New player and Hell's Precipice

I just picked up the game not too long ago and I made it through most of Prophecies, but hell, is this one last mission difficult. The Titans are easy enough to kill, but the goddamned Sparks, if I'm not EXCEPTIONALLY careful, they wipe out my entire party in just a few hits.

I assume if I kept trying, I'd eventually clear it, as I managed to get up to Rurik, but I really don't wanna fail over and over again and tear my hair out over this mission. I'm playing games to relieve stress, not to add to it, lol.

As a new player I don't have access to any cool heroes and stuff (I only have M.O.X, Vekk, Gwen and Stonehealer, but I'm pretty sure their skills are crap). Is there a way to make my experience as painless as possible? I can't seem to find a party, as there are few people left playing Prophecies...

Oh, and also - my char is an Ele and I own all three campaigns + EotN

Ill be glad to help you out.. the problem is with your hero setup. whats your in game name?

The Sparks are pretty nasty if you aren't prepared.
A few things you can do:

1 - Positioning. Use the flags under the compass to spread your heroes and hechmen out. This will reduce the total damage recieved from the Spark's strong area-of-effect attacks.

2 - Party Healing. Bring spells which area-of-effect heal, Monk spells like Healing Burst, Divine Healing/Heaven's Delight or Extinguish are good here, Ritualist spells like Protective Was Kaolai and Feast of Souls, or Ritualist's Spirits like Life or Rejuvenation also work, aswell as Paragon shouts like Never Surrender! and chants like Aria of Restoration, Ballad of Restoration and Song of Restoration.

3 - Damage Reduction. Make sure your team has damage reduction; It's infinetly more effective than just redbar healing damage up as you take it. As this is only NM and you are almost there anyway, single-target Protective Spells from the Monk Protection line and the odd Ritualist Weapon Spell might be enough to tip the balance in your favour; But ideally you'd want party-wide protection, offered via Ritualist Communing Spirits (Shelter and Union most notable here; Displacement can help with the Hands/Fists of the Titans) or Paragons ("Stand your Ground!" or even "Watch Yourself!" from a Warrior secondary).

As most of the damage here is Elemental, Ward Against Elements will be a good alternative, and if you can capture it, especially Ward Against Harm; These are Elementalist skills so you can bring them yourself.

For another round about option; There's a few Ranger skills that could be useful here. Giving everybody Runes, Skills and/or Equipment that protect against Cold damage and having somebody carry Greater Conflagration (which can be capped in the very same mission) and Winter will both greater aid your defense as well as increase your offense (seems Titans are weak to Cold Damage which everything will become with these two Ranger Spirits in play).

4 - Disruption. This may be a bit harder to get your head around; But another option is to shut down the Sparks so they can't use any skills on you. Mesmers are ideal at this, with skills like Panic, Psychic Instability, Cry of Frustration and Mistrust; But more generic interrupts or energy-gaining interrupts like those in the Inspiration line will also work. You could probably get away with a Choking Gas + Practiced Stance combo on a Ranger for multiple shutdown here too. Paragons and Rangers could help out here with Dazing skills, and the Ranger's plethora of interrupts too, though you'll need more of them than if you were bringing a Mesmer. Still, the odd one or two here and there will help regardless.

You can also try with a party full of henchman instead of heroes. Henchmens are better than heroes with starting skill set.

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