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Edited by Arctraxiel: 6/12/2015 2:58:26 AM
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Skolas, Pain in the Fking Ass

Mmmkay, so... Just spent 3-4 hours I think on this son of a bitch. Still didn't kill him. What are we doing wrong? Everybody is 34 with maxed Gjallarhorn We all run left. Titan pops a Weapons bubble. We all spread out (within a reasonable distance). We then nuke him with our Gjallarhorns and break the servitor chains. Then shit hits the fan. Mobs come out, damn 2-shot captains disrupt the whole fking process. So we all move to the opposite side. HE SITS RIGHT WHERE WE LEFT HIM, so no one can hit him, and even more two shot captains show up to screw with us. No way in hell can we get to the mines, because by this point, (assuming we ALL haven't been wiped by the goddamn 2-shot captains), SOMEBODY gets killed by (you guessed it) a goddamn 2-shot captain. If not, usually all hell has broken loose by this point and there is no recovery from it. Any suggestions? P.S.- this whole artificial difficulty of lets-just-spam-them-with-ads-and-objectives-and-boss-bullets-and-debuffs-and-all-sorts-of-other-fun-shit-oh-and-did-you-see-that-captain-that-just-magically-appeared-behind-you is really getting old. EDIT: forgot to mention, we did go in with full Gjallys and synths on reserve. SUB EDIT: Our Titan also had a helm of S14 but we just went full retard with the placement of the bubble. Yes, we scrubbed this fight THAT hard, lol... EDIT2: Wow, I posted this last night and woke up for work this morning with a plethora of really good strategies and a lot of well deserved "git gud scrub" posts. [b]Thank you all for the help[/b], I will try these tonight when I get home, and I'll update you all on whether or not we actually kill him. Oh, on a side note. The reason we didn't use Black Hammer at all during any of our runs last night is because my buddy, who has two Skolas kills, swore up and down that Black Hammer did not stagger him. I work with him. I may have to kick his ass this morning... FINAL EDIT. THE GOOD NEWS: Toasted his ass... Got a solar Six Dreg Pride II AND an elder cipher! Woohoo!!!
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  • Did it with two gally and one HoC. It can be done, you just have to hit him consistently and one of the guys died and still took him down.

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  • Run right it's a lot easier, no ads to deal with

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  • Don't worry, changes are coming to skolas, there will no longer be a burn and to compensate he will have less health, and enemies will spawn on certain health intervals, so no more cheesing skolas with a gjally or sniper, he will have to be killed properly.

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    • If he isn't nearly dead by the time your first mine pops up, you're just not firing fast enough. All lvl 34's with max gallys should get the job done pretty quickly. We downed him with 17 seconds left in the first mine. We also used blessing rather than weps. That scorch cannon hurts.

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      • Did it for the first time today and it's not that hard. Run left, kill servitor, have titan put up bubble, spam with ghorn rockets. When mines spawn have one person dismantle mines (preferable hunter with invisibility) and have the other two continually firing whatever they got

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      • Killed him today with 2 Ghorns & Black Hammer. Took less time than the first round. No more burns after this week though.

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      • If you guys are all 34 with max gally and synths ready you really only need to fire around 12 gallys each tops to kill him. So if you are running to the other side you guys are shooting way too slow. Black hammer does work but if you guys cant do It with all gallys, you should probably stay away from snipers

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      • Any mid to high impact solar 365 sniper works. It may not stagger him if you are a 33. Idk

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      • Super easy with solar burn.... if everyone has a max gally you don't even need a titan.... Make sure everyone is 34...have 365 gally... Have 14 shots of gally per character (7 current and heavy synth) Run all the way left... head for the stairs... it's gally time.... Keep shooting until you run out.. by the time you run out of ammo the 1st mine should be almost spawning.... Now if the mine is on the closest side to you then pop heavy synth and kill him. After you kill him have 3 stand on the 1st mine... Then have the other 2 run to the other mine spawns... and one stay where the 1st mine is. There are 2 rounds of mines.... someone I randomly added last night almost -blam!-ed it up by almost celebrating too early and leaving the mine spawns..... Ps. If the mine is far left then I would look at Skolas health... if he is really low then have 2 pop synth and keep shooting gally... while 1 (preferably a hunter) go to the mine. Don't forget to take the taint from the hunter before the hunter goes to the far mine. Good luck!

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        • Edited by Kpino2008: 6/11/2015 5:30:33 PM
          Hey dumb ass. Wol dont effect that rocket. So u deserve not to beat him. Use blessing

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          • You have 3 gally's and still couldn't do it? My team had 2 Hunger of Crota's and one black hammer. We brought him down to 20% before we just gave up. Funny how people of LFG's ask for only gally's and thy still can't do it.

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          • Edited by jarrhead1985: 6/11/2015 6:30:29 PM
            We black hammered him until half health. And just an FYI I am sure it takes three Crits to his head to stagger him. Just everyone has to hit their crits. Once the mines are called out dump gallys at him.

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          • I couldn't get BH to stager. And yes it's fully upgraded

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          • Black hammer bud

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          • If you're having trouble with ads put a blinding bubble with weapons of light on the stairs so the captains can't hit you and get blinded when they get closer. Skolas was dead before most adds spawned for us though so I guess someone is missing rockets in your team.

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            • well... first... weapons of light doesnt effect ghorn...

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              • Edited by CrossFire3A1: 6/11/2015 2:16:55 PM
                We burn him right down to mine phase with three maxed gallys and finished him with blackhammers. Which do stun lock him. Weapons bubble on bastion and saint 14 helm. We place our bubble in front of the hatch below the platform. We also drop blessing of light bubble you need the shield.

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                • You can also do fully maxed solar snipers or whatever the burn is...try having a final round with weapons of light...depending on how strong your snipers are you may need a few rockets at the end...but the snipes keep him stunned...

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                • Saint 14 weapons bubble with the correct perks I believe bastion and something else over the add door on the upper ledge part then Everyone black hammer ( or equivalent ) him in the head until out of ammo or skilas reaches half health then hammer with gjaller helps to have a blade dance shot their rockets first then go invisible and head towards the far mine that will spawn

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                  • Edited by Tactica: 6/11/2015 5:40:51 PM
                    We beat him 3 times week 1, twice during arc (mainly due to all not having correct weapon mix), 3 times on void and last night first attempt we got him on solar again. I find Arc to be hardest and void to be easiest. SOLAR Strat Assumptions: - all toons are level 34 - You have a Titan Defender with Saint-14 Helm - set to Weapons of Light (WoL), Basiton, Illuminated - all have ascended 365 weapons - all weapons are fully leveled - warlocks on Radiance build with Fusion Grenades, extended radiance, praxic for fast recharge specials - Hunter on Golden Gun build with Celestial Nighthawk helm and 6x super Summary: Titan always enters arena first, two others in tow close behind Run to left side, hugging left wall in hallway Titan boost jumps (poor man blink) to gain lead down left hallway Stay out of line of skolas using geometry / walls while working on servitor All 3 toons kill servitor with Visions of Confluence - should go fast (titan and anyone NOT on solar build throws grenade too) Titan Bubble against wall as soon as servitor falls - timing & location are critical (by boxes, blocking door, where mobs will spawn, adjacent to servitor and facing skolas) All switch to Ghorn and JUMP firing into skolas quickly, emptying rockets as quickly as possible (DO NOT PRECISION AIM) let Ghorns do work - this is about speed, firing as fast as possible!!!!! All enter bubble to eat an ammo cake and repeat process When bubble pops, use walls and geometry, move UP to back of arena for cover and keep pumping damage Solar Burn - Warlock throws grenades and hunter uses super to add spike damage When mines are sounded, you do not leave, you burn skolas - if you cannot down him, you lose and start over (boss first, mines second) If MINES are killing you, look above - you know you are not firing rockets FAST ENOUGH, again, let Ghorn wolfpacks do their job.. point, shoot, repeat. Recap: Solar = primary servitor, WoL bubble, Ghorn + cake more Ghorn, specials and supers for spike damage, finish on mines, profit. FYI: Anyone who says the WoL is useless, they are wrong. We have damage tested both. It provides direct and indirect benefits to our strat: 1. It helps with all secondary damage (such as grenades, supers, etc....) 2. Saint-14 helm will give you a few more seconds with adds out the back door, as they are blinded buying you a few more shots while they are disoriented. 3. It affords you a location of protection from skolas shots where geometry is not located 4. It does *seem* to do more damage against Skolas with Ghorn. We have tested both ways... several times, even with side by side video - but your mileage may vary. 5. I know others kill Skolas without a bubble - however, this strate does work for us, consistently. There are other options for sure. Thoughts on Arc and Void: A. arc and void are similar, but we go to snipers instead... and finish with heavies as needed. B. Arc we found to be the most frustrating... the key is to have teir1 and/or tier 2 snipers... and against, speed headshots with WoL. C. Destiny DB is your friend - you can sort all snipers by IMPACT there are very fiew tier 1 IMPACT 37 snipers... Efreeti's spear is one of them, so is black hammer... the other comes from ToO... that's it. Teir 2 snipers are IMPACT 31 and also do the job nicely. There are a few more of these such as Y09 Longbow, Her Benevolence, LDR-5001 D. Arc is the worst because so many mobs have arc damage... dual titan shields, one thrown back to back helps tremendously here - longer duration WoL benefits... if you have that luxury. Happy hunting.

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                    • He was easy and we had no titan. I just kept stun locking him with black hammer.

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                    • On the left Get the Titan to equip Saint 14 with blessing next to the door which fallen come out from , you've all kept your distance and then spam him with gally On a side note if you hav gunslinger make him take out the servitor with golden gun and then drop bubble near door and spam gally

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                    • Sack off WoL doesn't work on ghorn Use blessing Have a Bladedancer to invis and cover the far mine if it spawns first. Easy.

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                    • Sigh... It's cause ur using wol...... Wol doesn't affect ghorn... I maind a 3 titans ever since release and I can 100pc guarantee it doesn't. Furthermore if u ran blessing u woulda made it. Since u can't get 2 shot with a over shield. My team went left those 2 kill servitor while I pop the bubble below the stairs where the servitor spawns.(blessing of light saint 15 bubble). Next shoot 2 rockets and reload inside the bubble. Everyone shoots 7 then one guy runs to do objective. Other 2 remaining shoot 7 each and ur done

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                    • Lol at being mad because you don't have enough skill to beat the boss. It's not that hard to do it legit just watch out for shrapnel captains and keep a solar shotgun

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                    • It seems shitty but the only viable stragegy I've seen is to Gally the -blam!- out of him before any of his mechanics kick in. That is such a lame fight design. It's just as bad as knocking Atheon off the edge.

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