User:MasterPatricko/Grawl Bombing

This is to do with the R/N Grawl Bomber. I posted this here rather than fill up the talk page.

I do this for fun sometimes ... man it's great when you are 3 health from death being pounded by 50 grawl ... and suddenly they all drop dead.

I run a slightly different build.

Equipment

 * Druid's Armor with runes of Minor Wilderness Survival and Superior Vigor.
 * Tamer's Mask of Superior Beast Mastery
 * Hunter's Mask of Superior Expertise
 * Bow with perfect Armor +5 (Defensive Bow Grip) - I should try the bow from the quest.

Here's an explanation of the changes: Curses 10 to Curses 7 - only 6 dmg difference from Mark of Pain (30 to 24). Doesn't make any noticeable difference to me.

Superior Rune of Expertise - the difference between 11 Expertise and 14 is 2 seconds extra on Lightning Reflexes and Whirling Defense, and 2 extra damage from Whirling Defense. I can survive reasonably well even with the -75 health. I haven't tried with just a minor.

I sometimes sub out Dodge for Dryder's Defenses because I find that Dodge tends to lose the aggro of some of the Grawl because you are running faster when what you want is as many as possible. However, Dodge helps to pick up drops if you die.

I find Armor +5 far far better than +30 health. Armor +5 is applied to each and every hit you are getting (which is a lot). It makes a noticeable difference to me. I recently had an idea that since most of the actual dmg is from the physical grawl warriors to change it to the armor +7 vs. physical bow grip. I'll try that out sometime.

Strategy
I find it best not to try when there are grawl wandering about just outside the portal. I find they usually kill the spirit. Don't bother trying to Dodge around them, just rezone.

Wear your Beast Mastery Mask, lay your lvl 9 EoE, switch to Expertise mask, and run towards the grawl making sure not to let them attack your spirit. Activate Troll Unguent.

Hit Lightning Reflexes/Dodge and begin aggroing as much as you can. Don't stop running or you will get surrounded/body blocked = death. When it runs out switch to Dryder's Defenses/Lightning Reflexes and head straight for the top of the hill. Once you are at the top make sure you are facing down the hill (the grawl get a damage bonus if they are hitting your back i think) start troll unguent.

You MUST MUST MUST keep Troll Unguent on at all times (there should only be the 2 second casting time you dont have it on), or else you die very fast.

Turn on WD as soon as your other stance runs out. Use the full length of all these stances, try not to cut them short. Select grawl warrior in the middle of the pack and throw dirt. Throw Dirt basically increases your chances of the warriors missing from 75% to over 90% - essential for staying alive. Make sure you dont end up chasing one of them though. MoP on the same grawl or if it ran away another grawl in the middle of the pack. Immediately after that Oath Shot (careful, not if you are blinded) the nearest grawl so all your skills are recharged. Hit troll unguent even if the previous one is not finished. Go through the cycle again. Only when whirling defense starts to run out activate it again - don't waste it. Once everything is dead it is likely the boss or some casters will have escaped and most likely will kill you. You can try and get them with WD+mark of pain but most likely you will die. No problem, the res shrine is nearby, just run down and pick up whatever you want. You gotta be careful though cause there are more grawl you will have to run through so keep your stances on all the time with the help of oath shot.

I have gotten lots of random drops here. The amount of money you get is not bad, grawl gear sells for 40-50 on average and you will get at least 10 of those per run, several intricate grawl necklaces you can trade with the collector for an effective value of 25 gold each, and lots of necro stuff, occasionally Shiverpeak keys. I HAVE recieved gold drops here. I even once got a Superior Vigor. And anyway, it's more fun than most other farming methods. The only problems I have are with the bosses. The ele boss makes you blind ruining your oath shot and lightning spikes you. Necro and ranger life degen is bad. Monk boss heals occasionally (usually the damage is enough to get over that) and uses Unyeilding Aura to bring back people after everyone is dead occasionally killing you. Warrior boss is the best for this as you can cast MoP on him, as he usually is the last to die. Basically try to avoid aggroing the bosses.

I receive about 500 gold on average per run, about 5 mins worth. However it takes a couple of tries before you get a clear path to the EoE site. This is also useful for farming XP as everything dies in 30 seconds - scrolls dont need to last more than that. You can get 5000 XP in a run with no scrolls, easily.