The Departing - Guild Wars 2 Guide - IGN (2024)

Your next stop is the spire at Skimshallow Cove. Enter the story instance and you're suddenly thrust into single combat with Balthazar himself.

The God of War isn't very mobile, but attacks with flaming AoE attacks covering most of the arena. But ultimately he's only toying with you: If you go down, he'll revive you himself. As soon as his health goes down too far, he tires of the game - and kills you.

You awaken in ghostly form in a strange environment. Move north to have a chat with Palawa Joko, of all people. Follow Nenah to The Judge. Then search the crates in the center area until you retrieve your weapons and abilities. Pursue the spirits with your name and destroy them, which should be easy.

Follow the bird named "Your Purpose" as it summons scenes from your previous adventures, bringing your memories back. Return to the Judge and jog off to kill this area's boss, the Eater of Souls. His most difficult mechanic is a ranged and AoE self-heal that he can use to drain life from you and your allies. Here's some advice to deal with it:

• The health drain attack is deadly while close but does lower damage while far away, so keep your distance.
• The drain can be interrupted by crowd control skills. Keep a few of them ready.
• The drain also targets party members, pets and minions. *Therefore, attack at range and without allies, or keep them well away from him.
• The Eater will use an leap attack just before using the drain. *If fighting at range he'll leap at you and while fighting from melee-range he will basically leap in place.
• After using the ranged drain he'll use another close-range AoE drain, after that he can be fought for about 10 seconds until the next drain.
• Focus on dealing damage rather than defending; the fight is a contest between your damage output and his ability to heal off you.
• If you pull the Eater far away from where you encounter him, he'll eventually turn invulnerable and trot back. You may be able to exploit this mechanic to damage him as he switches back and forth between states.

Return to gloat at Palawa Joko, then open the indicated portal back to Tyria. After some banter with your excited guildmates, the mission ends.

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