[Exploit] Avoid vehicle destruction on Flame Leviathan fight - Extremely useful in HM

[zelghadis]

Ok. First sorry for my bad english - it's not my mother's language
Second - I've searched all topics for 'Leviathan', though if this is repost then sorry.

Ok, so here's the thing. You still need some skills to do FL+4, but it can be extremely helpfull. You know the space where you fight with FL? Its basically square-shaped. So in top right corner there is save spot - just run towards collumn's left side into corner (I've tested it only running backwards so I'm not sure if it will work otherwise) and you'll run a bit into texture. The funny thing is that when you're into it
1) FL will never aggro/start chasing you.
2) Lighting collums from HM towers will never reach this spot.
3) Flame Leviathan Jets won't hit you.
4) Freya's Tower mobs won't reach you if they haven't followed you before. If they did just knock them back when they come close and then they will just stand in fornt of you doing nothing.
Theres only one problem - when all vehicles are in this spot FL chases nobody, but instead starts healing himself and soon after he resets. But there's still many ways to use this exploit:
1) If most of your team wiped you can run in there to reset boss and avoid repairing bill.
2) If you're doing HM and any vehicle is close to being destroyed it can hide there and wait till Overload - then join the fight and just before Overload end run back - that's the easiest way to complete FL+4 Hard Mode

I'm helpfull you find this exploit usefull. I'll try to provide screenies from today's FL encounter
EDIT: Before screenie from encounter I've found some screen where you can see the right spot, so here it comes:

[jacko666]

Can you be more specific about where "top right" is? Is that when you are starting the fight, or facing back towards the entrance?

[zelghadis]

When you start the fight the laser walls appear behind you leaving you in square-shaped zone. The right place is left corner of column being right from doors FL charges through.
EDIT: Screenie of right spot added.

[jacko666]

Thanks, I'll try and test this later tonight, I'll rep if it works.

[zoidberg891]

nice post, ill try to confirm it later.

[agni]

I fear that this spot will be used a lot and will be fixed and ban hammer has work to do.

[xenoguy]

can you still pew pew from over there?

[zelghadis]

You can shoot, but its pretty useless, cause all missiles gonna hit texture and explode there - so if you are chased by freya's flower mobs - yes you can shoot and kill them (as they will still remain in explosion area), but if you want shoot ammo from the sky or hit levi then you can't. I think it is possible (if there's good communication between rider-shooter) run off this zone for a few seconds, shoot and then quickly move back, although we haven't test it - we use this spot to hide vehicles with extremely low HP so they could wait till Overload and then DPS - in FL HM you make most of dmg during Overload - so it's more important that there sill will remain vehicles for OL, than DPSing through fight and die before OL. Next advantage is that that Levi will never tatger'n'chase ppl in this spot, so you can hide your demolishers there waiting for Overload and boss will be chasing only Siege Engines which has much greater chances to survive ^^

[Trubadidudei]

It's difficult to use, but a nice find nonetheless... rep to you!

[noelneal]

Yeah, should be helpful, thanks.

[T3h Sorrow]

+ rep for being a female troll.

and for the exploit

[sp1nh3ad]

leviathan hardmode is easy ~.~ we did it the first day we tried it without any bug ( 25er )

[rage5]

leviathan hardmode is easy ~.~ we did it the first day we tried it without any bug ( 25er )

so leave this forum if you're not interested in exploits and the use of them..

+rep for this exploit :-)

[ron84]

Thats a nice spot , would be nice also if you get a warlock on that spot and have him/her put a curse of element before going back on a vehicle

[notorius101]

FL is immune to curse of elements