Game Mechanics: Icehackle Summoning

[chillybob]

Seems that Icehackle currently summons, unlike his counterparts Tantor and Strong Horn.

Not able to find anything saying he summons pre-2002 but a ton of stuff saying he doesn't summon 2002-> on and no other EMU Database I can find shows him with the 'summon' flag.

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#Jun 12 2003 at 9:36 AM
He conned even to me at 61. Did not summon, does not cast, but did flurry on my DC bronto pet a few times, and thus me as well. The flurrying foolishness stops if you keep aggro off pet and keep him moving.

He dropped nothing but good exp. If you can do Tantor, you do him without any trouble.

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#Jul 13 2003 at 9:56 AM
Killed Icehackles today with my 60 druid. This guy dropped the Song: Occlusion of Sound and Spell: Nature Walker's Behest for me. Snared him without much difficulty with Glamour of Tunare. Was a long, easy kite with KEI.

Oct 12 2002 at 4:33 AM
Just killed this guy a bit ago. It doesn't summon. After debuffing with Glamor of Tunare it snared easilly and all my magic based DOTs stuck with no resists. Had no trouble getting a smouldering disjunction on it either and fire nukes hit for max damage. No drops but very nice XP. It also conned yellow to me at 60.

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#Aug 16 2002 at 5:55 AM
Solo'd this guy a few days back, maxed on me for mid 200's couldnt snare/root and had a decent amount of HP. Runs just under SoE speed and I wouldnt try soloing him unless you have a focus for fast dot casting (ie. Circlet of the Falinkain). Amusing kite, lasted 20mins with no KEI and dropped nothing, bout a blue aa anyhow.

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[Rygar]

Didn't see any summons in my live farming for what it's worth. Will say he is one of the rarer spawns. Tantor most common, Stronghorn fairly common, icehackle I started to worry was removed, but found him finally after weeks of on and off zone clears. Probably rare as a Scar Guardian

[chillybob]

Originally Posted by Rygar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Didn't see any summons in my live farming for what it's worth. Will say he is one of the rarer spawns. Tantor most common, Stronghorn fairly common, icehackle I started to worry was removed, but found him finally after weeks of on and off zone clears. Probably rare as a Scar Guardian

I've been goofing off a bit on my 54 ranger out there and have killed Strong Horn 3x solo. Tantor I have only been able to duo so far as he is faster than Strong Horn and seems to have a bit more HP so I just didn't have the amount of arrows prepped. Just saw Icehackle for the first time and figured I'd try my hand at him but was met with an early demise