a giant skeleton  

Greetings,

Giant Skells now form part of the OoW task quests.

Got this for my lv 24 Bard

im lvl 26 and some of them are red

Yes I must admit im a VERY twinked druid.... Im only lvl 22 and I can kite 2-3 of these things around..... I have 216 wis.... So im sure even untwinked you could easily root and dot one of these guys to death.....

What i do notice is that they break root Very easily... So just snare and dot and run them around for a while.....


Good luck

I go out to Rathe Mnts. every once in a while to fight Giant Skeletons. As a cleric of the 28th season, they mostly con blue to me and I can kill them fairly easily. I never have trouble finding them near the Lake Rathe zone. I use my sence the dead spell and it always puts a giant skeleton on my target. Then I go find him and cast fear on him. I nuke him with my dismiss undead spell a few times and that's pretty much it. Good for clerics to solo with.

Ok, I am a lvl 29 warrior Barbarian and have kick asz gear but not twinked. I use a fine sheer blade thingy in secondary and a BALS in primary with 140 lvl duel weild. I have 958hp.
Could I drop these suckers in no time? and get xp still?
I could ge 30 from them and then get in a HG group and knock'em around a bit )

would it be possible for a lvl 21 druid twinked with like 160 wis be able to kite one of these skeles who just got done kiting aviak guards then on to aviak rooks would it be possible for me to kite one i am a very good kiter

Tindel Treeweaver
druid of the 21st circle

I came to Rathe Mountains after I received my level 22 spells. (I consider these spells vital for any SK who wishes to follow my path.)

Resists seemed to be fairly rare. I began each fight by casting Grim Aura and Vampiric Embrace on myself. (For those who
do not know, Grim Aura can be picked up in any Necromancer guild. DO take the time to get it as it will make a difference
in max damage.

Start each fight with Engulfing Darkness, Siphon Strength, and Disease Cloud. As the Skellie draws closer, cast Spook the Dead.
As the skellie runs from life, ha ha, you can nail him for maximum damage. When Spook the Dead wears off, do NOT hesitate
to cast it again. Using this method, you shouldn't get into too much trouble.

A couple of points:

- Lizardmen are the PH, place holders, for the Giant Skellies. If you kill enough of them, they will spawn Giant skellies.
- Do NOT kill bears of ANY kind. They are the place holders for cyclops'. They will make hunting for Skellies more troublesome and time consuming.
- I slayed the skellies near Lake Rathe. While this does provide for an easy get away incase you need to flee, you WILL get trained by someone trying to pull too many cyclops' or Hill Giants.
- Being undead, they do NOT run away from you when they get low on health. Something to remember incase you're in a close fight.
- At level 22, even cons gave me 1 blue bar, yellow 1.1 blue bars, and reds 1.5. (Yes, you can take reds, but be careful for resists!) As I level up, the XP was STILL impressive.
- There is a rare Lizardman spawn names Mortificator Syythrak. AVOID HIM. He is a level 40 Shaman who has some nasty spells. (You'll know him when you see him running around with a SOW on him. )
- I typically loot 2-3pp from them. Each level I was able to make around 35-50pp per level.
- They drop bone chips almost all of the time. A nice little bonus on top of the loot & xp.
- You MAY want to pratice your first Evocation spell,Ward Undead. It is an undead only 40 point dd spell. I have used it to kite these around with Engulfing Darkness when I was low on HP.

I am currently level 27, and see no reason for leaving this zone right now. The down time has gotten shorter as I leveled up, while the XP has remained strong.
Not to mention that I conned my first yellow clops' when I hit 26, so I think I'll be dropping them sometime soon.
I hope this information helps.

Kurde Vermillion
Level 27 Ogre SK, Torvo'

My 22 sk took out a black one, without too much trouble, was on half health after. As I finished resting I got a lot of buffs from a passing druid (including +460hp :) ) so made a pet and took on a yellow one. Killed him too but was quite a nasty fight, was hurting a lot more than I thought it would, hit me for 50 a couple times. My pet survived somehow, heh.
loot was 1 plat 7 gold +change from first
2 plat ? gold +change, one bone chips,skeletal toe and bloodback wand from the second one.
Oh and these weren't at the ruins, they were wandering around so no friends to worry about.

What level could a cleric start soloing these?

I have been soloing these skellies at lvl 21 with my enchanter. Preatty easy too kill without even using my pet. I just entraill, tashani, root, than cast away at it untill it dies. They are all red to me. Increddible exp.

These guys have some petty good loot, last night I was getting 2pp and change in a row :) Just some warnings and hints: These guys hit up to 56 and fast, so keep them on your pet or spooked with spells. Watching out for kiting druids trying to kill things they CANNOT KILL! I have died twice to this and it's rather annoying. Stay away from Lake rath zone, it's a constant train and almost all of them are never shouted. If there is a slow spell, go out and kill some lizzy men and bears, they are PH for cycs and giant skels. Not much mana is needed, all you need to do is darkness, spook the dead, and hungry earth. All while your pet is buffed of course :) Hope this helps, happy hunting necros!

As a lvl 23 Nec i could almost kill the red conning skeletons. Took it down to ZERO health but it killed me. Now i'm lvl 24 and it's time for revenge...

they are hittable by a party of 3 at lvl 21 - 23.

There are two ruins in the Rathe Mts. zone. One North of the Feerrott and one on the SW side where the HG's hang out. Which of these two ruins is where the Giant Skellie (that drops the ingot)spawns?

The giant skels also drop a bloodblack wand which I believe is used for a mage quest.

The Cleric one is around level 40...

I believe these skellies can be as high as level 30, as I have seen several con even to me at that level.

Anyone know what loot these guys have? and at what level would you recommend mages soloing them?

There is a rare red boned giant skel. Level 30 or so.. maybe more... for Cleric's awesome 1H Blunt weapon. Drops Ingot of Sacreament. He only spawns at the ruins