Villi's gwd solo drop log

Attack Nex and switch to protect magic. She’ll start off by using a siphon. While waiting for her to finish it I normally use anticipate. Then, just as she’s about to end you use the Berserk ultimate and immediately attack her. There are two ways in which things can happen now based on your first hit. Your first hit on her is just an autoattack after which you use sever and then decimate.

1) If you hit with your autoattack then you’ll gain 2% adrenaline. This is very helpful as it will allow you to use a threshold before she fires her first blood sacrifice.

2) If you do not hit with your autoattack then you will not be able to fire a threshold before her first sacrifice.

You can just use a ring of vigour or a supreme invigorate aura to ensure that you can use a threshold before her sacrifice and bypass all that.

Anyway, let’s assume that you got the 2% adrenaline and are not using ring of vigour/invigorate aura. Attack with Sever and Decimate which gives you an additional 16%. While doing these two you are also to drink a dose of adrenaline potion. This will leave you at 2%+16%+25%=43% adrenaline, so use 1 more basic (I typically go with Slice or Havoc) then use the Destroy threshold. If done correctly, you will start Destroy just as Nex uses her 3rd attack after her siphon, and her 4th attack is the blood sacrifice. You will only be able to get in 2-3 hits with Destroy before you have to run away so cancel Destroy by using another basic like Slice or Havoc and immediately run away from Nex. This basic should be used approximately half a second before Nex says: “I demand a blood sacrifice”, if you have trouble timing it just use the basic after you’ve seen 2 hits from your Destroy.

You don’t need to run away very far to avoid the blood sacrifice. About 6-8 squares will do. When running away from Nex I often use freedom to build some adrenaline, then use Decimate to go back and attack Nex. Right now you’ll be at 53%(starting value) -15%(from using Destroy) +8%(basic to cancel Destroy) +8(freedom while running away) +8(Decimate to go back and attack her)=62% adrenaline. Use this adrenaline to fire off your Assault threshold just as you get back to Nex. You should have 3-4 seconds left of Berserk when you start Assault. Then use Sever and Decimate again if you have time. Make sure that you count how many attacks she does after her first blood sacrifice, you need to stop attacking her after her 3rd attack – the 4th attack being her second siphon.

If all went according to plan you’ll have passed blood phase now. If it did not then keep spamming basics and Destroy/Assault when you can. Kindly note that Destroy has a faster cooldown. If her blood reavers spawn close to you when she starts her siphon, then use slaughter on one and walk underneath it. Then go back to fighting Nex. She will sometimes follow you when she does her blood sacrifice but normally she won't.

If you didn’t get the 2% adrenaline then things get slightly more complicated. When you normally start Destroy you’ll be at 49% adrenaline instead of 51%. So, just use 1-2 basics like Slice/Havoc then run away from Nex. Then follow the same procedure as above.

This will lead to the following, from the start of Blood phase:
8%(Sever) +8%(Decimate) +25%(adrenaline potion) +8%(Slice/Havoc, unable to use threshold here due to 49% adrenaline) +8%(Freedom while running away) +8%(Decimate while running back) -15%(Assault when reaching Nex again)=50% adrenaline remaining after using Assault. This is assuming that you substitute Destroy with 1 basic – it is possible to do 2, in which case you’d end up with 58% adrenaline.

After using Assault with the last few seconds of your Berserk you should be able to get in a Sever before she starts her siphon. Get off her and if there’s a blood reaver near attack it. If not then just wait for her to finish her second siphon. You can use Anticipate, Provoke and/or Freedom while you wait. Then get back to spamming basics and Destroy/Assault on Nex when possible.

If however you decide to use Ring of Vigour or supreme invigorate aura then things become a bit different. Follow the thingy which assumed you got the 2% adrenaline, except use Assault instead of Destroy before she fires her first blood sacrifice. You'll be able to do so earlier though so you can wait with cancelling the threshold a tad longer.