Slavedriver Menlo

Soloed last night with 80 shaman. Can be done easy if you know what your doing


DEADSEASON TheBloodWind
DARK BANE
Saryrn server

Love me, Hate me, I could care less

We managed to trio him with 80 ranger tanking (820aa, nearly maxed defensive aas/items, 2600ac, 16khp), 79 bard, and 78 cleric box (like 300aa and a mana pool of about 9k). It was a long tough fight, but we won with both the ranger and cleric OOM.

Useful info:
- Slavedriver Menlo has about 217,500hp.
- Slavedriver Menlo hit upward of 1714.
- Slavedriver Menlo is permarooted.
- Slavedriver Menlo summons/enrages/rampages.
- Slavedriver Menlo couldn't be slowed by the bard.
- Periodically every 60 seconds during the fight, 2 'a dragorn refugee's become active and add.
- The dragorn refugees have 10-15khp.
- The dragorn refugees hit upward of 550.
- The dragorn refugees are snareable/rootable/mezzable.
- The dragorn refugees do NOT summon/rampage/enrage.
- The dragorn refugees do NOT depop when Slavedriver Menlo dies.
- The dragorn refugees always went straight for the ranger tank.

After the ranger and bard tagged Slavedriver Menlo (to assure rampage), the cleric moved to the tunnel. To begin with, the cleric used CHs, but as the adds built up he was forced to switch to PRs, and the occasional HoT and quickie emergency heal.

For the first couple of minutes, the ranger would use AoA (Direcitonal AE) to work down the refugees, and during the first half of the fight we often had no live adds. However as mana on the cleric and ranger got lower, we were forced to change tactics. At the point we had approximately 6 adds, the ranger ran to the tunnel (making several repeated runs there, each time getting further into it with Slavedriver Menlo summoning him back). At a far enough distance, the ranger AE rooted the adds in place, and continued to tank Slavedriver Menlo. The remainder of the ranger's mana (20%) was spent keeping the adds in place (for about 2 minutes).

It would have helped hugely to have had someone bunch the adds into the corridor throughout the encounter and either keep them rooted or let the ranger do so. Next time we do the fight, we will be adding an enchanter box to AE mez, which should make things Far easier.

Killed him last night and the day before with 5 members. Tanked with level 70 Paladin with 11.5k HP, 2100 AC.

70 Paladin
70 Cleric
70 Shaman
70 Rogue
68 Beserker

Woot what a blast, took about 20 minutes and Cleric had less than 5% mana left.

Temujin the Undead Slayer, ZEK server

Killed him today with:

70 Shadowknight
70 Cleric
70 Ranger
68 Shaman

The fight took about 20 minutes, and cleric ALMOST went oom, but we finished him quickly after 20% mana was called.

Took down with 3 groups. Some bazaar geared and some pre-ele geared. First try = wipe. Regrouped and gave leadership to me and we beat him without any casualties. Haha. Anyways he dropped 2 Greater Muramite Runes and 1 Delicate Netted Gloves. Won a Rune. We killed all the mezzes and then ported out. Easy kill if people know what they doing.


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Arcanist Zanumren Pyrocat
69th Wizard Gnome
Drinal Server

We took this guy down the other night, took us 3 tries with 2 groups. The 1st time there was adds, the 2nd time there was adds , and the third time there was NO adds. When you try to pull the refugees first and kill them menlo keeps sending them into the tunnle to attack, it's a never ending story, so i suggest when you go after him you get ready , and get down and dirty , dont try to pull adds first

Ok, gave ya my school leader tactics, time for My Main Man Menlo(How is that for alliteration).

Alright, first thing the Raid named in Omens for the most part seem to be on little longer then 24 hours. It isn't 36, more like 24 plus 4-8 or somewhere, it typically is 6 hours about after 24 hrs has passed.

N E weigh, when he is up, he has 2 guardians outside his tunnel called Guardian Satire(actually it is Eratis or something, but we spell it backwards, satire!), and Guardian Naven. Both are decent mobs, do not underestimate them, and let your healer afk mid fight. Neither can be snared, but neither run. They can be single pulled.

We invis past them, into the tunnel. Pally stuns one, pulls it in, and keel him! Now, they can do this weird warp thing and you won't be able to hit them, fast spells can land, so try nuking , or just run out of tunnel, and bring them back in to make them hittable with melee. Now this can bring the second one, but he is mezzable, or offtank it, shrug. Just watch for the 3 roamers that come outside, dragorns, one from Bonecracker side, 2 from the other.

Well, you get done with the 2 Guardians, time for menlo. You probably know he is perma rooted (But does summon), and you see all them dragorn refugees. Well, they help him as he calls for aid during the fight, but they do not see invis, so here is what we do to avoid any adds at all(a good way to one group him).

Group makeup is a Warrior(MT) pally(OT and for stuns) Ench(for adds mebbe and nukes) Shammy(dots and heals and such) Cleric (heals duh), and Wizzie(nukes). Since you can dot, I am sure a necro would be fine, and rangers etc , we choose this makeup for a few reasons.

Warrior -- Tankage, defensive
Pally -- Menlo is stunnable
Ench -- adds possible I guess, but for TASH
Sham -- Malos, slows, dots!
Cler -- We hate druids
Wiz -- Nukes, evacs, invis, greater decession

Well, now to explain the fight, and you will see why we chose the classes.

Setup... Everyone is in the tunnel, past the halfway point. We sit cleric on left side, with the pally and war, INVIS. Sham right side, closest to Menlo, not far from tunnel entrance, ench in middle tunnel, next to cleric war pal trio, but behind sham. Reason is, we want ench to have a clear view of the adds coming to shammy, and other 3 players out of the way.\

Now the wiz, has invised (phase walk or long lasting invis please!) and has backed up, invis also to watch the fracas. She has greater decession and evac memmed.

Shammy malo in on Menlo, then slow, if resisted, try again, then putrid (or insid) decay, and cripple. Enchanters... tash AFTER slow is in or attempted, you want shammy to have aggro, not you. Then our sham usually dots menlo once, with utlor or wunshi, and laughs at him. Do NOT dot much if you do, hurt menlo too much and he summons, and well dead shammy.

Once Menlo is debuffed, shammy targets himself, and casts Q, or Breath of Trushar if you got it. DO not use the cleric or pally to heal, let them shaman heal himself, die if need be, or greater decession him, but do not let cleric break invis, the idea is ONLY to have sham/ench aggro to go for one grouping him..

Usually(NOT always) after a few seconds 2 dragorn refugees come charging in. Shammy heals self, and ench mezzes them both. It really helps loads if ench has ae mez... bliss nih'li works fine, no need for wake of felicity, but both work. Once they are mezzed, tash em for easy re mez, and have sham back up slightly.

Reason is, you want space so the next 2 are easily mezzed, and the first 2 are easily remezzed. If sham is bored has time, can malos first 2 and slow em, in case of mez break (we do).

Sham targets self again, and casts heal over time spell, and in a few seconds, 2 more dragorn refugees come, and ench mezzes. Same deal.

RE MEZ often, do not wait the full 30 seconds, mana is not an issue here we are NOT engaging Menlo. Now we got 4 mezzed, and wait for 2 more, so......

Shammy backs up slightly, and waits for 2 more, same deal mezzing. At this point the wizzie uses greater decession on shammy, then ench, and re invises herself. The wiz is at far end of tunnel, so she can re invis herself before any refugees come near.

If any dragorns aggro her, well, evac, run, exodus, doesn't matter.

At this point our cler pal war wiz are in the tunnel invis, ench shammy are at succor point in NC. Sham ench invis up, head back to menlo. Refugees have reset by now, refresh invis on pally war cler.

Now, a quick note, the number of refugees that can add will vary. Sometimes on the intitial malos slow, etc, NO refugees add, sometimes 2, sometimes 4, 6, 8, 10 varies, and always in pairs. Typically no more then 8 tho.

SO what we do is, do it all over again, and you shall see why. Sham slows, blah blah, and if you get any refugees, mez etc. After 4-6, greater decession, and do it again. Sooner or later, you will have NO refugees come (we find 6 is the usual max for us so that is why we wait after 6 the first time). When NO refugees aggro to sham, time to kill Menlo.

Another quick side note, if you do not have phase walk, or cloud of indifference, or a long lasting invis, you can have your pal cler war sitting elsewhere, we just keep them inside. And if your enchanter has no ae mez, single mez 4, or 2, as you wish, and greater decession, as many times as needed.

Anyways, sooner or later your sham will go back, re malos, re slow, re cripple, and NO refugees will come. So cleric DI warrior, casts HoT spell on him, sends him in. As he charges, pally stuns, and follows.

Then all dots in, and start the nuking. pally stuns constantly thru fight, war keeps aggro, cler can use ch, its no biggie. IF using CH, the ae can hit the cleric, have shammy just toss her a heal of sorts, no worries. Pally can be healed by shammy, but with stuns and his heals, and grp heals, he should be fine usually. We ignore the snare. Few minutes later, dead Menlo.

It is pretty easy, just patience at start, and you can get Menlo with NO refugees. I am sure most guilds can just charge in, it doesn't matter if adds come, but when using 6 people, or a guild not as well geared or leveled, better to eliminate the possibility of adds.

Also, if you decide to kill the refugees, they do respawn, which is why we mez, greater decess, let them reset.

Good luck, let me know if I am unclear.

Peace

Edited, Thu Jan 27 21:44:25 2005

pretty easy mob..you have plenty of time to kill before spawn return.. the mobs along wall will not add as long as you stay in the middle or in the tunnel leading to him..I would say about 10 minutes or so...

Dropped him last night with a small raid force, only picked up 2 adds. He dropped the buckler and a Greater Muramite Rune. Adds were both easily mezzed, really not much of a problem here.

conned yellow to my 69 ranger.

The event seems to be changed, last night he had about 3x his old HP, and only one add spawned at a time. Might be a bug, but seems rebalanced for a smaller raid now (CC is easier).

Droped mnk dru bst boots for us not too long ago

Frayed Footpads
Slot:Feet
AC:12
STR:10 DEX:15 STA:10 WIS:13 HP:105 MANA:100 END:100
SV FIRE:15 SV DISEASE:15 SV POISON:15
Attack:20
Regeneration:2
Mana Regeneration:2
Required level of 62.
WT:0.6 Size:MEDIUM
Class: DRU MNK BST
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 7:

This is a mini script I guess.

Once you aggro Mendu you trigger the ongoing script.

There are 14 guards in his area. When the script is triggered, two guards aggro every 30 seconds or so.

If the guards are down they dont come, ofcourse.

Preslow/Debuff Mendu and engage. His melee is about 1200 or so nothing spectacular. His 1500 ae goes off about every 30 seconds. Melee and DPS him down quick and the adds won't pose a threat.

He also dropped for us a caster shield (CLR DRU SHM NEC WIZ ENC MAG) that had FT 3 and pretty decent stats (over 100 hp / mana).

Seems like he almost always drops 2 runes?

Edited, Tue Sep 21 05:30:15 2004

United Kingdoms of AB server took him down on Sat 18th Sept. It was an exploratory raid of 24 people, mix of lvl 65-69. He was Red con to 65.

Puller kept agroing it, it would not move. In other words, he is perma-rooted. Refugees kept spawning and running out once we agroed the Slavedriver. The chain of spawns only stopped once we killed it. A good CC team / offtankers is needed, we had it.

Was a fast & easy kill, AE proced about 2-3 times. The main problem was the adds. Droped a very nice DRU/BST/MNK BOOTS with HP+100 FT+2 HP REGEN+2 also a couple of lvl 69 runes.

Edited, Mon Sep 20 04:41:21 2004

Not too hard mob, 2 grouped him with elemental level guild, few deaths to AE & adds.

He is permarooted so debuff/slow/etc prior to engage and have your MA blind him.

Flurried and Ramp'd for 1k ish, kept our tank up with spam heals and one cleric c-healing.

Dropped 2 greater runes (for 69-70 spells) + an INCREDIBLE shield that I didnt win.. stats along the lines of ac 35 FT 3 +110 hp/mana.