Halls of Fabrication HM Clear by Dragon's Crest

Liofa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfU6iK1x1VE

Hey everyone ! I am so happy to complete this trial with my guild . It was such a challenge . It took so much practice , theorycrafting , time and money . You can find the guild webpage here .

I must say , I didn't play very good in this video but will get better each day . That death was completely because of panic , I knew I wouldn't get heals during the Flamethrower and popped Magma much before it started . Should have waited for the actual attack ^^

A request for ZOS , please fix the Guard animation bug . I didn't had Guard on friend most of the time because I thought it was on And btw , this place is amazing . I had so much fun so thank you so much . I think we needed this after years of running same old trials ^^

I would like to drop some thoughts on tanking in this trial for other tanks out there who might find it useful

- In general , I really want to congratulate ZOS because they said something like ''we want tanks to time their blocks instead of perma-blocking'' and they actually did it . You still can perma-block but it will only make you feel like a useless brick and will punish your stamina more , especially after nerfs to sustain . How do I know , because I perma-blocked on my first few tries on every boss as well . Bosses are easy to read but punish badly if you do a mistake . If it is your first try on a boss fight , just drop your block and learn which attack does how much damage . Look if they are AOE based or not . Learn about attacks
- About Red CP tree , you should spend it all around . There are DoTs , direct hits , physical and elemental attacks etc. So basically , you just can't spend all points into one passive and expect to be better . For example on 4th boss , there is a big Flame DoT and big direct attack which does Physical damage .
- You really need to be fast on your feet . There have been fights I even tried using gap-closers . You need to move to a location from another location really fast .
- You might need certain skills or potions that gives you CC immunity . Heavy Armor skill , Mist Form or Immovable potions can work . As a Stage 4 vampire , I went with Mist Form until we started to be comfortable with a certain mechanic . I highly recommend keeping a skill with same effect on your back bar while tanking 4th boss .
- Direct hits I mentioned hits really hard . They do not one-shot you mostly but there have been times that I got hit by 30k+ through block . I highly recommend putting some points into Thumbling and roll dodge those attacks . It will reduce the pressure on healer by a huge amount .
- Do not be scared of bosses . Their standart light attacks barely tickle . As I said before , they are easy to read but punish hard if you do a mistake . Sometimes , they punish your teammates when you do a mistake . So , it is not only your life but also your teammates' .
- Trash fights are easy but you need to position yourself very carefully in order to protect your group . There are some nasty 2handers that will do a cone AOE attack which might one-shot your teammates .
- Fights are very mechanic based . Whatever you are doing , stop and execute the mechanic as soon as possible . Even a slightest delay in required movement of boss can cause a wipe .
- You can resurrect . As I said , bosses barely scratch you with their normal attacks . You can face tank them while ressing your friends . Just make sure to block/roll dodge heavy hits .
- Enable in-game Debuff Tracker . I must say , I am so glad this is a thing now . You can clearly see how many stacks of debuffs are on you and how long they will last . This thing saved my life many times and I believe it will save yours too .
- Call out mechanics ! Sometimes you will be taking boss out of group while they are focusing on other stuff . Boss you are holding can do some attacks that will damage and kill your mates if not avoided . Calling them out quickly and clear can help your teammates a lot .
- Make sure you don't spend your resources until they are dry . Always keep them above a certain value . You might have to taunt some add or roll dodge an attack without having time to get resources .
- Always keep the communication sound and clear with other tank . I think this is the most important advice I can give . Speak . Make sure you hear each other , otherwise it will cause deaths and maybe wipes .

Hope these will help my fellow tank friends out there and good luck to other guilds running this trial !

andreasranasen

People find relying on addons impressive?

NiclasFridholm

Great work Liofa. I was only on PTS half the time compared to some of you guys and Im exhausted! Huge groupeffort and ty all for the hard work, we got it!

Hamburglarjones

Very fun trial! Melee can be challenging but I think it can be mastered soon!

karma69

Great work, them long hours on the PTS have finally paid off, hard work always pays off

getemshauna

Nice work! Except this *** who died at execute lol...

ScottOfLibertalia

Such a challenging trial to tank - but so much fun at the same time! You really can't switch off for the vast majority of it, you have to be constantly on alert and ready to adapt which I really like. Honestly, it's my new favourite raid in ESO from a tanking perspective.

So happy that we got the hard mode clear yesterday. Really well done guys!

Inhuman003

Congrats on you and your guild mates on your victory.

Medakon

Congratulation on worlds first recorded kill!

Spielplatzpartisan

Congratulation to you guys.

Medakon wrote: »

Congratulation on worlds first recorded kill!

I have to disappoint you, it was not the first recorded kill.

Medakon

Spielplatzpartisan wrote: »

Congratulation to you guys.

Medakon wrote: »

Congratulation on worlds first recorded kill!

I have to disappoint you, it was not the first recorded kill.

Where is the other?

Spielplatzpartisan

Medakon wrote: »

Spielplatzpartisan wrote: »

Congratulation to you guys.

Medakon wrote: »

Congratulation on worlds first recorded kill!

I have to disappoint you, it was not the first recorded kill.

Where is the other?

Here it is:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/346299/world-second-veteran-halls-of-fabrication-clear-with-hardmode-by-chimaira-videos

ArchMikem

At least I can watch others do something I never will.

Also funny at the Trial awarding you -2.1 billion points.

DPShiro

Well done GG!

Oompuh

Well done guys

ConnorWoods

"People find relying on adds on impressive ._."

Just wanna confirm they offer no advantage and I play with no add ons in the same guild as Liofa, stop being a pleb.

Really good job on the clear guys, great to be a part of the progress, you deserved it all. I have to agree with all you said on tanking too, I feel like if you don't learn which to block or roll dodge you are severely punished.

Dantaria

Very impressive, congrats, guys! Was an impressive show, very well done

Liofa wrote: »

- Fights are very mechanic based . Whatever you are doing , stop and execute the mechanic as soon as possible . Even a slightest delay in required movement of boss can cause a wipe .

This. I cannot stress it enough.

Learning and executing the mechanics is first, the most important thing for everyone in HoF, not only tanks. Just relying on DPS will not work.

When our team struggled on normal, I was advised to "take only 30k+ DDs, because this trial is DPS-demanding, you wipe because you don't have enough DPS". But we made it and now I can only laugh at these "sage" advices and the fact that those same people told us to "drag all adds to terminals, because boss walks to the middle on timing, you have to burn the boss to the middle stage asap, it's DPS-race".

Yeah. Right

Learning mechanics is everything there. You can't get far without it even on normal.

But I digress, sorry. Congrats again! And best of luck to all of you in the future!