Originally Posted by
Amythys
I hope to be on later today to assist with Hauntlet training, but for those of you that I miss, I wanted to post my tips here. You may also check the player guides section of the forums. I learned a lot by reading the advice there.
In order to achieve the fastest Hauntlet times, you will want to equip your highest damage items. This means NO LEPRECHAUN PENDANT! Choose a pet that boosts your damage, speed or crit. Oddly enough, Ribbit was one of the very best pets for my mage and I have used it many times to get Hauntlet times <90 seconds.
Run the Hauntlet with parties of 3 or 4 toons. I may be biased, but I believe you should always have at least one mage and one rogue in your party.
Make sure every member of the party is ready to go before you start the timer. Every second counts!
Expect to use a lot of potions for a fast time. Do not rely on heal skills.
The Hauntlet is divided into 3 rooms. Here are my instructions for each room.
Room 1:
In this zone, you must kill all the mobs. There is one mob that spawns very late behind the pillar. Because of this, the thing to do is to stay as close to the back side of the pillar as possible and group all mobs in. Use AOE attacks to take the mobs down quickly. As soon as the message pops up, move quickly on to the next zone.
Room 2:
In this zone, you must kill the mobs that initially spawn, plus the later spawning sorcerers only. Rogues should focus on taking those mages out. The mages spawn in pairs, one on each side. Assign one DPS character to each side. Watch closely for the message that you can move on to the next zone, as there will be many mobs remaining.
Room 3:
Here you only need to kill the boss. Before you start the Hauntlet timer, designate one toon (preferably a toon with a speed skill, and the one who does the least damage) to run for the exit. This toon needs to start running for the exit when the boss reaches 1/2 health. The first toon who crosses the line stops the timer for the entire party.
Additional notes:
It always helps to have speed or damage elixirs, but quick times can be achieved without these boosts. All party members should have at least high end legendary gear, and having some mythic/arcane equips helps a lot. Mages and rogues need to deal damage out quickly. Mages should use AOE skills to hit the maximum number of mobs possible, especially in the first room. For those with the clock skill, wait to drop the clock until a large number of mobs will be inside the effect. Rogues should use their single target damage to quickly bring down the second room mages and the boss in the final zone. Warriors can aid in tightly grouping mobs, and holding aggro so mages and rogues can keep attacking without dying or spamming as many health potions. If you want to do many Hauntlet runs in sequence, a quick way to reenter the zone is to keep the Hauntlet cannon quest unfinished, then you can port directly to the Hauntlet without travelling through Kraag. You can also use the social tab to join members of your party once they have entered the Hauntlet.
I hope these tips help all of you. Hit me up in game today if you would like some hands on practice.
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