He couldn't touch me on normal, I actually managed to take him on Nightmare as a Mage- but I had Force Mage/Spirit Healer/Blood Mage, since my guy is bugged. Although, I don't think I ever used Blood Magic. Unshakable from FM, and the Spirit Healers incredible regen rate makes killing him easy, just time-consuming.
So has anyone beaten the Arishok in a dual as a Mage?
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Posté 20 mars 2011 - 04:45
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I actually found it quite easy - Fenris made me take him on solo and for some reason he just couldn't hurt me that much and I beat him rather easily.
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Posté 20 mars 2011 - 04:48
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Why does everyone call it a duel... Your party of 4 against the Arishok and about 20+ of his troops :/ more like a pitched battle.
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Posté 20 mars 2011 - 04:48
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Took me half an hour to kill him as a healing mage. Run around the room till he charges at you and then blast him with everything you got then run again. He will heal about three times with potions.
Nothing like you see in the vid so do not expect to kill him like that. 3 hits and you will die.
Nothing like you see in the vid so do not expect to kill him like that. 3 hits and you will die.
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Posté 20 mars 2011 - 05:08
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Yeah... Trick was to use ice and force power... That snail looking thing! Take a minute but you have to keep moving. DO NOT TRY AND FIGHT TOE TO TOE.
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Posté 20 mars 2011 - 05:14
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Because they talk about the option you can take to really duel him one-on-one.KristofCoulson wrote...
Why does everyone call it a duel... Your party of 4 against the Arishok and about 20+ of his troops :/ more like a pitched battle.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 02:25
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And you don't get the option unless certain circumstances are fulfilled (like telling isabela to go .... herself when she wants you to find the relic)caradoc2000 wrote...
Because they talk about the option you can take to really duel him one-on-one.KristofCoulson wrote...
Why does everyone call it a duel... Your party of 4 against the Arishok and about 20+ of his troops :/ more like a pitched battle.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 02:30
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The Arishok needs a charge and ranged pull ability, albeit both would require a long cooldown.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 02:46
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TcheQ wrote...
And you don't get the option unless certain circumstances are fulfilled (like telling isabela to go .... herself when she wants you to find the relic)caradoc2000 wrote...
Because they talk about the option you can take to really duel him one-on-one.KristofCoulson wrote...
Why does everyone call it a duel... Your party of 4 against the Arishok and about 20+ of his troops :/ more like a pitched battle.
Having the Arishok's respect and/or taking Fenris with you will also push a one on one battle with him, seems optional but what kind of little beyatch would refuse? lol It's actually harder to NOT get the option to do the one on one battle. If you didn't get it, it's almost like you did something wrong.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 04:41
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TeamLexana wrote...
TcheQ wrote...
And you don't get the option unless certain circumstances are fulfilled (like telling isabela to go .... herself when she wants you to find the relic)caradoc2000 wrote...
Because they talk about the option you can take to really duel him one-on-one.KristofCoulson wrote...
Why does everyone call it a duel... Your party of 4 against the Arishok and about 20+ of his troops :/ more like a pitched battle.
Having the Arishok's respect and/or taking Fenris with you will also push a one on one battle with him, seems optional but what kind of little beyatch would refuse? lol It's actually harder to NOT get the option to do the one on one battle. If you didn't get it, it's almost like you did something wrong.
I had the Arishok's respect but got no option to duel. I got there by being a mage, not having fenris, not helping isabela. He set the Qunari Honour guard on me, then attacked himself after a short speech. Maybe because I told him to be reasonable (olive branch) after I killed the honor guard, and said something to the effect "we can still fix this"
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 04:46
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That all depends on your build.MColes wrote...
Mage has the 1v1 duel the easiest of all classes
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 04:50
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I fully supported Isabela and told her she could have the book to give to Castillion, but the key to earning Arishok's respect is to be completely honest at all times - including telling him that it was Isabela who stole the book, after she runs off with it. I didn't even have an option NOT to duel him unless I refused to fight him completely. I had Fenris with me and I had no option to even ask him, the Arishok simply wanted to face me right from the get go after his 4 honour guards all got 1-shotted.
@Maria
That's true admittedly. A Full support mage could have problems, but there just aren't that many support skills you can take - being at a level by the end of Act 2 - without atleast taking some of the abilities that he's susceptible too!
@Maria
That's true admittedly. A Full support mage could have problems, but there just aren't that many support skills you can take - being at a level by the end of Act 2 - without atleast taking some of the abilities that he's susceptible too!
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 04:58
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Mages were pretty easy and quick. First was a Primal/Arcane spec and petrified/Stoned/Prison-ed him to death with a lightning staff. Second was even quicker with the Elemental + Cold staff. Winter's Blast and Cone of Cold every time they came up, keep moving and avoid staying in one spot longer then two shots. Spirit Healer's Vitality passive helps a lot for the times he will get a hit/ability on you.
Yes it's rather anti-climatic compared to the trailer, but what isn't when compared to a trailer?
Yes it's rather anti-climatic compared to the trailer, but what isn't when compared to a trailer?
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 05:35
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I would have thought this would be easier as a mage than anything else? I mean all you do is run around in circles and shot him from a distance. Takes awhile but you should almost never get hit. 2H warrior on the other hand was friggin' annoying.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 05:45
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I did. Lol
You want to know what my strategy was? "Oh god get this guy away from me!" *Runs around in circles and spams spells at the Arishock.*
Also, having a crap ton of health and mana potions helps a lot too.
You want to know what my strategy was? "Oh god get this guy away from me!" *Runs around in circles and spams spells at the Arishock.*
Also, having a crap ton of health and mana potions helps a lot too.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 05:47
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Another tally for the "mage was the easiest class to beat him with" count. I had a DPS, off tank mage build going, and took him down on hard with absolutely no trouble, whereas I found it really difficult with a rogue.
The trick is knowing ahead of time what his weaknesses and immunities are, and exploiting them. The mage is incredibly good at doing this, (elemental weapons can turn an entire party into magical death). As stated above, his weakness is to cold, so have winters grasp or at the very least a cold damage staff.
I'm nearing the end of act three with a mage, and doing my homework on bosses has allowed me to solo Hybris among others. If you want to hack and slash through the game, a rogue is arguably the most fun and easiest to accomplish that with. If you are willing to exploit the mechanics of the game and really use items/abilities to their full potential, the mage is a ridiculous powerhouse.
The trick is knowing ahead of time what his weaknesses and immunities are, and exploiting them. The mage is incredibly good at doing this, (elemental weapons can turn an entire party into magical death). As stated above, his weakness is to cold, so have winters grasp or at the very least a cold damage staff.
I'm nearing the end of act three with a mage, and doing my homework on bosses has allowed me to solo Hybris among others. If you want to hack and slash through the game, a rogue is arguably the most fun and easiest to accomplish that with. If you are willing to exploit the mechanics of the game and really use items/abilities to their full potential, the mage is a ridiculous powerhouse.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 05:52
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I have and the best strategy is to summon dog, and then run around slinging spells at him and taking healing potions. Do NOT let him get close or you're done for.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 05:58
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I have fought hims as all 3 classes now, and I can honestly say that mage was the easiest by far.
It is almost broken how frequently stuns and freezes proc'd. This was on normal mind you. I'm sure it is nowhere near as simple on nm.
I basically opened the fight with frag grenade (100% stun chance on any mob in teh game on normal I think, and very long as well (like 5 secs). By the time that stun was about to wear off, I got a winter's grasp freeze proc, then an crushing prison immobilize proc.
He never had a chance. I didn't even have to run but once while waiting for WG and CP to come off cd. The fight was like 45 secs. He was stunned when he reached the hp-triggered health pot call, and when it wore off, he didn't do it.
I guess it was just over a minute actually, beccause the kill shot came from a second grenade.
It is almost broken how frequently stuns and freezes proc'd. This was on normal mind you. I'm sure it is nowhere near as simple on nm.
I basically opened the fight with frag grenade (100% stun chance on any mob in teh game on normal I think, and very long as well (like 5 secs). By the time that stun was about to wear off, I got a winter's grasp freeze proc, then an crushing prison immobilize proc.
He never had a chance. I didn't even have to run but once while waiting for WG and CP to come off cd. The fight was like 45 secs. He was stunned when he reached the hp-triggered health pot call, and when it wore off, he didn't do it.
I guess it was just over a minute actually, beccause the kill shot came from a second grenade.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 06:24
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It's easiest on Nightmare as an Archer. Decoy bugs him in place for like 40 seconds each time you use it, so get max range behind him and he's dead.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 06:43
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I did it on hard first ty as a mage. It was, really easy Oo I petty much just stood there tanking him, using heal and Health Poultice's when I needed to.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 06:54
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All you need is Gravitic and Petrify. And you beat him in a "duel" not "dual", just like it's "dual" weapons, not "duel". At first I thought this was another post proclaiming that Mages were weak, and running a double Mage team makes things even harder or something.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 07:03
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Lopper128 wrote...
I did it on hard first ty as a mage. It was, really easy Oo I petty much just stood there tanking him, using heal and Health Poultice's when I needed to.
You tanked the Arishok, on hard difficulty, with a mage?
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 07:03
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Yeah it wasn't that difficult with a mage with Gravitic and Petrify, it took about 50 years though. At least for me, but all of the offensive ability I had at my disposal which could affect the Arishok were a spirit staff and Stonefist.
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Posté 21 mars 2011 - 07:34
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Yep, I beat him second attempt. Lots of ice magic and petrify.
Boring as hell though since it was about 10-15 minutes of mostly running away.
Boring as hell though since it was about 10-15 minutes of mostly running away.
