A General’s Guide to the Battlezone

[Alyssa Goldenblade]

V. Ferris Aircraft
After completing 10 daily missions (2 missions per day), a special solo instance opens up with a 95 gear piece as a reward. This really speeds up the CR progression because you're going to get a usable piece every 5 days.

[Alyssa Goldenblade]

VI. Spark of Parallax

This is the solo we've been waiting for. Many in the community thought the difficulty of the iconics was right on, but wanted to use their own toons. The Spark solo has the damage scaled up right and you get to use your own character! This is very doable at CR 106 and gets noticeably easier as you gear up.

With the option to release multiple bosses at once, Spark is potentially one of the shortest solos in the game when we move beyond T6 too. There are already videos of players taking on all 3 bosses at CR 111. If we move up a tier, it's likely possible to clear all 3 bosses in a matter of minutes!

A. Method I - Straight Bosses (no reinforcements)
In my opinion, this is the most efficient way to run the solo while your toon is still in T6. It saves time by avoiding the 2 reinforcement rounds and is safe to do because the time you're getting double teamed is minimized to whatever you feel comfortable with.

B. Method II - Double Trouble
Defeat any two of Bleez, Furious Metallo or Vice within 15 seconds of one another in the Spark of Parallax solo instance.

I specifically wanted to record this with a toon at CR106 to show that this is something you can get immediately with the right strategy.

C. Related Feats

1. Fear Me! - Complete the Spark of Parallax solo instance without getting knocked out. This is basically the "School of Hard Knocks" that we're used to from other challenges except that you're allowed to use SC & sodas. The key to this is timing your healing loadouts along with the respawning health barrel to the right of the entrance.

2. Any Which Way But Lose - Defeat Bleez, Furious Metallo, and Vice in every possible order during the Spark of Parallax solo instance. There are 6 possible combinations, so this takes 6 playthroughs to complete.

[Alyssa Goldenblade]

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[Cara Lace]

great work Alyssa. You really deserve some kudos for this. *hugs*

[BallandChain]

You are awesome Alyssa!

[Betty Bedrock]

Villain side has Black Canary -- what a pain to fight. Her scream has pull and stun capabilities; even blocking had issues. Took a few tries to get through this fight.

[Alyssa Goldenblade]

Luna Vestara wrote:

Villain side has Black Canary -- what a pain to fight. Her scream has pull and stun capabilities; even blocking had issues. Took a few tries to get through this fight.

Yikes... I have bad memories of Black Canary from the classic leveling bounty! I remember she & Arrow would be the only unsoloable ones! Thanks for the info. It will be a while until I can get Tiamat to these missions.

[Alexis Allura]

You only get Black Canary if unlucky. Not sure how many options are there, but Starfire is also one. She is much easier.

[Alyssa Goldenblade]

Update Notes - 01.30.2015
- lowered the recommended CR to reflect equipped CR
- added a non-combat method for "Star Sapphire Embargo"
- added more details on which adds to target and which to avoid, including names/ranks
- annotated corrections added to the Ferris Aircraft video
- added videos for Spark solo strategies

[Alyssa Goldenblade]

Update Notes - 05.20.2015
The various missions have been edited to include the villain version now as Takhisis went over 106 during the GU47 changeover. Fortunately (and oddly!), most quests are exactly the same. There are also various minor wording changes for GU47.