Bramble mobs

Lusca - Sanctuary
Lusca - Sanctuary Posts: 754 Arc User
edited January 2010 in Assassin
god i hate these guys >.< yes this is a qq thread

first it was the quill hog demon blades who would cast bramble just before my last attack hit them

reflect from slipstream was hitting me for 1.2k and i had 1.4k hp x.x such a charm waste thou it never did kill me, thou is slipstream ever critted it would of lol
thank god i only needed one quest drop from them

but now at level 56 i'm killing the barrens boas, this guys don't even cast bramble when there on low health, some of them have been casting it when there on 3/4 hp and others cast it as soon as i hit them

killed me twice in 5 minutes qq


lol anyone got any suggestions on dealing with bramble rather than just running away when they cast it? rofl
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  • ArkToNE - Harshlands
    ArkToNE - Harshlands Posts: 73 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Puncture wound does very little initial damage, so reflect doesn't really hurt as much. If you kept sleep at level 1, the damage should also be low.

    Sooo, puncture wound > deep sting is your best anti-bramble friend.
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  • Nagamorph - Harshlands
    Nagamorph - Harshlands Posts: 88 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    ArkToNE - Harshlands wrote: »
    Puncture wound does very little initial damage, so reflect doesn't really hurt as much. If you kept sleep at level 1, the damage should also be low.

    Sooo, puncture wound > deep sting is your best anti-bramble friend.

    It is good but, it takes long to kill a mob w/ bleed and sleep
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  • Vidalaire - Heavens Tear
    Vidalaire - Heavens Tear Posts: 389 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Get a bow and range those mobs first. If they don't cast Bramble, finish them off normally when they get close. If they do, Puncture and run til they die.
  • ArkToNE - Harshlands
    ArkToNE - Harshlands Posts: 73 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Yep, but I save my puncture wound for the exact moment they cast bramble though and start skilling again after bramble wears off. I have absolutely no intention of bleeding an opponent to death.
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  • Murloc/ - Heavens Tear45
    Murloc/ - Heavens Tear45 Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Watch for the mob to cast, then bleed them.

    Stun / sleep them and run til it wears off (only about 5 seconds)

    This is how I delt with all of the mobs bramble that I've killed so far. Byt the pythons were really a pain... most of them would bramble 1st thing, so I had to do a lot of running around. >.<

    Oh, and keeping an at-level bow and arrows with you at all times is a must for an assassin I think. it's saved me a lot of time, trouble, deaths, and pots.
  • ArkToNE - Harshlands
    ArkToNE - Harshlands Posts: 73 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    A bow? I think Earth Flame, Knife Throw, and Shadow Jump is more than enough to replace the bow on many occasions to be honest.
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  • Lusca - Sanctuary
    Lusca - Sanctuary Posts: 754 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    lol thanks guy, finally got all them dam boas xD
  • Murloc/ - Heavens Tear45
    Murloc/ - Heavens Tear45 Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    ArkToNE - Harshlands wrote: »
    A bow? I think Earth Flame, Knife Throw, and Shadow Jump is more than enough to replace the bow on many occasions to be honest.

    Use a bow to start the fight. You can shoot most mobs 3-4 times before they get in melee range. This will have cut off about 1/4 of there HP, making the battle much easier.

    It's just a cheap way of getting off some extra damage before you even really get into any danger. Hell, I've killed Weak / Sac Assault mobs before they got to me w/ a bow quite a few times.

    Not to mention that being built exactly like an archer, we get a nice dmg bonus when using bows. >=D
  • TidalShrike - Harshlands
    TidalShrike - Harshlands Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Lol this was one of my main arguements for using a bow as a 'Sin. I had the 43 mold daggers at +3, so opted for the 50 stash bow which turned out to be a great thing. These snakes were killing me (or more accurately I was killing myself on them)...but they're ranged attack mobs so a bow handles them nicely. In addition, if none of you have noticed (I'm sure some have but I find folks all the time who haven't) once you equip a level 4 or higher bow, put elite arrows in the slot, and when you go back to the daggers you keep the 1% crit bonus from the arrows. I actually made room on my bars for both types of arrows as well as the daggers and bow so I dont waste the crit% ones using them.

    I mentioned in another thread that it'd be cool if we could use slingshots just for the faster ranged attacks when we need to range things.
  • Panthalassa - Dreamweaver
    Panthalassa - Dreamweaver Posts: 319 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    TidalShrike - Harshlands wrote: »
    Lol this was one of my main arguements for using a bow as a 'Sin. I had the 43 mold daggers at +3, so opted for the 50 stash bow which turned out to be a great thing. These snakes were killing me (or more accurately I was killing myself on them)...but they're ranged attack mobs so a bow handles them nicely. In addition, if none of you have noticed (I'm sure some have but I find folks all the time who haven't) once you equip a level 4 or higher bow, put elite arrows in the slot, and when you go back to the daggers you keep the 1% crit bonus from the arrows. I actually made room on my bars for both types of arrows as well as the daggers and bow so I dont waste the crit% ones using them.

    I mentioned in another thread that it'd be cool if we could use slingshots just for the faster ranged attacks when we need to range things.

    Actually...one of the GMs confirmed awhile ago that you only get the crit bonus from the arrows when they are shot from a bow.
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  • Noxin - Dreamweaver
    Noxin - Dreamweaver Posts: 43 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Yeye I remember I killed myself on some bramble snakes cause I did a crit on low HP b:cry. After that I keept using Bleed ... took ages but worked ...

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  • XJinxx - Sanctuary
    XJinxx - Sanctuary Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Lusca - Sanctuary wrote: »
    god i hate these guys >.< yes this is a qq thread

    first it was the quill hog demon blades who would cast bramble just before my last attack hit them

    reflect from slipstream was hitting me for 1.2k and i had 1.4k hp x.x such a charm waste thou it never did kill me, thou is slipstream ever critted it would of lol
    thank god i only needed one quest drop from them

    but now at level 56 i'm killing the barrens boas, this guys don't even cast bramble when there on low health, some of them have been casting it when there on 3/4 hp and others cast it as soon as i hit them

    killed me twice in 5 minutes qq


    lol anyone got any suggestions on dealing with bramble rather than just running away when they cast it? rofl

    pfft this slug or cookies? you've never had a melee char this high so you've probably never experienced this. if you pm one of me in-game maybe i'll help b:laugh
  • Lusca - Sanctuary
    Lusca - Sanctuary Posts: 754 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    XJinxx - Sanctuary wrote: »
    pfft this slug or cookies? you've never had a melee char this high so you've probably never experienced this. if you pm one of me in-game maybe i'll help b:laugh

    all of cookies chars have cookie in there name lol

    and my barb is 47 or 48 i forget so =P
  • TidalShrike - Harshlands
    TidalShrike - Harshlands Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Panthalassa - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Actually...one of the GMs confirmed awhile ago that you only get the crit bonus from the arrows when they are shot from a bow.

    interesting...on stats it reflects the bonus with daggers equipped...

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