Veteran Falkreath Hold has (almost) been soloed!

LioraValkyrie

RouDeR wrote: »

I am going to dissapoint u buddy but , my health warden can also solo those bosses without dying once i may have 8-9k dps but i do have 60k health with permablock ^^, except the final boss i cannot solo cuz i run out of pillars

I'd love to see a video of this! Would watch every minute of your hour-long fight with the Deathlord

Vaoh

@LioraValkyrie omg congrats!!!! I never thought I'd see someone else try to solo these dungeons!

I've also tried to solo Vet Falkreath Hold, but have yet to get a solid attempt completed against Domihaus to even attempt fighting him below 15% health. I was worried it would be this troublesome.

The way you fought off the other bosses was exactly as I experienced it too lol. First boss was easy as long as the adds died asap. Second boss was very easy (but my fav lol). Third boss was pretty difficult. Fourth boss was incredibly difficult.

Btw, I don't recommend using pets if you're recording the vids because half the people who see them will complain and it'll probably get annoying. I understand what you went through and how difficult these fights are though.... particularly the 4th boss.

Anyway glad to see this all and well done!

Vaoh

Baconlad wrote: »

it would be a *** sorc...


i'm on board with the removal of hardened ward, the buffing of crit curge, and a 40-50% buff to annulment. gaarbage that it's the one armor skill thats effected by battle spirit. leaving magplar, DK out of being able to use shields. no clue WTF to do with warden in this case...the buff to annulment would effect them possitively and they don't need the buff i don't think...

all stamina players, wardens, sorcs, nightblades are able to build for max damage in cyrodil...but *** if i decide to roll a three damage set magplar i get crapped on instantly in cyrodil.

"make Annulment great again"

@Baconlad really? lol

I think this would be a very dumb idea, but if this did happen, Sorcs would actually become much stronger for this type of solo play. Possibly stronger in PvP too. Being able to spawn such an enormous shield such as a 40-50% buffed Annulment alongside a buffed Critical Surge would be insane.

SodanTok

Crit surges overpeforms in solo content, but the game is not balanced around solo content so who cares? Actually who even cares that group stuff is soloed (meaning from the negative stand point). Clap your hands, congratulate or ignore it, but there is zero need to look for way to prohibit soloers from soloing other that to repair your ego after you spend 30m wiping as group on something one person did in 20 (random example, not related to this).

GreenhaloX

LioraValkyrie wrote: »

Doctordarkspawn wrote: »

SnowTheMadDog wrote: »

U play realy good, cant deny that, i'm impressed.

But come on, that's another proof that sorc need...to be looked at ^^

This is exactly why threads like this should not exist.

Stop bragging, you actively damage the game.

I'm proud of my achievement, and I want to tell people. Wouldn't you be, if you worked hard at something and thought you did a good job? That's the whole point of titles, dyes and achievements in an MMO. There's no title for what I did, so I put a record of my achievement here. If ZoS thinks my achievement should not be achieveable, maybe they will Nerf Sorc.

I'm just impressed by your efforts; the hundreds and hundreds of attempts, hours or probably days, weeks or months you've poured into this. That is some hardcore game playing. If someone hasn't told you, yet, that you're crazy, well.. here's one. You is crazy.. ha ha. However, that's what so amazing and inspirational about us human. No matter if it's a video game like this or real life, if a mind is focused on something and determined to achieve and complete something, there is really no mountain high enough, ocean vast enough, forests dense enough, we will find a way to go over it, bridge it or through it. So.. hats off to all your efforts and determination in this. Hey, whether something in real life or video game, if something gives you fulfillment (legally and of virtue, ha ha), and you are proud of it, then, that is pretty much it. Like all those peeps busting through hundreds and hundreds of vMA rounds, or vMoL HM, or other feats similar to what you or others in this game have done, just kudos to your efforts and dedication. However, there is a job and life outside of ESO, though. Ha ha

pod88kk

And I can barely get through maelstrom

AuraNebula

If someone completed this flawlessly on a few attempts that would be OP. This is an example of perseverance. He worked hard, I know plenty of sorcs who couldn't do this. Instead of saying Nerf sorcs, why don't you get on one and see if you can do this as well.

LioraValkyrie

Vaoh wrote: »

@LioraValkyrie omg congrats!!!! I never thought I'd see someone else try to solo these dungeons!

I've also tried to solo Vet Falkreath Hold, but have yet to get a solid attempt completed against Domihaus to even attempt fighting him below 15% health. I was worried it would be this troublesome.

The way you fought off the other bosses was exactly as I experienced it too lol. First boss was easy as long as the adds died asap. Second boss was very easy (but my fav lol). Third boss was pretty difficult. Fourth boss was incredibly difficult.

Btw, I don't recommend using pets if you're recording the vids because half the people who see them will complain and it'll probably get annoying. I understand what you went through and how difficult these fights are though.... particularly the 4th boss.

Anyway glad to see this all and well done!

Thanks @Vaoh ! Your soloing vids were part of my inspiration to try this After a successful duo run with my wife, I decided to try to take it to the extreme and go solo. It's awesome that somebody get how f***** hard that 4th boss is haha.

I was thinking of trying Domihaus again at some point with S/B + lightning staff using Necro, Grothdarr and... Syrabane. Gotta l2p with the build first though.

Regarding my pets, I even have names for them. They're not going anywhere, haters or not heh.

Baconlad

Yall are right it is deff an accomplishment, but still somthing that bugs the *** out of me is that almost all content sorcs have such an easy time with compared to other classes, lets see somone try this on a magplar/ DK and see what happens

Runs

I now feel so inadequate.

AjiBuster499

inb4 someone calls this a nerf sorc thread.

But really, congratulations!

Insandros

GJ, but don't delete your videos on Youtube, cuz the day they nerf stuff cuz of those kinda video and show-off achievements, you can go back after whining at nerfs and regret your post and uploads since that's what gonna be left of your glorious memories and you'll have tons of hate post to read on your Youtube page.

Meld777

Nerf Sorc!

But ya, very impressive. It seems like you're running low on magicka a lot. Have you considered ele drain? Drain on main boss, some on adds, lightning wall on them + HA, profit? Also, Grothdarr seems like a total waste there. I'd rather go for something defensive or something that at least doesn't get wasted 9 out of 10 procs.

Kahsa

If you haven't seen any Don1 videos, check them out--he solo's many vet dungeon fights, some trials content, etc. Here he solo's Domihaus to 3.3% on Sorc (no pet):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8NtYlG-vqA&t=68s&ab_channel=Don1

Jaimeh

That is seriously impressive, OP! That ring of fire in the skeleton boss, is that a proc from a set?

Vapirko

SnowTheMadDog wrote: »

Feanor wrote: »

Nothing to do with Sorc as a class. It’s only that pets help with the mechanics.

Pet is part of the sorc.

No class should be able to solo that kind of content. None.

Nah it’s really fine. Mag sorcs are in an ok spot. Pets are not a big deal. They can be a pain in the ass for pvp 1v1 and they can help in vMA and such if that’s your thing but it’s more of a gimmick than anything else and you do have to give up precious skill slots. Pet builds are more niche than anything else. At least in PvP, god help you if you don’t know what you’re doing with a pet build. It’s so easy to burst down someone’s pet and then they’re left in a bad spot. Not many people run pet builds seriously unless it’s specialized like dueling or solo PvE conetent. As far as I understand they don’t give you much of an advantage in any group PvE content and I think there pretty risky in open world PvP. So cool it with the nerfs. And no I don’t play one.

Vapirko

Wifeaggro13 wrote: »

LioraValkyrie wrote: »

Attached is video footage showing my focussed attempt to solo vet Falkreath Hold over the past week. I managed to defeat all bosses except Domihaus, who I reduced to 14% health before deciding it is probably impossible to solo him in the current patch. My reasons for believing this are explained below the video. With enough time and determination, I could probably eek him down to 10% or so, but I am content that I gave it the Old College Try without inflicting excessive massochism on myself! For all other videos, I provide a brief explanation of my tactics.

First boss: Morrigh Bullblood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBYdigTVgJk&index=1&list=PL34secqbv-lRG3IxFCUn4CofSOrApeXIe

Completed in approximately 20 attempts. Morrigh, herself, is not overly difficult. Stay out of the red (a feat I fail at spectacularly!) and nuke her down at whatever pace you see fit. What is troublesome is her minotaur companion, whose Clobber attack - a downward swing of the axe- does around 60k damage to an unwitting victim. As you can see, the key was to send in my pets first, to keep him occupied for just long enough to even the field of play and focus him down. I believe this fight would be possible using a tank, although it would take a very long time, or a 'roly-poly' type stamina dd. Magicka users other than petsorcs would probably have a hard time.

Second boss: Siege Mammoth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Mz4rGtdyc&index=2&list=PL34secqbv-lRG3IxFCUn4CofSOrApeXIe

Completed on the first attempt. The Siege Mammoth will alternate between attacking me and my pets, but he is slow enough to kite when he decides to come after me. I found this fight really fun, and would recommend you give it a try sometime! Shield and block when he does his stomp attack, try to avoid the red, and give him hell. Should be completable by all classes, magicka and stamina.

Third boss: Cernunnon and Honour Bound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6HuSzNqmC0&list=PL34secqbv-lRG3IxFCUn4CofSOrApeXIe&index=3

Completed in approximately 50 attempts. This is guerilla warfare at its finest! If you have been fortunate enough to run this dungeon with a good tank, you may not know that Tuecille can deliver blows in excess of 100k to the unwitting sqishy! These are indicated by a full-force swing of his axe, and some squiggly lines, and must be dodged. Cernunnon's heavy attack, which deals about 90k, must be dodged ONLY when he reaches the top of his upswing. It took me about 30 attempts to figure this out, and was somewhat puzzled as to why I kept dying to his 1-shot despite the fact that I was dodging and 20 metres away from him! Besides these notable facts, just keep your shields up, be alert, and learn the mechanics. Should be completable by all classes, magicka and stamina - though stamina users will be insta-killed if they find themselves hit by an Engulf attack, which will make it substantially more difficult for them.

Fourth boss: Deathlord Bjarfrud Skjoralmor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z96WOxTDVlI&list=PL34secqbv-lRG3IxFCUn4CofSOrApeXIe&index=4

Completed in approximately 300 attempts. This was the fight of my life, which tested my skill and build to the extreme. Anyone who says PvE is easy needs to try this! I got him to below 5% health on 5 occassions, before finally putting this dirty draugr down. Those who have run with good tanks might be unaware that the Deathlord deals frequent instakill attacks with his axe- indicated by a full swing with squiggly lines- and a DoT that must be shield-spammed through for about 10 seconds to survive- indicated by him raising his weapon into the air. Both of these attacks must be dodged if you hope to survive. I believe it is probably only possible using a Sorcerer- unless you have insane mobility and manage to cleanse every corpse every cycle- as I relied on stacking shields to 50k to withstand the corpse explosion. Also, the AI of the archer ads seems to tell them to attack whoever does not hold aggro on the boss. Consequently, they spend most of the time attacking my Twilight of their own accord. I attempted this fight using the clannfear to tank the boss, but died in short shrift from unyielding Quick Strikes and Taking Aims. When I switched back to the imp, the archers went back to attacking the Twilight.

Final boss: Domihaus the Bloody-Horned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xta0D39DFY&index=5&list=PL34secqbv-lRG3IxFCUn4CofSOrApeXIe

About 40 attempts before conceding. In the current environment of ESO, is possible to either a) mitigate a massive amount of damage for a short time, using dodge rolls, blocking, armour, shields, healing, etc. or b) deal a massive amount of damage for a short time, using ultimate abilities and a tight rotation but it is not possible to c) mitigate a massive amount of damage while dealing a massive amount of damage, because dodging, rolling, blocking, shielding, etc. prevents maintaining a tight rotation. There is also the significant matter of resource management while attempting to both deal and mitigate damage. This principle is clearly demonstrated in my fight against Dealthlord Bjarlfrud Skjoralmor, where the urgency to mitigate and deal damage is separated in time, allowing me succeed by alternating between these modes of play. It also dictates that, during Domihaus' enrage, I am unable to sustain the resources necessary to mitigate and deal massive damage simultaneously, whereby the time taken to kill each subsequent wave of elementals increases, causing waves to overlap and damage taken to eventually become unmitigatable. The fact that I can't beat Domihaus solo, and believe it is probably not possible, at least shows that the PvE environment is somewhat balanced, and that all key roles have their place.

If you've made it this far, you might be thinking of taking on Veteran Falkreath Hold yourself! If so, and you're on PC/EU, feel free to mail or whisper me in game, @petalpower. In the words of Deathlord Bjarfrud himself, "What are you waiting for, coward...?"

this is why this game is screwed no offense to you OP. but here we are post a few weeks of new content released and the game has been so dumbed down that its top tier single group content is being solo'd. i remember when attorneyatlawl exposed some broken abilities in the DK , and Zos's answer was to nerf the hell out of the class though it was only one specific build that could accomplish it. the funny thing is it was not even the class or abilities that was broken. it was the imbalance of light armor caps on mitigation, and being able to have heavy armor mitigation in light armor. while retaining all the damage of a dps build. GG ZOS this is one of the reason your game has a churn based population and the end game community does not exist.

Harsh but true. Most of the imbalance in this game stems from sets. But that doesn’t stop them from continuing to release insane sets especially monster sets.

Skelfish

This is pretty cool OP. When most people show their accomplishments against difficult encounters we only ever see them perform it flawlessly. Sure, the best of the best players may be able make it look easy, but we never get to hear about the 30, 40 or 300 attempts at clearing a boss solo.
Reading several of the "nerf sorc" posts in this thread makes me do the confused puppy head tilt because it's like they just didn't read any of the commentary about how expensive it was and how much time and effort you put into actually clearing each boss.
The salt here shouldn't diminish your very real effort at attempting to complete the dungeon as a personal achievement. Good job, bro.

Dracane

Firstly, I applaud your endurance. 300 tries ? I would have given up much earlier.
Yet I wonder, why you spend 300 tries on the Draugr boss, but declair Domihaus unbeatable after merely 30 tries.

Tell me, do you think Galchobhar, the Minotaur boss from bloodroot forge is unbeatable solo ? If the answer is no, then so is Domihaus, who is a pretty stressless boss to solo in my opinion, compared to some other bosses. Galchobar gave me a much harder time solo, because that boss pressures alot, which Domihaus does not imo.

You made it harder for yourself actually. Your empowered ward is so weak, combined with your low magicka, that you must kite the early bosses like crazy. You must spam it even more than hardened ward and end up loosing more magicka. You could have speeded up things alot, by just standing still, luring the melee mini bosses to the ranged ones, put down your ground aoes and then aoe them down and dodge the one shots (which you did nicely btw).

Dojohoda

LioraValkyrie wrote: »

Attached is video footage showing my focussed attempt to solo vet Falkreath Hold over the past week. I managed to defeat all bosses except Domihaus, who I reduced to 14% health before deciding it is probably impossible to solo him in the current patch. ......

very awesome!

duendology

Impressive

Skoomah

Good job getting sorcs nerfed even more