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Reclamation-Slay the Scalefather - Tips?
bcolflesh
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My Guardian Fighter, level 44 w/a level 15 Cleric is overwhelmed by the Scalefather immediately - even after an altar session, and taking every available potion - I've cleared out most of the next area quests to get to level 44, but I must be missing some simple strategy here...
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I got stomped by him 7 times at lvl 42 and 2 times at lvl 44. I just skip it now.
half of the instance quests you get from 40-60 you just have to skip unless you have a partner.
the add spawns are over tuned for solo.
On the basis that people are managing to do it fine solo and with basic companions, I don't think that 'impossible' is the correct word.
You do have to use potions, and you will likely end up ressing your companion several times, and you do need to move out of red areas. But so far I've done it with DC, GWF and GF. Generally dying a couple of times before I get it down pat.
What class are you, with which companion, and what part of the fight are you having the most issues with?
Mind you, I am kind of bad at these games....
Still, it's fun playing 'em.
I play solo, and this is the sort of thing I'm talking about when I say the game ramps up the difficulty to an insane level once you hit about level 30. From that level onwards, the game rapidly decreases in fun (for me anyway).
I do have a strategy for soloing the bosses though; lead the boss as far away from his original area as possible. His adds spawn in that area, and if you've lead him far enough away, the adds can't find you, or if they can, hopefully you've killed the boss before they get to you. Once you've killed the boss, you can go back and take care of the adds.
Just a note: When I first started playing the game I read that the difficulty was supposed to scale based on the number of players in a quest instance. Will this ever be implemented?
I don't remember having that much of an issue with my DC but that was before AS got nerfed. I suspect more than a few missions will be tough to solo with a rank 15 companion and a large gap in AS coverage without not much to make up for it healing wise. But I digress a bit...
^This
I have taken a DC, GF and GWF through every solo quest in the game with nothing but basic companions. I highlighted the traps, because traps will damage enemies as well as yourself. Learn to use them, especially on adds. And the quests are not overly hard if you use what's available to you. The only character I ever died solo questing with is my DC because it was my first character.
As for Scalefeather or whatever his name is, if I remember correctly, if you let his poison hit you it actually adds a stacking debuff of some type (I think the poison stacks in intensity). If you avoid the poison you'll take significantly reduced damage throughout the fight. The larger enemies that spawn towards the end have the same "tell" that all large enemies have, VERY SLOW big attacks. They are easy to avoid, you don't even have to dodge...simply walk to the back or side of them and they will miss. It's just a matter of paying attention to your surroundings.
There is no solo instance boss that you need to kite away so adds don't spawn, generally the adds can be killed quickly, a good strategy is have an AoE damage daily loaded and save your daily for the adds...not the boss. I used this method on all 3 characters I have and found great success with it.
Later on, a lot of mileage comes from avoiding red zone attacks or obviously telegraphed stuff (esp in boss fights). You may as well get used to it now in a safe setup with no-one laughing at you. It's a key skill, which will save you a lot of a pots and injury kits. Once you've learned to do this, it will make a lot of things easier. You just need to maintain some minimal situational awareness.
I preferred using knee breaker. Put the DOT on a target, blow it away with bull charge or frontline surge and engage something else while the DOT ticks away. Alternatively, use it on the boss, then retreat to kill the adds.
Griffon's strike has a long animation time in comparison, which doesn't suit my play style.
I got the Scalefather to around 50%. If any CWs have beaten this, which none of the posters I've seen have stated they used a CW, please pass on some tips. Good luck to the others.
EDIT: Yes, I use shield.
I have more trouble when i solo him with dc. I was basically blasting him with the daunting light and hope for the best. Took me a few try.
I didnt have much trouble killing him using gwf but i did need to run ard alot to avoid the op area effect spells.
I'm not so sure anymore, but I believe I only had real trouble with the Rhinehound and other mobs with massive aoe's. CW was actually the easiest to deal with bosses, especially those that can be controlled. I usually use a choke-freeze combination.
Running back a few rooms, to mitigate add spawns, used to be a viable tactic until recently. It wont work anymore. The bosses are now leashed to their rooms, if you run to far they will just reset.
Best advice anyone can offer is to stay mobile. Focus on adds first, they ultimately will do more damage to you then the one boss. Use anything you can, stuns, holds, knocks, ect, to separate mobs so you can single each one out for a quick kill. Once adds are down, dont rush to DPS the boss too quickly. Give yourself time to recover and let timers on health pots reset. Before you dive in and set another wave of adds loose.
I'll try it this way then, probably the best advice I've had so far, thank you =]
This applies for almost any boss, as long as you keep moving they cant hurt you. They are generally slow and have long attack animations. As long as you keep running, they cant touch you. The adds on the other hand are much faster, if they are ranged they will wear you down pretty quickly.
Save your stealth for when the adds pop. It should give you time to kill a few of them off before you get mobbed. As long as you can stay at arms reach, you control the fight. It allows your stealth meter to build back up, gives your pot timers a chance to reset, and your encounter powers a chance to cool down. Dive in when you have the advantage, stab, stab, stab, then dive out and kite until ready to go in again.
Good luck with it, hope this helps