Can't beat first "I am brute" scenario.

[Grinch]

I'm feeling really stupid because I can't beat the scenario where you have to kill one living bones elite using a piercing attack and then defend against another.

I use the Shield Bash and Trample abilities which allows me to kill the first elite and then the other for the shield. I also use the healing potion.

I appear to take zero damage by using Shield Bash activating Heater Shield and burning cards but I still go into a fail state at the end and if forces me to restart.

Can anyone help me out here? Thanks.

[Tyrant Monk-E]

use the +1 shield bottom ability. top ability attack 3 pierce to kill the 1st skelly.
consume potion, have shield ready to defend. should be 2 or 3 hits with 1 damage. end result that round you with 1 life left

next round~

short rest, bottom ability attack 2, top ability attack 3 push 2.
proceed to bottom attack first
top attack and push into trap.
profit.....

just completed that one myself.

[Grinch]

Thanks for the reply. I think the problem is I was burning cards to avoid damage altogether. Looks like I can take some damage but need to be ready for the next round.

[DiLLiGaF]

I was having trouble because I couldn't figure out how to activate the heater shield for a bit.

[yeolePK [MoC]]

Yes, this mission should succeed if you burn cards to take no damage, because the mission parameters did not state "take damage and survive"

[VoltaicONE74]

OK. How do you actually pass this level? I use the +1 shield (Shield Bash), 3 pierce attack (Trample) and eliminate one skeleton then use the potion. Get attacked by last skeleton....burn two cards for no damage, use shield for no damage, burn one more card to take no damage and yet I die?......I don't get it.

[ExperimentalGamer]

The shield from Shield Bash applies to each hit you take. Each hit in the skeleton's flurry is reduced to 1 damage, so you can take all three thanks to the potion you just downed. No need to burn more cards.

[flumiani]

I can't win this scenario.
The attack 3 pierce 2 on the 3 health living bones kills him but does not register as completing the pierce kill objective (no green check) so I end up losing, even after killing the 6 health living bones by pushing him into the traps.
Any ideas?

[flumiani]

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[TwinSails_Crunch3d]

Hello everyone,

Thank you for reporting this to us. We are unaware of any issues with this quest for Brute. If you are having issues with this quest then we recommend that you restart the quest from scratch and try again following these exact steps given by Tyrant Monk-E.

Simply use bottom half of Shield Bash, then the top half of Trample to kill the low health Skeleton, then use the potion available to you. You should not need to burn any cards to survive the attacks from the second skeleton, especially if you use all the items at your disposal. Once it is your turn again, simply short rest and use the cards to attack the remaining skeleton and push it into the traps.

If this continues to not work, please reach out to our Helpshift support team providing the zipped save file so that they can reproduce this on their end. You can do this here: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/gloomhaven/?contact=1

[Black Hammer]

Originally posted by Asmodee Digital:

following the sexact steps given by Tyrant Monk-E.

Uh, I don't think I got the same game as you guys did, because Monk-E didn't suggest anything sexy.

[newnewguymatt]

I am having the same problem and have tried everything. First round, I use the recurring shield, and then pierce the skeleton with 3 health to death. I drink the potion and then prevent one point of damage with the heater shield - no burned cards, down to one health.

The trainer comes back and says "what an onslaught" or something and gives goals for round 2 - kill the final elite; he hints at push attack. However, under the goals at the upper right, it still says to kill a skeleton with a pierce attack (which I already did the first round). No matter how I play it from here on, the scenario doesn't end. The first time, I had burned a card in the first round so even though I defeated the elite in the second round, I die at the end of round due to not enough cards. If I don't burn the card, I can kill the elite, move around, take a long rest, move around a bit more, and still eventually die since I run out of cards. I tried the method above exactly (no move, just hit the final guy with the bottom and then push him) and still didn't trigger the end of battle.

I think the issue is a glitch with "kill an elite using pierce" not clearing after the first round. Very frustrating.

[ZexxCrine]

Originally posted by newnewguymatt:

I am having the same problem and have tried everything. First round, I use the recurring shield, and then pierce the skeleton with 3 health to death. I drink the potion and then prevent one point of damage with the heater shield - no burned cards, down to one health.

The trainer comes back and says "what an onslaught" or something and gives goals for round 2 - kill the final elite; he hints at push attack. However, under the goals at the upper right, it still says to kill a skeleton with a pierce attack (which I already did the first round). No matter how I play it from here on, the scenario doesn't end. The first time, I had burned a card in the first round so even though I defeated the elite in the second round, I die at the end of round due to not enough cards. If I don't burn the card, I can kill the elite, move around, take a long rest, move around a bit more, and still eventually die since I run out of cards. I tried the method above exactly (no move, just hit the final guy with the bottom and then push him) and still didn't trigger the end of battle.

I think the issue is a glitch with "kill an elite using pierce" not clearing after the first round. Very frustrating.

That’s a shame. Seems like this is also a problem in the spell weaver tutorial for a small group of people. I wonder if people who complain about the tutorial being too nebulous hit one of these issues and don’t realize it because they haven’t grasped how to play yet. I hope this gets fixed asap

[Fenris_Wolffe]

Originally posted by flumiani:

I can't win this scenario.
The attack 3 pierce 2 on the 3 health living bones kills him but does not register as completing the pierce kill objective (no green check) so I end up losing, even after killing the 6 health living bones by pushing him into the traps.
Any ideas?

This is my issue. No credit for the kill... I'm stuck.

[Fenris_Wolffe]

UPDATE: I updated to the open beta and this issue is fixed.

[Ruina]

I think the real problem is that it is hard to notice/use items (I mean the UI).

I did not notice that I have to activate the shield, and pass this by burning cards instead of taking the damage/activate the shield.

I had the same issue when trying to use the +2 movement boots, I keep pushing the side menu instead of the floating boot icon button. ¿may be you could make it bigger/more noticeable?