How iteresting you mention this...
I dueled a 52 monk buddy last night just for kicks. The first time ended
with him getting a slightly upper hand and me accidentally hitting the zone
as I began to kite him (He had 1/2 hps and I was down to 2 bubs). That
particular tactic was to fire up the SS bracer shield, then just let SoS
run. He was doing devcent damage, but nothing bad (unless he did a special,
and that would get through) so I was able to absorb quite a few of his blows
while he beat himself down on my shield.
After I zoned back, and watched a 51 bard trounce him, I gave it another
shot, this time leading off with a Cahin, getting a small distance away and
then firing off a song I thought I would never use... Dirge. It scared the
bejeezus outta him when he saw his hps drop by 400+ in one shot *eg* By the
end of this fight, he was down to one bub of hp, while I had only lost 1/2 a
bubble (level 49 bard vs. level 52 monkey, gotta love it!)
By that time, his SoW had worn off, so I just started running around
(non-Selos' lol!) and DoT'ing him until he yeilded, then did the Zone of
Shame (made the pretty "Barrd won!" spam when he hit the zone ;o) )
Although it's a massive drain on us, in a duel, never count out Dirge ;o)
-=B=-
The Rathe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Costlow" <atlatyl@...>
To: <eqbards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 2:43 AM
Subject: [eqbards] dueling a druid
In preparation for this weeks guild event: duelmania, I got silly and dueled
my wife last night. She is a 40th lvl druid and I am at 41.
I was curious about how my songs would work -- here's what I discovered:
Multiflorious motion dispels root every time.
Denon's dissention does work, but not well enough to use in a duel
(**There is a potential psych factor tho -- maybe combining it with an
"emote /e drains mana from %T" and /cast <song #> would work...)
Fear is resisted alot and pixie strike too -- my wife's MR is 57.
anti magic aria is a great song
chains is a great song, in spite of numerous resists (great psych factor)
Never dismiss the effectiveness of guardian rhythms and a drum
Bellow is a great song
punching interrupts casting
Best overall tactic of the night turned out to be:
drums equipped, twist GR, chains and anti-magic aria to debuff (she had 9
buffs up for each of our 11 duels...)
(Most druid spells bounce with MR over 120 but DRONES OF DOOM usually landed
and was difficult to for me to dispel.)
Once chained, I was able to punch and interrupt spells
Once damage shields and most buffs are off, druid is also LOM by this time
Equip weapons and commence to thrash.
Note
Dispelling DOTs can be a real pain with targeting, singing, retargeting,
etc.
I recommend setting up a social key:
/stopsong
/stopsong
/target <yourname>
/cast <song number>
/target <opponent's name>
The nice thing about this social is your opponent is very quickly retargeted
so you can immediately resume punching/dismembering them.
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