrote: »

MarcoPolo wrote: »

Congrats, I cant seem to get past the 1st bloody boss I get him down to a execute he has like 2% health and bam im dead, iv tried on my magic sorc who has a 4k spell damage and on my stam dk who has nearly 4k damage and a crit of 91% bit still cant kill the sucker

Do you completely understand the mechanics of the first boss? I find that being able to fully understand what the boss casts and what skills he uses that do mass amounts of damage and how to avoid them will help you to complete it.

For the first boss he starts out very simple basically allowing you to just apply a lot of damage on him. He then summons adds, teleports and begins casting several magic attacks at you. As a Dk, you can reflect these. What I do, is lay out tons of damage on the boss, as soon as he teleports I begin killing the adds and cast reflective scale in between abilities killing the adds. Once the adds are down, time to lay it on the boss again. He teleports in a clockwise circle and only has about 560k health which is relatively weak compared to the boss in round 7 that has 1.2 million health. The first round boss is rinse and repeat killing adds then laying damage on the boss. Remember dodge roll sparingly and blocking is also your friend. But use those wings to reflect that shots he's throwing at you.

Im new at trying the arena on vet lvl iv been running it on normal to just get better,
thanks this will help il give it a try, I do tend to use the wings alot but I think I forget towards the end and thats what gets me, im not gonna quit trying, since my first complete on normal im enjoying the content I just cant seem to get past the first area on vet but like the normal it took many tries to complete it

The other thing that helps is to find a rotation of buffs, heals, and damage. Don't just debit on the boss dealing as much damage as possible then your buffs run out and your dead.... Do damage, heal, rebuff, damage, heal, rebuff, damage.. Etc. A mistake a lot of people make is they "omg I have him at 10% I'm just gonna burn him!" mistake. Heal rebuff stay calm. That last 10% is no different than the first 10%. Keeping a cool head and fully understanding mechanics will allow you to succeed.

If you have any questions I can help. Stage 2 gets trickier.

gentomann

Shader_Shibes wrote: »

gentomann wrote: »

do i get a guaranteed weapon when im currently on the weekly leaderboard and increase my score?

If you on the weekly leaderboard when it closes you are guaranteed a weapon, and maybe jewelry piece also.

oh okay, i thought it was the moment i finish msa and make it to the board i get a weapon. was just lucky then i guess

Vercingetorix

I refuse to do vMA until the final chest is a guaranteed weapon drop.