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Requiem - AOE grinding with shaman and healer


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Both enci and me just hit level 50 and with all new healing spells, Area of Effect dmg spells etc it was time to put all to a test. From the requiem forum we gathered that the healer-shaman combo was powerful but I couldnt even imagine the destructive power we now have!!.

 

We are now effectively pulling 6-10 elite mobs at our level, 50-51, and here are some screenies with a little info :D:)

 

Credits also goes to fellow forsaker zansuni and his post on main forum as cdanilo. He also put on a show for us on the server :gogo:

 

Also upladed a vid now where we pull 8 elite mobs doing the exact thing described below, there are 2 xvid vids one from my view and one from encis of the exact same pull:

 

(No clue if I can embed it in the post btw)

 

 

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1. Enci heads out to gather a large enough crowd. I cast protection totem aswell as 2 healing totems.

 

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2. Enci pulled one group and goes after the second one. I prepare my firetotem and I cast that exactly when she turns towards me.

 

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3. Enci is running for her life and I have casted fire totem and have burning hell spell on queue on one of the targets.

 

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4. Enci now does her first sleep and starts healing me. I now uses Soul Explosion and start casting Hellfire.

 

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5. Hellfire is in effect and I now have 5-6 seconds downtime where I pick a random target and spam fireballs on. Here is the critical point also if enci still has aggro or several mobs crit hit me so im ready drinking a potion if needed.

 

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6. Soul Explosion is ready first so uses that and casts another fire totem. Picks a target with some health and casts Burning hell. Enci uses her second sleep and continues to heal. Finally if any mobs are left standing I use another soul explossion and fireballs to finish any adds or targets that are still alive. Enci has also joned in with her elec bolts for the final kills.

 

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7. We collect the loot and see our experience bars move ;):gogo: .... then we do it all over again ;)

 

 

Hellfire is still level 1 so at level 53 when I get level 2 this will be soooo more effective and easier. I will also then swap second burning hell for hellfire instead.

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Amazing detail on this guide. You know you're going to have peeps in game asking you about this don't you ? ^^ I had to read it twice now, just to really understand the basics of the setup for your trap. It's marvelously put together, and the fact that it works is testimony to both yours' skills.

 

Now....where can I find a healer.

 

 

:D

 

gogo

 

p.s. Is the totem, DNA'd for faster cast speed? And is it DNA's for higher damage as well? Enci, when you heal Ganto, which spell is being used? And Ganto, is your healing totem at highest level?

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To answer your questions gogo, I don't use faster totem anymore. Current DNA is fireball, flameshield, burninghell and soulexplosion. I traded the faster totem for burninghell though im not sure it was that wise now, but 100k for DNA change isn't gonna happen until next level of soul explosion. I'm craving for more HP so Dura Amulet with DNA might be the 5th DNA for me when I can spend skill points on it.

 

Healing totem is max and does 15/2 heal and last 30 seconds, I still think its really good and use it all the time.

 

And about peeps asking us we already had that, they cant believe how we can tank that many!! :D . Unfortunately also a really bad experience yesterday where a guy got really upset because he claimed that we were KSing his mobs when we collected needed mobs. He spent almost 1h ruining our pulls after this only attacking the mobs we pulled. :( We eventually gave up and moved elsewhere.

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From my point of view it looks something like this:

 

1. I head out trying to find some mobs. For the first time, respawn times seem to be awfully long

 

2. When ganto goes lololol I know I have enough mobs on my back

 

3. I start running back to him, relying heavily on the power of my prayers that I wont get hit too hard. I have mana shield on, so I lose mana instead of health, but if I run out of mana Im a sitting duck

 

4. Wait for the moment when the mobs are nicely packed together then I sleep 4 of them, and use blunt strike on a 5th one to stun him for 4 sec, buying some time. At this point there are 3-4 mobs hitting me or ganto. If my mana is getting dangeruously low, its spirit potion time. Ganto starts playing with his fire spells.

 

5. Here I should have time for 2-3 heals before the first sleep expires and I can cast it again. I prefer to use lesser heal and maybe even lesser party heal before my moderate heal; both are less powerful but have a shorter casting time. Noticed that the key here is the timing, if I can finish casting my power heal just the moment before the sleep’s cooldown reaches zero, we’ll be fine. Ganto continues to cast pretty looking spells.

 

6. Picking a mob randomly in the middle of the group, hoping that he’s enough health left and wont die before I can finish casting the second sleep. If ganto’ s health doesnt allow a 2 sec downtime in healing I dont even attemp to cast sleep a 2nd time, I just go into heal-only mode. More healing, and watching the mobs die.

 

7. Looting, hopping/bouncing around, then rebuffing paranoidly

 

Ganto socketed some HP into his gear, and it really helped, now we only have troubles if we get some unexpected adds. I still need more mana as there’ no way I can safely pull this many elites without mana shield on. Im gonna have to redo my whole gear, will cost me a fortune...

 

This is indeed some very effective griding, I can acually see my xp bar move for the first time since lv40 or so. Even better that the two uf us squishies can pull it off relatively safely now :D

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2. When ganto goes lololol I know I have enough mobs on my back

 

haha...I actually do that, mostly when you go for the 3rd group :( ... I know we are in trouble then :D

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Ty all for the comments :thumbsup: Im gonna see if I can get a vid of this also.

 

And Diph - no worries, university comes first but ofc - hope you get some free time soon though :D

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Very very nice strategy ganto and enci! Combining sleep with Area of Effect must be extremely effective. Essentially trapping mobs within Area of Effect is the plan? Along with a ton of healing if I read correctly. :thumbsup: I can imagine from what you both say that the timing is down to the miliseconds, lol. I would love to see you performing your strategy. Must be incredible to see! If you're needing hints/tips for your video ganto feel free to ask. Personally I'd suggest Vreel.com for best quality uploading. :D

 

Oh and what does Protection Totem do?

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Very very nice strategy ganto and enci! Combining sleep with Area of Effect must be extremely effective. Essentially trapping mobs within Area of Effect is the plan? Along with a ton of healing if I read correctly. :) I can imagine from what you both say that the timing is down to the miliseconds, lol. I would love to see you performing your strategy. Must be incredible to see! If you're needing hints/tips for your video ganto feel free to ask. Personally I'd suggest Vreel.com for best quality uploading. :D

 

Oh and what does Protection Totem do?

 

Awesome, ty schot!. Uploaded the vid and just have to wait for the transcoding to finish :D

 

About protection totem it adds 114 defence (level 2), thats 10 less dmg for each hit so instead of 500 they do 490 .... love this game :dance:

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About protection totem it adds 114 defence (level 2), thats 10 less dmg for each hit so instead of 500 they do 490 .... love this game :)

 

*cough*

 

 

Sigh... requiem...just gotta love it huh

 

:)

 

gogo

 

p.s. this sort of "improvement" seems sort of akin to the kind we get with the healing totem... one point more of hearling per tick? Big yay :P

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