a griffawn  

Others correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that it works the same way on a lot of MOBs. When rooted they have to stay in 1 place and will turn around and attack you. When snared they still try to move, since it only reduces their movement rate, not elimante it, and thus keep their back to you. As I have noticed many times when my health starts dropping below 40% my movement slows - the same is true for MOBs so there is a point where they stay still but do not fight.

I LOVE these guys. After hunting uncom spawning kodiaks in WC and fighting others for the kill I love these feathery KFC wannabes. They're so common and I've never seen more than a dozen people in the zone at a time. Fav trick is fear kiting. I never understood it until I did it and it's now my favorite trick and since Griffawns are ANIMALS druids can fear or better yet terrorize MWAHAHAHAHAHA. Run you lunch meat I got a side order of coleslaw with your name one it

Root, DOT, nuke, fear, med, nuke, snare, fear, med, nuke, dot, nuke, med, med, BYE BYE

I stay at the edge of spell cast time/running range so if he breaks by the time he's close enough to hit I terror and he wets hismelf running away and just resare, like a kite from a string hehe. I soloed one with less than a bub of health just by fearing it to keep it out of melee range and only running a couple times to buy me those 3 seconds (I don't recommend trying though it was a stupid move on my part)

Just 'member druids they can be feared and if they run they wont attack if snared, rooted yes to the death, snared no. Also best hunt after you reach 19 so you get those lovely kite friendly and heavy damage spells like dizzywind and terrortize animal. And try befriending a smaller animal and then sic them on the rooted animal. They will most likely die but hey they are there for your survival not theirs

Happy Griff hunting..... oh and makes sure it's a Grifawn not Griffon I see most by the farm near the bridge. You are so dead if you go after it thinking it's a fawn

Edited, Wed Jun 26 14:19:34 2002

These things were made for kiting, as long as they don't resist too often. Snare, DD, stay out of their reach. If they resist too much, try to cast panic/terrorize animal. If they resist that, run for your life, these things will tear through a druid like we're a wet paper bag.

For melee classes these things are a major undercon, don't melee one without a partner that can heal you, or snare/fear it.

Don't mean to brag here... I was level 14 when I took my first Griffawn out... solo. It conned even. I play a wizard though so that may have helped. Griffawns are very vulnerable to root and shoot. Thanks to these mobs, I made it to level 20 in roughly 12 more hours of gametime.

You are damn skippy, They Whacked my well armored self something fierce and would turn back to me no matter how much damage was dealt by someone else as soon as I attacked again... My best advice is to have a Druid make him his pet than use him to kill other stuff for you.

I'm doing them as a 13 Bard. Even cons hit for 28 and some of the reds hit for up to 34. They also have double attacks. That means that they can take an entire bubble off your health if you get stunned once. Be patient and you should do fine.

Very True Statement....lvl 16 wizard is not that hard. (as long as your root spell works). I have noticed, if I root them from behind, they don't resist my root spell as much. Also, try using your Flame Bolt spell. The Griffawns do not resist this spell as much and it is more mana efficient.

They also drop assorted lower (<1 pp) gems on occassion.