Fortress Timer not realistic
ZaansGroen
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Fortresses have become very frustrating as a professor of level 31.
Up to level 11, I can easily solo battle everything walking around with my shield spell and maybe use 1 or 2 potions if there are many elites...
And then at level 12, I just almost always run out of time. 8 minutes for 8 enemies (some elite) is just undoable. For solo battles, time must be amended!
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What profession are you? Not sure it matters, but maybe. Also, it may have been luck of the draw in your foes. If you had elites, you would have had less foes total. With the one foe per minute dilemma, you could check out the video posted here in the OP. He also had to battle the same ratio, albeit in a higher chamber. But it might give you an idea. It does start to get more difficult higher up, and you’ll need to start expending more potions to be successful.
https://community.harrypotterwizardsunite.com/en/discussion/2346/solo-d-dark-chamber-5-with-lvl-5-rune-stone
Are you entering the same Chamber as you were before?
Sorry, it’s early and reading comprehension is apparently not working yet!! I see professor and you mentioned some of the eight were elites. But the rest of my comment is still fine. It does get harder in the fortress at a certain point.
Regardless of profession, @ZaansGroen, the amount of potion needed to complete challenges in the Forest and Dark fortress chambers increases noticeably with each level. This is just part of the game. When you push for higher difficulty level, you must adjust your prep strategy by keeping potions brewing constantly so you've always got plenty on hand.
The Forest chambers can usually be tackled with some strong exstimulo and maybe some wit sharpening potion and one or two healing potions depending on the lineup of foes you're faced with. You can usually get away with getting knocked out in the Forest chambers, and still complete the challenge in time if you use strong exstimulo against the more difficult foes to defeat them quickly.
Once you hit the Dark chambers, as a solo professor you can no longer get away with getting knocked out to restore health. You'll need every available second to fight, and you'll need to use strong or potent exstimulo on pretty much every foe.
I can usually replenish any potions I've used to get through a couple Forest chamber runs by the following day. I burn through more potion in the Dark chambers though, and potent exstimulo takes a long time to brew, so it can take a couple days to replenish my potion stock after one or two Dark runs. Meanwhile, I'll just stick to Tower V or Forest I/II, which I can usually get through with little to no potion. I'm at Professor Grade 13 (675/1,300), and Wizarding Level 41 (121,811/340,000) for comparison.
It's good to wait for Community Days or other events that include drastically reduced brewing time on healing potion and all varieties exstimulo to push for higher chamber levels, so you can replenish your stock quickly.
Hope this helps.
Thanks @Acumen !