Loa Tactics

The page contains tactics that are no longer part of the meta, but are preserved here for historical interest.

General Idea

Loa DoA tactics are heavily inspired by those used by FBGM, but modified for increased safety and to counter the changes brought about by the AI update.

The main characteristics are jumps (EE, Recall or HoS) on every player and Edge of Extinction on the UA, which allows the Caller to have full Fast Casting, or bring Wandering Eye as an optional.

Tactics specific to Loa Tactics

• TK Takes 1st Snake, Caller takes 2nd.
• Edge of Extinction is placed in the middle of city, in range of both spikes.
• Trench Tank and MLK should pop and kill Gloom trench if possible, even if late for 6-0, in which case UA and Emo will kill the front tendril.
• At the start of Gloom everyone should jump up the hill, so that MT can pull the spirits towards the gate as a DC target for the Trench Tank

Pros

• The teambuild is capable of a very fast run (low 23).
• Shadow step on everyone
• Edge of Extinction on UA allows Caller to spike without delay.

Cons

• No Arcane Echo on UA requires good Seed of Life timing.

Overview

	/ TT	/ MT	/ VoR	/ TK	/ IaU	/ MLK	/ UA	/ Emo
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Equipment	Optional: Infiltrator's set for Gloom Cave	low HP armor for Jadoth		triple sup runes (illusion for Wandering Eye); bow for ele lord	bow for derv lord
Foundry
entry	take quest		take quest	take quest		take quest
1st room							place EoE, PI a rage
2nd room			any mesmer can pop a ghastly				PI tortureweb dryders	bond MT with prot and life
3rd room			if you have a ghastly up try to kill it on the 2nd titan spawn			focus dream rider	EoE in range of where the titans will be balled; PI a dryder if it's out of the ball
4th room	tank/ball all waves					focus dream rider	use EoE in corner for 2nd wave
5th room	rush left, take quest	rush to aggro centre	take quest			rush right - do NOT take quest
Snakes	take Captain (3rd)	pull groups out of the way	take General (2nd)	take Silzesh (1st)	rush ahead, get EEd	ping for Captain	ping for snakes and seed	keep snakes alive
Black Beast					Pull Black Beast		EoE in range of Black Beast and Fury; seed	heal IaU
City
Outside	1st Ball	2nd Ball	VoR and Unnatural on manks	Unnatural and ESurge on manks		Backfire and Unnatural on sus	PI on each su
Inside	Left ball	Right ball	spike right side, and then left				let the MT recall you; place EoE in range of both balls; EE down to the emo; accept quest reward	stand at the bottom, in range of both tanks
Veil
Jadoth	use cupcake , run to 360, pull first wave to glitch spot for MLK	use low health set and ball Jadoth				skip Jadoth, take 360 quest, go to glitch spot, and kill first wave with Wastrel's
360	pull middle and right hills. SoH middle on 2nd, SoH right on 3rd, SoH middle on 5th.	pull left hill				Wastrel's mobs before they come in	wall, SoA yourself, and only seed on hunger waves	stand back and infuse the monk to pull fiends in
Underlords	Recall MLK; pull Derv	Recall emo; pull Ranger; Recall Emo again; take quest	Go Ranger		Go Derv and bow it	Go Derv and stay back	seed when MT takes damage; PI ranger lord	maintain MT's range
trenches	pop monk trench	turtle mesmer trench				go to glitch spot; kill monk trench	EoE on hill in range of turtle and clover, EE down to team	turtle (step out to wall)
Lords	pull monk lord out	pull ad wall clover; pull necro lord	spike clover; ele lord patrol; kill necro lord	spike clover; skip ele lord patrol; solo ele lord	spike clover; ele lord patrol; kill necro lord	kill monk lord		heal tank at clover; wall ele lord patrol
Tendrils	get to gloom - pop trench if you have time, or go back way if monk lord was late to die	take quest, stand on TK for PI, and pull groups in	kill front left tendril	kill quest side tendrils with MT, and Recall out	kill lower back tendrils with a stone (Gaki preferred) and pull groups in	kill front right tendril if in time	if MLK is not there PI front right tendril, wand and kill; EoE	stand on monk if MLK can't kill his tendril
Gloom
Cave	HoS up off a stone, do cave	DC on gloom patrol	spike gloom patrol	Goltway if trench is not popped	spike gloom patrol		check if MT has emo's LB before you seed
1st gloom group		HoS up; make sure everyone jumps up; SoH, pull spirits to NPCs	jump up and go with emo - first to arrive should trigger the group before jumping up					EE up and run to catch earths
Earths spawn		Tank 2nd earths if you can					place EoE in range of cave spike, then run to rift	Tank 1st earths group
Rift	take quest, Recall trick, quest run	do rift	Let TK Recall you, move towards start	Recall Caller, let TT recall you, recall out	pre-trigger Deathbringer		kill claw with PI, cap rift	cap rift
Deathbringer		DC into the group					EoE in range of darknesses
Darkness		pull darknesses to the wall					place another EoE for earths	wall for earths