Cockroach confusion

[Kujen]

Ok i think the destroy cans first method is best. I just tried both methods playing my tank, and he seemed to hit a lot harder when the bins were there. I died way more when the bins were intact. That or he gets stronger over time. You just need to be careful when they start respawning.

[mycroftxxx]

More likely some players were firing at bins instead of the roach, or holding back on AOEs, so you just weren't damaging him as fast.

[Kujen]

I seemed to notice a difference in how hard he hit though. I was playing my tank bear and when we tried no aoe/no destroying bins first, I was having to spam health pots to stay alive and after a few hits i was dead. Almost like he kept critting me. It went much smoother when we tried again, destroying all the bins first and using aoe. Maybe people weren't debuffing him the first time or something, but I was definitely getting hit harder.

[Doubletime]

There is something of a time limit on how long you can take to kill him. I don't know if it is part of the new patch or something that I just haven't seen before, but after a period of time Cockroach will get an orange glow around him. I was in a group yesterday that was taking a long time to kill him because of repeated trash bin hits re-energizing him, and he got this orange glow. At that point, it was one hit and die -- even with a tank pot. I thought it was a nice touch by the devs to make it a point to have good teamwork in a group to take him down quick, regardless of what method you use.

[Isotope]

To kill a cockroach fast,
1. bring along 2 bears
2. use all skills including AOE
3. no need to bother if bin is damage or not
4. when the fight is started, have the 2 bears constantly using stomp & mega slash to push the cockroach to the wall & not movable
5. all other members spam all skills to kill the cockroach
6. cockroach should be die even before any damaged bin is revived

[xcainnblecterx]

Another necroed thread @iso this is a thread that's over a year old. Please look at dates before responding. A/w welcome to forums

[Isotope]

Sorry to relive this thread but just want to give suggestion. It's really tiring to see ppl yelling at each other whether or not to damage the bins & take over 15 mins or more to kill this boss