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shannontroester

03-20-2012, 12:15 AM

Ucala here, I have run every zone EM and HM so far in the content except for the Underdepths (due to the zoning in bug that makes the whole group need to have access to zone into it, and even then we all go to different instances)But here is some common strats (by the way the strats are the same for EM and HM, HM just hits harder) depending on the groups dps, you won't need to follow strats except for maybe one or two.ALL THE ZONES LISTED HAVE NAMES THAT HAVE CURSES AND AOES BUT THEY CAN BE INTERRUPTED SO I DID NOT LIST THAT AS A PART OF THE STRAT, JUST INTERRUPT THE DARN MOB.Also, for the Hardmode (Challenge) group zone listingCovenant--mobs have 150 crit avoidLycuem--mobs have 200 crit avoidPrime--mobs have 250 crit avoidCovenant District-the first name (some giant rock Defender guy)--basically just a straight burn, but emotes every once in awhile and spawns this arcane add that AoE's like crazy, usually will kill atleast one person if you don't have good heals, just burn add, burn name.2nd name Velkon--nothing I could really see, a Knockback if I remember right, but basically just a burn. Confidence booster mob.3rd Zyerek--spawns adds, the adds hit a little hard, but nothing to serious at all, can easily burn the name before getting more then around 3 adds.4th Captain Veezaran--no idea really whats up with this guy, spawns a drake that gives him a 95% damage reduction and when the drake is killed a pillar is spawned and emotes something about protecting the closest person to it, but the damage reducation stays on the name the whole time, just gonna have to burn through it unless someone else has some insight.5th (the Boss)--basically just straight burn the boss, forget the two adds he is linked with, because killing the boss makes him drop the chest and if you kill his adds they just spawn into more adds, which then spawn into more adds if you kill them.Dracur Prime-1st, (the drakota that is right behind the tower)--nothing special that I saw, he has a knockback, but and a few AoE's, but you can easily interrupt every move of his (go go coercers).2nd, Hammilkor--this guy is just a straight burn basically, and he will spawn tornados (appears to be on timer base, not %) and the tornados don't really hit hard, they are just annoying and cause knockbacks <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" />3rd--Xerxis Mal'Fyrm the Slayer--he is linked with a healer and a sorc, basically the sorc spawns the fire circles of death (if you read my other fourm you will know), and the healer will emote about watching Xerxis's health closely, if they get to far apart from each other they will heal one another, and if the sorc gets to close to the main name, they will gain a buff for being to close, the main name also seems to memwipe and spawn extra adds that are easy kills. now if you think you are tough you can tank all three, joust the fire circles by the sorc and kill him and then burn the other two evenly. but if you want you can do it the simple way you CAN mez the sorc, while will cause the fire circles to never spawn up, and you can focus on just the healer and main name then (yes this even works in HM, I used to play a raiding coercer and I do play a raiding illy so I do know what a mez immunity on an epic mob looks like and it never came up on the x2s so you can perm mez the sorc) it's pretty simple. (again, go go coercers)4th--(forgot the name sorry but it's the only mob left before the boss)--just a straight burn really, nothing amazing.Boss--the big dragon in the center, he is pretty simple, seems to spawn adds, but easy kill overall.I didn't have ACT up for Lycuem and the names of mobs escape me, but they all are basic burns really except the drake in one room is rooted and will port you to him sometimes, and then knockback, best to clear room of trash.any inside for Lycuem would be great, like I said, my mind is fuzzy, only ran Lycuem about once.