Sqwhirll.1923

Thank you for your detailed post, and I appreciate you taking the time to test it out in the current environment.

I appreciate the response, but it was not helpful. I was trying the other guides because working "the actual mechanics" for many many many attempts was not working. I know to stop attacking to prevent stacks of the dynamic damage reduction debuff. That was not an issue. I know to unload all dps like a madman once the defiance bar is broken, (and only when the boss is stunned, to not get stacks of the dynamic damage reduction debuff). I just am not getting enough damage in during that tiny window. The stacks I am accumulating are from the ghostly hands that you cannot avoid and continue to build up automatically over time also reducing the damage the boss takes, while buffing his damage, and increasing recharge time on all my skills.

Hi All, I'm reaching my wits end with this achievement - has anyone done this recently that can offer any tips? All of the information I have been able to find is years old, and I have had very little luck or progress with them... And it looks like a lot of the ways people were doing it, no longer work, or require gear levels much higher than the meta reward to complete. I understand the mechanics, I just can't seem to make a reasonable dent in his hp in the tiny window you have, and the hold out until 25+ stack meathod still out damages any healing potential I seem to be able to muster.... I have tried: My regular zerker ranger. Making sure I don't have any/minimal stacks of the dynamic damage reduction before breaking his bar. By the time I get to a second break, I already have 5+ stacks of the debuff/buff, and by a 3rd I usually have 8+. By that point, I am hardly doing any damage, and can't keep up with heals. Tried to cobble together enough gear to do condi-ranger..... Again, completely outpaced. The videos I have watched show that health bar dropping so much faster than I can achieve... I then went over to my Condi Necro - I'll admit, I don't know how to play him all that well, but the life drain completely healed up any damage I did to him. So I tried my mesmer. All of the old posts mentioned that the phantasms did all the work, and you just stay out of range of mirror blade. On any attempt I did, the boss always attacked me and ignored my phantasms and clones. I tried to shake it with Mass Invisibility, Phantasmal Defender, Decoy.... Dead mesmer. So retiliation guardian - boss is supposed to kill himself on my industrutable hide, and it is a complete faceroll.... not so much. Boss got down to maybe 80% health, stacks pushed past 25, and my health dropped like a rock. I'm all up for a challenge - but this one has me very frustrated. Thanks!