Question about the Brutal Act 2 Progression

[@%thesock10150alpha49]

Do I fight Maja and Leandra right after getting the hollowfang gear? Cause they are giving me a LOT of trouble. At 47, my damage is so low that the fights drag on for 3 or 4 minutes and I eventually just get whittled down by little mistakes. I've watched videos and learned the fights, but I just can't replicate their success.

I have to be doing something out of order, I just cannot figure out what. The only thing I can think to do would be to go after Vincent and get a good blood prisoner, since right now I'm just using whatever I can find. Is there anything else I need to do to prepare?

Edit: I absolutely Molly Whopped Leandra thanks to Mr. Death Knight. Moving forward now. Thank you for the replies.

[Glyph]

The best gearscore you can possibly acquire before you unlock the study is 50, and that's if you take out Leandra for the pendant. Otherwise it's 47.

[† Dead Anarchist †]

Simple play on your own server and erase stupid V-Blood HP boost. That boost makes boss fights with adds a real nonsense. For the same Maja, the adds have more hp than it is possible to inflict while the add is crawling to the boss to heal her)

[The Haney]

Originally posted by † Dead Anarchist †:

Simple play on your own server and erase stupid V-Blood HP boost. That boost makes boss fights with adds a real nonsense. For the same Maja, the adds have more hp than it is possible to inflict while the add is crawling to the boss to heal her)

Skill issue.

OP, you shouldn't have too many problems with Leandra. The adds die in one hit regardless. They can be distracted by summons, they can be dodged, or you can just swing once whenever one approaches you.

Maja adds should also be a non-issue to kill prior to them reaching her for healing, especially at 50 if you kill Leandra first.

Also consider killing Kriig beforehand as he is also super-easy compared to Maja, and a reaper can help greatly with Maja and Leandra both.

[@%thesock10150alpha49]

Originally posted by The Haney:

Also consider killing Kriig beforehand as he is also super-easy compared to Maja, and a reaper can help greatly with Maja and Leandra both.

I... I genuinely don't know why I didn't think of that. I have cheesed Kriig so many times before. That's great advice.

As to the problems with leandra, it's not really the minions that are getting me. I mean, sometimes their janky pathing ends up having them go past me at weird angles and I whiff. For the most part though, it is actually Leandra herself that chips me with projectiles. either while I'm trying to get in on her or as I'm dealing with a minion. And when the fight drags on so long, the chances that I eat a shadow blast only go up and up.

I actually can get the minion down for Maja, because I don't have as much to worry about simultaneously. The only problem is, again, the fights are lasting so long that I eventually end up taking their main attack and after that they just have to chip me down.

[@%thesock10150alpha49]

Originally posted by Glyph:

The best gearscore you can possibly acquire before you unlock the study is 50, and that's if you take out Leandra for the pendant. Otherwise it's 47.

Given how big of a difference the gear level makes, That feels like a serious oversight when doing the balancing for the progression.

[torqueblue]

Originally posted by Glyph:

The best gearscore you can possibly acquire before you unlock the study is 50, and that's if you take out Leandra for the pendant. Otherwise it's 47.

48 with brute blood.

[theworld]

Go Leandra first.

1)Dual shield as your spells
2)When they shadow phase arrives, stay in a corner with your back against the wall and use Reaper to do oneshots.
3)Use Slashers Q if you cannot block.

[theworld]

Originally posted by @%thesock10150alpha49:

Given how big of a difference the gear level makes, That feels like a serious oversight when doing the balancing for the progression.

It is by design, your GS will always be below key bosses on Brutal.

Originally posted by † Dead Anarchist †:

Maja, the adds have more hp than it is possible to inflict while the add is crawling to the boss to heal her)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b061lCoVkjk

O RLY? You clearly know nothing. This video shows how to deal with the adds.

[The Haney]

Agreed on the bosses generally being higher GS, although it varies a bit depending on your spot in the progression. Sometimes you can match or exceed, and sometimes you can't.

[@%thesock10150alpha49]

Update: going after Kriig and Merideth SUCKS. She dies so fast against him. No help at all

[@%thesock10150alpha49]

Originally posted by The Haney:

Also consider killing Kriig beforehand as he is also super-easy compared to Maja, and a reaper can help greatly with Maja and Leandra both.

The Death Knight absolutely turned the tide. I brought DK and corrupted skull and Leandra caved like a roleplaying Minecrafter. Like, night and day, no sweat broken, didn't lose more than 15% of my health kind of easy. I'm actually really mad that I even attempted it before.

[Tanyon]

Friends and I just killed them tonight.. maja took us 4 attempts.. she can be a bit chaotic especially with the adds for 3 people.. so we all used AOE spells (bone explosion primarily) so we turned all her minions into skellies.

Leandra was easy we one shot her.

Bright archer got Kriig down to about half health.. then we fed on her and the explosion did another 10% damage and we were able to kill him off pretty easy once again using bone explosion and turning his ads into our ads basically.