Curse

Nestaron · Jul 09, 2008, 12:42 AM // 00:42

This mission will be the death of me... Can't seem to do the last part! I either wipe or run out of time due to near wipes and what not. I've tried following wiki but alas none of that seems to be working for me so there must be another method of success here.

Also out of curiosity how long should it be taking me to get the the Altruim? I usually get there with 5-8 minutes left to do the end bit with the Stone judge.

Anyway any tips on builds to run and whatever else..? Currently h&h as not one person seems interested in helping me with this mission in game. Heros are set up as "Sabway" and for henchies i'm using the healer, rit, necro and ele. As for myself i am an Assassin.

Thanks in advance.

**Marty Silverblade** · Jul 09, 2008, 01:01 AM // 01:01

I find that the only hard bit about the end bit is when Danika decides that she's an idiot and charges forward, basically killing herself instantly. If you don't kill the stone judge, often she'll wait a long time before committing suicide. If you can blind/weaken the judge, then kill as much of the rest as you can, it's not too bad.

Engage · Jul 09, 2008, 01:11 AM // 01:11

5-8 mins at the Stone Judge is plenty. Kill him, he can be pulled out a little more than the rest of the group. I strongly recommend an LoD monk preferably with a +1 or +2 on the helm. Really helps against the ceiling collapse.

Once the judge is killed, set up a general formation(spread the team apart) with the sole purpose of just surviving long enough for Danika to use her skill to end the mission. Be bold, don't back down here, she only needs 10s once she reaches the door and she has mad damage reduction so keep a loose eye on her.

cyber88 · Jul 09, 2008, 02:57 AM // 02:57

5-8 mins is more den sufficient to kick his arse. With the recent update to monk AI, a HB/heal party monk is more effective as they finally know how to use GoLE betta. There are many arguments against heroes using up runes but for monks, with correct flagging the reduction of 15hp is not tat prominent. (from using sup runes compared to major)

For h/h, follow hidden's suggestion. pull the judge to u so tat u will not be overwhelm by the mobs & the falling ceiling. Anyways for HM, they key to surviving is aggro control. If you still have problems, use consumables, since you mention that you are experiencing near-wipes

SNIEVES · Jul 09, 2008, 12:57 PM // 12:57

hello

To the (OP), arborstone is really not that hard of a mission, first, i am asuming your playing a sin??, if so what build are you playing, a good flashing blades, moeduis/blosson build should be good for this, you wat to be able to tank, also a Good SS necro would be helpful, , a modified sabway teaam could work, i would swap out the mm for a dervish or a nuker, savanah heat or searing flames.

PS. IF you need a hand with it , give me a holler in game, im usally on after 4:30 PM eastern Standard time., my ingame name is Gwendolyn Star.

Sun Fired Blank · Jul 09, 2008, 09:20 PM // 21:20

You can flag the heroes close to exit if I remember, and they should be able to handle the judge alone. Danika is very protective of the urn, so you can drop it before the judge spawns. A very basic triple necro setup is fine, but you may desire another party heal. You can probably finish Arborstone (HM) in 20 minutes or so if you take the center path.

Nestaron · Jul 09, 2008, 10:37 PM // 22:37

Finished it finally.. Took afew more tries but got there in the end.

ty folks.

cyber88 · Jul 10, 2008, 03:45 AM // 03:45

np. glad we could help.

Hara Makoto · Jul 10, 2008, 06:49 AM // 06:49

my advice for anyone else trying this :

you can hench / hero this , just take the triple necro heroes , you as ursan , and eve , cynn , mhenlo and another hero of your choice.

you can progress through this quite easily , if you are careful with agrooing and don't rush too much . when it comes to the end again take your time , be careful with agrooing , flag your heroes so they don't run into a mob . at the last bit where she tries to open the gate perhaps flag your heroes to the gate to defend her.

that's what i did anyway

komma · Jul 24, 2008, 02:12 PM // 14:12

<--ign

msg me ingame if you still need help.

payne · Jul 24, 2008, 03:46 PM // 15:46

if you want to use sabs ())()

then take 2monk 2 ele hench

I was BHA ranger so you as sin with hopefully some form of daze in your bar...
<<<that should work well enough <<<did for me anyway - but without the sabs

also if you wanna be *insert slur* use ursan will unfortunately make this mission dead easy....just target the rits and spam away ()

.....
best thing is target those rits first with hopefully [skill]pain inverter[/skill] on the eles (wardens?)

song of concentration <<<or whatever stops interupts helps as a party wide buff <<<if you can fit it in..

also that mes skill that stops equiped char from being interupted momentarily helps load<<<again if you can fit it in :P

ALF71BE · Jul 24, 2008, 09:20 PM // 21:20

I did this with a heavily defensive party. Sabway Olias, Zhed as ER protter, Sabway MoW, and I don't remember if there were two monks avaliavable as henchies, but if there are, I took them too. Me as BHA ranger, first part was easy as cake even when aggroing two groups.

Took the center route, at the start of any fight I'll drop the Urn.

When I got to that part, I left the Urn in the stairs where the Oni spawn, so that Danika wouldn't move (of course, after killing the spawn). Then I proceeded with caution, I only tirggered a couple of stone guardians, killed them, and then rushed in with the Urn. Surprisingly, Danika was healing us and not opening the door, so we finished most of the group, and danika got to open the door peacefully.

One or two deads at most. Perhaps I was lucky o.O.

bungusmaximus · Jul 24, 2008, 10:38 PM // 22:38

Glyph of concentration when you play caster, that ceiling is GOREDENINE annoying. Curses necro cuts through the mobs with ease, provided ofc they get a spell off, that's where glyph comes in.

gw_poster · Aug 06, 2008, 05:56 PM // 17:56

just did this mish yesterday in HM for Masters...took sabway (me as R/ursan)...friend took sabway (he's N/ursan)..I used an Armor of Salvation cuz someone told me this was a "hard" mission! Like buttah, seriously c-spaced our way through this without even thinking of how many mobs were aggroing! Ursan will be nerfed...only a matter of time - this mission was too easy even for HM masters...