Voice of the Serpent  

 

I agonized over getting this item for a very long time. Don't kid yourself though this camp is not for the newbie bard.

>>>First of all; Let's assume you know your way to the basement of Ssraezcha Temple, if not then download a map. As long as you go the correct way there are no see invis mobs between you and the door that blocks you from your target.
After you leave the tube that gives access to the basement, you will want to head towards the building straight ahead. On the left side of this building is a ramp that leads to a locked door that looks like a sarcophagus. As any good bard will know getting past a locked door is fairly easy assuming you can charm a mob then have him attack a summoning mob.

>>>To cheat the door lock; Summon an Eye of Xomm by using a Singing Steel Helm, Holgresh Elder Beads, or a Stalking Probe. Summon it facing the door so it pops on the other side. Go up the ramp to the second story of the building and target ANY mob. Now here's the key, make sure you have a KEY BOUND to CYCLE BETWEEN TARGETS. Look this up in options. Keep your 2nd floor mob targeted, find a NON-Named/NON-Taskmaster mob on the first floor, like a Shissar Defiler or an Acolyte. Single them and bring them to the door. Now cycle your target to the second floor one and have your charmed snake attack him. Once he's done a bit of damage to the other mob break charm, then be ready to run outtside the door and use Fading Memories.

>>>Now that you are on the Second Floor; You will see on the outside to the right is an area free of mobs that you can pull to/go afk while waiting for spawns.

>>>Inside the second floor is three rooms; The first one has three static mobs that spawn about 20 min. The Right room has 2 trash mobs and a Named for the Cursed Cycle. The Left room has 1 trash mob, the other named for the Cursed Cycle, and your target mob. It looks like this:

................Rhozth Ssrakezh...........
Trash_____---------------_____Ph/Disciple Yelwinz


>>>How to pull; If you are reading this guide then you probably don't have the greatest dps yet so I'll assume you don't want to spend 20 min killing the first room. The mobs in the first room have a small proximity agro so if you are careful you can pull ph/Yelwinz single easy. If this proves hard use the Silent Song of Quellious. DO NOT enter Rhozth's room, instead pull Yelwinz/PH using the Bellow aa/Harmony of Sound/Occlusion of Sound/Bracer of Fenin Ro/misc ranged attack. Don't worry if he stops to cast, just exit the building and pull him out and nothing should agro. If you'd like some extra DPS, the mobs that ARE NOT Taskmasters can all be charmed with Song: Call of the Banshee.

>>>The Easy part; Once singled Disciple Yelwinz is cake. Even with poor dps he's a snap. Mez him, debuff his resists and slow. HE WILL GATE, HE WILL COMPLETE HEAL. If you have a high enough charisma use mesmerize to break his casting. If this is unreliable use your Lost Composition of Ervaj with a horn and burn away his mana pool. Obviously if you hp start to drop, mez him and twist Niv's Melody of Perservation with your highest HP/Mana song (ie Chorus of Marr).

>>>If you agro Rhozth Ssrakezh; This guy is agro'd by proximity (and direct agro obviously). As long as you don't enter his room you are good. We all make mistakes however (LAG) or perhaps you let a mob gate. If this happens run out of the building and chain Fading Memories til out of range since he sees invis. If agro'd he will camp the spot he lost agro at for quite a long time. If this happens memorize Song of Highsun, equip a flute and just gate him back and immediately Fading Memories, this should fix the problem just remember to open the door at MAX range and maybe use Song: Lyssa's Solidarity of Vision to target Yelwinz.

With resists all over 120, unbuffed HP of over 5k, 1400+ AC and 1300+ Attack all mobs were only moderately challenging once slowed with Requiem of Time. Goodluck =D

Edited, Fri Dec 10 15:54:13 2004