ESO - Veteran Maelstrom Arena Guide (VMA) - All About Mechanics Series

Lasted 10 seconds got hit twice and dead. Lol

Awesome guide @Xynode forgive my ignorance but how are you killing the mobs with one heavy attack ? Both my lightning staffs of sorrow are golded and enchanted and it still takes me about 3 heavy attacks before they drop !

Just cleared vMA with no deaths thanks to this video. “The flawless conqueror” is such a bad ass character title. Thanks!

Great video as always. Long video but need fully so. Thanks for taking the time to describe individual mechanics. Well done 🤙

Poor Jeff.

Coke infused

Omg thank you so much, I am finally able to defeat vMA with the amazing godly sorc build you gave me and I got the perfected crushing wall lightning staff first time I did the dungeon on vet and now I can reconstruct it. Thank you so much 🥰

Old, but still the best Maelstrom Guide! Thanks a lot!

Please tell me this is still some of the hardest content in game because I’ve spent about 20 hours on my first run and haven’t gotten through last boss. I’m cp 1600ish mag blade and obviously my problems aren’t level related. Nor is it a gear issue, I have non perfected but good gear, bahsei & Kinras/Medusa. It’s just pace and panic issues. This video was made 2 years ago. Do you have any brief updated insights on gear to make this a bit easier? In the video it looks like you are using a lightning staff to do heavy attacks? With all the lightning staff changes would you still use a lightning staff?

Could you plz tell what cind of gear you are using? You are doing amazing damage!

Watched this before doing my first ever vMA just now, and then realized that melee Magplar has some serious power because I did it on my first try with only 2 deaths, both of which were me failing to avoid a knockdown and not being able to heal in the water on the ice arena. Great guide! Definitely glad I watched it first.

Great guide. You inspired me with how easily you walk through VMA. I am only CP 360 or so, but I have soloed most Normal 4 mans, so I thought I would give this a try. Clearly I am completely shithouse as I just got smashed even though I seemed to be avoiding the mechanics thanks to your guide. Oh well, I'll try again when I am better geared. Liked and subbed.

Okay, need help, I'm a tank necro, I cant get past the ice giant, I kill the trolls so slow they end up breaking ice pads, I'm stacked all into health, run bee keeper and plague doctor, is that too much health? Any help would be great

you make it look so easy. I can't even do it.

Thanks for making this video. Without knowing the mechanics I would not know what the heck was happening. This seems a lot of work and I appreciate the time you took out of your busy day to make. I think an additional part that has been difficult for me is attempting to learn the abbreviations and how it all work together. I am lucky that the majority of gamers out there are stand up, patient, understading, super nice and very intelligent. The help given to me has been nothing short of miraculous. You guys make it appear effortless. Again, a million thanks for all you do.
Timothy J Bean

PS- May the odds be ever in your favor😉

It took me a sec to figure out what you meant when you said "Check your charges." I haven't had to manually do that in years! I can't recommend the WeaponCharger addon highly enough! It'll automatically recharge your weapons, even mid fight. My sympathies to those trapped on Consoles...

What's a Jeff?

She keeps one hitting me for 66k spit wtf do I do

Thank you

For those struggling at the last stage with the Crematorial Guard as a melee character, rather than running away, simply walk around it when he flames will cause him to turn and miss all the flames. Just keep a watch out for other AOEs.

Thanks your finer details make a BIG difference

Bro last boss impossible and I've been doing the right things

In your video never perfoms a storm in the final stage of the table, in my case it always calls me with that storm ,and i cant find that ability in any video! help me....

Fucking hate this stupid arena, dumbest mechanics. Constantly having to dodge and block while trying to deal damage and heal at the same time is fucking ridiculous. Seems like this fucking arena is just meant for bullshit magic builds

This video has helped Maelstrom be so much easier than I expected to be. So many people told me my dps was just too low to complete veteran but just knowing how things work got me through almost every level so far! I love that you don't force meta sets down everyones throat and just want people to have fun and learn

Why didnt you get perfected item from last chest end on arena ?

Wish this was more accurate.. I’m getting flame attros and shapers and the flame wall and chain 30 seconds in, at phase 2

3 years later and your words of wisdom and knowledge are still guiding my hands through this colossal effort. Thank you, Xynode!
Fck round 7 btw. The mushrooms are the worst.

Edit: Completed Maelstrom Arena today. Thank you, Xyn.

Um 10/15 deaths ?

Jeff is the worst, we just spent more than an hour together 🤬

Good summary. I finished veteran mode on my first try with the help of this guide. 

I recommend the Oakensoul ring for an all-around boost, a strong single-target damage ability, an anti-CC, and a cleanse, as there are many DoTs. Speed is also important to dodge abilities and get to the objectives.

Recommended skills: charging maneuver, cleanse, shuffle, resolving vigor.

However, I don't recommend that anyone play it. For me, this is hands-down the worst content in ESO. 

It's an irritating CC fest: you get stunned, pushed, slowed, pulled, knocked back or one-shot all the time. 

It's also very laggy—taking a bonus requires at least 5 clicks to work, and using the tab to target an enemy is inconsistent.

Pets are a liability as they just stay in aoes and keep on getting killed, unless micromanaged.

Some mechanics are the same as those in other bosses in the game, and the majority of the arenas are flat surfaces with no levels.

The environments don't look good, and the polymorph should have been a costume instead, as the face is really ugly.

I played it once and will never touch it again.

Two things I struggled, using simular sorc build is ice boss(focusing too much on the boss, ignoring adds) and crocodile boss (covering behind that shield made it quite easy). Everything else was pretty intuitive.

But what about stamina builds. I do not see a way to be that protected and provide damage with stamina builds. That seems to be the next level of difficulty.

Your pet killing everything is severely underrated. Would love to have something to distract all this crap so I don't get lag pooled by mushjes 😂

I am a new player level 21, 1 character, and i am an invalid wheelchaired 70-yo man with only half a heart.. how long you recon ill survive in this arena ?... ;) Okay, now without the pity party, i really enjoyed your video, learned some stuff too, as you are never to old for that.. and you sir, have a new sub. And no, i am never gong to forget to stay out of the stupid...;)

Thank you so much for this video, it has helped me a lot for beating maelstrom arena this morning

You got me through VMA on my first ever attempt at maelstrom at all (went into veteran unknowlingly, didnt realize until arena 4 or 5 lol). Looked up this vid at the mushroom(plant :P) arena, and damn, it was hectic but i got through it! Literally just finished it. Thanks man, for all your content.

Eso clearly hates people who has sensory overload issues. I literally cannot focus on everything that is happening.

Is it just me or have the mechanics on the 7th round gotten worse? My first run through vMA was a week ago and i swear there were more adds during the final round and the boss did that flame explosion every round when you say he only does after the 4th round.

Maelstrom shuffle lol

Quick question regarding arena 8 you said by 4 rounds of destroying the crystals the boss starts to throw flame at you and chain you in, im currently on arena 8 with the final boss and by the 2nd round of destroying cystals shes starts to chain me in and throws them flames at me? Is it a glich or have they changed it?

feel like some of these mechanics are out dated, especially the bit about the boss shooting the flame walls after round 4 meanwhile after the first break I'm getting flame mages, fire walls, those charger guys. Seems really annoying now tbh

The advice on the Crematorial Guards was what I needed for a perfect run.

The ice level is broken super hard on vet I can’t beat it but after watching this maybe things will be different

It’s not simple your dps is super op

2024 and still watching. Thanks for all the tutorials man, you've helped me and my buddies through multiple dungeons and arenas

Did nMA last night to test it for the first time... was pretty easy except I got wiped by the mushrooms a few times because I knew nothing about the mechs... Decided to try vMA today with your vid as a guide and completed it first time with only 3-4 wipes... Great vid!!!

OMG, thank you. I've watched so many guides, but your Ice level actually made me stop pulling out my hair. Thx so much!

ty, even though an old Video, it helped a lot ;-)