Trevalon Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) I am curious if any Shield Spec Vanguards killed General Rakton by themselves...Im 50, throwing everything I have at his adds but they just sit and heal each other over and over again...Just curious if anyone else was able to defeat this fight as a Shield Spec Vanguard and how ya did it... Heh 5 tries later I got it, but more from dumb luck than anything...should never have to fight 2 healing mobs with limited CC...bad call Bioware... As a hint to those who haven't gotten there yet gear your Yuun during Corellia and use him - worked alot better lol Edited December 31, 2011 by Trevalon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutabc Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 was shield specced with elara. first try with about 5% hp left after doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYanger Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Awful awful encounter for any tank specced vanguard. You've got to be REALLY on the ball with interrupts to even remotely have a chance, going dps and using a dps pet and just burning one down like crazy then wiping should also work, but really this fight was just awful. the worst part was knowing that as a commando you could just CC one and be done with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresno Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I just trained them back out to the enormous group or republic npcs and they killed everything. Didn't even break a sweat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptArson Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I managed this with Elara up and running. Riot/Cryo/Neural and some luck. It's not fun for a "tickle them to death" spec like Shield Van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoutaHirano Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) I managed it.My HP did get a little low, but I worked it out. I just rotated my own CC: Cryo grenade, Riot Strike, Neutral Surge, and Storm whenever I saw them trying to heal each other. At which point, I just focused my fire on one.Luckily, there was a lot of places I could run behind and make them lose their charge up.I was originally planning to just lure them to my allies outside...and then I realized "I got this" and took care of it. After that, taking care of Rakton was a piece of cake.I just hid behind a console whenever he tried to charge up and threw everything I had at him. Worked out pretty well in the end. Ended up killing him with Storm + Gut. It was satisfying.And then I executed him.Because he killed Jaxo and I tell myself that he had an indirect hand at making Havoc defect (even though he was never mentioned in it) which in turn forced me to kill Wraith. So I just...THREW ALL OF MY PENT UP RAGE AT HIM!!!ALL OF MY HATE!!!!!!!!!!>: ( So yeah...no mercy from me. Not this time. I gave Rakton one chance to surrender (because my Trooper is a good guy like that), he didn't take it, so I killed him (Because my Trooper is also a ******). I was all out of kindness at that point. Edited February 27, 2012 by KoutaHirano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
origional Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I did it without any companion. How: I kited them all the way back to where my entire army was and let them kill 'em. Easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thormodo Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) It's not that hard at all, just interrupt the heals.-Storm interrupts. The mobs make it even easier for you by knocking you back, so you can storm right back in to interrupt.-Your Riot Strike interrupts. By the time the guy you Riot Striked casts his heal again it will be up again.-Neural Surge stuns, thus interrupts.-Your Cryo Grenade interrupts.-Elera's Carbonize Stream interrupts. The fight took a while, but I had 100% health and all my emergency cooldowns left when it ended. Maybe they nerfed them recently, but it was very easy for me (and I'm not wearing any fancy gear either.) Edited February 19, 2012 by Thormodo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IroquoisPliskin Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 What? maybe I was a little late or something but I thought that was as easy as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riulassher Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 shield/assault hybrid build with Aric, but I expect shield would do it exactly same, as I didn't do any HIB proc rotation until the first one died. Done it on the first try with most of my HP intact. Screwed up considerably, but I managed to get one AoE stun off to interrupt both heals at once. They both casted one heal each before the first one died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying_toaster Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I'm 31 points into shield spec and had Elara with me... I don't know what you guys are talking about, this battle was EASY! I just grouped the two elites guards together, used Ion Cannon whenever it was available, and wailed on one of them, using my Riot Strike whenever he started casting a heal. Took a little while, but i took both of them down easily on the first try. And General Rakton was a joke. never got me down below 80% health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtHardcharger Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yeah, this seems like a really terrible design choice, since so many Vanguards play tanks. Having cheating as the most valid option is not conducive to feeling like a ******. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyronamics Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yeah the thread isnt 3 years old or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToMyMa Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yeah the thread isnt 3 years old or anything. *insert another sarcastic comment* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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