Guild Wars 2

I was leveling my Guardian (level 31+-1) in Brisban Wildlands, doing pretty well, practically no deaths compared to some of my other characters, and I come across an event that culminated in a fight against a “Champion Demagogue,” some White Mantle ghost or something. I was completely alone on a low population map, in a hidden back corner, so I knew the chances of getting in help were slim to none. I managed to type out a blurred message, but one of the two NPC supporters died as I did so, it was all me.

So I managed to solo him. Took me about a half hour, mostly circling him with my Scepter/Shield secondary weapon set, with a couple of Shouts and a Phantom Sword as sidekicks, but most of the raw damage came from the Book of Wrath, each cycle of which could drop about 10-15% of his HP. Anyways, I beat him.

The reason I’m posting this in the Wintersday section is that as I was exploring the zone, I was opening packages, usually grab-and-run, but I opened one that had a mixed bag, one of each toy, and I figured “hey, I just soloed a Champion. . .”

I was dead within less than a minute.

ROFL. The toys really beat the stuffing out of your ego fast when you find them in a present.

Hi, my name is Sokina. I’m a massively tanky, healing based Guardian.

I got my kitten kicked much faster than a minute by a group of dolls. I was utterly shocked at first, but then I just found it hilarious.

as a fat norn mesmer i laugh at you squishy guardians
i eat those toys for breakfast

Fun fact about these mixed toys: If they hit each other with stray shots, they start a civil toy war.

A civil toy war? Really? That rocks, I so need to see this. I found my mesmer can, at times, lay a beat down on the toys and at others he just crumples into a ball and cries.

Still, when I’m actually playing smart I am great with the toys. My usual tactic is to just apply the Stability shout, open the box, grab the goodies, and leg it. If Skritt, Griffons, or Soldiers pop out, I can handle those just fine. If Ventari pop out, maybe, I give it a shot and lately I’ve been winning because I’ve mostly figured them out. If it’s dolls, golems, or, now, the mixed bag, I high tail it.

To sum it up, my toon’s encounters with Princess dolls is very similar to Kurt Russell’s encounter with Christmas critters in Imaginationland:

Yeah I solo’d that Champion Demagogue a couple months ago with my ranger. if you talk to the one NPC after the fight he tells you there’s a reward for you on top of the mushrooms. Jumping up some mushrooms you find a chest. Both times I did it, the chest was already open and I couldn’t click on it. I sent a report and never went back there since.

lol @ getting beat up by toys after soloing that champion guy.