Druid quad kite raptors all teh time.. I think they get some kickass 4
target dot at level 52 or such.. you see them from 53-56 out there.
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> From: jhenders@... [mailto:jhenders@...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Abashi finally responds... sort of
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> On Thu, Oct 12/00, "Cyr, Thierry" <thierry.cyr@...> wrote:
> > Slyde whats even sadder here is that the giants in rathe
> are capped at 37,
> > hence no mana used... Meanwhile my druid and wizard buddies
> took their turns
> > and did a few levels in timorous deep doing quad raptors solo.
>
> Druids quad kited raptors SOLO? Are you sure about that?
> Raptors have on
> the average about 4k hp. A druid over 49 has one AoE, Lightning Blast,
> that does 477 dmg for 225 mana. so assuming no resists, that would be
> 1800 mana. The other AoE is much less efficient. Lightning Blast is
> magic based so it tends to get a lot of partial resists.
>
> I'm not saying it's impossible but it sure looks like you'd be cutting
> it real close with mana. It's way more efficient now for a
> druid to use
> root/dotting (rotting). I can solo pull a raptor, stack 3 dots on it,
> and med back to about 1 1/2 bubbles of mana by the time it dies if I'm
> lucky on resists and root breaks. The L49 (and 56) roots last over 2
> minutes with a break check every 30 seconds so unless you run into a
> clump of bad rolls, it's pretty likely the first or second
> root will run
> the whole 2 minutes.
>
> I've never seen druids quad kiting when I've been out there.
> I see a lot
> of wizards kiting about 6-8 around though. Now that's impressive. But
> I've also seen how hard it is for Wizards to get groups so I guess it
> balances out.
>
> Has anyone worked out if the chant dot dmg keeps going up
> after 50? I've
> often thought about getting a bard to come out and team up on
> root/dotting with me, as all 3 dots and mana song would probably speed
> things up considerably.
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