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Calib

10-15-2005, 06:58 PM

<DIV> Hello all, I thought we could post our personal combat solo tips here, and even come up with some interesting ideas. These may be your own or common opinions. To protect dumb fire pets: Send pet at a distance. Bring mob in long range of spells by using {back off-attack} with pet. Immediately send rats/dogs then Ghastly stench line. {Back off} pet till he’s close to you, then {attack}. [This results in mob facing pet and dumb fires in back of mob because they chase mob a little bit. OR run behind mob and send dumb fires. To fight green mobs fast: Use the shadowy assassin pet line on offensive stance. To fight strong mobs: Use zombie (tank) pet line on defensive stance. Smart way to end battle: When mob is in red health, it is good practice to end the fight with both life drain lines. Such as the single hit “Siphon life” or Area of Effect “Breathe of the unearthed”. This way, you transfer as much health back to yourself at the end of battle. Common Aggro draw mishap: While fighting a mob, there is a tendency to use the “AOE breath of the unearthed” type line for its nice damage and health transfer. What often happens is, a non-aggressive mob will be nearby and will be hit by it and attack you. Make sure you are aware of surroundings before using this line. A Strong mob aggros you and you’re in the red: If a fairly strong mob has you in red health, and is pounding on you, it is best to have the Deathly Parlor {fake-death line} ready. You probably won’t have much time to draw life, stun or root, and fear might get resisted. A Necromancers health points and armor are poor, so don’t take chances. To kill multiple greens/blues fast: Hit the “Mend bones” line just before sending pet. Use either Assassin pet on defense/offense, or tank pet on offense. Send pet on one. Send Ghastly Stench on Right mob. Send Rats on Left mob. Other mobs hit them with Darkness line, Withering affliction line. At this point, watch pet health, but keep using AOE breath of unearthed line and Blight line as much as possible. Throw in a Skin rot if time permits. Mobs should be evenly hurting and drop within ten seconds of each other ideally. 2 or 3 Tuff mobs- the root protection technique: Use Tank/Defense. Send pet on one. Root other mob with chains. Back off pet. Click on pet name (as hes targeting originally mob he attacked earlier) and have pet attack. [ 2nd mob should be far enough away to do no harm as long as root holds]. Do NOT damage rooted pet. Concentrate on mob pet is fighting making sure you draw its health at end. Root mob again and back off pet if needed. Power drain, mend bones if needed. Send pet for final mob. </DIV>

ivo.kirov

10-18-2005, 07:21 PM

<DIV> To protect dumb fire pets: Send pet at a distance. Bring mob in long range of spells by using {back off-attack} with pet. Immediately send rats/dogs then Ghastly stench line. {Back off} pet till he’s close to you, then {attack}. [This results in mob facing pet and dumb fires in back of mob because they chase mob a little bit. OR run behind mob and send dumb fires. I very rarely have to worry about them dying especially with the Master 2 def. stance and the shadowy assassin. To fight green mobs fast: Use the shadowy assassin pet line on offensive stance. /agree To fight strong mobs: Use zombie (tank) pet line on defensive stance. Depending on the strenght of the mob the shadowy assassin on defensive might be a viable option. I use it on mobs + 2 levels of me and it works great. The DPS is enough to make up for the lack of tanking HP. If you get adds just Mend Bones / Transfer Life and Lifetap / aoe lifetap. I've never had him die and it's only adept 1. Smart way to end battle: When mob is in red health, it is good practice to end the fight with both life drain lines. Such as the single hit “Siphon life” or Area of Effect “Breathe of the unearthed”. This way, you transfer as much health back to yourself at the end of battle. /agree Common Aggro draw mishap: While fighting a mob, there is a tendency to use the “AOE breath of the unearthed” type line for its nice damage and health transfer. What often happens is, a non-aggressive mob will be nearby and will be hit by it and attack you. Make sure you are aware of surroundings before using this line. I always play in 3rd person view and do a full 360 around my character to make sure there's no mobs around me before I cast. A Strong mob aggros you and you’re in the red: If a fairly strong mob has you in red health, and is pounding on you, it is best to have the Deathly Parlor {fake-death line} ready. You probably won’t have much time to draw life, stun or root, and fear might get resisted. A Necromancers health points and armor are poor, so don’t take chances. Well I don't have the Feign Death(lvl40) ability as I'm only lvl37 but I would imagine that trying to fear first might be a viable option. Using FD you're always taking a chance as it might not work and considering cast time on Fear is super quick it couldn't hurt, you could always root once feared and you'll be fine, if fear is resisted then try FD. To kill multiple greens/blues fast: Hit the “Mend bones” line just before sending pet. Use either Assassin pet on defense/offense, or tank pet on offense. Send pet on one. Send Ghastly Stench on Right mob. Send Rats on Left mob. Other mobs hit them with Darkness line, Withering affliction line. At this point, watch pet health, but keep using AOE breath of unearthed line and Blight line as much as possible. Throw in a Skin rot if time permits. Mobs should be evenly hurting and drop within ten seconds of each other ideally. I find that the Warlock pet on offensive plus the aoe dots / aoe lifetaps / stench / rats / mend bones / transfer life / lifetap works great on multiple green mobs. They die super quick. You might have some trouble keeping the pet alive with blues so I would use the assassin for that. 2 or 3 Tuff mobs- the root protection technique: Use Tank/Defense. Send pet on one. Root other mob with chains. Back off pet. Click on pet name (as hes targeting originally mob he attacked earlier) and have pet attack. [ 2nd mob should be far enough away to do no harm as long as root holds]. Do NOT damage rooted pet. Concentrate on mob pet is fighting making sure you draw its health at end. Root mob again and back off pet if needed. Power drain, mend bones if needed. Send pet for final mob. I always refresh the root on the first mob as I'm fighting the second one cause I get worried it might break, can't hurt right <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

Calib

10-19-2005, 04:24 AM

excellent points <div></div>

firewolf

10-19-2005, 06:16 AM

<blockquote><hr><div> A Strong mob aggros you and you’re in the red: If a fairly strong mob has you in red health, and is pounding on you, it is best to have the Deathly Parlor {fake-death line} ready. You probably won’t have much time to draw life, stun or root, and fear might get resisted. A Necromancers health points and armor are poor, so don’t take chances. Well I don't have the Feign Death(lvl40) ability as I'm only lvl37 but I would imagine that trying to fear first might be a viable option. Using FD you're always taking a chance as it might not work and considering cast time on Fear is super quick it couldn't hurt, you could always root once feared and you'll be fine, if fear is resisted then try FD.</div><hr></blockquote> Deathly Parlor has 100% success rate but on 15min recast timer. Triple arrows up will kill you very quickly and usually does not come alone too. FD is a much better option than fear once you hit 40. <div></div>

Calib

10-20-2005, 02:18 AM

I'm 47, and FD has saved me around 20-30 times already. It has saved me in groups where things have gone awry, or sometimes solo when along comes a bad add. Anyone got any different strategies they use? <div></div>

NUKER 1

10-20-2005, 04:05 AM

kiting heroics is possible.. and very eficient if done right... ill let you figure it out tho lol