Curse

Samurai-JM · Mar 19, 2007, 03:49 AM // 03:49

Well if any of you remember, a few weeks ago I posted a video of myself tanking Shiro Tagachi at the Gate of Madness. I suppose it wasn't truly a solo since I did have Dunkoro on the side healing me, so I decided to change that. I went back today to help a friend beat the mission on his ranger, and decided to give it one more shot. Here is what I came up with:

(sorry for bad pic, the vid is much better quality)

Yep, that is Shiro, being completely owned by an Assassin. I edited the build a bit to add more DPS, and I still kept the defense and self healing. Here it is:

[skill]Critical Defenses[/skill][skill]Golden Phoenix Strike[/skill][skill]Critical Strike[/skill][skill]Moebius Strike[/skill][skill]Death Blossom[/skill][skill]Wild Blow[/skill][skill]Way of Perfection[/skill][skill]Shadow Refuge[/skill]

Kept up WoP and SR as much as possible to counter the 25% chance Shiro had to hit me, then spammed away with the three central attacks, while using Wild Blow whenever he put up Battle Scars. Total Domination.

Ok so by now you want to see the whole video I suppose... here it is:
VIDEO OF ME SOLOING SHIRO WITH NO MONK
Sorry for the lack of music, im a movie n00b. But yes, an Assassin CAN solo Shiro, and with great ease I might add. Keep in mind, you don't have to solo Shiro, nothing says you can't take a monk or an SS necro or something with you to help, but it's always fun having your entire team sit back in awe at how you can solo one of the strongest bosses in the game.

By the way, I did this in about half the time it took me as last time. Less than 5 minutes.

Oh I almost forgot, did it in Cantha too

Mesmer in Need · Mar 19, 2007, 05:00 AM // 05:00

well, no direct healing from your monk this time, but you did catch an aegis now and then, plus you hade what i think are blessings on you. but gj anyways.

chichory · Mar 19, 2007, 05:07 AM // 05:07

Nice work....however i only loaded the video up for a moment then quickly loaded near the end...and i see Aegis...so umm your A/W/M now

Didn't bother to check the rest as it does not interest me much >.< But regardless congrats for the personal achievement.

And no res!

Zolderick · Mar 19, 2007, 10:20 AM // 10:20

Nice work! It took out team ages (and much dp) to beat him....wasn't a very good team I must say. They resorted in letting me (necro) go healing hahaha.....

ZenRgy · Mar 19, 2007, 10:57 AM // 10:57

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Originally Posted by Zolderick

Nice work! It took out team ages (and much dp) to beat him....wasn't a very good team I must say. They resorted in letting me (necro) go healing hahaha.....

What's wrong with necro healers?

Ontopic ; Good job solo'ing Shiro, if only he dropped something... good?

Guildmaster Cain · Mar 19, 2007, 11:14 AM // 11:14

Ungh... u cheated again, Mhenlo is healing you in the Canthan version!

Still nice build.

linh · Mar 19, 2007, 01:16 PM // 13:16

Good work I suppose.
But what is purpose of this ? To prove an assassin can tank Shiro ? With proper skill, any class can do it.
Shiro is pure melee damage, so with Critical Defense up all the time by Wild Blow, it is pretty easy to tank and kill him, no big deal tho. If my Mesmer has Gladiator Defense or any block skill up all the time, he can tank Shiro too.

creelie · Mar 19, 2007, 02:42 PM // 14:42

Assassins are *designed* for single targets - nice to see someone working that angle to the fullest. What kind of daggers were you using?

Samurai-JM · Mar 19, 2007, 03:31 PM // 15:31

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Originally Posted by Guildmaster Cain

Ungh... u cheated again, Mhenlo is healing you in the Canthan version!

Still nice build.

Hes ALWAYS there! Hes not a henchman, hes build into the mission since he wants to avenge Togo and all that. Unavoidable, so its still a solo as far as I can see.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mesmer In Need

well, no direct healing from your monk this time, but you did catch an aegis now and then, plus you hade what i think are blessings on you. but gj anyways.

Aegis was also a bit unavoidable as it wassss a team mission, I told them all not to help me... Blessings are the bonus of the mission, its not like we went around and gathered them to make it easy.

If you want me to really SOLO him with no outside help of any kind whatsoever, then go find a team willing to do the entire mission just so they can sit and wait for 5 minutes without getting the bonus and I'll do it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by creelie

Assassins are *designed* for single targets - nice to see someone working that angle to the fullest. What kind of daggers were you using?

Perfect r8 Zealous Celestial Daggers of Fortitude +15% while enchanted

LazyLink · Mar 19, 2007, 06:22 PM // 18:22

The point is that one person is able to kill Shiro by providing enough damage defense for himself. Mhenlo can't heal to save his own life, much less someone else's.

Samurai-JM · Mar 19, 2007, 06:59 PM // 18:59

The real point is showing that this is probably one of the best ways to go about the end of GoM.

mrmango · Mar 20, 2007, 12:36 AM // 00:36

Well it would help if the rest of them helped with nuking, but that's a good Shiro tank. =P
Anywho, good job.

Carinae · Mar 20, 2007, 07:48 PM // 19:48

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Originally Posted by Samurai-JM

Hes ALWAYS there! Hes not a henchman, hes build into the mission since he wants to avenge Togo and all that. Unavoidable, so its still a solo as far as I can see.

NEGATIVE!

When you start the mission, RUN immediately to the far gate. When the cinematic starts, SKIP it immediately, if not sooner. Once skipped, do NOT move until Mhenlo is outside the gate.

This give you a 50-50% chance of Mhenlo running outside the gate and getting trapped there. To be solo, Mhenlo cannot cast a single spell, so get out of his range and stay there. You can get him killed there pretty easily, but a true master saves Mhenlo's life while killing Shiro completely solo.

Samurai-JM · Mar 21, 2007, 01:02 AM // 01:02

didnt know that O_O I'll have to try it lol.