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agoldenopportunityhelper [2024/03/05 01:35] – [How to use AGOH to defeat Goldor] mistahmikeyagoldenopportunityhelper [2024/03/05 01:38] – [How to use AGOH to defeat Goldor] mistahmikey
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 Also common to both acts is AGOH's general approach to damaging Goldor (who is vulnerable to physical attacks), which is to beat him to death slowly using your chosen melee spell. If you have both Goblin Punch and Sharpened Knife active, Goblin Punch will be preferred, as it performs just a bit better. The Blizzard III Mechanic (explained below) provides an opportunity to get off a little flurry of spells that will do a nice bit of damage.  There is also a brief period at the beginning of Act 2 where AGOH will cast the 6 elemental spells needed for the All That Glitters achievement a total of 3 times each in case they were possibly interrupted by your movement and thus didn't land. But for the most part, it's slow and steady wins the race, where you stick close to Goldor whenever you can so you get in as many melee whacks as possible. Using the Healer role, it took me just over 24 minutes out of the 30 available to win using Goblin Punch and just over 28 minutes using Sharpened Knife. Also common to both acts is AGOH's general approach to damaging Goldor (who is vulnerable to physical attacks), which is to beat him to death slowly using your chosen melee spell. If you have both Goblin Punch and Sharpened Knife active, Goblin Punch will be preferred, as it performs just a bit better. The Blizzard III Mechanic (explained below) provides an opportunity to get off a little flurry of spells that will do a nice bit of damage.  There is also a brief period at the beginning of Act 2 where AGOH will cast the 6 elemental spells needed for the All That Glitters achievement a total of 3 times each in case they were possibly interrupted by your movement and thus didn't land. But for the most part, it's slow and steady wins the race, where you stick close to Goldor whenever you can so you get in as many melee whacks as possible. Using the Healer role, it took me just over 24 minutes out of the 30 available to win using Goblin Punch and just over 28 minutes using Sharpened Knife.
  
-You must also pick a role to mimic using Aetheric Mimicry.  I briefly tried DPS and Tank modes, but the healing just isn't adequate - once you get damaged, the healing is so miniscule it never catches up.  You can take some pretty good hits in Healer mode and quickly restore all your health, and I've been successful defeating Goldor numerous times now using it.  Perhaps there is a way to make DPS or Tank mode work, but I'm not putting in the time to figure that out. So donning Healer mode is my strong recommendation.+You must also pick a role to mimic using Aetheric Mimicry.  I briefly tried DPS and Tank modes, but the healing just isn't adequate - once you start taking damage, which is impossible to avoid, the healing is so miniscule it never catches up.  You can take some pretty good hits in Healer mode, all the way down to having just a sliver of health left, yet quickly restore all your healthI've been successful defeating Goldor numerous times now using it.  Perhaps there is a way to make DPS or Tank mode work, but I'm not putting in the time to figure that out. So donning Healer mode is my strong recommendation.
  
 The key to success is internalizing the required mechanics so the movement they require becomes second nature. This may require you to make many runs. The good news is AGOH makes it so the ONLY thing you have to worry about is how and where to move.  I couldn't play my character manually if my life depended on it, and I now can get through this duty reliably.  So don't become frustrated if it takes you a bunch of tries and time before you get there - you will. The key to success is internalizing the required mechanics so the movement they require becomes second nature. This may require you to make many runs. The good news is AGOH makes it so the ONLY thing you have to worry about is how and where to move.  I couldn't play my character manually if my life depended on it, and I now can get through this duty reliably.  So don't become frustrated if it takes you a bunch of tries and time before you get there - you will.