On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, James Schuldes wrote:
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> I would have elemental & guardian memmed and maybe the disenchanting melody
> (if not - have a egg-shaped pumice handy they can dispell roots - not sure
> about snares). Selos, hymn, lullaby or pixie, bellow or denon's, screetch.
Definitely have a couple pumice stones handy. You not only
want to get rid of bad effects on you, but you want to debuff
her at the start. Her mana is limited, yours is not. Having
the stones to cancel any spell effects essentially removes her
spellcasting ability as a factor, while she cannot do the same
to you.
A trick a ranger friend used on me was to quaff a vial of
vampire blood. He said it put his magic resist way over 100.
I only managed to get charm/fear/chain to stick on him like 3
times out of 30+ tries. Another thing to watch out for is for
her casting camo on herself to rest and med up. Keep Concord
handy so you can see invis. It may seem like a waste of a
slot at the beginning of the fight, but later near the
endgame, if she decides to try the camo move, you have got to
be ready for it or you'll be facing all those spells again.
> I would start with my MR maxxed out - weaving ele & guardian. Ranger mana
Do not count on ER+GR keeping snare off you. I tried that,
and he still managed to get snare to stick about 30% of the
time. The spell is very good at getting through MR. Use a
pumice stone (or you can experiment with the "fixed" L22
song).
> is weak and he may panic when you resist and re-cast. The more you can make
> him cast the better. Get close to him and stay inside bow range. Use songs
> to damage at first because he will be thorned.
Another thing about bows (all ranged weapons really) is that
you need LOS. If you can put hills, people, etc. between you
and her when it fires, it will not hit you and she will have
to wait the firing delay again.
> You might try to fear chain him if you are not in the arena but just out in
> a zone. (hehe if you can pick the spot - charm an HG or Griffon <eg>) Once
> you have made him use up his mana, you can play lullaby and continue song
> damage. They really hate being winced.
Make sure you keep running around so she's not facing you if
you try an AE or ranged damage song. No point giving her free
melee damage.
> Depending on how long the fight goes, his thorns may wear off. I'd try to
> wait as long as possible to melee him to prevent taking damage from his
> shield of thorns. And you can play the same game with Psalm of Warmth. If
Just cancel the thorns with a pumice stone. The shock of
seeing all her pre-buffs drop should work in your favor too.
Cancel magic will not break mesmerize, so if you can get Pixie
Strike to stick, you can debuff her while she can't move (I
suspect the pumice will cancel Pixie Strike as well, but
usually it takes off 1-3 buffs, so it's still in your favor).
> you run away to heal or load a different song - remember he has tracking so
> run to a zone edge where tracking gets all messed up.
Tracking does not get messed up if the target is within
proximity.
> But like Harm said - you might be well served to go down in the 3rd round
> for future peace and harmony ;p
OTOH, if you want to establish right now who will be the boss
in the marriage... :)
If it's a straight one-on-one fight: Use the tab key to
switch between targeting her and yourself (if, say, you need
to target yourself to cancel snare). If you use F1 or click
on yourself, you will lose her as a target, and can waste
precious time retargeting her. If you use tab, it remembers
your target and just toggles between you and her.
One final thing. Rangers can't bash or stun. You only need
to worry about missed notes. :)
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John H. Kim
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