Solo vet Fungal Grotto 2 - 1 Tamriel

Finisherofwar
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Hello eso forums, after watching @Vaoh do solo vet white gold tower (something I thought was impossible) I went about trying to claim the achievement of soloing a dungeon that was thought to be impossible as well. I decided on vet fungal grotto 2 for 2 reasons number 1 being that it had not one but two group mechanics (chains 2nd boss, cave 4th boss) and the second reason was that I already had a small idea in my head that it might be possible because I tried 2 manning it with a cp 140 friend as his first dungeon (yes lol) and he was having trouble getting me up in the chains so I had to help him out by making sure i had some aoes on ground before being chained.
Now let's talk about how I went about it, In 1 tamriel we saw zos increase the health of vet dungeon enemies to effectively twice the amount of what it was before but I did not let this discourage me because now we have access to grothdarr and the destro ulti. these 2 combined with power surge passive heals on my aoes are the reasons why this is possible. The boss doesn't have a designated area which she isn't supposed to leave so this means I can fight constantly while I have ulti then use it right before she chains (she chains in timed intervals which I learned the timing for everything) then right before she would chain again while I have no ulti I kite her away to another area and she goes into her clone mode where I recharge ulti or the next 2 phases (the clone phase is also timed) this means this boss is barely soloable it took me around 10 hours to discover how to do it, test out different sets and skills and then to execute on it.
The only other hurdle was going to be 4th boss which is the spider boss but she has a HUGE amount of glitches to avoid the cave, I went with hidding behind tree to the left of bridge which made me not get sucked into the cave and not have to deal with laser.
These fights except 5th boss are all not recorded entirely this was completely out of my control as xb1 only allows recording videos of up to 5 mins each. I did not record 1st or 3rd boss since they are so easy they aren't even worth it, they do nothing except be damage sponges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn-U8DeRPqw - 2nd boss this is the chain one and the only hard one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UadYWnsp2tk - 4th boss this is the spider cave one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjBj6MhKKB8 - 5th boss this is the magicka sucking boss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn-U8DeRPqw - Last boss, very easy not even worth a watch just a long fight because you have to ward up after almost each of her light attacks.
  • Finisherofwar
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    Link to second boss was the wrong one. Here is the right one.

    Watch "Solo vet Fungal grotto 2 - 2nd Boss" on YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTCO9C4R8mA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
  • Biro123
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    Cant watch the vids at the mo - but well done, that's seriously impressive!
    Minalan owes me a beer.

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  • biovitalb16_ESO
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    Awesome job.

    What build and gear are you using?
  • Finisherofwar
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    Awesome job.

    What build and gear are you using?

    I used a very large amount of skills and gear for this dungeon as I changed almost everything in each fight but in general I used kena, juli and elegant for most of it but in second boss I used netch, grothdarr willpower because I needed all the damage I could get on my aoes and the only way was to use shock blockade, liquid lightning and shock destro ulti.
  • Drummerx04
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    Before 1T there was a glitch on the second boss where a sorc with a pet out would not get one shot by the chain mechanic because the chain wouldn't consider the 8% health from the daedric summoning passive when figuring out the damage. (i.e. after getting stabbed I would still have around 1.1k health.

    If that bug is still around you could probably leverage it to solo that boss as well, but I find I prefer your method for the purity of it.
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  • Finisherofwar
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    Drummerx04 wrote: »
    Before 1T there was a glitch on the second boss where a sorc with a pet out would not get one shot by the chain mechanic because the chain wouldn't consider the 8% health from the daedric summoning passive when figuring out the damage. (i.e. after getting stabbed I would still have around 1.1k health.

    If that bug is still around you could probably leverage it to solo that boss as well, but I find I prefer your method for the purity of it.

    Even if that's the case it would still be increadibly hard to stay at above 92% health because the strike doesn't hit for what you have left it hits for your base health. Wards last only 6 seconds so they aren't an option. barrier isn't an option because of the extreme ulti cost either. It is likely not possible to do it that way even if it works, the only way it might happen is with resto ulti and it is still iffy.
  • s7732425ub17_ESO
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    Excellent.
  • Reorx_Holybeard
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    Wow, good stuff! That trick for the Spawn of Mephala is good to know. I tried it on normal and tried a few spots similar to that up top near the door but it didn't work. I managed to beat Gamyne on normal using a combination of Blockade, Spear Shards, Ritual of Retribution and Meteor but even on normal it took a bunch of attempts and I'm still not sure I have the timing right.

    Can you explain your strategy for Gamyne a bit more. From what I can I see/guess you are running away to force Gamyne to spawn her 4 aspects and then you build your ultimate before killing all of them. Once Gamyne respawns you lay down your AoEs and cast Meteor just before she pins you?

    What I had problems with on normal is figuring out when she does the pin. Initially it was very regular...she would do her bolt attack followed by her power attack (must block) and then the pin. This made it easy to prepare however later in the fight she seemed to break that pattern and just do her pin whenever which made it hard to prepare for (just guess and get lucky). I guess once she respawns she pins right away or after a few normal attacks? Basically how do you know when to cast meteor as you really have to do it at the last second to get the most effect.

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  • ssewallb14_ESO
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    Fantastic job, I never thought there was enough gtaoe DPS to solo Gamyne. From the looks of it it have actually been possible pre 1T.
    Edited by ssewallb14_ESO on November 14, 2016 11:40PM
  • Finisherofwar
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    @Reorx_Holybeard She always chains after tossing her fireball, That is the sign she will do it. If u get hit by it then you will 100% be unable to escape, running away from her after the fireball is the hardest part. If you mess up even in the slightest or start ur sprint at anything other than the perfect time u get chained without the aoes and die.

    Also the ulti is destro ulti, not meteor. Meteor works but is 10 times harder to set up properly.
  • Finisherofwar
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    Fantastic job, I never thought there was enough gtaoe DPS to solo Gamyne. From the looks of it it have actually been possible pre 1T.

    Yes I thought the same thing but maybe not on sorc because no grothdarr and destro ulti but the shadows would have had less health pre 1T.
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