It seems that NPC backstab is broken globally in EQ. Today this mob backstabbed our tank for 2500 damage while facing him directly. Until the DBG devs can fix this, NPC backstab should be globally disabled.
I just soloed the guy by charming a weak a$$ death knight... i speed of saliked him and scarecrowed him and thats it... my strategy was to pull with snare then sick pet on him, then slow/cripple... i waited him too take my pet to about half health and then i started tanking with chain rune, he broke through them pretty fast but all in all was an easy mob.. i had to use eldritch rune toward the end when he flurrie
Mob is on a 27 minute spawn timer. Be ready for the PH to pop 2-3 times before this guy pops, but you may get lucky and get back to back pops of this guy. The PH is just any random diaku like the ones around the named.
Mob pops exactly at +1140,+1663.
He can be charm duo'd with a healer, but I have yet to try it by myself (65 ENC with TD3). If you are daring enough to try it solo as a chanter, I would suggest clearing the way to him first, so you can give yourself a runway to drag the named out with tash and attempt to land a slow on him BEFORE engaging with the pet. Another thing you might want to do is use a mage haste mask with mage weapons/armor and a mage 500HP belt. Just my two copper peices
Thanks for the location posidius. Hits for mid 800's max, about 600 normal hit. He seemed to miss me more than he connected though which was good. A previous post said he usually doubles, that is inaccurate, he usually (attempts) to quad. Very easily dispatched with 65 BL (tanking), 62 cleric (boxed), 59 monk (xp leech), and 65 shammy (doing shammy things). If I actually had c5 on my cleric, I'm guessing he could be duo'd with BL and cleric. Usually started CH at about 60-80% health, had to pop BL defensive once when this bugger actually had a lucky round and landed a full quad for max damage twice in a row, other than that an easy encounter. BL time geared using staff of transcendence to cut down on riposte damage in case you were wondering.
Is anyone out there knowledgeable enough to tell us where this guy spawns? Where exactly is the kitchen? How about a loc and some nice detailed directions?
If, that is, anyone out there actually has the knowledge.
He and the Armorer have been permacamped on my server for months now, and I've not had any luck finding either of them up to get a shot at an ornate mold from them.
One group can kill this. lv66. Quad for 800ish max and Magic slowable. Pally can tank but he is not stunnable so his hp can drop fast before mob gets slowed. a warrior with defensive is good here. Or Enchanter can solo him with a CoD pet :p
Hits for 832 max, can quad, usually triples, though he did have some rounds of single and double. Flurried once in a 90 second fight. That round he got 10 swings in. According to Yalp, he did 497 DPS on a 64 paladin with 1300AC buffed, CA1, CS1. He took 36656 damage in melee, plus what I missed due to lag. No dots/nukes that I know of.
Did this with said pally (me) tanking, 2 clerics on 6 sec chain, shaman, ranger and monk. All but me 65.
Dropped a Glyphed Rune Word and junk weapons. Can be snared/rooted. Was partial slowed at 18 seconds in, and crippled at 27 seconds.
Illia, might wanna take out the gem and metal there, it's a random drop on every mob in the Zone. Supplier and Armorer however "can" drop some ornate patterns (all but BP/Leg)