The Lurker Below - Whirl Exploit

[HalfSlant]

I discovered this myself, so I am proud to share it.

This exploit will only be useful to people who are in guilds doing Serpentshrine Cavern. What this does is enables you to continuously attack Lurker without being knocked back by the whirl ability. This will seriously improve your dps because you do not have to spend time running back or jumping out of the water if you get whirled and then geysered in mid air. I am quite sure you still have to jump in the water during a spout, but i have not tried it to confirm. Anyways, here are some screenshots to show you exactly where to stand. The Lurker has already been killed in these screen shots, but you will get the idea.




Start by standing inside the circled area.




What you have to do is stand on the wood, and slowly inch your character forward by tapping "w" (or your forward key) until you hit the water and get the -500 scalding damage. As soon as u take the -500 tap "s" or backwards once quickly, and you should be in the right spot.



If you are in the correct spot, you will be in the water, but not taking the -500 scalding damage. Standing in this spot makes you immune to knockback, so it will not mess up your dps cycles.




As i mentioned before, make sure you still jump in the water during a spout. The spot might be safe from spouts, but I have not tested it.

[Darkone]

A nice decent guide with good pics... Great work, Halfslant!
I will try this the next time I'll go there.

[User51]

dont want to break your bubble but standing in the water will also get you knockback and geysered. All our melee dps is placed within the inner water pool all the time (except add-phase) and they get it as well.

[Igsy]

Nice, and what enchant do you have on your talon? Wep damage? Cause I haven't seen a weapon glow like that in a while >.<
But then again, Ive only really been using battlemaster and mongoose on a private server

[Razmataz]

You won't get a knockback if you are against an object; thats what hes trying to say.

[ypeels40]

Do you still take damage from the whirl?

[Kartio]

I though he ment that if your in water, swimming you won't get knockback, but hes not swimming, hes just standing in water, so it wont work.
And he also said: but i have not tried it to confirm
I dunno does it work really, but I think it wont.

[ypeels40]

He didnt try it on the spout.
Thats a different ability the boss uses.
He said it works on the Knock back of the whirl ability

[l8flip]

Great guide, tested and confirmed working, +rep
Cant answer as to wether it worked for spot, was too afraid of getting flamed
by guildies if it didn't :-)

[savantschrec]

very nice...thanks

[Hydelloon]

I assume if you stand there and there is no knock back due to a invisible wall or ledge you will not get spouted, Maybe take spout damage but not thrown back 100 yards.

I would try this but my Guild does not run SSC/TK anymore =\.

[XinuX]

Awsome! now the ranged classes wont do more dps than me :P +rep

[gry000]

NIce find thanks

[Unholyshaman]

Nice port with pics will try it out.
Btw Razmataz your signature comic just made my day. SO funny

[HalfSlant]

dont want to break your bubble but standing in the water will also get you knockback and geysered. All our melee dps is placed within the inner water pool all the time (except add-phase) and they get it as well.

I'm not technically in the water, because i don't take the scalding damage. If it doesn't work for you your standing in the wrong spot.

Nice, and what enchant do you have on your talon? Wep damage? Cause I haven't seen a weapon glow like that in a while >.<
But then again, Ive only really been using battlemaster and mongoose on a private server

I have mongoose on my talon and s2 OH, but the s2 glows purple so that might be what you are seeing.