I have made over 150 attempts. I keep getting one shot by the 2nd phase unless I use survival instincts then I won’t have it for the 2nd annihilation. I’ve watched literally hours of videos of other people beating this and got everything from AH that was suggested. This has completely demoralized me from even wanting to play this game anymore. I just wanted the bear form and its locked behind this bs challenge… deleting this game and jus gonna wait for arc raiders I guess.
1 Like
I’ll give you a hint since you seem stuck. You have to use the rings that blind/interrupt enemies when he casts annihilation.
Also you can use Incap Roar and personal interrupt button.
It’s also okay to get hit by one, but try to not make it more than that.
Also I think being max level / decent gear would help.
Good luck. Took me a number of tries to figure it out. But, feels good when you get it!
I dont think so. I did it less than a week ago and it took me like 6 tries. Theres a guide out there to even do it with the one button assist. They had me buy some enchants and stuff but thats about it. It was shockingly easy. I was ilvl 626. hardest part for me was dodging the infernals. Make sure ur throwing moonfire dots on the eyes.
I actually just killed the boss last night after a few tries.
I suggest getting the polearm “Nightfall Executioner’s Halberd” from Hallowfall’s Nerubian event. It does a good chunk of damage to the ghost adds so you can save the stun/healing orbs for the final boss. Use roar to stun them instead right when they cast.
Getting two charges of Survival Instincts I found is a must, Annihilate’s damage is insane even with Ironfur spammed.
Other than that polearm, my pve gear wasnt good - think I only had like 6% vers when scaled down. I just used current xpac consumables.
Good luck!
I suppose everyone has a different experience…I say don’t look at this as a Tank Challenge…its not, Look at it as a Dps Bear Challenge. Focus on killing things before they become dangerous…Push your Dps as far as you can (Stack Agi)…Bear’s Natural Tankyness should be enough. I think when I killed it the whole Fight lasted around 4 Mins.
Save Orbs and Incarn for Krull. Pop Hero/Pots and go to town on Krull. Lock him down with the orbs. Remember you can Jump to cheese the beams that push you back.
1 Like
This is the Guardian challenge right? I honestly wouldn’t sweat it, I dont know how the tuning is but this was extremely hard when it was first released back in Legion (probably not as hard after people could out-gear it) and again when they re-released it 2 expansions later. I think it is common to take hundreds of attempts, on average, to get it. It took me atleast 200 attempts. The hardest phase is definitely the last phase so I would just focus up there, read guides, etc. If you are feeling burned out just take a break and try again another time. Fel bear isn’t that great anyways its kind of anti-druid with the whole fel theme and as cool as the form is, it is extremely goofy how the top half of the form is super swole and the legs are like lil sticks. Like the druid missed leg day or something.
I used boomkin form and Heart of the Wild to blast through phase 1 so there was only 1 Infernal to deal with. In the 2nd phase, you should be able to Barkskin the first Annihilation, then Survival Instincts the second one, then have Barkskin + Ironfur for the third one. You should also have the x2 Survival Instincts talent so you could Survival Instincts + Ironfur a 4th cast if it happens. You can do things like getting the defensive trinket from Floodgate to use as another defensive too.
To me this makes no sense for a guardian druid… I am raging so bad at this game when I’m trying to complete this challenge, I do everything that’s in the tutorials and I keep getting one shot by a random spell every god damn time.
Don’t give up buddy. It’s important to keep a cool level head and learn each time you try. Think what is spell that’s giving you trouble then try to plan a reaction. And use the environment Velen gives you. You’ll do good buddy keep trying.
But it is important to be max level with decent gear before you try. Right now is the best time to complete this challenge because it’s the end of an expansion. So scaling is in your favor. But still have to watch and react to mechanics. As long as you keep learning.