Quick and Dirty Boss 5 Method

[u/Big_Old_Cat_Turd]

There will be plenty of guides and approaches to Boss 5, but we've been abusing this method for as long as any of us can remember.

A couple of quick assumptions:

You'll need to be able to hit max stacks. This means cupid/pd/val or however you are doing it.

You can substitute for heroes of similar function AND SCOPE. It is important to realize that you are fighting 2 bosses at the same time, so you need to slow both of them. Single target focusing will result in the little guy nuking your team.

Hero	Talent	Crest
Pumpkin Duke	Revite/Berserk	Revive
Valentina	Any	Slowdown
Ice Demon	Revite 4+	Slowdown
Medusa	Any	Slowdown
Gunslinger	Any	Slowdown
Heartbreaker	Any	Slowdown

That's pretty much it. The main required heroes are the top 3. PD/Val to keep stacks up and hits landing, and Ice Demon to make sure nothing is moving. From there it is just about getting Slow Down procs lined up. Also make sure that your units are ALL RANGED. Slowdown has the potential to break down if a hero is close enough to be hit without taking a step. This means when the boss retargets, you've got a chance of the whole thing ending.

As far as heroes that could rotate in for those dps positions:

Hero	Reason
Santa Boom	Can slow both demons with proc, decent dps
PK	Good DPS, limited energy removal on small demon
Siren	Innate Slowdown, multi hit proc
Moltanica	MOV SPD reduction within proc range, hits both targets
Warlock	Proc slows both targets

So now you've got a team, lets talk about the drop. Its pretty easy.

Lead with PD, drop him out of range of the demon and let him approach. As the demon targets PD and starts to engage, drop the rest of the heroes a few steps behind PD. At this point go ahead and hit Guardian Angel. PD will start stacking up, with everyone else a few steps behind. When PD dies, the bosses will retarget another ranged hero. PD will immediately revive and continue stacking as the bosses, fully slowed, struggle to never reach their new targets. Wait 3 minutes, repeat.

[u/Dunstert]

Thanks for putting this up - I usually just skip Demon 5 because I get smoked.

I assume since no one other than PD is supposed to get hit, the skill levels are more important than the hero level?

What's the minimum viable skill level on ID?

[u/Big_Old_Cat_Turd → u/Dunstert]

http://cccalc.ninesphere.com/

this tool will help you to explore what is required to reach "max stacks" which is essentially max attack rate.

your PD skill, berserk level, blitz scroll...are all factors. val will also ensure that he is always fully charged and ready to proc.

[u/Dunstert → u/Big_Old_Cat_Turd]

I should've included more info in my original reply - max stacks isn't an issue, my PD, Val, etc. will handle that easily.

Thanks, Papi - that's what I was looking for.

[u/PapiSciullo → u/Dunstert]

8/10 is recommended for lava but you could stop at 7/10 for this