I recommend staying in close. Like as tight to the bot as you can.

Once it starts charging the one shot beam, it won't turn to follow you. So what I did was just run through it as soon as the charge started, and just hang out behind it until the blast is over. Lather, rinse, repeat.

There's a red targeting icon on the ground (where you're standing when the cast starts), move out of it and you'll be fine

It was rather embarrassing for me for me the first time I fought him with my half basic, half BiS DG gunslinger... figured there was no way he could kill me so I just stood in place and was DPSing... and yep, sure enough got melted pretty bad.

So just keep an eye out for the target on the ground and move out of it and you'll be alright

Thanks to the advice in this thread, when I faced it for the first time just a little while ago with my Shadow, had no trouble at all. It was almost disappointingly easy since I knew what to avoid.

There were guard droids outside the palace that were more of a challenge than Toborro's droid if you know what to do. Almost ridiculous if you think about it, and definitely anticlimactic.

Walk straight through him and stand behind him. No need to even strafe since there's no collision detection. Force Speed helps a bunch if you're slowed.

And yeah, stay in melee range.

Or LoS the droid. There's a standing banner near the entrance to the room, on the droid's side. Stay behind that- it can't hit you back there- pop out and smack the thing in between its main attacks, let your companion do the rest since the one-shot beam doesn't affect companions (might work better with a healer comp; in my case, my sent had Doc out, he'd get hit by the minor attack, heal himself, shoot the droid, I'd scurry out, take a few swipes, rinse repeat, over in about 3 minutes).

Not the most heroic of tactics but I just wanted it over and done with

Or LoS the droid. There's a standing banner near the entrance to the room, on the droid's side. Stay behind that- it can't hit you back there- pop out and smack the thing in between its main attacks, let your companion do the rest since the one-shot beam doesn't affect companions (might work better with a healer comp; in my case, my sent had Doc out, he'd get hit by the minor attack, heal himself, shoot the droid, I'd scurry out, take a few swipes, rinse repeat, over in about 3 minutes).

 

Not the most heroic of tactics but I just wanted it over and done with

Just tried standing behind the banner and was killed in the first shot. Did they make some changes?

Edit - Just tried running behind it and also died. Once he slows me down I can't seem to stay out of the way. I'm trying this as a trooper.

Just tried standing behind the banner and was killed in the first shot. Did they make some changes?

 

Edit - Just tried running behind it and also died. Once he slows me down I can't seem to stay out of the way. I'm trying this as a trooper.

Same here. Nothing suggested is working for me. I don't know how to prevent his slow status on me and he definitely can shoot the beam through LOS even walls for me.

I'm really frustrated and at my wit's end.

I also found that using tank companion helps a lot, since boss is never facing you. Just sit behind the droid and hit it without worrying about mechanics.

Aside from aoe, the droid does little damage, so even not geared companion should survive just fine. If you are dps, you'll kill droid before he kills your tank comp. If you are a healer, you can help your companion survive long enough.

The giant laser that one-shots the players does no damage to companion.

 

Edit - Just tried running behind it and also died. Once he slows me down I can't seem to stay out of the way. I'm trying this as a trooper.

As a trooper, you have Hold the Line ability, exactly for situations when you are slowed and need to run fast.

I'm trying to do it now, and there is no red thing onthe ground to run from,. He just kills me without warning.

It's a channeled cast. Move when it starts casting that.

Hello,

Has anybody got to actually kill this thing?

I tried most of the above mentioned tips, but the thing still kills me. Standing close is no good, since in the current patch it has the red area around it where it kills you if you stand there. And the droid moves even during the laser charging and stops only like 2 secs before the actual laser is fired, so going through it can only be done like in the last moment and still you have to be out of the red zone. Also all purging techniques simply fail in the last stage of the charging. I do not know why I cannot force run or use resilience or maybe I am using them too early in the charging and then it immobilized me and kills on the spot.

The only way I managed to get to 20% of its health was when I was fighting my Shadow tank from the distance with the projectiles and use force run in the last moment. It seems to me that slowing is not so strong when you are in the distance. Also hiding behind the wall at the entry does not work because the moment I move there the droid exits the fight and resets the health. I tried it with the help of a Sage and we both got killed eventually. I think a group of four can actually make it, because droid can aim at only 1 of them and this way you can survive 4 laser charges and meanwhile kill the thing.

Hello,

 

Has anybody got to actually kill this thing?

 

I tried most of the above mentioned tips, but the thing still kills me. Standing close is no good, since in the current patch it has the red area around it where it kills you if you stand there. And the droid moves even during the laser charging and stops only like 2 secs before the actual laser is fired, so going through it can only be done like in the last moment and still you have to be out of the red zone. Also all purging techniques simply fail in the last stage of the charging. I do not know why I cannot force run or use resilience or maybe I am using them too early in the charging and then it immobilized me and kills on the spot.

 

The only way I managed to get to 20% of its health was when I was fighting my Shadow tank from the distance with the projectiles and use force run in the last moment. It seems to me that slowing is not so strong when you are in the distance. Also hiding behind the wall at the entry does not work because the moment I move there the droid exits the fight and resets the health. I tried it with the help of a Sage and we both got killed eventually. I think a group of four can actually make it, because droid can aim at only 1 of them and this way you can survive 4 laser charges and meanwhile kill the thing.

Right now, I don't have much time to type or explain things, but I recommend you look up videos of it on Youtube, as seeing the actual fight might help you more than people explaining it in text.

Just killed him with tank companion and dps companion. We hung outside and twiddled our thumbs.

After choking three times -- twice trying to interrupt the annihilation attack, and once to being unable to get out of its way fast enough, I pulled out Lord Scourge, who was still in his starting gear, and sent him in first, switching out of tank stance myself. He went down, but not before we were able to beat the droid down enough that I could finish him. He probably would have stayed up if I'd taken the time to gear him out first.

I recommend staying in close. Like as tight to the bot as you can.

 

Once it starts charging the one shot beam, it won't turn to follow you. So what I did was just run through it as soon as the charge started, and just hang out behind it until the blast is over. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Wow, following that advice, my first time doing this mission, tiik me maybe ten seconds to kill the robot. Thanks

Wow, following that advice, my first time doing this mission, tiik me maybe ten seconds to kill the robot. Thanks

Both we and our companions are typically lots more powerful now than those folks were back then - the thread was started seven years ago!