Rift: Expert Instance - Foul Cascade
The expert version of Foul Cascade is pretty similiar to the normal version in many ways - there are a couple new named and a few new tricks, but overall this is probably the easiest of the T1 expert dungeons to complete.
Krasimir Barionov -
Same as standard. Empowers one mob in each crowd - you can tell who it is as they become larger than normal. I would advise burning this one down asap.
Matron Verosa -
Same as standard. Oddly I found this to be the easiest fight in the zone, despite often being a pain in the ass to appropriate level groups in normal.
Surin Skenobar -
Same as standard. When she starts porting around, she drops kegs of dynamite - you need to run away from these as they can hit quite hard. Otherwise pretty much the same old pushover.
Sparkwing -
This is a new named and quite a pain in the ass as he flies all over the zone. Sometimes you are lucky and can catch him early on, other times we've ended up having to run around and find him near the end.
As far as the actual fight though, he's pretty unimpressive. Some AE, stuns the tank, goes down easily enough.
Tephra Lord Maficros -
This guy is related to the queen encounter. In expert, the rift by the queen is an actual rift, and you will have to clear two waves of trash before this guy. Trash is pretty standard, although on the second set, you'll have fire bubbles start popping up. You can see them forming, and they do not seem to form in the same place twice, so what I ended up doing is waiting for one to fade and running to that spot, ad infinitum.
This named himself seems pretty much tank and spank while avoiding the fire bubbles. Pretty easy, I would fight him near the queen to avoid any leashing.
Queen Vallnara
Same as standard. Have everyone stay in the center while the tank kites her around in a wide circle, picking up adds. Ignore/ae the adds, focus fire the queen. She and the adds can put out some serious incoming so extra heals are nice here. Typically we have everyone just run the adds to the tank so they can pick them up quickly.
Krasimir Barionov -
Same as standard. Empowers one mob in each crowd - you can tell who it is as they become larger than normal. I would advise burning this one down asap.
Matron Verosa -
Same as standard. Oddly I found this to be the easiest fight in the zone, despite often being a pain in the ass to appropriate level groups in normal.
Surin Skenobar -
Same as standard. When she starts porting around, she drops kegs of dynamite - you need to run away from these as they can hit quite hard. Otherwise pretty much the same old pushover.
Sparkwing -
This is a new named and quite a pain in the ass as he flies all over the zone. Sometimes you are lucky and can catch him early on, other times we've ended up having to run around and find him near the end.
As far as the actual fight though, he's pretty unimpressive. Some AE, stuns the tank, goes down easily enough.
Tephra Lord Maficros -
This guy is related to the queen encounter. In expert, the rift by the queen is an actual rift, and you will have to clear two waves of trash before this guy. Trash is pretty standard, although on the second set, you'll have fire bubbles start popping up. You can see them forming, and they do not seem to form in the same place twice, so what I ended up doing is waiting for one to fade and running to that spot, ad infinitum.
This named himself seems pretty much tank and spank while avoiding the fire bubbles. Pretty easy, I would fight him near the queen to avoid any leashing.
Queen Vallnara
Same as standard. Have everyone stay in the center while the tank kites her around in a wide circle, picking up adds. Ignore/ae the adds, focus fire the queen. She and the adds can put out some serious incoming so extra heals are nice here. Typically we have everyone just run the adds to the tank so they can pick them up quickly.
Written by: Kazue