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Elite Chronicles: Rogues Guide to Elite Jarl
Elite Jarl is, without question, the most popular map in the game, in both Normal and Elite modes.
With that said, there are some techniques to more effectively solo this elite map with your Rogue. Beyond just overwhelming force, which Rogues do exceedingly well, these techniques will minimize pot consumption, while also keeping respectable times – a must while farming with reroll elixirs.
Initially, you want to bypass the first wave of mobs to reach the next group standing on the bridge.
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Placement of your Rogue is important here, you do not want to keep the mobs that followed you aggroed, nor do you want to attract the aggro of the mobs beyond the barrels, so attack the next pull of three and place them at the center of the bridge.
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After ensuring that you have killed the group of three in the second pull, you now have three tanks and two archers to face before Jarl is spawned. At this point, a divide and conquer tactic will be your most effective, so here you will be launching a Noxious Bolt (or Aimed Shot if you don’t have the Nox skill) to gain aggro from the entire group. DO NOT continue approaching this group!
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Retreat just beyond the first lamp post, and do not attack. The intent here is to have the melee mobs (the tanks) chase to the lamp post, at which point they will reset and return to their original location. The archers, being ranged attackers will stay at the end of the bridge. Once the tanks retreat, you are left with the two archers, which you should be able to dispense of quickly.
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After taking out the archers, proceed to the group of three tanks and take them out. Focus your attacks to one tank at a time for best results.
Jarl will spawn at this point, and you want to attract his attention without getting the attention of the large mob behind him. Position yourself just within bow range (or Aimed/Nox range) and attack Jarl once, then start retreating.
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You want to draw Jarl to the large rock and attack him there. Jarl is a very easy boss, whose attacks are infrequent and does surprisingly little damage. Spam your skills, but do not retreat to the bridge, if you do, he will reset, so keep him positioned either next to the rock, or over by the burning hut.
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So, there you have it, a quick and efficient Jarl run – now give me them Loki eggs :-)
