i am busy playing diablo 3. for those who doesn't know, playing d3 season 5 will provide you an extra stash space. that's something you definitely wouldn't want to miss. the game itself is very fun to me so i decided to complete the season 5 guardian journey as well.
anyway for today, i like to try solo heroic TOES 10man as a ret pally and it turns out to be very challenging.
Terrace of Endless Spring - Heroic Mode, 10 man
1 Protectors of the Endless
2 Tsulong
3 Lei Shi
4 Sha of Fear
Protectors of the Endless - Heroic Mode, 10 man
seal choice: SOT
talent choice: AW, ES, FV
trinket choice: EDH, Vial
although this is a 3 boss fight, it is not meant to be an AOE fight. you have to focus on single-target dps only because when you kill 1 boss, the remaining boss will be restored to full hp. this make cleaving / AOE practically useless here.
the kill order for solo-ing is going to be different from raiding. for raiding, the most dangerous boss abilities are raid-wide damage. however for solo, the most dangerous boss abilities are those that stun us. for example, regail can cast Lightning Prison and i decided to kill him first
kill order: regail > kaolan > asani
this kill order is easiest for me to solo. immediately on pull, i pre-pot and use all major CD to nuke regail down. while fighting kaolan, you will notice Minion of Fear spawn constantly. be happy because these adds are very important to our survival. when we kill this add, we gain a buff Supplication that allow us to top up our hp in a single flash of light.
Tsulong - Heroic Mode, 10 man
seal choice: SOT
talent choice: AW, ES, Sera
trinket choice: EDH, Vial
this is the easiest boss for us to solo.
simply stand inside the pillar of light (to reduce our damage taken) and dps the boss with all your major CD
Lei Shi - Heroic Mode, 10 man
seal choice: Seal of Insight (this seal help me a little bit in survival)
talent choice: AW, ES, Sera
trinket choice: EDH, Vial
this is the most difficult boss that is almost impossible to solo as a ret paladin.
but we can still bet our luck on RNG and defeat heroic lei shi.
Strategy part 1
pre-pull, i cast scared shield, then ate a strength potion while running in.
on pull, i build up to 4 holy-power, during the 1 sec idle down-time, i refresh scared shield on myself. yes, i really recommend any opportunity to max survival on this fight.
at 0:10 minute, when i have 5 holy-power, i use all major CD (ES, AW, Sera, Ring, Vial) together. within a couple hits, the boss will enter the first intermission phase at 80% hp, find and kill 1 water-elemental asap to end the first intermission phase before our ring expire.
at 0:25 minute, my legendary ring explode on the boss, bringing it down below 60% for the next intermission phase. find and kill 1 water-elemental asap. at this time, you already have 20+ stacks of debuff and around 50% hp.
at 0:40 minute, the boss will either cast (Hide) or (Go Away!) this is the RNG i previously mentioned. if the boss cast (Hide), simply run away from the boss and go out of the instance to reset the fight. if the boss cast (Go Away!), you stand a chance to win so make use of this opportunity.
what you need to know about (Go Away!)
(Go Away!) last for half a minute (30 second).
do not hit the boss at this time! if the boss lose 3% hp, she will stop (Go Away!) and continue the fight. we don't want this to happen! we prefer the boss to waste time in this phase as we are waiting for our major 2-min CD to be up again at a later part of the fight.
another reason you definitely want the (Go Away!) to last the full duration is because this is the only part of the entire fight where you have the opportunity to heal yourself to full. how to heal? you move forward against the wind, then cast a flash of light. repeat and move forward, etc. in this way, you will not take damage debuff stacks and easily maintain 100% hp.
get up to 5 holy-power in this phase too.
Strategy part 2
at 1:20 minute, boss starts to fight again. use AW and Sera and push the boss hp as much as you can.
at 1:30 minute, boss will do a (Hide). there is nothing much we can do here except to survive. keep using flash of light to top up yourself. when i am oom, i use a divine-shield, follow by execution-sentence on myself, trying to top up my hp as much as i can.
at 2:00 minute, i have around 20+ debuff stacks again and boss reappear. boss is already around 40% hp, so it will enter intermission phase immediately. find 1 water-elemental to kill asap.
at 2:10 minute, all my major CD is up again, and i use it straight away. im around 30 debuff stacks at this time so a LOH is necessary here.
at 2:20 minute, boss enter the last intermission phase 20%. this is the most crucial! i must kill the water-elemental before my ring explode.
at 2:25 minute, ring explode and boss die.
Sha of Fear - Heroic Mode, 10 man
seal choice: SOT
talent choice: HA, ES, FV
trinket choice: Vial, EDH
this boss is quite easy, as compared to Lei Shi.
on pull, use all major CD. when the ring explode, it will bring the boss down to 65% and we will enter the next phase, the dread waste.
once the boss return from his 1st submerge, look around the room for an add, Dread Spawn. this add will spawn somewhere far, and move slowly to the player with the pure light, which is you. do not let this add touch you because it will immediately end your life.
when the add is near enough, use AW and throw your hammer and judgment at it. once you kill the add, continue dps the boss until the 2nd submerge. heal yourself to full while waiting.
when boss return from 2nd submerge, prepare to use AW. keep a look out for two Dread Spawn this time. it is very crucial to kill the nearest one asap, so that you have time to react to the second add. when both adds are down, your major CD should be almost up.
once your major CD is up, cancel away your current AW (yes, just cancel it) and pop all major CD together and burst the boss down asap! you should be able to kill the boss before the 3rd submerge, otherwise you have to pray to god for a FVEDS to handle the three Dread Spawn.
if you are interested, i can upload my video on these bosses.
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