How to Solo FoW?

kolpster

Ascalonian Squire

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23 Jan 2011 at 19:07 - 1

See record is 54min for solo hm fow. Just wondering how you can solo FoW, let alone in such a short time.

What order do you do quests in? And how do you clear mobs like in tower, must take forever with just sliver+ vipers. And mainly, how do you do griffon quest solo?

impulsion

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23 Jan 2011 at 19:57 - 2

griffins is easy to solo, as long as you don't come in aggro range of the griffs then they won't follow you, so you can just kill everything on the path then come back and lead them to rastigan.

Bright Star Shine

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23 Jan 2011 at 21:07 - 3

Wasn't the 54min pre sliver-nerf?

impulsion

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23 Jan 2011 at 22:31 - 4

No pre -sliver nerf record was like 1hr 10min

Raz the red rat

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23 Jan 2011 at 23:49 - 5

on solo FoW you waste A LOT cons and sweets and time ...

Griffon solo is pretty easy, anf forge with monks and mesmer with good spawns too with bad it just takes longer.

In 54 min run (which was a 52 min run, just took the screen to late PrO) i did the Quests in this order.

Rasti - Camp - Menzie - Forge - Hunte - ToS - Seeds - Khobay - Slaves of Menzie - Forest - Griffons

PetrCash

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24 Jan 2011 at 04:55 - 6

How do you do Rasti? I tried it a lot of times but i never get it done....i ran straight to the left cleared of all enemies around Rastis tower, went beck to get him he started running and died...i tried to pull all enemies away but they got him. The other quests seemed to be no problem but Rastigan is tricky.

Bright Star Shine

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24 Jan 2011 at 12:20 - 7

Popping a summon methinks?

EDIT: nvmnd, looked at screenshot and his summon was popped near the end..

impulsion

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24 Jan 2011 at 12:25 - 8

You just kill the group in his way before the groups at the tower lol

Raz the red rat

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24 Jan 2011 at 18:57 - 9

you dont need to kill groups between rasti and the tower just take first aggro of them an lose agro of them when you run to tower ( viper ftw) = gg 4 min quest

iay1455

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24 Jan 2011 at 19:07 - 10

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You just kill the group in his way before the groups at the tower lol lol, you guys are trollin' this poor kid.

^_^

khios

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24 Jan 2011 at 20:03 - 11

kolpster, I'm more that interested to learn to do Solo Fow too, but I don't think that asking on this part of the forum will get you (or me) any help...
Rasti is one of the quest that bugs me too! Forge is tricky, tried several times and could clear it only one time

Same with those damn sheperds for griffs...

[Nika]

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24 Jan 2011 at 20:30 - 12

Hmm, if you only want to finish and dont want to speed:
Rasti: Kill the War + Beast + 4 Casters in the beginn (right side), they dont have a monk so easy to kill.
Then go Toc clear it, but u lure the last ranger near to the double-monk-group there u kill it.
Then u aggro the double monk group and just tank it ti the side -> rasti passes...

novawhiz

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25 Jan 2011 at 02:15 - 13

this got me interested in trying to solo FoW. Only problem for me is clearing normal mobs like those in tower. Just takes a while with only Ebon + Sliver especailly when they die down to only 3-4 left. I guess this is why cons help a lot.

What is summoning stone used for?

[Nika]

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25 Jan 2011 at 14:17 - 14

? Are you running hm without cons?

AlysWarder

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17 Feb 2011 at 21:37 - 15

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? Are you running hm without cons? lol no! Its cons + pcons + gstone for rasti

And is it worth it? Nopes.
Is it a challenge? Yes
Is it fun? Yes, just like soloing city and gloom.

Ok Dont Panic

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We Gat Dis [HRUU]

Mo/

06 Apr 2011 at 16:03 - 16

The only part of solo fow i cant do is Defend the temple Ive duo'd it but can't work out the solo x.x

Messager De Grenth

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[Lcdv]

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06 Apr 2011 at 17:27 - 17

I guess you can pull the south pops in the mobs just outisde the forge. They kill them, just very slow and that is what you want. Not sure it works but it should.

How do you kill groups with 2monks +2mesmers in the forge ?

And what about the first shadow group for the griffs ? there are the only things i don't know how to do :/

paranon

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06 Apr 2011 at 17:58 - 18

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How do you kill groups with 2monks +2mesmers in the forge ?

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And what about the first shadow group for the griffs ? there are the only things i don't know how to do :/ Ghastly Stone

[Nika]

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06 Apr 2011 at 18:03 - 19

If you have a good spawn you can skip the shadow group.
If not you can waste time and kill it with the undead groups as aggro.
And the third possibility is to use a ghastly stone while running through.

Messager De Grenth

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[Lcdv]

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06 Apr 2011 at 19:21 - 20

Thanks for your answers but i have a few more questions.

Do you use ranger's aggro to kill monks ? 2 are enough or you manage tu pull more of them ?

And what is the "safest" build to do it ? The build used during the record is probably the fastest but it is doable with another build ? HoS instead of viper's defense maybe ? I just want to be able to finish fow solo, not even thinking about beating record or anything.

Particular armor needed ? I guess piercing for ToS. Slashing against shadow groups ?

[Nika]

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07 Apr 2011 at 16:04 - 21

You can use Armor of earth too.
The 1:14 was made with aoe and evas.

With some train hos/vipers is not soo unsave, if you train and dont make bigpulls at tos/bforest (bforeset is possible; with war supplie tos should be possible too but not tested).

Bright Star Shine

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07 Apr 2011 at 16:12 - 22

Just a question, wouldn't solo FoW be faster on a ranger with some good shield and armor sets? Don't know if it is, but like ToS, Burning and Forest are done faster on a ranger I thought..

[Nika]

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07 Apr 2011 at 16:17 - 23

The Problems: Griffsforest and defend of forge.
Many people think that defend is supereasy, but even most duo teams fail there.

With some less protection and a blind skill forest would be doable, defend is still hard.
And you can't use a dreamrider there cuz you have to use it alrdy at Toc.

impulsion

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07 Apr 2011 at 17:11 - 24

There is a way to use dreamrider at defend as well as ToC apparently... perhaps sven will do the next record as ranger ^^

[Nika]

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07 Apr 2011 at 17:36 - 25

Hmm yeah it is possible but idk how to do Vogris (toc) and defend with 1 and the same rider ;D

Messager De Grenth

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[Lcdv]

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07 Apr 2011 at 18:19 - 26

Bring him along the path maybe ?

[Nika]

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07 Apr 2011 at 18:24 - 27

Thats not the problem, you can kill the 3 elementals (and mesmers) the war and the beast easily.
But what i mean is vogris and his 2 abyssals when the tower is opened.

Messager De Grenth

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[Lcdv]

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07 Apr 2011 at 18:49 - 28

I never tried it but, you cannot just go there and sliver + earth staff + FH ? Just stand on the path between Rastigan and the mobs

[Nika]

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08 Apr 2011 at 15:11 - 29

We are talking about solo fow as ranger.

Raz the red rat

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10 Apr 2011 at 08:03 - 30

Well you can use the same dreamrider for forge and griff quest.. but i dunno if the toc quest is possible. I tried forge quest as ranger with a skill combination and it worked but its rly hard.

[Nika]

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15 Apr 2011 at 16:33 - 31

Toc is possible, but not without a dreamrider ;D

zolkarnain

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01 May 2011 at 17:45 - 32

Assuming that heros dont steal FoW chest loot, I just go with heros and get it done in 1hr 10min or so. HM no cons. And again, where's the challenge ;-)

loshon

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01 May 2011 at 20:47 - 33

But we're talking about soloing FoW.

Saru The Boss

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01 May 2011 at 21:24 - 34

Solo fow is alot more challenging and fun than with heroes. Well, I wouldn't know as I've never seriously attempted it, but if it's anything like duo fow, it's probably a blast.

...after you pop 200 dream riders and 90 consets just to get your first chest, that is.