I think MoM may be bugged

This is something that I have seen happen 3 times... in a row... and that counts as enemy action.

During the fourth phase of the MoM trial, the normal strategy of dragging Giant Monsters into Shalice's path and killing them just isn't working for the first statue. This strategy works for the second and the third, but for some reason the first statue is being buggy as hell.

I think it might have just been the incompetence of the team, but after personally doing it myself... twice... I am now starting to think that the MoM trial is bugged.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Alright, a bit of an update. I've been in a couple more trials, and there has been instances where the GMs are working correctly. It may, indeed, be that I just have been getting teams that are incredibly precise in their ineptitude, and cannot comprehend or perform instructions requiring more than two steps and/or initiative on the part of the players to be able to gauge when something is in Shalice's path.

I've always noticed the first Shalice gets a lot closer to the fountain than the other two, but like you, I always thought it was just the team trying to get in their groove.

Remember if there's any Illusion Controllers on the team, get them to dismiss their pets when the Boss GMs are out, as Phantom Army has a strong taunting effect which can play havoc with players attempting to taunt the GMs over.

It is a challenging phase, no doubt. I've done this one on my blaster, my scrapper, my emp defender and my grav/kin and ill/rad troller.

The grav/kin is the hardest for me. I do remember to dismiss Singularity prior to porting in. But remembering to buff just prior to the spawning of Shalice can be problematic when trying to rez people (temp powers, yay) and position myself properly and monitor league chat and then spam single target immobs and holds. But, not all teams are created equal and sometimes the heals are needed to keep the team going, so it's a quick tab or two over to get the right heal in. It can be tough.

That being said, level shifts also make a big difference in this trial. You definitely don't want to leave without debuff or a kin, or preferably both.
Sadly, our player base tends not to play the game with keen eye focused on the screen, but with an ice cold pint of beer, ice cream or both. Easily distracting consumables.

A GM death creates a bubble in which Shalice becomes vulnerable to immobs and holds. You need two overlapping bubbles and Shalice in the overlap to stop her.

I know how to do the trial well enough that I regularly host it. The problem was that for some reason the tactic that worked a dozen times in the past wasn't anymore... for three trial runs in a row.

A mind controller with telekinesis solves almost all known problems with your MoM

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