Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Scepter of the Meritorious - Artifact
For basic info on this encounter see:
http://www.visionofsages.net/toa/artifacts/scepter.html
This encounter was pretty rough until I figured out the mobs didn't automatically attack you when they spawn - you have to pull them or be in their aggro radius. So I just moved out to the edge of the arena (near one of those disks on the ground) and worked from there. I set up a power font and did all my buffs including the pet mez reduction buff since these mobs mez.
I put my ML9 pet on Aggro and Stay and then ran up and pulled the mobs that popped one at a time with my level 1 lifetap - the idea was to get them into melee range and interrupt them without using too much power, not to hurt them. Once they got to me the pet quickly jumped on them and got aggro. He was killing the blues and yellows fast enough that I could just move up and pull the next one - don't even worry about focus shield on them. If I ever got 2 at once, I'd mez the first one and start lifetapping the 2nd one. I'm secondary Supp so I have a green single mez which worked pretty reliably on these mobs. I'd say they're probably spread out enough to use AE mez if you're Dark secondary, but that won't last long enough probably - you'll likely have to lifetap 2 at once at some point and get them in range so your pet can take over. Once a bit of life is off them, don't be afraid to use your Shaman's DoT to help out.
I fought long enough that my ML9 pet ran out, my power font dropped, and my resists dropped. When that happens, just recast the font and resists and be more careful with your pulls. You're working against a timer, but it doesn't move so fast that you can't be sensible. Take your time on the oranges and reds and focus them down - they have a lot of hit points and hit pretty hard so you don't want to rush. You're ML9 ability should recycle eventually and you can go back to faster work.
Eventually, Ferenc should charge while your ML9 pet is still up. He's just like the others only a little tougher, though not by a lot - my Shaman's DoT actually landed on him on the first cast. When he dies, he'll drop the Scepter and a ROG item (at least he did for me).
http://www.visionofsages.net/toa/artifacts/scepter.html
This encounter was pretty rough until I figured out the mobs didn't automatically attack you when they spawn - you have to pull them or be in their aggro radius. So I just moved out to the edge of the arena (near one of those disks on the ground) and worked from there. I set up a power font and did all my buffs including the pet mez reduction buff since these mobs mez.
I put my ML9 pet on Aggro and Stay and then ran up and pulled the mobs that popped one at a time with my level 1 lifetap - the idea was to get them into melee range and interrupt them without using too much power, not to hurt them. Once they got to me the pet quickly jumped on them and got aggro. He was killing the blues and yellows fast enough that I could just move up and pull the next one - don't even worry about focus shield on them. If I ever got 2 at once, I'd mez the first one and start lifetapping the 2nd one. I'm secondary Supp so I have a green single mez which worked pretty reliably on these mobs. I'd say they're probably spread out enough to use AE mez if you're Dark secondary, but that won't last long enough probably - you'll likely have to lifetap 2 at once at some point and get them in range so your pet can take over. Once a bit of life is off them, don't be afraid to use your Shaman's DoT to help out.
I fought long enough that my ML9 pet ran out, my power font dropped, and my resists dropped. When that happens, just recast the font and resists and be more careful with your pulls. You're working against a timer, but it doesn't move so fast that you can't be sensible. Take your time on the oranges and reds and focus them down - they have a lot of hit points and hit pretty hard so you don't want to rush. You're ML9 ability should recycle eventually and you can go back to faster work.
Eventually, Ferenc should charge while your ML9 pet is still up. He's just like the others only a little tougher, though not by a lot - my Shaman's DoT actually landed on him on the first cast. When he dies, he'll drop the Scepter and a ROG item (at least he did for me).
# posted by Bluebird ShhhhhImConcentrating @ 10:26 PM 
