KangasCollective Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I'm doing this fight as a Dps traited Powertech. ("run n gun" hybrid pvp build of middle and pyro tree) I was probably a bit impatient with initial encounter last night because I want to unlock pvp dailies at end of class quest. I'm sure I'll get it but first several attempts have failed with me doing mostly melee dps and mako as healer. Mako is geared mostly from quest rewards, no special attention. I'm taking this as a challenge. I relish any hard fight because it makes me learn how to better use skills together. I need to mostly stay on him with strong melee dps I have but probably should kite him some and do rail shots. I liked staying on him to shut down his skills with interrupts but that tactic is still getting me burnt down pretty badly. Will bring a nicer medpack and an endurance stim tonight. Is there anything he does that I should absolutely interrupt or absolutely stay away from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LayzieBone Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 If you dont want to wait until 50 change to tank spec. I Couldnt do it with DPS spec with mako health packs, and stims. just use tank spec and beat him down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethurian Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 I was able to do it on level by kiting as Pyro. First time I didn't kite and got clipped, the second time I kited and it was more-or-less smooth sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomik Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Level 49 pyro specced. Dropped him on the first try kiting in a nice little circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchybacon Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 (edited) I beat him with a 31 Pyro build on the first try, but it was a super tough fight. I used a health pot and literally had 600 health left. His stuns and burst were a pita. Loved the fight though, probably the toughest elite I faced while leveling. Edited February 17, 2012 by crunchybacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KangasCollective Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) OK, thanks. I went back and killed him first try. The reason is kind of facepalm. I don't know how many levels it's been but I made 2 key adjustments to Mako. 1. Mako wasn't in heal stance. She wasn't in any stance. "Med Watch" of course gives her 25% faster cooldowns on all healing skills and 5% better heals. Only consolation is maybe I can pat myself on the back for doing without it. Nah... facepalm. For anyone this wasn't entirely obvious to, just bring up her large menu of skills and click the square on the bottom of the icon to light it up. This keeps her healing stance on. 2. Turned off her "Electro-Stasis". Really that's one that most Powertechs keep off and only trigger manually. I haven't minded the way she's used it because it hasn't made a huge difference mostly. Things die quickly and if she's got one stasis'd I move to another. To do this right click the green square to unlight it so she stops using that skill. There are early reports she forgets these settings but so far it seems to remember them. But when you really really want her to heal and not waste time and energy trying to stasis a mob that can't even be CCd its probably better to have it off. Maybe she's smart enough not to use it though. Dps rotation (I'm Run-and-Gun: 1/22/18 - Thanks Taugrim) I also took a couple unnecessary skills out of rotation and really focused down on dps for my build. So I went into a more focused dps rotation on this boss. Rapid shots in between for the combustible gas cylinder dots (and heat venting) Indindiary missile when I need a dot -> rail shot -> rocket punch/flame burst to get a free rail shot -> rail shot, Less Unloads, less Retractable Blades, less other random skills thrown in. Actually focused less on staying near and interrupting him due to his nasty melee stuff. Edited February 18, 2012 by KangasCollective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crittcann Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) This fight was hell on a bodyguard, actually the bonus was. The stupid little strong mobs that full heal between the bodyguard awesome 30 sec interrupt made that retarded. Once you get past that I found the only way to kill him was to just heal my pet and let him tank, but you have to heal at max distance otherwise your caught in his stuns as well. The max distance is key, once you get to that place you can just heal your pet thru the dmg, which isn't very much. Fight just takes a long time. Edited February 26, 2012 by Paralassa content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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