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EpicNNG Oct 11, 2016 @ 11:43am
HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU SOLO THE DRAGONS WITH MAYA?
Ok so I am no borderlands vet but definately would call myself a superfan. I play roughly 30 hours a week on ps4 and was wondering how in the world can I solo the ADOD with maya? I have great gear such as shock hawks nozzles and such but no flame hawk. I looked up on youtube and found no videos showing a legit and simple kill so I was wondering if anyone has a strat they would like to share? Thanks.
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randygilmore2001 Oct 11, 2016 @ 11:54am 
One of the issues with Maya is her action skill cannot be used on the major bosses, which makes her more of a support for others. A real dissapointment, as she is fun to play.
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EpicNNG Oct 11, 2016 @ 11:57am 
Originally posted by randygilmore2001:
One of the issues with Maya is her action skill cannot be used on the major bosses, which makes her more of a support for others. A real dissapointment, as she is fun to play.

Yeah I got really bored of grog harolding all the time with sal so I used maya but despite being great in combat she blows at raiding solo. I see her as more of a support class
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Lord Cyphre Oct 11, 2016 @ 1:25pm 
Spec into Thoughtlock, get Brood down and use Thoughtlock on the basilisks. The ADOD will focus their attacks on them. Use Sandhawks + Bee (I highly recommend an inflammable variant) and a legendary cat mod to kill the Dragons.
Try keeping the basilisks alive througout the majority of the fight.
Avoid skills like Recompense or Chain Reaction that´ll damage the ADOD because it might get one to land you didn´t want to.
Not an easy fight but doable with some practice.
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HiTmAn Oct 11, 2016 @ 2:02pm 
dragons are only^easy^ with sal... cz resons...i dont have idea how i will kill it with zero to lol
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Bringoutyerded Oct 11, 2016 @ 2:21pm 
Originally posted by Lord Cyphre:
Spec into Thoughtlock, get Brood down and use Thoughtlock on the basilisks. The ADOD will focus their attacks on them. Use Sandhawks + Bee (I highly recommend an inflammable variant) and a legendary cat mod to kill the Dragons.
Try keeping the basilisks alive througout the majority of the fight.
Avoid skills like Recompense or Chain Reaction that´ll damage the ADOD because it might get one to land you didn´t want to.
Not an easy fight but doable with some practice.

Thank you for the strategy suggestion regarding thoughtlock and the basilisks, and which skills to spec out of.

Also I've always avoided using any elemental weapons while they are in the air as I've read that doing so makes them impervious to damage for one round when they land. Is this correct?

What is the order in which they should be focused on? Is it blue (the healer), followed by purple (boost), then brood (green) and red last (as it's even more of a bullet sponge?
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Mihryazd Oct 11, 2016 @ 2:27pm 
The order I go is Blue, Green or Red, and leave Purple for last.

Blue heals the others every time it lands, so it's good to take it out first. Leaving Purple for last means the level boost does nothing, because all the other dragons are dead. It doesn't matter if Green or Red is taken out first, because their attacks are not too difficult to deal with.
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Jimmy Hunter Oct 11, 2016 @ 2:29pm 
Blue green red purple is how I do it. Anytime Boost lands, he levels up the others. Always him last as he doesn't level himself up.

I've managed to duo it with a Sal as Kreig. Pretty tough fight.
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Bringoutyerded Oct 11, 2016 @ 3:29pm 
Thank you for correcting my dragon order, Mihryazd and Jimmy Hunter.

I don't understand taking out Boost last. If you kill Boost last, aren't you giving it the chance to level up the others before they are killed, making the fight that much harder as time progresses?
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Mihryazd Oct 11, 2016 @ 4:58pm 
Originally posted by Bringoutyerded:
Thank you for correcting my dragon order, Mihryazd and Jimmy Hunter.

I don't understand taking out Boost last. If you kill Boost last, aren't you giving it the chance to level up the others before they are killed, making the fight that much harder as time progresses?

If you don't shoot Boost, it won't land and level up the others.
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Bringoutyerded Oct 11, 2016 @ 5:18pm 
Originally posted by Mihryazd:
Originally posted by Bringoutyerded:
Thank you for correcting my dragon order, Mihryazd and Jimmy Hunter.

I don't understand taking out Boost last. If you kill Boost last, aren't you giving it the chance to level up the others before they are killed, making the fight that much harder as time progresses?

If you don't shoot Boost, it won't land and level up the others.

Thank you pointing this out, Mihryazd.

Again, it's all in the nuances of their behaviour. I hadn't made the connection between shooting the dragon while it is in flight causing it to land and the idea that Boost's skill is only invoked when it is on the ground. To be honest, I'd never noticed this last point during gameplay. I guess that I was too focused on staying alive while solo, or in both staying alive and healing team mates during co-op play.

No matter how long I play, I hope that eventually it will sink in.....:steamfacepalm:

Thank you!
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Alex 'NEMO' Oct 12, 2016 @ 4:22am 
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EpicNNG Oct 12, 2016 @ 5:06am 
Originally posted by Bringoutyerded:
Originally posted by Lord Cyphre:
Spec into Thoughtlock, get Brood down and use Thoughtlock on the basilisks. The ADOD will focus their attacks on them. Use Sandhawks + Bee (I highly recommend an inflammable variant) and a legendary cat mod to kill the Dragons.
Try keeping the basilisks alive througout the majority of the fight.
Avoid skills like Recompense or Chain Reaction that´ll damage the ADOD because it might get one to land you didn´t want to.
Not an easy fight but doable with some practice.

Thank you for the strategy suggestion regarding thoughtlock and the basilisks, and which skills to spec out of.

Also I've always avoided using any elemental weapons while they are in the air as I've read that doing so makes them impervious to damage for one round when they land. Is this correct?

What is the order in which they should be focused on? Is it blue (the healer), followed by purple (boost), then brood (green) and red last (as it's even more of a bullet sponge?

Se the elemental immunity is what got me. No wonder my shock hawk was doing zero dmg
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Lord Cyphre Oct 12, 2016 @ 8:57am 
I´m glad I was able to provide some help.

Originally posted by Jimmy Hunter:
Blue green red purple is how I do it. Anytime Boost lands, he levels up the others. Always him last as he doesn't level himself up.

I've managed to duo it with a Sal as Kreig. Pretty tough fight.

A good order to take the dragons out, but with Maya I prefer to get Brood (green) down first, to have basilisks for Thoughtlock. It makes the fight more "relaxed" as it takes away the aggro.
You might want to keep him alive though, if you want to have the opportunitiy to spawn more basilisks.
Take out blue next and purple last, for the reasons stated in this thread.
The more Dragons you kill the easier the fight (usually) gets.
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