[S] a Howling Spectre [54 Monk, HS East]
After killing the tangrin I tried Sebilis again, but it was still camped. I didn't have time to camp fire giants and now that I've finished every HS South named, the only option left to me was to give HS East a try. My first exploratory probe in the hallways leading from south to east showed me that a Howling Spectre was up, but my first attempt on him was a failure and I had to hat out. I recharged my hat and headed back in. Fortunately I was lucky with lulls to make it back in, as a single critical failure would have probably forced me to hat out again.
I calmed the roamer that was too high to Allure, then opened with an AE mez on the other roamer and the named to start off the fight:
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Notice the slow resist. That was a constant theme throughout the fight...it took four casts for the first slow to stick and another two for the second one.
Turns out I had mezzed the named too close to the far room and, one by one, his friends began showing up, and me with about 20% mana, I was praying that charm would hold. Here I am as the named is getting low, and you can see me juggling three extra mobs on top of my pet and the named:
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1% left, praying that charm would continue to hold. If charm had broken here I couldn't have recovered with as little mana I had, and I would have been forced to hat out.
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Fortunately my pet stayed loyal long enough to finish off the mob and allow me to loot + gate:
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Blood has been spilled in HS East! The kill itself was easier than I expected, but I had a lot of good luck on my side. Hopefully this good luck holds as I try to finish off the rest of HS East.