Haukke Manor Tank BASIC Overview SPOILERS

A few little tips for the final boss:

Tip #1 - to avoid Dark Mist, tanks should space themselves at max (or as close as they can get) melee range from the boss. This will give you the time needed to strafe out as soon as you see the red circle (quick fingers still helps a lot)

Tip #2 - you have a relatively long time to down adds, getting them to low health (15-20%) or using LB will force the boss to eat them. This is a crucial point for the second wave where 2 adds spawn because downing 1 quickly will force the boss to try and eat both, however, downing both to around 50% and then killing one will give you more time to kill the remaining add before she can eat it. This holds for the final add as well, where using LB will force her to eat it early meaning you should hold off using it at all during this phase if possible.

Tip #3 - There doesn't seem to be any way to avoid instant wipe after 3 charms in the final phase. For this reason it is suggested to keep your LB for this phase and use it after the second charm, using it early can cause you to force the boss into instant wipe early (whether this is a bug or not I'm not sure, but if the LB doesn't kill her she may skip any more charms and go straight for instant wipe).

I hope this helps groups with the mechanics of this fight. Just remember, this is not strictly a DPS fight, it can be controlled and there's no reason to rush kills on adds as you will still survive Blood Rain with an add eaten at or below 40%.

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Originally Posted by Neralyte

Tip #3 - There doesn't seem to be any way to avoid instant wipe after 3 charms in the final phase. For this reason it is suggested to keep your LB for this phase and use it after the second charm, using it early can cause you to force the boss into instant wipe early (whether this is a bug or not I'm not sure, but if the LB doesn't kill her she may skip any more charms and go straight for instant wipe).

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I think this one is debatable. Not the part about 3 charms = wipe, but the lb. I think its better to lb the 3rd add and then go all out on the boss for the rest of the fight. I think thats easier than trying to burn the 3rd add and hoping you've done enough to avoid the wipe and saving lb for the boss. Of course if you're dps are good enough, neither will be a problem, but I would say use lb on 3rd add.

I don't know if it's just me and the way I see things, but does anyone else feel the Boss's "Casting Bar" forms and starts to fill just a *hair* before the circle/cone/slab animation starts to appear on the ground? For me keeping an eye on the target's health bar watching for the casting bar to appear, gives just the barest edge in getting a jump on dodging out of the AoE...