The crematorial guard is the real boss for newer vma players. His fire breath is disgusting, but he is very slow to turn. Get on him and run literal circles around him while dpsing. Make him your priority. Stay shielded. Use ultis if you have to. Negate used to silence his fire breath if you use it before he does the attack. (Not sure if that ever got changed.)

Hello!

This part of the fight can be the most difficult, or the easiest depending on your approach.

Dealing with the Daedroth while also having to worry about the bosses mechanic and the mage add can be very difficult.

Best way is to simply skip this stage. What you are going to want to do is dps the boss down 75% hp or below as soon as he spawns, as quickly as you can.

He spawns in the middle of the arena, with 4 sigils around him. If your dps isnt that great then make sure to pick up the power sigil(crossed swordand axe), as it will give you a significant damage boost.

Other than that, save your ultimate from the previous round and use it on the boss as he spawn.
Also make sure you have your ground based AOEs, like liquid lightning and blockade of elements rolling.
Destruction staff ultimate is best here since it doesnt require a target and you can place down just as the boss`s portal appear.

If you do it right the boss wont have a chance to summon the daedroth or the mage add and will just skip to the next phase.

There is another thing you can do to kinda cheese it:

In the previous round once you have cleared out the small adds and you have less than 3 spectral charges, you can bring the Ogrim down to low health, wait for another golden ghost to appear and kill the Ogrim once you have collected it.

This way you can carry the spectral explosion over to the next round, where you can stun the boss with it as soon as he spawn, and deal a lot of damage(100k i think), with it.

Not sure if they changed it but you might have to keep one of the smaller adds alive in that round for a golden ghost to appear, its all about timing.


Other than these, you sigil, theyre there and they can make the entire experience much easier.

Another idea is to roll a bit tanky--maybe try 1 dps set, 1 tank set, or even just popping on a monster set like iceheart or bloodspawn. Necro/Plague doctor is a good starter pair for vMA. It'll slow the fight down a bit, but it gives you some room for error getting that first clear.

That part of the fight is pretty tricky. If you can DPS the boss down so you can skip that would be ideal.

If not, I agree with others that you need to run tight circles around the daedroth.

When I do this phase I drop ground dots and the destro ult when the glowing spawn appears for the daedroth next to the boss. Then I shield up with harness and healing ward and start circling the daedroth and finishing him off. I let the daedroth come a little way away from the boss so the other mechs don't me. I think of it as staying on his shoulder really - but it's just about ensuring the daedroth doesn't face you.

You need to watch for the boss porting as it will mean a skull heavy attack will be on the way.

I find that very effective and the boss will port up while I am finishing off the daedroth.

Hope that helps.

I have managed to kill 2 crystals up top. I did fairly well against the deadroths today. The advices I’m getting have been super helpful. He can still catch me off guard. But I’m getting better.

make sure you collect the 3 gold ghosts, wait for the deadroth to spawn take him over to the boss then hit the synergy it will stun both leaving you free to take the deadroth easier. if they get the gold ghosts they get stronger

I actually run mother sorrow no2 as i dont need the plague dr any more

When you go up top, dps the crystals but dont kill them until you have them all very low. Each crystal you kill speeds up the rock wall and makes it harder to keep up with it. Jump down in between if the DOT becomes too much. The DOT resets when you do that.