Bh69

cach87
cach87 Posts: 4 Arc User
edited November 2010 in Assassin
So im here fighting Pole for bh69 and i know its a barb thing to interrupt his aoe so everyone can be safe and happy. Anyway ive never been able to tell if i can stop his channeling too because Throatcut has a kinda long channeling and i always have a barb on my side. so for you experienced sins that tanked pole and came out victorious, can i stop poles channeling with throatcut? thx in advance :)
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  • LeiMai - Raging Tide
    LeiMai - Raging Tide Posts: 246 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    As far as my knowledge and experience goes, sins don't have a good cancelling skill for PvE. They all take too long to channel, so you have to predict before the boss starts when to cast...I know someone who says thats possible on bosses like Wurlord in TT because he attacks a specific number of times before he casts....but I've never had any luck.

    I was told to get the skill Earthquake on a genie, and use that on bosses. I just got it and haven't had the chance to try it yet. But I've also been told that cancelling the AOE is more for the squad's benefit than your own though.

    I can't think of any sins I know that have said they can tank Pole...and if they can I'm fairly sure they are well past the level where it's their BH. I've never tried...and I'm pretty sure I couldn't.
  • cach87
    cach87 Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Yeah i was kinda kidding, the ones ive heard that tanked pole are way above the lvl and well equipped. pole has a thing that it sorta lets you predict the aoe, he does 7 attacks (or moves with his axe, i was never attacked since i never tanked it) and then his feet get on fire from channeling, so i guess when he does his 6th swing you can start throatcut. im just passing this in case anyone can give me more feedback. anyway thx a lot for answering LeiMai
  • Sakubatou - Sanctuary
    Sakubatou - Sanctuary Posts: 4,001 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I've done my BH69's on 4 characters now. BM, Barb, Cleric, and Sin. To OP, yes you can channel cancel pole but the channeling time is so slow you actually have to anticipate it (about 9 seconds apart)

    As a fist BM aggro was an issue. I stole aggro barefisted with no weapon equipped from some barbs b:thanks, but I also had the defense to survive stealing aggro for a little while.

    As a Barb I had a couple options of how to tank, depending on the squad. Channel canceling takes focus. So does aggro control. In addition to those its always nice to use some skills that debuff boss attacks and try to save something in case the cleric doesn't purify and I need to invoke. With sins/bms/psychics sometimes that's impossible and I spend so much time and energy into just keeping aggro I can't even channel cancel and am afraid to reduce defense because that would only help the DDers in question.

    As a cleric, I try to keep 1 IH on myself, keep the barb stacked, and sometimes after a DDer sparks, IH them just in case. This makes things more difficult having to juggle multiple players because you're worried about someone over DDing.

    K, now onto the sin. I was so mad the first time I killed pole on my sin because I channel canceled the entire time and was able to to keep rib strike up, subsea other peoples sparks, and channel cancel almost ever cast, and all the while I still was bordering stealing aggro from a good barb. If I can multitask that much I expect other sins to focus a little more on helpig the group and a little less on ripping aggro.
    Seven 100+ characters leveled the hard way. Free to play. Mystic, Psychic, and Wizard left to level. b:victory
  • Typhyse - Sanctuary
    Typhyse - Sanctuary Posts: 3,469 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Sakubatou - Sanctuary wrote: »
    K, now onto the sin. I was so mad the first time I killed pole on my sin because I channel canceled the entire time and was able to to keep rib strike up, subsea other peoples sparks, and channel cancel almost ever cast, and all the while I still was bordering stealing aggro from a good barb. If I can multitask that much I expect other sins to focus a little more on helpig the group and a little less on ripping aggro.
    IKR? So many sins just DD like mad and fail to realize how supportive a class they can be.
    Demon_Troll: "takes on the appearance of an innocent archer but turns into a mindless idiot once you hear him speak"
    ~Spazz~
  • RauI - Archosaur
    RauI - Archosaur Posts: 92 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    if it is magic i use deep sting tackling slash canceled out
  • cach87
    cach87 Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Good post man, very good data. its hard realizing if you cant cancel channeling cause you dont know if its barb the one that gets him out or its you and i didnt lvl throatcut either so i know i have a 13% chance to fail but then again if you say its good, im gonna keep doing it... btw when i see that i take agro i play assist, otherwise i play dd thats how i think its the best way to play when ur in teams, its just keeping it to the parties best interest, more sins need to make a barb because if you steal agro from a barb its either cause he is adding vit (to prevent the party and himself from dying) or he is poor to buy eq
  • NSAT - Lost City
    NSAT - Lost City Posts: 68 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    throw a ninja star
  • JebakLesny - Dreamweaver
    JebakLesny - Dreamweaver Posts: 99 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    pole is good u can alvays spark when he start casting AOE or jus lern when to start cancel hes skils

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