Last Night's PoE 35, aka "3 hours with nothing to show" (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, June 06, 2015, 16:09 (3558 days ago) @ petetheduck

Lawnmower and I took our first shot at Skolas last night, joined by veteran Steel. I threw in the towel after 3 hours, defeated. I feel like there is just one thing too many happening during this fight.

The buff
The debuff
The immunity
The mines

Removing just one of these things would make it feel more feasible. We had 2 Sunsingers, which gave us some room for error with the debuff, but it was just ridiculous trying to keep the right person alive to keep the chain going.

PoE 35 is all or nothing. If you break on Skolas, you'll have sunk hours into an activity that has to be restarted from the beginning and won't have anything to show for it. I think the Skolas encounter is too much for an activity with no checkpoints.

I don't know how you guys were approaching this fight, because you don't really have to deal with all these elements at once. Just break down and focus on one thing at a time Here's what Chaos, Cyber and I did. It wasn't exactly quick, but it worked:

-We rotate around the outside of the arena killing adds, then when it's clear we kill a servitor and burn Skolas.
-When the bonds are broken, continue this until you get the Devouring Essence. The key is to kill all the enemies first, then only when it's clear attack Skolas
-Stick together for the devouring essence, set a rotational order, and take it when it gets below ten seconds. Just keep communicating.
-For the mines, ignore Skolas, dismantle the mines, and kill enemies.

Basically, the gist of the fight is that you should focus primarily on the enemies, then when it's clear take out Skolas. Do so by rotating around the arena and leaving your safe area when it's no longer safe.