Anyone managed to beat AV Doc. Vaz. solo without...

[gronbek]

Ouroboros

P2W vendor

Just through normal leveling to level 15 and beat the AV in Part 2 of Positron Task force?

 

Tried with my INV/SS tanker and it was a no-go for sure.  Had to escape when i was out of insp.

[Yomo Kimyata]

You are going to be much better off soloing that later after you've levelled up.  I don't remember what the max level of that TF is, but let's call it 16.  If you go back and solo it at a higher level (say 30), you get:

 

-- Access to powers you've picked up at the max level +5.  So you'd have access to your lvl 18 and 20 power.

-- Access to additional slots you've picked up in these powers.  You might have a power 3-slotted at 15, but 6-slotted at 30.  You get enhancements and set bonuses you may not have had before.

-- A greater number of inspiration slots.

 

I'm generally able to solo him on most characters that try (some may need envenomed daggers) with just a full tray of purples.  But I don't try at 15.

[Snarky]

But can anyone solo him using no inspirations, no temps, no P2W, no powers, while standing on their head and whistling "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull.  

[Luminara]

I did it as a human-only peacebringer ~15 years ago.  I think I was level 19 or 20.  Stayed at range, kept moving and leaned heavily on Essence Boost.

[SwitchFade]

58 minutes ago, Snarky said:

But can anyone solo him using no inspirations, no temps, no P2W, no powers, while standing on their head and whistling "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull.  

The song alone would one shot him.

[Marshal_General]

26 minutes ago, SwitchFade said:

The song alone would one shot him.

Did you know that song is about a child predator?

 

Quote

Sitting on a park bench
Eyeing little girls with bad intent
Snot's running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Hey, Aqualung

 

[Sovera]

All the time. Scrappers or Tankers. I think my last one had it set at +0 x6 and went it at level 17 or something.

 

Your problem is two folded. A) you're really low level so don't have enough slots. And B) Super Strength sucks before Rage (the low level attacks are terribad too). Had you been Claws you probably would have managed it. Had you been Bio/Claws you would have probably walked all over it.

 

I pretty much only play Fire Armor and Burn is a big help. If you want to try something new try Fire Armor/Claws or Martial arts such as I have in my signature. They both exemplar wonderfully. Super Strength is bad at low levels until Rage, and then only gets an AoE at 38. Even Fire Armor/Super Strength is better because Burn helps with no AoE until 38

 

The Fire Armor/Martial Arts did Posi 1 and 2 at +0x8 which says enough about the low key synergy of the combo.

Edited July 18, 2021 by Sovera

[gronbek]

Yeah I suppose the type of powers matter a lot. Going to try it again through the ourboros. Thanks for the tips.

[nihilii]

Full tray of purple insps (even if your full tray is just 10 at level 15) + eating 1-2 purples at a time will tend to do the trick on any character, in my experience.

Even with a strict no P2W rule. Brawl is your friend. It deals damage and costs no endurance. So by inserting Brawl between every attack, or spamming Brawl when you're low, you can keep going forever.

[Black Talon]

Okay; yeah, it did happen, Back In The Day, when one of my mains (MA/SR Scrapper) had the Doc Vahz arc that had become stalled after my guy ended up outleveling the contact.  I kept trying the contact as the levels went on, hoping to be able to finish things off one day.  Things finally did click and the arc restarted, though maxed out at level 15 or thereabouts (been a while, obviously).  My guy basically waltzed through the missions and finally got to the Doc Vahz scrap...and so here it was, a level 45 (again, thereabouts) Scrapper, alone, versus a level 15 AV.

 

The ensuing scrap was pretty much a war of attrition; there was no way Doc Vahz could hit my guy, but a solo character - even level 45 - was taking yea amount of time to take him out.  Yet finally it did come to fruition, my guy got the story arc completed - at last - and he had the Souvenir in his collection.

 

I don't anticipate anything like that happening again, but it's a nice "Shake the head, smile, and say 'Remember when...?'" moment.

[Haijinx]

WITH P2W vendor its relatively easy for Melee ATs 

 

Recovery Serum (you are slot poor so you need END) + Envenomed Daggers 

[Glacier Peak]

I've tried it hardcore mode with no insp or temps at level, but I couldn't retard his regen fast enough with my own DPS. If you're looking at it that way, as long as you can mitigate incoming damage effectively, you really just need to be able to overcome the regen. It can take a while though!

[Shred Monkey]

I don't know what level I was, but ran both Posi's solo on my Beam Rifle/devices blaster solo while leveling up.  I hovered over him out of melee range.  I don't recall specifics, but I'd imagine I used inspirations.  

[DreadShinobi]

unless your challenge is to do so without insps, it is trivial.

[Sovera]

9 hours ago, Glacier Peak said:

I've tried it hardcore mode with no insp or temps at level, but I couldn't retard his regen fast enough with my own DPS. If you're looking at it that way, as long as you can mitigate incoming damage effectively, you really just need to be able to overcome the regen. It can take a while though!

 

When I solo Posi the only temp I use is  Recovery Serum since our endurance at that level of slotting is ruinous. It's definitely doable on Scrappers and Tankers. But, I also go in IOed to the gills. Not one generic IO in sight, it's all ATOs or events (Avalanche and such). On generics the proposition would be a lot iffier. Also, when I say tanks I mean Fire Armor which has a definite damage boost in Burn other Tankers won't have.

 

But yes, it's a slow whittling. A full team will probably kill him before he goes into second phase where soloing at level means he'll do all phases.

 

At the top of my mind I think only Clamor can really hardblock because she distributes like candy the most OP debuff in the game: -defense. No one wants to fight an AV with defense in the negatives while also surrounded by regular mobs. So that one asks for a bit of strategy like kiting and breaking line of sight to kill the adds and only then go at her with scrounged inspirations.

[Black Zot]

On 7/18/2021 at 12:37 PM, Snarky said:

But can anyone solo him using no inspirations, no temps, no P2W, no powers, while standing on their head and whistling "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull.  

 

What is this, a Kingdom Hearts board?

[Yomo Kimyata]

On 7/18/2021 at 2:09 PM, gronbek said:

Yeah I suppose the type of powers matter a lot. Going to try it again through the ourboros. Thanks for the tips.

 

FYI, you don't need to do it through Ouro.  You can always get Posi 1 and Posi 2 from Positron directly.  I think you only need Ouro for the old Positron TF.