Curse

Guildmaster Cain · Sep 05, 2007, 08:44 AM // 08:44

I was monk, so went with this team:

3x SF Ele (Heroes)
Mhenlo
Lina
Zho
Talon
and me, as 55/SV monk ^^

The first time I brought him down to 5% health, but due to my morale boost, my health was 105 or something, so I couldnt use SV further. Thus I died and that lowered my hp.
The only really annoying part is that Cyndr with the second time, seemed to use his Monster skill every second instead of every 6, KDing me every second..... really annoyin as u understand. And u cant dodge it, since u are crippled.
But in the end, after dying and ressing 5 times, I got to him and he died.

PS,HB,BS,SV, Balthazars Spirit, Essence Bond, Blessed Aura, Mending (+4 regen)

Burton2000 · Sep 05, 2007, 09:34 AM // 09:34

I was hero/henching it as the monk and i just PS myself and kept kegging him till he spawned next to the keg guy. Binded a key to drop item then just space bar keg guy drop item about 50 times or so really fast and he was dead.

SNIEVES · Sep 05, 2007, 11:25 AM // 11:25

i beat cynder very easly, my part setup was as follow:
Ranger/Monk(ME) - Glass Arrow Build/interupt
Master of Whispers(Spoil Victor Necro)
Olias ( Spoil Victor Necro)
Takora(Smiting Monk)- Holy Dmg Bypasses armor
minelo(healer henchie)
Lina(Protection Hemchie)
Zho(interupt Ranger) Broadhead arrow
Aidan(Barage Ranger)

Took Cynder down Fast, no need to run kegs, just keep back, and let masters of whispers, olias and Takora do there thing, took cynder down in less than a minute, while there attacking, i attacked with broad head arrow, and interupts

Enjoy

Crom The Pale · Sep 05, 2007, 11:50 AM // 11:50

Cyndr seamed very easy to me.

Party was.

Myself(war-ursa blessing)
MM
Rit
Rit
Hench: monk, monk, earth ele, ranger interupter

After I figured out the barrels it was simple a matter of Ursa + Nightmare weapon and the rits dropped Spirit Rift on him and he went down fast.

Ursa blessing is an incredible elite, 100+ dmg every 3sec, cant be blocked or avoided, ignores blind and hexes that make you miss.

Iuris · Sep 05, 2007, 12:00 PM // 12:00

Gosh, imagine an 8 member PUG, grabbing 8 kegs, chargin in, dropping them all and repeating it a few times...

So fast...

So efficient...

So likely 25% of the players would have to go AFK right before the gate to Cyndir so the party wouldn't be able to respawn until they died (IE, never)...

We really REALLY need to get heroes with a special PvE only skill: FETCH: the hero grabs the targetted bundle item and carries it until instructed to drop it

Cryshal · Sep 05, 2007, 12:05 PM // 12:05

Spoil Victor and other hero elite skills, I'm assuming you got them on Elona after Desolation? I haven't got that far yet. I'm stuck at Grand Court of Sebelkeh. Is there any other place to get them?

I think I found my answer. Wish I had known this before.

Abedeus · Sep 05, 2007, 12:11 PM // 12:11

Me, Mesmer with some pve-only skills + Signet of Illusions + heavy, -15 degen to overcome his natural regen and shorter hex duration.
Ogden, LoD
Xandra, Shelter + Union + support spells + Nightmare Weapon
Livia, spoil victor/shadow dmg necro.
Mhenlo
Cynn
Herta
Zho. And that's the end of Cyndr, 3-4 people died, because I placed henches on a lava... But still, he was dead without destroying his armor. And guess what I got? A gold pickaxe. Zealous, with +cash inscription. Not max, req 10.

stamenflicker · Sep 05, 2007, 12:35 PM // 12:35

The key is keeping your heroes way back. I beat him with a ranger using all Ursal skills. While in bear form use the skill that makes you run 33% faster, bob and weave constantly. When the armor goes down, unflag the heroes. He got me twice, but he goes down like a cob if you can run the barrells quick. I also found it was easier to stand near the dwarf so he arises from the dirt close to you. Less distance to travel with the barrell.

jiggerjay · Sep 05, 2007, 12:45 PM // 12:45

cheers guys for the help i'll go on this again later, i did not find the dungeon itself to be too hard however it was just when i got to him the dp started !

Guildmaster Cain - how can you use sf on him if he is immune to burning and most other conditions ?

jiggerjay · Sep 06, 2007, 01:53 AM // 01:53

afer a lazy day i have just started this mission off.

i am using me a tanking warrior.

a r/n toucher
a necro degen toucher
a pretty evil smitar monk hero... cheers james for the ace build.

and hench wise, healer monk, illusion, fire and earth eles

jiggerjay · Sep 06, 2007, 03:13 AM // 03:13

nope.... i got him down to about 5% as well, i even done a tip when he spawned near the barrel guy to spam pick up and drop by hot-keying drop to a button to get loads to drop quickly.

nope whatever i try i am stuck.

i am at the point where i have paid about 10k for elite skills (sig cature) and normal skills... where i am going to give up or pay some guy to come on the run with me.

if anyone wants to help me i'll pay 5k tomoz when i get on.

kaheiyeh · Sep 06, 2007, 03:27 AM // 03:27

I did it hero/hench with no flagging or any control over them at all.

I was P/W running a Stunning Strike + defensive build (SYG, TINTF).
I had Vekk as a SF nuker with Meteor, Liquid Flame, Meteor Shower.
Ogden as a ZB prot monk.
Dunkoro as a LoD healing monk.
Cynn, Mhenlo, Zho, Devona as henchies.

With this, I just cracked the armor once with 3 kegs and we took him down in the time we had before his armor could get back.

Age · Sep 06, 2007, 04:01 AM // 04:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burton2000

I was hero/henching it as the monk and i just PS myself and kept kegging him till he spawned next to the keg guy. Binded a key to drop item then just space bar keg guy drop item about 50 times or so really fast and he was dead.

You make it sound more easy than it looks as I am still there.The wiki say best to do with some real players as speed boost would help as well.I was wondering did you use manta of flame as well.Shiro was a walk in the park .

Ahiko · Sep 06, 2007, 04:17 AM // 04:17

My team just kept dropping kegs on him and he died by the second time he popped up.

Eight kegs dropped, meleers whacked and Monk/support kept dropping kegs (a Party Heal/LoD or Seed of Life quickly cast just in case). He was down to 10% by the time he came back up the second time.

arcanemacabre · Sep 06, 2007, 04:31 AM // 04:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Age

You make it sound more easy than it looks as I am still there.The wiki say best to do with some real players as speed boost would help as well.I was wondering did you use manta of flame as well.Shiro was a walk in the park .

I disagree - Shiro is a "walk in the park" only with specific builds/skills, like Wild Blow and SS/SV - otherwise he's a lot tougher than Cyndr. Cyndr, on the other hand, can be beat by just about any team build out there, it's all about tactics. Unless of course there is some kind of bug preventing the last few percentage of his life from dropping. Though I haven't personally seen that.

Age · Sep 07, 2007, 02:20 AM // 02:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcanemacabre

I disagree - Shiro is a "walk in the park" only with specific builds/skills, like Wild Blow and SS/SV - otherwise he's a lot tougher than Cyndr. Cyndr, on the other hand, can be beat by just about any team build out there, it's all about tactics. Unless of course there is some kind of bug preventing the last few percentage of his life from dropping. Though I haven't personally seen that.

Sure it is NF sever artery,riposte.wild blow along with gladiator defence.
Faction sever artery.riposte deadly riposte along with gladiator defence no need for celestial skills.It is a walk in the park

Cynder with heros and henchies got me and Mhenlo goes down easy he is worse than Alesia she knows how to kite.

Nighthawkeye · Sep 07, 2007, 03:12 AM // 03:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burton2000

I was hero/henching it as the monk and i just PS myself and kept kegging him till he spawned next to the keg guy. Binded a key to drop item then just space bar keg guy drop item about 50 times or so really fast and he was dead.

Thanks for posting this tip. Tried last night and just couldn't hurt him after kegged off his carapace.

Tonight, after reading some of the other posts, tried a sort of mix master team (cuz I don't have all the skills to make a "true" team build) with

Me (A/Me) with Power Drain as a fast and cheap interrupt to get near Cyndr
Livia, as a sort of SV Nec with some Me interrupts (Pwr Drain)
Xandra (rt/n) with Spirit Rift / LS and SV
Pyre (r/rt) with only SavageShot, DistractingShot and Sprit Rift
as hench
Lina
Menhlo
Zho
Herta (insead of Aidan)

Still got waxed tons. Finally got him next to kegger and, on last red keg team and I, were all somehow was untouched and all standing so did a fast two finger dance on spacebar and caplock, dropping vertiable firework display on him when he came up for air after the 3rd red keg. He dropped like a rock in about 10 seconds. Kept up the fireworks for 10 more secs, just to make sure he wouldn't get up like in a bad movie (and in a bit of celebratory relief).
Nice to see that bad boy in the dirt finally.

What a relief. Never would have done it without that trick. tks tons. Just goes to show, even with a totally weak team, this way works.

Woden · Sep 07, 2007, 03:33 AM // 03:33

Well, SV doesn't work anymore when the carapace is up. Anyone have any tips? Because I just tried it and got thrashed. He regens everything I take off by the time I get the carapace down the second time.

Figures. The new build came about 30 seconds after I accepted the "Heart of the Shiverpeaks" quest.

Verteiron · Sep 07, 2007, 03:38 AM // 03:38

Glad I killed him before they buffed him even more :P Killing him without Spoil Victor is trickier.

Moloch Vein · Sep 07, 2007, 03:59 AM // 03:59

This boss is sometimes bugged. It happened to me on one run where he would not either take or deal damage. We had to restart.