Vet Cradle of Shadows Has Been Soloed!

Vaoh · November 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Cryptical wrote: »

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

LordSock wrote: »

How come there's a new "has been soloed" thread. Its always a Sorc?

Because many mechanics require 2 players, else the fight will reset over and over. Sorc is the only class with a driveable pet that can delude the mechanics into believing there are two players. So you need a pet to overcome those mechanics. That's why it HAS to be a sorc.

Congratuations, @Vaoh !

Does a nightblade shade work?

I don't think a nightblade's shade is "controllable" enough, but the expert here is @Vaoh , not me.
AFAIK, shades are useful while soloing in certain circumstances for the gap closing ability. But a shade will not actually taunt a boss or distract him from you. But I could be wrong.

I've never tried to do it with a Nightblade using Summon Shade as I am strictly a Magicka Sorc

I know that Summon Shade can be used to bypass most of these types of obstacles in ESO, but I don't know if it's sufficient for this fight. If you cast Summon Shade and teleport far away, you will live but only if Dranos doesn't chase you. Besides that, it'd be pretty difficult to find another way to bypass that mechanic.

Other ideas:
- As a Stamina build, Caltrops+Thunderous Volley (either morph)+Quick Cloak+ Hurricane (if a Sorcerer)+more AoE DoTs should be enough to kill the boss in time so you can live.
- Negate Magic might stun the chaining adds so you can just walk away freely
- An Ultimate Regen build on a Dragonknght could cast Molten Armor when chained and probably live
- Glorious Defender set proc can probably be used to avoid this attack

That's all I've got.

Vaoh · November 2016

Builds:
Keep in mind - my gear was powerful but it was also hard to acquire. There are many similarly powerful setups I could've used as well. You don't need to have any of the same gear I used to complete this content (even solo).

Sithera

Gear:
• Ilambris's Guise
• Ilambris's Arm Cop
• Burning Spellweave Robe
• Burning Spellweave Sash
• Burning Spellweave Gloves
• Burning Spellweave Pants
• Burning Spellweave Shoes
• Necklace of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Lightning Staff of the Infallible Aether
• The Maelstrom's Inferno Staff
• Attributes - 64/0/0
• Race - High Elf
• Mundus - The Thief
• I ran 6/1/0. (5/1/1 is better)

• All weapons are Sharpened - Lightning Staff is enchanted with a Weapon Damage glyph
• All armor is Divines - Enchanted with Max Magicka glyphs
• All jewelry is Arcane - Enchanted with Spell Damage glyphs

Skills:
Bar 1 -- Lightning Staff
1. Crystal Fragments
2. Elemental Drain
3. Bound Aegis
4. Force Pulse
5. Endless Fury
6. Shooting Star

Bar 2 -- Inferno Staff
1. Empowered Ward
2. Liquid Lightning
3. Bound Aegis
4. Power Surge
5. Blockade of Fire
6. Energy Overload

Bar 3 -- Overload
1. Empowered Ward
2. Dark Conversion
3. Bound Aegis
4. Rearming Trap
5. Boundless Strom
6. Energy Overload

Khephidaen

Gear:
• Ilambris's Guise
• Ilambris's Arm Cop
• Burning Spellweave Robe
• Burning Spellweave Sash
• Burning Spellweave Gloves
• Burning Spellweave Pants
• Burning Spellweave Shoes
• Necklace of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Lightning Staff of the Infallible Aether
• The Maelstrom's Inferno Staff
• Attributes - 64/0/0
• Race - High Elf
• Mundus - The Thief
• I ran 6/1/0. (5/1/1 is better)
• CP setup - Same as a normal DPS-spec

• All weapons are Sharpened - Lightning Staff is enchanted with a Weapon Damage glyph
• All armor is Divines - Enchanted with Max Magicka glyphs
• All jewelry is Arcane - Enchanted with Spell Damage glyphs

Skills:
Bar 1 -- Lightning Staff
1. Crystal Fragments
2. Elemental Drain
3. Bound Aegis
4. Force Pulse
5. Streak
6. Shooting Star

Bar 2 -- Inferno Staff
1. Empowered Ward
2. Liquid Lightning
3. Bound Aegis
4. Power Surge
5. Blockade of Fire
6. Energy Overload

Bar 3 -- Overload
1. Empowered Ward
2. Dark Conversion
3. Bound Aegis
4. Rearming Trap
5. Boundless Strom
6. Energy Overload

Sithera

Gear:
• Ilambris's Guise
• Ilambris's Arm Cop
• Burning Spellweave Robe
• Burning Spellweave Sash
• Burning Spellweave Gloves
• Burning Spellweave Pants
• Burning Spellweave Shoes
• Necklace of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Lightning Staff of the Infallible Aether
• The Maelstrom's Inferno Staff
• Attributes - 64/0/0
• Race - High Elf
• Mundus - The Thief
• I ran 6/1/0. (5/1/1 is better)

• All weapons are Sharpened - Lightning Staff is enchanted with a Weapon Damage glyph
• All armor is Divines - Enchanted with Max Magicka glyphs
• All jewelry is Arcane - Enchanted with Spell Damage glyphs

Skills:
Bar 1 -- Lightning Staff
1. Crystal Fragments
2. Elemental Drain
3. Bound Aegis
4. Force Pulse
5. Endless Fury
6. Shooting Star

Bar 2 -- Inferno Staff
1. Empowered Ward
2. Liquid Lightning
3. Bound Aegis
4. Power Surge
5. Blockade of Fire
6. Energy Overload

Bar 3 -- Overload
1. Empowered Ward
2. Dark Conversion
3. Bound Aegis
4. Rearming Trap
5. Boundless Strom
6. Energy Overload

Votary of Velidreth

On one failed attempt, I managed to get the boss down to 0.8% health in 65 seconds before death. Since this boss has 2.31M health (actually 2.1M but it heals for 10% health once) I pulled 35K+ DPS solo against this boss - a number almost unheard of for Magicka Sorc DPS under these circumstances. Pretty great imo

Gear:
• Ilambris's Guise
• Ilambris's Arm Cop
• Burning Spellweave Robe
• Burning Spellweave Sash
• Burning Spellweave Gloves
• Burning Spellweave Pants
• Burning Spellweave Shoes
• Necklace of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Lightning Staff of the Infallible Aether
• The Maelstrom's Inferno Staff
• Attributes - 64/0/0
• Race - High Elf
• Mundus - The Thief
• I ran 6/1/0. (5/1/1 is better)

• All weapons are Sharpened - Lightning Staff is enchanted with a Weapon Damage glyph
• All armor is Divines - Enchanted with Max Magicka glyphs
• All jewelry is Arcane - Enchanted with Spell Damage glyphs

Skills:
Bar 1 -- Lightning Staff
1. Crystal Fragments
2. Inner Light
3. Bound Aegis
4. Force Pulse
5. Endless Fury
6. Shooting Star

Bar 2 -- Inferno Staff
1. Elemental Susceptibility
2. Liquid Lightning
3. Bound Aegis
4. Power Surge
5. Blockade of Fire
6. Reviving Barrier

Dranos Velador

Gear:
• Ilambris's Guise
• Ilambris's Arm Cop
• Burning Spellweave Robe
• Burning Spellweave Sash
• Burning Spellweave Gloves
• Burning Spellweave Pants
• Burning Spellweave Shoes
• Necklace of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Lightning Staff of the Infallible Aether
• The Maelstrom's Inferno Staff
• Attributes - 64/0/0
• Race - High Elf
• Mundus - The Thief
• I ran 6/1/0. (5/1/1 is better)

• All weapons are Sharpened - Lightning Staff is enchanted with a Weapon Damage glyph
• All armor is Divines - Enchanted with Max Magicka glyphs
• All jewelry is Arcane - Enchanted with Spell Damage glyphs

Skills:
Bar 1 -- Lightning Staff
1. Crystal Fragments
2. Elemental Drain
3. Summon Clannfear
4. Force Pulse
5. Endless Fury
6. Shooting Star

Bar 2 -- Inferno Staff
1. Empowered Ward
2. Liquid Lightning
3. Summon Clannfear
4. Streak
5. Blockade of Fire
6. Reviving Barrier

Velidreth

Gear:
• Ilambris's Guise
• Ilambris's Arm Cop
• Burning Spellweave Robe
• Burning Spellweave Sash
• Burning Spellweave Gloves
• Burning Spellweave Pants
• Burning Spellweave Shoes
• Necklace of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Ring of the Infallible Aether
• Lightning Staff of the Infallible Aether
• The Maelstrom's Inferno Staff
• Attributes - 64/0/0
• Race - High Elf
• Mundus - The Thief
• I ran 6/1/0. (5/1/1 is better)

• All weapons are Sharpened - Lightning Staff is enchanted with a Weapon Damage glyph
• All armor is Divines - Enchanted with Max Magicka glyphs
• All jewelry is Arcane - Enchanted with 1 Spell Damage glyph and 2 Magicka Recovery glyphs

Skills:
Bar 1 -- Lightning Staff
1. Crystal Fragments
2. Inner Light
3. Summon Clannfear
4. Force Pulse
5. Efficient Purge
6. Shooting Star

Bar 2 -- Inferno Staff
1. Empowered Ward
2. Liquid Lightning
3. Summon Clannfear
4. Power Surge
5. Blockade of Fire
6. Reviving Barrier

SublimeSparo · November 2016

I wish i could get a sharpened infallible/moondancer inferno and lightning and vma sharp inferno but my rng is awful

Given up on vma after hundreds of runs and still no Sharpened daggers/axes or inferno/lightning staves

ArchMikem · November 2016

Cryptical wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Can we get a list of your build? You're using abilities I'm not familiar with by just visuals alone.

Also the standard amounts of jealousy applies.

There was a lot of elemental blockade that procced those mini-storms of lightning and fire.

That lightning staff has a fire glyph on it, you can see sometimes it procs on each damage type. That's the ilambris monster helm set. It's fun.

Ugh I want that for my Sorc. Can I have? I want. Gimme.

Thelon · November 2016

Nice fights man

Gothren · November 2016

anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »

Because many mechanics require 2 players, else the fight will reset over and over. Sorc is the only class with a driveable pet that can delude the mechanics into believing there are two players. So you need a pet to overcome those mechanics. That's why it HAS to be a sorc.

Congratuations, @Vaoh !

stam players have maw of the infernal pet
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Cryptical · November 2016

ArchMikem wrote: »

Cryptical wrote: »

ArchMikem wrote: »

Can we get a list of your build? You're using abilities I'm not familiar with by just visuals alone.

Also the standard amounts of jealousy applies.

There was a lot of elemental blockade that procced those mini-storms of lightning and fire.

That lightning staff has a fire glyph on it, you can see sometimes it procs on each damage type. That's the ilambris monster helm set. It's fun.

Ugh I want that for my Sorc. Can I have? I want. Gimme.

Crypt of heart 1. Not hard to get.
I seem to have the best rng luck with shoulders if I put on the helm I need matched and have nothing on the shoulder slot. Or that could be my imagination.

TheValkyn · November 2016

You really just gave "Props to ZOS" for making a boss difficult for solo'ing... You understand how silly that is, right?

Sinolai · November 2016

Is there some sort of mechanism that makes pets always the 1st target to bosses? Or how do you make sure Dranos wont try to execute you?

Vaoh · November 2016

TheValkyn wrote: »

You really just gave "Props to ZOS" for making a boss difficult for solo'ing... You understand how silly that is, right?

What I was trying to say was that Velidreth was a cool and well thought out boss. I said the same for the Planar Inhibitor. Props to ZOS on creating these awesome group boss fights, despite me having proven for the first time that they are soloable.

Vaoh · November 2016

Sinolai wrote: »

Is there some sort of mechanism that makes pets always the 1st target to bosses? Or how do you make sure Dranos wont try to execute you?

The Summon Familiar (+morphs) pet light attacks are supposed to taunt. Sometimes they take a bit longer than they are supposed to but generally prove reliable enough for use. Definitely a great tool for solo play.

timborggrenlarsenb16_ESO · July 2017

Vaoh wrote: »

Cradle of Shadows (Veteran) - Solo

Notes:
• Patch: One Tamriel
• My pet was only needed to bypass Dranos Velador's one shot mechanic.
• Although it made most fights tougher, I used full DPS-specs when possible to speed up fights
• Velidreth was unbelievably tough to kill. Props to ZOS on this fight, despite Mephala's notorious Daedra being a "soloable" group boss now
• Hard Mode Velidreth is soloable - it would simply require too much time and RNG for me to complete it that way

Sithera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l41KG0j_fds
• A really easy fight, since this boss fights like a typical Spider Daedra.
• At certain health percentages (65%/35%) she will put out the closest torch light and spiders will drop from the ceiling to fight you.
• Save your Ult for these situations, as you'll need to run across the room to light a new flame, inevitably stacking up lots of spiders who can be burned downed rather quickly with an Ultimate.
• You'll need to back away a little bit from the ranged spiders to force them to move into the light, then return to fight them.
• Spiders do not die/despawn on boss death

Khephidaen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BvI47-lhr0
• Not an easy fight
• Khephidaen has a Heavy Attack that will kill you even if blocked. You need to dodge it or run away from her to avoid death when she's aggroed to you.
• She uses a telegraphed AoE that can immediately kill most players. It most often channels and fires prior to her teleporting to a new location.
• Khephidaen often channels an attack which launches a red projectile at you. The red projectile will knock you back and deal lots of damage, so you will either need to interrupt the boss or dodge/block this projectile. It most often channels and fires after she teleports to a new location, though this boss also likes to cast it as often as possible when her targets have strayed too far away.
• She will periodically knock out lights around the room based on her health percentage. This will occur 4 times throughout the fight based on her total health.
80% - 1 light out
60& - 2 lights out
40% - 3 lights out
20% - 4 lights out
• Relight the fires and you're good to go. While these lights are out, shades will spawn and summon spiders every time Khephidaen channels her interruptible attack, as well as put you at a strategical disadvantage since much of the map can become shaded. These spiders have low health but deal high damage.

Votary of Velidreth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvB-EVdwPDU
• Very easy fight. The key to this fight is to burn the boss as fast as possible. It's honestly annoying.
• *Watch out for her interruptible HoT. The only cue prior to her healing up is the mini-dash she makes towards the dead body of a spider you killed. She heals for significant amounts of health every second until you interrupt her*
• Watch out for the AoE this boss casts, signaled by the red telegraph on the floor. The Votary of Velidreth will also glow red when this happens. Be wary of this, since it can be hard to avoid when snared/distracted by the smaller spiders that this boss calls.

Dranos Velador
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyjBSbaD43I
• This is NOT an easy fight to solo. There is plenty of room to make mistakes and get killed in one hit. You really have to be careful in this fight.
• Dranos AoE Heavy attacks can one-shot you. He can also move while casting it. On top of this, his Heavy Attack is not that easy to predict.
• At certain health percentages (80%/55%/30%) a Shade Phase will begin. This causes Dranos to become invincible, as well as chase you down and try to kill you. You need to either kill the Shades around the room and grab their orbs, or have Dranos Heavy Attack the Shades. Since the Shades also Heavy Attack, having them strike Dranos will have the same effect.
• The Statue of Mephala (hanging from the ceiling) blasts magical mortars toward whoever holds aggro on Dranos. These deal high damage.
• At 20% health, the Statue of Mephala will radiate tons of mini waves which deal pretty high magic damage on top of the magical mortars. It's easy to die in these moments.
• Dranos Veldaor's final mechanic is to spawn two shades to lock down the target currently aggroing him, so he can charge up a one-shot Heavy Attack. In order to avoid this, you either need to interrupt the shades or kill them.
• If running solo, you either need a Pet to grab aggro from Dranos or lay down enough properly placed AoEs to kill the Shades who are locking you down.

Velidreth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glxAHgq_6-8
Mechanics:
• Velidreth is about as difficult as the Planar Inhibitor to solo. Impossibly difficult fight. Plain and simple, don't attempt it solo.
• I used a pet. My best attempt without a pet was 39% and it was really stressful as RNG plays a role in how long you live.
• All DoTs applied to you tick once per second

• Velidreth will Heavy Attack you, causing a one-shot unless dodge rolled or flawlessly Streaked away from (not reliable). Only tank builds can hold block and survive.
• Velidreth's Heavy Attack has an extremely short wind-up time and is difficult to see. It seems like it can land early too. Most of my deaths attempting to solo this boss ended because I could not see this attack.
• Immediately after her Heavy Attack, she will attempt to slice you once more, afflicting you with a heavy DoT which lasts awhile.
• Velidreth will suck you in and apply an unbreakable CC on you. During this short period, she will drain Ultimate from you. The amount scales depending on how much Ultimate you have stored up. You cannot be harmed in any way while she is doing this so it does help regenerate other resources.

• Spiderkith spawn often throughout the fight. They will apply lots of pressure on you, and are a priority to kill.
*Shadow Weavers*: Casts spells which causes lots of AoEs to race around the floor that CC you for a long time if not broken and deal a huge amount of damage. This is the most dangerous, and also results in your death quite often. These Spiderkith also place other AoEs on the ground that deal high damage. They are an absolute priority to kill.
• The Red, Blue, and Green orbs around the map (which Velidreth creates when she raises her abdomen) will significantly drain your corresponding resource, along with applying a detrimental regeneration suppression debuff to the affected resource.
• All DoTs/negative effects are purgeable, but are still very difficult to deal with due to the high rate at which Velidreth and her Spiderkith reapply them.

• At certain health percentages (65%/35%), Velidreth will initiate a Catacombs Phase, banishing you to the catacombs. Grab an Atronach Light before going down, and don't forget to build your Ultimate while you're down there!
• The Catacombs Phase is simple: Navigate your way back to Velidreth and get right back into the action
• If you get close enough for Veldireth to see you on the ledge, and you take too long to jump down, she will teleport you directly to her in a dangerous way. Just get back to her and fight.

• Her Spike Phase begins when she climbs to the ceiling and the screen turns darker. If you move during this phase, you die. You need to wait a certain amount of time and then dodge roll or you are dead. There are two good strategies I know of to use to survive this.
1) Popular Strategy: Wait until the screen goes back to normal, then walk forward. As soon as your character feels slightly snared, you dodge roll. The spike will explode from the floor about 1 second after you feel the snare.
2) My Strategy: LOOK AT VELIDRETH! She went up there, and eventually needs to come back down. The moment you see her begin her decent from the ceiling, dodge roll. The spike will explode from the floor while she is mid-flight/on the floor. It is 100% reliable in my experience and easy to do
• More orbs spawn when Velidreth has fallen below 30% health, and she will climb to the ceiling for a Spike Phase even more often.

• Hard Mode: Velidreth's health is increased from 4,700,000 to 5,600,000.
• Hard Mode: Mephala's Totem of Adoration fires mortar-like balls every X seconds which explode for huge magic damage and radiate waves of magic
• Hard Mode: In the catacombs, 1 extra door is locked.

*My thread soloing Vet White Gold Tower*
These were the hardest two pieces of content in ESO to solo. I wonder how @ZOS_Finn will react when he sees this XD
Now all I have left to do..... is buy a House.

ENJOY!

I believe the Dev - team have seen this and tons of others like this one. So to hope they see this one:
May you all go blind. And never ever get close to developing any game, ever again!
Thank you & Goodnight

Diminish · July 2017

Vaoh wrote: »

SublimeSparo wrote: »

HM or GTFO....
Lol jk, gg

I have a challenge for you- nHRC 99% sure it can be solo'd (clanfear is gonna take a beating from the warrior though)
I'll msg you the trick to doing it.
Pretend my friend is clanfear in the first vid :P
https://youtu.be/L2srqbZETbY
Soloing one of the 2nd bosses-
https://youtu.be/0P11yfNSDBA

I have taken down Ra Kotu before, and without a pet as well. It's not that tough imo.

Do you know if it's possible to progress afterward though? If I killed the upstairs Boss, would I have access to the Warrior?