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Uzii
08-19-2013, 12:32 PM
I did this mostly for the ppl i used to play with. After few runs trying to show them i decided that writing abt it will be easier :).
For others if u read this its abt just to show what to expect and how to fight and survive..
Its from a rogue view, i use bow and long range attacks, so i guess sorcerers could be able to follow, but abt warriors i have no clue, sorry for that.
Best to run arena is solo or in 2 persons. Bosses dont hit so hard and achievements r easier to make also, as u need to be careful only urself.
In a party when someone dies and respawns and u r fighting boss alone its reall pain. He dies much slower and hits much harder compared to when u run solo.

NOTE: Since the lvl cap rised the bosses hit harder. Im using same quality gear as i was using before, no mythics beside bow. Kinda sad if they scale it for players with mythic gear...
UPDATE: I got upgraded mythic gear and i must say its much easier as in legendaries

Gear and stats.

I recomend u to have 2900+ hp - ull survive more, and high armor (1200+).
I sacrificed a bit of dmg though. Thers plenty of gear and jewellery in cs or even in ur inventory u can use to increase hp. Just search and try to find the ones that incrase ur hp without loosing too much dmg and what ur purse will allow u to buy :).
What pet to use its up to u. I use usualy pets that can also incrase my hp.

Arena


In the beginning, best place to wait is right corner. In a party be sure all ur teammates r in arena in that corner. Those outside will not be able to enter when the fight starts. Also be sure that no one is between those lamps bc when fight starts the barrier will immediately kill them.
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U can see what are u going to face without being noticed by a boss. Thats the time to switch pet and skills if needed.
After 1-2 steps u can see falling spiders or smog will appear. If u pay attention when the arena is counting down u can see (when thers around 5 secs left) purple lightning down in the middle for crystals or up left for proximity curse.
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During the fight i noticed whenever im close to the edge and boss hits me its insta death. Maybe its glitched, dont know, but for safety stay away from edges and corners! Lately i noticed that lamps r deadly too, so avoid being hit or pushed by a boss to them if its possible!

Bosses

There r 8 bosses u can meet in the arena. Bloodhamer, Lord Mardrom, Mother, Stahl, Glob, Rutger, Frostir and mysterious Challenger.

As for Challenger i cant tell much, didnt meet him yet - i got him i got him :D
What other concerns is that u need to be careful abt each of them, if u underestimate them, ull die.
In the first place always try to avoid red zone of their atacks.

Glob
Its glitched sometimes. When u r avoiding his red zone dont stand anywhere near behind him, better keep some distance. I dont know why is that but he seems to be lock on u and will kill u if u keep too close altough not in red zone.

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His stun attack has wide range too. So when u see him approaching u be prepared to be pushed doesnt matter where u stand. U can be also stuned. Thats the time to use pots or prepare heal.

Bloodhammer
Same as for Glob, avoid red zone. His "bite attack" increases his hp if he bites u. Try not to stand anywhere close to red zone too, if u do u can see his hp increasing even if he didnt really "bites" u. Be carefull also by his jump attack bc after this he fast hit again and u r dead in no time. So better when u r a sorcerer or rogue keep distance, circle around him.

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Bloodhammer eats spiders! He gained health even when i was on completly other side from him, not to mention a spider leg sticking out of his jaw...
His one shoot cannon kill "Shell Shock" attack became famous. Since the update from 26.9. (http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?117912-2013-09-26-Content-Update-(130752)) he doesnt shoot so hard so u survive, but there is still some possibility that he will be lucky and kill u. So be carefull. But otherwiese

Its time for revenge! ;) lol

Im trying to keep small distance, where his red zone ends, and circle around him, and when there is time, typing pots, just in case, saved my life few times.


Mother
She also heals when she "bites u". Happens also if u r not in red zone but too close, so again keep some distance. If u keep close she can stun u, in distance thers less possibility she will.
But no too much distance bc if u r too far away she will pull u with the net. Just try to be on the other side of her or circle around her. The net pull is not deadly anymore. . If u keep distance and still circle around, her net pull will fail most of the time.

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Rutger
Rutger is dangerous bc of his clones and poison attack. But its possible to lure Rutger so he splits right in the beginning and u fight only one, original Rutger.
When u see red debuff icon by ur avatar name, its his poison, thats the time to use pots, a lot, or try to move a bit from him if its possible, so ur potting have time to catch up for lost health.
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Stahl and Mardrom
Stahl and Mardrom i consider for the easiest one but u cant underestimate them. I fight them depending on environment. Ofc trying to avoid Mardroms red zone if its possible, but both of them r not so dangerous and will not hurt u what spamming pots or healing cant make up for - this not apply anymore since lvl cap rised, u must pot like crazy if u want to live, and thers not much possibility to avoid theirs attacks, so pot pot pot.

NOTE: Mardrom`s AoE attack can hurt players who died and r standing on the other side of lamp barrier. So stay a bit away and come closer only when he is abt to die, so u wont miss loot.

Challenger
Finally after 2 months searching he appeared. He is really easy to kill just be careful abt the environment.
I fought him in party. One of my teammates died bc of pumpkins and respawn. He still got the achievement.
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Frostir
New boss added by update (http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?117912-2013-09-26-Content-Update-(130752)). What to say to him. Everyone probably knows him from running Oltgar Keep. Keep away from his red zone. He doesnt hit so hard when soloing, in party much harder i must say, u really feel the difference. One non careful step and u r dead. So keep away from his red zones. And a bit further as that red ends bc its wider as it look, and u r still stuned or frozen even when u think u were out.
He has 2 types of red zone attacks: one triangular and second - red circle, which he uses when he has left around half hp. After that when he has even less health he gets into a "rage state", then u need to avoid his red zone at any cost, its one hit kill sometimes, especialy in a party, if u get traped.
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When u dont avoid ull get stuned or frozen, or everything at the same time, in worst case death. So whatever environment always avoid his red zone attacks!
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For achievement u must fight him in all environment. Its not so hard, if u fought in arena u r familiar with the environment and know how to fight. If not u just need to get experience. Hope that following these advices here will help by that :).


Environments.
There are 5 environments. Pumpkins, spiders, smog, crystals and proximity curse.


Pumpkins

Easiest way is to fight by lamps. First u lure pumpkin on right side. Then in a gap u can safely lure the boss.
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Now u only need to move by those lamps. Dont go any further to the arena so u wont trigger any pumpkin.
U fight this way Glob, Mother, Bloodhammer, Mardrom, Rutger, Frostir.
In a party all members need to be disciplined so no one will go too further in to the arena and wont trigger any pumpkin. Best is to move only when u must, but by lamps.
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By Rutger i always try to lure him so he splits in the beginning. First luring pumpkin but trying so it will not hit me - for achievement u or any party member cant get hit with a pumpkin, so be careful. Now i have free place i shoot 1-2 arrows to Rutger so he splits and retreat back to lamps to the left down corner and fight there or moving by lamps, but thats risky as u can trigger clones when u r too close to them, or pumpkins when u move too close to the arena.
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In a party one - rogue or sorcerer (i saw sorcerer doing this succesfuly) - lure the boss and others wait in down left corner. Again move only when u must, but by lamps.
And i will suggest the one who lures is not using any pet with aoe attack, so the pet will not attack and bring those clones after u.

It usualy works, but happens he doesnt split in the beginning, then its bit hard. Im trying to shoot all clones, moving close to the lamps so i wont trigger pumpkins, and get Rutger to split when im on the other side so only original will follow me and fight on that place. Needs a bit of practice.
With a party its not so bad to fight clones, if warrior can withstand his attacks and all party members spam pots when they r under Rutgers poison attack, but far more faster and easier to fight just original :).
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By Stahl i just wait by lamps and shot on him when he is close to me, or explode pumpkins carefuly on the side he is, so my attacks will reach him. If pumpkins appear there i retreat, it can happen that combined pumpkin explosion and Stahls attack kill u in instant, so better be careful.

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Spiders

When the boss spawns i make few steps left so i see what environement is going to be. Spiders fall after 1-2 steps. And the more u move the more spiders will fall, so move only when its necessary.
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Here i also fight usualy by lamps: Glob, Mardrom, Bloodhammer, Mother, Rutger, Frostir.
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By Rutger again i lure him trying to get him split on beginning and fight in left down corner by lamps.
If i move by those lamps i trigger only so much spiders i can handle.
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With Stahl its diferent, i can just wait on him by lamps like with pumpkins, but there is faster way, keeping in mind range attack of bow and bow skills.
I move with small steps in the middle of the arena and stay there and shoot on him. All my attacks will reach him.
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After those spiders u triggered moving to the middle, there will be no other, as u will barely move.
Warriors have it bit harder, they dont have long range attacks (except one i guess) so they cant just stand in the middle. Well, they can and wait for Stahl to come to them, but that will takes bit long. They can just move with small steps triggering only so much spiders they can handle. After few fights ull know where Stahl is going to be next.
Sorcerers have long range attacks so they should be able to stand in the middle and shoot.

For the achievement u need to fight Rutger, Glob and Stahl with spiders, if u follow this, u should be able to do that :). (Altough i got this achievement when i killed Glob with pumpkins and my friend got it after he killed all 3 bosses one after the other but with different environments, not all spiders.)


4. You need to kill all three bosses, while they have the spider allies with them. You don't have to do it in one sitting though. Once you have killed one of the bosses with the spiders, it's saved to your character and you can do the other two whenever, to win the achievement.


http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?102048-Questions-about-Boss-Brawl-Arena&highlight=spiders


Smog

With smog its same as with spiders, the more u move the more smog there will be. Smog hurts u so u need always find a gap and fight there. Whole place of the arena is at ur disposal. Move only when u need - avoiding red zone, finding gap... Keeping in mind all bosses special attacks and how to avoid it, or at least try it. There will be times ull be traped in smog, dont be affraid to use pots.
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By Rutger i try to split him in the beginning like by spiders and pumpkins and fight in left down corner and move only when i need to avoid smog or spaming pots cant keep up with the poison and i need a bit of distance and time till it vanishes.
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If i dont manage to split him right away, its easier to run from him till he doesnt split, bc no pumpkins that can explode or spiders that will attack, i can run around the arena and wait till only original will follow me.
In a party ur party members will wait u in the left down corner (like by pumpkins and spiders) and ull fight there. If u dont manage to split him in beginning, all run around arena till only original will follow u. But carefull bc more ppl thers higher possibility that someone will bring those clones.
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With Stahl i go to the middle and shoot from there, again thers no smog as i barely move. But its alright to follow him also if u feel like, or pierce to him, depends on u.

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Vortex crystals

Vortey crystal look like flag in ctf. U must run away from it and red circles it makes. It pulls u all around and hurts u if u dont. Only way to fight with those is just run around arena, keeping small distance from bosses, around the end of their red zones, and using speed pets like kettle, shiloh...etc. By Mother not too far so she will not pull u with net. In a party, bearer run in wide circles, other in middle trying to avoid all red circles that crystals make (shouldnt be hard when bearer moves away from them in circles) and fighting boss

NOTE: In a party crystals can sometimes occur outside of the arena. The bearer is a player that died before and respawned.
I think its a great help for the player in arena bc he is not pushed by those crystal and dont need to run from them ;). But not so much fun for the ones that died.... :D
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If the crystals catch u spam pots whenever its possible.
By Rutger splitting him will wont work bc u must run so u will trigger those clones, just run and shoot :). Takes looong to kill him though.
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By Bloodhammer also small circles, but so wide u still can run away from them, and all ur attacks will hit Bloodhammer. U need to kill him fast and not to die in less then 3 min for achievement. Spam pots, and time ur healing if u have. And u need to start to fight right away bc timer for the achievement starts to count when the boss spawns. That timer is separate from the timer that counts time spend in the arena, and it is invisible.
It needs a bit of practice and luck that he will not one shoot u. (I managed to do it with dmg reduction elixir i got from Klaas and a bit of luck i guess :)). Since already mentioned update fighting him its not so much pain as it used to be :).
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With a party i find this the most difficult environment to fight. All other party members need to avoid those crystals or spaming pots if traped. They can run with u in circles or bit further so they will not get trapped. Or the one with crystals can run in wider circles and others in middle not in reach of those crystals and fighting boss. The bearer of crystals change though so be prepared. Really dont know whats best.



Proximity curse

The easiest environement u can get! No restrictions when u r alone. For achievement u need to only survive, ther is no one u should keep that circle away from. Even when u r 2 its easy, just divide urselfs, one is up, one down and be a bit careful so the circle will not touch ur friend or other way around.
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By Rutger u can run so much around the arena till he doesnt split and only original will follow u. Fighting him for achievement in a party its not good though as u cant divide urselfs and fighting only original without circle touching ur friends and triggering those clones.
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So thats all. Its from solo view but i tried to explain how to fight and most of the time party just needs to follow and be disciplined.
If i made some mistakes i apologize, also i appologize for my bad english :).
If someone have some other tips feel free to add or correct me if i was wrong somewhere:).
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Pandamoni
08-19-2013, 01:08 PM
Nice!

matanofx
08-19-2013, 01:17 PM
very busy atm but will read later, i do need a guide like this. Thnx for making it broseph

Uzii
08-19-2013, 01:33 PM
U wellcome but those pics giving me hard time to upload here lol ..... sigh

How can i get rid of all those "Attached images" under whole post? If someone can help ill be happy :)

Bless
08-19-2013, 01:58 PM
Awesome guide

Snapped
08-19-2013, 02:12 PM
Try editing the post and click on "manage attachments". Maybe you can remove them from there. Just make sure they aren't linked to your pics in your thread.

Maalice
08-19-2013, 03:53 PM
Thanks for this... my strat is just to stand in bottom left or right corner and spam pots and attack... usually can solo arena this way but I blow through a ton of pots... still need blood tho

Uzii
08-19-2013, 04:10 PM
Thanks for this... my strat is just to stand in bottom left or right corner and spam pots and attack... usually can solo arena this way but I blow through a ton of pots... still need blood tho

i dont really use much pots. it depends on what im facing and how high my ping is but im good around 150-200 for all 4 bosses. didnt really count it.

alyafai
08-19-2013, 04:58 PM
wooooow
great guide actually uzi tought me how to play
and thnx for her guidelines i was able to get most of my achievement in arena
just follow this guide and it will be ok ;-)
my worst boss in that shark lol
always kill me with one shot :'(

Cremated
08-19-2013, 05:39 PM
We can all see the amount of effort you put into this amazing guide! Really detailed..... Guide sections next stop so email admin!

wolf17
08-19-2013, 07:32 PM
Wow, this must be one of the best guides out there. :)

IronMonkey
08-19-2013, 07:55 PM
A must-guide for those who can't solo Arena, like me. It's time to rethink my strategy. Thanks for the help.

dannyw
08-19-2013, 10:06 PM
thanks a lot mate!!! ... Will try your tips on the Shark Bouncer achievement. And Challenger, where the heck are u??

Delphina
08-19-2013, 10:09 PM
Moved to guides... :)

ZeroGh
08-19-2013, 10:30 PM
finally .... a gd guide to fight in arena ... gracias mi amigo +1 ... :) ,i tried to solo many times ,but blood always killd me ,ima try this again :D

baddiva
08-19-2013, 11:00 PM
awesomeee!! god bless your kindness

Sent from my LG-P970 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2

Prahasit Prahi
08-19-2013, 11:55 PM
thx a lot for posting
can u post the pic of the challanger i didnt se him till now

Spyce
08-20-2013, 12:01 AM
Sweet guide!

SkyDagger
08-20-2013, 01:48 AM
You can enlarged the screenshots same with the red or yellow words there, and if it's enlarged it will consume a big amoount of space, you may used
... for the pictures.

Just added on Lord mardrom i dont know if its a bug but it's AOE can reach outside the lamps and if your fighting him in the left or right corner once it reached less than 1/4 of his hp he will return to his position and puff 100% hp again ^_^. So you should fight him in the middle near the lamp or anywhere except on corners.

But still ive learn something else in your guide tnx :) didnt know bloodhammer eats spider XD

Gesaffelstein
08-20-2013, 02:50 AM
Very very nice and detailed guide, I think this will help a lot of players! I still need the Bloodhammer achievement myself, never thought of dmg reduction elixer haha thanks !

xoxo

Uzii
08-20-2013, 06:13 AM
We can all see the amount of effort you put into this amazing guide! Really detailed..... Guide sections next stop so email admin!

Actually it took more time to post as to make :)


thanks a lot mate!!! ... Will try your tips on the Shark Bouncer achievement. And Challenger, where the heck are u??

U can thank my guildies and our 1:30 hour long run :D


Moved to guides... :)

Thank you :)


You can enlarged the screenshots same with the red or yellow words there, and if it's enlarged it will consume a big amoount of space, you may used
... for the pictures.

Just added on Lord mardrom i dont know if its a bug but it's AOE can reach outside the lamps and if your fighting him in the left or right corner once it reached less than 1/4 of his hp he will return to his position and puff 100% hp again ^_^. So you should fight him in the middle near the lamp or anywhere except on corners.

But still ive learn something else in your guide tnx :) didnt know bloodhammer eats spider XD

Yes know abt resets i posted abt it 2 months ago

http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?103006-Mardrom-arena-unreasonable-reset&highlight=mardrom%2C+arena

Already new thread made also including that he causes dmg outside the arena too

http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?112144-Lord-Mardrom-Bug

thx for that spoiler tip i added it :)

And yeah i cant explain how Bloodhammer just gain hp when im on the other side, far awy from him, so yeah he must eat them!

Insomniack
08-20-2013, 01:08 PM
I got one question, not concerning how to fight in arena but rather about one of achievements. For achievement Neighborhood Spider, u need to defeat Glob, Rutger and Stah when allied with spiders. Now my question is, do I need to go into arena and get for example Rutger with spiders, and beat him.. Following that, do i need to stay in arena for as long as I don't get other two bosses with required environment (spiders in this case) in order to get achievement, OR, can I get out the arena and then restart it till I get other two with spiders? I hope you get what I'm saying, do I need to do this in one run of arena? Or can I do it separately?

Thanks for answering me in advance..

Uzii
08-20-2013, 01:33 PM
I got one question, not concerning how to fight in arena but rather about one of achievements. For achievement Neighborhood Spider, u need to defeat Glob, Rutger and Stah when allied with spiders. Now my question is, do I need to go into arena and get for example Rutger with spiders, and beat him.. Following that, do i need to stay in arena for as long as I don't get other two bosses with required environment (spiders in this case) in order to get achievement, OR, can I get out the arena and then restart it till I get other two with spiders? I hope you get what I'm saying, do I need to do this in one run of arena? Or can I do it separately?

Thanks for answering me in advance..

As i understand it doesnt matter if u r fighting them one after the other only u cant die fighting them.
I posted my personal experience how i got my achievement and my friend thats all.

http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?102528-Neighborhood-Spider-Achievement-bug&highlight=spiders

I found a quote from the dev:



4. You need to kill all three bosses, while they have the spider allies with them. You don't have to do it in one sitting though. Once you have killed one of the bosses with the spiders, it's saved to your character and you can do the other two whenever, to win the achievement.


http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?102048-Questions-about-Boss-Brawl-Arena&highlight=spiders

Insomniack
08-20-2013, 01:43 PM
As i understand it doesnt matter if u r fighting them one after the other only u cant die fighting them.
I posted my personal experience how i got my achievement and my friend thats all.

http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?102528-Neighborhood-Spider-Achievement-bug&highlight=spiders

I found a quote from the dev:



http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?102048-Questions-about-Boss-Brawl-Arena&highlight=spiders

Thank you soo soo much for this! :) This is what was important to me. :) Thanks alot.

Uzii
08-20-2013, 01:47 PM
Haha glad to help :)

Bless
08-20-2013, 03:18 PM
IMO, one of best pve guides and itll help a lot in coming expansions too, why? shuyal arena will still be here and help newbies

Kazzajane
08-21-2013, 12:45 AM
Uzi!!!!!!!
Fantastic guide!!!!
Thanks for doing it for Equinox guild!! :)
And it seems for all of Arcane participants!!!
Congratulations on all the fabulous comments

THANK YOU SO MUCH :) :) :)

All your hard work is appreciated

Alfai
08-22-2013, 03:52 AM
Brilliantly written...best guide ive read by far.brief and simlle language.well done

Aissling
08-24-2013, 05:48 AM
Great job Uzi! :cheerful:

musasun
08-24-2013, 07:00 AM
This is a great detailed and effective guide. Omg. Awesome. You deserve some plats for this guide! Imo. I will come back to this guide until I get it down. Thanks so much for making this guide Uzii!

Uzii
08-27-2013, 03:44 PM
At last i got him :D
That little wimp name challenger. Not much of a challenge though :)


thx a lot for posting
can u post the pic of the challanger i didnt se him till now

Pic added to the guide :)

christiney
08-27-2013, 11:14 PM
Ran out of thanks...
This is Great..thanks for your effort, you helped many of us out there
+1 Respect for you

Noobiam
08-30-2013, 07:21 AM
Great guide. Just doing arena lately this guide will really help! Thanks Uzii! :)

Uzii
09-01-2013, 09:10 AM
Great guide. Just doing arena lately this guide will really help! Thanks Uzii! :)

U r wellcome. Just hope u did all achievements before expansion update. I went to the arena when i lvled up to try it and i must say its hard. Dont understand really why. Before i was using Bonechil helm and noble armor for more hp, now im using architect helm of will and devourer armor also for hp, i would expect same difficulty, but bosses just hit harder.
Mother when she pulls u with net its insta kill, stahl with his attack brings me on 10% hp. When its this hard alone, how it will be in group...
even before cap a lot of players found arena very difficult now it will be nearly impossible for them.
Or they just scale it for players with mythic armor and jewellery leaving majority players without it behind? No way im able to obtain so much hp and armor as they do with ofc insane dmg.
My favourite farming place..sigh

Noobiam
09-02-2013, 08:34 AM
U r wellcome. Just hope u did all achievements before expansion update. I went to the arena when i lvled up to try it and i must say its hard. Dont understand really why. Before i was using Bonechil helm and noble armor for more hp, now im using architect helm of will and devourer armor also for hp, i would expect same difficulty, but bosses just hit harder.
Mother when she pulls u with net its insta kill, stahl with his attack brings me on 10% hp. When its this hard alone, how it will be in group...
even before cap a lot of players found arena very difficult now it will be nearly impossible for them.
Or they just scale it for players with mythic armor and jewellery leaving majority players without it behind? No way im able to obtain so much hp and armor as they do with ofc insane dmg.
My favourite farming place..sigh

i did not get to do it before update was busy capping my other toon and yes its much harder now tried to do one today but its so hard. Got stahl also and he does hit much harder now. So much for arena AP's now.

moogenz
09-30-2013, 09:36 PM
how can i enter the arena? =)

Uzii
10-01-2013, 12:55 PM
Here u go

Speak to the Seer Hox in Kraag
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But u need to be at least lvl 35 to be able to stand a fight there

Uzii
11-05-2013, 12:21 PM
So those lamps r really getting on my nerves lately. I know my strategy by spiders and pumpkins is to fight close to them but this bug or whatever is it makes it a real struggle.

So keep some distance from lamps when fighting close to them and avoid being hit or pushed to them if possible.

I hope that someone will look into this bc wih those lamps is definetly something wrong. But it seems that everything reported abt arena gets ignored, can be just my feeling though.....

DagnyTaggart
11-08-2013, 01:39 PM
Very well done! Thanks Uzii~

-Dag

becky_xil
12-06-2013, 04:28 AM
Nicely done.. Thanks

Send using my cellphone.. yes my cellphone

bhutkeyur
12-06-2013, 05:13 AM
So those lamps r really getting on my nerves lately. I know my strategy by spiders and pumpkins is to fight close to them but this bug or whatever is it makes it a real struggle.

So keep some distance from lamps when fighting close to them and avoid being hit or pushed to them if possible.

I hope that someone will look into this bc wih those lamps is definetly something wrong. But it seems that everything reported abt arena gets ignored, can be just my feeling though.....

Well you guys said arena is hard now but I feel its more easy now. Perhaps I got good connection(350 ping) so I am soloing everyboss in arena now.
For lamps I found some bug - Maradon sometimes push me into the lamps so its instant kill bcoz I am between lamp. If I stay very close to the lamp to avoid pumpkins - many times my arrow dont hit boss, lamp acting like invisible barrier. Another benefit of this bug is - we can actually hide near lamp when we are low hp to avoid boss attack.

baddiva
12-06-2013, 07:00 AM
any attack that pushes you can instant kill if you stick to the lamp...

Uzii
12-06-2013, 09:24 AM
Well you guys said arena is hard now but I feel its more easy now. Perhaps I got good connection(350 ping) so I am soloing everyboss in arena now.
For lamps I found some bug - Maradon sometimes push me into the lamps so its instant kill bcoz I am between lamp. If I stay very close to the lamp to avoid pumpkins - many times my arrow dont hit boss, lamp acting like invisible barrier. Another benefit of this bug is - we can actually hide near lamp when we are low hp to avoid boss attack.

I solo, always, since the release. And i find arena harder using only legendary gear. Im comparing it to lvl 31 cap, when i run in mixed crate gear with elite legendary. When i tried same in lvl 36 cap, it was definetly harder, i expected same difficulty, so thats why i think they scaled it so players with upgraded mythics will not have it much easier, and will not get bored, u can feel how much difference it makes to run in legendaries and mythics.
Now with crafting and upgrading the gap between is even bigger. Its ridiculous in my opinion, others opinion can differ, but i dont think its doing any good to the game.

I heard that after upgrading update bosses were buffed to keep up with buffed players, cant confirm it, bc i didnt run arena much since that update.

I also noticed that arrows dont hit boss, like u say, when close to lamp, they hit lamps instead of boss, doesnt matter how close the boss is.

And dont know what u mean hiding between lamps, in my experience its insta kill.


any attack that pushes you can instant kill if you stick to the lamp...

This exactly.

bhutkeyur
12-06-2013, 08:59 PM
Well I dont have any single mythic gear :P
During Nordor expansion I feared many bosses like BH+ spider even with tank. One spider bite and BH cannon = dead for me in my pink gear. Frosty red zone = dead.
But in this expansion I just tanked frosty once with spider by using dagger. Perhaps I got lucky with dodge in that fight.

Here is screenshot of my gear: http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?125688-Soloed-Elite-Astral-Heart-Legendary-Gear-Rouge-Lvl-36

I am not old player in AL as u r so I cant really compare difficulty of arena.

Raghavbatra
12-07-2013, 05:21 AM
Wow uzi,thats alot of hardwork!!!!!!
Excellent guide, am actually making an end game rogue after reading ur guide!!! Thanku so much!!!!

Uzii
12-07-2013, 12:47 PM
Wow uzi,thats alot of hardwork!!!!!!
Excellent guide, am actually making an end game rogue after reading ur guide!!! Thanku so much!!!!

:D.

Jaqualina
12-07-2013, 11:04 PM
Great Guide! Now I can refer others to this Guide instead of having to explain it all the time! Woot!

bhutkeyur
12-08-2013, 09:05 AM
Great Guide! Now I can refer others to this Guide instead of having to explain it all the time! Woot!
Problem remains same - they are so lazy to explore forums :D Even if you give direct link to forums.

Jaqualina
12-09-2013, 03:00 AM
Problem remains same - they are so lazy to explore forums :D Even if you give direct link to forums.

I'm in a guild where we teach the new players our tips on how to fight bosses and run specific maps, and I do love helping them. However there is a limit on how many times one likes to repeat themselves about such tips! This does make it easier, and there are a number of ways to do it. I've found some of the things that work for rogues, not so well with mages and warriors, especially if they solo arena.

downpouri
12-17-2013, 04:22 AM
Thanks a lot for the usefull guide :)

baddiva
12-18-2013, 07:00 PM
We, rogues, are truly blessed with homing arrows :)

Lagavulin
01-17-2014, 12:34 PM
Thank you for this nice guide!

Wonder if i should do a respec for Arena with Warrior-Ranged attack? Anyone tried?

Keep it up! Cheerio!

baddiva
01-17-2014, 09:38 PM
Found one tips for glob... It is easier if everyone on a melee range with glob because:
1. he won't use the charging attack
2. His melee damage is weak and have low hit rate.. rogue with 40% dodge will comfortable with this
3. You'll be able to move behind him faster while he charge his powerful paw attack
4. Very useful in spiders/pumpkin/fog environment, because minimum movement needed

Uzii
01-21-2014, 07:04 PM
Great Guide! Now I can refer others to this Guide instead of having to explain it all the time! Woot!

Exactly why i made it! :D Was tiresome explaining over and over.


Thank you for this nice guide!

Wonder if i should do a respec for Arena with Warrior-Ranged attack? Anyone tried?

Keep it up! Cheerio!

Cant really help u with that, but i saw a warrior using axe throw to lure Rutger succesfully....


Found one tips for glob... It is easier if everyone on a melee range with glob because:
1. he won't use the charging attack
2. His melee damage is weak and have low hit rate.. rogue with 40% dodge will comfortable with this
3. You'll be able to move behind him faster while he charge his powerful paw attack
4. Very useful in spiders/pumpkin/fog environment, because minimum movement needed

Im comfortable with bow bc my ping is not so good, and found myself die too much when fighting him close bc i didnt run away in time. And even when i was behind him i still died, its same as with Bloodhammer gainning hp even when u r behind him.

It depends on a playstyle, u need to find what suits u more, u can get tips and tricks, but u need to find out for yourself... :)