Curse

caasig · Dec 13, 2006, 12:40 PM // 12:40

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Originally Posted by Karlos

Well, for this build, there is an optional spot (the Ranger) that can be used to bring any of the other support professions (Paragon, Rit, Mesmer) each with their own advantages as long as they are secondary Rangers.

i'd leave fertile out imo... as if titans don't have high enough armor..

Karlos · Dec 13, 2006, 08:32 PM // 20:32

Aye, why give them 200+ health and +15 armor?

TomD22 · Dec 14, 2006, 12:12 AM // 00:12

How do you ensure that the necrotic takes you to the pet corpse and safety?

Presumably you're gonna be using it when things are going badly...and there are likely to be quite a few corpses around in that case. Just wondering, I haven't had a chance to try this yet.

Karlos · Dec 14, 2006, 03:31 AM // 03:31

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Originally Posted by TomD22

How do you ensure that the necrotic takes you to the pet corpse and safety?

Presumably you're gonna be using it when things are going badly...and there are likely to be quite a few corpses around in that case. Just wondering, I haven't had a chance to try this yet.

There should be no risk taking or guessing involved. Before the 2nd room, the onk with Necrotic Traversal jumps out as soon as the door closes. Before the third, he has time to go back and exit before the party has to fight, same thing before the 4th. Basically, in all but the 2nd room, monstes spawn away from you, so the monk has time to exit safely. In the second room, we had an incident once where the necro (not a monk that time) was a little late and there were corpses all around. If you give him Prot Spirit and Spell Breaker as the article suggests in that situation, he should be fine still.

black_mischief · Dec 14, 2006, 10:37 AM // 10:37

3 searing flames is overkill. a single SS necro can do more damage per second. you should drop 1 fire ele for it.

Karlos · Dec 14, 2006, 10:14 PM // 22:14

You should read the thread fully, I already said that FoC necros can replace SF eles fairly well in this build, however... A few notes:

a) You can never have too many SF eles because their damage stacks and they keep the bruning going. The more eles, the more Meteor Showers and SF... That cannot be a bad thing.
b) An SS necro is not cool for the first 4 chambers in this build. Because the tank is in the room by himself, and the SS necro is outside, as soon as he lays down SS the enemies will go crazy (as they do in the UW) but will be unable to reach their foe, so they will eithe run around or stand still, trapped in some corner. An SS necro is ideal when there are foes tightly packed and hacking at the tank (like in the gap part). However, an SS necro will make the first four chambers simply much longer by making aggro more erratic. An FoC necro is much easier on the aggro and spike (though slower in recharge) is good enough to take out a well bunched up group.

Kalki · Dec 16, 2006, 01:05 PM // 13:05

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Originally Posted by Karlos

b) An SS necro is not cool for the first 4 chambers in this build. Because the tank is in the room by himself, and the SS necro is outside, as soon as he lays down SS the enemies will go crazy (as they do in the UW) but will be unable to reach their foe, so they will eithe run around or stand still, trapped in some corner. An SS necro is ideal when there are foes tightly packed and hacking at the tank (like in the gap part). However, an SS necro will make the first four chambers simply much longer by making aggro more erratic. An FoC necro is much easier on the aggro and spike (though slower in recharge) is good enough to take out a well bunched up group.

Thanks for that insight. I've noticed this too, and it really slows things down. And here these silly SS necros were trying to tell me it's the best way to kill the dervish titans fast.

Xpl0iter · Dec 16, 2006, 09:45 PM // 21:45

actualy 2 eles with winter up
TO DEAL with Titans.
They are fiery creatures.
Winter does cold damage, do the damage and enjoy.

And by the way, yeh we had a Necro with SS and 2 eles. ( We were using choke points to tank so they were all bunched up for him )
A ritualist/N for BIP ( Because of They are On Fire ) Bip with Secondary works great too!
He was usin arcane zeal, so he had no energy issues either. I could be comfortable saying, i liked paragon with low health for bip + They are on fire.

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