Curse

Mavrik · Sep 13, 2007, 04:15 PM // 16:15

I'm stuck on this mission Heart of the Shiverpeaks where I have to retrieve the great hammer and kill Cyndr the Mountain Heart which is a giant Wurm. Apparently you need to weaken its armor with dwarven black powder kegs but he always whips out my party in one or two hits before I can drop a single keg. This is really pissing me off...

plasmasword · Sep 13, 2007, 04:27 PM // 16:27

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10192678

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10193839

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10192908

Hi use search pls.

Solveig Ikram · Sep 13, 2007, 04:30 PM // 16:30

Cyndr the who??
Can't remember having trouble with him, and tried to go back and see what the issue is but i only got Magmus at the end.
You are right about the barrels weakening his armour.
I do remember having Gwen in the party and interupting everything, left right and centre.
Also i run a lot of armour ignoring spells like SS/SV etc.
Interupts are key to all Dungeon bosses imo.
Good luck though.

See previous post as there are a huge thread on this already...

Mr. G · Sep 13, 2007, 04:47 PM // 16:47

hes been buffed since SV would wipe im out, but the barrel trick still works so thats fine then while trgeting the dwarf spam space and F1...PS helps on you to save time

easy kill

it works by spawning him next to the dwarf -

bokken · Sep 13, 2007, 05:10 PM // 17:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by plasmasword

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10192678

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10193839

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10192908

Hi use search pls.

In the op's defense

Search *rarely* works for me - I used several combinations of Cyndr's name and the quest name and none of the threads you posted came up. I mostly got threads sellings whatever weapon Cyndr drops.

His thread was a legitimate post asking a reasonable question - please do not be so quick to jump in and play *forum police*

bitchbar player · Sep 13, 2007, 05:52 PM // 17:52

I used 3 toucher heroes, 2 monk henchies, the earth hench and the interupter. He was dead before i could drop the second keg.

OlMurraniKasale · Sep 13, 2007, 06:00 PM // 18:00

I hope you don't end up getting the dwarf-bug. It sucks. The dwarf got stuck at the cave entrance (or rather appeared to be stuck at the cave entrance). Anyone who ran to him to get a keg actually turned around, ran to the center of the room where a keg miraculously appeared in our arms from thin air. What I think is the dwarf was actually IN the center of the cave, but the game was showing his toon at the entrance.

I did it with a PUG, and it worked fine after that. All of us had a keg, he spawned, we blew his armor off.

** The search function for these forums almost always provides "for sale" results rather than any of the actual strings I inputted into the field. I'm pretty darn good finding stuff using search strings on the net, but the search here is really quite . . . different.

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thezed · Sep 13, 2007, 06:01 PM // 18:01

This mission is really difficult with a Hero/Hench group but becomes easy with a PUG. Even with only 3 human players. Have everyone do nothing but pick up and drop barrels and Cynder goes down fast.

Good luck.

wilderness · Sep 13, 2007, 06:11 PM // 18:11

If you want to do it without using armour ignoring damage.

(Brown Circle is Cyndr)

Picture focuses on one spawn area, but can be applied to all. Flag all heroes far enough apart so that cyndrs AoE hits only one flag at a time (Making sure they're not on lava). While your team keeps the worm busy, you can run the barrels you need to weaken his hide.

If he shifts position, just re-flag and repeat; Took me two repetitions of this to take him down.

I used a Me hero + zho interrupt set up. Obviously he got pyro off each time, but due to the spread he only hit one. Most of his other attacks were shut down.

The set up I used (as a warrior bear in mind) is as follows:

Gwen: OQNDAowjOXgcgGID0A6BEB0I
Olias: OANCUsxCQXFlMaoI4hMhJA
Master: OQNDAowjOXgcgGID0A6BEB0I

with

Zho
Lo Sha
Lina
Mhenlo

Funs

promotheus · Sep 13, 2007, 06:19 PM // 18:19

i beat him, at 60 dp with all henchies and heroes, all i had was a speed buff

heres how:
after a while, cynder moves over to the dwarf guy who gives you the bomb thingies. bind a key to drop item(i bound . (period)) and after cynder used his super death skill and wiped my party( it missed me because i had run ahead of them with the speed buff, i used air magic one, forgot its name) and spammed barrels, if you can survive for 5 seconds spamming barrels as fast as you can, then youve won
so just press space.space.space.space.space.space. really really fast and you win, no special build needed

shogun avatar · Sep 13, 2007, 07:14 PM // 19:14

There is a whole thread about this few pages back. If you are don't him H/H use rangers and/or mesmers to keep him dazes/locked while you go after barrels.

If pug, have ranger with BHA daze him, and warrior with flail interrupting.

Was there really need for another thread about cyndir?

cryptology · Sep 13, 2007, 07:28 PM // 19:28

I used an SS hero, Dunkoro as a healer hero with the lamest skill set possible, Jora with her default build, Mhenlo, the prot hero, the interrupt hero and either the blood hero or the earth hero. I'm a dervish.

They were grouped together, but the AOE didn't kill them. Prot henchies really rock my world.

Sword Liger · Sep 13, 2007, 08:15 PM // 20:15

Simple boss to kill. Helps to have 1 healer, 1 protector, ranger if you can get one that interupts, definatly tank and perhaps ele's and a necro with br.
Step 1. Everyone under protection skills drop kegs at boss's feet (3 required).
Step 2. BOOM! *aaaah shields are down, taking dmg to teh manifold!* Unleash the fury within...
Step 3. Collect your shineys from the chest provided.

TwinRaven · Sep 13, 2007, 08:36 PM // 20:36

I was completely unprepared for the beastie.....at 60 DP, I got on wiki and tried to figure out if it was even worth bothering with, or if I should start over....I could NOT get Cyndr even close to our favorite explosive mongerring dwarf. It decided to start over: Me and three R/N heroes, all as touchers, Heal and Prot Henchie monks, Earth Henchie and Blood Necro. All touchers equipped with different Useful Elites: Grenth's Balance, Life Transfer, BiP (just curious how each would work) and we waded in...took 1/3 the time to get there and was almost anti-clamactic the way the Cyndr fell with only the loss of a single henchie...touchers FTW!

akh · Sep 13, 2007, 10:17 PM // 22:17

I've killed him in first try with my Para but for some reason my Rit is unable to do that (H/H). What's interesting is that he is much harder than endgame boss. That's beyond my understanding.

VitisVinifera · Sep 13, 2007, 10:37 PM // 22:37

if there's one mission that's actually easier in a pug than h&h, this is it. Have everyone grab a keg before hitting the hammer, and it should all be smooth sailing from there.

I forget the outpost, but there's usually a pug forming in trade chat. Since the way down to Cyndr is fast and pretty easy, not much chance of a bad pug ruining it. Just have everyone get a keg and he'll be down in no time.

Commander Ryker · Sep 13, 2007, 10:42 PM // 22:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by bokken

In the op's defense

Search *rarely* works for me - I used several combinations of Cyndr's name and the quest name and none of the threads you posted came up. I mostly got threads sellings whatever weapon Cyndr drops.

His thread was a legitimate post asking a reasonable question - please do not be so quick to jump in and play *forum police*

Yeah, it's my job to play forum police.

To everyone else, thanks for all the idea's. I just got to him and hadn't seen anything else posted.

Spazzer · Sep 13, 2007, 11:15 PM // 23:15

How to beat Cyndr:

1. Press F11.
2. Bind a key to "Drop Item".
3. Start the fight.
4. Wait for Cyndr to pop up next to the Dwarf.
5. Target the Dwarf.
6. Press Space.
7. Press your "Drop Item" button.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 10 times per second until Cyndr is dead (should take around 6 seconds or so).

RPG games.

akh · Sep 13, 2007, 11:21 PM // 23:21

Done, killed him with 2 toucher heroes and jora buffed by nightmare weapon

wilderness · Sep 13, 2007, 11:46 PM // 23:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spazzer

How to beat Cyndr:

1. Press F11.
2. Bind a key to "Drop Item".
3. Start the fight.
4. Wait for Cyndr to pop up next to the Dwarf.
5. Target the Dwarf.
6. Press Space.
7. Press your "Drop Item" button.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 10 times per second until Cyndr is dead (should take around 6 seconds or so).

RPG games.

Cool, but why cheapen one of the coolest boss battles in the game? It's a lot of fun to run this fight properly minus touchers too.

I'd recommending finding your own way unless you're really and truly stuck.