Congrats on Gogulch! Holy Feral Strikes, Batman! Nice work! That is too funny that you pulled that add again - where did he come from? Extremely impressive work all around!
BTW, have you changed out any armour since F2P? Besides new weapons (LI and the rep sword), any other major changes?
Haven't changed any gear since F2P as of yet until I get some rep in Enedwaith. still have a few more videos to process as well. I just completed the Harcennun video and I find him a little more difficult than Tantafod. I use alot of the new destiny perks they help alot and I have not purchased all of my stat tomes yet, I think they help a bit as well. If you have problems with these drakes swap out a couple jewellery pieces for extra power for Dire needs, ancient-dwarf scrolls for your Li helps a little, use alot of clicky items from the crafted mirkwood armour. It all adds up.
Here is the new Video for Harcennun, I have done better in other encounters with him it just so happend the actual video take it was a little close.
Added an easier challenge to the list. I am sure everyone is aware of the annoying wolves for Enedwaith rep quests. I added Shadow Of The eye as an Intemediate challenge, sometimes this fight has come too close if i do not use sudden defence.
I've had too much fun with this thread...I've probably spent 3 hours on it watching video and reading the posts. It has given me a whole new perspective on what is possible with a champ. I'll be looking forward to getting my champ up high enough to try these techniques...that and crafting a shield
Hey thanks for the great comments guys really appreciate it.
Was able to play with Gunnberg the 98k giant for a bit today again and I did think he was impossible even without him summoning his bear friend. His devastates were a whopping 2025 frost damage you just can't do much when the hits are that hard. So I did some research and found some level 42 gear I believe thats what the level was and it turned the fight to my advantage. I am going to try him with his bear friend as well but by himself he is an Extreme challenge and will post the video as is for now. He does not summon his bear if you do not give him the chance by attacking him as soon as he is summoned he just goes into the start of his corruption rage instead. I will try and get the video processed as soon as I can. This guy has really been racking my brain for the last week just for the fact that even with hamstring and kiting he just hit too hard. Cloben is a little farther out of reach because you can't do much as far as kiting he has ranged attack. Toe to toe is just not an option with Cloben because he hits too hard, maybe with the new potions but I am not interested in using them. When a Foe has a 100k and deals something besides common damge it is gonna be HARD! I am still gonna play with him a bit but Cloben is still the hardest challenge Enedwaith has to offer.
Added an easier challenge to the list. I am sure everyone is aware of the annoying wolves for Enedwaith rep quests. I added Shadow Of The eye as an Intemediate challenge, sometimes this fight has come too close if i do not use sudden defence.
Good one! Was wondering if you would add these mobs. Your video is great (of course) and funny! "Bring it" - lol.
Just not sure why you didn't take on three at once! :-) I chained two together one time like in your video - there spawn rates are unpredictable- was down to about 3K on the first one, and boom, I happened to be right on a spawn location and another popped up! Fun!
FINALLY! I get to submit an Extreme Challenge to the list!
Chieftain Gursh - Library of Tham Mirdain 3-man (level 65)
I was soloing in Library of Tham Mirdain (level 65) over the weekend. Got past all the trash mobs pretty well. The key to the Pale-Folk is to never let them hit you for long enough to apply their poison DoT. One DoT is doable, but 2 or more and your looking at burning cooldowns or dying. They have to hit you for a few seconds before they put these DoTs on, so you can avoid this by using your horn, and moving locations (kiting) a bit. Each time they move, and then start attacking you again, it takes like 8 seconds before they apply the poison DoT, so just keep moving.
Anyways, Chieftain Gursh is the boss to the left when you get to the courtyard, the one without the adds and with the LONG (30 second) stun. In this battle, HAMSTRING is your friend! You can start by going toe to toe for a bit, but eventually he hits too hard, and you will probably spend the last half of the fight kiting. The room is too small and he will keep hitting you, UNLESS you keep Hamstring up on him at all times. With Hamstring on, you can circle the room (using the little platform/stairs to your advantage), stop, get in a few attacks and Hamstring again, then rinse and repeat. It's actually a good thing when he hits you with his big stun - adds a LONG time for pips/regen/skill timers - just make sure to come out of it with an immediate Clobber because he does a full heal about 1 second after you wake up.
Anyways, I'd say he's an extreme, in that I was well geared for solo and it took a good bit of tactics and strategy, and it came close a few times. And you cannot just kite for 3 minutes to regen - you have to stop and fight melee and get a hamstring up whenever it's down.
I couldn't get the other mini-boss down - the one to the right from the courtyard. He has 6 pale folk adds (3 come immediately, then 3 about 15 seconds later) and I couldn't get them down before the big guy wakes up and without any of the nasty poison DoTs. The big guy then opens with a stun (not so long, but it hurts when you still have multiple adds up and DoTs going). I will try again, because I'd love to solo all of the Library. The final boss should actually be fairly easy because there is no ranged attack, and you could even just kite in a big circle and burn down the 16 birds with AOE if you needed too - the room is plenty big. Although it might be possible to almost go toe-to-toe for most of the fight, I'd say...
Will try again when I get some time!
EDIT: P.S. I bet School is doable as well. Most mobs are grouped in three or less. The double healers (Leaders) on the second boss could pose a problem, but quick switches for clobber should help. And the last room can be pulled bit by bit. Not totally sure about fighting the final boss, though-- gotta see how hard he hits toe-to-toe, and he does have a nasty range attack so if you can't keep up with the damage you are taking, kiting may not be an option. Will try this one as well when I get a chance!
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One more post - I gotta say that this solo build is not only great for the Champion Solo List, but also just questing (in Enedwaith) for instance. Sure it's a bit slower on the mob kills, so slayer deeds you should probably just go full DPS build, but so much of the quests are mostly running from point to point with very little fighting that lower DPS does not slow you down a whole lot.
AND, the bonus is, if you get suprised by a nasty mob you can take him in this build. I.E. The Shadow of the Eye wolves from above, or a giant here or there.
OR if you fail the wisdom spirit test like I did, you won't die! This quest - Quest: Instance: The Wild Hunt -- Arassiel's Spirit - is the one where you follow an Elk spirit and have to pick the Spirit of Wisdom from 5 unknown spirits? Well, I picked the wrong one! (LOL, dumb champ). And a 50K spirit appeared ready to chew me up. But, since I was in this solo build, it was literally no problem. Killed it, tried again (and this time read the quest more carefully!), finished.
Haven't changed any gear since F2P as of yet until I get some rep in Enedwaith. still have a few more videos to process as well. I just completed the Harcennun video and I find him a little more difficult than Tantafod. I use alot of the new destiny perks they help alot and I have not purchased all of my stat tomes yet, I think they help a bit as well. If you have problems with these drakes swap out a couple jewellery pieces for extra power for Dire needs, ancient-dwarf scrolls for your Li helps a little, use alot of clicky items from the crafted mirkwood armour. It all adds up.
Here is the new Video for Harcennun, I have done better in other encounters with him it just so happend the actual video take it was a little close.
I don't use solo build, but i was able to kill Torhammas last week in my normal DPS build.. that was pretty challenging. but i would never have thought of trying to solo this harcennun... very impressive.
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Yeah I'd like to echo Haakon on that, very impressive.
Also I am not a fan of the green line and I have been able to do all the challenges (minus the extremes one) in dps traits I just want to put it out there that you can be a very nasty (and fast) opponent in DPS traits, kill or be killed.
Thank-you Hakon,Radian, and Hugoth I am glad to hear the comments.
It is funny you should mention the Library radian I was in there a week or two ago and had beaten Gursh but failed the other as well. I will add him as extreme and make a vid when I get some time I still have about three other vids to make as well nothing Extreme though.
Thank-you Hakon,Radian, and Hugoth I am glad to hear the comments.
It is funny you should mention the Library radian I was in there a week or two ago and had beaten Gursh but failed the other as well. I will add him as extreme and make a vid when I get some time I still have about three other vids to make as well nothing Extreme though.
Athelious
GAH! Foiled! I thought I finally had a new one for you....
/backtothedrawingboard
Actually Radian he is new because I wasn't gonna add him because I just didn't think anyone would want the hardship of getting to him. I was wrong. I have not ventured into the school yet so let me know how you do there. I am very interested in hearing about that adventure. I did run across a worthy Intermediate last night in Nan Gurth Angmar. His name is Bruigon I never heard of him before.
Well had a great time pushing my champ tonight and alot of fun until I was making a vid and my antivirus decided to update or something and almost killed me everytime I tried to turn fraps back on. It had taken me 2 hours to get to this guy and was not gonna die!! So I had to click fraps off when kiting was not required anymore and could turn it back on and burn him down. So the vid has a gap in the middle but it was just kiting with rend anyway. I am gonna leave this video until last once I catch up with the vids I have previously recorded. At this point I have five to make 2 Extreme, 2 Very Difficult, 1 Intermediate.
The Video I have completed right now is the remaining Giant from Enedwaith and is the easiest to defeat. His name is Glewlud. I believe his power is random aggro which doesn't help when I am the only one there.
Mighty fine work, Athelious. So I'm having a hard time keeping track.... have you solo'd ALL of the named bosses in Thror's Coomb now except the 100K drake Cloben? Unbelievable!!!!
Had fun taking down Brathach last night! BUT, I failed miserably versus Gogulch. Absolute Flail! Was early this morn, and I got all confused and couldn't even find my sword! LOL He beat me silly.....
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FINALLY! I get to submit an Extreme Challenge to the list!
Chieftain Gursh - Library of Tham Mirdain 3-man (level 65)
I see you already noticed that I misnamed this Extremem Challenge. Yes, it was Urudru (or whatever) - the single boss to the left of the courtyard in the Library.
Originally Posted by Kingtheo
Well had a great time pushing my champ tonight and alot of fun until I was making a vid and my antivirus decided to update or something and almost killed me everytime I tried to turn fraps back on. It had taken me 2 hours to get to this guy and was not gonna die!! So I had to click fraps off when kiting was not required anymore and could turn it back on and burn him down. So the vid has a gap in the middle but it was just kiting with rend anyway. I am gonna leave this video until last once I catch up with the vids I have previously recorded. At this point I have five to make 2 Extreme, 2 Very Difficult, 1 Intermediate.
The Video I have completed right now is the remaining Giant from Enedwaith and is the easiest to defeat. His name is Glewlud. I believe his power is random aggro which doesn't help when I am the only one there.
Sorry to hear about your Gogulch experience he is the hardest of the four. It is a fight very dependent on the ability of Feral strikes to remove his buffs ad sometime they just do not come off. The 60 second Sudden defence I have is also a big help in that fight.
I was able to get some time to play and thought I had better capture the vid of the first boss in the Library just in case someone asks for the vid. I was able to take him down alot easier this time because of the weapon and Lis that I have upgraded to. Then I thought I may as well try the impossible Piztor the boss with the adds again. I tested the start of the fight without cooldowns about three times to find when he stuns you. I then realized he needs to hit you to stun you it seemed to me. This was all I needed to turn the fight to my favor. I still burnt all my cooldowns but in the end I was finally victorious. The chieften Gursh is a new fight where kiting can be done without taking damage such as coldbear and is only a very difficult. If you can get past Piztor you have won the instance.
Ahh Cloben I think he will be out of my reach for awhile. He is a very powerful drake if he had 60k I could see someone burning him down but 100k is alot to get through. Maybe if some new gear pops up or new skills who knows maybe someday.
Ill try and get some videos processed as soon as I can to help with the Library solo if anyone is interested. Thanks for pushing me in there Radian I would not have bothered if you did not take the initial effort. It is for sure a great challenge and worth the run for the possible rewards.
Well you made that look way too easy! I ended up kiting quite a lot! lol Maybe you should move that to Very Difficult! :-)
I did take down Glewlud and Tuisog last night, but failed one two tries vs: Gogulch... I'll get him, just need to upgrade a couple things and make a few changes. One time, I had him down to 11K. If I could have just gotten another 1-2K off of him, he would have gone to slow mode, and I probably could have gotten him down. My mistake, I think, was trying to get two hits in when in kiting mode (like a bracing attack and a hamstring) and that allowed him to get two hits in on me various times (each hit for 1300 to 1800 Frost damage! Ouch!). I'll get him!
How do you have 3300 Power and 5800 morale in that video? WOW! I'll check your character online to see what gear you have, but I imagine you change out a bunch of the gear for +Power on DPS races like Gogulch. I'll have to give that a try - helps ALOT with Dire Need, of course.
Glad you had fun in the Library! Yes, I figured the last boss was going to be pretty easy given there is no range attacks and a big room to kite - you could probably even without cooldowns just run incircles and RB/REND them down...
Did you use Tolloch in the Gogulch fight? Also, since he does Frost damage, did you use +Giant damage type or +Fire damage type? ((I'm not even sure if it's a "rule" in this game that mobs that do Frost Damage are weak versus +Fire Damage and vice versa - do you know?))
For Gogulch I swapped out my block braclets for high power since I was DW for most of the fight and also swapped out my Diamond Studs for high power/morale(crafted) as well. I may have also equiped the high power fate pocket for the beginning of the fight. Once I was kiting and my dire needs are done then you can switch back because you are now also using a shield. You are correct about the one hit only when kiting you do not want to stand there to hamstring then rend he will hit you twice. He can dish out some very nasty damage with the corruption buffs. I do not think fire gives an edge towards Giants so I used the Westernese with +7 damage to giants. I think if you had the bigger dire needs you would have made it for sure.
Fighting Gursh in the Library was interesting and almost thought I could have beaten it in hard mode because I was using the birds to heal me until I realized my CB was killing them with refelct damage. I may venture in there again some day just to try it out. I had no dire need or man heal going into that fight as well, since Piztor had taken them all. Also for Unudhu I found he was harder to kite around, he is still going to be an extreme because I think that fight just went really well, it happens sometimes. I have completed the Piztor video as well, I thought once the adds were gone he was gonna be easy then the stuns started. Even kiting past him to rend he was getting lucky and tagging me. My loth jewellery was on cooldown which may help at the beginning of that fight as well to get rid of the pesky adds.
Have you had a chance to get into the school yet? I will not get a chance for a bit to get in there. I think my solo challenge fun may slow down soon as well I am going back to work soon, it has been a nice break luckily Enedwaith just released on my first day off. I am fairly close to Kindred as well the shield/pocket combo looks nice.
This is the Piztor vid, had one mistake in there it had taken me a little bit to realize my CB ended and ran out of power.
Fighting Gursh in the Library was interesting and almost thought I could have beaten it in hard mode because I was using the birds to heal me until I realized my CB was killing them with refelct damage. I may venture in there again some day just to try it out.
Gratz on the Library full clear! I have not gone back in there but I will try again soon. I may be misinterpretting your quote above, but once you pull the last boss you can (and it makes it easier) kill all the birds right away and still get HM. The "Challenge" message changes to let you know that you can do it this way - you just can't kill any birds BEFORE you pull the last boss.
Originally Posted by Kingtheo
Have you had a chance to get into the school yet? I will not get a chance for a bit to get in there.
I did go into the School this past weekend. The courtyard boss (Llygad the Blade) was no big deal. Pretty much you can just keep up with his damage and burn down the adds when they come and if you need a little regen, you have that BIG courtyard to run around in with no worries of ranged attacks. Only thing that makes the fight a little longer/trickier is that the last add runs and gets an Orc Leader (healer!) to come down the stairs and heal the boss. Again, not a huge deal (note: the Orc Leaders never heal themselves so you should always kill them first before other mobs) but it just makes the fight a little longer if he gets off some heals on the boss (clobber away though).
The next boss (Chief Warrior Thurgtârk) was doable probably only because he is so bugged out now. Even when you try and prevent anti-exploit mode, he is always going into it when he is standing in the doorway to the last room. I did beat him, but I wouldn't cal it a real solo victory because his constant confusion let me regen a ton. You do have to burn down the two Orc Leaders (healers!) first, though, which means quick DPS and interrupting the OTHER leader from the one you are attacking. They only heal others, not themselves, so with quick switches/clobbers or stun horns, you can keep attacking one and interrupting the other. I would say, however, that in a fair fight where the boss does not go into anti-expoit mode, that this boss may not beatable. He primarily does ranged attacks, where he roots you, runs away, and shoots you full of poison arrows. If he were fully functional the whole time, on top of having to burn down the two adds, I'd say he'd likely win, although I'm not sure if you were to use all your cooldowns and such. But, I did beat him (with no cooldowns at all), so it's up to you whether or not to put him on the list.
The last boss is not soloable (Commander Tarsh), I'd say. With 60K morale (or was it 80?), and pretty strong common melee damage, I was not able to burn him down anywhere near fast enough. I knew he had a ranged attack, but even so once he was down about 20K and all my cooldowns were blown, I tried kiting. No way! Ranged damage for 2600 Shadow damage. So with nothing to hide behind, and no way to burn down 60K anywhere near quick enough, I'd say he is out of solo reach. It was fun getting to him though and trying him. Oh, and when I died, all the adds in his room came back up, which means 6 individual pulls (each taking a few minutes to burn dow) just to get back to him, and it was way too late for me!
Oh, I did beat Gogulch as well! That's all the Giants in Thror's Coomb except the 100K guy (haven't tried him yet). You were right, if you stack power (for dire need X 2) AND the corruption removal goes well (random chances there), the fight can go very well. I had him down to 4K before kiting when I decided I'd not risk him getting two crits in a row and playing it safe. It was great finally taking him down though!
To add to the list (there is one more shard dropper I found in the wight area of Enedwaith):
Llygad the Blade - lvl 65 School of Tham Mirdain - Intermediate I'd say (I used NO cooldowns)
Commander Tarsh - lvl 65 School of Tham Mirdain - Intermediate with his unavoidable confusion (I used NO cooldowns) - however, in a fair fight I'd say probably he's going to win?
Nurduath - Enedwaith Wight shard dropper (21K morale, Lich Bluffs area - Cartrev Maru to be exact) - Intermediate (not any harder than the Gwiber, really)
I'll try Library next to get that done - I need a rematch against that boss with the adds!
Wow nice work Radian and grats on Gogulch he is for sure a tough one. Thanks also for the additions to the list I have not had as much time it seems to do alot of updating. I will scope the new Enedwaith guy out just to have the joy of battling him. It is too bad about the bugginess as well, it's hard to give him a level of difficulty that way for sure.
Ill try and get things all updated soon.
Thanks Again
Athelious
Also I hear there is a Sixth giant that spawns in the same area as Cloben do not know about this one can anyone confirm?
Can one of you try to solo the Mess Hall of Fil Gashan? Because I've done it on my guardian and was wondering if its soloable on a champ...if not then can you tell me please?
I was fairly tired when i attempted this fight because i had forgotten to use my initial dire need before using the invincible skill, and also had forgotten my aoe traits as well. I have been meaning to post a few fights I have recorded for awhile, sorry for the delay guys.
I was fairly tired when i attempted this fight because i had forgotten to use my initial dire need before using the invincible skill, and also had forgotten my aoe traits as well. I have been meaning to post a few fights I have recorded for awhile, sorry for the delay guys.
LOL - that was a quick reponse to the previous poster's question. Nice work! I've got to try... and it looks like you beat Pan-Seared guy too? ((Your video says "To Be Continued"))
I raomed around giant halls for a long time last night and never saw the 6th Giant you talked about. I did find Cloben though (100K Drake) and called in for reinforcements!
Good stuff in Fil Gashan!
P.S. Too funny on hitting Invicible before Dire Need! Must be that you have a new baby on the way or here or something? (From your Forums profile)
Just found a few vidoes on Youtube from a Windfola champ named Tedemir. He's got vids of taking down the two drakes in Thror's Coomb as well.
Here is a new one for the list, I'd say. He does a full pull in the main tent in Dol Dinen. I'm not sure the overall difficulty, but I'd think that's a great one to add to the list, Athelious. Looks fun! Will try this weekend....
That does look like a fun challenge, not sure how hard it would be but will give it a whirl this weekend as well. yes i have a 5 week old daugter so sleep is pretty low right now. i had to kill myself with the cook at about 45k morale because she had awoke so i had to go get her, she likes to eat alot.
I will give him a try again hopefully soon. It is not a done deal yet but i think it is very possible. I have had no luck on finding this giant either, he is in lorebook or maybe wiki? cant remember.
That does look like a fun challenge, not sure how hard it would be but will give it a whirl this weekend as well. yes i have a 5 week old daugter so sleep is pretty low right now. i had to kill myself with the cook at about 45k morale because she had awoke so i had to go get her, she likes to eat alot.
I will give him a try again hopefully soon. It is not a done deal yet but i think it is very possible. I have had no luck on finding this giant either, he is in lorebook or maybe wiki? cant remember.
have a good one
Athelious
Too funny! I've been there too - have a 3 month old (as well as a 5 year and 2.5 year old!).
Found the giant this morning! He spawned in the same place as Cloben (100K Drake) - tucked up into the mountain past the southern edge of The High Home. His name is Gwunfardh. He had 100K morale (plus or minus a few K) and he had a pet bear with only 6K morale. He is in the lorebook, but it doesn't say anything but Level 67 nemesis Giant-kind.
Funny thing was, I hod logged in his spawn area because just yesterday I had found (and killed, NOT solo though) Cloben. When I relogged in this morning, there he was! He paths down that hill and over near the lake there. Unfortunately, I didn't have the right gear to take him on, and not a lot of time, so I called in the reinforcements from glff, but by the time I summoned them (there is a muster campsite not far from there) and got back to his pathing area, he was gone! GRRRR. I'm curious whether or not he is soloable. I assume he hits about as hard as the other 100K giant, AND he has that 6K bear. I suppose if you can get the bear down quickly then at least you can pop blocking blades? BUT, the biggest thing is that there is no "hiding" place for back and forth kiting - no nook to tuck into, as far as I could tell. And there are lots of mobs at the bottom of the hill that could aggro on you if you go too far, so it'd be a straight line kite only. ((From watching your vids, you are definitely a master at that, but it appeared that from the Gunnberg vid that those extra few seconds gained from tucking around that corner were crucial in beating him)). If I can find him again I'll give it a whirl, but I'd love to see if you or anyone else is able to do it as well!
Too funny! I've been there too - have a 3 month old (as well as a 5 year and 2.5 year old!).
Found the giant this morning! He spawned in the same place as Cloben (100K Drake) - tucked up into the mountain past the southern edge of The High Home. His name is Gwunfardh. He had 100K morale (plus or minus a few K) and he had a pet bear with only 6K morale. He is in the lorebook, but it doesn't say anything but Level 67 nemesis Giant-kind.
Funny thing was, I hod logged in his spawn area because just yesterday I had found (and killed, NOT solo though) Cloben. When I relogged in this morning, there he was! He paths down that hill and over near the lake there. Unfortunately, I didn't have the right gear to take him on, and not a lot of time, so I called in the reinforcements from glff, but by the time I summoned them (there is a muster campsite not far from there) and got back to his pathing area, he was gone! GRRRR. I'm curious whether or not he is soloable. I assume he hits about as hard as the other 100K giant, AND he has that 6K bear. I suppose if you can get the bear down quickly then at least you can pop blocking blades? BUT, the biggest thing is that there is no "hiding" place for back and forth kiting - no nook to tuck into, as far as I could tell. And there are lots of mobs at the bottom of the hill that could aggro on you if you go too far, so it'd be a straight line kite only. ((From watching your vids, you are definitely a master at that, but it appeared that from the Gunnberg vid that those extra few seconds gained from tucking around that corner were crucial in beating him)). If I can find him again I'll give it a whirl, but I'd love to see if you or anyone else is able to do it as well!
Happy giant hunting!
Radian
I've killed the giant (grouped, haven't gone beyond getting the Glass Flask as far as getting solo gear is concerned ), and his pet also deals some fairly nasty frost wounds, plus it's a bear, so armour rends will be an issue...
That giant sounds like a fun challenge for sure it's just i only run into Cloben it seems. I will will just need to search a little harder I guess.
I finally completed the cook in fil gashan and its not the most exciting video because of the amount of kiting required. I just burned down the mess hall again and saved a Dire need for the cook fight. He was a little harder than I thought but still not too hard to be in the extreme class.
I had a chance to finish the Chieftan Gursh video, I was thinking of remaking the video but the thought of 2 hours to get there again is too much. I am missing some footage due to the terrible lag while kiting. I need to make some room on my hard drive for new videos this fraps program uses a crazy amount of space for vids.
I finally completed rep in Enedwaith and have recieved my shiny new toys can't wait to try them out.
Just found a few vidoes on Youtube from a Windfola champ named Tedemir. He's got vids of taking down the two drakes in Thror's Coomb as well.
Here is a new one for the list, I'd say. He does a full pull in the main tent in Dol Dinen. I'm not sure the overall difficulty, but I'd think that's a great one to add to the list, Athelious. Looks fun! Will try this weekend....
@Radian - Thanks for linking my video. I did a lot of soloing at level 60. CD, Uru, Library, Tomb of Elendil, etc. I decided at 65 to not go back and do any of those challenges again, even now that they scaled the instances. I also got a nice laptop, so I can make videos. If something I haven't done looks challenging or unusual, then I might try it. If there isn't already a video of it, then I'll try to make a video. I just posted a video of SH HM with a capt. today. That might be the only video of a 2-man with a champ. I have few more ideas for videos.
@Athelious - Thanks for commenting on the Dol Dinen video. That probably can't be done without Deathstorm and is likely an extreme challenge. Grats on all your videos and soloing.
Tedemir - 85 Champion, EM Historian(K/Weapons), Rk 11
Leafelyn - 85 Burglar, EM Metalsmith(K/Tailors), Rk 6
@Radian - Thanks for linking my video. I did a lot of soloing at level 60. CD, Uru, Library, Tomb of Elendil, etc. I decided at 65 to not go back and do any of those challenges again, even now that they scaled the instances. I also got a nice laptop, so I can make videos. If something I haven't done looks challenging or unusual, then I might try it. If there isn't already a video of it, then I'll try to make a video. I just posted a video of SH HM with a capt. today. That might be the only video of a 2-man with a champ. I have few more ideas for videos.
@Athelious - Thanks for commenting on the Dol Dinen video. That probably can't be done without Deathstorm and is likely an extreme challenge. Grats on all your videos and soloing.
Glad to see you posting here Tovarashh. FYI, I don't have any clue how to make the vids but I like trying all this solo stuff and "attemtping" to keep up with Athelious! (and now you, I'd say!) :-) But the list keeps growing!
I did try that Dol Dinen pull and failed miserably. That is nasty for sure. You wouldn't think it, but once the wounds and debuffs build up, morale drops like a rock! Congrats to you for doing it! Well done! I would call it an extreme challenge for sure.
BTW, Tovarassh - did you solo ALL of CD at 60? Including Mordirith?
Actually, Tomb of Elendil could be one to put on the list, Athelious? Maybe Intermediate? The last fight is only challenging because the adds keep coming and the Turtle's morale drops VERY slowly (without a group FM he keeps his "armour" shell), so you do need either pretty good kiting skills or strong regen (and reflect/+heal gear). I did that just before F2P myself, and it's not necessarily that hard, just a fun intermediate challenge.
Thanks,
Radian
P.S. @Tovarassh - I do learn a bunch from watching the vids--- if you could, it would be great to see your buffs/debuffs as well as your skill bar as it's fun to see what buttons your crunching-- and helpful to me! No big deal if you prefer not to... it does look "cleaner" without all the UI stuff. Either way thanks for posting the vids!
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Congrats on Gursh and Pan-Seared guy - only thing that would have made that video better would have been if you finished him off with a good ole Hobbit made Heavy Cast Iron Frying Pan smack upside his head!!!
I finally completed rep in Enedwaith and have recieved my shiny new toys can't wait to try them out.
Athelious
The Algraig Shield and the Ranger's Token of Resilience? I compared those stats to the Charm of Avoidance and Superb Loth Havey Shield and I think they are better given the two set bonus? I'm not kindred yet with Algraig - got another week of the grind... Anything else you picked up that looks better than what you have?
Didn't make any headway on the more difficult/extreme challenges this weekend, but I was in Nan Gurth looking for Gashan and came across two other "Beginner" fights. Both in Nan Gurth:
Ghashrip (orc- 23K)
Alisa the Red-Hands (25K angmarim priestess type)
Funny thing was, Alisa dropped 3 (yes, 3) Beryl Shards! First time I've ever seen any flake/shard/etc. dropper drop more than one! I did have my Horseshoe in my bags, but not equipped. :-)
Thanks,
Radian
PS Like I said above, I tried Dol Dinen once kind of half prepared, and dropped like a fly!
BTW, Tovarassh - did you solo ALL of CD at 60? Including Mordirith?
P.S. @Tovarassh - I do learn a bunch from watching the vids--- if you could, it would be great to see your buffs/debuffs as well as your skill bar as it's fun to see what buttons your crunching-- and helpful to me! No big deal if you prefer not to... it does look "cleaner" without all the UI stuff. Either way thanks for posting the vids!
Yes, I did solo Mordirith. His chamber is very big and he can be hamstringed, so it was just a long kiting strategy. I couldn't make videos then so I took at least one screenshot of every encounter. I can dig them up and post something if you want me to. Azgoth and Mordirith were the toughest in CD. Lhugrien and Gruglok in Uru were difficult.
Athelious has so many videos that are instructive, that I'm not sure showing the UI would add anything new. Gear is always slightly different and finding those unusual and rare clickies is helpful. For example, the Dol Dinen Tent was planned out. I'd want everyone to try it themselves first. I could answer any questions you have about it. I'll try to use the full screen in future videos.
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Leafelyn - 85 Burglar, EM Metalsmith(K/Tailors), Rk 6
Thanks For the positive comment tedemir. I admitted it to Tedemir already I don't have Deathstorm yet! Gasp! I will get it hopfully soon i want to give it a try.
Yes I do like the heavy shield set for all other damage types besides common. It opens up a virtue as well if you use scrolls. The melee defence is 1500 with the set bonus I believe.
I ran into the giant finally and I did not have my gear either!!! so I just danced with him a bit to see what he could do and ya he seems a little tough.
I just finished the last vid I had on my hard drive its just a tutorial of taking down the Enedwaith giants for the quests. May be the last video for a bit I gotta work a week straight.
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), and his pet also deals some fairly nasty frost wounds, plus it's a bear, so armour rends will be an issue...
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