Morian the Stormwing Matriarch... ouch?

[RavenHeresy]

Hello all.

I mostly fight alone (on a dedicated server) and I've hit a wall with Morian the Stormwing Matriarch.

I've killed everything before, including the other two 70s. I've not struggled too much so far in the game, with maybe the spider and the smith being the hardest with 5 and 7 attempts each, respectively.

But Morian I really don't feel I can kill. It's not even close. My gear is maxed out, my powers are gemmed, potioned, 100% blood, even got on attempt on a bloodmoon. I tried different strats, I can barely get her below 50%. The adds are very tanky, she soaks damage like a sponge, the space is cramped, I don't see a way through this.

Am I missing something? Anyone has a magical strategy that I fail to see?

Making this ultra tedious is the hell of a long run back every attempt, and that nest has annoying enemy density and quick respawn rate. My interest in the game has been waning of late but this might be the straw that breaks the camel back...

[RavenHeresy]

I've also been watching youtube vids from 2022, the adds look like they are taking 2-3x damage compared to what I'm doing, doesn't look like the same fight at all. Interested in replies from people on current update. thx.

[Glyph]

I skipped her and came back powered up after gaining the Athenaeum from Blackbrew. She was pretty tough.

[Dr. Rockso]

I thought she was fairly easy but I also played back when the game first came out so I was already accustomed to her moves. I know I was the same gear level as her but don't recall doing anything special other than using the skull shield to help aggro the mobs.

Actually the skull summons has helped me in numerous boss fights.

[Venthus]

I think they retuned her. It’s no shame to outgear a boss. Because some of them are hard to beat. Luckily she is one of the bosses not needed for progression and you can just skipp her. You have a limited time to try her as it takes time to get there as you can only really start moving to her at night time. Half the night is gone when you get there and you still have to deal with the mobs around her. Yes kill them because you will pull them eventually I think that’s what killing you. Im confident you will get her

[RavenHeresy]

Thanks for the suggestion. Blackbrew went down easy without quality blood or potions. I'll just keep going and circle back.

[Flame-kun]

I beat her in PvE hard setting (1.25x health and 2x damage), am using pistol + necromancy build (corrupted skull + ward of the damned).

You need to kill the add quickly using your ultimate when they come. I recommend heart strike since it's heal + big damage + can give you space. After that it just comes into endurance test. Most of the bosses feel like that.

[Dr.Corpse]

All the minion-focused bosses have been buffed on this update, and they absolutely suck. they spawn 3-5 adds which have comparable damage output and gear level to the boss itself which is just ridiculously dumb. Toad, Matriarch, Nicholaus. They are all super unfun even with coop. The harpies in general have been buffed to high hell, its very obvious when you run on them in the vineyards.

[grraf]

For me she was easy but then again i'm a little arse hole and gave her a serving of my new gloomrot quick stomp build, it wasn't even funny how fast she went to sleep
Anyways ill link it to you bellow:
https://imgur.com/u48Vnb8.png

You want the lesser version of that^ the wolf has the boomerang back to user with an up to 80% heal(also drastically reduces spells cool down) and reduced bounce dmg penalty while the storm dash&polarity shift are all about stacking as much dmg as quick as you can in mere seconds. the advantage to this build its the fact that it has great sustain spells mixed in with auto mob targeting and the ability to dish insane amounts of burst dmg via stormdash(almost an instantaneous minion take down with a few weapon swings) but also instantly teleport next to the boss via polarity shift to load her up on burst dmg.

[Tenkula]

Try different necklace to ramp up your spell leech and using wolves and spear skills from illusion set? The fight was long and lasted whole night but i managed to do it. I main greatsword/hammer as weapon and sun resistance potion saved me in the end

[Kelloth]

Here is a silly idea. Try doing the fight on horseback. The mobility of a mount does help a lot in evading most of the attacks. I did kill that boss getting hit perhaps 5 times total.

[Aapjuh]

Originally posted by grraf:

You want the lesser version of that^ the wolf has the boomerang back to user with an up to 80% heal(also drastically reduces spells cool down)

+illusion 'phantasm' is great 20% chance at 10 stacks to remove cooldown.
i have a gem with the healing + another bounce + consume weaken for 5 stacks of phantasm, it is amazing.

i always used wolf ever since i found my first gem with healing for it, auto targeting mobs on bounce is just so useful, beware of bouncing when you fight a group with 1 of them having blood you want (drink/prisoner/servant) somehow they always kill for me :(

on topic tho, i used the bolt that summons skeletons + the wolf + chaos travel for the kill.
the skeletons keep the adds and boss distracted while my wolf passively kills them.
think i was using a mace, no pots or good blood.
i killed her first try this update but i already knew basically what to expect from before the update. her adds where more annoying this time around i think.

[RavenHeresy]

Update for the thread, I tried her again today with lvl 83 gear and a melee build and got her first try. It was still a closeish finish. I still think that fight is a weird difficulty spike in the normal progression curve, but at least it's non-blocking, as others have pointed out.

Only have the last 2 bosses left now.

The gemming on the wolf is a real find, thanks for pointing it out, now part of all my builds.

[John^]

Originally posted by Kelloth:

Here is a silly idea. Try doing the fight on horseback. The mobility of a mount does help a lot in evading most of the attacks. I did kill that boss getting hit perhaps 5 times total.

this made it so easy for some reason

[Big Moustache]

I use 2 gems that reset skeletons lifetime and another one on my dash, healing skeletons. There is always at least 5 skeletons up for me with mages. Than the spider ultimate. Best solo play crowd control for bosses spamming ads