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Some things to know about Fangbreaker
hugienwn
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My first run just ended at the 2nd boss... after an hour in the dungeon, our tank had to leave. 
Still, I wanted to post some words of warning to others who'll be entering today:
BEFORE GETTING IN:
- the 2 everfrost potions don't stack, so don't count on 10% EFR towards the requirement from those -- just 5%.
- there's guild food available that boosts EFR 2% (a few different varieties), which can be clutch if you only have frostborn + relic at tier3 + makos' signet and the 2nd boon (e.g. no clothes, no reinforcement kits)
ONCE INSIDE:
- make sure your tank is rock solid (ours was!)
- consider bringing 2 DCs -- one just for healing, one just for buff/debuffing. Or, if you have a buff/debuff CW or something else, that works too.
- if you use bonding stones, make sure that you have a geared augment companion ready! I experienced companion glitches in both of the 2 boss fights I played -- shadow demon either got stuck (1st boss) or teleported behind & insta-died in the sea (2nd boss). Luckilly I had an owlbear cub to switch to -- make sure you have something as well!
- all mobs hit like trucks & the bosses have way more HP than any other dungeon boss you'll fight. I wouldn't go in expecting to complete the dungeon in under an hour unless you're using some combination of the cheezy HP/HV/Ilyanbruen sets (and even then, the lack of HP will make it very hard to stay alive).
Hope this helps anyone who's itching to get in there!
EDIT: btw, if you finish Fangbreaker, please do post tips on how to survive/finish it!
Still, I wanted to post some words of warning to others who'll be entering today:BEFORE GETTING IN:
- the 2 everfrost potions don't stack, so don't count on 10% EFR towards the requirement from those -- just 5%.
- there's guild food available that boosts EFR 2% (a few different varieties), which can be clutch if you only have frostborn + relic at tier3 + makos' signet and the 2nd boon (e.g. no clothes, no reinforcement kits)
ONCE INSIDE:
- make sure your tank is rock solid (ours was!)
- consider bringing 2 DCs -- one just for healing, one just for buff/debuffing. Or, if you have a buff/debuff CW or something else, that works too.
- if you use bonding stones, make sure that you have a geared augment companion ready! I experienced companion glitches in both of the 2 boss fights I played -- shadow demon either got stuck (1st boss) or teleported behind & insta-died in the sea (2nd boss). Luckilly I had an owlbear cub to switch to -- make sure you have something as well!
- all mobs hit like trucks & the bosses have way more HP than any other dungeon boss you'll fight. I wouldn't go in expecting to complete the dungeon in under an hour unless you're using some combination of the cheezy HP/HV/Ilyanbruen sets (and even then, the lack of HP will make it very hard to stay alive).
Hope this helps anyone who's itching to get in there!
EDIT: btw, if you finish Fangbreaker, please do post tips on how to survive/finish it!
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What was so hard about the second boss? That one is just mine punting iirc.
Plus alleged glitches that neuter all but a single type of companion.
Official status: not worth playing.
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Thought they said they were reworking the rewards. Makes me glad that I didn't rush to get in.
Everything in that picture after the edemo key + 6 Rank 8 enchantments. 1 person in our party got the manticore artifact (can't remember its name.)
Currently we running it without a DC as we can't find 1, its not really that hard at all.
We really struggled to make much of a dent in the turtle without it growing stacks from the bodyslams. If there's some trick to weakening it or damaging it, we didn't figure it out. I did enjoy how dynamic the fight was, though. Is there something about the mines other than hitting them to sweep them away from the party?
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Trash mobs not much harder than those in the big HE's in Cold Run, might be good having one dps'r run with single target encounters to pick off giants a bit faster. Other than thats its pretty straight forward.
Collecting rings after 2nd boss can be done while in combat, so have your part pick em up fast and just run to gate and try to activate it after killing whatever mobs follow you.
Bosses:
1st:
Nothing special, avoid red and when avalanche is about to come, hug the rock(bosses starting position) to avoid getting tossed off the mountain.
2nd:
Really weird mechanic with the slam stacks, we were trying with soaking steam and his melee attacks to reduce the stack, we tried with no companions, but there was no clear indication that anything was beneficial. On a kill try we had 1 stack before first submerge and three before second. And I think we killed it with a total of nine stacks(maybe it is some weird soft enrage mechanic?).
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not very scientific observation I made was that I felt that turtle was building stacks faster with OP tanking it than a GF.Edit: Thats incorrect, both with a GF and OP it seems to gain stacks just as fast. Another note is that on kill we had 2 DC's which may be the setup needed(we ran 1 gwf, 1 cw, 2 dc's and a gf on the full clear) to deal with the mechanic unless you run with a BiS team that can brute force thru it.And another thing is, and correct me if I am wrong(bug), but boss seemed to "die" at approximately 20% hp and not 0, so you can have that as a goal when you try to push it down.
3rd:
First of all, amazing encounter, for me this fight is the best so far in game. It feels great with that hectic behaviour the boss has.
The mechanics are cool and are as follows. The "wind" does't seem to do much, so just counteract it by walking, avoid small res circles on the ground as you will get froze if you don't. At time when boss will try to freeze people she will use a mechanic that will mark you(Hyperthermia) and what you need to do is to gather the team asap on top of each other which will counter the effect, also during that phase she will use a long cast ability(she speaks briefly as she casts it) at which point the team needs to hide behind those rocks of ice.
Those are pretty much all the big things to worry about and work guys on unlocking the dungeon, its cool and challenging. And as Sharpedge said, you can as soon you enter remove all the Everfrost resist gear and just go with whatever items that suit you.
Good luck and have fun
As Tank do you swap armot back when your in or do you keep the Everfrost-Armor.
Im 4k GF and the ice rock throwing giant in that bryn shander HEs instakill me. Even if I have my shield active. With 0% everfrost resistance, I have to say.
Shame on any of you who are purposefully using the SW bug to cheese your way through content.
Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!!!
I urge everyone to leave any group they find themselves in where someone is purposefully using bugs and/or glitches such as these and publicly shame those who are using them.
No matter how good the party setup is, even if we can melt without a single wipe our way up to it, the turtle just body slams and keeps body slamming no matter our positioning and tactics.
Yes we can survive one or two body slams.
But when it just keeps on stacking every two attacks and sometimes a slam after the next, no matter what we do we've no way to clear it, no matter the comp or quality of the team.
BOSS #1:
the manticore has an unblockable(?), undodge-able attack in which it sprays out poisoned spines with a very wide AoE. As CW, I found that shield on tab helped me deal with the ensuing poison DoT, which hits hard (and doubly hard with everfrost damage) 4-5 times after the initial spine damage. Keeping the tank facing away from the rest of the party, similar to the last boss of Shores of Tuern, is a good plan here if possible; and, keeping your distance is also wise if you can, as the manticore's tail is also a dangerous weapon that occasionally swipes around behind it, like a dragon tail swipe.
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BOSS #2:
This is where my party failed 2x, as we didn't have the debuffs and/or damage to gun the dragon turtle down. On the third try, with 2 CW and a GWF, we were able to damage it quickly enough to prevent too many bodyslam stacks from building up & empowering it. I'm not sure if there's a better strategy to this fight other than having an OP who knows when to activate bubble and DPS who are good at staying alive & bringing the hurt.
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BOSS#3:
This was really fun -- took my group last night ~5 tries.
The charge attack and swipe attacks are fairly easy to deal with -- nothing harder than orcus.
The pillars of ice which are spawned on top of a player's current location are a neat mechanic ("permafrost"): you need to sidestep to not be caught & frozen in them, and then need to hide behind them when the "fury of winter" attack happens. If a player gets stuck in an ice pillar, the pillar will glow blue & give off sparks -- the rest of the party needs to damage that pillar (like a Valindra claw) quickly to free the player.
The periodic "pushing icy wind" attack doesn't do damage, per se, so much as force you to be aware of the environment; if you get caught at the far end of the arena, you will be pushed against the icy wall, which will deal high everfrost damage. When you see her go to wind-push, try to get as close to her as possible, then keep walking towards Drufi while she pushes & you should be fine.
The coolest attack is "hypothermia" -- one player will be targeted, and red arrows will pulse around them from 4 directions. The rest of the party needs to surround the affected player, because at the end of the hypothermia duration, the player will take a bunch of damage, but heal (or be damaged less, not sure) based on how much huddled warmth they were able to garner from the surrounding warm bodies.
Other than this, it was just a question of gunning her down and being careful with her frequent aggro-switches.
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MISC:
I maintain from my original post that it would be wise to be cognizant of companions; either have an augment ready, or make sure your bonding companion is capable of attacking from afar. Shadow demon will teleport behind the dragon turtle & die right away in boss #2, for instance, and can get stuck in the manticore fight (and thus unable to build bonding stack).
I'd also suggest buying a handful of Scrolls of Life / Scrolls of Mass Life from the Tarmalune Trade Bar store... suuuper clutch, and not very expensive.
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Hope this helps folks who were/are struggling like I was/am!
PS: the loot sucks XD
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In The campaign there was not one little lore entrie to find. Are there any ones in FBI? Do I miss anything around the story, if I dont play it?
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What i keep from this thread:
1.Crusaders done it with a well geared group with a good portion of effort given.Video provided.
2.Others also done it,claim it is easy ,very easy but no video.Not even a screenshot to see party's composition.I want to see if there is a SW there.Sw is a fine class :)I enjoy to see them play
3.Others find it unbeatable
4.One warns that the SW uses a bug to pass through.i suspect which is but i abide to the rules of the forum and i will not indicate anything.
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2 and 4 might have a relation to each other,maybe not..who knows?I don't say or indicating anything ,we all know how honourable Nw community is.