New Scarab W/Mo Farming?

Well, I am stuck at school and cant try this at the moment so I was just wondering if you guys have tryed farming the new Scarabs that appear now. Can it be done with the normal Riposte builds? And is it even worth doing anymore?

But, hey. If it cant theres always bigger fish to fry!

Weeping

Just called a friend and he had little problem farming them with a 55 even with enchant removals...just have to be smarter than the mob. He said that a Warrior should have even less problems. I am thinking that I need to restate my overhealing farmers......I am thinking of dropping liv vic and mending (dont want to mess enchantments) and placing HB back in my build. I am at work so I will have to play with it some.

they have degen aswell as far as i know.. so that will make a few.. am well yes a "few" problems

Well. As soon as I am able I am going to take a look at what they have actually done and get down to sorting out a build for it. And then test to see what the drops are like. If they are try Scarabs then they will fight with range which altogether cuts out Riposte builds. But, the cyclone axe + Spirit + Live Viq might still be possible

I cant wait to try this and see what the drops are

Weeping

if that would still be possible than the bots would still be possible aswell.. dont you think so?

Yes they are still possible. The nerf puts a very large dent into their current money maker. As long as there is a game there will be bots. It is human to cheat. There is always a way to cheat.

Hundred blades
Galrath
Finaluy thrust
Riposte
Dolyak
WY!
healing sig
flurry


If you want them to degen you

Hundred
Severy
Gash
IWS
PR
Dolyak
Healing sig

Quote: if that would still be possible than the bots would still be possible aswell.. dont you think so? As Me NoFat said...

Quote: Originally Posted by lambda the great

How do you counter the Vampiric Touch spam by the marrow scarabs? If you try Healing Signet, you get distracted. You can heal with Shield Stance, but 2 touches and they completely negated the heal.

That would be interrupts my friend. You can check out my thred on scarabs (more shameless advertising) that i posted. I would like to see some replies to it.

I nearly killed all the scarab groups that eventually come and patrol the boss and his ring of scarabs with anti melee moves but as soon as they start vamp touch it all goes wrong.

Just an FYI, it drops a green divine favor staff that has time reduction for protection prayers.

Plague Touch anyone?

ive just farmed them , its piss , but i cant cant get the queen below 50% health

16 sword
12 healing

zealous sword of defence

flurry
pure strike
galrath slash
final thrust
disrupting blow
savage slash
live vicously
sprint

all i needed to clear them ^^

Quote: Originally Posted by monty123

Quote: Originally Posted by dont feel no pain

I've noticed that the scarabs surrounding the queen don't really move. Even if you aggro them and run back, they stay.

I've tried taking the queen down with henchies (it was successful), and I just wanted to point out a couple of things that may help.

There are two patrols of marrow scarabs, running back and forth where the queen is. Wait for one patrol to come and aggro them back to a safe distance. Do the same with the other patrol. Once you finish with them, do not rush the queen. The scarabs around her have made so many traps you'll drop dead. What I did was equip a bow and smack one of the scarabs surrounding the queen. She should come out of the center. Move back a bit to get some distance between you and the other scarabs (they interrupt and what not). The queen'll chase you.

I don't know if this'll work for others, but I tried it and twice the queen came out and chased. Of course I did this with henchmen. If you're going to try and solo, definitely throw an interrupt skill in there, to disable guardian, or other skills that evades attacks. Again, it worked well when I was with henchies, but solo, not too sure.

Hope this helps

^ been playing with the same thing only solo. I can pull just the queen out of the group with a long bow. 1v1 you on the queen.

IMO. the minions arent really the problem. it's the queen itself...

has anyone soloed and actually taken her out fully w/ a warrior...

(again, "solo")