Dain Frostreaver IV  

My Ranger molo'd him today at 71. I'd completely forgotten he banishes to the pit so didnt pull just attacked him in his room (I quit back in Velious days and this was the first time I'd seen him up since returning in Nov), and with the constant banishings, my Hail of Arrows which had agro'd half a dozen or so guards on floor 2, the Seneschal, Chamberlain and Royal Guards and Dain himself summoning me too it was really hard going.

Sometimes my cleric merc was at top of the mobs agro list and i'd just be floating down the pit and ignored for a minute then summoned, other times 5 different mobs would summon me in as many seconds and I was summoned between floors 2 and 3 too. When all the guards, Seneschal and Chamberlain were finally dead I was banished and not summoned back, but when I got to the bottom of the pit luckily Dain was wailing on my cleric merc along with some pit mobs.

By this time he was less than 5% hp so I finished him off followed by a long run back to the Keep via Origin AA to loot up all the mess. Most of floors 2 and 3 were dead I'd pretty much agro'd half the Keep. Every guard and named apart from Dain were killed by my guild lobby damage shield. It got a bit close at one point when the merc was too far from me to heal, but it wasn't too hard a hard fight, just very, very messy.

Dropped 3 cloaks, some spells and his head.



Edited, Jan 15th 2014 5:40pm by TallisInny

Solo'd the Dain as a 78 Beastlord. Not uber - only 214 aa, 2.0 mix of CoA and SoF tradeable gear (12.5k unbuffed). Made my pet tank most of the time seeing as it's easier to keep him up with Promised Recovery than try to chain heal myself ;p Would go in and melee to burn discs when they were up (weak beast defensive or just tap rake) or when focused para was up. Swarm petted most of the fight. Fool has a ton of hp was about a 30 min fight solo - with Dain and 2 of his guards (cleared all the ones that don't pop with him before he spawned)

Finished with 56% hp 33% mana

Dropped clicky hammer, cloak, 2X Frostreaver and a few spells not listed:

Spell: Call of the Predator
Spell: Brell's Mountainous Barrier (X2)
Spell: Arch Lich

Today i watched a pally friend of mine named Icej on Druzzil Ro solo the dain... he pulled him down into the hole, killed all the adds, and then faught dain. He killed Senchal Aldikar but dain repoped him and he ran back down, so he had to fight the whole time with an add but it didnt effect him much. Ward of Tunare was key for this fight. Ward of Tunare is the pally spell from PoR that heals the caster when he/she is struck. The whole thing took about 30-45 mins. The only veteran AA he used was staunch recovery. Overall it didnt seem like that bad of a fight.

I know he banishes PC's but does he banish pets?

Downed him today, we were 2 players with 7 chars:
War / monk / druid / cleric / chaman / ranger / mage

Here are the rulers of every town that have rulers (this does not include fighting areas such as BlackBurrow, and does not include Yekisha+)
King Kazon Stormhammer – 50 war - Kaladim
Sir Lucan D’Lere – 48 war – Freeport
Qeynos – Antonius Bale (missing)
Kane Bayle/ Commander Kane – War 61 – Qeynos Catacombs/ North
Mayor Gubbin – 50 war – Rivervale
Mammoth – 20 to 25 war – Surefall Glade
Overlord Virate Manaar – 50 SK – Paineel
King Ak’Anon – 60 War – Ak’Anon
Dain Frostreaver IV – 70 War – Icewell Keep
King Tormax – 70 War – Kael Drakkel
Lord Yelinak – 70 Hybrid – Skyshrine
Lcea Katta – 60 Hybrid – Katta Castellum
Lord Inquisitor Seru – 66 War – Sanctus Seru
King Raja Kerrath – 65 War – Shar Vahl

Any more data would be happily accepted!

RAWR!! Today (3/23/04) we dropped Dain with less then 2 full groups, 2 of them being bots. All of the following toons are lvl 65: 2 Clerics (1bot), 1 druid(bot), 1 Warrior, 1 Paladin, 2 Rogues, 1 bard, 1 shaman and 1 ranger. Pull was easy w/ a bard pulling and fading, then getting gated back to surface, whole fight lasted about 20 minutes w/ repop taken care of. We got Head, 2 Cloaks and 1 Ring w/ 4 spells, not to bad for the twinks. Was super fun and a great kill!!

Edited, Tue Mar 23 05:13:22 2004

There are TWO versions of Dain.

Version 1: quads for 350
Version 2: quads for 425

Obviously one is easier than the other. He banishes aprox. every 30sec. If you fight him in the well (which is where he banishes to) then it's not an issue because you can run back over and keep fighting.

On our first kill back when velious launched he dropped 3 hammers, axe, head, and cloak plus some spells. Was a good day :)

looking at trying to take this guy down but need some solid answers on some stuff... and any addit. info would be awsome.. such as pop time best way to take um down what to expect once in the zone any type of info would be greatly appr. u can email me with any helpfull info...at david_82@earthlink.net thx for any help

Just a little info on Dain Frostreaver IV

Spawn Time: 3 Days
Approximate HP: 375k to 400k
Approximate Damage Per Attack: Quad hit for up to 425
Special Abilities: Banishment to the well & Rampage
Approximate # of Players to Win: 30-60


Niolen Silvertree
Druid of the 52nd season
Worshipper of Tunare
Player on Mithaniel Marr
http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=759043

Anywhere from 350k to 425k hp.
Banishes to the "pit" fairly frequently.
Always drops head (I believe) other drops are fairly random with hammer being rarest.
Max hit in the high 400s.
Hits fast. Rampages. Enrages.
Tank drops significantly on aggro list when banished, so it's easy for damage dealing classes to gain aggro or at least rampage.

Because he banishes to the pit, he should be pulled to and fought in the pit. More or less a straight melee fight which generally lasts 5 to 15 minutes depending on DPS.

--Roz

Just wondering if Dain's slowable since ive never fought him and if not how much faster he hits than the mobs in PoV? Thanks

[Fri Mar 28 16:19:26 2003] You say, 'Greetings and good fortune to you, honored Dain Frostreaver IV'
[Fri Mar 28 16:19:27 2003] Dain Frostreaver IV says 'Greetin's and good fortune to yerself, Human. Chamberlain Krystorf speaks highly of the deeds you have performed for our people and so I welcome you to my Keep. I ask you now to take up a most dangerous duty for our people. Would you accept such a challenge from the King of a people not your own?'

[Fri Mar 28 16:19:44 2003] You say, 'I will accept such a challenge'
[Fri Mar 28 16:19:44 2003] Dain Frostreaver IV smiles at you with pride and says, 'Something told me you would, Oakrunner. For years upon years the plagues of King Tormax have been unleashed upon my people. And indeed it was also by Tormax's hand that me own father, Dain Frostreaver the Third was slain. My attempts at assassinating him have only met with failure, and our forces, while strong, are not yet mighty enough to assault Kael Drakkel. Therefore I have ye and yer companions as my last hope, Oakrunner. Kill that ******* who calls himself King Tormax. . .and bring me his head!

[Fri Mar 28 16:23:40 2003] Dain Frostreaver IV says 'You have done what no Coldain could do, Oakrunner! This is indeed a glorious day in our peoples' history. In return for your invaluable service I present you with the Tri-plated Golden Hackle Hammer, it's magic is powerful and I am sure it will serve you well.'
[Fri Mar 28 16:23:40 2003] Dain Frostreaver IV shouts 'Let it be known from this day forth that Oakrunner and their companions are Heroes of the Coldain Kingdom. King Tormax has been slain, it is a time for celebration. Let no tankard go unfilled!'
[Fri Mar 28 16:23:40 2003] Your faction standing with Dain Frostreaver IV got better.
[Fri Mar 28 16:23:40 2003] Your faction standing with Coldain got better.
[Fri Mar 28 16:23:40 2003] Your faction standing with King Tormax could not possibly get any worse.
[Fri Mar 28 16:23:40 2003] You gain experience!!

is frostreavers crown a common drop on him