Aramril level 5

Czeri

I'm curious how other players fare against Aramril (Theatre of War) level 5 in Infinite Archive when going solo or with a companion (not another player, that's a whole different thing). It's the final level with 2 crystals.

valenwood_vegan

Beat her, no big deal

Didn't find the fight terribly "difficult", but omg everything about it is annoying.

Munkfist

Beat her, no big deal

It's a very annoying fight. Trick is to dot up the crystal until you need to bash Aramil, then focus the crystal down. Burn the Nightmare, then back to boss. Rinse and repeat and you shouldn't have much issue.

Ideally, you can group them all on top and burn the stack down

tomofhyrule

Beat her, no big deal

I play a tank with a DPS companion, so if it all depends on what I'm running.

If I'm solo, I struggle to get it because I don't have the damage to take the crystals down before the dot becomes overwhelming. But even with a companion, it's no problem whatsoever.

But there are some times when I see her and I just don't want to. Most of the sides are brain-off kind of things, and then you get her right after a Gothmau or right before a Tho'at? I don't feel like playing with her there...

ESO_player123

Beat her, no big deal

Munkfist wrote: »

It's a very annoying fight. Trick is to dot up the crystal until you need to bash Aramil, then focus the crystal down. Burn the Nightmare, then back to boss. Rinse and repeat and you shouldn't have much issue.

Ideally, you can group them all on top and burn the stack down

If you are on a ranged toon it's not even necessary to kill Nightmares. I just kite around Aramil with my sorc.

Munkfist

Beat her, no big deal

ESO_player123 wrote: »

Munkfist wrote: »

It's a very annoying fight. Trick is to dot up the crystal until you need to bash Aramil, then focus the crystal down. Burn the Nightmare, then back to boss. Rinse and repeat and you shouldn't have much issue.

Ideally, you can group them all on top and burn the stack down

If you are on a ranged toon it's not even necessary to kill Nightmares. I just kite around Aramil with my sorc.

Even better! I keep everything stacked so I can aoe it all down, haven't tried much for range yet!

colossalvoids

Beat her, no big deal

I just dislike it takes time, I prefer to skip her a lot nowadays same as maze, others are super quick if nothing is bugged (hello underground sweet rolls)

EF321

Beat her, no big deal

It's not hard, just long.

Araneae6537

I did beat her, but it's not a guranteed win when this pops up

With a duo, no problem. Solo? Depends on what build I’m on, often skip now because it takes too much time to potentially fail, probably more worth it at a higher arc.

Ilsabet

It depends which character I'm on. My stamblade has an awful time, even with Venom Arrow as a ranged interrupt, because her damage isn't great and I inevitably run down my stamina and get overwhelmed. My HA Oakensorc has significantly higher single-target damage and no resource issues, so I can win reliably with her. Either way it's super annoying, although not as much of a waste of time as the watchling folderol.

Czeri

Impossible to pass

Ilsabet wrote: »

It depends which character I'm on. My stamblade has an awful time, even with Venom Arrow as a ranged interrupt, because her damage isn't great and I inevitably run down my stamina and get overwhelmed. My HA Oakensorc has significantly higher single-target damage and no resource issues, so I can win reliably with her. Either way it's super annoying, although not as much of a waste of time as the watchling folderol.

That's interesting. I wonder what classes/builds the players choosing the "no big deal" answer are running?

sarahthes

Depends on which character I'm on and which visions I've gotten.

cozmic72

Beat her, no big deal

Slot a ranged interrupt.

Adremal

Beat her, no big deal

Very easy no matter the setup. A ranged interrupt isn't even needed, it's either that or a gap closer or just literally running to her when she teleports. The whole thing is so telegraphed you can even cheese it and go at your own pace, the second crystal doesn't trigger until she reaches a certain health threshold.

cyclonus11

Impossible to pass

Tried at least 15 times. I just cannot do it.

Peppo_Lives

Beat her, no big deal

not really difficult, but quite annoying -.-'

BretonMage

Impossible to pass

I'm still trying to figure out the mechanics, I often find I don't see what's happening till it's too late.

amig186

I did beat her, but it's not a guranteed win when this pops up

I hate it. She always takes me by surprise with that channel when I'm fighting the crystals or nightmares, and even when I'm in range to use my charge, the short travel time seems unbearably long and I often die en route. That is if the ability even works in the first place, because sometimes it just refuses to no matter how much I mash the button. I did manage to beat her solo once but it was not fun. Much easier with 2 people when you can both keep an eye on things.

Sarannah

Beat her, no big deal

She isn't hard to beat... but it takes WAY WAY too long to do so. So every time I encounter her I let her kill me asap(otherwise it bugs out for me). This saves me like 10 minutes on a run when I get her as a sidegame.

She needs to be changed bigtime, this is just a waste of a sidegame.

If I had to chang her I'd:
-Remove the adds. (only the mobs, the tentacles are fine)
-Max it at one crystal.
-Half her health.

That would make it much less of a waste of time.

Hapexamendios

Beat her, no big deal

Last time I fought her I had 3 Focused Efforts. Was very easy.

notyuu

Beat her, no big deal

Ngl I had to look them up to remember them due to them being that much of a pushover, just focus crystals as soon as they activate and bash them when they channel, past that dodge tentacles when they spawn

Hapexamendios wrote: »

Last time I fought her I had 3 Focused Efforts. Was very easy.

Wouldn't make a difference, visions and verses are disabled while in the "bonus stages"

Czeri

Impossible to pass

amig186 wrote: »

I hate it. She always takes me by surprise with that channel when I'm fighting the crystals or nightmares, and even when I'm in range to use my charge, the short travel time seems unbearably long and I often die en route. That is if the ability even works in the first place, because sometimes it just refuses to no matter how much I mash the button. I did manage to beat her solo once but it was not fun. Much easier with 2 people when you can both keep an eye on things.

It's the stuns. You get stunned by everything in that fight, and because the channel hits like a truck, there is no time to both break free and interrupt once she's already channeling.

Sarannah wrote: »

She isn't hard to beat... but it takes WAY WAY too long to do so. So every time I encounter her I let her kill me asap(otherwise it bugs out for me). This saves me like 10 minutes on a run when I get her as a sidegame.

She needs to be changed bigtime, this is just a waste of a sidegame.

If I had to chang her I'd:
-Remove the adds. (only the mobs, the tentacles are fine)
-Max it at one crystal.
-Half her health.

That would make it much less of a waste of time.

I'd just remove the stuns. I think that would help any stam and melee builds enough to make this achievable.

Jierdanit

Beat her, no big deal

The most annoying thing about her is that in the later arcs you have to change your build because it takes forever to beat her in a setup designed around visions.

Should just make visions work in that side portal and it would be fine.

Stanx

Beat her, no big deal

I hated this one. More than the other mini games in the archive. Then I started to pay more attention to the mechanics and it's easy (as explained by others above). Most dangerous thing is failing to interrupt. Then making sure crystal and nightmare are down.

This is one of the guaranteed chests for me, unlike that darn watcher mini-game which I still have practically a 5% pass rate on.

I am magicka based and ranged, which I'm sure helps. But I still have to close that distance for the interrupt as I don't want to slot something like crushing shock.

M1SHAAN

I did beat her, but it's not a guranteed win when this pops up

It depends on the character I'm running with for me as well.

My oakensorc that I slapped a straightforward HA build on and called it a day? Easy, I can stay close to her while shredding the crystals at range and maintaining enough magicka to heal or shield if I dps slowly.

My melee stamdk, for whom I've spent hours parsing and theorycrafting different builds and making archive-specific builds? It's difficult for me to stay close enough to her to interrupt while also dpsing the crystal down before I'm overwhelmed by the ramping damage Running over to the crystal after interrupting her once helps but it's still dicey. I'll try slotting a gap closer next time.

emilyhyoyeon

Beat her, no big deal

for OP, the characters I've beat her on:

approx 2k CP

*argonian magicka NB, 64pt magicka
1p slimecraw
1p zaan
maelstrom fire staff
5p mother's sorrow
5p julianos
full divines all mag enchants, thief mundus, ghastly eyeball food
no ranged interrupt with swallow soul as spammable and run up to bash her

*altmer magicka sorc, 64pt magicka
1p slimecraw
pale order
maelstrom fire staff
5p mother's sorrow
5p order's wrath
full divines all mag enchants, thief mundus, ghastly eyeball food
ranged interrupt with crushing shock as spammable


I haven't brought any other characters or builds into IA

Tyrobag

I did beat her, but it's not a guranteed win when this pops up

I beat her the one time, but now I just turn around if I get that side activity. Its faster and easier to just go to the next real boss for your fortunes. Much like the watcher one, its a big "why bother?"

Djennku

Beat her, no big deal

It's all machanics and survival. Make sure she's interrupted, and focus crystals at 90 and 50. Adds come in at 75, 45, and 30 or so. Can block the nightmare's stun or need to break free. Take your time and deal withthe adds first and it makes it much easier.

cyclonus11

Impossible to pass

Djennku wrote: »

It's all machanics and survival. Make sure she's interrupted, and focus crystals at 90 and 50. Adds come in at 75, 45, and 30 or so. Can block the nightmare's stun or need to break free. Take your time and deal withthe adds first and it makes it much easier.

Thanks for this info - I was able to finally beat her!

Djennku

Beat her, no big deal

cyclonus11 wrote: »

Djennku wrote: »

It's all machanics and survival. Make sure she's interrupted, and focus crystals at 90 and 50. Adds come in at 75, 45, and 30 or so. Can block the nightmare's stun or need to break free. Take your time and deal withthe adds first and it makes it much easier.

Thanks for this info - I was able to finally beat her!

Congrats!!

IncultaWolf

Beat her, no big deal

Hapexamendios wrote: »

Last time I fought her I had 3 Focused Efforts. Was very easy.

Visions/verses are disabled when fighting her