Originally Posted by
Crizto
My group last night was getting to the last phase consistently, but it was still pretty chaotic compared to the phases prior.
I'm curious as to how other people are handling the adds. I'll try to add information about sub 40% as that's where people look to be the most unclear so far or have the least experience with.
Bees/Honey: Boss gives you the Honey debuff which makes a bee spawn. No honey debuff = no bee. You will always get the first bee because it is queued to spawn right after the boss gives the debuff. Afterwards, you can choose to get sucked in and have the boss remove the honey debuff, thus eliminating bee spawns. Bees don't seem like a big issue before 40% but I'll bring up why you may want to consider intentionally feeding.
Sub 40% (Last phase): Begins with Leafstorm which is a weak AoE. Immediately after, 3 slugs spawn which have very low HP (~6000?). Boss casts Acid Rain, which is a ground target AoE on 3 random people. A slime spawns where the AoE lands; these slimes do not move and have a ranged auto attack. Slugs will eat the slimes when they are sub 50%; a slug can eat multiple slimes. More slimes eaten makes the slug stronger and stronger. Slugs cast Acidic Ooze which is another AoE; you're essentially dead if a slug ate 2 slimes as this AoE will wreck you most of the time. It is manageable if each slug at 1 slime.
We had issues making sure Slugs ate one slime each even despite spreading slimes out a bit and having Slugs at 50% at the same time, so we did a few pulls at the end of the night to try and ignore the mechanic. We intentionally killed slugs with LB2 the moment they spawn, and then placed Acid Rain on one end of the arena. Boss was planned to move to the opposite side so we could out-range the slimes auto attack. The slimes hurt a lot too.
We were a bit too tired to really get anything decent with that strategy, but that was our plan. You can successfully eat the "laser" mechanic the boss does when it only has 2 stacks. We also were feeding all Honey debuffs because getting any bees during that sub 40% part was becoming too much to handle. The damage the boss dishes out at 2 stacks was still manageable. At that point it really is just a burn phase.