Always keep an eye out for the little dwarven sentries. This will activate a portal which you can activate to get to the upper part of the room.Depending on how much time activating the portal took you, another healer and maybe a Crematorial Guard will have spawned.
This is the perfect moment to use an AoE ultimate on both the boss and the Guard, if you have one ready.When you get him down to 70% of his health, Voriak Solkyn will become immune to damage and port to the upper level of the room, triggering the next phase of the fight. After that, three additional Dremora appear, once they are dead, the Xivilai Ravager will spawn. You will gain access to Veteran mode when you reach Veteran Rank 1. The blades put a nasty bleed dot on you and are more dangerous than the regular mobs. If your AoE damage is good however, you can pull them close together and kill them at the same time.Attention: If you are wearing the Grothdarr monster set, you might want to change to a different one for this fight.The main mechanic of the fight is time based, so you really want to deal as much damage as possible. Start damaging the crystals.While upstairs, notice you have a DoT on you, this is Voriak Solkyn’s “Soul Churn” ability. The wall will break after the blast attack. Before you can damage the boss, you need to destroy all three of the Warding Stones. His fire DoT would stay on you and kill you otherwise.Once you ported, you will find yourself on a ring-shaped platform with three crystals. The boss is levitating in the middle, you can’t attack him in this phase. Taking the axe sigil can make a great difference here. Once the Ogrim is dead, you will have to deal with another Crematorial Guard and a Dremora again.In this round, Dremora Narkynaz mages will appear. If a healer appeared, kill it! This DoT gets stronger the longer you stay up here. The Maelstrom perfected weapons can drop for the last boss of veteran Maelstrom Arena. You can also take the shield sigil, it will reflect those skulls back at him. Normal Maelstrom Arena Weapons drop from the last boss in normal difficulty while Perfected Maelstrom Weapons drop from the last boss in Veteran difficulty. Once he is at 25% of his health, additional mobs will appear, you really need to execute the Captain quickly then. Kill the mage before turning to the Atronach.In the beginning a Lurcher spawns. His hitbox is big, so he shouldn’t get out of your AoEs too quickly. Then, Valkyn Tephra will get stunned for 10 seconds and you can damage her. Don’t hesitate to use an Ultimate on the Crematorial Guard if you jump or fall down.A few seconds after firing his first skull at you, the boss will start charging an attack. If you are playing a magicka character, consider using purple tri-stat-food or tri-pots here to get a bit of extra stamina.Voriak Solkyn spawns in the middle of the room. After that, you will have to deal with another healer and a melee Dremora. This boss has a LOT going on, so you will need to absorb these mechanics step by step, there is NO rush, this is NOT a DPS race.The boss has 3 major phases and each one must be paid close attention to.But of course you must understand his mechanics in order to successfully follow through with the fight.he will hit you with some basic attacks and then a skull attack (explained above). THIS is the longest duration of any of the mechanics that the boss does. If you stand in it, it will put a small Damage over time (DoT) Effect on you and it will slow you down. Make sure to absolutely avoid running with a blade. 20 seconds after the archers appear, the miniboss of this round will spawn, no matter if the archers are still alive or not. The Vale of the Surreal serves as the first stage of the Maelstrom Arena and is a … As the spawn points are quite far apart from each other, it’s a good tactic to directly stand next to a portal and burst down the enemy that comes out of it. Perfected Weapons add an extra stat. Try to damage the boss as much as possible while collecting the ghosts. Focus on the Dremora, the Atronachs don’t deal a lot of damage. The second centurion will have spawned and do his shooting attack. Once they are down, the boss will be stunned and exposed and this is where you attack. The speed sigil comes in very handy here. These are the same as the enemies from the last round, you may want to hit this guy with an ultimate to get rid of him fast. Run away again, unto the platform which has both the damage and the healing sigil.Kill the spawning leimenid again. Also, a third giant will appear. These two parties have full unlimited rights to use any of the content since they own the Elder Scrolls Online franchise and product copyright. He spawns on the north side of the arena and will start moving around the arena in a great circle, counterclockwise. )Golden ghosts will continue to appear, so as long as you don’t let the boss catch three of them and you make sure to kill the Dremora Narkynaz mages before they summon the Bone Colossus, you can technically play this phase as long as you want to and are able to sustain it. In addition, you can also use the healing sigil, making it easier to combat the nasty bleed from the blades.The first waves of mobs shouldn’t be too difficult, kill them while keeping an eye out for stranglers and the environmental mechanics. Once you kill the Frost Atronach, two Leimenids and an ogre spawn. Focus them down and turn back to Runa. Try to kite her out of her Standard, as her damage will get buffed and her resistances increase while she is inside it. to a random location.Once he teleports he will start his Skull channel ability. She will break the second platform now. The Maelstrom Arena can be completed in two different modes – Normal and Veteran. This thread is archived. Relax and keep consistent damage on him. Runa is on a timer now, you have around 20 seconds to kill her before she will break the last platform. The Maelstrom weapons can drop for the last boss of normal Maelstrom Arena. Focus the Firecaster down before then killing the Shalk.