I am pretty sure lifetap is pure magic resistance
Venril did no disease/posion dots. Just melee and that lifetap from what i
can tell.
Gendal Concorden, lvl 55 Bard of Talisman - Tuanre
Enoch Lyciferous, lvl 51 Necro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin L. Crawford" <Lyrnia@...>
To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Venril
> If it's lifetap you need to have the bards sing "Purifying Rhytms" I would
> also throw in Hymn and Nivs and the 50+ healing song as well. That should
> help to counter the lifetap nicely. Alternately sing Purifying Rhythms,
FCC
> and TCF. Also any poison resist spells your clerics/shaman/druids can
cast
> on you. Lifetap is a Poison Resist Check.
>
> Maestro of Rancor uses a Lifetap type spell that does nearly as much dmg
> which is area affect and using poison resistance gear/songs/spells people
> can usually take him down without too much trouble.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Lyrnia Jongleur
> Bard of Norrath
> <Travelers of Norrath>
> Saryrn Server
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J.R. Hyde" <junk@...>
> To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Venril
>
>
> > We took 36ish people to take him on after the patch and the amount of
> sheer
> > "ownage" had us all laughing our asses off. If this had been nagafen we
> > woulda spanked him soundly with zero deaths and clerics all at 50% mana.
> >
> > It wasnt nagafen it was Venril unfortunately. He methodically knocked
out
> > the tanks one by one in such a systematic manor that everybody was just
> > waiting their time patiently to die. Nuke's hit him for full damage and
> his
> > 320 melee is laughable. But his 2k'ish lifetap every few seconds just
> > decimated us one by one till we called evac on the one group remaining.
We
> > all had over 200mr thanks to the bards and enchanter buffs but it made
> > little to no difference. He was at either 90% to FH when it was all
over.
> >
> > As far as strategy, all i can think of since mr didnt seem to do
anything
> is
> > figuring out whether his lifetap is a spell or a proc. If it its a spell
> > then mana drains are the order of the day, if its a proc, then we have
to
> > get turgurs on him before anybody bothers nuking or hittin him. I tried
my
> > Brusco's stun on him and he just resisted (stuck on lvl 60 ancient wyv's
> > np), same with fear. Maybe stuns will stick if you have enough being
> casted
> > on him, but either way you have to prevent that "You feel a tugging at
> your
> > soul" from going off.
> >
> > Anybody has any luck or knows any strategy suggestions please share =)
> >
> > Gendal Concorden, lvl 55 Bard of Talisman - Tunare
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)" <garramone@...>
> > To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 10:07 AM
> > Subject: RE: [eqbards] Venril
> >
> >
> > > we grabbed 2 warrior, 2 rogue, 1 cleric, and 1 bard legs from him
before
> > he
> > > got beefed up. i think that warrior is right before a new strategy is
> > > devised.
> > >
> > > Shada Powa, L54 Wood Elf Minstrel
> > > Tyria Sarkin, L50 High Elf Wizard
> > > <Afterlife> Mithaniel Marr Server
> > >
> > >
> > > > So VS is on our "unkillable" list, at least for the time
> > > > being. A Warrior
> > > > in my guild said 'It's gonna be a long time before I get my
> > > > Cobalt Greaves.'
> > > >
> > > > [51 Minstrel] Crier (Half Elf) <Seekers of Norrath> ZONE: work
> > >
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