Nagafen's Lair  

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Type: Indoor
Continent: Antonica
Instanced: No
Keyed: No
Level Range: 40 - 55
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Rivaled only by Permafrost in terms of danger on the continent of Antonica, this treacherous network of caves is located deep within the Lavastorm Mountains.

Inside these caves is a variety of residents. In the northeast is a clan of aggressive kobolds with a series of tents and camps, hunted for their valuable bronze and fine steel. In the central area are a host of sonic bats, which see invisibility, and spiders, which tend to swarm those unlucky enough to become entrapped in their webs. In the west are the fire imps and elementals, as well as the Efreeti Lord Djarn.

In the south, the deepest part of this maze-like network of caves, is the castle of fire giants. These warriors and wizards loyal to Nagafen are led by the shadow knight King Tranix. The giants are the guardians of the fire dragon, Lord Nagafen, whose open lair is situated in the deepest point of the caverns.

Note: For the higher level revamp version of this zone (available only in special events - usually branded as "Hardcore Heritage", running several weeks in the spring and/or summer), click here.
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Nagafen Strategy
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# Apr 23 2001 at 2:14 AM Rating: Default
Anonymous
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Ok, so there are many strategies for defeating Lord Nagafen. Let's discuss a few. I just particpated in his slaying for the first time today. All i can say is that for 60 people our stategy seemed highly inefficiant. As a matter of fact too many died. I'm under the impression that we had way too many. I think that 4 (maybe 3 or even 2) well balanced and "talented groups" could take Naggy with little difficulty. The key seems to be resists. Bards (with their resist song) and Druids (with Circle of winter) are crucial even though i'm sure there are ways around having them i.e. good resist items and other class buffs. Naggy also has an aoe fear that can be resisted with the /disc fear and a good MR. AS far as melee, i had NPC hitting me off, but he seemed to be do little more damage than a common wurm (100-200 points of damage).I thought he cast Rain of Fire once, but with all the resists it was barely noticable.

Most of the people on our raid died because of mass confusion regarding heals. Very few remained as Nagafen fell. Again, I think that fewer people with more skill would have little to no problem taking down this dragon. Although i wasn't keeping track, he didn't seem to have many hit points and fell rather quickly.
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RE: Nagafen Strategy
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# May 06 2002 at 2:16 PM Rating: Good
Valrev
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I've been on 2 Naggy raids. 1 successful, 1 not. Resists are definitely important yes but there are few things I think are just as important. The absolute best thing you could do was get a Rune on everyone in the raid. Of course this would be costly but it almost seals the deal that you will win. It can cancel out 1 or 2 of those massive 500pt AoEs he has. Another thing I have found is very important when fighting this guy is damage shields. Yes damage shields. From my experience as a Cleric, Naggy beat the crap out of me once he saw me heal my whole group. But guess what? Even as I died helplessly, I did damage on him. The best case scenario is having a warrior with his epic on Naggy of course. The proc will help him keep aggro so all you have to do is keep him alive and keep his DS up. He's an intiminating monster, but approach him calmy if you're on your first raid. If you're a tank, hit him. If you're a caster, nuke him. If you're a cleric, heal. In all honesty, when you're fighting him, that is what is comes down to. Do your job and expect casualties but never panic.
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