Ruins of Morah Masters

Help.

My bro and I are trying to Hero this together for masters. We have beat this a couple times (9.5 and 11 min or so) but still need the masters. We've both read wiki on it and tried all three approaches to getting this done. We flagged to top of our spawn, we've flagged to top of opposite and we've tried to take her down in the middle.

We've tried focusing all attacks on her. We've tried taking out other monsters first and then her. We've tried a mix of both. Still can't get it done.

Usually we got Varesh down to 1/4th the bar and get overwhelmed. My monking bro runs out of energy and wipes, then everyone wipes.

I think he runs WoH monk build and he added the new Seed of Healing skill which is nice. Some other mesmer stuff (leech sig I think, power drain maybe) for interrupts and pulling energy. States he's having trouble with the Arms of Insanity which interrupt him. Heroes are a SF ele, Prot or Healing monk hero, and maybe an interrupting Ranger.

I'm a warrior (sword). I've recently switched to Cripple and Gash for deep wound (which I think works better than Dragon Slash here as it slows her down and bleeds for the gash crit strike).

Also I take Flail, Sun/Moon, Riposte, Defy Pain. Rest change. I was taking res chant but I think I'm just going to get rid of res altogether. Seems like everyone else dies while I try to res somebody. I may switch to para secondary for There's nothing to fear.

I usually take Zhed (typical SF build), Morgahn (lots of fire, gfte, aria of zeal, song of rest, interrupt, res sig), and Olias (minion bomber w/SS). I question the value of Olias here. I'm not sure he's really using SS all that well and I'm too busy to manage it as I'm usually engaged with Varesh. I think the minions sort of help, but there aren't that many bodies. I added Cynn instead for more fire damage and this seemed to help.

Oh, and we've tried changing Zhed to air for spike and also swapping out meteor shower for deep freeze. I think having everything on fire for two SF eles works best but I may be wrong.

Long-winded as always but I need some help with this mission for masters and maybe some builds. We've never finished it anywhere else but when we flag to our spawn and fight up there. I can't seem to pull Varesh anymore with a bow without engaging the others.

Boys do cry if they have to keep doing this mission over and over and over

She's a bit tricky to aggro properly. She usually sticks on the second or third attempt for me (comes partway and runs back before that), so just be patient and keep trying and she should come.

I wouldn't bother with 1* SF - it's pretty useless with only 1 SF in the party, and heroes run out of energy fast with it. Something that he can do constant damage over time without running out of energy is better. A dual attune air spiker with enervating charge and blinding flash to help with the melee shutdown might be good for example. A MM is totally without any value at all in this mission. In fact it probably hurts you more than it helps you (if he actually raises minions they'll probably run off and aggro something you don't want them to). A nec built around Spoil Victor, Price of Failure, Insidious Parasite etc will own Varesh up for you.

There is no reason for you to fight anything other than Varesh in this mission - not even the margonite clerics. Experiment a bit and you should be able to pull her out without aggroing anything else.

We r talking about NM, right?

2 monks (heal + prot), 2 eles (SF is ok), 2 necros (kinda standart MM + curses), Morgahn + Warrior. As a warrior use Shields Up + Watch Yourself, cause most of enemies here use ranged attacks. Use SS + IP + Enfeeble for curses necro hero, weakness on Varesh makes her almost harmless.

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If you have Factions I'd take Spoil Victor and make sure your necro is casting it. It'll work wonders on Varesh and prolly hit Torments for 100-200 before their health gets too low.

Solo + Hero + Henchied my way on this one just this afternoon. Its abit tricky but not that hard.

Me = R/E Barrager
Morgan = GftE, ToF
Olias = MM
Zhed = Standard SF build

Henchies 2 Monks, Dervish, Odurra

Since there are two of you, 6 Heroes(good skills & decent equipment) better than henchies anyday.

Kill Clerics as fast as you can. Kill commander Varesh Try to maintain Shambling horrors/jagged after you kill her. Move up opposite Hill. Take out First 2-3 Groups of mobs. Minions help in taking the damage here. Pull Prophet Varesh, concentrate fire. Over in 6 mins, 51 secs.

Im sure there are more efficient ways in finishing this with masters, just saying that strat worked for me on my run.

You could also just do what the mission runners do. 55monk, a spoil victor necro, and morghan and park everyone else at the spawn. That's usually over in 4-5 minutes.