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T2 Pirate King Strategy!
lyricaecho
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(I apologize ahead of time if this is in the wrong section)
In all honesty, I need help. I have run this dungeon numerous times, different gear scores, different party builds, different spell sets etc. Nothing is working.
If you have beat this dungeon, please lend me your help! (And yes I have watched ALL the Youtube videos on it, but it doesn't give me insight on GS, Powers, or Armor.)
I would greatly appreciate any advice any of you can give me. Info on Armor, Classes etc. Please and thank you!
In all honesty, I need help. I have run this dungeon numerous times, different gear scores, different party builds, different spell sets etc. Nothing is working.
If you have beat this dungeon, please lend me your help! (And yes I have watched ALL the Youtube videos on it, but it doesn't give me insight on GS, Powers, or Armor.)
I would greatly appreciate any advice any of you can give me. Info on Armor, Classes etc. Please and thank you!
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1) What class are you?
2) The general strategy is to have a TR solo the boss, everyone else just kill mobs. DC stays alive.
3) The "core" classes you need for pirate king is TR and DC. Everything else is just extras.
Don't even need CW, GWF, or GF.
1 DC, 2 CW, 2 Roques (or 1 roque+x)
A good CW can basically permastun all adds in a loop of singularities. (They have to slot ap regen powers like tabbed entangling force). This can be done by 1 wiz if he doesn't make a mistake, but with 2 it is easy like stealing candy from babies.
While all the mobs are busy getting pushed back and sucked into black holes, 2 roques (or 1 roque+x) can dps the boss down really fast.
This is probably the easiest and fastest way to deal with the boss.
You don't really NEED CWs to permastun the adds (you can do 1 Roque on boss, 3 guys killing adds aswell), but i preferi it this way (just smooth sailing)
I've done this fight quite a few times on different characters.
Most people use a TR to tank the boss and everything else deals with adds, which works.
The group I generally run with consists of the same 5 people, but we have about 17 level 60's between us. So, the compositions I've done it with are below with how we approached it.
DC (me), TR, CW, CW, CW - simply just let the TR focus the boss while the CW's continuously AoE'd everything down throwing dps on the boss when adds were light/non existant.
GF (me), CW, CW, DC, TR - I tanked the boss with the TR dps'ing it and whenever adds were up I would charge to them so I was out of range of the boss, use my taunts and focusing on tanking them while the CW's burned them down and continued to tank the boss when it moved over to me.
GWF (me), CW, CW, CW, DC - I tanked the boss and AoE'd as many adds as I could at the same time while 2 of the CW's focused adds and 1 CW focused boss with me only switching to adds if DC was getting beat up a bit.
The boss is extremely easy and really only gets out of hand if the adds aren't controlled, that is the strategy to NWO, kill adds. Follow that strategy and you win NWO.
Did that GWF just lose to a DC in DPS? YIKES!
I(DC) have done it like a bunch in here already. Myself and one CW in the circle doing a dance while the other three beat up the boss man.
I'm a GF and how I do it is:
I switched to single target DPS: Knight's Challenge, Anvil of Doom, Lung. I keep aggro on the boss, while another DPS assists and everyone else focus's on trash. The DC just kites the trash around while we burn the boss down. Real simple.
Sorry I didn't mention it before - I am a CW. My guild asked that I spec all into Control instead of damage, so my damage is just HAMSTER (like right only 300K above the healer, OUCH). We were having trouble burning down the Boss, before the adds overwhelmed us. I think it's a damage issue. We aren't controlling/damaging adds quick enough.
Thank you again!
One Rogue on boss... everyone else on adds (DPS'ing the boss when able)... and Cleric doing their healing/support thing.
Melee classes need to DODGE the Pirate King's frontal cleave attack and ALL of his pre-marked red circle/AoE attacks. Absent astute players, a group won't down this boss (at least not when they're running the level 44'ish version of it).
I continue to be disappointed in this game in that its dungeons often require the excessive use of healing potions (due to the Cleric class and its dearth of ranged heals).
Your guild need to l2CW, then. With a properly-built CW, your max CC options bring massive AoE DPS too. The fight is easy, criminally so, with a good CW (bear with me, help with that comes later).
There is no need to engage in lame kiting or anything like it. The DC is not "the star of the show". Post balance patch, they won't be getting very much aggro anyway, if the CW is playing well.
The fight is add-heavy. However, it's nicely bottled up in an enclosed area. The group beats on the boss. The healer heals. The CW controls the adds. If the adds are getting a little out of hand (even good CWs muff the timing of their rotations sometimes), the DPS can help thin the pack a bit until it's back under control. It's that simple. If you're playing the CW, keep your eyes open- as some archers will spawn a distance away, and plink at your cleric, and you need to hit them, to get their attention.
Now.. as to how you CW, and amaze your guild with your CC and DPS... I will save typing and point you at this:
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?337592-%28%28T2%29%29-Thaumaturge-SPEC-POWERS-ROLE
Do this. Marvel at the synergy, enjoy the CC, giggle at the DPS. Be more relaxed and more effective than ever before. Get your whites clean at low temperatures.
Once you're using a suitable thaum build, run the instance with mastery CoI, Icy Terrain, Steal Time, Shield, and Arcane Singularity as a daily. When you get to the boss, replace CoI with Entangling Force in mastery. You should be able to lock down pretty much all the mobs, all of the time. The gaps between your singularities will barely be long enough to get your other casts in. Your DPS will be high, but your CC will be peerless at the same time.
With mediocre melee DPS, doing this instance as well-specced CW playing for CC will net you about 12M damage. Doing it with BAMF melee DPS, obviously, you'll do a bit less as they will kill pre-boss trash before you can even throw stuff off the edge, let alone settle into a rotation. However, topping the charts is not the object of the exercise.
Read copticone's excellent little guide without telling anyone. Amaze your guild with the difference once you have it down.
Sure, people can do this fight in more complex ways, with half-assed attempts to kite, and what have you, but just letting a good CW go to town makes it crazy fun. If you're not feeling totally confident, you can ask that the other DPS keep an eye out and help when the adds are getting out of hand- something that should be instinct anyway.
Once you get the hang of it, this is one of the most fun fights for a CW, in my opinion.
gf = lure adds
cw = adds (must kill ranged)
tr = boss (if tr dont know how to 1v1 boss you will probably fail)
gwf = adds
doable with 4 players
if you have 2 trs in team they must stop attacking the boss everytime it summons adds
Wasnt even hard.
Into the Fray is my favorite skill if I'm running with a group of competent players. Otherwise, I have to slot enforced threat and fighters recovery and hope I can control the adds myself.
CW - CC the adds.
TR - DPS the boss
GWF - Kite the adds around or hold the adds if you are tank build.
DC - Keep the party alive. The goal of the party is to keep the adds busy not eating the cleric alive.
GF - Easiest if you have a tank that holds the attention of most of the adds.
Actually if you have GF, the GWF and TR can pound on the boss. The faster you kill the boss the less chance you get overwhelmed by adds.
Biggest threat:
Archers - They are non-elites and go down fast. But they do a lot of ranged damage esp to your cleric.