Originally Posted by
offive
Interesting thing happened last night, the champs bugged again (shock I know) and were all staying trampled for minutes. I decided to unmount my team and see what happened. Well it got all the champs back up for the ground combat; however, they all had the shield ability from mounted combat. I ran out to reset.
When I came back in the were standing near the gate like normal, except they all had the mounted shields up (95% damage reduction). I noticed the mounts were still around the sides, so I decided to see what would happen if I engaged mounted. To my surprise it went very well... so if the encounter bugs out on the champs don't give up and reset it. You may still be able to get through that phase.