Redwind  

38 HIE Mage and pet can solo whole lot before I have to sit, med and heal pet. Too easy. Light Blues and Greens.

Stumbled on these guys yesterday with my 40 Paladin, and they aggroed. Redwind HT of course, which took a bit of health from me (scared me for a sec until I realized he was SK). I then proceeded to destroy Redwind fairly quickly. His pet went next, in about 2 hits. Then I took on the Icy Orcs. I couldn't tell exactly which were spellcasters and which were melee at first, so I just started going at it. The casters will cast numerous times on you, and they cast dispells, malaise, and a few other things. The dispells were the biggest nuisance. Anyways, I killed them all for aggroing me, but they did get me down to about 2 bubs of health. Didn't get much cash though, and Rune of Ivy did drop, for anyone that needed it. BTW, Redwind was light blue, rest were green.

.. and he didnt even take 200hp from me. didnt cast anything, and the pet went down in 15 secs. i was expecting him to cast a lot, but nothing. good for me :)

the other day me(31 monk) and my friend(27 druid) were camped here killin em all. just harmony the others and take em out 1 at a time. after that kill em as they pop. piece of cake. oh ya and by the way that rune of ivy drops more like 75% of the time.

Currently I am a 31 ranger, so I need his drop for the Ivy armor quest. However, he still is red to me! This site is guesstimating him at 27, but I think that is off a little bit.

In addition to the Rune of Ivy, Redwind once dropped a "Goblin Ice Necklace". I've searched but am unable to find this item on Allakhazam, and I'm wondering what it's for. It has a 1 copper value to merchants.

Redwind is a shadow knight. He opens the fight with a 271 hp harm touch, which he can do from a distance by the way. As a shadow knight, Redwind's skeletal pet was a twit, unlike a necro's pet which tends to be closer in level to its master. He will cast clinging darkness to snare you, so if you're counting on SoW for your escape, you have been warned.

As a side note, I've never messed with him until I was 41. At that level he was single-pulled from a distance with a stun spell. The other orcs didn't aggro during the distance-pull at level 41. I killed him twice and he dropped the Rune of Ivy both times.

Edited, Wed May 29 18:50:17 2002

hey,

whilst i was going through everfrost killing wolly mamms, i saw this guy, but he was undead to me, and i just looked at the picture then on this site and he is an orc??

anyways.,,, just wanted to kniow if he spawns as a skellie much because if so, he will be alot easier for me to kill due to me being a pally :)


Suspiria 33 pally

can you believe that killed this guy three times and didnt get the damn rune i should have got.People told me i was supposed to get the rune 95 percent or the time thats bull and i almost died wail doing it what a waste of time goddamn it.

Redwind from a Ranger point of view:
Since Redwind drops the rune of Ivy which is needed for Rangers to get Ivy Bracers,
you will see mostly Rangers camping Redwind.

<Ranger with a Healer (Druid, Shaman, Cleric, Paladin)>
When this camp is full you have 4 Icey Orcs, 2 of which are spellcasters, Redwind,
who is also a spellcaster, and his Pet. You don't want to pull all of them at once
unless you really need the excitement since we Rangers do not have a charm or Mez spell.
So you can harmony all of them by walking up the ramp and take about 3 steps toward them
without aggro-ing them. I moved to the front left and front right hand corners of the platform
and edged forward to harmony the orcs in the back row. Once they are all harmonied (except Redwind)
I cast a root and a DOT on redwind, his pet will attack. You will get hit for 270 pts
of damage (harm touch, I believe). His pet is a wimp, so he will drop fast. If you have
a healer with you, now is the time to heal. When the root breaks, Redwind will run down the
ramp and attack. He will also cast spells on you while rooted, but if you have endure
magic, you should be ok. Redwind will only cast the 270 harm touch once, so you should be
ok to drop him. Now he drops the Rune of Ivy 95% of the time. If he drops it. you are done.
If not, then you will have to pull each orc one by one until the platform is cleared. They are much
easier than Redwind, but can hold their own, so don't double up unless you are sure. Med up
and now you can pull Redwind without casting Harmonies. Also it should be noted, that sometimes
he spawns without his pet. I think this happens once you break the camp. If you get into
trouble, root and run directy WEST. The terrain and sow will allow you to make it to the guards.

<Ranger with no healer, but with a partner with at least 400 hit points>
Ok, So you need the rune and feel you can solo Redwind, but you don't have Harmony. First
of all, have a partner sowed. 2nd, target Redwind. Have your partner attack Redwind via a
range weapon or range spell. He will take the 270 points of damage and then draw every orc
including Redwind on him. Once he takes the hit, You root Redwind, and your partner runs to the
guards WEST. Once you root Redwind, you might get the pet on you, but you can take him easy.
If you have a DOT, cast that on the rooted Redwind. Once the root breaks, kill Redwind and get
the rune. Your partner must go slow at first to keep the orcs on his tail, if he outdistances
them too much, they will return to the ramp. Just to be safe, make sure that you pull Redwind
away from the ramp, in case the orcs return.

Ranger solo. If you are a lvl 32 or higher ranger, you should be able to solo Redwind by
taking the initial hit and making sure all Icey orcs are harmonied. If you get into trouble
you can always run to the guards West, since you have sow. I did all of these methods as
a lvl 36 Ranger and my healer was a 34 paladin and another time as a 35 Druid. Good luck, any
specific questions can be emailed to Regnart_EQ@yahoo.com

Redwind gotta pet i went to the stone giant statue cliked around awhile and it said "redwind pet"

I a 26 warrior with a 27 shammy and a 29 ranger took him out very easily.Ranger Harmonized Orcs I walked up pulled bow He hit me for 230 points with the Harm Touch.Then we tore him and his pet to bits in about 30 seconds .The harm touch is nothing when he doesn't get to hit you for anything more than that.

Once when I was lvl 39 or 40 just for shts and giggles, I decided to see if Redwind would still aggro on me. I knew he didnt drop anything that was useful to me, but him and the Lich are about the only things that I havent killed or helped to kill in my home zone of Everfrost (and I mean monsters by that, hehe). So I mosied up the ramp of the ruined temple and Redwind immediately aggrod on me, and brought his whole horde of icy orcs with him. I fell back and began to root my heart out, but Redind was close enough that he fired off his HT and it hit me (which surprised the crap outta me). My pet was already goin nuts tearin the orcs, but shaman pets are laughable at best and he didnt last too long. At my lvl my pet was prbly about the same lvl as the icy orcs, so lets do the math 4 warriors + one SK and his pet vs. one shaman's pet. I would put my money on the orcs, especially since I had decided to see what was goin on in Permafrost about that time, lol.
I've gotten a little bit more powerful since then, maybe I'll go back and see what Redwind is up to, and introduce him to my new line of pet spells. ;)

This camp can be solo'd by a single level 30 Bard because I've done it. It's not great XP per kill at that level, but it's good, steady XP over time with 1-4pp per orc sometimes.

Just lull every one of them. Then I use Charm to bring each one out to a couple hundred feet from the camp. Then ramp up the magic resists by the time the Charm breaks. Once you're fighting the orcs you should be running your slow song to slow their attack and movement speed. By that time any spells cast by these orc melee shamans are practically useless. And the slow song reduces the amount of hits they get on you dramatically. And when they turn around to run they crawl away from you until they stop in snare-like fashion. A few stabs in the back and they are gone.

When you get to Redwind you need to make sure that you Charm him, and have him attack his pet. He always Harm Touches that pet. He's still under your control for a few seconds after he does his own pet in, so draw him out to the spot and use the same resist and slow method that brought his brethren down.

Songs:
Kelin's Lugubrious Lament (to lull)
Solon's Song of the Sirens (to pull)
Purifying Rhythms (to resist poison and disease, slight AC boost))
Guardian Rhythms (to resist magic, slight AC boost)
Selo's Consonant Chain (to slow target's attack and movement speed)

Basstone Trombone <Lords of Rememberance>
Level 31 Bard at the time of this writing

Took Redwind tonight, myself 31 ranger, with 25 warrior and 28 (29?) necro. Warrior pulled with bow, I waited for a couple rounds before I jumped in. He took the harm touch (hp plumment to near half), and I was able to taunt Redwind off him pretty quick and went down under 3 bubbles by the end of the fight. Whoever has the 2 hander pulls and doesn't taunt. Whoever is duel wielding jumps in once he harm touches, and it isn't that hard. There's no reason to heal your puller because the puller doesn't have to take more than 400-500 points of damage (harm touch, a few rounds, and what little the pet can do). Thanks Daranure and Cerrano for the help.

I was in a group, as a 23 ranger, with a 25 ranger and a 23 druid, and we took him out 4 straight times with no problems. He dropped the rune on three of those occasions.

The other day after hunting in Perma for HQ Ore my son a 35 Bard and I (30 cleric) camped em for a while. I used calm to pull one or the orcs at a time and when he was alone I Stunned, Enstill, Wrath a couple times - Dead - 1/2 mana bar and Bub of health. Bard didnt even get hit. Seemed he like me better. With a Bard singing mana/regen little down time - no sweat. No Rune though. 4 kills

can 2 30 palidans a 27 ranger and a 33 magiacian take redwind?

Went to kill some things in Everfrost at 39. I found the Icy Orcs, and killed one, then noticed 3 others behind me. I had to bail out after I was at 2 bubs of health. I didn't see anything around the first one when I nailed it. I guess they aggro from a ways.

~S

I've got the bracer now and here is how I did. I took down Redwind with a 25 Barb Shammy, a 26 Wood Elf Ranger (me) and a 23 Barb Warrior. We buffed and stayed out of aggro range until I moved up. I cast 14(!) harmony spells trying to get him. We it finally worked, pulled with a snare (didn't stick of course). He hits hard, but with 3 on 1 he goes down pretty quick. The shammy spells did seem to stick better (maliase, etc), but that could be dumb luck. Got a monk in later and the pull was significantly easier. He drops the rune everytime.

Since when does Redwind have a pet? I went back to pay him a visit, to help out a friend, after having not hunted him in about 8 lvl's and he has a pet now?!! Not that it was a problem ..lol but was just wondering if it was something he did special for me or a freak occurance...

Nylana Azureskye
Druid of the 35th season
Rallos Zek

Me and my friend were camping Redwind, he was lvl 30 and I was 34(rngrs) He aggros Redwind, Redwind turns stops then... Booom!! My friend loses 2 bubbles. Thats a nasty Harm Touch he then casts Clinging Darkness on you to slow you down if he gets the time to notice ya backing up away from him. He hits pretty hard too but not much better than his lvl 25 Ice Orks.

I think his level is closer to 30-34. Cons even to me at 33, and ALWAYS opens with a harm touch for +/- 250 points. be ready to heal your puller <g>

Spawns at the orc platform with the icy orcs, drops a rune for one of the ivy etched armor quests (ranger only armor).