Bear Club/Guide
Overview[edit]
Certain shadow step skills (such as Viper's Defense, Return, Ebon Escape) can teleport you outside the ring, while the bear remains stuck inside. Once outside, you can use ranged skills to kill the bear at your leisure without fear of death. Consider bringing 1-2 interrupts to stop Troll Unguent. Rangers using bowskills will find this approach useful, especially when using Degeneration skills such as Apply Poison, Burning Arrow, and Screaming Shot, the only requirement is that you switch to the Club of a Thousand Bears (weapon) before the bear dies. Occasionally, the bear can also escape the ring when you shadow step outside. Circling the ring, he may become stuck on the norn guarding the ring's entrance.
The three elite Norn blessings, Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support, the four Asura Summons and Vampirism are also particularly effective. As your pet won't be hampered by the club, beast mastery is an easy way to win. Or try a build including Life Transfer, Insidious Parasite, Vampiric Gaze, Life Siphon, Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support and Ear Bite. It should die within 2 minutes.
For professions without blocking or blinding skills, a combination of Signet of Spirits, Pain, Vampirism, Bloodsong, Shadowsong, and Painful Bond kills the bear quickly. The spirits can be placed outside the open area where you enter the arena, and will immediately attack when the bear becomes hostile (blinding him and protecting you). Placed correctly, the spirits can hit the bear and the bear cannot hit them. Having rank 12 in channeling makes channeling spirits strong enough to survive his attacks. Combine this with a shadow steps to bring yourself out of the circle makes this fight very easy.
One fast way to do this quest is using Signet of Midnight, Spirit of Failure and some degen mesmer skills including Cry of Pain. The bear will only hit you about 2 times in one fight.
