Practice dude everytime I run it now I die 0 times on my sorc maybe 3 or 4 on my templar and 10ish on Stan dk the whole run. The thing is you have to focus down the adds before worrying about the bigger threat because in actually the smaller adds are more of a threat you basically need to be sitting on top of them when they spawn.

My first clear took me nine hours to achieve, in the time before that and after that I've died well over two hundred times in all. After a while though you just learn the npc placement and mechanics and your deaths slowly drop per clear until they hit 0. All I can tell you is play it safe; shields at 30% recast, boss almost dead take one last look around before burning, find yourself clutch attempting to kill an add back off and check the arena.

It can be beaten, as you're a sorc look at @YoloWizard (youtube) while he gets his no death run (so he plays it nice and safe). his playlists includes all rounds.

edited for spelling

The thing that makes me cry the hardest is the Servers of msa.
If you get a ping of 300+ and lagspikes you have serios Problems finishing it.
That seriously pissed me off yesterday night

Wait.. 2 torugs 2 kena and 5 julianos?

Are you using dualwield?

Should I have done Precise on the staff and swords?

Molec wrote: »

Welcome to vMA.... Nothing else in the game will prepare for the volume of snares and stuns that will be cast upon you, it's simply a case of memorizing 10x bosses worth of disgusting mechanics (2 are just easy and the others are truly unforgiving)... The trend in the area is: Round# Stage1-4 will be easy to complete but at Round# Stage 5 the boss will arrive to stun you and if you don't avoid in time damage will be stacked onto you from the environment and other NPCs resulting in instadeath, that's literally every boss in the arena other than the first two easy bosses. Then when you do make it through there's a good chance you will get nothing but a set piece you can drop in Orsinium.. "Challenging Content" at its finest.

I've completed vMA three times now and spent a stupid amount of hours in there.

I disagree to an extent, round 5 is probably one of the easiest boss fights in the arena, you just have to change from pushing dps to slow and management. Adds spawn at specific health points on round 5 and they don't spawn otherwise, the boss destroy's platforms at specific health points as well.

To the OP I can say confidently that given time and effort towards the content you will find you die much less often. I have not completed it, got frustrated after DC'ing around round 7 repeatedly and being reset, however I have gotten to the point where I never die in rounds 1-3 and they are a cake walk. Round 4 boss is where I first start to struggle, followed by the add waves previous to the boss on round 5, round 6 is an all around struggle for me and its intense but I have downed it 4 times now, but round 7 is the farthest I've gotten.

For round 6 you really can't afford to miss a hoarver or the spiders that wrap pillars. Quickly killing adds is key to surviving, you need to have a good idea of where and what is spawning each time and already be prepping buffs or aoe's for burn. You need to have a good idea of what Ult's you are going to use and where you plan on using them. I have only downed that stage 4 times but it got easier each time as I was able to predict and plan for each wave. Staying mobile and not stationary is key to avoiding excess lightning damage, killing hoarvers on adds as well as pillars will save you time dpsing as well as clear the pillars.

gamerguy757 wrote: »

THIS IS NOT A NERF THREAD.

I mean, I can get a girl's number easier than I can beat VMA.

Ikr my mom gave me her number and I barely had to beg.

Toc de Malsvi wrote: »

Molec wrote: »

Welcome to vMA.... Nothing else in the game will prepare for the volume of snares and stuns that will be cast upon you, it's simply a case of memorizing 10x bosses worth of disgusting mechanics (2 are just easy and the others are truly unforgiving)... The trend in the area is: Round# Stage1-4 will be easy to complete but at Round# Stage 5 the boss will arrive to stun you and if you don't avoid in time damage will be stacked onto you from the environment and other NPCs resulting in instadeath, that's literally every boss in the arena other than the first two easy bosses. Then when you do make it through there's a good chance you will get nothing but a set piece you can drop in Orsinium.. "Challenging Content" at its finest.

I've completed vMA three times now and spent a stupid amount of hours in there.

I disagree to an extent, round 5 is probably one of the easiest boss fights in the arena, you just have to change from pushing dps to slow and management. Adds spawn at specific health points on round 5 and they don't spawn otherwise, the boss destroy's platforms at specific health points as well.

To the OP I can say confidently that given time and effort towards the content you will find you die much less often. I have not completed it, got frustrated after DC'ing around round 7 repeatedly and being reset, however I have gotten to the point where I never die in rounds 1-3 and they are a cake walk. Round 4 boss is where I first start to struggle, followed by the add waves previous to the boss on round 5, round 6 is an all around struggle for me and its intense but I have downed it 4 times now, but round 7 is the farthest I've gotten.

For round 6 you really can't afford to miss a hoarver or the spiders that wrap pillars. Quickly killing adds is key to surviving, you need to have a good idea of where and what is spawning each time and already be prepping buffs or aoe's for burn. You need to have a good idea of what Ult's you are going to use and where you plan on using them. I have only downed that stage 4 times but it got easier each time as I was able to predict and plan for each wave. Staying mobile and not stationary is key to avoiding excess lightning damage, killing hoarvers on adds as well as pillars will save you time dpsing as well as clear the pillars.

The wording in my post was mixed up/unclear so I edited it; I was referring to the boss at the end of each stage, without memorizing the plethora of stuns that work in conjunction with the environmental AOE you will be left for dead.

gamerguy757 wrote: »

Does the fact I only have 380 CP hinder me a bit?

I have almost the exact same CP as you, I was told the difference between us and 501, is so much so it warrants different gear.

That being said, everyone and their grandmother is gonna give us a hard time cuz we is sorcs, therefore, they'll say you should be able to beat it as is.

Again it's all about practice. Read some guides to get an idea of what you need to do.

remilafo wrote: »

I could use some help also... i've done it enough now that i can easily stomp my way to the final boss..

I still haven't beaten the final boss though, crematorial guards destroy my face...

tips wanted.

PS: Crematorial guards need a nerf..

For the final stage having 100points in elemental defender is a big help and using Harness Magika (the light armor ability) will help out a lot if you use magika and aren't a sorc. As soon as it spawns you need to apply sheild, then DPS until he becomes enraged then shield through the flames and repeat until it's dead.. The 15k flame damage is certainly a pain but it isn't the most tedious part of that fight.

gamerguy757 wrote: »

Does the fact I only have 380 CP hinder me a bit?

I had less than 200 my first clear so it's doable. Now that I have over 400, MA weapons, and a ton more practice it's obviously quite a bit easier though.

gamerguy757 wrote: »

Yeah I do look at the guides, I'm just still getting used to it. I plow through stage 1. Anything with Seht in it gives me trouble. Seriously...spinning blades everywhere? Screw you too Seht. I got better in Frozen Blood after focusing on Adds instead of boss. Those archers are killer. But now i die by the lighting attacks from the sky in Stage 6 spiral shadows. those bosses cheat.

Don't park up on round 6. Keep moving and you'll be fine. Final round before boss is a pain. But try try try to not take the shield sigil until the poison boss is dead. You get tons or projectile ads afterwards. Power sigil the mini boss and grab defensive.

It is a battle of persistence. I do everything wrong, and I still got it. Just keep going. have faith in yourself...put some music on, talk to guildies while doing it, etc

And I'm sure you are better then me : https://www.twitch.tv/trixytricks/v/53483844

I mean I can't even dodge roll or block. So.... You already have a leg up. Also I'm running the exact same build as you. 5 julionos, 2 torug, 2 molag kena.

gamerguy757 wrote: »

@DRXHarbinger On stage six though it requires you to park up. You have to park up near a lit up obelisk to keep the spiders away right? Or am i not understanding the mechanic fully?
And I will admit, it is kind of fun. I'll run it more once i have a few more VR1s prepared for the VR Removal. I use Maelstrom to get CP. You get the unusually quick in there.

The spiders just have to touch the light so you can kite them through and keep moving rather than parking. Parking gets pretty dangerous with the lightning and lurcher trying to take you out

gamerguy757 wrote: »

Oh and on the spinning blades? I do kite from outer to middle, but its weird...is there two blades on each section? Because it seems as one passes, i go into the section to avoid the outer blade, and get slammed by a blade in the same section. Am I missing something?

With practice you will manage to 'dance around' the blades taking little damage, if my memory serves me right there is only 1x blade for each path but they are moving at slightly different speeds so judging it can be a pain, dodge rolling the odd time here isn't a problem due to the lack of CC here. As for the spiders in stage six; kite them to the glowing obelisk and avoid any traffic on the way, standing still in any of the arenas bar the first is a death sentance. Tri stat food and tri pots can help a lot if you find you need to dodge more as a magika build.