Perfect defense / embrava unbalance

[Reain]

you see I can survive those on SCH too with PDT gear and stoneskin. The problem is, until you actually are able to reach out to your melees to cure them (because you need to save yourself first) they will most likely be dead. If those AoE would be only 15' instead of 30', ADL would be managable without PD. The problem is if your support dies, your front line will eat dirt too.
The problem is due to largely enhanced AoE range of ADL, mages cant stand anywhere safe + be in cureing range, because his AoE exeeds 21'

I should point out that we don't usually kill it without Perfect Defense we just did one time because we ran out of Astral flows and everyone was up for it.

I don't try and stand out of AoE. I stand with my back to the palace to prevent the knock back. If it's violent rupture it's easy cause I can just squall as soon as my melee are on it.

If it's Oblivion Smash it's harder because it's does more damage and I can't squall till the add effect paralyze is off. My whm is usually gets it off me quickly. Lately I've been carrying remedies too.

If I were playing SCH I would be dropping PT after Embrava and Regen V and locking Tabula Rasa on the ???.

The only reason Pchan made this thread was to indirectly brag about killing ADL with 3 accounts.

Agreed. I think anyone who has done ADL will think that he was lucky that it didn't summon again and that the first one they targetted was the real one. (He might have just did ADLs till the first one was the real one though.)

[Damane]

I should point out that we don't usually kill it without Perfect Defense we just did one time because we ran out of Astral flows and everyone was up for it.

I don't try and stand out of AoE. I stand with my back to the palace to prevent the knock back. If it's violent rupture it's easy cause I can just squall as soon as my melee are on it.

If it's Oblivion Smash it's harder because it's does more damage and I can't squall till the add effect paralyze is off. My whm is usually gets it off me quickly. Lately I've been carrying remedies too.

If I were playing SCH I would be dropping PT after Embrava and Regen V and locking Tabula Rasa on the ???.




Agreed. I think anyone who has done ADL will think that he was lucky that it didn't summon again and that the first one they targetted was the real one. (He might have just did ADLs till the first one was the real one though.)

i actually do that, locking Tabula Rasa and so on with magian specs. and the ??? for up to 3 ADL fights. I place myself on the pilars so I am outside of magical AoE, but inside of cure range, the pillars prevent knockback.
Still the main problem is its huge AoE range that is 30' or more, (my mule actually got killed 35' away from it). The fight is nowhere near CONSISTENTLY (key word) winnable without PD and/or Embrava and depends totaly on if ADL will be a dick and picked the right one. Hell even with PD/Embrava he can dick you out of a win.