akl77 wrote: »

CelticStones wrote: »

finally finished round 5 after a 2 hour session with about 35 deaths.

Then you are pretty good actually. i just keeps dying till my gears all broken, I think I've used 20 or 30 repair kits on this round, that's a lot of deaths.

Just spawn outside, saves repair kits and takes only a few minutes

akl77 wrote: »

Looks like round 4 is the easiest from the poll, cos no one vote it.

Round 1 is the easiest..

Because final round shroom summoner will inevitably spawn during boss shriek.

Robisok74 wrote: »

inked1 wrote: »

I voted for last stage because until today I had been stuck on it for months. Yes, today I finally cleared it (precise frost staff ). Now I would like to change my vote to round 5. There is nothing fun about this round as a stam build with no gap closer.

Once you have cleared the final boss, you will find its one of the easiest, i love the last round now and breeze through it normally first attempt, but man did i struggle to beat it the first time..

Actually I tried it on my second toon who has undaunted lvl 3 its still a bit challenge even with destro ult sometimes.

mcb123 wrote: »

Mauin wrote: »

Round 5 is the one I'm stuck on, and will probably remain stuck on.

I've tried on a magblade and a magsorc and I just can't do it. The damage comes in so fast that I barely have time to react to it. I can't tell how much of it is because of me, or how much of it is because of my poor internet connection. Either way, I can't do it. I've tried and I've tried and I've tried some more. Each attempt just ends with me rage quitting and it totally kills any desire I had to keep playing.

I cannot speak for the other rounds, but the Rink of Frozen Blood is a nightmare. I can get through the first four with no deaths (assuming I don't lag), but everything just grinds to a halt there.

What class are you? I made a mag sorc just to farm VMA and it was so much easier.

Magblade is usually considered faster and easier than MagSorc in todays meta. The easiest is kinda Stam Sorc without any debate though lol

akl77 wrote: »

I wonder how some people would find round 8 the most difficult?

They only find it hard because it can be buggy.
+ The Flame Knight has insane burst if you can't kite her.
+ Also the last boss can animation cancel her skills which can be pretty.
Other than that its kinda on the same level like stage 3 or 4 maybe.

The number of times I have accidentally killed one of the mages when standing under their shield Amazingly this happened the first time I got flawless, and I didn't die, but usually when that happens it is the end

5th not that easy for stam melee, everything easy for ranged stam/mag

akl77 wrote: »

Blasted through stage 7 and 8 with a million deaths of course, and I have to say stage 9 is real despair, the hardest imo.
Just couldn't get down the fire guards fast enough, so close to finishing my first vma, yet so far.
I had to admit, any flawless conquer is truely expert at the game, top 1% of the game for sure.
ZOS, plz nerf down vma, it's insanely difficult..

Stage 9 is easier comparing beating rng in stage 7,

Stage 9 is like a fix script what adds/boss will do!

Nine is standard vet dungeon/ boss mechanics. Grab the gold ghosts, dodge the rest, stun the big monsters, burn the boss. A little pew-pew and hiding up top. I watched a video and beat it on my second try on my first toon. I don't get how people wipe so often or make such a big deal out of the stage when the arena is wide, uncluttered and has obvious mechanics and strategies.

The only confusing part that dragged out the fight is when I got knocked off and had to drag > kill the summoned add to activiate a portal. Seven remains the only stage that can crap up a flawless run, I find burning too fast or messily can have terrible consequences. Stage 5 you can obliterate with a destro staff, ult and shields.

Tried to do vMA with my magicka templar. Gave up on stage 4 after 30 deaths and no new ideas, knowing if I had trouble there I'd have no chance later.

Tried again with magicka sorcerer, and it was a lot easier. Stage 5 was the first hard one, and worse than 6 or 7. Stage 8 was the only one I didn't even die once on. I had used about 100 soul gems for the first 8 stages, and now I've used another 100 trying to beat stage 9. I might very well need another 100 before I actually beat it.

Cage_Lizardman wrote: »

Tried to do vMA with my magicka templar. Gave up on stage 4 after 30 deaths and no new ideas, knowing if I had trouble there I'd have no chance later.

Tried again with magicka sorcerer, and it was a lot easier. Stage 5 was the first hard one, and worse than 6 or 7. Stage 8 was the only one I didn't even die once on. I had used about 100 soul gems for the first 8 stages, and now I've used another 100 trying to beat stage 9. I might very well need another 100 before I actually beat it.

Just wait until next patch where you cant sustain.

Cage_Lizardman wrote: »

Tried to do vMA with my magicka templar. Gave up on stage 4 after 30 deaths and no new ideas, knowing if I had trouble there I'd have no chance later.

Tried again with magicka sorcerer, and it was a lot easier. Stage 5 was the first hard one, and worse than 6 or 7. Stage 8 was the only one I didn't even die once on. I had used about 100 soul gems for the first 8 stages, and now I've used another 100 trying to beat stage 9. I might very well need another 100 before I actually beat it.

I'm a Breton magicka Templar , managed to stage 9 so far, mind you the vma leaderboard are all Templars.

DisgracefulMind wrote: »

Just wait until next patch where you cant sustain.

Nope, I wanted to do it before then. And finally did. But there's no way in bleep I'll run that another 100 times to get weapons I actually want. That felt like playing Dark Souls again, except with the exciting addition of lag that makes dodging useless.

I get the most deaths here and its usually my first death of my run. I find it the hardest. Some say Vault of Umbrage but I find that easier. Sure the poison flowers are alittle difficult to see sometimes, but it's relatively easy IMO... The spider swarm insta-killing ya, having to kill the beetle thing by the pillar,... I found this stage the hardest to go through the first time,.. and after I beat to now, I think "ahhh,.. it's smooth sailing from here... Round 8 is a joke,... about as difficult as round 1 and round 9 too is very hard but something about it being the last level kinda makes it seem easier for me because i know i'm at the end.