Which GW2 foe do you dislike most?

[SoulGuardian.6203]

We all have a nemesis, if you like, in every game.Whether is a boss, a legendary, a champion, a veteran, or a mere low end pesky enemy.But which one you hate the most, and reasons why?

[thehipone.6812]

Branded, specifically branded griffon, aka evade-spam timewaster extraordinaire.

[ParadoX.3124]

The giant stupid Frogs in Tarir

[Arioch.6507]

Timegating, my arch-nemesis.

[mtpelion.4562]

You left out PoF Harpies? It's a good thing the Elder Dragons have been leaving them alone since any given one of them is more powerful than an army of dragon minions, and definitely more dangerous than the entire Pact.

[ThomasC.1056]

Anything that's designed to expand the fight duration beyond what it should. Examples : branded griffins that perma evade, scarabs or lions with tons of attack denial, things that perma CC you and toss you all around.

These are boring fights because their AI is lame, they're mostly weak, but they just deny you your skill so that you don't insta kill them. Oh, and they're labeled challenging too. How ironic !

[HnRkLnXqZ.1870]

The Ley Anomaly in the Dzasha Uplands. It is neither very difficult, nor very powerful but it is quite annoying to fight. I soloed it a few times in ~ 40 mins - 1h with my engineer. If you have to do it for the Achievement or the Skyscale collection, bring a group and some patience.

First of all it has an extreme HP pool, which forces normal players to go straight into high DPS builds. This strategy works, if you build grants enough movement and uses neither melee nor projectiles. Else you need a healer or have so sacrifice DPS for sustain. It constantly spams timed AoEs (weaker cousins of Flux Bombs), which means you have to be moving during the entire fight. Fighting it in melee is not a very good option, as it performs an uppercut-attack which cannot be blocked or resisted by stability. Fighting it in ranged is not a very good option either, as it has a very annoying block-ability which reflects projectiles. The anomaly uses both techniques frequently in the encounter, so you can easily kill yourself if you go brain-afk mid fight. The AoEs are not very powerful, but when you run out of endurance, you will get hit by a few in a row. So you need a good healing ability and (if possible) some passive regeneration.

In addition you can only fight it in a small area, if you dare to leave it or try to stand behind the boss, you are damaged by the brand. When you fight it in groups and one of your members happens to get downed, it is almost suicide to aid them due to the insane amount of AoEs. If you do not own HoT, you will also receive falling damage after the uppercuts due to the lack of a glider.

The most frustrating part is when you finally take it down and someone does not want to wait to loot the chest. Whenever I am there with other people, I beseech them to wait until I stealth us. NOPE! I WANT MY LOOT, NOW! Which sadly causes the Anomaly to instantly respawn. Looting the chest during the (2nd) fight is difficult. The smart person who had no patience usually just waypoints, so you end up facing the Anomaly alone.

There are a lot more powerful and difficult bossfights out there, but this one annoys me the most.

[Dreamy Lu.3865]

Mordrem: They are fair to fight, but I find them - especially the leecher with all the tentacles - disgusting. :s

[Cynder.2509]

I'm surprised nobody said pocket raptors yet...

[SoulGuardian.6203]

@Cynder.2509 said:I'm surprised nobody said pocket raptors yet...

Yeah. They're a pain in the butt.

[Danikat.8537]

Probably smokescales. I don't mind most of the enemies which can evade lots of attacks, partially because I tend to use condition builds so as long as I've hit them they'll keep taking damage but also because I often feel like it's one of the few things which forces me to really pay attention and think about what I'm doing but if I do pay attention I can beat them relatively easily.

But for whatever reason Smokescales are different. I think it's because they require more precise timing, which isn't something I'm good at. It takes me a lot longer to beat them and they're more likely to down me without me ever being able to get a hit in, which is pretty frustrating. I'll avoid fighting them when I can.

[Danikat.8537]

@Cynder.2509 said:I'm surprised nobody said pocket raptors yet...

Pocket raptors were a nasy surprise when I first played HoT, I wasted a lot of time in the betas trying to beat them, especially when I was playing a revenant and wasn't familiar with the skills.

But they're relatively easy on any character with strong AoEs (or lots of AoEs). For example on my ranger I let them attack me, drop a spike trap which knocks them down and bleeds them, drop a bonfire (torch 5) on top and then use the sword to pick off any which are taking longer to die. My thief really struggles with them though because he's more set up for single-target damage.

[Cynder.2509]

I didn't say the raptors hard. But I've seen others complain about them back then. Actually no foe/boss is hard at all. Even raid CMs are far too easy ^^People (or filthy casuals actually) just need to git gud

[Regh.8649]

Coztic Shadowleapers

[starlinvf.1358]

@Danikat.8537 said:Probably smokescales. I don't mind most of the enemies which can evade lots of attacks, partially because I tend to use condition builds so as long as I've hit them they'll keep taking damage but also because I often feel like it's one of the few things which forces me to really pay attention and think about what I'm doing but if I do pay attention I can beat them relatively easily.

But for whatever reason Smokescales are different. I think it's because they require more precise timing, which isn't something I'm good at. It takes me a lot longer to beat them and they're more likely to down me without me ever being able to get a hit in, which is pretty frustrating. I'll avoid fighting them when I can.

The way you're supposed to fight them goes against most established player habits, so players tend to not adapt to it. The way it works is that they get perma-evade while they are in their own smoke fields (possibly even yours)... so you have to kite them out of it to make them vulnerable. While solo this is pretty simple...... in a group setting it rapidly reaches impossible; since theres always going to be that One guy trying to fight in the smoke field, and the smokescale is happy to stay there.

[Omega.6801]

@ThomasC.1056 said:Anything that's designed to expand the fight duration beyond what it should. Examples : branded griffins that perma evade, scarabs or lions with tons of attack denial, things that perma CC you and toss you all around.

These are boring fights because their AI is lame, they're mostly weak, but they just deny you your skill so that you don't insta kill them. Oh, and they're labeled challenging too. How ironic !

Basically this. I'd like to add though, that some of the control mechanics of these foes can be countered by movement, dodging, blocks, blinds, interrupts and the likes.

[Thorstienn.1642]

As an "overall" type: White Mantle.Specific enemy: PoF Harpies

[hugo.4705]

Those nasty djinns.

[Khisanth.2948]

This poll is missing approximately all the griffons

@starlinvf.1358 said:

@Danikat.8537 said:Probably smokescales. I don't mind most of the enemies which can evade lots of attacks, partially because I tend to use condition builds so as long as I've hit them they'll keep taking damage but also because I often feel like it's one of the few things which forces me to really pay attention and think about what I'm doing but if I do pay attention I can beat them relatively easily.

But for whatever reason Smokescales are different. I think it's because they require more precise timing, which isn't something I'm good at. It takes me a lot longer to beat them and they're more likely to down me without me ever being able to get a hit in, which is pretty frustrating. I'll avoid fighting them when I can.

The way you're supposed to fight them goes against most established player habits, so players tend to not adapt to it. The way it works is that they get perma-evade while they are in their own smoke fields (possibly even yours)... so you have to kite them out of it to make them vulnerable. While solo this is pretty simple...... in a group setting it rapidly reaches impossible; since theres always going to be that One guy trying to fight in the smoke field, and the smokescale is happy to stay there.

or there is an NPC around ... but the evade also lingers on beyond the smoke field for a bit but that could be a bug where the game isn't drawing the correct size for the field

@HnRkLnXqZ.1870 said:Fighting it in ranged is not a very good option either, as it has a very annoying block-ability which reflects projectiles.

Even if you take away all its abilities and prevent it from attacking, ranged will still be annoying because it will walk inside the rocks causing everything to be obstructed.

[Donari.5237]

Mushrooms in HoT, harpies in PoF. Those things are mangle machines.

[Arglwyddes.4065]

That Candid thing. I believe it's forged (or was it unwakened?) Whenever I meet one of those, I just break off the attack and run. I'm not a fan of constantly being thrown down and then kicked ten times after I'm helpless on the ground, not able to do anything.

[Randulf.7614]

Awakened are the most annoying faction in the game. Their condi spam is over the top and someof the mobs are hugely more powerful than any equivalent in Mordrem, branded or any other faction.

Jacarandas and Harpies prob win the annoying crown overall though

[Ashantara.8731]

The Elder Dragons, because they are badly written (except in the last episode of Season 4).

My second most hated are the Mordrem, because they have those annoying Snipers and because I find humanoid plants creepy (yes, that includes the Sylvari, too ;) ).

[Anodic.6712]

Jacarandas. The way they just ambush you with a CC outta nowhere.

[Curunen.8729]

Jungle Tendrils - because I hate stuff that can't be knocked around. They're just so boring.