Curse

Mr D J · Apr 24, 2006, 12:17 AM // 00:17

THIS BUILD IS NOW OFFICIALLY DEAD BECAUSE ROTSCALE WAS CHANGED TO NECRO AND NOW DROPS A GREEN ITEM

Ok, there is a smiter warrior build with aoes and lots of complicated things so I decided to make an easier one. This build basically kills this dragon in about 5 seconds. Here it is

Run to Majesty's Rest from ToA (pretty easy run).

In the zone:

The picture above contains all the information about the build, weapons I used and attribute setup. Shield/Axe can be replaced with whatever you use... they don't matter at all.

While you're running to the dragon, you might meet some ghouls and occasionaly a warrior boss. Here's the action picture

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OK, There is our dragon... looks freaky.

Aggro it, pull it back to this position, try to escape it's deafening roar by going back a bit while it's activating it. Don't stand in the range of other dragons because they interrupt Judge's Insight.

And the triumph

. Note the damage done by an axe attack

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Well, that's pretty much it. Good luck soloing it, guys, it's not that hard

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EDIT Here's the Map. Posting it due to a few requests.

The Rotscale is marked by the red dot and I marked the path from ToA aswell.

PS Don't run too far back when you're fighting it because:
1) It loses aggro and goes back in.
2) There are armies of undead patroling the area when you attack Rotscale and if you aggro them, you are most likely going to die...

lambda the great · Apr 24, 2006, 01:08 AM // 01:08

Rotscale never seems to drop anything good. aggroing 30+ Graspings is fun, and there's that chest up there on the right that always seems to spawn in the same spot.

chessyang · Apr 24, 2006, 01:11 AM // 01:11

nice .. i might try this tonight .. sick of spiders

Rayne Nightfyre · Apr 24, 2006, 01:39 AM // 01:39

Nice build, looks very doable. If I was convinced that he would drop something worthwhile once in a while (not once in a lifetime), I might give it a try.

Mr D J · Apr 24, 2006, 01:55 AM // 01:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rayne Nightfyre

Nice build, looks very doable. If I was convinced that he would drop something worthwhile once in a while (not once in a lifetime), I might give it a try.

Hehe, well I kinda did this for fun and to prove myself that I can do it. And also it dropped a purple Medusa head grim cesta for me and a blue Dead staff

Dr Strangelove · Apr 24, 2006, 02:39 AM // 02:39

Yeah, I killed him a few times with my ranger by poisoning him and his flunkies to death. He never seemed to drop anything worthwhile though.

Clinically Proven · Apr 24, 2006, 04:14 AM // 04:14

I took a W/N with:

Plague Touch
Eviscerate
Executioners
Cyclone Axe
Distracting blow
Dolyak Signet
Watch Yourself
Sprint

15 Axe
10 tactics
rest in strength

sup axe + executioners helm, minor strength, minor tactics.

Slower than yr build I'd bet, but worked none the less.

Didnt get any exciting drops, a few purples and blues of caster items, nothing max.

Lint · Apr 24, 2006, 11:17 AM // 11:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by lambda the great

Rotscale never seems to drop anything good. aggroing 30+ Graspings is fun, and there's that chest up there on the right that always seems to spawn in the same spot.

Agree, aggroing all the ghoulds and taking em out wiht hundred blades in 1 hit is fun

Mr D J · Apr 24, 2006, 02:01 PM // 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clinically Proven

I took a W/N with:

Plague Touch
Eviscerate
Executioners
Cyclone Axe
Distracting blow
Dolyak Signet
Watch Yourself
Sprint

15 Axe
10 tactics
rest in strength

sup axe + executioners helm, minor strength, minor tactics.

Slower than yr build I'd bet, but worked none the less.

Didnt get any exciting drops, a few purples and blues of caster items, nothing max.

You don't really even need Dolyak Signet and Watch Yourself, this dragon is a monk and it barely does any damage

. Nice build tho

Shadow-Hunter · Apr 24, 2006, 02:21 PM // 14:21

Good guide... Got a Gold Shield from Him in first Run

This runs make me want a Place with 20k of them small grey monsters that i could go killing spree on xD ..

~Shadow

Mr D J · Apr 24, 2006, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow-Hunter

Good guide... Got a Gold Shield from Him in first Run

This runs make me want a Place with 20k of them small grey monsters that i could go killing spree on xD ..

~Shadow

Hehe, so you got a gold shield from Rotscale? If that's true, then I'm actually gonna farm it lol.

Sirkaze · Apr 24, 2006, 08:15 PM // 20:15

Hmm a level 30 thing should drop something good perhap's i might try this out

Evilsod · Apr 24, 2006, 08:26 PM // 20:26

That thing drops nothing worthwhile. In 3 runs i got 3 non max white useless items from Rotscale and 3 purple Ghouls Collars for wiping out huge armies of Grasping Ghouls (which is much more fun when you DON'T have an ele boss spamming blinding flash when your surrounded...

Skull Crack and Frenzy would work just as well. Once his Life Attunement is taken out he's got no chance, not like he hurts anyway

dandahead · Apr 24, 2006, 08:48 PM // 20:48

Been farming this big guy for quite a while one shot of luck can get you a max gold Sephis axe or Dead bow.

Evilsod · Apr 24, 2006, 09:39 PM // 21:39

I was killing this guy again earlier for the sake of it (Frenzy wasn't quite as smart as it seemed

). Didn't matter a jot vs Ghouls, even with Frenzy up they hit for 0 fairly often.

I did have some amusing times fighting hte other groups going round there.

Ran upto a load of casters
Ghouls appear, instantly get blinded, weakened and barbs appears on me. Within 10 seconds i'm dead.

Same again with a smaller group
Held on for slightly longer but still couldn't hit anything (damn that infernal blind!)

I'd say its worth going just to get surrounded by 15-30 Ghouls and use JI + Cyclone Axe to deal about 200 to each.

big papi · Apr 25, 2006, 12:53 AM // 00:53

in 4 tries i got 2 purples and gold req 8 skeleton shield(+1 air magic 17%lol) mite try it more later

Kai Nui · Apr 25, 2006, 01:21 AM // 01:21

I have soloed him as a Me/Mo and Me/R... yep... extrodinarily weak for a monk level 30 dragon...

Replicant · Apr 25, 2006, 05:26 AM // 05:26

killed him about 8 times, first run got a 6-27 req. 8 white sephis axe, all the rest were like 103 gold.

pretty fun too kill a lvl 30 boss in about 10 seconds though lol. too bad sephis axe's aren't too high of demand with most of them selling between 10-25k unless you happen to get like a req. 7 15 ^50

Great Uncle Monk · Apr 25, 2006, 06:23 PM // 18:23

done it 16 times got nothing worth while ...

Death Dealer · Apr 26, 2006, 09:21 PM // 21:21

I did that yesterday. You dont tell what skills your using. As mine were different. And he drops gold for me. Nothing new. Fight a boss that people talk about dropping something good and its gold lol. Go figure.
Sprint
Mending
Healing Breeze
Healing Hands
Smite Hex
Dismember
Disrupting Chop
Ex Strike