Snakecharmers Encounter

[Hollomere]

I need to get my backside into gear and start getting some Arti's for my VW.

One of the ones that I particularly have my (templated) eye on is the Snakecharmers Scythe.... so I was just wondering if anyone has actually done it on Excalibur and if so what is the best setup for completing it?

I've read the stuff on VoS but obviously its well out of date. If anyone has got any recommendations or advice on group setup or tactics please post them here.

Thanks in advance for anything to help a poor liddle VW who needs a new weapon

 

[anioal]

i did it with my vw, my bb and another well played/templated vw.

vos is pretty acurate on this encounter still.
basicaly after you start it, the mob (mau) will start to move towards ruins and lots of yellow/orange snakes will pop. as long the mau will play his instrument the snakes will not agro but during the trip he will stop playing several times...

only thing you need to do is to kill as many snakes as you can in advance, then keep the mau alive when he gets under attack.

avoid aoe's that can hit the mau and break the encounter (not sure about this part, but is better to stay on the safe side).

 

[Shafu]

I did it with my savage + shaman. Font of healing is very useful for this encounter. The snakecharmer follows a specific route, so you can place FoH(s) on this route (ie. place the first FoH just before you start encounter). Many of the snakes (but not all) will attack as you move along the route. Kill as many in advance as you can, to avoid being overrun by them.

 

[Hollomere]

Thanks for the information!!

I'll give it a try later on this week when I can get my firends Warden and BB online at the same time.

Cheers

 

[anioal]

erm... warden? get a helper that can kill fast... a 2h meleer, some aoe caster etc.

 

[Hollomere]

True - I was going to use the Warden for 2nd heals and PBT - I can get a ML9 chanter for the main killing (hopefully)