Very low DPS against some bosses in dungeons

Achernar · April 13

Has anyone else encountered issues lately where suddenly you and the party are doing very little DPS against a boss in a dungeon? I encountered this yesterday and today doing a random Veteran, and then again today when soloing a Normal (3 different dungeons). We'd fight a boss or two with no issue. Then we'd get to another boss and suddenly would do far less damage than expected. Also, my magicka sustain would not function as it normally does, and I'd immediately run out of magicka. Finally, sometimes the bosses would oneshot you, even with a run of the mill attack. It didn't seem like just a tough boss. In each case something felt very off, and the group was very confused. Just curious if others have noticed anything similar.

Soarora · April 13

Which bosses in which dungeons?

Necrotech_Master · April 13

it heavily depends on the dungeons, some dungeons have mechanics that arent straight up immunity, but more like 90% dmg reduction

a really common one is the boss with spider pets in fungal grotto 2, each spider you kill while fighting her gives her +30% dmg reduction for the remainder of the fight (so if you kill all 3 spiders, she has 90% dmg reduction which makes it a slog to kill her)

another case i know of is wayrest 1, the mage boss right after the croc boss gets high dmg reduction during the "summon ghosts" mechanic

outside of specific mechanics like that, ive never randomly had my dmg drop, and same with resources (also outside specific resource draining mechanics)

Achernar · April 13

For the two Veterans I believe it was:
- Kinras Ironeye in Black Drake Villa
- Reggr Dark-Dawn in Fungal Grotto II (who I see now does have a magicka drain, so that explains my sudden loss of magicka, but I still felt sustain wasn't working right with Kinras Ironeye)

For the Normal today where I had issues it was:
- Kjarg the Tuskscraper in Icereach

Others in my Veteran group noted the inability to do proper DPS in these cases, so at least in those cases it wasn't just me. It felt very off and we were all confused. Just curious if others have encountered anything similar.

Soarora · April 13

Kinras and Kjarg both have enrage mechanics, that's probably where you're seeing the sudden ability to 1-shot from. For Kinras, the salamander AoEs are the problem. Kjarg just enrages on a timer.

El_Borracho · April 13

For Kinras, the salamanders have a halo around them. Any enemy in the halo will not take damage, so you have to kill the salamander

Orbital78 · April 13

Mechanics most likely. Oathsworn pits first boss has both of those at once.