Curse

Mystic Reaper · Sep 29, 2007, 03:05 AM // 03:05

Cold as ice. after bug update.

im a Warrior, tried multiple builds, reposte etc, degen, full secondary useage. got him to about 1/3 health before energy ran out. tried Nec, Ran, Mez...etc
im at a loss atm....any help is much appreciated.

blue.rellik · Sep 29, 2007, 03:43 AM // 03:43

Energy ran out on a warrior? Were you spamming [skill]Chilblains[/skill] or something? I can't see how you couldn't beat it with a riposte spammer, as long as you don't stand withing range of the spirits then you're fine

arcanemacabre · Sep 29, 2007, 03:47 AM // 03:47

This quest is a lot tougher now that they fixed the griffon getting stuck. I am having a ton of trouble on my warrior, now. I tried spirit spamming, but he now tends to hover in the middle where he spawns, and it's a lot harder to pull him into a spirit barricade now. When I can get him into my spirits, I can get him down to about 1/3 health, like you say, and I run out of energy and he runs to heal back up among his barricade of spirits. It's like a massive clash of strategy.

So yeah, agreed, any help is appreciated.

Mystic Reaper · Sep 29, 2007, 05:39 PM // 17:39

anyone? anyone? Bueller? Bueller? =P

any tips to this one, or just wait a lil bit and see if they adjust this quest?

Joe Fierce · Sep 29, 2007, 05:53 PM // 17:53

[skill]spiritual pain[/skill] I know this costs 10e, but if you pace yourself enough you should be able to take him down with tihs, if you don't pace yourself, he'll regen as you try to regain energy

FelixCarter · Sep 29, 2007, 06:39 PM // 18:39

I tried Spiritual Pain a couple times. He runs around too much for it to be effective.

I think this is suppose to be one of those crasy challenges like with the Ooze that multiply forever instantly.

Just abandon the quest. Problem solved.

Milennin · Sep 29, 2007, 06:50 PM // 18:50

It's easy with Consume Soul skill.

Tarzanboy · Sep 29, 2007, 07:53 PM // 19:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Fierce

[skill]spiritual pain[/skill] I know this costs 10e, but if you pace yourself enough you should be able to take him down with tihs, if you don't pace yourself, he'll regen as you try to regain energy

Spiritual Pain would be good if you target the spirit next to him and could withstand the barrage from the spirits.

I don't have a warrior myself, but why not try the interrupt/KD method as a warrior since he lacks spells and rituals take time to complete:

Distracting Strike, Distracting Blow, Grapple and whatever other interrupt you might have like Savage Slash or Disarm.
Griffon's Sweep or Leviathan's Sweep for damage and/or another KD.
Flourish to recharge the batteries.
Your favorite heal, in case of emergency non interruption issues.
Optional slot.

Cheers,
TB

Kale Ironfist · Sep 29, 2007, 10:41 PM // 22:41

Grenth's Balance stance tank.

Grenth's Balance, Wary Stance, Shield Stance, Defensive Stance, Healing Signet, [strong weapon attack] and 2 optionals.

If you want to add Ripostes, the strong weapon attack should be Final Thrust.

OR you could use Consume Soul as in the above posts.

Ace2001 · Sep 30, 2007, 04:16 AM // 04:16

Does anybody have a build for a Necro/Ranger for this quest? x.x I don't have the money to go necro/Rit and spam spirits. (and I haven't done sh*t in factions on my necro yet, so any elites that aren't in GWEN won't be gotten any time soon.)

FelixCarter · Sep 30, 2007, 07:19 AM // 07:19

/Sigh...

I tried the quest again with Vamperism (Sunspear Title Track) and Pain Inverter (Asuran Title Track).

Beat him after running back and forth for a while.

Quest is obsurd, if you ask me.

Cherno · Sep 30, 2007, 10:46 PM // 22:46

It has gotten stupidly hard now. Anet has again gone the opposite direction with a fix and over-corrected. Now he doesn't get stuck, he just runs around like a chicken with his head cut off.

I am a dervish and trying various builds including a rit spirit build with summon spirits, but he just high tails it.

"Abandon quest, problem solved"? yeah, if you don't want the skill that is rewarded.

FelixCarter · Sep 30, 2007, 10:57 PM // 22:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherno

"Abandon quest, problem solved"? yeah, if you don't want the skill that is rewarded.

You'll have to resort to abandonment with some professions. Ever try beating the Griffon with a Paragon?

ANet believes all the classes a perfectly balanced.
Dervish = Elementalist
Monk = Warrior
Ritualist = Paragon

That's why it's a solo quest, just like the Norn Arena.
If you can't solo it, then people are going to tell you, "You're doing it wrong."

Iuris · Oct 01, 2007, 07:36 AM // 07:36

For me, all the solo missions of EotN were easily completed by turning myself into a spirit casting ritualist. The tournament, the griffon, the bear club, it always worked for me.

Switch secondary to ritualist, all attributes go into communing and channeling. Use a +energy staff. Skillset:

Skills 1,2 and 3: Attack spirits Pain, Bloodsong, Vampirism. Long durations, long range, lots of damage.

Skill 4: Painful bond: double the damage from the spirits.

Skill 5: Summon spirits: mostly used for the tournament (so you can cast the spirits first and get them all in range at the same time)

Skill 6&7: Shadowsong and Disenchantment: these are primarily used in the tournament to deal with enchant tanks and heavy melee. With painful bond, they become a secondary source of damage.

Skill 8: Ursan blessing. Optional, really, but once you've put up all the spirits, you might as well get this for added survivability, extra ranged damage, knockdown and some added speed for dodging.

Set up the 3 main spirits, add a conditional spirit or painful bond, turn on Ursan blessing, then keep knocking the griffon down and damaging it.

Moloch Vein · Oct 01, 2007, 11:13 AM // 11:13

^ Please note that the quest has obviously been changed.

Has anyone tried Consume Soul with this after the new update? How about Gaze of Fury?

LONGA · Oct 01, 2007, 05:51 PM // 17:51

PvE skill Dwarven Stability help extend your stance skill.Also bring a shutdown/interupt skill like disrupting chop for some of those annoying spirit like shadow song and dissonace.Just intteurpt the binding ritual skill is not enough since this guy got Ritual lord.

Maybe tired the Unlimit KD build Brawling Headbutt(Another PvE skill)+
Dragon slash + Fail.This should prevent Grffon to spawn any spirits.

stretchs · Oct 01, 2007, 07:50 PM // 19:50

Trying the spirit method as a warrior is well and good, but once you are able to summon 3-5 spirits you are toast on energy and your regen is so slow that you are neutered for a good while, during which the stupid griffon does his thing. I even went so far as to do a +27 -1 and a totem axe in order to get 50ish energy and then had to switch into debt to do anything about regen. In the end, it is definately not a good deal for a warrior, and interupts really dont help much with him having rit lord. One of the things i did was Ursan Blessing which helped considerably because you are able to not worry about blind while using the "melee" skill. as well as being able to interupt him

Ruby Lightheart · Oct 01, 2007, 08:25 PM // 20:25

not sure if htis will work for you but what i did was hit him with interrupts and crippled him then used an energy degen..he cant cast spirts without energy

Mystic Reaper · Oct 01, 2007, 09:50 PM // 21:50

ok, got him this time, ty for the stance tank idea Kale. took 1 try.
i used -- Grenths balance, Defensive stance, Shield stance, Bonettis defence, Deadly riposte, Riposte, Final thrust, Heal sig.
time your heal sig around half health, while in shield stance or under bonettis defense. it did a good jub blocking the spirits with enough time for me to move from their range while keeping the griffin on me.
if u get really low on health and look in danger of dying, hit grenths balance, then bonettis, then heal sig, then your ripostes. gl all and thx again.

Moloch Vein · Oct 01, 2007, 10:15 PM // 22:15

I would like to note that I did this today on my new Rt (duh) but anyone should be able to with the same build tho of course 2regen classes will have more problem.

Wanderlust - Dissonance - Anguish - Pain - Gaze of Fury - Painful Bond - Summon Spirits - <Signet of Capture ;p>

Summon Spirits and Gaze of Fury is key. He can't kite from spirits if the spirits move.