How can I get better at boss DPS?

[surreal compass]

In solo dungeons, I run into the same roadblock every time: when I have to fight a boss, I can only manage a small amount of damage (like 15%) during their DPS phase.

Primarily tried arc hunter and starfire warlock.

The most progress I ever made was on arc one-two punch hunter in duality (two seasons ago). But this build doesn't work in Spire 2nd boss for obvious reasons

[nimble nest]

Solo dungeons bosses just have a ton of hp

it depends on what class your running and what boss you need to kill

[maiden ravine]

what subclass are you running? I would recommend a well for dps if you're solo so you don't need to worry about anything killing you while you're doing damage

[surreal compass]

mostly i've tried arc hunter and starfire warlock, but my hunter is my more comfortable class and does more damage. staying alive during dps hasnt been that hard (although spire 2nd boss ranged adds are annoying)

i just see videos of people doing like 1/3 of the boss's hp in one damage phase while solo, and i try to follow their build and just fall short idk.

it's been a while since i tried looking at a video but ill try it again, since builds have changed so much

the closest i ever got to killing galran was with one-two punch hunter, i actually watched him die but i died first so it didnt count :C

still took me like 8 phases

[maiden ravine]

what weapons are you using

[rocky pollen]

arc one two punch over dps starfire warlock??

[nimble nest]

you can do it

there isnt great advice i agree

you gotta say what class your on

and what boss your trying to do

but it depends what boss hes doing

like starfire isnt gonna work on the garden boss in spire

[shell brook]

I just completed a solo spire for the first time on starfire wellock. If you use normal DPS strat for starfire, i managed to 4 phase with little stress.

Go focus yourself a hothead. you're looking for Impact casing with demo and explosive light(vorpal is a good second option, but 15% less damage.)

Running a Funnelweb (or some other void SMG) is key with Bricks from beyond and Shatter orbs from the artifact.

2x charged up mods on your chest, 2 arc weapon surges and a stacks on stacks for your boots, and 2x time dilation mods on your class item

The goal is to make your own orbs by popping the minotaur shields with your void SMG, so you'll keep the are surge going throughout DPS phase.

Plus killing ads with Void SMG will drop tons of heavy.

For DPS, You want to rocket, grenade, rocket, witherhoard, switch back to empty rocket and grenade, and rocket, etc etc

Theres a cooldown for Demolitionist, so sometimes you'll want to rotate in a few SMG bullets or your celestial fire.

[surreal compass]

Thank you, I'm trying to improve at it but struggling with this exact thing. I actually didn't know I needed a demo rocket to make this work until this weekend so I recrafted my bump in the night

Good to know - I don't have rain of fire yet but I've been filling out my missing exotics since they buffed the drop rate

Sounds like focus #1 is learning how to do animation canceling. Will look up guides for this, I'm a PC player if it matters

Thank you @slim crown, these are the kinds of pointers I was looking for. I'll give it another shot and focus some hotheads