I have completed my Necro Charr’s road to Level 80. Used the Tomes of Knowledge and did the Level 80 Personal Story. Also completed the soloable version of the ‘City of Arah’ dungeon.
The ‘dungeon’ is indeed soloable, but three of the fights were quite hard (but not impossible). Not as many mobs as I remember (no Elite mobs at the start and the first door can be passed by), yet the mechanics were the same and I had to re-remember what I’ve learned from my first dungeon run. When getting on the airship, it was literally me soloing just about everything (with the help of my minions), including the three dragon encounters (which were quite wild).
As for dealing with two of Zhaitan’s dragon champions (which aren’t called that anymore) at the same time, I mainly focused on one to kill him and bring down the other (while also having to deal with the occasional Risen that show up). They seemed to have their health nerfed, as they dropped within 2-4 attempts to attack with me spamming the fire key (and of course using the shield).
The three hard parts were three of the bosses. First one was the 2nd boss (the ‘Champion Bloated Creeper’). He kept killing my minions and making it hard for me to focus on killing the grubs first.
The second was the 4th boss (the ‘Mouth of Zhaitan’). Kept attacking and forgetting to press E on the flaming boulders, and throwing them at him during his Vortex attack. He too was killing my minions and coming after me. Running away when he manages to kill them, and trying to spawn them again and keeping up the pressure, eventually killed him (and the other guy).
And the 3rd… Zhaitan himself (the second part with the cannons to kill him). He was throwing everything he had at me, and it was really intense. I had AoE attacks, his minions, and these Tentacles of Zhaitan (which looked like a dragon’s head) to deal with.
Several times, my health nearly dropped to 0 due to how much was going on. Yet I was never downed (and through the entire instance as well), thanks to the changes I made to my char prior to starting the Level 80 PS (having my Shroud kick on before I’m downed to regen some of my health). That was a well-required trait for these fights, and I’m glad I picked it.
Eventually, I managed to bring down the bastard. It felt GOOD, knowing it was ME who did the killing blow, and not by NPCs or 4 other players.
There were a few other times it got hairy, such as the start of the second boss with the endless waves of Risen Grubs. It took a bit to remember I needed to destroy the Orrian pillars to stop the spawning.
So I’m celebrating back at Fort Trinity, especially seeing Mini Tybalt there. I went through the jaws of the beast, killing so many Risen I lost count. And it’s done, and now I can celebrate. I even got a special class-specific helmet after defeating him, and it looks good as a Necro.
The entire thing was definitely based on what I have learned as my class (to test my skills), and I think I did great given the circumstances of screwing up time to time. Of course, now that I know the boss mechanics, I should screw up a lot less when it’s time for another one of my chars to do it. Very glad to be able to do the entire thing on my own (aka, not with other players). I’m glad I only had to worry about myself and my minions.
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So what now, as I wait for the expansion? I could go with that Asura Thief (even though I haven’t thought of a good name for him). Though I have also thought of trying to get 100% World Completion (eg: every POI/Vista/Waypoint/Heart Quest in Tyria) on Beniee. Get him “out of retirement” for awhile, and get my Necro Char into it as he deserves it. He has 47% already done. Need to get that remaining 62%. I’m probably going to do that.
But first, I need to figure out how to remove un-wanted dyes from armor. Because I was playing around with them and made 1/4 of my gear in a red color, and it doesn’t really look good. :/
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EDIT: I’m appalled. Found out my ‘main’, aka Beniee, is actually lesser geared than my Necro is! How in the HELL did I down Zhaitan with this?! Some of his accessories.. are barely Level 30! I.. WOW. And here I was worried about my Necro being able to kill Zhaitan. I actually did a better job with him than my Ranger.
Of course, this was my first char. I didn’t know anything about the game back then. But now, I… I don’t know if it’s even worth having him active, as it’s going to be hard to find better gear for him. But I’m going to have to, to prep him for the expansion.