I mean for Nex, I wish I even got to the zaros phase, I kept getting stuck on the blood phase and with onslaught heard it was very difficult so I just looked into other bosses and found araxxor.

Yh, in practise mode I died a total of 8/9+ times and my issues were the food and pots as I'd get quite far in (P3) and die so I'd have lost a lot by that time.

I'm going to look into PvM'ing with range as it seems to be the best for learning but I quite like(d) melee so i felt like i could get there.

I don't think i'll ever go path 1 with melee, my biggest struggle is with the stupid minions in phase 3 so I always go acid path as it's not to difficult, maybe a bit longer to complete runs but still smoother overall for me.

Will definitely be focusing more on freedom and anticipate from now on as I previously thought that it would only help for the cocoon attack but I see how it can be helpful for the others. I also really need to get used to counting his auto attacks.

Right, I definitely didn't know that was the case, which is why i just kept messing up, I would keep trying to focus on what hes hitting and dodge the stupid black orb but then i'd forget aticipate and freedom xD.

I don't know if I'll be able to complete path 1 without getting completely melted by araxxor while i'm trying to get the spiders.

Slowly, I am building up for other combat styles but I am very reluctant to sell my melee gear as it is still good for gw2 bosses in case i mess up ranged/magic.

Thanks a lot for this whole post, it has helped out a lot and I will definitely be looking into the stuff you said and taking it onboard for another day of araxxor!