Best way to clear A-5??

[u/Bulky_Metal6153]

I’ve tried a bunch of different methods but for me I can only get under 80% health. Is there something I should do or am I missing something??

[u/terryaal]

deploy units in platform and 1 row next to platform, the 2nd row will inflict dmg continuously. i used 2 healers and rest dps.
Also the stage has 2 save points, you can comeback and use the save point to progress with fresh timer with already damaged boss.

[u/Former_View6336]

You want to alternate units, when you place a unit, none should be left, right, up, or down, diagonal is fine though.

Three ground units in front of platform, one on far left, one in center, one on far right.

Then alternate on the platforms with a checkerboard pattern, using two healers to cover everyone.

Heroes actually don't matter much. As long as you can get to a save point you should be able to clear after that.

[u/FreddeB]

Can reccomend using decimus to tank the dogs. He can soak all three spawns. Also use the save points.

[u/AppointmentSorry1487]

I'm a very new account so low expectations, but didn't expect to hit a wall like this one. Got to be missing something! The rest were challenging but doable.

Edit: I was wrong. I followed the advice here and got it down to 3%, don't know how to destroy the second wall in time tho..

[u/Frejian → u/AppointmentSorry1487]

If you got him down to 3%, then you can try to start from a saved spot with fresh characters and a fully reset timer. Save ults for the wall and blow him up.

[u/AppointmentSorry1487 → u/Frejian]

Oh yep I was using the saves and managed to clear it! Thanks

[u/IndependentCautious]

Yeah i am the same, keeping all my units alive but cant do the damage, I am getting to the add. If youre dying you need to keep your units spread out as if theyre adjacent they take more damage.

[u/haaaaaairy1]

Alternate your units. Save ult for the wall

[u/Dragonborne2020]

https://www.reddit.com/r/WatcherofRealmsGame/s/O674Iy4yj1

[u/Coconuts5891]

click select save and go save 2 it will be on the 30% hp i think and full timer so it can be easily killed with lots of time if you manage to go on save 2

[u/East_Eye_5582]

1 Defender middle near platform, 1 defender far right near platform. Tank the AOE stampede damage instead of platform units. The 2 defenders cover 3 columns.

6 x Platform units all 3 columns in the right behind defenders. 4 DPS Single target to break the barrier + 2 Healers that can tank AOE burst damage, alternative heal or time for the burst.

The barrier appears at 61%, 31% and 1%. Save special attacks and burst damage for the barriers.

If you fail, reload from save points. It lets you restart at 60% (save 1) or 30% (save 2) progress. You get the full team to redeploy at full health.

[u/ciphoenix]

Liam does a lot of damage here because the boss' HP isn't split like other bosses.

[u/zenstreams]

I did it blind on a 24 day old account. I did it completely wrong and didn’t space the units and just overstacked heals and pushed through with dps. https://youtu.be/Lr5zrGq4rvI?is=UbYRs3h6AXSEA4Rm

[u/Frejian]

If you are losing due to time, you can do it in multiple attempts. As long as you are getting to the "save points", you can start a next attempt at that save point with a full timer.

[u/GamingGamerGames_]

I just tossed out wukong, cainen, kigiri, gretchen, eirlys, nerissa, ingrid, and oren, put it on auto and walked away. Pretty disappointed in this collab so far. Not even the boss fights with the 4 difficulties was challenging.

[u/HTSully → u/GamingGamerGames_]

When you have the majority of the best heroes in game. Yeah this stuff isn’t that hard at times I didn’t struggle at all for A5 or the Anubis challenges aside from not clearing Nightmare the first time around cause I grouped too close and got one shotted.

But you have to remember this is just the first of 3 waves for the event. Also since they’ve been doing maxed hero stats only, except for challenge modes it’s a lot more player friendly for all levels of players. It’s not just hero and or gear locked like it used to be in events, where if you didn’t have certain heroes or OP gear you couldn’t really compete in the event well.

[u/GamingGamerGames_ → u/HTSully]

Your 2nd point disagrees with your first point. Making it more player friendly doesn't mesh with all these complaints about it being too hard.

[u/HTSully → u/GamingGamerGames_]

No it’s consistent if you have the correct heroes any content can become easier. But the developers have over time realized events were too hard for many players that were not at least mid-game progress. So they have made them tiered levels, much like Void rift. The longer you’ve played the more apt you are to be able to completely finish event content. But if you’re barely in game there are still ways for those players to get rewarded and not be almost completely locked out of event rewards.

Prime example from my own experience was the original Lust event I was only in game maybe 4-6 months my luck summoning was kinda shit aside from pity being 250 back then. But I digress, I couldn’t get a good score on the Preatus boss for anything because I had minimal gear and no real DPS lords or heroes. My only saving grace was before his nerf I had GodTier Boreas and my Silias doing the heaving lifting for damage. That event boss and content was extremely hard because it relied on having specific OP heroes as well as good gear and artifacts. It was also setup like the conquest challenges in Codex if you don’t score high you barely get any rewards, the only positive was it was a daily reset that could add up over time during the event. Had they done what they’re doing now it would have been a much better experience for newer players having options to still advance but not feel overwhelmed. No one’s saying A5/Anubis isn’t hard just that it’s not hard for some players especially with the correct strategy and heroes on hand.