The Dzemael Darkhold - Tips and Tricks

[Krausus]

Credit goes to MeowyWowie, Thanks dude!

Might as well share, I'm sure some people have figured it out by now anyways.

You can stun Inferno Drop with ANY WS. You won't get a "stun" message, instead it will say Inferno Drop fails. What we do is make sure we always have TP ready for stunning, I personally use Follow Through, but anything will work. The more WS's that you get off, the higher the chance to stun it. So don't assign an order, and don't assign just one person for stunning, it's a group effort.

We're unsure if it's the action of using a WS itself that stuns it, or if it's the amount of damage he sustains while readying Inferno Drop. We do however know that it has proven to be a good strategy over and over again. We might miss a stun here or there, but least we're not getting spammed. Rarely does anyone die if he gets one off.

As far as the hate issues Xquiel is concerned about, Istinto pretty much summed it up. Let your tank(s) secure hate when your first start the fight. Nobody should be attacking at all for about ~30 seconds after first engaging.

Overall the most important things about the fight are positioning, hate management, reaction speed, in that order.

Good luck

With this strat you should be able to get by without all ranged...Thank God.

[Zdenka]

Thats the strategy we have been using to kill the ogre since day 1. We actually even tank it in that exact spot.

Tank takes slightly more damage when the bearer is up top (can deflection/boon its meeles tho) but curse still hits for 750, + random Inferno drop requires the tank to stay as close to topped off as possible on that section. Saving Sentinel for that "rotation" is also preferred.

This strategy makes all ranged take 0 damage the entire fight, making it much easier for them and meele only get hit by 1 chain bearer up top (if its not hitting the tank).

I was actually going to make a video of this (tank PoV so wouldn't be too interesting) but since that already exists I guess I won't bother with it tonight :O

[giftforce]

Has anyone figured out where Helm of the Lone Knight comes from?

It hasn't dropped from Ogre yet so I am assuming it drops from Batraal.

[Roaran]

Batraal drops helm

[Sigmakan]

I'm curious where all those R50 weapons come from. Batraal as well?

[Zdenka]

I'm curious where all those R50 weapons come from. Batraal as well?

Some are 4000 marks from the Companies, the ones with Limonsian, Ulda'hn, etc. The Canopus ones are from Batraal.

[Sigmakan]

Some are 4000 marks from the Companies, the ones with Limonsian, Ulda'hn, etc. The Canopus ones are from Batraal.

Yea clearly the LL, Uldah, Grid ones come from companies. Good to know that Canopus comes from Batraal. Im assuming the Warlock Buckler, Verdant gear, and Templar Falchion also come from him.

[Krausus]

OP has been updated with Ogre battle strats.

[Frisque]

I don't want the spoilers so I can't read this yet .....but I'm bookmarking this thread for reference cause your info/guides are full of awesome

[Bigglesworth]

good job on this Krauss, when are you going to update it with Batraal strategies, or is there another thread for that?