Vaniki  

Killed Vaniki with a group of 7 , 63 cleric 65 shammy/ench/bard x2/ drood/war , we were lucky he foolishly popped near zone in , just past the first spiders, drood pulled , i didnt hit defensive , he lifetapped nearly every round , chanter was seiving him full on, and he didnt gate altho he tried to run, all in all very easy,he dropped Willsapper and heart/gems

I was looking on casters realm at weps that might drop that I could get for my rogue alt, saw this guy and said he was level 40! Now why is it that casters realm first of all is usually lacking all the information needed as far as where things drop? and also why are all the search items they have in there way uber items? no items that anyone below 55 or so could get Even a 60 solo couldn't ever get 3/4 of the items they got. Really dumb and now I am depressed I can't get this wep was all excited

Biggwort Onmeezbum
40 SK

ok...folks if you ever are trying to kill a mob that lifetaps its simple and easy:

Main Objecctive:
Get your DPS higher than his life tap regen.

Methods to increase your DPS tremendously without touching your weapons or levels:

1. Shrink everyone if you can..this applies to VS I know of ..maybe scalekeeper...probable this mob as well. The more people u can cram into the mobs *** to attack the higher your dps will be.

2. If after shrink u still feel that u can't get all your melee behind the mob confortably kick the sks bards pals to the curb...you don't want a pally cockblocking a rouge from backstabbing becuase the rogue can't get in range.

Method to stop his regen:
The mob is gonna get his regen from the tank period. You can rune..spell shield..use pally and ranger level 60 disiplines to stop the regen....whatever..Lifetapping mobs get their regen from main tank

However, he should only be lifetapping the tank no one else..if you are hitting a lifetapping mob from the front..he will riposte and life tap you...in VS's case that is 1500hp...

VS HAS 18k hp...1500/18000 * 100 = 8.3%...VS just regened 8.3% of his life because your dumbass can't attack from his rear.


Just by applying these tatics you will see life tapping mobs fall...if you don't..u will die.

Zegeroth
60pal torv HOTA

where is he located and what is his spawn time

we just did this guy wuth 16 peeps, gated first try, informed the chanta to drain mana on the second and he was owned.

He does not hit hard and his Life tap is not anything to worry about. you just need to make sure you get him slowed and keep him slowed. Started off making a 60 war go Deffensive, then waited a few before all other attacked. once he is slowed cleric mana is nothing to worry about.

Thats how you survuve Van to kill him just bring a few rogues/monks/Ranger for DPS.

we had levels 58-60 and he went down very easy.

remember:
1: Malo, OOS, Tash
2: Slow
3: Mana Seive
4: Start off Defensive

Dagna BattleHammer
58th Lush of Brell
Jade Dragon, Xegony

www.axiom-of-faith.com

The "VS" Tactic is chain runing, you'll want to have 2 encs doing this and using the same rune spell, theres sometimes problems with stacking runes 3 and 4 or 4 and 5.. Would it be possible to beat him to 15% let him gate and have your neighborhood friendly wizard run up and suicide mana burn him? =D

Mebe is guilded with another poster here, Fattus. Mebe also just got a willsapper. We took him down with 22 people this time. There were a few deaths when the MA went down with Vaniki at 15%

We did not have the debuffers there to be able to stick a slow since we had a 56 shaman, no magician, and no bard. Mebe's opinion: if he pops in a good spot, and you have the staffing to stick a slow on a red-to-60 mob, you can probably do him with 3 groups of 55+ or 2 groups of 60s with a high damage output class mix. If you cannot stick a slow, you need more on the order of 4 groups with good damage output. We had 1 58 rogue w/ragebringer, 2 58+ wizards, 2 57 -60 monks and various other folks. Obviously, if you have rogues with post epic stuff and others with NToV gear, your mileage may vary.

When you go in, understand what you are going to do on adds. Some of the "normal" rats in DN are very high level and mezing with the high level spells will run your enchanters oom before the fight is over and charm will break before the fight is over. If you are having trouble beating respawn and getting a 5 - 10 minute kill window, you probably do not want to try him because you will add and that may put the hurt on you. If you split tank adds you are going to have a bigger drain on your healing team, and have to divert your damage output. If you pull to a safe spot you are going to have to fear the gate.

This fellow is heavy. Have a plan. Be ready to coffin CR if things go bad. Enjoy the fight and figuring the rest out for yourself. It's a fun encounter.

Like Fattus, Mebe also loves his willsapper.

He's actually a pretty easy but long fight, just gotta know a few things about him and make no mistakes in the fight. ;)

Important things to know about him before fight:

He sees invis and will camp corpses and FD people. Can't say for sure how long, but I've seen him do this for 30+ mins. So, if your group/guild whipes or your FD near him you're pretty much gonna have to get corpse summoned. He also will immediately aggro anyone who gets down to a bubble of health or so.

As for the fight, I reccomend pulling him out of the tunnel going into the corner with the 60 warrior that will be tanking him. (Don't pull him past the wall or Jaled will Deathtouch whoever is engaging rats.)

Let the warrior that pulled him build good aggro for about 15 - 20 secs and then go Defensive. As soon as the main tank goes defensive the rest of the melee should join in fight, staying max attack range from the main tank. Then do the usual debuffs: tash, malo, malosini. Then get him slowed and disease him to stop his massive regen. NOTE: To slow Vaniki the shaman MUST be in melee range or else it won't work period. After this is done, the enchanter should spend the rest of the fight sieving him constantly to prevent him from gating at the end of fight.

Do all this and have melee turn attack instantly if they get aggro off the main tank and watch overnuking casters and you'll be set. Vaniki has 100k hps so be prepared for a long fight. Make sure cleric has plenty of mana to keep up with heals, so putting a bard in group is a very good idea.

He can be taken with one uber group, but I've seen 35+ people get their asses handed to them by him. Following the tactic above and having the right classes and you'll succeed. 60 WAR and 60 SHM are a MUST, you'll also NEED these classes: CLR ENC ROG BRD (preferably 55+) Again, he can be killed with one good group but more people will make the fight go a lot faster. Always helps to have backup cleric/s to heal main tank in an emergency as well as those getting hurt from his damage shield and occasional aggro. Necros also help to pump mana if needed as well as more melee and nukers.

Just stick to the strategy and don't try to zerg him..

Juvi Skystalker
60 Crusader of Tunare
The War Council

For the person wondering about Vaniki's heart. Neb the leader of the Paebala side gives a Quest for the Key to Jaled'Shers room. The price is Vaniki's heart and Zlandicars Heart.

The reward is Nebs Warbone 1hb 15/23 str 10 sv fire 15 proc bone melt. And the Key to Jaled'shers room. Well worth it? If yoou cant get Zlandacar to give you the quest anymore then yes it is. Zland gives the same quest basically all he wants is proof of Nebs death. Neb will drop the Neb Warbone when killed to I believe.

Linudan Warlord of Xev.