ARE YOU WIPING AT MEMPHISIS IN BATHYSMAL RISE DUE TO THE SHIELD PHASE? HERE IS A LIL FIX FOR YOU-
It has been more than 1 week since the FoA patch came up, and i have seen (and personally experienced) that people are facing problems in passing the 1st boss of Bathysmal rise due to of overload of stuff , and the notorious shield phase, in this guide i will try to show you ways which I used in my initial runs to get through boss 1.
P.S- Most of these procedures are tested on a party having- Lancer, zerk, slayer, archer, priest.
PROBLEM 1- Poison wave is troubling you-
if you are having trouble keeping the rock closed AND your heal is still inexperienced in the instance, id suggest you to go for the camping way-
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Position your party in such a way that your tank is against the wall and your melee dps is BEHIND IT, keeping it pinned in place. ASK YOUR RANGED GUY TO CAMP AT ROCK AND FIX IT ALL THE TIME. make sure the positioning of boss is in such a way that the ranged guy can contribute in the damage while he is at the rock, without getting caught in his regular aoes like the headsmash. it is advisable that IF you have a mystic, he places losta motes at the rock at the beginning of the battle so that your ranged dps can survive an accidental wave hit. if not, nexus brooch is your friend.
make sure your heal is concentrated on the boss keeper guys and NOT run to the ranged dps if he messes up. get hit with the wave, clense then use your 30 secs before the next wave wisely for rezzing your camper and closing the rock.
THE MELEE DPS WILL NOT CLOSE the rock at any cost if you are under geared of newbies to the instance because you guys are needed to KD the boss during the baby fart mechanic. ( yes baby fart, deal with it :borg: )
experiment and find the adequate positioning so that your ranged dps is safe AND he can help u kick some turtle behind . if you are still having trouble keeping the hole closed, id suggest you take the turtle farther away, and your Ranged guy stays forever alone on rock duty ^^.
PROBLEM 2- Shield phase is virtually unbreakable-
this is one problem i see every new BR party faces, mispositioning and low dps causing wipes at the shield phase. my guild derived a thing called the TRIANGLE pattern to deal with this-
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During my first runs i observed 2 very important things-
1, The shield phase aoe is not a full map aoe but has a RANGE of 70-90 m (unlike crystal IN RE)
2, Lancers and zerks can SURVIVE THE AOE by blocking and take NO damage.
we will take advantage of this and do a makeshift SKIP of the shield phase.
BUT before you proceed make sure your tank and dps have quiet some pots to survive as the healer will be SLIGHTLY unavailable in this way.
at 50 % start to re-position the boss. Make the tank take the boss SLIGHTLY INTO THE entrance Tunnel ( dont worry, if u keep him on the mouth, you wont reset it). the ranged dps can now kick back and relax on the rock, just fixing it, HE WONT GO CLOSE TO THE BOSS ANYMORE. JUST RELAX ON ROCK ( i mean it :rocketlauncher: )
Now as the boss approaches 30 %, the healer should go AWAY towards the exit along with 1 dps. this is crucial as IF the tank and dps on boss BY chance wipe due to the aoe, you need 3 guys to keep going, 1 rezzes, 1 fixes rock and 1 kites.
now as the shield phase starts, ALL except the lancer RUNS Toward the exit, use your rush skills and dodges to make your getaway quicker. my personal experience says if you are able to reach the middle of the room you will survive, so just forget the boss, the tank and everything else and run. if u get caught up in the aoe, no worries, here is where the backup plan kicks in, healer comes to the rescue and the dps with him goes onto the boss to deal damage. if you have a zerker he can skip the running part and just defend through the aoe along with the lancer.
the team can also use the lil spare time they get during the shield phase to rebuff if anyone died till now. also the heal and backup dps can take care of any mobs which may have spawned during babayfart so they are not entirely useless.
the healer needs to be agile here as he will need to go near the boss right after the shield phase to help the tank and dps damaging it ( hey tanks arent invincible :dead: ). dont stay near the boss for long and try maintaining a little distance as you never know when you will need to run when shield phase will reoccur. stay vigilant as at this point if heal dies, it can get... BAD
also lancer needs to be durable to keep the boss in place, use lotsa noctenium and savigary to keep aggro on u.and remember, POTS ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS.
this method may be slow, but if executed perfectly it is a sureshot kill in 1 go. you may need a lil practice before you can master this ( it took us 2 wipes to get the positioning and teamwork right).
this method is slow so make sure you gear up fast so that you can trash this method fast. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A NEWBIE FIX, NOT A PERMA REPLACEMENT FOR THE SHIELD
ROCK CAMPERS TIMER CHECK-
first poison wave - 8 secs after rock breaks
next wave if rock is not fixed - 30 secs
next time when rock scatter after fix- 1 min 10 secs
P.S. fixing the rock is important in initial runs as it disorientates the party badly
P.P.S. Beware the rock is SLIGHTLY bugged and it may not follow the first wave timing and may not fix in 1 go, be vigilant.
I am not saying this is the BEST way to do BR but it is a good way if you cant wait to gear fast. AND remember Practice makes perfect
easy and good
. they feel if they fail to break it in like "2-3 secs" they start running around like headless chicken.. Shield break is easy, but i dunno people wanna AVOID it (on my server at least) saying its a definite wipe >.>, i have broken the shield by duoing with a zerk, both memphisis and fulminar, but when i face this, i just crack up
