a hill giant  

Up to what lvl I can go to RM and kill HGs in a Group?
Do the HG have Resistances to Magic?

Thx
Speathdell Birefall
22 Wiz

I am a Dwarven Paladin of the 35th Circle. I have good equipment, about 1300 hit points with buffs, and an AC of over 700. I have a Druid friend who is still a bit young, at 27th level, but he has Crud, some good DD's, etc.

Question is, could we partner up and take these things out? My Druid friend kiting, snaring and dotting, me hacking, slashing and stunning. If they are too high, they will resist him a lot and I can't take him alone.

Thoughts?? Maybe we should wait til he is 29th....

Kneesmasher Ayebulger
35th Circle of Dwarven Paladins
Twilight Brethren

I am a lvl 31 necro at the moment, and I was wondering what the minimum level might be that I can head over to Rathe and start grouping these smelly dudes for their awesome loot. I know necro's solo tactics would work well here, so I was just wondering what the lowest lvl that I could do this may be, and if I'd be resisted at my current level

from my experience(in rathe mtns, havent fought these guys in anywhere but rathe mtns), the best way to kill these guys is to get a group of 3 tanks, a chanter, healer, and snarer. anyone can pull but i think the chanter should pull because of air elemental illusion, it gives free levi and tash is an excellent pulling spell, long range, quick casting and low mana usage. the best spot is neg500 pos 2400. pull there and have the snarer snare, then the chanter fears, and the tanks start beatin on it while taking almost no damage. incase of 2 pulls, the tanks and the cleric kill it while the snarer helps the chanter charm the 2nd one and make the 2 HG fight each other. ive pulled HGs nonstop with this stratagey, and it works very well assuming the people in the group know what to do. the best time to pull is as soon as the 1st HG starts to run, then go and pull another and by the time the tanks finish it off, the 2nd will be incoming

im a chanter and the spells i used as chanter from top to bottom are: tash,DD,dot,slow,memblur,charm,clarity,fear(chase the moon is very effective)

ive grouped with many people and they think the strat is very good and they usualy walk alway with pockets full of platinum and exp bars full of orange =)

Im a 34th lvl Shammy and these guys arent really a problem -- they will take quite a bit of mana depending on the method of destruction -- i suggest waiting till 34 for this tho so you have enstill -- less likely to be resisted and actually holds a while VS root. Best idea is to pull him with Tagars Insects that way he cant hit you as fast and makes casting on him easier with out all the running around. Once tagared run away and root him -- cast envenomed breath then scourge -- this is where the style varies but the the first is a must -- some ppl use a pet but its not wise -- they hit hard and fast and you cant keep him alive long -- some will just root and dot then med while the dots do its work -- others will root DoT and then proceed to use winters roar (BIG MANA DRAIN AND TUNARE FORBID HE RESISTS ONE) i personaly root -- DoT -- and med till he needs rooting again or poison -- when he is at about half i will cast winters roar for the extra HP loss that is usually enuff to gain the upper hand -- if you have a pet this is the time to send him in. The rest of your mana is either A) saved for next fight B) used healing you pet till he runs or C) Numing him down till he runs. The XP soloing is nice but try to get clarity for lowered down time -- and the LOOT is unbeatable -- ONE LAST NOTE!!! Be prepared to run if things go south cuz they can kill you very quickly and make sure to keep your bearing to the zone and other giants. GL to you all and i hope they are as rewarding to you as they are to me!

For all the talk, i went to West Karana at 35th with a 50th druid for support. Druid OOM, so no SLN at the time, only SOW, and all my enchanter buffs(Clarity,Augment,Obscure,GShield,Rune3,etc.).

Saw a blue Hill Giant at 35 there, had the druid just snare it, was easy fight from then on. Just Tashani, Suffocate, DD, Root, DD, DD, Root, etc.. Im sure you can do it with just sow on and rooting him, no snare, even with alot of MR. Only 2 outta maybe 6 Anarchy's were resisted.

Only time the HG did any damage was when i was medding, root broke, but it actually took him about 6 hits to break Rune 3, and the 5 other hits from then on were MISS, MISS, 49, MISS, and 30. Looted 14pp, 85gp, 103sp, 130cp, and a FS Spear.

Dont know if i caught a baby one or just a normal WK one, but these would be np for a group of two lvl 29-34, and im sure even a 39th wiz can solo them without any difficulty.

That's how a newbie warrior described last night. I guess 2 were walking down the middle of West Karana last night on Lanys T'Vyl. I guess it would have been a chance to find out if they are social or not...

The newbies opted not to perform that experiment, howere.

I have been hunting HGs since I was lvl 44 and some of the HGs are just starting to Green out on me(lvl47). Im sure you can hunt till about lvl 48 and maybe if you are patient enough, till 49. I am of course a Necromancer and do the usuall of Fear Kite Method. Exp is good but starting to thin out at 47 and loot can range from 30sp which is the lowest Ive gotten to a Nice 45pp which is the highest.

For you other Necros my Method is: Pull with Dooming Darkness, Scourge, send Augmented pet in, Fear and HP Tap if needed. Im sure you can also hunt here at lvl 39 but may need to reapply a lot of the dots and snares, also keeping an eye on pet health. Hope this helps 8)

at 35 i soloed a yellow in 3m, im a nec. heres how: Pull with darkness (NEVER Resisted, at least for me), then right away fear the thing, blood and vos. Keep in mind these guys like NEVER resist you. as soon as vos wears out re-dark him, always keep fear'd

A necro and mage could kill these guys at 30 maybe unless u pulled a lvl 37 one then it would resist ya castings. they drop upwardsof 60pp and combine weapons, toes, Fs weapons, lambent stones, steel torques, me a shaman could solo them at lvl 34 only blue/white cons i know a necro who coudl solo yellows without too much hassel and some red cons with some difficulty.
now at lvl 41 they r great exp, cash for as a shaman now i can kill them fairly fast using root dot med and only use half manna with 183 wisdom ). heh and i don't use a pet, they r a waste of manna vs a hill giant cause they hit too hard.

well this was a tuff one for to learn but i know now to kill a hill giant its best to be atleast lvl 39 with a lvl 39 pet ofcourse, but always beaware they can hit very hard....lvl 39 magi