How to beat magni?
ALICE WInterLand
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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
This, right here, is FTW. So easy it feels like cheating. In fact, I would suggest that the game be altered to have the opponent have full aggro as soon as the round begins so they can start their attacks right away to fix this. Though until then, if you want easy wins, this is it.
IF Opponent be going full AGgro from the start Rit with spirits would be so dead when they met gwen..she and her fast cast interrupt
Death By Ketchup
Well for my sin I beat the tourny about 5 or so times in a row using this build:
Golden Phoenix Strike
Death Blossom
Moebius Strike [E]
Critical Agililty
Mystic Regeneration
Critical Defences
Critical Eye
"You Move Like a Dwarf!"
Attributes are 8 earth prayers, 13 critical strike and rest into dagger mastery.
I used "You move like a dwarf" to stop Bisons bear form, i also used it to stop skills that would cause problems, like Gwens signet of midnight and argos stoneflesh aura.
Hope it helps.
Golden Phoenix Strike
Death Blossom
Moebius Strike [E]
Critical Agililty
Mystic Regeneration
Critical Defences
Critical Eye
"You Move Like a Dwarf!"
Attributes are 8 earth prayers, 13 critical strike and rest into dagger mastery.
I used "You move like a dwarf" to stop Bisons bear form, i also used it to stop skills that would cause problems, like Gwens signet of midnight and argos stoneflesh aura.
Hope it helps.
Bryant Again
Pretty much Lukas' build, really. I'm totally noobin' it up!:
1. Auspacious Parry
2. Riposte
3. Generic Adrenaline Attack
4. Lion's Comfort
With this build, you simply need to smash/roll your face into the keyboard and TUDAAAH! A winnar is you!
Of course don't do stupid shit, either - like hitting Lukas or standing in traps.
1. Auspacious Parry
2. Riposte
3. Generic Adrenaline Attack
4. Lion's Comfort
With this build, you simply need to smash/roll your face into the keyboard and TUDAAAH! A winnar is you!
Of course don't do stupid shit, either - like hitting Lukas or standing in traps.
arcanemacabre
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Originally Posted by ALICE WInterLand
Besides, doing what I said makes it a little more realistic. Think about it: if you're going to 1v1 someone, they're not going to just sit there and wait for you to poop out a ton of spirits, then only react when you wand them or hex them or enter their aggro bubble. This is purely a fault of how PvE AI is programmed (to only be aggressive when [player] enters aggro), while this should be a mimic PvP battle of sorts.
TheGuildWarsPenguin
This is what I use, it works well against most enemies in the tournament and it works well against magni.
[skill]Mantra of Earth[/skill][skill]Stone Striker[/skill][skill]Ward of Weariness[/skill][skill]Stoneflesh Aura[/skill][skill]Shockwave[/skill][skill]Obsidian Flame[/skill][skill]Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support[/skill][skill]Sliver Armor[/skill]
Ebon vanguard sin+shockwave+obsidian flame=mini-spike.
[skill]Mantra of Earth[/skill][skill]Stone Striker[/skill][skill]Ward of Weariness[/skill][skill]Stoneflesh Aura[/skill][skill]Shockwave[/skill][skill]Obsidian Flame[/skill][skill]Ebon Vanguard Assassin Support[/skill][skill]Sliver Armor[/skill]
Ebon vanguard sin+shockwave+obsidian flame=mini-spike.
Chthon
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Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
Besides, while it may be easy, it's also expensive. For most characters, that's 7k, plus 1 hero skill pt, plus a trip to tannakai temple explorable (or an elite rit tome), plus a 20e staff (if you can't lend one across characters). At that price, I think most people are going to at least try to beat the tourny once or twice for the quest and the heroes using the skills they already have. Having the option to give up and buy the way through what's supposed to be an early quest for 7k+ doesn't strike me as a terrible horrible thing.
baz777
Ele/Derv
Double attuned, Lighning Hammer/Orb and keep blind on him 100% of the time
Mystic Regen for healing
Double attuned, Lighning Hammer/Orb and keep blind on him 100% of the time
Mystic Regen for healing
Molock
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Originally Posted by baz777
Ele/Derv
Double attuned, Lighning Hammer/Orb and keep blind on him 100% of the time
Mystic Regen for healing I did something similar
I used dual-attunement, lightning orb/hammer, blinding flash, gale, Aura of restoration, enervating charge
Using that build pretty much all the foes you face are complete push-overs..
Note to anet: PLZ DON'T NERF IT
Double attuned, Lighning Hammer/Orb and keep blind on him 100% of the time
Mystic Regen for healing I did something similar
I used dual-attunement, lightning orb/hammer, blinding flash, gale, Aura of restoration, enervating charge
Using that build pretty much all the foes you face are complete push-overs..
Note to anet: PLZ DON'T NERF IT
sabuu01
Grenth's Balance Distracting Blow Drunken Blow Riptose Deadly Riptose Flail Doylak's Signet Healing Signet
att: 12+1+1 tact 9 swords 9 str.
2 weapons: 1 normal max dmg 15^50 20/20 30hp sword, sheild doesnt matter, and second sword is any sword basically, req 9 or lower, with a vampiric mod.
Vamp weapon is really only for fighting Mehnlo. all the other charecters are owne by this. just use the normal sword on the rest.
Tactic: When the match starts, target the opponent, use distracting blow to start running to them. Half way to them hit Deadly Ristose. When you get there immiediately use drunken blow. When you stand up, use doylaks followed by healing sig, then riptoose,flail, deadly riptose, and healing sig.
Always keep your eye on your health, and your energy. If you don't have ten, spam healing sig and rip until you do. Once at 150 hp if they havce higher health, hit GB, followed by rip, deadly rip, and drunken blow. If they try to heal sig hope you have the five energy for distracting blow.
Pretty much simple kills every time. out of 10 fights, i got my crown and lost four times. Those four were on bison, while not paying attention because i was watching tv. I've had my crown since about 1 pm pacific yesterday, and this build seemed to work over and reliably for me. try it.
att: 12+1+1 tact 9 swords 9 str.
2 weapons: 1 normal max dmg 15^50 20/20 30hp sword, sheild doesnt matter, and second sword is any sword basically, req 9 or lower, with a vampiric mod.
Vamp weapon is really only for fighting Mehnlo. all the other charecters are owne by this. just use the normal sword on the rest.
Tactic: When the match starts, target the opponent, use distracting blow to start running to them. Half way to them hit Deadly Ristose. When you get there immiediately use drunken blow. When you stand up, use doylaks followed by healing sig, then riptoose,flail, deadly riptose, and healing sig.
Always keep your eye on your health, and your energy. If you don't have ten, spam healing sig and rip until you do. Once at 150 hp if they havce higher health, hit GB, followed by rip, deadly rip, and drunken blow. If they try to heal sig hope you have the five energy for distracting blow.
Pretty much simple kills every time. out of 10 fights, i got my crown and lost four times. Those four were on bison, while not paying attention because i was watching tv. I've had my crown since about 1 pm pacific yesterday, and this build seemed to work over and reliably for me. try it.
wonderwyrm
the ritualist build is pretty brutal, used it on my derv
Master Ketsu
For rangers:
Just use standard burning arrow build, and throw in pin down where you normally would put rebirth. Dshot purge sig. GG magni.
Just use standard burning arrow build, and throw in pin down where you normally would put rebirth. Dshot purge sig. GG magni.
Loralai
This is most impossible for me. I have been lucky enough to get a glitch where every single hit I take I lose 10 energy...every hit from every opponent.
DarkGanni
For All warriors wondering how to farm the quest and beating any opponent with a warrior here, I share my build.
Meo Yeong
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Originally Posted by ArYeS
Shield of Judgement
Holy Strike
Castigation Signet (new EotN)
Reversal of Fortune
Protective Spirit
Scourge Healing (not much of a use)
Baltazar's Spirit
Essence Bond
smithing 12+1+3
prot 12+1
divine 3+1
Trade Essence Bond, Balthazar's Spirit, and Scourge healing for Signet of Mystic Wrath, Bane Signet, and Symbol of Wrath (or Kirin's Wrath I think is the equivalent) and you own it and don't have to deal with the maintained enchants.
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Originally Posted by Telomir
Trade Essence Bond, Balthazar's Spirit, and Scourge healing for Signet of Mystic Wrath, Bane Signet, and Symbol of Wrath (or Kirin's Wrath I think is the equivalent) and you own it and don't have to deal with the maintained enchants.
Thanks to these Two posts I was able to get my monk thru. I used ArYeS build that was then revamped by Telomir but then I took out the elite Shield of Judgement and I put in Ursan Blessing and I used mending instead of Reversal of Fortune. This is the order I have for my monk build. Bane Signet Holy Strike Castigation Signet (new EotN) Signet of Mystic Wrath Kirin's Wrath Ursan Blessing Mending Protective Spirit Anyways I would go in and fight the first 5 fights as a normal monk(full health) using Ursan blesing which gives you a total new skill set. Ursan Blessing can take out 90% of the mobs so its just a matter of bad luck if ya get one you can't. Its also a bit of timing but once you get it you can kill them quick. Note: Having a smiting rod helps to to get those max hits in between casts. Once Magni pops up switch gear to 55 monk throw on Mending and then Protective Spirit yourself continously and just smite him to death. Make sure to use Bane Signet since Holy Strike is dependent on if he is knocked down to do more dmg. Rest is use when ever they are up. Good luck and beat Magni down!!!!
SotiCoto
My Assassin can beat Magni without even breaking sweat....
... But he doesn't stand a chance against Eve.... and Norgu, Argo and Headmaster Zhang are also significant threats.... Bloody anti-melee builds.... v_v; JGaff
The only ones I found hard were Danika and Cynn on my Mesmer.
I used Signet of Midnight Empathy Backfire Ether-Feast Complicate Ignorance Physical Resistance Price of Failure 16 Dom 10 FC 9 Inspiration Gold Inscribed Staff w/ same stats as Forgotten/Staff of Despair It worked really well and I'm sure if you wanted to a non-mesmer primary could run that fairly well and counter most builds with ease.
Zorgy
As a warrior I used the adrenaline skills + elite glad defense + deadly riposte + drunken blow (very efficient) which must be used just after Dolyak + healing signet.
Like in AB I have 4 weapons + 4 different shields vs each damage = I rock...... EVE is a nasty bastard, if I fight her I have to restart all Monks are not easy but I am stronger LOL I even fought a GHOST - Rastigan cousin or brother - & gave him a good lesson..... PS/ Concerning the Derv I have been told a Derv/Assassin build using DAGGERS !!!!!! the guy said he killed each foe even Bison within 10 seconds.....here it is in french.....help yourself  http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/7258/magniut1.jpg ShadowbaneX
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Originally Posted by Death By Ketchup
Well for my sin I beat the tourny about 5 or so times in a row using this build:
Golden Phoenix Strike Death Blossom Moebius Strike [E] Critical Agililty Mystic Regeneration Critical Defences Critical Eye "You Move Like a Dwarf!" Attributes are 8 earth prayers, 13 critical strike and rest into dagger mastery. I used "You move like a dwarf" to stop Bisons bear form, i also used it to stop skills that would cause problems, like Gwens signet of midnight and argos stoneflesh aura. Hope it helps. this build works very, very well for my assassin. The only change I recommend is critical strike instead of dreath blossom. It's slower on the recharge, but you get a crit and alot of energy, which helps.
maraxusofk
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Originally Posted by DarkGanni
For All warriors wondering how to farm the quest and beating any opponent with a warrior here, I share my build.
not a bad build. i used riposte deadly riposte You're All Alone Heal Sig Barbarouse slash Gash Backfire Enraging Charge ur build takes ALOT less tiem imo lol. wut i did was yaa him to tank his irrestible, then follow wit 2 stances and run around till they recharged LOL. lunksunkunk
Suprised no one is brining rits thru this. Lay down wanderlust, pain, shadowsong, bloodsong, vampirism, anguish/dissonance, and painful bond. After that just use summon spirits after you aggro-ed, using yourself as bait so ur spirits arent the first to be atked then sit back and watch him get knocked down, blinded, and interupted. Cast dissonance after wanderlust die though for safety measure.
Its amazing how the rit makes just about any monster lvl 20-31 look like clockwork. Omniclasm
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Originally Posted by Loralai
This is most impossible for me. I have been lucky enough to get a glitch where every single hit I take I lose 10 energy...every hit from every opponent.
Lmao at retribution+holy wrath. Ablin
Whole tournament is a walk in a park for monk or necro.
Just make 55hp build with Spoil of Victor and Vampiric Gaze (this is against mhenlo) My monk build was: 55HP armors+weapons Prot spirit Healing Breeze Essence Bond Balthazar Spirit Spoil of Victor Blessed Signet Mending Vampiric Gaze Only problematic opponent was Devona (Hammer Warrior)
Cebe
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Originally Posted by lunksunkunk
Suprised no one is brining rits thru this. Lay down wanderlust, pain, shadowsong, bloodsong, vampirism, anguish/dissonance, and painful bond. After that just use summon spirits after you aggro-ed, using yourself as bait so ur spirits arent the first to be atked then sit back and watch him get knocked down, blinded, and interupted. Cast dissonance after wanderlust die though for safety measure.
Its amazing how the rit makes just about any monster lvl 20-31 look like clockwork. This approach is by far the easiest and most fun...and can wipe the floor with anything out there in 3 seconds flat. Except Magni....he takes more like 5 seconds. Can be used on an Ele if you replace Wanderlust with Ether Prism for the energy management, though there is probably an easier way of going about gaining energy and keeping Wanderlust.
Carinae
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Originally Posted by Ablin
Only problematic opponent was Devona (Hammer Warrior)
Ha, no Devona wasn't any harder than anyone. It was Norgu with Shatter Enchant and to a lesser degree Kahmu with Rending Touch. At least with Kahmu, you could reapply PS quickly. Vs Norgu...you died.
pork soldier
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Originally Posted by lunksunkunk
Its amazing how the rit makes just about any monster lvl 20-31 look like clockwork. |
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Originally Posted by pork soldier
don't even bother with oath shot
*/Rt - 12 channelling, 12 communing, +20e staff [skill]wanderlust[/skill][skill]pain[/skill][skill]bloodsong[/skill][skill]anguish[/skill][skill]vampirism[/skill][skill]painful bond[/skill][skill]disenchantment[/skill][skill]shadowsong[/skill] Run to just outside aggro ring of any arena opponent, spam spirits 1-5, if it's an opponent that uses enchants put up disench, apply painful, wait 2 seconds, win. Vs bison put up shadowsong instead of disenchant. The entire tournament takes about 3 minutes with this bar, primary class is totally irrelevant. You win against any opponent in ~20 seconds. Disenchantment isn't really neccessary either, but it does speed up fights against some guys (sliver armor, etc..). This build is so easy it's basically cheating, you don't even need energy management - just a +20e staff. Vs Bison make sure you aggro him to the spirits before you cast painful bond, that way he'll waste his purge sig on the blindness from shadowsong. After that cast painful bond on him and wait ~5 seconds for him to die.
Gileads
Here was my Ranger R/N touch build modified a bit.
Demonic Flesh Whirling Defence Lightning Reflexs Throw Dirt Offering of Blood(Elite) Vampiric Bite Vampiric Touch Charm Animal Att's 16 exp. 12 blood Charm Animal is just for bait for Bison you may have to run around a bit so the pet keeps him busy,watch out he dosen't interrup your throw dirt with his knock down good luck.
Loralai
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Originally Posted by Omniclasm
Lmao at retribution+holy wrath.
I did use holy wrath, no retribution though. This was just testing with a multitude of builds to see if it was something I was taking causing the energy loss. And it wasn't. Tried it with a full mes bar, as well as just about anything else you can think of. Still getting the -10 everytime.
Gli
I used a pretty simple degen ranger with interrupts and "You Move Like a Dwarf". I went /Rt for Vampirism because it's easy and free extra damage. Basically, I opened every fight with a Favored Winds outside the arena entrance, Vampirism placed just outside of the opponent's aggro, and a Burning Arrow from that same place. After that, all it takes is one or two well-timed interrupts to settle a fight.
"You Move Like a Dwarf" is a brilliant skill for that tactic. It's an incredible fast interrupt (mesmer eat your heart out) and you can even use it WHILE activating another skill, or in mid-attack. Unbelievably powerful... knockdown, cripple and even good damage once you get that title up. Once I added "Finish Him!" to the mix, the battles leading up to Magni went by incredibly fast, rarely longer than a few seconds after the first shot was fired. (I played the tournament quite a few times in a row to boost my Norn rep a bit. A few guildies and I were doing it at the same time and boasting of our mettle. It got me quite a bit of gold in addition to a few thousand reputation. Those tokens went like hotcakes.  )
Alex Morningstar
I 55ed with Spoil Victor and Bison went down hard. Everything did actually, though the trapper gave me some trouble because he didn't actually take swings at me for a while until he ran out of energy and all his traps were recharging.
Then my bf tried with his wammo and was killed by Mhenlo, whom was apparently doing a varient of the 55. I found that to be quite hilarious. Does Mhenlo really 55? I didn't come up against him.
Tranquilis
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Originally Posted by Carinae Dragonblood
Ha, no Devona wasn't any harder than anyone. It was Norgu with Shatter Enchant and to a lesser degree Kahmu with Rending Touch.
Against some builds, Devona had her moments. Norgu, though... Whoah! Deadly! Do NOT use adrenal skills against him!
I went with a hammer Warr build, Wammo at first with Balth Spirit and Healing Breeze, and that owned everyone except Magni, who beat me like a red-headed step-child. So I shifted back to W/N, loaded up Grenth's Balance, Resist Pain, and Dolyak Signet - and never looked back. Knock's down and Stoneskin gauntlets were the core of the build. Made sure to have a mix of adrenal and energy-based attacks, in case that SOB Norgu showed up... The Gavel of Nephilim was just icing on the cake. Devona and Mhenlo were a bit tough, and had to be worn down with this build concept, but careful attention to detail and patience did for them. Eve lasted less-well, usually biting it around 30 seconds. *If* you're careful, even Norgu will fall - you have to get ahead of him in the cycle, knocking him down quickly, then flooring and interrupting him again every chance you get. Keep Norgu on his butt, and he dies like the rest. Magni himself never lasts more than 15 seconds.
Brockweaver
[QUOTE=Kenwryll Shadowstep]I beat him as a R/Rt using a variation of the Oath Spirit Spam build.
Oath Shot, Whirling Defense, Pain, Bloodsong, Shadowsong Dissonance, Nightmare Weapon, Throw Dirt. Expertise 10+1+3, Communing 12, Channeling 8. Leave the gate, put down the spirits, hit nightmare weapon, Oath Shot, fire a few shots to give an extra health drain spike, and relay the spirits down when needed. [QUOTE] Confirmed to be very efficient, with all of the foes in this tournament. I obtained my crown in no time at all. The Code: OggjcxYDIP+m5pwB5k5ObfzKDA I included Serpents to speed up the rechage of my Oath Shot... Vamis Threen
I'm wearing my crappy crown right now! I never lost with an earth Ele build. I was using a pure earth Ele keeping up kinetic armor for free by spamming
There isn't much in the way of enchantment removal so an earth Ele with 2 armour enchants is pretty safe. Norgu's dead before shatter enchantments refreshes. With the dervish you need to be a bit more careful. Menhlo was hilarious with his pseudo-55 build The embarassing thing was nearly getting killed by Alesia  I wasn't running a mesmer secondary and I didn't have an interrupt for healing breeze, so I nearly ran out of energy before she did, but i got her at eventually.Knowing timing of skills, and when to run and when to fight are the keys I think, with any build.. ... if you blindly go flat out you'll just get stomped.
Gileads
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Originally Posted by Alex Morningstar
I 55ed with Spoil Victor and Bison went down hard. Everything did actually, though the trapper gave me some trouble because he didn't actually take swings at me for a while until he ran out of energy and all his traps were recharging.
Then my bf tried with his wammo and was killed by Mhenlo, whom was apparently doing a varient of the 55. I found that to be quite hilarious. Does Mhenlo really 55? I didn't come up against him. He may be a 55 but my Ranger toucher steals health which kills a 55 ,he died in 2 seconds hehe.Btw Spoil Victor is great! shadeslayer21
ok seriously any fire ele can pwn this shiz and yea i realize the event is over but for the release
1)Fire Attunment 2)Mist Form 3)Glyph Of Sacrafice 4)Meteor Shower 5)Bed Of Coals 6)Frozen Burst 7)Flame Dijinns Haste 8)Flame Burst Attributes--Fire 16 12+1+3--Water 10(can do 11 with rune)--Energy 10 7+3- open every fight with attunment on casters use GoS and MS then run at them and go through skill bar on melee attun aggro(when they run at you use mist form) then run through skill bar everything will die right away when u run through bar except Bison..on Bison do NOT use GoS the first time u cast MS...run through bar kite with flame dijins shoot occasionally to stop his regen when MS is recharged use mist form GoS and then run through bar again compliments of my 3 crowns(one for each of my builds) lol
Tenebrae
For Warriors who dont want shit from other classes : OQATETKXTKtwvAwoowOqrIAwmEA
-Dolyak Sig -Sever Artery -Gash/Final Thrust -Distracting Blow -Sprint/Enraging Charge -Healing Sig -"You move like a dwarf" Almost all opponents die fast ; against Magni , run , interrupt Bear form with "You move like a dwarf" and use ur brain , cheers. PD: Sword 15 , Tact 10 , Str 10 , IDS and +45/-2 Stance Shield .GL
Tenebrae
Soz , i forgot elite , its Auspicious Parry :_D
Zhang Zyria
im sure it has been said already or at least a variation of it, but this is what i used (won't work with war due to lack of energy)
1) Pain 2) Bloodsong 3) Anguish 4) Shadowsong 5) Boon of Creation 6) Energetic Was Lee Sa 7) Painful Bond 8) Summon Spirits just precast all spirits (save shadowsong last) and as soon as you step into the ring cast summon spirits, and all spirits form a wall around you just as the gates close behind you cast painful bond after the first time he uses purge signet (from shadowsong's blind) goes down fast and easy for a rt secondary use dissonance for more damage and interrupts (best to use at end of chain if used) ive tested build with paragon and it does work despite low energy. just bring a wand/staff and use anthem of flame (oooo spirits cause fire damage) and anthem of envy
Riplox
I just beat it with this build. Even with Gwen and Mehnlo in the thing. Actually, the main reason Gaze is in there is for Mehnlo. The others were just kind of an afterthought. Plague touch is a live-saver too.
Also. I don't own NF yet. [skill]sever artery[/skill][skill]gash[/skill][skill]plague touch[/skill][skill]riposte[/skill][skill]deadly riposte[/skill][skill]gaze of contempt[/skill][skill]grenth's balance[/skill][skill]healing signet[/skill] Xx_Sorin_xX
ebon dust aura is your friend.
Vulkanyaz
wanderlust - bloodsong - pain - vampirism - shadowsong - painful bond - summon spirits - rending touch
d/rt 12communing 12channeling. too easy
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