Curse

tongling · Sep 20, 2007, 02:33 AM // 02:33

I lured the beast behind a rock and used the arc of my bow with poison degen it to death. The arc that you can hit griffon and its spirits can't hit you.

lordpwn · Sep 20, 2007, 10:41 AM // 10:41

Tried the quest with a modification of some generic PvP- style Burning Arrow build I had a template for, beat him in a few minutes. The key skills were Burning Arrow, Pin Down, Whirling Defense (to avoid hits from spirits), Mending Touch and that Norn health regen skill.

If you're doing the quest with a warrior try bringing something to deal with blindness (he spams Shadowsong, right?) and whack the griffon with Hundred Blades or something to damage him and kill off any spirits he's dropped at his position already.

Zeph · Sep 20, 2007, 03:46 PM // 15:46

I did this yesterday with my necro. I just went secondary rit to play him at his own game and loaded up with spirits (vampirism, pain, anguish & wanderlust) & painful bond. I also threw a summon spell in for fun (naga).

I just started planting spirits while the start timer counted down, then pulled him with painful bond and kept laying spirits as they recharged. After a while he ran off into the corner near the hill by the entrance. I just kept planting spirits on the hill and hitting him with painful bond until he was dead.

It was quite fun actually.

Rolgalthor · Sep 20, 2007, 05:36 PM // 17:36

I took him out with alot of degen and by pulling him away from spirits.

You Move Like a Dwarf
Virulence
Vile Miasma
Necrosis

Abe Grey · Sep 20, 2007, 05:46 PM // 17:46

I used Burning arrow, Apply poison, life siphon, vamp gaze and just degened him. Keep out of range of his spirits and you should be just fine.

Vazze · Sep 20, 2007, 07:46 PM // 19:46

This "stay out of spirits" strategy did not work for me. When I managed to damage him a little he just run back to the other side of his spirit fortress and wouldn't pull until he regenerated! My monk failed with smiting/deadly arts/ranger builds miserably. I killed him with ranger skills when he got stuck on the rock.

frickaline · Nov 01, 2007, 04:34 PM // 16:34

for my derv I ran mostly as a ranger since they kill him fairly easily. Same would probably work for any char class that ran ranger secondary.

practiced shot
apply poison
hunters shot
you move like a dwarf
faithful intervention
mystic regeneration
distracting shot or pious haste/storm chaser
mystic corruption or fav winds or a run skill

stand on the hill to gain height advantage, use a long bow. apply poison, hit him without skills until he moves on you. when he's 1/2 to 1/4 range, move like a dwarf, practiced shot, hunters shot, run up the hill. Try and run before he starts to lay spirits so he doesnt put any up. If he erects a few, kill them with practiced shot and repeat this.