Congrats! Takes a lot of patience & focus! I was currently stuck on stage 5 for two months. Finally got active in a guild where I met some people that helped me change my build & beat stage 5 easily. Stage 6-8 weren’t too bad. But now I’m on the final stage. (feeling discouraged because I was told by a person that it took them months before they could finish this stage!) Wish me luck! I’m ready for that dang Stormproof title.
Oh & happy for you too btw for getting a bow. I’m hoping I get my lightning staff I need!

Inklings wrote: »

lishybach wrote: »

Congrats! Takes a lot of patience & focus! I was currently stuck on stage 5 for two months. Finally got active in a guild where I met some people that helped me change my build & beat stage 5 easily. Stage 6-8 weren’t too bad. But now I’m on the final stage. (feeling discouraged because I was told by a person that it took them months before they could finish this stage!) Wish me luck! I’m ready for that dang Stormproof title.
Oh & happy for you too btw for getting a bow. I’m hoping I get my lightning staff I need!

The last stage is not that bad. Im a ZOS sponsored streamer that does vma tutorials and have walked so many people through it. The way I teach it, it's a dance. You have to learn the foot work. Once you do it becomes so much easier then any of the rng rounds like five and seven. If you truly want help , stop by my stream. I can be found on twitch by the same name here on the forums. I'll be glad to show you how to master it.

That’s great! I will defintely be following you!

moonsister wrote: »

This is the most frustrating stuff I have ever had the misfortune to play. And I have been playing games for 20 years. People keep saying "oh, just use this build, it is SO easy!" and I want to punch them in the face.
I feel like I am running against physical limitations- to be quick enough to sidestep meteors/ghosts/crem guards and skulls of death, keep my potion up, cast and keep track of my resources. It is just too much at the same time. I know what to avoid I just can´t manage to. And I am playing alcast´s 1 bar sorc build for crying out loud so I don´t even have to swap bars and I have pets to buffer the incoming damage a bit.

Up to the last round I had no problems. Sure, I died a couple of times each arena, especially the poison one, but nothing remotely as frustrating as the last round I have been stuck on for hours and hours now... and the best I managed is destroying 2 crystals. Then I usually fall down and get roasted by a guard. And all for a staff that is not even guaranteed.

sorry, had to vent a little. Better than hitting my head against the wall. In case you wonder why I keep trying now..because pets get nerfed soon and I don´t think I´d manage on a stam build. I wanted to finish it at least once for the achievment and statue.

I'd say you are doing pretty well for your first time if you didn't need to bang your head on the wall until the last round of stage 9. If you are aware of the mechanics, yet you see yourself repeatedly falling after a crystal or two, did you try jumping down on your own instead of waiting to get knocked down so the drop is more controlled?

I'm still struggling in Stage 5 xD

never gonna get that damned greatsword

moonsister wrote: »

This is the most frustrating stuff I have ever had the misfortune to play. And I have been playing games for 20 years. People keep saying "oh, just use this build, it is SO easy!" and I want to punch them in the face.
I feel like I am running against physical limitations- to be quick enough to sidestep meteors/ghosts/crem guards and skulls of death, keep my potion up, cast and keep track of my resources. It is just too much at the same time. I know what to avoid I just can´t manage to. And I am playing alcast´s 1 bar sorc build for crying out loud so I don´t even have to swap bars and I have pets to buffer the incoming damage a bit.

Up to the last round I had no problems. Sure, I died a couple of times each arena, especially the poison one, but nothing remotely as frustrating as the last round I have been stuck on for hours and hours now... and the best I managed is destroying 2 crystals. Then I usually fall down and get roasted by a guard. And all for a staff that is not even guaranteed.

sorry, had to vent a little. Better than hitting my head against the wall. In case you wonder why I keep trying now..because pets get nerfed soon and I don´t think I´d manage on a stam build. I wanted to finish it at least once for the achievment and statue.

Don't give up. Let me tell you a horror story. The first time I faced Voriak Solkyn, he butchered me. He killed me so many times, my self-esteem and confidence was shattered. I was annoyed, furious and frustrated.

For three days I kept at it, 400 soul gems wasted. But then I got him. I sent him to Oblivion. And his crem guards along with him. Nearing his death my heart was pounding out of my chest. My hands were sweaty and I was shaking.

And then, euphoria. The absolute best feeling a game has ever given me. Trust me, you won't forget that for a long time.

Now for the mechanics, this is what I did, because I was a stage 4 vampire, crem guard meant a death sentence. So as soon as the boss appeared, I dropped my destruction ultimate and burned him down to 70 percent, in between blocking for a second so I don't get knocked back by his skull.

This way, no crem guard comes and he goes straight up. Go upstairs, drop dots on the crystal, and burn it until first wall appears (make sure to dodge skulls) keep hitting it while moving with the wall, then if you are near another crystal, drop dots on it. Try to get all three in one go. You can stay up until after the second wall has been destroyed.

If you can't, try taking power sigil before coming up.

Once you destroy all three crystals he will push you down into lava, run straight towards the Shield Sigil and take it asap. This way his next attack will reflect back at him. Drop dots and start attacking as you collect the Golden Ghosts.

First one appears soon after, the boss will change his location a couple of times. Once you've taken the third golden ghost, a crem guard will appear.

Synergize right away to stun everything. Drop dots on boss, drop ulti and burn. Hopefully you would have killed him by then.

wrong thread sorry ><

Thanks for the encouragement and additional hints. Much appreciated!
I was saving up the sigils for the last fight downstairs. Using those may actually give me a break to heal up some and restore mana. When I die it is mostly due to lack of resources at a point where my health goes down (stunned, fire). I am a vamp but I do this on stage 1.
The alcast build (1 bar pet sorc) is pretty tanky. I have tried this on worldbosses and can solo them (those I tried) with no probs. Just takes a while to get them down.

I may also try another skill to burn down the crytals faster. I have only the 2 pets and lightning splash + the staff. The rest of my skills are for shields, running and healing. Swapped bound aegis for harness magicka.

Using Longfin and spell pots as advertised in the build.

Congratulations!!

zaria wrote: »

almightyalfo wrote: »

I'm still struggling in Stage 5 xD

never gonna get that damned greatsword

The tricks of Stage 5 is not to do too much damage to boss, adds will spawn at factions of his health so if you drop an ultimate it will get lots of adds so just put some dots on him and focus the adds, on last boss trolls need to die as if they break any platform you will die.

Then the boss start jumping run to the next platform, have the power sigil at the last platform and then you run to that use it and then burn boss

For me its Stage 6, always miss some horvor who end up dying some place I don't see them or I can not get an line up for a covered pillar, can not find any pattern to this fight and the second time you miss an horvor or webspinner you die.

Yeah and you can't let that little spider stay alive or he makes you really slow until you can't practically move. So many things to look out for in that stage.

Huyen wrote: »

Tried it once. Got to round 6. Quitted. Not worth the hassle.

You got past the hardest round (5) may aswell turn it in now

I got my Flawless title a few weeks back and Imma never set foot in there again - esp with the nerf fest hitting us shortly. If it weren't for that, I'd have kept trying to get a better score and to get more than 3 characters the Stormproof title.
But now... said nerf fest means I'm barely going to set foot in Tamriel... because why bother.