I am all that is man!

[Silent Singer]

Ok, Super Troopers reference this time

Last night I had about thirty minutes to get online, no one responded in chat about doing a spawn so I thought I would try my luck against a Blackthorn captain.

My limited experience with these guys is that they are tough dudes.

Swampie and I rolled up to find Deadly Poison the Rogue (pretty sure that was his name) and I started my EoO, CW, DF AI cycle. I was using my hit lightning longsword with 77 mana and life leech. With the help of several orange petals, I kicked his scrawny butt! I was super pleased. Decided there was time for one more, midway through another player came and finished him off with me. 3 minax arties in 20 minutes, sweet!

How do you guys handle the wear and tear on equipment? This captain just destroyed the stuff I was wearing.

 

[hirikawa]

There is no point using CW with AI. I didn't see equipment goes faster then on other bosses. Congrats on first Blackthorn Capitan But remember there are some harder than Rogue Capitans.

 

[Tuan]

I think that the Macer captains really beat armor up, since they hit with maces.

The Rogue is a nice, easy, one to start with. I think I've managed to kill one in ~4 minutes. On the other end of the spectrum is one of the swords/macer/fencers when they spawn with 50k HP - they take forever, and can be a headache.

The Bard is also quite easy, just bring a fast weapon to swap to when she screams at you for the -60 SSI, otherwise you just stand there basically.

The mystic is pretty easy - can be annoying when you use VE, since he can purge you out of it, otherwise he's easy.

The Wizard is not too hard - just make sure you run a few screens away when she tells you that "all shall burn".

Watch out for assassin and necromancer. They have tainted aura, so you can't use LL - just bring a big pile of bandaids and healing and they're fine.

 

[Silent Singer]

Thanks for the tips! 50k hp sounds awful. So how close is the Rogue to Paroxymus? The Rogue constantly poisoned me, and hit fast. If I can beat him do I have a good shot at paroxymus? Or does he have nastier abilities against solo attempts?

 

[Tuan]

I've never tried Parox, but from what I saw in CorwinXX video from some weeks back, Parox is a bit tougher than any of the masters, given that he can land 70HP hits, and always has a big pile of HP.

Unrelated, this might be the best thread title on the front page of threads...

 

[Synbad]

are you talking about Blackthorn Dungeon?

 

[Tuan]

Yes, we are.