Gates of Madness *Merged*

Its all described here.

The little shortcut to avoid the Shiro'kens works wonderfully.

Once you are in where the portals are, pull carefully. Also be advise that the portal are spawning points for Margonites.

Once all portal are down, get to the entrance door to where the shrines are. Kill the Leech and you can completly ignore Shiro. He will only get dangerous when his healt is 1/2 way down.

Once the Leech is dead you have 2 option, kill Shiro and get the mission over with or go for the bonus and capture the shrines.

If you go for bonus, still ignore Shiro and cap thoses shrines.

You can also PM me IG, i'll gladly help for free.

If you want help, I'll help too.

Add me to friends: Dargoth Alfazul.

I can help with either:

D/Mo, A/Mo, Me/Mo, Rit/N, P/Me, W/R, N/Me, or Mo/E.

My Ranger isn't there yet, and I have no Ele primary.

Otherwise, good luck.

If you're dying at Shiro, get Wild Throw or Wild Blow.

Otherwise, watch patrols.

You might as well cap the shrines. It doesn't take that long, the Margonites guarding them aren't much of a threat, the bonuses will help in taking Shiro down, and it means you won't have to come back and do it over if you want Protector's.

It's the only mission I can honestly say I cannot beat with heroes and henchmen. It is truly a masterpiece for pushing the limits.

Arguably the hardest mission. Killing Shiro is simply ending his stances with wild blow/strike/throw and hitting hard. Can't be KD so don't bother.

Make sure you deal with the Lich first or keep him busy. He is as dumb as he is ugly.

Necro Heroes FTW!!!

Pain Inverter eases Shiro up a bit.

The most important thing is to stay outside while fighting. Bring only 1 mele with wild blow/strike/throw for braking stances and position him at the door. Position rest of characters so they can cast on Shiro/heal tank but far enough so Shiro can't reach them (he can't cross certain line). Bring Spiteful spirit, Spoil Victor, Pain inventer on different characters - Savannah heat (or other high damage ele spell) also help. Follow wiki instruction how to setup necro hero(s).

Take Leech down first (or don't go for bonus), because he hits much harder while you going for shrines. And running around shrines while Shiro follows you is fun - because he doesn't hit hard at all if you don't attack him.

I did this with H/H (with PuG we managed to kill Shiro but Leech got us while trying for bonus) and only Koss was killed once by Leech. My group was 2 necro heroes (1 ss, 1 sv), Koss with wild blow, 2 ele and 2 monk hench + me fire ele (savannah as elite) with pain inventer.

You can find more tips in http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Talk:Gate_of_Madness_%28Mission%29
and I think there is some guide for this mission or link to it also on this forum but I am not exactly sure about that.
I know I saw somewhere picture where exactly to place H/H but can't remember location - I'll try to find that link.

Can't sum it up any better.

Spoil Victor works nicely, in addition to the stance removers.

I always H/H it. Didn't even try PuGging. I heard all the rants and realized that I should not even TRY to PuG it.

Best. Guide. EVARRR!!!

on NM, so easy... on HM too if u dont bump into the Lich Lord too soon.

now i see my problem, i thought i could disable shiro!, wild skills,+anti attack are the way to go

Wat is your character name im stuck on this miss (Gate of Madness) my character is beaten by a girl

ran it hundreds of times (no literally i did... i made mucho dinero rushing this mission for poeple).... its easy with the right build.... just run blockway for shiro and get a SS/SV necro...

When I first tried this, I went H/H, then as I was closing the portals I started to get very bored. The task was easy with my Paragon, but I got too bored and I just quit. Didn't complete the mission, didn't even close off all of the portals.

The next time I tried with my Paragon, I got a free trial run from an Assassin. The Assassin didn't want anything because he/she has done it before with pure H/H, so adding 1 human to test out his/her abilities was her aim. I didn't just sit and watch, I participated by throwing my spears and running from harm's way. I wanted to see how to complete this quest. The assassin died several times, and I rezed him/her. Eventually we did it. I kinda felt that I was worst than a henchie, as the Assassin said he/she never died doing it H/H. As a result, I gave the Assassin 1k for his/her troubles, as a thank you. Like a tip, but more of a gesture of thanks.

Since then (now I know what I was up against and how to beat the mission), I've done it 7 other times in PUGs.

I can't run the mission, but I can help anyone who needs it. My Ranger (the only one left to do it) isn't there yet, but i have 8 other characters who can help out.

Add me to friend's list and pm me if you need help: Dargoth Alfazul.

To me, Shiro is the only thing that is tough in that mission. Getting to Shiro & Lich are a piece of cake.

*Merge*

Okay two threads on the front page that are almost identical.

can you blind shiro? with throw dirt?

it seemed like it worked when i used it on him

also does dazed affect him?

i used broadhead arrow...didnt seem to work?

a lot of people think this mission is a lot harder than it is, i did it 2 human / 6 hero

masters in hard mode first time.

i really like that build guy above shown....really good..and excellent...

Just did it with guildies... much easier... we killed shiro first by accident, but still got masters