How to take Ancient Rock Wraith down on Nightmare:
Hawke: 2-handed, must have Taunt and upgraded Stonewall
Bethany: must have Firestorm or Tempest
Varric: must have Hail of Arrow and upgraded Fatiquing Fog
Ander: must have upgraded Heal, upgraded Haste, upgraded Heroic Aura, Pancrea, and Aid Group.
Consumable: 4~6 Health pot, 4~6 Stamina pot, 2~4 Lyrium pot
Ancient Rock Wraith has a few attack type:
Basic attack:
1. swings his arm horizontally, hits an arc infront of him, quite wide, low damage
2. Shoot out lightning like regular Rock Wraith, low damage but fast attack speed
3. transform and hit in all direction, mid damage
4. swings his arm downward in a forward straight line, mid damage
5. transform and kicks out with his feet in a forward straight line, high damage
Special attack:
1. Teleport to the middle of the stage, goes nuclear and shoot out red light for a few seconds, summons a group of 8 Rock Wraith around him
2. Turns into a ball and rolls forward doing damage and knocks down on the way
3. Transform and causes a black hole on top of him, sucks nearby enemies in in a 15m circle
So basically, have your range DPS together within range of Ander's Pancrea aura, move them at least 20m away from the boss and ideally near a pillar. Have your Hawke engage the Ancient Rock Wraith and repeat an attack pattern of one attack, strafe left or right, one attack, strafe, rinse and repeat. Use your Taunt and Shieldwall whenever they're availible if Ander's heal is on cooldown, otherwise try to do as much damage as possible while dodging the most damaging attack from the Ancient Rock Wraith.
When the boss telepoert to the middle of the screen and starts charging up, put all your characters behind a pillar and wait it out, as soon as it's over, have Ander activate Haste, make Beth use Firestorm and Varric throws a Fatiquing Fog on your team (with the upgrade that gives 100% obscure chance) and then use Hail of Arrow on the 8 Rock Wraith adds that shows up. Once the crazy AOE ends, run your Hawke up to attack the Ancient Rock Wraith. Once Varric and Beth clear what's left of the adds, focus your whole team on the boss until he transform back to humanoid form.
When it turns into a ball and rolls, follow it with Hawke and make sure your range DPS ball gets out of its way and runs 20m away from it. If your range DPS ball stand near a pillar, the Ancient Rock Wraith will usually hit the pillar and stops, use that as a guide to judge how far you must run. When it use Blackhole, just keep attacking and use Aid Group after it finishes. Repeat this proccess until it dies.
Edited by Naitaka, 09 March 2011 - 11:13 AM.
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