Grimrail 2nd boss

[jinkobi]

I asked in another thread but think it got buried in the posts content. But I am having a real problem with the 2nd boss on heroic grimrail depot...

In the other thread somebody mentioned a 'sweet spot' to stand but after 2 hours trying to find it- well I need help. The problem I have is when he gets in the cannon. At this point I'm not sure if I'm just suppose to hide my team, dps the ads, and use the cannon? Or am I suppose to find this sweet spot and dps him out?

:confused:

[JohnGabriel]

I asked in another thread but think it got buried in the posts content. But I am having a real problem with the 2nd boss on heroic grimrail depot...

In the other thread somebody mentioned a 'sweet spot' to stand but after 2 hours trying to find it- well I need help. The problem I have is when he gets in the cannon. At this point I'm not sure if I'm just suppose to hide my team, dps the ads, and use the cannon? Or am I suppose to find this sweet spot and dps him out?

:confused:

When you enter the path right is blocked, you need on the opposite side of that. So go left, turn right across the middle and park your team there. When he lays down the fire you run to middle then go back.

[jinkobi]

When you enter the path right is blocked, you need on the opposite side of that. So go left, turn right across the middle and park your team there. When he lays down the fire you run to middle then go back.

Thanks man, I will be trying and will let you guys know how it goes. This guy has really frustrated me lol.

[jinkobi]

Well I tried and it didn't work for me. I'm going to pretty much the only area you can go in the middle, and like the other spots the floors ignites and I can't heal through it. If I put my slaves over and use a cannon I get the furthest but not enough to get him back out of the cannon. Like everything I know just keep trying but I'm up to a lot of gold in repairs now and the fun's over.

Anyway, gave it about 10 tries before I called it for today.

[JohnGabriel]

Whats your item level? Might just need to gear up a bit more first.

I back my slaves up there, tag as many mobs as I can with the tank. The tank picks up all the barrels and uses the cannons. When the boss lights the floor on fire I move to the middle, and when the fire is over I move them back.

I failed about the first 20 times but now I can do it every time.

[jinkobi]

I'm getting closer. I see the rhythm to the fight... First I sit in the first area behind the very first boxcar, tag and rip through all the mobs, leave my team there and get ina cannon and get of 2 shots. Then I get knocked out of the cannon, grab my team because that's usually when the floor first gets lit. We move to the second area up behind the safe area and this is where it goes south. Between suppressive fire and the floor being lit in the second area- my guys go down and my priest can't stop to heal.

I'll keep at it- I'm hard headed. Sheesh I remember doing Spine of Deathwing and the frustration... Then after so much practice I got so damn good at it I could do it in my sleep.

Probably try again tonight. The sad thingis I outgear all this by a long shot. Most of my team is in 695 gear. My tank is like 705 or something- he's been my main solo and boxing. In fact my tank has many times ended up solo-ing a boss down when my team bit it. It's about being in the wrong place a the wrong time and getting more familiar with the patterns.

[JohnGabriel]

When running away from the fire on the floor, try running behind the pillars, that blocks the fire from the boss.

You do outgear me quite a bit, my team is 675-680. I'll run that again when I get a chance to get the fight fresh in my mind, in case I am missing something.

[JohnGabriel]

Not the best win as two of my team died, been awhile since I had run that and was a bit rusty. But we got him down.

My team is around 675'ish, you can view them in my signature.


https://youtu.be/kCYyv2B3vHQ

A couple times I missed the sweet spot when not paying attention, but luckily the toons got stuck on a crate and did not fall off the train.

[jinkobi]

WOW! Thank you very much John. I can't believe you did this for me but I sure appreciate it!!!

I will let you know how it goes!

-Will

[jinkobi]

Got it down!

That sweet spot on the far right corner was the spot I needed. Once I got there I had all day to use the cannons. Got it on the 3rd try after you showed the spot in your video! Almost did it without losing anybody but 3 out of 5 team members flew off the train after Nilrog went down, lol. Tovra the last boss was a cake walk- glad to get that one done.

Now I will head to Auchiduon and hopefully get my legendary rings going for my whole team.

[Enoah35]

Just cleared it myself this heroic. My team is roughly il675, way above the intended ilevel but still had trouble on last boss. basically the method used in this post http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/51884-Heroic-Grimarail-Down did not work for me. the damage of the ground aoe is just way too high for me to heal through. I ended up everyone on follow and moved around with the tank. Was still a pain since the spear has a good chance to hit my team. the fight ended with just my healer and tank. maybe disc priest is not adequate since there is a lot of movement going on. Still don't understand why they removed renew from all specs except holy.

the most painfull experience for me is to have to hear the last boss talk. No pun intended but I just hate her voice.

[JohnGabriel]

Just cleared it myself this heroic. My team is roughly il675, way above the intended ilevel but still had trouble on last boss. basically the method used in this post http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/51884-Heroic-Grimarail-Down did not work for me. the damage of the ground aoe is just way too high for me to heal through. I ended up everyone on follow and moved around with the tank. Was still a pain since the spear has a good chance to hit my team. the fight ended with just my healer and tank. maybe disc priest is not adequate since there is a lot of movement going on. Still don't understand why they removed renew from all specs except holy.

the most painfull experience for me is to have to hear the last boss talk. No pun intended but I just hate her voice.

That strategy still requires you to move out of the ground AoE, it just provides the spot where your slaves can stand when not in that phase of the battle. Its also tough to keep your dps up when moving all the time, need the sweet spot.

But no matter the strategy you'll need to outgear it, its a tough fight. 675'ish like you noticed.

[MadMilitia]

Outgeared it myself but a few things I noticed that may be useful for people doing this at 630:

1. Loot-A-Rang appears to loot for you rockets and grenades and such. If you want your DPS to pick them up while driving from tank or healer just use this. ( The engineer-only one doesn't work! ).
2. The pillars are key. Sticking behind pillars sometimes makes slag mines miss ( hit the pillar and bounce back to the previous section ).
3. The whole 2nd boss fight can be done on the right side of the car behind the pillar with the boxes. If you get slagged, go up to the pillar in the second section. When that gets slagged, go back to the first.
4. It was absolutely mandatory for me to use a heal keypad instead of grid + clique. So that I could direct heals across the Naga keypad without having to worry about where the cursor was or if I was 'cliquing' the right target.
5. An FX overlay over the buff / debuff section on all characters is super handy to see who looted and what they currently have.
6. Prioritize the guys who have the flamethrower ammo over the rocket. So they can help with adds on that turret next to the right side.

Anyway this is super late. I never did like this fight but I see now where it might be manageable at 630.

To anyone wondering what the heal keypad is: http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/53137-Healing-via-keypad-with-gnomesequencer-and-isboxer?p=405463#post405463