Tips for Snow Dragon easy hunt

Hey Gangsters, here are my thoughts on the raid boss for someone playing a mage. (this only applies to 50% boss hp as i dunno wats gonna happen when his hp goes below 50%).

Until the boss drops to 80% HP, any random party can manage, us mages just use our best spells on the boss, wind blow small dragons while the tanks do their job.

below 80% thats where the fun part begins, you can tell when the boss starts talking crap and the text appear in top-mid of your screen. Also he will do the ice breathe that freeze you up. from now on, you have 3 challenges.
1. icicles that will drop on you, with 1 second for you to react.
2. random frost time-bomb (blue ice aura) that will explode on you, doing huge damage to you and people around you in a decent area.
3. Small dragons will attack you and its our job to take care of it when they spawn on tankers. This is easy at above 80%, but its tough when u have time bombs and icicles shitting on you.

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Spell vs Normal attack:
we have less than 1 second to start running away from icicles when we see the blue shady thing below us. Our spells, other than ice needle, and mayb fire bolt, have shit long ass casting time. if we are stuck in our animation, guess wat? ur dead, time to respawn. wat now? use normal attack by doing this, we have enough time to run away due to absence of spell animation, at worst we will only take one hit, instead of 2 which most of us would be dead by then, most.
things that will help is speed enchants and having levitate on all the time (make sure keep ur mana up
when ur running, move back, not sideway.

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asd vs mouse click
in the dungeon, even zoom out to the max, the boss is still huge. if you are taking top left position,when you are trying to move around or targeting a small dragon, half the time u will find urself targeting the boss instead coz its so fckn big and takes up half of ur screen. So i suggest using wasd to move ur character, and tab target small dragons. finally use mouse click to target the boss since is not hard to miss the thing. this works very well expecially, when u have icicles on u and trying to run away. not gonna be fun when icicles shitting on you and you accidently mouse click the boss instead of an empty space to run to.

time bomb
2 strategies.
1st is mentioned by medecine who is so pro and works miracles. which i wont touch on. one thing i would like to add just incase, is keep the pet on standby, the little pause button.
2nd thing, when u see the time bomb on u, dun freak out, even if your're at 90% HP, pot, its only 1k gold, dont be a cheap ass. then frozen protect str8 away, make sure u have an easy hot key for this. this skill will help u tank the time bomb and an extra unlucky icicle on u. then make your way str8 to the closest wall and hump it until the bomb explodes. do not use frozen armor on any other occasions, becoz icicles u can dodge, not time bombs, and us being squishy as hell, frozen armor will help us tank it.

Final sum up
wind blow small dragons and normal attack the boss
keep urself mobile, move to a new position that is bigger than the icicle AOE every 3-4 normal attacks, remeber dont use spells, if icicle is on u, u have no time to run away.
if u dont like my normal attack idea, at least use only fire bolt/ice needle. spells like ice dagger just ditch it coz the cast time is way too long.

this is the strat i used when we reset the boss on our 2nd try and i havent died once until we gave up. i was alive for the 20 or so minutes

theories for the future:
HP vs def/mdef
since mdef needs a huge chunk to make a difference in this game, would wearing purple set for the 19% hp bonus be more effective?

ice rings/necklace, does it really help? ive sent in a dqa for this and will update once i get replies from gm.

more to come

i want my unique staff plox

I got another tip for gain time when u back after u died (think 90% of u know : but i m writting it for the others 10%)

the faster mount idea

the boss just killed u : ur now in the respaw spot : how can u return to the boss fast ?


*-> switch to ur 2nd weapon ("Z" or "W" key i think) which got speed enchant on it (most ppl got already 1 from RvR running).

*-> summon ur mount and run toward the boss (the speed bonus from ur speed weapon is added with the speed of the mount).

*-> when ur near the boss : drop of ur mount : switch on ur main weapon (the one making damage) and begin the hit the boss or heal ppl.

Tips about speed enchant weapon :
-1st : must be 1 handed, and not from ur class (skill unusable) : because i have make the mistake to enchant an orb from my class and sometime i forgot to switch on my main weapon = fighting with a lvl 20 orb... so like that, u will find earlier u got the wrong weapon...
-2nd : equip u with a shield : u will take lesser damage if ur hitted by the explode of a time bomb from others players or crossing the ice vortex (newly named by me just now) or taken into the freezing stun : all that could happen when ur on ur mount yet.
-3rd : u need moonstones for make the speed enchant (expensive : around 800k the try, u can farm "speed star yeti" in snow mountain if u don t have the money (ref : http://eddadb.com/index.php?view=items&item=30000037 ).
The range of this enchant is 2%-9% : if ur cheap on ur money : i think u can stop the enchant when u reach 5%-9% (take around 4-5 try if ur unlucky).

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After seen the video Cypher posted about raid dungeon i got another tip to give you about speed :

*-> Before entering the dungeon : keep in ur second weapon slot ur weapon with speed enchant on it : but don't equip it yet before entering the dungeon (i want see your hands as first weapon slot when you are in snow mountain)

(example where your second speed weapon must be placed : but hope u will choose 1-handed with a shield)
[Edit] : We don't have to strip anymore : u can enter with ur speed weapon already equiped

*-> As soon as you have entered into the dungeon : switch weapon ("Z" or "W" shortkey) from ur fists u got now ur speed weapon in hand

*-> Summon your mount and clic near the boss area : u will be moving and will equip your armor and main weapon during the travel (main weapon than u will put in ur 2nd free weapon slot because you need to keep the speed bonus from your weapon).

You gain around 10 seconds like that by avoiding to stay static when equiping before moving

Today, when i was healing Computer (main tank) who didn't move an inch during all the run : i have noticed something interesting : the healing skill got more range (=1600) than the time bomb aoe explode area...

the healing range idea

You are priest and u see players with time bomb on them : what to do ?


* -> keep the maximum healing range (=1600) with the player with time bomb on him (i believe if not main tank will run into a corner) and u can heal him safely (stroke gash before the explode, and normal heal or aoe heal after).

* -> If the player run toward u : flee him (need max range or u will be harmed too).

* -> If the player is out of range : select him and use ur healing skill : u will be moving automatically in auto-folow until reach the max range and launch the healing.

* -> If the player stopped to move (or didn't move at all) : select the player, move back a little until out of range and use ur healing skill on this player : will set u automatically at the max range for healing.

Well : how to reach max healing range must be oblivious for all priest i hope, but if we need to keep in mind 1 thing now it's : healing range > aoe of the time bomb

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I got another tip for priests only, so i'm posting it here : idea after seen the suicid bomber called PopeAyane in action (by killing his guildmates in the corridor who were coming from the respawn point... )

* -> Priest can avoid easily to die by staying too much time in ice circle by using their teleport skill : so put it in ur task bar near ur HP potions because when i see my life drop i drink them all without thinking and teleport in the same time in another location... (but work only if not in the left side of the dragon : in this case ur mouse will target the boss instead of a safe area...)

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* -> Now than i got more experience with the time bomb : i use only "Stroke Gash" (healing skill which stay 10 sec) on the player who get time bomb before he reach the corner and re-heal him afterward if needed when he is back near the boss... (u don't have to follow him into the corner)

* -> When u get time bomb on u : use 1st "Stroke Gash" on u, and and when u have reached the corner keep spamming the others healing skill on u : casting a healing skill take 2 or 3 sec and u have a good chance the time bomb explode during this time : like that u can be re-full life in lesser of 0-2 seconds after the time bomb explode and waste lesser time for return heal ur party