Molag- Bal Anxiety

MUSTACHMAN654 · March 2016

Hello, I am a level 44 orc dragon knight, eager to explore the far corners of Tamriel. I have been informed that I must complete the main quest line in order to travel to the other alliance's territory, but after I have witnessed the fight against Molag-Bal on youtube, I have grown to fear the Daedric prince. I have been informed on the forums that Molag-Bal is excruciatingly difficult to defeat, and that he could destroy you with his variety of attacks that he possesses. I even heard of a glitch in which when you defeat Molag-Bal, there is a chance that your game will crash. I was so fearful of this fight that I could barely consume my dinner. Please assist me in defeating the daedric price of schemes to explore the remaining segments of Tamriel.

WhiteCoatSyndrome · March 2016

He's actually not that bad. He hits like a truck, but he can't heal himself, so make sure to block/dodge his hits and keep scratching away at him.

Feisty_Khajiit128 · March 2016

Nah, the fight is pretty anti-climactic.

UrQuan · March 2016

Are you talking about Molag-Bal when you fight him in the main questline, or are you talking about his simulacrum in the Imperial City sewers?

When you're fighting the real Molag-Bal it's not such a tough fight (because you're infused with divine energy). Fighting the copy of him in the sewers is a much tougher fight, and you generally want a full raid with you to do it.

newtinmpls · March 2016

I had a .... pretty horrible time, but didn't actually die.

Keep them self-heals and potions coming. Unlike most of the rest of the universe, the initial Molag Bal fight does NOT have one of those $@#%$#$ timers where after a certain point everything goes to sh*t. So you can do a long slow burn.. which for RP purposes was actually a good thing for me.

MUSTACHMAN654 · March 2016

newtinmpls wrote: »

I had a .... pretty horrible time, but didn't actually die.

Keep them self-heals and potions coming. Unlike most of the rest of the universe, the initial Molag Bal fight does NOT have one of those $@#%$#$ timers where after a certain point everything goes to sh*t. So you can do a long slow burn.. which for RP purposes was actually a good thing for me.

My class consists of being a dragon knight, so I do not possess any self healing spells, but I do have many potions. Though I believe that after you use a potion, it creates a timer for when you may use a potion again.

Efaritay · March 2016

Just keep moving and you'll be fine. Ranged attacks work better for this fight in my opinion.

Leandor · March 2016

Awa... dk currently has the strongest self heal in game and it even damages... burning embers. Since the heal is dependent on damage and your damage is increased 10fold by the buff, your health bar probably doesn't even twitch. DK also has dragon blood which instantly heals 33% of missing health, use it if it gets hairy.

Remember to block when the titans pop (the flying dragon-like things) and let them kill themselves as you reflect their fireballs while blocking. You don't even need reflective scales.

And remember: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

UrQuan · March 2016

MUSTACHMAN654 wrote: »

newtinmpls wrote: »

I had a .... pretty horrible time, but didn't actually die.

Keep them self-heals and potions coming. Unlike most of the rest of the universe, the initial Molag Bal fight does NOT have one of those $@#%$#$ timers where after a certain point everything goes to sh*t. So you can do a long slow burn.. which for RP purposes was actually a good thing for me.

My class consists of being a dragon knight, so I do not possess any self healing spells, but I do have many potions. Though I believe that after you use a potion, it creates a timer for when you may use a potion again.

Between Burning Embers, Igneous Shield, Dragon Blood, and the resource replenishment when you pop an ultimate, DKs are the kings of self-heals right now.

The_Lex · March 2016

Leandor wrote: »

And remember: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Are you saying that he is the Kwisatz Haderach?

Brrrofski · March 2016

UrQuan wrote: »

Are you talking about Molag-Bal when you fight him in the main questline, or are you talking about his simulacrum in the Imperial City sewers?

When you're fighting the real Molag-Bal it's not such a tough fight (because you're infused with divine energy). Fighting the copy of him in the sewers is a much tougher fight, and you generally want a full raid with you to do it.

A full raid? Him and all middle portals are doable with a 3 man. A duo could do it. I reckon some people could even solo him.

Op, questline Molag bal is super easy. Even first time around with no CP. Just dodge his jump in the air attack.

UrQuan · March 2016

Brrrofski wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

Are you talking about Molag-Bal when you fight him in the main questline, or are you talking about his simulacrum in the Imperial City sewers?

When you're fighting the real Molag-Bal it's not such a tough fight (because you're infused with divine energy). Fighting the copy of him in the sewers is a much tougher fight, and you generally want a full raid with you to do it.

A full raid? Him and all middle portals are doable with a 3 man. A duo could do it. I reckon some people could even solo him.

Which I'm sure would work out just fine when you get ganked right at the end when you're low on resources... By the full enemy raid coming to farm him...

It's also kind of hilarious that you're looking at what the top 1% of players can do and thinking that somehow means that because they can do it the statement "you generally want a full raid with you to do it" somehow isn't 100% valid. I mean, by your logic you don't generally want a full 12-man team to do trials, because some people can do it in a small group.

Like I said, you generally want a full raid with you to do it.

Leandor · March 2016

The_Patriarch wrote: »

Leandor wrote: »

And remember: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Are you saying that he is the Kwisatz Haderach?

Duncan as well as Gurney had their own version of the mantra, and while both of them were "almost successes" in the Bene Gesserit scheme, they were not the Kwisatz Haderach. Paul knew and lived by it long before he made the step to unlock his latent abilities and the mentats naturally knew the essence of the mantra by virtue of their dependence on logic.

The litany, while a teaching of the Bene Gesserit, in and of itself was not limited to females. Even Feyd Rautha knew it and he wasn't even Bene Gesserit trained.

That said, I just tried to give the OP a means to combat his apprehension of the battle

/nerd-mode

Benie · March 2016

Remember one thing; it's a Soloable boss. They wouldn't set his abilities in a certain way if they didn't want people to be able to solo him.
Just keep on your toes and fight in 3rd person to see where he's going to show up. I defeated him about 6 months ago with my Sorcerer (and I have bad gear choices). So if I can do it, you can do it.

Mojmir · March 2016

The_Patriarch wrote: »

Leandor wrote: »

And remember: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Are you saying that he is the Kwisatz Haderach?

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