[Guide] SM Armory

[oninuva]

SM ARMORY

So you just entered the Armory. Now things get a bit more tough. First off, mobs are a bit higher level (highest being lvl 40, Herod himself). So I recommend your group is majorly lvl 36+
Secondly, most pulls are gonna be two or three mobs at a time. And there is also a few patrols, and of course, mobs have that annoying tendency to run away in fear. Things can get ugly quickly.

A few rules:

- Naturally, use every Humanoid crowd control spells / abilities your group has at disposal.
- Decide who is gonna be pulling (preferably the warrior, working together with the rogue (sap), if there is a rogue.)
- Pull WAY back, this is important, you need time to finish off mobs when they run away. People sometimes forget to snare on top...
- Decide who everybody will be Assisting (preferably not the warrior who will sometimes need to switch targets to taunt mobs off people)
- Kill casters first, they hurt the most. Scarlet conjurors have annoying Fire elemental as pets. They hurt but got low hit points. So if you don't have a warlock in the group (who could banish them), kill them first right after the caster is dead.
- If there is no caster, kill Scarlet Myrmidons first, they do high damage, and they enrage when low on health, which turns them into killing machine, so finish them off quick when they enrage. The cool thing about them, is that they never run in fear.
- Scarlet Protectors are no harm, they are Paladins and can heal, but ONLY themselves, for some reason, they don't heal other mobs. They have low dps, aren't much of a threat, but take long to kill because of the self healing. So, save them for last.
- Be careful, there is about 4-5 patrols on the way to herod. You can pull every of those patrols solo if you are careful enough. So take your time and watch out for those.
- Respawn is fast, but still you have enough time to do everything carefully, so don't be too hasty and wipe.


At the end of the armory is a big circle room, where Herod awaits his challengers.

Herod, The Scarlet Champion:



Herod is tough, looks cool, and is a fun fight.
He hits pretty hard, and has a load of HPs. And some nasty abilities:

- Cleave - Hits an additional nearby target. This can be avoided if nobody else but the warrior is in close melee range.
Note: A Rogue can still be meleeing and avoid most cleaves if he is fighting Herod from behind, and at max possible melee range.

- Whirlwind - Herod starts to spin, and every nearby player gets hurt every 3 second for about 200dmg+ , this lasts about 9 seconds.
When this happens, whoever is in melee range, must back off fast, even the warrior. When he is done spinning, you can go back at him immediatly.
Note: Herod is immune to magic while he is doing Whirlwind.

- Immune to stun, silence, etc.

- When he is below 20% hit points, he enrages, and this is when he really hurts. So save up some mana / energy for this moment, and finish him off quickly.

- When Herod dies, about 20 Scarlet Trainees come into the room and try to avenge their fallen Hero. They are only lvl 30 and non-elite though. use AE to kill them all fast.

Congratulations, you cleared the Armory, and got your main quest 2/4 completed. Now only Scarlet Commander Mograine and High Inquisitor Whitemane are left on your kill list.


Herod can drop the following items:

[Matt]

good stuffz thanks for sharing

[Shanaar]

Well done Oninuva, would it be possible to make the image of what he drops a little bigger, i can't actually see it...

[Matt]

would it be possible to make the image of what he drops a little bigger, i can't actually see it...

click to enlarge

[Shanaar]

I tried that. It stays exactly the same size though, it just opens it on a blank page

[Matt]

oh hm your right.. i didnt even bother to click.. im sure oni will fix that up.

[Shanaar]

oh Matt, gratz on 700 posts

[Cypher]

Heh, Matt, just change your post count to 99999999, thats wat I did wen we had a forum set up for some school stuff.

[Shanaar]

lol, thats cheating!

[Cypher]

So, he's an admin, he is your god, and can do watever he wants. BOW BEFORE YOUR GOD!!!

/target Matt
/bow
/salute

[Matt]

nehhh. dont feel like power tripping.. im not giving myself a billion points either.. just gonna earn em.

[Shanaar]

yeah. That's a good Matt. Sit doggie

[Cypher]

Hahah! You're a brave one!

[Matt]

i dont know why i ignored that.. maybe i just dont care..