Trint

Hey guys,

At the risk of exposing myself to ridicule, I'm gonna ask for any info on this boss that anyone has. A guild group and I (80 Guard, 80 Illy, 80 Templar, 78 Fury, 80 Trouby, 80 Ranger) cleared the zone up to Sandstorm (killed sisters, mouth, and gear fella.) However, Sandstorm was wiping us again and again. His stoneskin was popping at random times, sometimes when he took the first hit he'd pop stoneskin and bring adds, sometimes we took him to 70 percent before he popped stoneskin and adds. I noticed he seemed to root himself when he stoneskinned and then unroot when it dropped. We tried burning an add every time but it seemed his adds/stoneskin are time based rather than percentage based (with the mouth) so an add would go down, we'd get a few hits on him, and then he'd stoneskin/adds again. I'm fully prepared for any newbtastic insults from you fantastically prepared groups out there but any info would also be appreciated as we want to get him down and open up the scorp fight. Thanks a lot guys.

Trint, Healer of Donkeys

Darkhain

No to spoiler ! (even if it's an easy encounter... )

You're too noob to kill it, deal with it !

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Latpow681

There really isn't anything to spoil... Have your Illusionist mez the adds, wait for his stoneskin to drop, kill him ASAP. Don't worry about the adds until after he's dead. He spawns the adds approx every 2 min, so have to kill him before then. If you want even more of a crutch, have your Illusionist Stifle on pull and it'll delay his add summoning a little bit. So you have a bit more time before the next wave.

Arrarik

It is all time based and not percentage based for this guy. I pull him where he stands, tank till he starts doing shit with his arms for awhile... and call out. At this point he is rooted and using stoneskin ( generally, only once has he made adds and not been rooted). During this time burn the shit out of at least one add, work on the second afterward.

Sandstorm will then come at you after his stoneskin / root is down. Just burn the shit out of him, i've had groups where i can just burn him from full to 0% before the next add and groups where i get down to 50% on him before the next. But the strat is pretty solid.

Basically to recap.

1- Pull him where he is and tank till first adds
2- Burn adds down
3- Go Ape shit on Sandstorm
4- Kill previous add with lowest hp work on the other ones. Then go back to sandstorm and finish it.

I've done this zone with guild groups and pug's so it's all very doable. I've found it is best kept to burn him down as soon as possible keeping minimal adds. Good luck with the strat.

If this strat does not work just mez the adds. and wait for sandstorm to un-root / take off stoneskin. Alternative maybe kill 1 add and mez the other.

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Xanoth

try kill adds when his stone skin is up, burn him when its not.

it doesn't need to be complicated more than that.

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Avokk

Did him yesterday with Guard, Troub, Warden, Inquis and 2x Wiz...

Aside from dps`in, 2x (RoD RoD + Ice Bolt + Fission) + 1 Manaburn = wood chest

If your tank and healers are good, just AoE everything and don't bother with Stoneskin absorbing damage on the big dude although it`s easier to have him root himself while hes stoneskinned and take care of the adds during that time like suggested above.

If you were able to manage the 3 sisters, Sandstorm should be easier

Deludar

Pull named
Adds spawn
Mez adds
Burn named
Kill adds

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Jenesi

Uber Spoiler!!

Dont suck

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Argyuile

You don't even have to kill his adds. All you have to do is pull him off his little pillar spawn point, and then keep him away from his adds via Mez, root or whatever and he will never stoneskin.

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