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Hey there I wanted to create a little walk through on how to complete this stage in the game. No questions asked, this is easily the hardest stage throughout the entire play through. I did this as a strength oriented biological at level 23 so bare in mind I did a lot of training in many zones to get to a higher level since I actually reached this at 19.

Firstly, I think it is necessary to say that this took a heck of a lot of trial and error. I experimented with different builds and even attempted to use the poison side of biological but after discovering my lack of knowledge in these abilities and my determination to use raw damage, I decided that I WOULD find a strategy for this level through brute strength.

So what does the stage consist of and why is it so difficult?
The stage embodies itself with a Specialist and 2 Bloodhounds. The specialist is rather simple and only has 1 or 2 annoying abilities but the real problem is the hounds, they hit like a truck and crit very often. They attack completely randomly like every other enemy but if they happen to strike the same target they can devastate a health bar in one turn. So, how to get past this?

Here is a list of the abilities in order of importance that I used to complete this fight.
-Crystallize
-Break
-Immobilize
-Leading Strike
-Agile Exposure
-Predator Form

Link to my abilities and combat action bar:
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1020x701q90/31/trpn.png

Link to my gear and stats screenshot:
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1021x701q90/42/n880.png

As you can see I have 3 passive abilities for this build, one of which is critical for the strategy which is Integrity. I also have Endurance which boosts my vitality by 12% and Savagery ups my direct damage and physical piercing my 12%. I could easily go into detail about each ability and why they are important but you can see in the game for yourself if you are a biological character. I will only describe why they are useful for how to kill the enemies not overall.

The Strategy
The 3 opponents will always go first and they attack randomly every time, as long as they all don't tank YOU, things should be alright. Since with this build I put about 70% of my stat points into strength and the remaining 30% in vitality, my health isn't what you might call, mighty. However the Endurance passive and the points I do have did put it up to a nice chunky 7000 so it gave me enough to withstand some damage. The first 2 things you should do when it is your turn to attack, is to put Veradux and Roald on Phalanx Mode. It isn't worth the 300-500 damage they output together every turn for how much damage the hounds will do to one of you. It is best to have them both in full defensive and healing as much as possible. The second thing is to Crystallize one of the dogs, I personally chose the top 1. Since it is fully ranked out, the hound is stunned for 3 rounds after the one I use it on. Also, since I put 2 Crystallizes on my action bar, one is always available when the hound comes out of it so he is basically not in the fight. This gives you a lot of breathing room as you only really have to worry about the other pesky pup. Basically, the routine to repeat is as follows. Use Break on the other dog to stun him temporarily and then follow up with Wound, Agile Exposure and then Immobilize to pretty much decimate him, obviously that is, if Agile Exposure doesn't miss like it can do with the 50% miss chance. Either way, do this strategy and ignore the Specialist completely since his damage is mediocre and his ability pool is limited, however, saying this, he does have 2 which can change the tide of the fight dramatically. He has Silence, which quite obviously, stops you using focus abilities for the next round. That is where Careful Strike comes in, since it is free charge and deals moderate damage as opposed to skipping a round waiting for it to ware off. Secondly is his stun ability. It puts you out of the fight for 3 ROUNDS. Since you cannot do anything, and Veradux/Roald seem to just die when you aren't there, this can be very annoying. The main thing to note, is as long as you kill the dog you aren't Crystallizing before the Specialist stuns you, things should be ok. After killing the first hound, proceed to kill the other one since it is now a 2v3. Just make sure you Crystallize the remaining dog if things go pear shaped since he still can crit in the region of 2800 and catch your team off guard. You should wipe out the specialist even if Veradux and Roald are both dead since like I mentioned, his damage is poor. I wish you the best of luck in doing this fight as it can get very annoying and tedious! Thanks for reading and I hope this helps!