secrets of soloing Vaults of Madness?

Zama666

Well, that turned out to be a gong show...Stupid soul Reaver boss.

First of all it kept stunning me for 10 seconds. And then healing.
I can't break free. Is there a way?
My health was fine, but is that 10 second freeze that kills me. Like GroundHog Day.

What is the trick?!

Help?

Tanks,

Z

VaranisArano

You can't break free of the stun, so HOTs, DOTs and shields are your friend. As for the heal, she's like a normal harvester in that regard, so kill the orbs she spawns before they reach her.

UntilValhalla13

You have to make sure you have enough ground dots/aoes to outlast being suspended in the air and still damaging the orbs before they reach her. You get a feel for the timing of that phase, so you recast your aoes right before it happens.

Septimus_Magna

Some unbreakable stuns are breakable with Precognition (Psijic ult) because you can cast them while being stunned. It used to work with Blackheart Haven final boss when he stuns you and turns you into a skeleton for example.

For this boss I think you get stunned too often to have your ult up again so it might be a case of keeping AOEs on her with Ring of the Pale order so you get constant healing.

Zama666

Thanks!

10 second stun is insane!
And they happen quite often.

So I need to kill the orbs and just enjoy the 10 second ride.
I am definitely not putting out enough DOT.
All my AOE are healing...time for a change.

Suggestions for my dear Templar?

Amottica

VaranisArano wrote: »

You can't break free of the stun, so HOTs, DOTs and shields are your friend. As for the heal, she's like a normal harvester in that regard, so kill the orbs she spawns before they reach her.

I ran this last night for the first time so I am not experienced there. Do the orbs spawn before the stun starts or after it ends?

jaws343

I actually soloed this on Vet recently to get the no death achievement.

The trick for the Harvester is to keep AOEs on the ground at all times. I was on sorc, so I also had boundless storm up at all times. Crit surge and Pale Order as well. Both kept me topped off on health while immobile.

WOE and Boundless were enough to kill the orbs. And then it is just a matter of burning as much health as possible between stuns.

Zama666

Pale Order....guess I'd better get scrying....
Then I can put away the resto staff...

SirAndy

jaws343 wrote: »

The trick for the Harvester is to keep AOEs on the ground at all times.

Make sure you have a long lasting AOE on the ground before you enter the stun phase.
This will kill the orbs before they can get to her and heal her.

And make sure you are shielded/buffed enough to survive the stun. If you have access to a armor set that buffs health, like Beekeeper or Plague Doctor, you might want to switch to that for this boss.