Rathbreaker boss too difficult?

[SuperAbe]

By far the Rathbreaker boss in Act 2 was the most difficult yet. Not because of the boss itself, but all the adds that would rush you halfway though the fight. If you don't clear the adds fast enough, you can get trapped and than get killed real quick. I think GGG should adjust this. Anyone else feel the same about this?

[Instant_mashed_potatoes]

Nah I beat it first try with my melee witch. It forces you to learn to use crowd control skills

[Commando]

Fight him on the southern edge, I killed him there and none of the adds spawned.

[Vespertellino]

If that's the bloody centaur then yes I agree
The worst boss design I've seen so far, his adds have way too much hp/dmg, come in small groups constantly and he tries to oneshot you while you're getting rid of them

[Somdier6]

how if tf did you even get past the wolf dude in the manor...fml...if i could level up like 3 more times it would be a lot easier, but thats impossible because the enemies are too low level to get enough xp without grinding for like 6 fkin hours...

[comeollass]

Originally posted by Somdier6:

how if tf did you even get past the wolf dude in the manor...fml...if i could level up like 3 more times it would be a lot easier, but thats impossible because the enemies are too low level to get enough xp without grinding for like 6 fkin hours...

Yep level up by grind in lower levels than you its crazy.

[Vespertellino]

Originally posted by Somdier6:

how if tf did you even get past the wolf dude in the manor...fml...if i could level up like 3 more times it would be a lot easier, but thats impossible because the enemies are too low level to get enough xp without grinding for like 6 fkin hours...

He telegraphs each attack so hard, you can literally go through the battle unscathed
Just learn the pattern and beat his ass

[quixoticaxis]

Originally posted by Le Toucan:

Originally posted by Somdier6:

how if tf did you even get past the wolf dude in the manor...fml...if i could level up like 3 more times it would be a lot easier, but thats impossible because the enemies are too low level to get enough xp without grinding for like 6 fkin hours...

He telegraphs each attack so hard, you can literally go through the battle unscathed
Just learn the pattern and beat his ass

No, because you may have not enough DPS to kill the wave. For me there often come around 20 hyenas at once, and they body block me.

[Vespertellino]

Originally posted by quixoticaxis:

Originally posted by Le Toucan:

He telegraphs each attack so hard, you can literally go through the battle unscathed
Just learn the pattern and beat his ass

No, because you may have not enough DPS to kill the wave. For me there often come around 20 hyenas at once, and they body block me.

We're talking Count, not Rathbreaker
Hyenas are bloody hp sponges and he's a sh*t boss experience for melee overall. Constant bodyblocks, huge random aoes, small arena, slow-casting heat seeking oneshots are wasting your time

[Hesgad]

Originally posted by quixoticaxis:

Originally posted by Le Toucan:

He telegraphs each attack so hard, you can literally go through the battle unscathed
Just learn the pattern and beat his ass

No, because you may have not enough DPS to kill the wave. For me there often come around 20 hyenas at once, and they body block me.

need to specc into some CC was a cakewalk with my ice monk

[Lyote]

Originally posted by Le Toucan:

Originally posted by quixoticaxis:

No, because you may have not enough DPS to kill the wave. For me there often come around 20 hyenas at once, and they body block me.

We're talking Count, not Rathbreaker
Hyenas are bloody hp sponges and he's a sh*t boss experience for melee overall. Constant bodyblocks, huge random aoes, small arena, slow casting tracking oneshots wasting time

You say melee is the worse experience on him, and yet you can absolutely cheese him by sticking to his face and just rolling behind him when he does literally anything.
You can kill him effectively without moving him from his spawn point.

He basically won't use the huge line AoE slam if you're close to him, and it's the only dangerous move he has.

I did it on coop with a friend who died about 30% of the way in. I did the rest solo as a pyro/minion witch usimg sceptre/shield.

The adds are easily cleaved down and if you fight him near to his spawn point and dont kite him around, the adds leave you alone and he doesn't use half his kit.

If you're struggling on any boss, just do as we do on Monster Hunter.
Engage. Observe. Learn.
Start the fight and just watch for mechanics and the animations that precede them.

[☁]

for some reason this boss just only used one melee attack and no adds spawned

[Squirt Games]

Originally posted by SuperAbe:

By far the Rathbreaker boss in Act 2 was the most difficult yet. Not because of the boss itself, but all the adds that would rush you halfway though the fight. If you don't clear the adds fast enough, you can get trapped and than get killed real quick. I think GGG should adjust this. Anyone else feel the same about this?

nah me and my partner beat him mega ez, didn't break a sweat, just have an ability on your bar that clears adds, like nade spamming on mercenary