Help with Arborstone

Greetings all,

Does anyone have any hints in how to complete the Arborstone Mission.

We have gotten up to the The Judge and down to the last 3 mobs including him but died a horrible death at that point (ok any death is horrible)

I have figured out that the center is the shortest route and maybe not the easiest cuz all the mobs in one place but still it goes by the fastest so the route that and after trying all 3 routes I think I prefer this one (is there a reason why I should go either of the other two routes? )

Is there a easier way to defeating the final mobs?

I had read that you should have a warrior tank the Boss in the final fight but that isn't a option since our group always uses a henchie warrior.

Is there a certain class that makes this mission easier/harder?

I am a elementalist so is there a elemental that would be better then the other?

Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided!

You just have to try and carefully pull a few of the enemies away and kill them so the group is thinned out when you start the real fight. I have been able to do this mission even with fighting through everyone at once, we had a MM though for some extra tanks.

Also, try going earth and bringing ward vs melee and put it down next to the boss when he starts attacking someone. Or air and using the one skill to blind the enemy and keep him blinded.

if you can, change to air, and bring blinding flash, that will surely reduce the boss effectiviness, also in my opinion, the left path is the easier (the one with the grass monsters) but you will face like 3 or 4 groups of onis.

when facing the judge, leave him for last, because once you kill him, more monsters will spawn.
try to kill the stonesoul, as he has some healing power, then take down the gale addicts.

Thank you so much!!!

We tried the mission again tonight after a long break from it...I took Ward of Melee and Ward of Elements it worked wonderul with my friends Water Elements to slow down the mobs!

Thanks again!

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make one warrior get on the last warrior boss while the rest kills off other poeple... probaly the reason u died is because the warrior boss was doing insane dmg to the casters becuase warriors were off attacking other things.

Also get good monks... make sure they have energy management skill like Mantra of Recall, Energy Drain, Word of Healing, and Offering of Blood... i can't say this enough DO NOT TAKE Mo/W and expect them to heal efficiently unless they are a Word of Healing healer.... in most cases when i form i try to avoid Mo/W....

go through the gardens its much easier... on the last stretch right before last boss a mob of oni will pop up in a a narrow staircase... while continous rocks will fall on you make sure u have viktors urn charged to lvl5 when u reach this point.... drop the urn when the rocks start falling to make it through...

if all else fails... try to get into a "masters" group... they usually know what they are doing... because most of them beat the mission already.

As an elementalist it is an incredible easy mission to take on, just master Earth Magic (16) and take Wards (against melee and against foes above all) and some nice damaging skill (classic combo knockdown/aftershock would work well), add maybe Silver Armor and don't forget Ress Signet. Never had such an easy time, and it was an all henches team. Ah, Ward of Stability will work well here to avoid interrupts!

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