Could this be the hardest EotN dungeon?

This isn't the hardest PvE dungeon, since I have managed to do this with H/H while not others (Shards, Duncan, Frostmaw's possibly but I haven't tried).

I'm an Elementalist primary myself and have done this dungeon a few times, once with H/H and other times with friends. This is not a profitable dungeon; it takes a fairly long time for fairly bad rewards. So I guess you could ask me for help in-game but I might not want to do it ...

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...5&postcount=24

Im sure that Discord/Sabway could do it... Discord rolls PvE tbh

http://www.pvxwiki.com/wiki/Build:Team_-_PvE_Smiteball

Rolls everything.

Having done this yesterday in HM I thought I'd add a few comments.

Most of the info you need to do this is already out there, the walkthrough on the discussion page in the wikia site I found very helpful.

Myself and a buddy did this with the following team:
WS Dervish, with PI + Asuran scan + Ebon standard of Courage
Curses Necro + PI + Ebon standard of wisdom
Heroes were
Gwen VoR/Interrupts
Dunk WoH/Prot hybrid x2
Master of Whispers Minion bomber with Discord elite
Livia Discord Rit healer
Margrid - BHA interrupt w. Frozen soil

My experience of it was that, if you can get past the Slavers mob guarding the door on floor one, you should pretty much be able to complete the dungeon.
The way to take them down is, as said before:
Aggro once and find their turn back point. (They should lay spirits you can use for regaining aggro)
Flag and hold just beyond this point. Lay FS and re aggro over and over each time breaking aggro when your party starts taking a hammering.
Eventually two things will start to happen:
They will start to straggle out and the odd dwarf will linger too long near your party as the others retreat.
Their casters will start to run low on energy (not they will never run out, but their casting becomes less 'spammy')
At this point you can start nailing them one at a time.

One other thing I noticed that I have not seen mentioned anywhere, is the the boss on level 2 (Kurg) and his entire mob can be drawn far away from the platform they are on.
We drew them out down a nearby passage then looped back around and took Kurg on his own from a different direction, totally avoiding having to kill any of his mob. Dead handy ...

The other Slavers Dwarves can be dealt with in the same manner as above and the rest of the dungeon is cake in comparison.
The two wards we carried are very useful vs Zoldark as they cannot be stripped.

I almost finished doing all the dungeons in HM. The only ones left are The Shards of Orr, Vloxen Excavations, Frostmaw's Burrow and Slaver's Exile.

I think I might have trouble only with SoO and VE. Actually tried the last one yesterday and it was a real pain on level two (after almost doing 60% DP at the end of level 1). I'm running a necro + 3 heroes nercos with Discord. Took a friend warrior with me (two monk heroes and a fire ele) and we sucked . After the first wipe we took Frozen Soil, but it was not so much of a help cause the pressure of the warders and contaminators killed us quickly (damn healer summits, they don't die fast enought). We wiped at the end of level 2. Can anyone suggest a build for me and my friend warrior (and the heroes we should take?)?

I was thinking on switching to SoO for a change, but I don't know what smiter build will be good. I will be thankful if someone post a good hero smiter build.

I have to agree that Vloxen was one of the hardest dungeon to do in HM.

After a few attempts with various builds we got one rolling that allowed us to get through the 3 levels without too much difficulty (cept one spot on level 2 where we had agroed a group at shrine and wiped... thought it was over then but we managed to pull them away after rezing)

Anyways, or team set up was:

One tank (Obsidian Flesh) W/E (Real player)
2 Searing Flames E/P with Meteor Shower
2 Healing monks (Real Players)
1 Vision of Regrets Mesmer
1 Spiteful Spirit Necro
1 Weapon of Remedy N/Rt

Could have probably been a bit more effective as our builds weren't perfected but it worked well enough and we could finish the dungeon.
Also, heroes aren't always the best at casting the right spell at the right time so some micro management helps a lot.

I think it would probably have been even easier with a Prot monk instead of the N/Rt or one of the healers.

Anyways, not an easy Dungeon in HM so good luck to anyone attempting it and don't give up if you wipe or have a hard time getting your team working well!

I would definitely say that Vloxen Excavations is one of the hardest dungeons in HM if not the hardest.

- Though Zoldark does attack, the main threat comes from his several monster specific skills to buff his group of 6 Minions of Zoldark. He doesn't heal and takes very little damage even from degen. The key to defeating him is to continually kill his minions (AoE damage is ideal for this), as once they are dead, he uses a skill that allows him to simultaneously resurrect all six of his minions at a cost of a 5% health sacrifice. Eventually he will sacrifice himself to near death, at which point he will stop animating his minions. When this happens, concentrate on Zoldark and finish him.
- Note that if his Master of Necromancy runs out and he has no more minions, he will lose all the life he gained from that skill. This can often kill him when he is near death.
- Also, if killing him by the techniques above, its a good idea to stand near Zoldark, so that he also takes damage from your party's AoE damage.

- Taking a minion master seems not to be the best idea for this dungeon as minions will frequently be taken from you by enemies.
- For HM, like in Slaver's Exile, take [[Frozen Soil] to deal with the Stone Summit Dwarves (FS does not prevent Zoldark from resurrecting his minions).

i did this hero hench after first failed attemp
however i cannot remember my exact setup mayby it was just sabway with mo me ele hench and another hench me as eviscerate war

its just carefull pulling and blocking if your not a war or any other melee have a friend help.


the hardest dungeon is shards of orr definatly cant hero hench that tried so many times so i called an imba friend ran some discord and smite monks those nasty just destroy you. but earthshaker pawned it