Guild Wars 2

Copypaste from reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3h7n7z/acs_cave_troll_solo_man_mode_with_level_33/

Hello, I recently started playing a necromancer. At level 32 I went to do AC story and wanted to kill the Cave Troll. My party told me he is impossible to kill with a pug (pick-up group) and “just oneshots everyone”. I thought that sounded like a good challenge for a fresh necromancer.

To make things bit more interesting I decided to add two simple rules:

• no dodging
• no damage taken

Here is the result.

If anyone wonders why I’m not using minions the reason is that he gets bugged. For some reason he doesn’t want to attack them and just stares at them adorably (ok, as much adorably as possible for an ugly troll).

Breakdown of the encounter

His base attack shoots a homing bouncing projectile which can’t be blocked. It also dazes and removes boons. Only way to deal with this is to evade or break line of sight. Since I’m not dodging I have to move around a corner, a lot. This may sound simple but if I move bit too early he will stop at the corner and then I have nowhere to hide. Similarly if I move too late his attack will just come through the corner. Additionally lots of my own attacks need a line of sight too. It’s really easy to get own attacks obstructed.

His the most dangerous attack is the leap. He jumps at someone and deals lots of area damage and launch. When he lands he shoots a projectile at each nearby targets which does also lots of damage and knocks down. Naturally, all unblockable. I could have simply broke line of sight so he would leap towards a wall but I wanted to handle this differently. I decided to immobilize him so he can’t jump to me. The shockwave he shoots can be easily jumped over.

Unfortunately necromancer doesn’t have that many immobilizes. If I get really lucky I can use the immobilize from Death Shroud but that’s not so cool. Instead I interrupt every other leap right before he hits so it goes on full cooldown. If I miss a single control skill I won’t have his defiance stripped on time.

His last move causes fear and weakness on nearby targets. This can’t be blocked or evaded. This is not very dangerous normally (except when he fears you down of a ledge). However the fear allows him to land one base attack so I need a way to deal with this. Luckily I have the whole Soul Reaping traitline unlocked so I can just make Death Shroud to give stability.

Any questions, feel free to ask!

You wrote the whole essay like a sensible person. You think everyone will read your wall of text?

/kappa

#MoreManmodePlease

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3h7n7z/acs_cave_troll_solo_man_mode_with_level_33/cu54zxz best comment

This one is also pretty good.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3h7n7z/acs_cave_troll_solo_man_mode_with_level_33/cu5a5yj

Thoses reddit comments… dunno if i cringed or laughed first.

EDIT: GJ Weth, was fun to watch :P

IrisTheCasual.3742:

This one is also pretty good.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3h7n7z/acs_cave_troll_solo_man_mode_with_level_33/cu5a5yj

How to get baited by Reddit trolls :^)

Weth’s trolls are just too good for some to handle.

Jerus.4350:

Weth’s trolls are just too good for some to handle.

Poor taste trolls always get downvoted nicely.

Making the rest of us look like filthy casuals since 2012.

GJ Weth.

Very nice

So is he always poppable in AC, just with a random location? Or is it RNG if he shows at all? Seems like I never get to see him anymore, but it might just be because I’m not walking down the right passages…

IrisTheCasual.3742:

You wrote the whole essay like a sensible person. You think everyone will read your wall of text?

/kappa

#MoreManmodePlease

I did ._. and i appreaciate the wall of text; its a nice addition to the vidio
@OP awsome play with interupts- tbh i didnt even know you could simply jump >.< i used to dodge twice ^^"
edit:
im sorry, i need to sleep i didnt get the /s

dlonie.6547:

Very nice

So is he always poppable in AC, just with a random location? Or is it RNG if he shows at all? Seems like I never get to see him anymore, but it might just be because I’m not walking down the right passages…

I believe he is. There are at least 7 spots on story.

• “Spider Queen” room
• Two spots after the corridor (left and right)
• Room with Master Nente (behind stairs I think)
• At bridge after “Kholer” when going to ACP2 spike traps event or ACP3 burrows
• In the area before ACP3 burrows and ACP2 spike traps event
• In the same area as above but opposite side (bonus burrow event on story)

More Necro manmodes please~

Horus.9685:

IrisTheCasual.3742:

You wrote the whole essay like a sensible person. You think everyone will read your wall of text?

/kappa

#MoreManmodePlease

I did ._. and i appreaciate the wall of text; its a nice addition to the vidio
@OP awsome play with interupts- tbh i didnt even know you could simply jump >.< i used to dodge twice ^^"
edit:
im sorry, i need to sleep i didnt get the /s

Oh, I was teasing him because he usually just drops a one-liner troll here and there instead of carefully crafting a whole paragraph to explain the thought process of his solo.

Iris Ng.9845:

Oh, I was teasing him because he usually just drops a one-liner troll here and there instead of carefully crafting a whole paragraph to explain the thought process of his solo.

The trolling is reaching new levels, if the evolution progresses too far he’ll never be normal again!!!!

SlyDevil.3952:

Iris Ng.9845:

Oh, I was teasing him because he usually just drops a one-liner troll here and there instead of carefully crafting a whole paragraph to explain the thought process of his solo.

The trolling is reaching new levels, if the evolution progresses too far he’ll never be normal again!!!!

Gasp…

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

If you guild says hes IMPOSSIBLE to kill with pugs, your guild sounds like they have no idea what they are talking about.

Fancypants.9705:

If you guild says hes IMPOSSIBLE to kill with pugs, your guild sounds like they have no idea what they are talking about.

Party, he said party.