Mirror Self for a 19 R/E
dux
Any advice? I cannot beat him for the life of me 
Tried un-equipping all skills and seems like everything else :/
Ashleigh McMahon
Umm... strip naked? same hair, same height
Regards, Ashleigh.
Regards, Ashleigh.
Netrol
I have the same problem. I am a Necro which means the best weapon i can hope for is an 18-20 truncheon. The max armour I have found is 61. I have constant Energy regen but not health. I have to fight my "Mirror Image" which is wearing Waring Armour looks like the 80 stuff. He has constant health regen, and he uses a bow and an axe that do 20-30 health damage per hit. the best I can do with the truncheon against him is 15 or 18 health. I too took out all my skills.
Not much of a mirror when his armour is higher than i can ever get and he has constant health regen. The most I have been able to do is get him down to 50%. I can't use a bow or an axe I don't have skills for those things. Game breaker for me if there isn't a way to resolve this I will not purchase any of the addons, I will just play what I can of this and be done with it.
Not much of a mirror when his armour is higher than i can ever get and he has constant health regen. The most I have been able to do is get him down to 50%. I can't use a bow or an axe I don't have skills for those things. Game breaker for me if there isn't a way to resolve this I will not purchase any of the addons, I will just play what I can of this and be done with it.
Popps97
anyone can use any weapon...
You dont' have to have 'the skill' to use weapons..
If it has a requirement, sure, you wont' get full potential out of the weapon.. but you can still use it.
You dont' have to have 'the skill' to use weapons..
If it has a requirement, sure, you wont' get full potential out of the weapon.. but you can still use it.
Netrol
True but I tried to use a weapon that had max hit of 32 and it only did like 13 damage on him.
der kur
bah.... i'm having the same problem with necro/monk.. i've tried all attributes in blood and just attacking with vampire gaze, unholy feast, and blood ritual.. no use.. so i tried all curses and rotting flesh with plague touch; just went back and fourth to show the mirror has twice as much health. tried all smiting, no luck because mirror can cast twice as fast. tried pacifism with life siphon. i even throw on a 13-22 sword and tried physical attack without any skills, i just get dropped with his double damage over mine. hell even tried all points in healing with all healing spells just to see if i could heal my way for the 10 minutes.. and last 30 seconds tops. the best i can do is half damage on the mirror. necro and monk seem to be the hardest ones to do this dumb mirror fight because neither have any real attacks like warriors or elms who do this part easy. :P
so any advice? (deffiently losing interest in the game fast)
so any advice? (deffiently losing interest in the game fast)
mearei
it DOES take some tries, but i beat my clone (20 R/Mo), here is a few tips that i took, DO NOT bring in healing spells, the clone will heal themself 10x better than you do, which is just annoying. Find a spell that has a fairly long cast (in my case, favorable winds), and just do NOT cast it, let the clone cast it, and you get in a few extra hits. This will also likely be the first thing the clone does, so you get a nice jump on them. I also brought Bane Signet, and as soon as the clone started attacking, cast that, and knocked her down to the ground, that was good for at least one more extra hit. Other than that, just bring in a couple of Low Mana, high damage, instant cast spells, and just blow the clone to pieces. Took me 5 attempts, but in the fifth attempt, my clone dropped in 13 seconds. Also, be sure to start attacking as soon as physically possible. Re-spec your attributes if need be. This is definitely a test of will, and skill. So don't lose hope, it is just about finding the right order to do things in. After all, it is JUST a.i.
Rhazwyth
As a warrior I beat my clone first try with 300hp/520hp left..
I thought it was too easy, perhaps it's harder as other professions.
I thought it was too easy, perhaps it's harder as other professions.
Noahoneill
i cant wait to fight my 'clone'. sounds like fun. Only level 10 though, ._.
Chew
I had a N/Me when I did this. I had a big problem as he just out damaged me with attacking. What I did was I used Faintheartedness/Conjure Phantasm and Shadow of fear/Enfeeble. For the rest of my skills I put on things I thought would hurt him if he used him. I looked for skills that didnt hurt me at all and took a while to cast or made him sacrifice health. I brought along Spirit of Failure, Price of Failure, Defile Flesh, and Plague Touch. The failures were a few second cast times and the only triggered when you attack. Defile flesh hurts your healing ability, but you're not healing and he has to sacrifice health. Plague touch is just a slot filler. I started off with Faint/Conjure and then Enfeeble/Shadow. I then ran up the side ramp so that he couldn't shoot me with his bow. He would waste his time casting the failures as my dots were working him down. He ended up casting Defile Flesh once and that also helps a ton. Keep running around the outside only stopping to throw on another dot when they run out. Hope this helps. 
Raiddinn Beatdropper
Thinking outside the box is the key.
I heard a mez char put up a bunch of worthless hexes so the NPC would cast them on him, then he walked up to the NPC and casted a spell to remove it all and make the enemy take hundreds of dmg in the process from an AE.
Personally, I would feel bad to go that route, as Wiz/Mez more specifically AIR wiz I plan to use big damage projectiles only and dodge around so the NPC cant hit me, and the NPC will most likely sit still allowing me to hit him.
If I cant do it that way... Well, Ill figure something out...
Just dont give up, unless you are the kind of person to give up, and then I guess if so just give up because you probably wont make it long at the high end anyway.
Tsunamii Starshine
I heard a mez char put up a bunch of worthless hexes so the NPC would cast them on him, then he walked up to the NPC and casted a spell to remove it all and make the enemy take hundreds of dmg in the process from an AE.
Personally, I would feel bad to go that route, as Wiz/Mez more specifically AIR wiz I plan to use big damage projectiles only and dodge around so the NPC cant hit me, and the NPC will most likely sit still allowing me to hit him.
If I cant do it that way... Well, Ill figure something out...
Just dont give up, unless you are the kind of person to give up, and then I guess if so just give up because you probably wont make it long at the high end anyway.
Tsunamii Starshine
tomcruisejr
well i beat my mirror image my second try with my favourite skills. but when experimenting on different skill set and facing him again, im getting owned. maybe you just have to master your skill set well or maybe you haven't found the one.
for mesmers, facing your mirror image i think is a good training for interrupt skill set.
for mesmers, facing your mirror image i think is a good training for interrupt skill set.
der kur
which necro spells are maybe more useful to beat the mirror? cause i may be also missing a few useful ones for this task just not quite sure. and without any hard attacks like other builds this does require much more effort, no 9 second kill. (2 days so far working on this)
Last Gasp
Like many other challenges in the game, the key factor is skill selection. As a ranger, you have a very easy way through this mission. I'll suggest an exact skill layout, and you'll be able to figure out what I'm getting at.
Skills
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Penetrating Shot
Distracting Shot
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
here is how the fight goes:
he starts casting a ritual, which is a complete waste of his time
you start spamming penetrating arrows, which puts big holes in him
at some point, he tries penetrating arrow so,
you use distracting arrow, which stops him, and prevents him from using penetrating again for 20 seconds.
There you go, you've just sewn up your victory. If you don't have 6 nature rituals, just leave some of them blank, or put in capture signets, or whatever. Two is probably enough, if they're two he'll try casting.
I'm assuming this strat will work for any class with some slow, pointless spells.
Skills
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Penetrating Shot
Distracting Shot
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
here is how the fight goes:
he starts casting a ritual, which is a complete waste of his time
you start spamming penetrating arrows, which puts big holes in him
at some point, he tries penetrating arrow so,
you use distracting arrow, which stops him, and prevents him from using penetrating again for 20 seconds.
There you go, you've just sewn up your victory. If you don't have 6 nature rituals, just leave some of them blank, or put in capture signets, or whatever. Two is probably enough, if they're two he'll try casting.
I'm assuming this strat will work for any class with some slow, pointless spells.
Netrol
Yea, I was doing what every one was telling me. Go in with no spells. Well all my friends are warriors what is the number one source of damage from a warrior. The weapon they hold. Not true for us Necros. Our number one source of damage is our magic. I pushed my blood magic up to lvl 13 went in with vampiric gaze steal 92 health from target. The truncheon i used was a 18-20. I just kept hitting him with vampiric gaze as fast as I could. Yes he used it on me but not as often as I used it on him. Killed him and I still had about 1/3 of my health left.
If we are going to play as Necros we need to do alot more thinking. Warriors just have to be big and carry a big stick and wack away. As Necros we have to put much more thought into every battle. What spell do we cast first second and third. What do we do with the dead. Do we make a minion, Heal the party, heal our self. These decisions are different ever fight we have.
If we are going to play as Necros we need to do alot more thinking. Warriors just have to be big and carry a big stick and wack away. As Necros we have to put much more thought into every battle. What spell do we cast first second and third. What do we do with the dead. Do we make a minion, Heal the party, heal our self. These decisions are different ever fight we have.
Netrol
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Originally Posted by Raiddinn Beatdropper
Thinking outside the box is the key.
Tsunamii Starshine Yea good point. I was doing what worked for others. I know what my characters strengths are and I wasn't using them. My fault for not doing what I know works . I know my health stealing spells are the best weapons I have.
Tsunamii Starshine Yea good point. I was doing what worked for others. I know what my characters strengths are and I wasn't using them. My fault for not doing what I know works . I know my health stealing spells are the best weapons I have.
Elurian
The problem comes when your build's strength is focused primarily healing :| I had to have tried 10 times last night and either I couldn't get him to cast the usless skills so I could interrupt him or he would just backfire me right off the bat and then not cast at me again while he pelted me with arrows... still have a few ideas to try but as a Mo/Me this is seeming impossible.
Home Grown
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Originally Posted by Elurian
The problem comes when your build's strength is focused primarily healing :| I had to have tried 10 times last night and either I couldn't get him to cast the usless skills so I could interrupt him or he would just backfire me right off the bat and then not cast at me again while he pelted me with arrows... still have a few ideas to try but as a Mo/Me this is seeming impossible.
I seem to have the same problem.I am a Mo/N, totally devoted to healing.Which leaves me the problem that I have hardly anything to attack with. The problem is that my mirror uses a bow which damages me for 30 each time he hits me. I only seems to damage him for no more than 12, whatever weapon I use...
Maybe i should try it without any healing skills at all and hope it works....
But its bloody hard when playing a Mo/N...
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juse beat it using divine boon and bane signet only. Keep using divine boon on yourself whenever you have the chance. Your mirror will only use it once and thus you should be save. Good luck
Maybe i should try it without any healing skills at all and hope it works....
But its bloody hard when playing a Mo/N...
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juse beat it using divine boon and bane signet only. Keep using divine boon on yourself whenever you have the chance. Your mirror will only use it once and thus you should be save. Good luck
Erod
I deemed this quest impossible untill I sat down and thought about it.
I put on my bar-
Ranger / Necro
Favorable Winds
Malice (energy degen on me, life degen on him )
Some dumb necro spell that lowers max life by 33%
He debuffed himself while I spammed normal shots on him, he hit me once.
I put on my bar-
Ranger / Necro
Favorable Winds
Malice (energy degen on me, life degen on him )
Some dumb necro spell that lowers max life by 33%
He debuffed himself while I spammed normal shots on him, he hit me once.
d4nowar
use throw dirt and carry a sword as secondary. the mirror will rush you with a sword and you can just shoot him with your bow with whatever attacks you want. it worked like a charm.
VividDream
You're a ranger... load up on nature rituals and he spends the first 30 seconds of the fight dropping spirits that help you both.
Cylint Jack
First try I went in and had pet up. Got smoked because you get no pet. Second try I had a good idea but it was bad (had Iron Mist up with Lightning Orb as my only nukes). 3rd time I had a plan which almost worked but my timing was off. 4th time I won. I am a R/E.
My spells were in this order (more or less):
Iron Mist
Conjure Flame
Blinding Flash *
Glyph of Lesser Energy *
Ward Against Melee
Ward Against Foes
Ward Agasint Elements
Storm Chaser
The ones with a * are critical to my strat. My hp is 480 at lvl 20 with 56 power. I have only my fire wand (10-15 fire dmg) equipped and my air wand bagged. Zoning in, I press 'C' to target, hit the number 4 for Glyph of Lesser Energy then hit Blinding Flash while clicking my target window at the same time to start attacking. After that I hit Conjure Flame (you don't need to refresh this if you dont want to). Every 3 hits with my wand I am blinding the guy. Keep blinding him as you are allowed and keep an eye on the Glyph of Lesser Energy. It saves you 10 energy (the savings listed is 15 however after casting Glyph for 5 you are only saving 10 which is still a lot). You will get hit sometimes because it takes a toll on your energy reserves. I lost my first time trying this method the first time because I miss timed my opening use of Glyph and that cost me (he only needed to get hit one more time). Using my fire wand with Conjure Flame gave me the DPS boost I needed in the long run. You can do it without that particular wand but I don't know how long it would take. Whatever you do, do not load Aura of Restoration. It's like some monster heal for him. Also, no matter what you have banked or equipped he comes out with a bow (for me at least). He spent a great deal of his time buffing and being blind hehe. The few times he hit me did not get more than 1/4 to 1/2 of my hp down.
-Cylint Jack
My spells were in this order (more or less):
Iron Mist
Conjure Flame
Blinding Flash *
Glyph of Lesser Energy *
Ward Against Melee
Ward Against Foes
Ward Agasint Elements
Storm Chaser
The ones with a * are critical to my strat. My hp is 480 at lvl 20 with 56 power. I have only my fire wand (10-15 fire dmg) equipped and my air wand bagged. Zoning in, I press 'C' to target, hit the number 4 for Glyph of Lesser Energy then hit Blinding Flash while clicking my target window at the same time to start attacking. After that I hit Conjure Flame (you don't need to refresh this if you dont want to). Every 3 hits with my wand I am blinding the guy. Keep blinding him as you are allowed and keep an eye on the Glyph of Lesser Energy. It saves you 10 energy (the savings listed is 15 however after casting Glyph for 5 you are only saving 10 which is still a lot). You will get hit sometimes because it takes a toll on your energy reserves. I lost my first time trying this method the first time because I miss timed my opening use of Glyph and that cost me (he only needed to get hit one more time). Using my fire wand with Conjure Flame gave me the DPS boost I needed in the long run. You can do it without that particular wand but I don't know how long it would take. Whatever you do, do not load Aura of Restoration. It's like some monster heal for him. Also, no matter what you have banked or equipped he comes out with a bow (for me at least). He spent a great deal of his time buffing and being blind hehe. The few times he hit me did not get more than 1/4 to 1/2 of my hp down.
-Cylint Jack
woad
i'm an elem/necro. i don't know how this will work for other classes, but i had several spells that requires the target to stay in a single spot (e.g. firestorm, maelstrom, meteor shower). once the encounter starts, strafe around him, since he'll be casting these spells. as the AI does not know how to move out of AOE, unleash your own damage once you are clear from his/her spells.
dririthlan
Im a necro/monk,
and for starters id like to say ive used every idea suggested so far,
nothing works i get down to almost ko him and almost myself when he either shoots a -80hp arrow or hits me for -80. Now ive been through this ordeal about 3 times every 5mins for the last 3 hours. Quite frankly im sick getting sick of it. This is not really a mirror self if it was a mirror self it would:
have less hit damage
have slower energy regen
have the same weapons used by the class
and have the same level skills that you have.
This part of the game has more is going to put me off playing it for a long time.
and for starters id like to say ive used every idea suggested so far,
nothing works i get down to almost ko him and almost myself when he either shoots a -80hp arrow or hits me for -80. Now ive been through this ordeal about 3 times every 5mins for the last 3 hours. Quite frankly im sick getting sick of it. This is not really a mirror self if it was a mirror self it would:
have less hit damage
have slower energy regen
have the same weapons used by the class
and have the same level skills that you have.
This part of the game has more is going to put me off playing it for a long time.
Nolas
Don't use any spells that would add your health.
Put Awaken the Blood with spells that sacrifices health but do not deal damage, like Chilblain and Defile Flesh. Don't cast those yourself, sit back and watch the mirror cast himself to death.
Try spam Deathly Chill to speed up the process. You can also play around equip Rend Enchantments and some useless Monk Enchantments to cast on yourself so mirror takes damage when he tries to remove them.
Note: Might also help to put a skill that give you more Energy regen...cos that helps u spam more damage and the mirror can cast more sacrificial spells.
Put Awaken the Blood with spells that sacrifices health but do not deal damage, like Chilblain and Defile Flesh. Don't cast those yourself, sit back and watch the mirror cast himself to death.
Try spam Deathly Chill to speed up the process. You can also play around equip Rend Enchantments and some useless Monk Enchantments to cast on yourself so mirror takes damage when he tries to remove them.
Note: Might also help to put a skill that give you more Energy regen...cos that helps u spam more damage and the mirror can cast more sacrificial spells.
Neisht
I have seen some decent suggestions tried them all min.3-4 times. To add to the advice taking healing breeze is worth it as he wont cast it.
1. I honestly have tried a big mix of spells and he often does not use.
2. The only spell I have that sacrifices 33% health is far from useless and he uses that one it gives life regen of +3 and when it ends it heals for 170
I am in the exact same boat as Netrol my weapon is weak as hell, my healing breeze is +7 regen (best I could manage) and with this on I still rapidly fall back in health, I hit for an average of 12 dam and he hits for an average of say 40 (30 usually but lots of dd for 70+)
When I load a syphon or vapiric touch type spell, he counters with more powerful ones. I heard one guy say he set up the mirror with some aura type spells that in one way or another sacrificed health abd then he hit with deathswarm and killed in 2 hits... if I load deathswarm he nukes me for almost double what I hit him for and he spams it and skips the other spells entirely. I think this combo of hero faces some probs that other heroes class combo's may not have.
I would seriously love an exact plan for a necro/Mo that definately works as i am completely jammed.
1. I honestly have tried a big mix of spells and he often does not use.
2. The only spell I have that sacrifices 33% health is far from useless and he uses that one it gives life regen of +3 and when it ends it heals for 170
I am in the exact same boat as Netrol my weapon is weak as hell, my healing breeze is +7 regen (best I could manage) and with this on I still rapidly fall back in health, I hit for an average of 12 dam and he hits for an average of say 40 (30 usually but lots of dd for 70+)
When I load a syphon or vapiric touch type spell, he counters with more powerful ones. I heard one guy say he set up the mirror with some aura type spells that in one way or another sacrificed health abd then he hit with deathswarm and killed in 2 hits... if I load deathswarm he nukes me for almost double what I hit him for and he spams it and skips the other spells entirely. I think this combo of hero faces some probs that other heroes class combo's may not have.
I would seriously love an exact plan for a necro/Mo that definately works as i am completely jammed.
Krekaln Kragen
Im a necro/ele and i beat him pretty easily. I had death nova, blood ritual and strip enchantment. I then added worthless enchantments so i could strip them for health. the rest of the slots i filled with spells targeting corpses. I had all my points into death and blood atts.
the mirror would use blood ritual like twice and get severely wounded b/c hes an idiot. then he'd cast death nova and id strip it. all the while i was attacking with my truncheon >_>. He eventually killed me setting off my poison nova which killed him and i won =D. worked the first time i tried it
the mirror would use blood ritual like twice and get severely wounded b/c hes an idiot. then he'd cast death nova and id strip it. all the while i was attacking with my truncheon >_>. He eventually killed me setting off my poison nova which killed him and i won =D. worked the first time i tried it
Valerius
soo... u go face ur mirror after u've done all three missions right? ( Thirsty River, Elona Reach and Dunes of Despair )
i'm at him now... and after my bro gets off i ll use that strategy for Ranger / Monk ... seems like i'll have np with him lol
i'm at him now... and after my bro gets off i ll use that strategy for Ranger / Monk ... seems like i'll have np with him lol
Neisht
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Originally Posted by Krekaln Kragen
Im a necro/ele and i beat him pretty easily. I had death nova, blood ritual and strip enchantment. I then added worthless enchantments so i could strip them for health. the rest of the slots i filled with spells targeting corpses. I had all my points into death and blood atts.
the mirror would use blood ritual like twice and get severely wounded b/c hes an idiot. then he'd cast death nova and id strip it. all the while i was attacking with my truncheon >_>. He eventually killed me setting off my poison nova which killed him and i won =D. worked the first time i tried it This is great an all but I dont have access to strip enchantment as far as I know, I assume thats an ele spell.
the mirror would use blood ritual like twice and get severely wounded b/c hes an idiot. then he'd cast death nova and id strip it. all the while i was attacking with my truncheon >_>. He eventually killed me setting off my poison nova which killed him and i won =D. worked the first time i tried it This is great an all but I dont have access to strip enchantment as far as I know, I assume thats an ele spell.
Krekaln Kragen
nope strip enchantment is a blood att spell that heals you when you use it.
Epinephrine
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neisht
I have seen some decent suggestions tried them all min.3-4 times. To add to the advice taking healing breeze is worth it as he wont cast it.
1. I honestly have tried a big mix of spells and he often does not use.
2. The only spell I have that sacrifices 33% health is far from useless and he uses that one it gives life regen of +3 and when it ends it heals for 170
I am in the exact same boat as Netrol my weapon is weak as hell, my healing breeze is +7 regen (best I could manage) and with this on I still rapidly fall back in health, I hit for an average of 12 dam and he hits for an average of say 40 (30 usually but lots of dd for 70+)
When I load a syphon or vapiric touch type spell, he counters with more powerful ones. I heard one guy say he set up the mirror with some aura type spells that in one way or another sacrificed health abd then he hit with deathswarm and killed in 2 hits... if I load deathswarm he nukes me for almost double what I hit him for and he spams it and skips the other spells entirely. I think this combo of hero faces some probs that other heroes class combo's may not have.
I would seriously love an exact plan for a necro/Mo that definately works as i am completely jammed. As a suggestion (I am playing a Nec/Mo, so I will be in the same boat later) load some sacrifice spells (Dark Pact and others...) and equip Scourge Sacrifice. Make him REALLY pay to use the spells. Take Insidious Parasite along and don't attack him while he has it up, simply steal his health with it - it does nothing to you if he puts it on you, as you simply stop attacking. He may well keep shooting you, though since you are stealing his health everytime he attacks you are wiinning, and you simply don't use any attacks if he does it to you. Use Mark of Subversion and don't cast, he may cast through it. If you can get Spiteful spirit get that too - it's another one that hurt him if he attacks or casts a spell. As long as you give him no useful attack spells and he thus relies on damaging you through attacks you should be fine - after all, you can make him hurt more when he attacks that he can do damage to you, so you'll win that particular race. I don't know, it sounds too easy, but I haven't gotten there yet.
Does he mirror your attributes as well? (or attributes +2 or something?) If so, take along a ton of sacrifice spells and heals but put your attribute points elsewhere (0 healing and 12 smiting for example) and just use Scourge Healing and Scourge Sacrifice yourself, while shooting him with your wand. - if the AI starts hurting he'll probably try healing, if he only has weak healing skills he'll gain very little from it and the Scourge will result in net damage. If his AI is dumb enough he may spam heals to try to get out of the hole and kill himself.
If he doesn't mirror your attributes I say stick with a pile of useless sacrifices (Dark Fury, Dark Pact, Signet of Agony (ooh goody, he makes himself bleed!), Touch of Agony, Demonic Flesh, Awaken the Blood (oh, hope he casts that), Scourge Sacrifice (you'll use this), and Insidious Parasite. With Scourge sacrifice on him he's meat if he starts sacrificing, and all of those are fine for you if he uses them. The insidious parasite is like a conditional heal, you just wand attack him, stop if he uses it on you. You can keep insidious parasite up for 18/20.75 seconds, during which time every attack he makes does 20 or so damage to him, and his (attack-20) to you. If he starts to use any of the sacrifice spells you win, if you are smart and shoot him between Insidious Parasites you also win.
1. I honestly have tried a big mix of spells and he often does not use.
2. The only spell I have that sacrifices 33% health is far from useless and he uses that one it gives life regen of +3 and when it ends it heals for 170
I am in the exact same boat as Netrol my weapon is weak as hell, my healing breeze is +7 regen (best I could manage) and with this on I still rapidly fall back in health, I hit for an average of 12 dam and he hits for an average of say 40 (30 usually but lots of dd for 70+)
When I load a syphon or vapiric touch type spell, he counters with more powerful ones. I heard one guy say he set up the mirror with some aura type spells that in one way or another sacrificed health abd then he hit with deathswarm and killed in 2 hits... if I load deathswarm he nukes me for almost double what I hit him for and he spams it and skips the other spells entirely. I think this combo of hero faces some probs that other heroes class combo's may not have.
I would seriously love an exact plan for a necro/Mo that definately works as i am completely jammed. As a suggestion (I am playing a Nec/Mo, so I will be in the same boat later) load some sacrifice spells (Dark Pact and others...) and equip Scourge Sacrifice. Make him REALLY pay to use the spells. Take Insidious Parasite along and don't attack him while he has it up, simply steal his health with it - it does nothing to you if he puts it on you, as you simply stop attacking. He may well keep shooting you, though since you are stealing his health everytime he attacks you are wiinning, and you simply don't use any attacks if he does it to you. Use Mark of Subversion and don't cast, he may cast through it. If you can get Spiteful spirit get that too - it's another one that hurt him if he attacks or casts a spell. As long as you give him no useful attack spells and he thus relies on damaging you through attacks you should be fine - after all, you can make him hurt more when he attacks that he can do damage to you, so you'll win that particular race. I don't know, it sounds too easy, but I haven't gotten there yet.
Does he mirror your attributes as well? (or attributes +2 or something?) If so, take along a ton of sacrifice spells and heals but put your attribute points elsewhere (0 healing and 12 smiting for example) and just use Scourge Healing and Scourge Sacrifice yourself, while shooting him with your wand. - if the AI starts hurting he'll probably try healing, if he only has weak healing skills he'll gain very little from it and the Scourge will result in net damage. If his AI is dumb enough he may spam heals to try to get out of the hole and kill himself.
If he doesn't mirror your attributes I say stick with a pile of useless sacrifices (Dark Fury, Dark Pact, Signet of Agony (ooh goody, he makes himself bleed!), Touch of Agony, Demonic Flesh, Awaken the Blood (oh, hope he casts that), Scourge Sacrifice (you'll use this), and Insidious Parasite. With Scourge sacrifice on him he's meat if he starts sacrificing, and all of those are fine for you if he uses them. The insidious parasite is like a conditional heal, you just wand attack him, stop if he uses it on you. You can keep insidious parasite up for 18/20.75 seconds, during which time every attack he makes does 20 or so damage to him, and his (attack-20) to you. If he starts to use any of the sacrifice spells you win, if you are smart and shoot him between Insidious Parasites you also win.
Nolas
Just want to point out that a previous thread says that the mirror seems to be have full attributes in all expertise regardless of how you divide your attibutes points.
Therefore the best suggestion is not to use any spells that heals you directly or even any heals at all but equip spells that is self damaging and just not use them.
The idea is not to EQUIP skills that you use normally (i.e. skill sets that maximize damage) but rather skills that are more suicidal (i.e. minimal harm to others while maximal harm to yourself) and let the not-so-intelligent AI bash himself senseless.
Might also help if you try to get more skills prior to fighting your mirror self.
Therefore the best suggestion is not to use any spells that heals you directly or even any heals at all but equip spells that is self damaging and just not use them.
The idea is not to EQUIP skills that you use normally (i.e. skill sets that maximize damage) but rather skills that are more suicidal (i.e. minimal harm to others while maximal harm to yourself) and let the not-so-intelligent AI bash himself senseless.
Might also help if you try to get more skills prior to fighting your mirror self.
Erasmus
For mesmers, Jsut put 7 useless spells and backfire on. With max domination, you will win in under 10 seconds. Just put on backfire and watch him die.
For elementalists ( adn this goes for the OP too) , max out fire. Put on a bunch of time consuming spells, and all the AoE DoT you can. The key is your mirrior doesnt move, but you can. Drop all your AoE on him while he buffs up with garbage and move away from the AoE. He dies fast.
For necromancers, put alot of useless spells that sacrifice health. Jsut stand there and attack while he sacrifices himself to death.
For monk, http://vnboards.ign.com/Monk_/b22825/86687384/?3
Warriors seem to be straight forward attack. Never seen anyone ask or post about it. Must not be too hard.
For Rangers, its probably easier to use your secondary.
For elementalists ( adn this goes for the OP too) , max out fire. Put on a bunch of time consuming spells, and all the AoE DoT you can. The key is your mirrior doesnt move, but you can. Drop all your AoE on him while he buffs up with garbage and move away from the AoE. He dies fast.
For necromancers, put alot of useless spells that sacrifice health. Jsut stand there and attack while he sacrifices himself to death.
For monk, http://vnboards.ign.com/Monk_/b22825/86687384/?3
Warriors seem to be straight forward attack. Never seen anyone ask or post about it. Must not be too hard.
For Rangers, its probably easier to use your secondary.
Wired
Quote:
Originally Posted by Last Gasp
Like many other challenges in the game, the key factor is skill selection. As a ranger, you have a very easy way through this mission. I'll suggest an exact skill layout, and you'll be able to figure out what I'm getting at.
Skills
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Penetrating Shot
Distracting Shot
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
here is how the fight goes:
he starts casting a ritual, which is a complete waste of his time
you start spamming penetrating arrows, which puts big holes in him
at some point, he tries penetrating arrow so,
you use distracting arrow, which stops him, and prevents him from using penetrating again for 20 seconds.
There you go, you've just sewn up your victory. If you don't have 6 nature rituals, just leave some of them blank, or put in capture signets, or whatever. Two is probably enough, if they're two he'll try casting.
I'm assuming this strat will work for any class with some slow, pointless spells. I basically did the same thing, only I didn't use penetrating shot or distracting shot. I just basically loaded up on rituals and starts shooting at him as soon as the match started. By the time he finished casting all those rituals and shot back he had all of 30 hp left.
Skills
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Penetrating Shot
Distracting Shot
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
any nature ritual
here is how the fight goes:
he starts casting a ritual, which is a complete waste of his time
you start spamming penetrating arrows, which puts big holes in him
at some point, he tries penetrating arrow so,
you use distracting arrow, which stops him, and prevents him from using penetrating again for 20 seconds.
There you go, you've just sewn up your victory. If you don't have 6 nature rituals, just leave some of them blank, or put in capture signets, or whatever. Two is probably enough, if they're two he'll try casting.
I'm assuming this strat will work for any class with some slow, pointless spells. I basically did the same thing, only I didn't use penetrating shot or distracting shot. I just basically loaded up on rituals and starts shooting at him as soon as the match started. By the time he finished casting all those rituals and shot back he had all of 30 hp left.