over 6 years ago - /u/Shaunyowns - Direct link

Originally posted by Stealthlead

Hey guys, about a week ago I made a post debating whether to delve into Telos or not. Well I did, and really enjoy it! I like the comprehensive enrage based style that forces you to get better. I progressed decently quick but am now stuck at 185% enr. Freedoms from binds has really set me back destroying my P4 I'm not doing enough dps in general, and my P5 game has fallen apart. So here are some of my specific questions;

  1. How do I survive p4 after the font/minions? It's either a stun, anima, or smp bomb and my defensives are always on cooldown even with prep. Also, the minions are always alive after the font bomb, and are becoming a real nuisance. Am I just timing this wrong? I fail p4 at least 3/4 of the time now.

  2. As stated, the phases are taking way too long in general, and I'm getting stuck in the vines for way too long. I come from rax so my strong suit is ranged, magic is still kind of new to me (am using blood barrage). What ability patterns should I be using for dps in general, and when? Every time I sunshine I either have to move to avoid an attack, go into a stream to clear a virus, or move to dodge an attack. Lately I've been trying to tsunami+onslaught but it never works/I fail at it.

  3. P5 is a little confusing for me because I see some guys resurrecting but I don't want to get used to this as at later enrages, I guess the instakill bomb ignores it. What is the best strategy for this phase with higher enrage? I just get crushed between rock dodging and the minions are really starting to dish out the damage. Should I be dpsing the minions in a stream, clear my virus, and then take them to the font?

Loadout is nox staff, Virtus, aos, seis wand, merciless shield, turt 3, as3 on both, p5, etc. Any help would be appreciated!

How do I survive p4 after the font/minions? It's either a stun, anima, or smp bomb and my defensives are always on cooldown even with prep. Also, the minions are always alive after the font bomb, and are becoming a real nuisance. Am I just timing this wrong? I fail p4 at least 3/4 of the time now.

You want to phase Telos a few attacks before his special on font 2 (this is when he'll do SMP after he's finished siphoning that font)

At that enrage, you can charge up a detonate and launch a dragon breath at the same time and most of the time it'll clear those minions nice and quickly!

As stated, the phases are taking way too long in general, and I'm getting stuck in the vines for way too long. I come from rax so my strong suit is ranged, magic is still kind of new to me (am using blood barrage). What ability patterns should I be using for dps in general, and when? Every time I sunshine I either have to move to avoid an attack, go into a stream to clear a virus, or move to dodge an attack. Lately I've been trying to tsunami+onslaught but it never works/I fail at it.

Yeah adapting to a new style isn't ideal for someone like Telos but you can do it, by vines I assume you mean his tendril grip? Keep "Wild Magic" ready for that, at your enrage Wild Magic alongside a couple of standards will clear that.

Personally I don't sunshine much at Telos, I focus on thresholds, stunning, etc, etc. You absolutely should get Dreadnips as they're godly at Telos, with Sunshine at the very least you feel "locked" to your position as you don't want to waste it

I need to go now so haven't got time to reply to point 3 but I hope 1/2 help you!