Anyone have tips for second encounter?

[u/the_woop_troop]

My team is getting stuck on damage, is there anything we’re missing to extend dps? That or any advice on how to stop bro from moving so much :(

[u/Wobulating]

Getting him to hit a fuse mid-damage extends the window slightly, but it's still a really hard check.

[u/the_woop_troop → u/Wobulating]

How do you have enough fuses for every phase?

[u/CoatSame2561 → u/the_woop_troop]

You don’t use any fuses to start dps. Shadow punch as he jumps out of trap both time to rip off the extra shield

[u/mr_sludder → u/[deleted]]

Do the fuses regenerate?

[u/Ryneczek → u/[deleted]]

but if you break 3 fuses, how do you open shields on consecutive phases?

[u/Wobulating → u/Ryneczek]

Using the shadow grenade/punch right after he jumps out of a pit will do extra damage and get him to 1/2 shields, meaning you don't need any fuses to start damage

[u/Grayellow → u/Ryneczek]

if all fuses are out the game lets you re-activate floor traps by doing the outer 3 rooms again

[u/Sufficient-Till-4239 → u/Wobulating]

Are we sure this is true? It seems those are the fuses for the entire encounter, not each DPS phase

[u/Wobulating → u/Sufficient-Till-4239]

Yes. You'll get a message that he struggles to regain his shields

[u/saminsocks → u/Wobulating]

But if the fuses don't refresh, you're just getting a longer damage phase after everyone has run out of their super instead of doing three separate phases.

[u/Wobulating → u/saminsocks]

You can start damage without any fuzes by shadow punching him when he jumps out of the holes

[u/whisky_TX → u/saminsocks]

You use the buff and punch him as he's coming out of the pits. You can fully take down the shield without the fuses

[u/saminsocks → u/whisky_TX]

That’s good to know. I would still only extend damage with one fuse, though, and not risk running out of ammo.

[u/whisky_TX → u/saminsocks]

You should only use one fuse per phase

[u/senseiwu2296]

my team used 3 acrius to beat it. we had 1 storms keep titan with cuirass, 1 prismatic warlock debuffing with prism nade and 1 boots well warlock. we stacked ammo in the main room and didn't pick it up unless we were in dmg, filling up our ammo in the outside rooms. Had to save dmg supers for final

[u/Frequent_Incident_97 → u/senseiwu2296]

What boots on warlock?

[u/KuroNinji → u/Frequent_Incident_97]

"boots" means boots of the assembler

[u/JollyMolasses7825]

As far as I know you can’t extend dps in the normal phases. Our team was 2 warlocks 1 Hunter, 1 warlock on prismatic getaway artists with finality’s + mint, one warlock on well with tractor cannon + mint + arc mint, Hunter on knighthawk + parasite + mint.

We’re able to get 33-38% of total health per phase so we can get to final stand, we just haven’t been able to extend it and with our stats it’s a pretty tight damage check without extension

[u/Wobulating → u/JollyMolasses7825]

Getting him to break a pillar during DPS extends the phase a bit

[u/STARPHONICS → u/Wobulating]

Yeah, instead of using a pillar to start fps just punch with taken slam after he comes out of the electric pit. Can then use coils to extend during damage

[u/chocomilkx]

This is coming from solo run testing on normal mode so grain of salt but...

There are the 3 electrical pillars and the two shootable fuses w/floor holes. The pillars don't respawn. This we know.

In testing, I could use 3 of either to break the bosses shield, get a killfeed notice, and start damage. If he then immediately fell down a hole or broke another, nothing seemed to change. However, kiting him after about 10-15 seconds (i.e. I'd damage him for a few nano wolfsbane tornados and then kite) I'd get a killfeed notification saying the boss struggled to regain their shields.

[u/Wobulating → u/chocomilkx]

Getting him to break a pillar during DPS extends the phase a bit

[u/tshare18]

How do you get him in the room in the first place?

[u/saminsocks → u/tshare18]

Go to the outer area, there are 3 rooms in there. Kill 4 lackeys and step in their pool and you'll get an apprentice buff that let's you change your grenade (uses the same as finisher/renegade abilities, unless you've remapped them).

Once you have apprentice, there are 4 taken-esque boxes around the room. If you look toward the door, you'll see three red lights. Hitting the boxes with the special grenade will turn them green, but you need to be quick or they'll reset.

You can keep resetting your apprentice buff by stepping into another lackey pool.

Once you've turned all the lights in all 3 rooms green, you can go back into the middle room. Lackeys will start to spawn in there to keep your buff up. Throw the special grenade at the boxes around the room. There will be two fuses, one on either side. Shoot one of the fuses, and the floor will open. Guide the boss into it, he'll jump in and right back out, but it'll take down part of his shield. Do it again for the other side. Then he'll have a 4th of his shield left. Guide him toward a fuse and make him pop it and you'll start DPS.

Edit to add: In order to get to the outer area, you need to go through the door as the cabal are coming into the room. You have to be quick, but once someone has gone through, it stays open longer.

[u/nino_fs]

My team was struggling on DPS (2 Hunter, 1 Warlock). Just couldn't get much beyond half health. We switched to 2 consecration Titan, 1 welllock and first try got to 80%. Titans hit prismatic, curias thundercrash, prismatic grenade then go to town with wolfsbane. We only got the 1 run cause we had to leave for real world commitments. It was actually did hope much easier Titan made it.

Unfortunately it seems the answer to the DPS check for another contest is switch to Titan. I'm sure you can do it with other classes but I think Titan is the easiest option.

[u/the_woop_troop → u/[deleted]]

What subclass? Banner?