Curse

07moj · May 16, 2008, 05:32 PM // 17:32

This thread is still up?!?!?! Wow

traiss7 · May 20, 2008, 10:37 AM // 10:37

i need some help killing the glacial griffon as my dervish, any builds or suggestions would help. thx

Pocketmancer · May 20, 2008, 03:26 PM // 15:26

If you're playing as an Elementalist, switch to a Necro-subclass and apply the following build. This was what I used on my E/N.

Grenth's Balance
Blood of the Master
Bone Minions
Bone Horror
Sambling Horror

Immediately as the map loads, start raising every kind of minion you can. When the griffon appears (and is still considered friendly), just walk up to him with the minions. The minions will surround him when he turns hostile and he won't be able to move, which means he can't summon more spirits than one.

Use Blood of the Master to heal your minions. Grenth's Balance to deal damage to the griffon as well as heal yourself. Just wait it out. It'll be dead in a few. Receive bacon.

-rightuos- · May 20, 2008, 03:41 PM // 15:41

I had trouble on my derv as well this worked perfectly thanks Pocketmancer

SnipiousMax · May 20, 2008, 05:51 PM // 17:51

Just get a Ranger secondary and use apply poison + Longbow. As long as you stay out of range, it'll die eventually. :P

shanaya · May 20, 2008, 06:52 PM // 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnipiousMax

Just get a Ranger secondary and use apply poison + Longbow. As long as you stay out of range, it'll die eventually. :P

I'd be very interested to know if you or anyone else has had success with the "long range poisoning" ploy RECENTLY, because I tried it repeatedly and hardly had any impact on the griffon's health bar at all, even though it stayed green for ages.

metalhodo · May 20, 2008, 08:30 PM // 20:30

hehe.. i was working my derv out for like 2 months with no results..
till i found the necro build

the griphon died the second time i used it (the first time i killed myself healing the minions

)

Necro Quink · May 21, 2008, 12:04 PM // 12:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by shanaya

I'd be very interested to know if you or anyone else has had success with the "long range poisoning" ploy RECENTLY, because I tried it repeatedly and hardly had any impact on the griffon's health bar at all, even though it stayed green for ages.

I did it yesterday on my warrior. It took me 27minutes to kill him though

. I took a staff with me to use apply poison every time. I also took Favorable Winds to deal some extra damage. If you keep him poisoned the whole time and give him bleeding from time to time than he will die eventually. Just make sure he doesnt come after you and create spirits where you stand.

SnipiousMax · May 21, 2008, 03:28 PM // 15:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by shanaya

I'd be very interested to know if you or anyone else has had success with the "long range poisoning" ploy RECENTLY, because I tried it repeatedly and hardly had any impact on the griffon's health bar at all, even though it stayed green for ages.

It works, it just takes a really really long time. Truth be told, other methods are easier, quicker and don't really require that much more effort.

dargon · May 21, 2008, 07:00 PM // 19:00

What I found to be even more effective than long range poisoning was go /mes and take conjure phantasm, conjure nightmare, yeah, you can't hit from as far away, but more degen than poison.

Rothan Celt · May 22, 2008, 01:17 PM // 13:17

I dne this on dervish

Right what u need to do is....

Get
YOu move like a dwarf
Conjure nightmare
Phantom pain
Ether signet
Avatar of lyssa
Conjure phantom
Powerdrain

I think thats what i used

crazy as it seems it works

and a staff with as much energy as possible

masta_yoda · May 22, 2008, 01:20 PM // 13:20

poison arrow + barbed arrows + mark of rodgort + fire flat/long bow

Cyric The Liar · May 22, 2008, 06:18 PM // 18:18

Last night my monk and necro both completed this quest on the first try in about two minutes. I used: Curses 12, Death magic 12

Blood of the Master
Animate Bone Minions
Barbs
You Move Like a Dwarf
Finish Him

I haven't tried it, but would expect that Mark of Pain cast on the Griffon would kill any spirits it was able to create.

Zebideedee · May 22, 2008, 09:57 PM // 21:57

I see peeps here used MM to beat, I tried that approach and failed miserably every time (I mostly play curses, maybe my inexperience as MM let me down).

In the end I beat it with Grenths, Some Spirits and Pain Inv - I think, can't remember offhand exactly, but I'll post later if I still have template saved, hopefully you'll have beaten it's hairy butt by then

Tawnee Em · May 25, 2008, 04:55 AM // 04:55

I am a ele nuker and kept dying fast. Finally I took some rit skills, pumped up the atts for Channeling and Communing and took Bloodsong, Pain, Vampirism, Painful Bond. I also took Gaze of Fury to knockout his spirits and Pain Inverter. Also used You Move Like a Dwarf for kd. Done in less than a minute.

Crystal Lake · May 26, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Hmmm. I'm trying to beat him with my monk. Can I ask how one raises bone minions with no corpses around?

SnipiousMax · May 26, 2008, 10:17 PM // 22:17

^^ The white wolves that were used to 'lure' the griffon are actual corpses

Squiffy · May 26, 2008, 10:59 PM // 22:59

Any profession can kill it easily. Just go /Rt and take lots of damaging spirits (Pain, Bloodsong etc...) and Painful Bond. As soon as you spawn cast as many spirits as possible. Cast all of your spirits, then cast painful bond on the griffon and watch all of the damage

Also, a high energy set is reccomended.

Squiffy

Feanixxx · May 29, 2008, 05:31 PM // 17:31

I tried /Rit with my Dervish first of all but found the Gryphs spirits and the Gryph himself kept overpowering me.

Then I did the quest to get UB and killed him first time as /Necro and four skills (I needed to buy just one skill):

Animate Bone Fiend
Animate Bone Minions
Life Siphon
Ursan Blessing

12 in Death and Blood each plus I had 50 energy from Runes/Staff.

Soon as you spawn, cast the Minions, then the Fiend, then the Mins again if you have the energy/time. They'll body-block the Gryph.

Then cast Life Siphon on the Gryph to get 22 seconds of -3 degen on him and +3 regen on you. Immediately get into UB and start pounding him; most of the spirits will attack the mins and he won't be able to move much and should go down quite quickly, less than two minutes in my case.

Devon Dawnwalker · Jun 02, 2008, 10:32 PM // 22:32

any ideas for a how a W/Mo can beat it?