Webclaw Murkwave  

I did see Webclaw over near the Aviaks just outside of the entrance to the Arena. It was night, so I couldn't see what he was doing, but he was just past the tree on the right of the entranceway that's level with the base of the cliff entrance. In fact, thanks to a high level Druid who blasted him, I now have a Water Crystal Staff. (Its in the bank as my back-up weapon; my weapon of choice is a Smoldering Brand, but I rarely engage in melee)

While camping the 3 spawn tower with a Vah Shir Rogue (who was with me at the Arena entrance earlier and also saw Webclaw there), I noticed Webclaw spawn quite often. He spawns at the base of the tower and climbs up the cliff opposite the tower.

Not quite sure if Webclaw despawns eventually and respawns, or if someone was over at the Arena entrance area (or closer) and was killing him a lot. Didn't think to do an OOC and ask.

he was easy for me. I was sitting right next the the aviak diving board saving the camp for my bro's magician. Then i got nuked for like 200 damage it knocked my hp down 2 bubbles but i immediatly got up and started slashing him with my crystallized short sword and my centi longsword. I kept interuupting him so he couldn't cast even though he has a fast cast rate. After 10 min i finished him off with 2 hp. I think he was a weak one because people said he should have been alot harder. Oh yeah im a fairly twinked warrior with 200str. My warrior is lvl 24

2 words. Ice Comet. /grin

i killed murkclaw with a 19 bard, 19 monk (myself) and a 23 warrior. killed him 3 times in an hour. spawns in the water just before the avviak diving board about every 10mins after he is killed. he has a pretty gnarly cast with super low recast delay, but he runs out of mana pretty quick. to kill him, u need a TON of hp, my friend had 1000 and it still brought him down to 1/8 of a bubble before we killed him. BE CAREFUL

Today i camped him for a full day in real life. Some people told me to kill the three aviaks by the flame at the top of the steps/tower for him to spawn. Other people told me to kill the whole gnoll camp for him to spawn. And even more people told me to kill the shaman aqua goblin for him to spawn. And other people told me he is a random spawn. FOR GOD's SAKES MAKE UP YOUR MIND!!! I was at lake rathe for ages and he didnt even show up on track!!! WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET HIS STAFF!!!! *gasps for air* Enuff said.

20th mage with high level friends
Morrel-Thule

passing throught LR on the way to RM for my daily does of hgs i decided to check track fast...Webclaw was wandering about 3spawn so i decided to pay a revenge visit on him lvl40 4 pieces of rygor and MR of 50 i just smoked him got the stave and left whish the Hgs where that easy.........webclaw 3 me 2 still owe him one more

Good thing I thought ahead and asked a lvl 40 wizard to accompany me, you know, for good luck :) Well, I threw the first nuke, and he threw 3 at 170 damage each.....needless to say the rest of the battle went like that, and my poor lifeless body was eventually left at the bottom of a rocky hill. My my wizard buddy killed him for me, and I got my staff, a gem of some sort, and one other item which I cannot recall. That was at lvl 27, so maybe I will try again soon, now that I am 29 :)

Rule of thumb about all caster mobs, since they can cast on the run, melee like warriors, and have way more hp than any wizzies I know. Always assume they are 7 levels higher than thier con.
You CAN take this guy if you know what you are doing. Only lvl's 30 and up should attempt this.
When you see him, snare him. While he casts his first nuke you cast root. While he casts his second, you cast your best dot. Now, get out of his cast range. Heal up, and med up until you see the "XX roots has worn of" From there he is snared and you can get him before he gets you. Have whirling wind memmed, (it stuns knockbacks and does 122 dmg) and hit him with it a couple of times. At that point he should be almost dead. You can then root him and dot him (if you are a wuss like me.) or you can nuke him to death and get nuked back some. He's simple, you just have to have a plan.

An 18th lvl rogue, 19th lvl druid and an 18th lvl enchanter were walking down the street...

Actually, we were on the flame island camping Aviak Guards and doing quite well. Got on a spawn cycle with the three Aviak Guards so that after we pulled and killed one guard, another would spawn. wash, rinse, repeat.

Then Webclaw shows up. We had decided that when he spawned, we'd take him since we were all bound in the Arena. I'm at the top of the tower waiting for the next spawn to pull, when I hear "Casting snare on Webclaw Murkwave." So, I fly back down the tower to engage. As soon as I engage with a back stab, there was a huge lag spike. Everything froze for probably 6 seconds. Once the action resumes, I'm down to one bubble of health and I see a lot of "you try to pierce Webclaw Murkwave but his magical skin resists." Or something like that. Because of the spike, the druid couldn't get a heal off in time and the 'chanter wasn't able to help either.

I died. The druid ran back to the Arena (sow and levitate). The 'chanter went invis and camped.

Needless to say, I'm coming back for Murkwave. In the meantime, anyone have a strategy for debuffing him? Or was it the fact that I'm 7 lvls below him that prevented me from hitting him?

Tonight my 20th level dwarf warrior and my close friend's 20th dwarf paladin were grouped at the tower when this guy went off on us. Was red at 20 and we were afraid we'd get killed, but were bound in the arena, so we were close. We just hacked away. I could not taunt him off her, so she ended up having to use her Lay Hands; but we got him. He burned me alot, but I don't think I went down more than a bubble and a half. Got the staff, a hunting bow and some cheapo arrows, and got a pearl earring. Good experience, too. Luck has been with us this week.

Dwargo Evilsbane on Veeshan server

I've been trying just to get a look at this guy I know where he spawns and all but I've never even seen him anyone have tips for finding him?





-Alek
Enchanter of Morell-Thule

Well, I'm a level 30 Druid on Vallon, tried to kill this bugger cause i want a staff for my Mage. He conned blue to me and within 5 seconds of my snaring him he's nuked me down to 1 bub of hp. I barely had time to gate.. next time I'll get a tank so i can nuke him properly! LOL

I took my 31 Cleric over today for the purpose of getting the staff. Only 4 people in zone, imagine that. Didn't really want it, but I bought one for my chanter a long time ago and just wanted to loot one. I buffed up to 847hps and my +10sv vs magic and swam to the island. I arrive, 2 birds at top of ramp, no one at bottom. After about 2 minutes an aqua goblin pops at the bottom of the ramp and meets a quick death. Then about 4 or so minutes later he pops at the bottom of the ramp. He cons blue to me at 31. He resists my first stun, root sticks, second stun sticks and its a nuke fest. He nuked me for about 600, I resisted one of them. I nuked him for over 1000, that's what it took to kill him. He blew his mana after nuking me for 600 then started to run after my root wore off. Got my staff and gated, pretty gravy for me. Best of luck. No idea how much the staff sells for, I paid 75pp for it about 6 months ago. I assume it will be given away. The point was to loot something I once paid all my money for as a noobie.

Should a lv 25 Shaman like me attack him? I can root and nuke for 134 dmg.

This little guy i guess must roam the zone cause the 4 or 5 times iv been camping gnolls nere the karan zone he's come over and started attacking me, as usual i beat him to death and gave away his staff.

We killed it with me (lvl 20 Warrior) and my friend (lvl 22 Druid). When he is out of mana, he really sucks. You can just watch him trying to hit you with his small staff... well, watch out, he casts for about 150 dmg.

Another thing fun is that he popped twice in 5 minutes. Te second time he took me down real fast. Grr !! i'll have him back.

I camped for about 45 minutes, got a couple Aqua Goblins and Webclaw (its about a 7-8 minute spawn overall), the Auqa Gbolins dropped arrows and a Hunting Bow, and then Webclaw popped. To start, he looks exactly like an Aqua Goblin, not the reddish-purple that is shown above. I am a lvl 21 wizzy and resisted his Force Shock multiple times. He didn't hit me with anything, but did resist my magic-based spells. My lvl 16 Flame Shock wasted him, and (with the help of a higher lvl warrior that was helping me) we wasted him without either of us taking more than 100pts of damage max.

He didn't try to run during battle, but a warning, he and his PHs spawn running toawrds the mountains. The hardest part of this spawn was getting them before they jumped over the hill and swam away. You have about 3 to 4 seconds from the pop to the time that they are up to the top of the mountin, so be aware and watch the staircase for the pop, then blast immeidaitely. Another good way to get around this is by having your tank sit right in their path, that buys you some time to hit them as they aggro fairly violently, the Auqas and Webclaw. Other than that, if you are a caster of at least 20th lvl, you should resist fairly well, and not have too much trouble with Webclaw.

Not to discourage anyone...cause he can be soloed by caster or melee. Just 90% of his spawns..he will resist 3-4 every spell you throw at him. Ive seen level 18-21 group of casters kill him. Ive seen level 35 wizard get killed by him. It varies. The reward is a staff that is one hand blunt with effect:shallow breath...level one enchanter d.o.t. It also procs at level one..nice weapon to give to your newbie friends.

Like all spell casters, PC and NPC alike, this guy can be a relatively normal drop or a deadly mistake. I have encountered webclaw 4 times. The first two times, myself, 21 mage, a 22 ranger, and 19 enchanter had a go at him. He was not too tough at all. The third time, he got some really good spells off and nailed us all to near death... for some reason, he resisted my first 3 dds which is horried in a group like ours.

At 22, I went to help a lower friend of mine break an aviak spawn. I went from SK zone to the point where i could see the Barbarian village when webclaw blasted me. He likes to travel from the 3 spawn to the arena, but this time he went a bit further. I lost him in the village, i think one of the barbs attacked him and had to gate out. In the mid 20's a lot people have swimming skills that outspeed the boats, but being in a canoe is less likely to aggro something you don't want.

This guy was a relatively easy kill for his lvl. Myself (21 Enchanter) and 21 Wizzy made short work of him. Just used my usually worthless pet with Quicken. Poor guy only got off 2 spells and lasted about 20 seconds. Gave great exp too. /Conned tombstone Red.

where he spawn?

He seams to loot various gems...i have gotten some low level ones like malachite and lapiz but once found an emerald!