You can use elemental damage on the Shroud Crystal

[zebidos]

Im so sorry

First run of the Shroud on my sorc, explained to the pug party I was new to the shroud as a arcane etc, they decided to go hard, got to part two and someone showed me where the crystal was. advice was "Use magic missile or disintigrate"

Well I didn't have disintigrate so magic missle it was, could not take it down quick enough obviously...twice.

I feel like such a tool.

Next guild run though some nice guidlie advised that I could use elemental damage, 2 chain lightnings and it was gone in 3 seconds.

/facepalm

[augie]

Yeah, the crystal has some elemental resistance but certainly nothing that renders it immune to such damage. If you have firewall available, a long-standing Shroud tradition is to use your mouse-look to aim up at the crystal and then just pile on the firewalls, even before the barrier goes down. Once it does, it starts taking firewall damage immediately.

If fire spells aren't your cup of tea, dang near any other potent spell will work. Throw as many other spells as you can at it and if you are able to dish out any respectable amount of damage, it should go down in a matter of a few seconds.

[Missing_Minds]

advice was "Use magic missile or disintigrate"

*blink* Use MM??? You were given some bad advice there. DoT like Acid Fog, Wall of Fire, Incindary Cloud are great to stack ontop of it for when the shield drops.

Otherwise, spam until dead. Doesn't matter what, but it must be destroyed. I've never understood why shout/greater should doesn't do double damage to it being a crystalline structure, however.

[zebidos]

Yeah, the crystal has some elemental resistance but certainly nothing that renders it immune to such damage. If you have firewall available, a long-standing Shroud tradition is to use your mouse-look to aim up at the crystal and then just pile on the firewalls, even before the barrier goes down. Once it does, it starts taking firewall damage immediately.

If fire spells aren't your cup of tea, dang near any other potent spell will work. Throw as many other spells as you can at it and if you are able to dish out any respectable amount of damage, it should go down in a matter of a few seconds.

Yeah lesson learn't. Two casts of chain lightning on my air savant did the trick but dang that was embarrasing, hope that no one else makes that same mistake.

[mobrien316]

Maybe the person who gave you that advice mixed up the portals and the crystal.

For the Shroud portals, in part one, elemental damage is nothing but a waste of spell points. The only thing my sorcerer can cast at the portals that does anything is Disintegrate and Ice Storm, and for the latter only the bludgeoning damage hits. The ice damage does nothing. Other force spells work, too, I believe, but my sorc doesn't carry them.

[Uska]

Only use firewall and that's alll I have ever seen anyone else use

[mistalley]

Actually, firewall cant do significant damage to crystal since the spell change in U9.
Maximized Disintegrate is 1shot to crystal, thats the best way to do it now

[Uska]

Actually, firewall cant do significant damage to crystal since the spell change in U9.
Maximized Disintegrate is 1shot to crystal, thats the best way to do it now

Firewall still seems great to me

[MasterOfWorlds]

Firewall has been very slow for me, I usually use meteor or polar ray. I use mouse look and aim at the crystal, surf the web until somebody says something like "drop them," then come back and tap the key when the barrier drops.

[Missing_Minds]

Firewall still seems great to me

Think it is a case of how people spec due to the enhancement breakup?

[Thebeest]

have leveled my first sorc to 16, 17 now. i do the crysal by waiting til there is one boss left, then start hitting tab until wall goes down and as soon as the crystal is in view finder, hit it with polar ray and if needed another spell (frost lance). it took 2 once, but down in a second or two anyways. that is how i do it as a sorc that doesn't have firewall.

[Bodic]

This just in Arcanes have been using FW on the Pt2 shroud crystal for years.

[Thebeest]

This just in Arcanes have been using FW on the Pt3 shroud crystal for years.

u talking about the 3 over the door to get to the water to purify?

I think OP was talking about part 2 crystal in middle.

[Darkrok]

Think it is a case of how people spec due to the enhancement breakup?

My sorc doesn't currently carry wall of fire for that reason. Max ice, max lightning air savant. There just isn't the ap's for even a single point to the 3 fire lines. I think I ended up removing disintegrate too. It's a one-trick pony but it's one of my kids' toons and it makes a very nice shroud toon.

[Cauthey]

I've never had any trouble with the crystal. Though, I was told to use Polar Ray, Frost Lance, Scorching Ray, Disentigrate, and was coached on the SPAMSPAMSPAM method to work around cooldowns and to proactively counter occasional lag issues.

I've recently added Firewall to my routine, though I've not considered Cloudkill or Acid Rain before.

You'll just want to do big damage as quick as possible. I don't think that the thing is particularly resistant to anything.

[fool101]

I generally take no chances.

I've been in too many pugs where the last boss doesn't go down right away and another is almost to the crystal. Firewall alone would take too long here.

I usually have 1 or 2 firewalls going though and as soon as I see the first tick of damage (often before the shield disappears) I cast disintegrate. That usually does it but I also cast polar ray anyway to ensure it is destroyed.

[Osharan_Tregarth]

Yeah, the crystal has some elemental resistance but certainly nothing that renders it immune to such damage. If you have firewall available, a long-standing Shroud tradition is to use your mouse-look to aim up at the crystal and then just pile on the firewalls, even before the barrier goes down. Once it does, it starts taking firewall damage immediately.

If fire spells aren't your cup of tea, dang near any other potent spell will work. Throw as many other spells as you can at it and if you are able to dish out any respectable amount of damage, it should go down in a matter of a few seconds.

The crystal no longer takes the initial hit of multiple firewalls anymore, so generally a firewall and then a followup single target spell takes it out nicely. Firewall will take it down eventually, but te way we run these days that gives the respawns too much time to get back.

[k1ngp1n]

To take down the Shroud crystal efficiently.

1.) Select your highest direct damage spell. For most this is one of Polar Ray, Chain Lightning, Disintegrate, Acid Blast, Delayed Blast Fireball (other options always of course).

2.) Stand in front of the crystal while mobs are being beat down

3.) Spam the Tab key

4.) When it targets, cast your spell.

5.) Zerg to part 3.

[soulaeon]

Why do people wait for the cool-down of one spell? Use another after Chain Lightning to make it faster.

[mournbladereigns]

Im so sorry

First run of the Shroud on my sorc, explained to the pug party I was new to the shroud as a arcane etc, they decided to go hard, got to part two and someone showed me where the crystal was. advice was "Use magic missile or disintigrate"
/facepalm

Magic Missile is way to weak by itself, chain missiles or force missiles maybe (better for follow up shot). But even then usually not enough fast damage.

Planting a firewall and then smacking it with disintegrate/polar ray/chain lightining etc works ok. Incendiary cloud (max/empowered etc) works well these days. Also, you can drop an ice storm on it beforehand then zap it.

I tend to be slow on crystal, especially when I end up with 2 bezikira chasing me around!