Make sure to use targeted dragoncurse as it has no eq/bal cost, only an internal cooldown. read the scroll and test it out to see. And I would use command separators and eqbal queueing, so that you don't gust and not rend, or rend and not gust, due to getting bal or eq back sooner than the other.
If you prep and break torso before the double leg break 2x bite, they'll also either need to cure the torso or take an additional 7% or so from the bites. Only level 1 torso, though. Level 2 doesn't do anything, that I've seen.
- (Eleusis): Ellodin says, "The Fissure of Echoes is Sarathai's happy place." - With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely." - (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")." - Makarios says, "Serve well and perish." - Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."
Yeah that's literally what dragons do to kill, not very fancy, not a lot of options, but they do work when they do. Try to stack herb to stick sensitivity, that will help kill better, though any decent combatant will prio sensitivity when broken by a dragon.
I personally like to just curse sensitivity and roar. It works on <4400hp. Just write an alias to loop it and then go make a sandwich. When you come back you have like a 40-50% chance you won. If you died that's okay too because it was going to be a boring fight as a dragon anyways.
T-fang is Thoth's fang, the level three artefact dirk. It used to have ridiculous stats so you could jab really fast, even as a dragon without nimble, and combined with balanceless dragoncurse for specific afflictions (including impatience) you could truelock people. Pretty sure the speed has been drastically nerfed though, since it's not relevant for doublestab, so might not be possible any more.
T-fang is Thoth's fang, the level three artefact dirk. It used to have ridiculous stats so you could jab really fast, even as a dragon without nimble, and combined with balanceless dragoncurse for specific afflictions (including impatience) you could truelock people. Pretty sure the speed has been drastically nerfed though, since it's not relevant for doublestab, so might not be possible any more.
Pretty sure dragons can no longer wield T-fang anyway
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T-fang is Thoth's fang, the level three artefact dirk. It used to have ridiculous stats so you could jab really fast, even as a dragon without nimble, and combined with balanceless dragoncurse for specific afflictions (including impatience) you could truelock people. Pretty sure the speed has been drastically nerfed though, since it's not relevant for doublestab, so might not be possible any more.
Pretty sure dragons can no longer wield T-fang anyway
You can wield, but the balance is now like 2s, the same as untargeted rend, without damage.
They can still wield it, yeah. Penwize was jabbing with his in dform just a couple of days back.
However, I'm fairly sure that locking as dragon has gotten a lot harder. It might still be theoretically possible, but it'd be very difficult in practise, and I doubt it would work against somebody who really knows what they're doing.
- (Eleusis): Ellodin says, "The Fissure of Echoes is Sarathai's happy place." - With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely." - (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")." - Makarios says, "Serve well and perish." - Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."
Can still tlock as dragon.. Requires a ton of timing, but p sure @Jinsun has done it a couple times in the past ~6months. He might've gave up, idr.
I managed it once during a CTF on someone with very subpar curing. I gave up on dragon because I don't care for prep and the locking is very difficult (nearly impossible ) without hugs errors and no torc.
I'm -pretty sure- T-fang is still faster than rend. It was 255 speed last I knew (down from 271 pre-nerf). Locking should actually be more viable as dragon post-vernalius change, but the dragon curse delay is really annoying to work with.
I'm -pretty sure- T-fang is still faster than rend. It was 255 speed last I knew (down from 271 pre-nerf). Locking should actually be more viable as dragon post-vernalius change, but the dragon curse delay is really annoying to work with.
Well to be fair I don't have a t-fang and haven't tried since vernalius fix
I found rend a lot better than dirk. Dirk misses a lot now and the damage and speed were nerfed into the ground. Salve lock and truelock used to be pretty darn viable, but I wouldn't bother for anything outside of a group, in which case looping imp curse and para stabs would probably amount to the same thing with most allies.
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Would still be interested in hearing more strategies, and seeing any logs. Or is dragon pvp not worth it compared to lesserform classes, these days?
- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
- Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
- Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."
Then, I stopped playing dragon because I had bard. The end.
Results of disembowel testing | Knight limb counter | GMCP AB files
However, I'm fairly sure that locking as dragon has gotten a lot harder. It might still be theoretically possible, but it'd be very difficult in practise, and I doubt it would work against somebody who really knows what they're doing.
- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
- Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
- Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."