Gate of Madness
Originally Published by Snograt
Pre-requisite quests: Kormir's Crusade; All Alone in the Darkness
This is generally considered to be the hardest mission in the Nightfall campaign - at its climax you will need to defeat the Undead Lich, who was the main protagnist in Prophecies and Shiro Tagachi who fulfilled the same role in Factions.
Your aim is to travel to the Temple of the Six Gods, where you hope to receive aid from the gods of Tyria. This area has the permanent environmental effect Depths of Madness that causes all healing skills to be 15% less efficient. You will encounter many groups of Titans, Demons and Margonites as you proceed towards a bridge over a ravine at which point you will be taunted by Shiro from behind a locked gate. When this gate opens, four groups of Shiro'ken will spawn in turn. It is then the turn of the Undead Lich to speak and he opens five Chaos Rifts from which emerge mixed groups of Margonites and Titans, along with three Portal Wraiths for each rift. Being cautious of patrols, proceed around this area killing the Wraiths and thereby closing all of the rifts. Once the final rift is closed, the gate to the Temple of the Six Gods opens, wherein await Shiro and the Lich. Beyond this pair lie six shrines of the gods - capturing five of these comprises the bonus for this mission (the sixth is the shrine of Abaddon). As each of these shrines bestows a positive effect on the party once captured, it is sensible to always do the bonus with this mission.
The easiest way to accomplish this is to kill the Lich first, ignoring Shiro as much as possible. As soon as the Lich falls, the entire party should race to the first shrine, quickly dispatch the few Margonite guardians, then wait for the shrine to be captured. It can be beneficial to have a Ranger hit Shiro with Pin Down to slow him down whilst you are racing from shrine to shrine. Once all shrines have been captured, it's time to engage Shiro. Keep damage output as high as possible and try to use stance-canceling skills such as Wild Blow as soon as he uses his Battle Scars stance. Players with access to Eye of the North will find that the Asuran skill Pain Inverter is particularly effective against Shiro, especially when he triggers his desperation skill, Impossible Odds.Once both Shiro and the Lich are dead, the mission is completed.
The award for this mission reflects how many shrines were captured: 0-1 for Standard, 2-4 for Expert and all 5 for Master.
This is generally considered to be the hardest mission in the Nightfall campaign - at its climax you will need to defeat the Undead Lich, who was the main protagnist in Prophecies and Shiro Tagachi who fulfilled the same role in Factions.
Your aim is to travel to the Temple of the Six Gods, where you hope to receive aid from the gods of Tyria. This area has the permanent environmental effect Depths of Madness that causes all healing skills to be 15% less efficient. You will encounter many groups of Titans, Demons and Margonites as you proceed towards a bridge over a ravine at which point you will be taunted by Shiro from behind a locked gate. When this gate opens, four groups of Shiro'ken will spawn in turn. It is then the turn of the Undead Lich to speak and he opens five Chaos Rifts from which emerge mixed groups of Margonites and Titans, along with three Portal Wraiths for each rift. Being cautious of patrols, proceed around this area killing the Wraiths and thereby closing all of the rifts. Once the final rift is closed, the gate to the Temple of the Six Gods opens, wherein await Shiro and the Lich. Beyond this pair lie six shrines of the gods - capturing five of these comprises the bonus for this mission (the sixth is the shrine of Abaddon). As each of these shrines bestows a positive effect on the party once captured, it is sensible to always do the bonus with this mission.
The easiest way to accomplish this is to kill the Lich first, ignoring Shiro as much as possible. As soon as the Lich falls, the entire party should race to the first shrine, quickly dispatch the few Margonite guardians, then wait for the shrine to be captured. It can be beneficial to have a Ranger hit Shiro with Pin Down to slow him down whilst you are racing from shrine to shrine. Once all shrines have been captured, it's time to engage Shiro. Keep damage output as high as possible and try to use stance-canceling skills such as Wild Blow as soon as he uses his Battle Scars stance. Players with access to Eye of the North will find that the Asuran skill Pain Inverter is particularly effective against Shiro, especially when he triggers his desperation skill, Impossible Odds.Once both Shiro and the Lich are dead, the mission is completed.
The award for this mission reflects how many shrines were captured: 0-1 for Standard, 2-4 for Expert and all 5 for Master.
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