Gribnor the Small  

Can't be Mezzed, also can't be Charmed. Got the "this NPC cannot be" message for both attempts with various spells.

60 Enchanter
Oakwynd TLP
Kunark era

"Gribnor is one of the strongest trolls alive, he is also one of the shortest." - Master Scribe Uklo

Just took him down solo, heres what I did.

1: illusion: Troll. Cast it on yourself, Rune yourself too.
2: Go up to him and his guards, you'll be dubious so no aggro.
3: Charm a guard and set it on Gribnor, don't bother with haste its waste of nuking time.
4: Slow them while they bash you.
5: Nuke Grib while they bash you.
6: When dead hail frog and gate out.

Additional info: Bind at zone in incase things get messy. If you have mana flare from dodh arc cast in on yourself for extra dps. Don't forget to use eldrich rune if you have it. His guards are Un-Mezzable. Get Conviction, Wunshi and Brell's Brawnly Bulwark before going for extra HPs.

-Zhezha

Soloed him and his thugs on warrior and didnt even need a HoT potion lol

As mentioned earlier, his thugs are charmable, I simply pulled with charm, let it die, charm the other and fight. G the small WAS slowable, and then I simply switched between casting rune and nuke, and never took any damage at all. Oh, and he doesn't run, so no need for snare

Edited, Fri Jun 3 16:29:05 2005

Down to a druid, enchanter, and a necro. I (enchanter) pulled, the necro's pet tanked, and the druid was on heals. So easy it was sad :'o(

Here is a strategy that me (65 necro) and my wife (65 enchanter) used to pull and kill this guy. This would be just as easy with 65 shadowknight in my place I would think.

First of all let me say I am an average equipped 65 necro without EP access. I did have the forsight to get virtue before hand which helped alot. With virtue I have about 4k hp. I had my wife give me VoQ as I didn't want to loose any more hp from SoS than what I was already getting beat for. His max hit on me was 270 and he life tapped me quite a few times I think for around 500 each time. I do have a ID4 belt on to make my life taps hit for more but sadly got no crits or crit heals during the whole fight which probly only lasted 2 or 3 minutes.

First I created 65 warrior pet and buffed him up, although 63 rogue pet would have been better since my pet didn't even take one hit and was behind him the whole time. Then suspend the big pet and make the level 49 warrior pet. Then I feigned death in the hall leading up to Gribnor and send in level 49 pet. When pet had gotten his attention I hit pet hold to bring back Gribnor by himself, thats right his guards won't help if you are FD and send in 49 pet. My wife was waiting down the first steps and as soon as Gribnor got back to me she sent her pet in. My 49 pet didn't actually die like I thought so I had to make him go away and then unsuspend my big pet. I life tap tanked him while my wife blasted and the pets beat him down. My wifes pet died when I got pushed down the steps a bit but other than that it went smoothly.

We were just testing this out really and could have been better prepared than we were so I'd think it would be doable by a chanter and necro or sk a few levels lower than us. Some mage summoned pet weapons and more buffs would have made the fight alot easier although it wasn't as hard as I expected it to be.

Gribnor is level 52, conned even to my level 52 chanter last night (9-9-04)

65 ench did him solo at his spawn point.
Collaborate or illusion ogre(shrink needed).
Charm guard.
Let guard die.
AoE mem blur. (Blanket of Forgetfulness)
Tash last guard.
AoE mem blur. (Blanket of Forgetfulness)
CoD guard.
Haste pet.
Tash and slow shortie.
Nuke hard.

Mitigates slow. (Mostly successful)
Enrages.
Summons.

Charmed hasted pet (with 5 full nukes and one crit) was at 50% and even then I let him eat enrage which did fully half his damage.

All too easy......


Edited, Thu Jun 24 23:40:04 2004

Soloed him on Xev, 20 mins ago (8:00am cst) with my 65 shadowknight, magelo below if your looking for a gear level.

Got lucky on the pull and the gaurds wandered off and he stuck around. The green guy that strolls around didn't agro the entire time. (I killed him right down the hall from his spawn point)

His hp's aren't too high, 9k ht did 40~50%, Lifetaps were never resisted. Only buffs I had on were Virtue, Self buffs, Avatar, Kei, and haste (Nalot's haste)

Took about 10 mins to kill, Did burn my Leech curse disc and my ht disc (duh). Few crit life taps and I was able to keep myself around 70~75%

Max hit I saw with 1610 ac, was 210.

Edit*- typo and added max hit -*Edit

Edited, Mon May 24 11:16:13 2004

ok heres how i did it.. took me (65) chanter (2)65 cleric a 65 pally and 65 rogue 65 warrior invised to room .pally on Gribnor warrior and rogue on thugs . killed thugs fast then all on Gribnor went down fast :) np just have real good friends that like killing darkies

Single pulling Gribnor is easy, even for an enchanter. Here's how:

First, do the red wine faction with Lokar in the library and get all the factions maxed out. You will have to run by many guards and it's best to be on good terms with as many as you possibly can.

The next thing you need to to is get your faction up with the cleric guild at the front of the zone. Illusion DE and cast Collaboration on the guard circling near the entrance. This won't garuntee that they won't attack you, but it will help.

Then go to the place where Gribnor is. There is a chapel like area to the left just as you enter the building. Go in there and buff up (rune and MR are required!). There is a caster DE guard walking around in the building and he will make a stop in this chapel area. When he does, race up to the hallway where Gribnor is. Get as close as you need to Gribnor and dispell him. Run back to the entrance as fast as you can (make sure to have SoW or SoE cast on you before entering Neriak). When at the entrance, wait for the three trolls to catch up with you before zoning out of 3rd Gate.

Once you're out of 3rd Gate, invis up and zone back in. Run as fast as possible all the way through Neriak into the city area surrounded by high walls. As you run in, if you follow the right wall, there will be an opening that leads to the top of the walls. Get to the top area and wait for Gribnor and his thugs to pass through the village. While you're waiting, recast DE illusion and make sure rune is still strong. When Gribnor passes below you, he should at some point separate from his thugs enough for a pull. When he does, tash him and run as far away from him as you can get. Make sure you can't see him and invis. When you do see him, run around him til you can get a clear shot at the entrance to the city area. When you're sure he can't get to you, run like crazy to the zone, jumping off of the wall.

When you get to the zone, un-invis and wait for Gribnor to come running to you and your group... all alone ;o)

I've done this three times now, practice it before doing it for real. It's a lot of steps and it takes a bit to get the hang of, but it's a great way to single pull Gribnor.

He casts Blood of Hate(Lv63 SK spell), quads, flurrys, and enraged. Fun little fight(65 enc, 65 sk, 65 cle). Our SK was able to single pull him down to the bridge where we took his lunch money and sent him packin.