Do Mountain Trolls have a weakness?

King's Spectre

King's Spectre

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Join Date: Jul 2005

Syracuse, NY, USA

The Amazon Basin (AB)

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Sorry search seems to be down and I don't have my full set of elemental damage collector blades together yet.

So does anyone know off hand if Mountain Trolls take more damage from a particular attack type. Being warriors I'd guess that elemental damage > physical. Any element better than any other? They don't have extra armor vs slashing of something do they?

cheers,

KS

SpaceGh057

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

Mo/

Fire, I'm almost certain does extra damage to trolls, whereas cold doesn't do that much, and nor does my earth.

Lambentviper

Lambentviper

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Noobs Just Took Halls [WTF]

Mo/E

yes, i use a fiery dragon sword with +15% in stance when im fighting them. it galrath and final thrust seem to do 80+ dmg to them.

King's Spectre

King's Spectre

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Syracuse, NY, USA

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Great! Thanks. One weapon for both trolls and giants, then.

Cymboric Treewalker

Cymboric Treewalker

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Join Date: Apr 2005

Imperial Palace - Cantha

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Me/Mo

Yes, Mountain Trolls like peanut butter.

King's Spectre

King's Spectre

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cymboric Treewalker
Yes, Mountain Trolls like peanut butter. So you bait the Troll-traps with it?

*SNAP!*

Ah-ha! Got another one!

Mavrik

Mavrik

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Join Date: May 2005

Alaska

I find they drop like flies to physical damage.

Last Roman

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Black Parades

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like he said fire is the most elemental damage then air, earth, and cold.

Mavrik

Mavrik

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

Alaska

Fire doesn't seem to harm the trolls in the black curtain though.

The Fenixxor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

Invincimonk > trolls.

capblueberry

capblueberry

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Join Date: Nov 2005

Lexington, SC

Grenths Mercenaries[DEAD]

if they're weak to fire then y does zealots fire do less to them then it should?

armor?

King's Spectre

King's Spectre

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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fenixxor
Invincimonk > trolls. Yes, but that's the challange in that??? Interesting question regarding zealot's fire.

The Fenixxor

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Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

Dunno why people use warriors, invincimonks do it in half the time :P

General Typhus

General Typhus

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Behind the bush once again

Guillotine Tactics [GanK] ~ Leader

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Trolls<Glads defense<SoJ

Barinthus

Barinthus

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California

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Makes sense - generally in fantasy genre, trolls are weak to fire.

The Fenixxor

Lion's Arch Merchant

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Mo/Me

gladiators defence sucks :P Mo/Me ftw

Lasher Dragon

Lasher Dragon

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Join Date: Apr 2005

Iowa

Alphahive

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3 Dust, Barbed and Flame traps going off at once generally does the trick for me. Sometimes I add a little poison to spice things up.

Nater

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Illusion Of Skill

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Glads D + Cyclone > SoJ, simply because I don't have to spend 40K in runes for a build that keeps getting nerfed.

But I'm curious...how does the math work out there? SoJ does like 51 dmg each attack...Cyclone is doing at least 10 dmg every 4-8 seconds, with Glads doing 31-35 or so.

I bet its about even.

Burakus Lightwing

Burakus Lightwing

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Join Date: Oct 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by General Typhus
Trolls<Glads defense<SoJ
Really? I farm them outside Droks using a SoJ build.

The Fenixxor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nater
Glads D + Cyclone > SoJ, simply because I don't have to spend 40K in runes for a build that keeps getting nerfed.

But I'm curious...how does the math work out there? SoJ does like 51 dmg each attack...Cyclone is doing at least 10 dmg every 4-8 seconds, with Glads doing 31-35 or so.

I bet its about even. Care for a race ?

Nater

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Illusion Of Skill

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I dunno if its worth the time, its close enough it doesn't matter which you use.

Don't forget about the delay from the KD of SoJ...but then with Glads they actually can hit you 25% of the time.

It really is a never ending debate isnt' it

The Fenixxor

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Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

i'm pretty sure i can do a run in half or a quarter of the time u do urs in

Glasswalker

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Burakus Lightwing
Really? I farm them outside Droks using a SoJ build. < means Less Than. What he said supports what you are saying.
But I must say, I like Nater's math...

The Fenixxor

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Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Glasswalker
< means Less Than. What he said supports what you are saying.
But I must say, I like Nater's math... Once i reach the cave it takes less than 40 seconds to kill them.

Nater

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Illusion Of Skill

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So you must be using Zealots Fire too?

Took me about 1.5 cycles of Glads D to kill em all, plus a cyclone in the beginning to get a Bonetti's charged so they can't disrupt my Vig Spirit.

So figure 50 seconds or so for me.

Do you guys kill both bosses too?

The Fenixxor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

nope, just SOJ. and no i dont kill the bosses.

tuperwho

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tenacious Knights of Doom [TKD]

Yeah, traps get the job done nicely. Also, I don't believe they have any heals (though Troll Ungent would have been expected), so degen can be a nice addition to any arsenal.

Nater

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Join Date: Nov 2005

Illusion Of Skill

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Quote:
Originally Posted by tuperwho
Yeah, traps get the job done nicely. Also, I don't believe they have any heals (though Troll Ungent would have been expected), so degen can be a nice addition to any arsenal. The Ranger Troll Boss uses Ungent & Escape. He's a pain to take down sometimes. The regular trolls don't do anything really. They just fall down.

General Typhus

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nater
Glads D + Cyclone > SoJ, simply because I don't have to spend 40K in runes for a build that keeps getting nerfed.


I bet its about even. What keeps getting nerfed? I do not understand what you mean by that. The AoE "nerf" was a balnce, not a pernicious update to do away with 55s.

By the way, I use the glad's/axe build with max tactics, and a 55 friend of mine did it about twice as fast.