[x] the froglok king [48 paladin, Ruins of Old Guk]
I love the idea of this thread. I love gruellingly difficult games and this challenge sounds like just the thing. IMO if a game doesn't hurt just a little (via difficulty) it isn't very fun. With that in mind I decided to start on this challenge at a relatively low level (I'm a lvl48 Enchanter).
There aren't many on the list I could attempt at this level, but the king was one.
The king room was really tough to crack for me, since I'd get ~5/6 calm resists, and quite a few crit resists. I'd try calm the whole room, mez/tash/charm a frog, then send it to suicide. I would zone afterwards, and gate back to the portal behind king room where I was bound. The problem with all the resists was that even if I didn't get a crit resist, and managed to calm two or three frogs, then calm would start wearing off by the time I could calm the whole room. Nevertheless, patience and persistence would eventually clear the room. I spent a night doing this and found I could do it in a consistent, albeit time consuming, manner. It took so long that I had to log for the night.
Day 2. Started the process all over again and managed to pop king (and tactician). Shortly afterwards I spotted an invis player in the room and I was worried the camp would be taken away form me, seeing as how I was incredibly slow at picking off the frogs in the room. Luckily, the necro, and later an enchanter, were incredibly understanding, and only wanted a shot at the tactician. We agreed that they could take the tactician and his placeholders as long as they left king and everything else alone (I didn't want help clearing the room). I want to thank Phinger and Naginni for being so understanding.
Once king room was clear, except for king and a bok knight, I calmed both, mezzed/tashed/charmed/weaponised bok (with two gnoll hide lariats) and I was ready to go.
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1st attempt charm insta broke, before I could get king rooted. I get ganked by king and pet, including chainstuns from the gnoll hide lariats.
2nd attempt was going great. After bok was hasted, and king slowed/tashed/rooted the bok was kicking his ass. Unfortunately the room started repopping and I died (my hp was at ~50% to start because I'd basically bind wound after zoning out, and gate back and try again to save time, specifically to avoid a room repop).
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3rd attempt a roamer joins the fight. I mez it and the fight it going well. Froglok tactician pops, charm breaks and I am very low on hp so run for the portal/zoneline.
4th attempt I have to deal with a pop before aggroing king. Pet takes care of it, but loses some hp. I pull king into hallway before king room with tash and send pet. The start of the fight looks bleak as pet is at ~25% while king is at 57%.
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A roamer joins the fight again and I mez it and rerune. Slowed king is losing hp fast while my pet is holding strong. I start casting a few stuns (while my buffs start fading) and king gets a small heal off. He is very low on hp though, and together with my own and pet/lariat stuns, king falls!
Loot.
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Looking forward to working my way through the list. Will definitely get some levels before attempting anything else. Fun times!
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