Snowcloak first boss

[Shougun]

I would love to know how some people dodge it, I imagine they offset the stacks with some mechanic (probably RNG, SE loves them some RNG) just so the whole party does not shutdown at the same time.

Normally I just throw my weak stoneskin* on the healer if they're new/barely geared, pop a defense cooldown and patiently wait it out.


*(It has made a few fights that would have normally been wipe, not complaining everyone is new/undergeared at some point but.. lol thank goodness for that extra help to others)

[Parodine]

It is very predictable as a healer when you are about to be frozen, when you see anyone at 3 stacks just toss up Regen +Medica 2 or rouse + Whispering Dawn.

This issue that I've found is that if multiple people are getting frozen at once, or as luck would have it, the entire party, keeping up tank damage vs AoEs on everyone vs bombs is very difficult with regen healing. It's not an issue of predicting when I'm going to be frozen as much as it hoping that the AoEs that come about while frozen aren't life-threatening for the whole party.

I'd rather just avoid being frozen if it's possible to know how.

[Alukah]

If anything I tend to believe this theory. My FC groups just power through this boss no problem so I'm not overly worried about figuring it out. At first we got frozen a lot when it was new to us. Now we rarely get frozen. *shrug* it's something. I don't think it's RNG, at least not 100% of it. It's probably a DPS/gear check of sorts.

I doubt it, when someone manages to dodge it everyone else still gets stacks, so there's no way to fully interrupt it, only to dodge it.

[Raucent]

to prevent the freeze you need to be moving near the end of the casting/a few secs after the cast bar is finished.

[Alukah]

So apparently this was "fixed", yet it's still 50% work chance for me...

[AdamFyi]

So apparently this was "fixed", yet it's still 50% work chance for me...

Last I've tried, you have to be moving during the animation until you see the damage show up.

[Fyrebrand]

I've only done Snowcloak once, but what I was told is that you have to move around to avoid getting the debuff. Seemed to work for me. I only ended up getting one stack, when I was late on the timing.

You may have to start moving a little early, and stop moving a little late, just to be safe. Whether that's how the mechanic works, or it's lag/latency, who knows. But I really don't think it has anything to do with proximity to allies or the boss, or RNG, or damaging the boss, etc.

[Alukah]

Last I've tried, you have to be moving during the animation until you see the damage show up.

Two runs so far and managed to avoid every single freeze, this worked 100%.

[Ramen]

Doesn't work, it just seems a random chance to not get a stack. I have tried pretty much every possible method you can think of to avoid a stack and none of them work.

People used to think Twister @ T5 is random too...
it works for me every single time I play it.

[Ultimatecalibur]

People used to think Twister @ T5 is random too...
it works for me every single time I play it.

Its probably mechanically an invisible shorter lifespan version of the twister "mines."