Curse

krytas · Jul 09, 2006, 04:14 PM // 16:14

Did this yesterday but i got two shards but i accidently aggroed the skales over to the right (as you can see one of them is close to me) so i picked it up. I use the W/Me Build

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aB- · Jul 09, 2006, 06:01 PM // 18:01

Avaith, did you go completely through the cave of dryders/spiders on your run? Because doing a run every 15 minutes is nearly 15-20 minutes faster than most can do at their best.

sotodefonk · Jul 09, 2006, 07:03 PM // 19:03

I use mending in the build, with 8 points, i just change 1 attack skill (i use the axe build). Its easier with the armored spiders, you only get -1 regen and you can tank longer without using healing signet. Just put mending when you are going to fight those groups, and remove to pull and kill the dryders (ther shatter the enchant).

Later

Kyle The Piemaster · Jul 09, 2006, 11:47 PM // 23:47

Most of these builds seem to be pretty conservative, so I thought I would throw in mine:

Axe Mastery, 10 + 3 + 1
Strength 11 + 3
Tactics 11 + 3

and yes thats 3 superior runes, leaving you with 335 health, but its worth it

skill setup:
ive tried all of the factions elites and ive found that triple chop is the most efficient

dolyak signet-with 14 strength it will last 19, 1 second of downtime
frenzy- yes, frenzy
cyclone axe- helps with the larger groups of spiders
triple chop- same as above, more damage, longer recharge
executioners strike- when youre fighting groups of 6 spiders with aoe attacks, this charges up quick

not much more to say
healing signet- 137 health with 14 tactics
watch yourself!
sprint

ideally you will be using all 5 superior runes, vigor isnt really required, but everyone should have superior abs. now that its so cheap

weapon doesn't really matter, zealous mod makes things go faster though
shield, all you need is -2 while in a stance

with this build you should try to pull the spiders together, so that they are all being hit by cyclone and triple chop. The best way to do this is using the walls, outside of the cave pull them around the corner, and on the inside of the cave use the small alcoves where they cannot hit you. Most ive killed at once is 3 groups (9 spiders). They die faster than most other builds that ive tried as well.

sr3yas · Jul 10, 2006, 01:09 AM // 01:09

hey guys,

I've been trying this run and have attempted it 3 times so far, however i am not able to get past the skales and to the cave.

Would anyone be willing to take me along and show me the ropes, especially getting to the cave? (you keep drops [not chests], and i pay for entrance)

art_ · Jul 10, 2006, 01:50 AM // 01:50

i tried this today. It took a while to do, longer than you said >.>, but it worked ok.

Across The Battle · Jul 10, 2006, 01:54 AM // 01:54

Well when your new to it it will take longer for obvious reasons. After you practice so much you could farm in your sleep, thats when you try to lower the time down :-D Congrats though..

Mhahlen · Jul 10, 2006, 03:26 AM // 03:26

sorry...whats the attributes for the live vicariously/HH build?

Added by Racthoh: I'll abuse my forum powers because I don't want to add another post on here: Post #1495

CorstedPirate · Jul 10, 2006, 05:55 AM // 05:55

A guildie showed me this run just a couple weeks ago. We cleared the beach and had lots of fun doing it. Today I finally got around to trying it by myself. It is quite the rush! I made it to the beach, but a scale got me while I was in the process of taking down a Dryder. I didn't start to run away quite soon enough sadly. I have a feeling with a bit more practice it will be loads of fun with a bit less death. At least I got a shard out of it this time!

Faer · Jul 10, 2006, 07:19 AM // 07:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by aB-

Avaith, did you go completely through the cave of dryders/spiders on your run? Because doing a run every 15 minutes is nearly 15-20 minutes faster than most can do at their best.

So far as I know, yes, I cleared them all. I just got done with a run, clocked it at 23 minutes. As I said, it might just be my luck picking up. However, I am currently waiting for some Driftwoods to get into pulling range (second run tonight) and the Skales are looking at me funny, so this run could take quite a bit more time than my previous ones...

Arangja · Jul 10, 2006, 07:24 AM // 07:24

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Originally Posted by Relnor

I did this run for the first time today. I did it a total of 4 times: the first and the third time were perfect. The second and third however, all the skales seemed to want to join in the fun and would not leave me alone. They also seemed to want to spawn in the weirdest places...should have taken a screenshot but both times it was impossible to get to the cave. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to relocate groups of nusscance skales?

Yea this has happened to me too, sometimes the spawn is so bad that you cant get to a safe spot, not even after sitting there for 30min trying to see the scales routes, because you can't get in far enough to see where the others are.

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Originally Posted by Lambda The Great

Kill 'em

Lambda is it possible that you could give some indication on how to go about killing the scale?? Or do you take them on the same as everything else accept the dryders of course??

SasquatchTimeToDie · Jul 10, 2006, 08:11 AM // 08:11

Sorry, i couldn't read 70-something pages, but i made sure to read the first 5.

My problem is the Skales on the beach BEFORE i even reach the spiders. The first video (the one where the loading screen shows up, then he runs...) ends exactly where im stuck (Not the driftwood and the Dryder, i kill those). The running of the beach.

Any advice?

Kaane · Jul 10, 2006, 09:26 AM // 09:26

I'm using the same build as in the original post, except I'm using dragon slash instead of Hundred Blades.

Seems to be working nicely. I'll try using Hundred Blades next run I suppose but I've been loving Dragon Slash ever since I got it.

Not too bad for my first run (still doing it, moving pretty slow) but no shards yet...

Xaero Gouki Kriegor · Jul 10, 2006, 10:54 AM // 10:54

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Originally Posted by lambda the great

Oh, I killed the scales AFTER I cleared the cave.

you using spell breaker or something :P, though i remember them having rend enchantments, or did you do so much damage without healing that they couldn't grength's balance you? seems pretty hard to kill them when they can rend enchantments, drain your health with life stealing spells and have max regen, and grenth's balance if you even get them below any health,

but on a side note, i love the wammo build, makes the run go much faster, it also makes it really fun, i was starting to get burned out doing the same old high armor build over and over running up there and just tanking and killing everything, now its actualy fun and exciting to go up there and come close to death before hh recharges and killing the spiders faster then they can find out what happened to them, heck now i just do the spider run with wammo just for fun. . .

Tiny Killer · Jul 10, 2006, 11:42 AM // 11:42

Well, it took me a few tries to get it, but I finally got it down. Went 4 times last night and had a blast! I used to do the forest a lot with my ranger just for the challenge of it, but I like doing the spider cave much more than that.

Thank you for this thread and to all of you that have contributed to it.

Across The Battle · Jul 10, 2006, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by SasquatchTimeToDie

Sorry, i couldn't read 70-something pages, but i made sure to read the first 5.

My problem is the Skales on the beach BEFORE i even reach the spiders. The first video (the one where the loading screen shows up, then he runs...) ends exactly where im stuck (Not the driftwood and the Dryder, i kill those). The running of the beach.

Any advice?

Check out page..75..and a couple pages before that, that is probably the most useful information because of how up to date it is. I posted a few tips on that subject in my quickly made FAQ

krytas · Jul 10, 2006, 09:14 PM // 21:14

I've had many troubles with skales and if you're feeling really lucky and really insane, aggro the shadow army patrol and drag em towards the skales, fun to watch lol. But if you're having trouble with them later on, just wait for them to bunch up when they wander out to the furthest they go.

Draxus · Jul 10, 2006, 09:20 PM // 21:20

Thank you Krytas my friends call me crazy when i try my dual aggro for the shadow army/skales. Sometimes it kills ya but other times ohh the enjoyment :P

lambda the great · Jul 11, 2006, 04:48 AM // 04:48

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Originally Posted by Xaero Gouki Kriegor

you using spell breaker or something :P, though i remember them having rend enchantments, or did you do so much damage without healing that they couldn't grength's balance you? seems pretty hard to kill them when they can rend enchantments, drain your health with life stealing spells and have max regen, and grenth's balance if you even get them below any health,

but on a side note, i love the wammo build, makes the run go much faster, it also makes it really fun, i was starting to get burned out doing the same old high armor build over and over running up there and just tanking and killing everything, now its actualy fun and exciting to go up there and come close to death before hh recharges and killing the spiders faster then they can find out what happened to them, heck now i just do the spider run with wammo just for fun. . .

Iwould recast Live Vic after they rended three times then used HH and got HP back up and then repeated for the scales.

Racthoh · Jul 11, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13

Original post updated including the W/Mo build which is recommended for players looking to speed up their times (and overall, looking for more of a thrill).