Aetherblade Hideout Strike Mission Strategy Guide

Introduction

This guide provides tips and strategies for the eighth strike mission and how to defeat Captain Mai Trin in the Aetherblade Hidehout. If your group is struggling, the guidelines in the Guide:Introduction to Raiding will apply here as well. Check out the glossary page if you're not familiar with a term used in this guide.

This guide is a very early work in progress, the full version will not be available until after the CM arrives.

Strategy

Phase 1

As the encounter starts, Mai Trin becomes overwhelmed, releasing a in four directions around her, dealing a moderate amount of damage and inflicting Torment.

She will then use , teleporting between players and evading as she deals a small amount of damage with each strike. Avoid using any important attacks until she can be hit again, and try to stay tightly stacked in order to prevent her moving out of the group's AoEs.

As she finishes , she will chain 4 attacks together in quick succession, which will be referred to as the Flanking Strike Combo:

1. First, she fires – a shot that Blinds players as she leaps away from them.
2. Next, she uses to shadowstep back into the group, Bleeding those she hits.
3. Then she retreats again, Bleeding players with .
4. And finally she fires a large conal AoE called towards the group, dealing heavy damage and inflicting Torment.

As she teleports back towards players after , it may not be worth chasing her. The group will want to close the gap quickly after though, as is her most dangerous attack but is very easy to walk out of if you are next to her.