Arch Lich Rhag`Zadune  

also dropped Spirit of Flame

When you're heading to Arch Lich, just before the last room full of shissars, there is 2 traps (one is DOT and the other is a huge mana tap over time), you have to disable both (they are very close, it can be hard for the rogue / bard to distiguish both). Be carefull too, the two traps are called "Arch Lich Rhag`Zadune", so when you see "Arch Lich Rhag`Zadune begin to cast a spell", you didn't agroed AL, only the traps... Rogues will need (I think you can't disarm the traps without trigger it) a remove curse and poison after disarming traps.

Right after the trap, clean as fast as you can the room with 8 shissars (very hard to split, expect to tank 2 or 3 at the same time). There is no time to meditate, or it will repop. When there is only 2 or 3 shissars in the room, bring your group there (fast, repop is fast), and kill the 2/3 shissars. When done pull one guard in the AL room (AL is rooted), kill it. Then bring you group in the AL room to kill the other guard at the entrance. Everybody use the pillars to protect from the AL AE. NOW you can make a break, the guards in the room won't repop. Better avoid standing near the door, you could agro mobs from the previous room.

Kill the 2 others guards, buff up and be ready for the AL fight. Cast mem blur on the AL to clear agro / rampage (it's very important for the rampage).

You need two tanks, one as main tank, one for the AL rampages. AL rampages a LOT, you need a CH rotation on both tanks. Ask the rampage tank to throw an arrow on AL so he is first on rampage list, then the MT. Now you can debuff AL (he is rooted, and won't summon since you didn't make him serious damages with arrows). Now, the MT build his agro on AL (arrows, stun, ...).

One melee should announce when the AL AE is casted (it's a proc, no "AE every x seconds", slow, cripple and paladin stun will reduce the number of AEs). Casters should be always behind the pillars (the AE is a DOT and reduce the mana pool, it's not a mana tap), until the melee announce the AE, then cast one DD on AL (no more than one) and go back behind the pillars until the next AE.

If you fail on AL, cr is easy if a cleric was able to log out, AL regenerates very fast (so will not summon when the cleric will be back), and will not agro if the cleric is behind the pillars, res a monk first to drag corpses and try again until AL is dead :).

Arch lich is stingy. He has a couple nice drops but a lot of the others are rather crappy and he tends to drop them the most =/ We did get a shield of aura's the other night though, which I consider to be one of his high-end drops.

Actually this really raises your Backstab, and that's why Rangers should not want to roll on it as long as a Rogue is present that needs it. This weapon roughly raises your maximum backstab by 50 points of damage, so it did for me.
And the proc does not make me aggro at all, actually snare and hate reducer neutralize each other. The snare does a maximum of I'd say 55 hate so -50 and you got maybe 5 hate or less, you don't really realize that in a fight. At least I never had a situation where a proc would turn the mob to me.

AE is a dot for 120dmg, lowers manapool by 1500. you can easily dodge the AE as a caster.
he uses it roughly every 12 seconds, so designate an AE caller.
it lasts for over 2 hours, so dont expect it to wear off, you need cure curse

After reading through this tread, and going through all the Ranger tanking stuff I am suprised that nobody has mentioned a few spacifics about the Arch Lich Encounter. This encounter is a freaking nightmare for tanks. The last time I took rampage on this guy I ended getting pummeled into the wall for about 30 rounds of combat without hitting the ground.

Arch Lich procs a knockback on his melee attacks. If you look at the picture above you will notice a coffin type block behind him. Tanks usually stand there while engaging this guy. This effectivly reduces the frontal AE curse while giving the tanks a short barrier for the knockback proc. Because Arch Lich rampages on almost every single round of combat at least 2 or more tanks are taking damage. Each hit from this rampage has the potential to proc the knockback I mentioned earlier. Tanks go flying off in all sorts of directions durring this fight. A Ranger would last about 2.0 seconds trying to tank him directly or hold rampage.

Very fun fight. Getting thru the adds outside without setting off the trap is the only REALLY hard part. Once inside he's a pansy.
Debuff, blur, set up rampage. Oh ya, gotta keep debuffing midfight as he dispells himself.

Remember casters, walls are your friend :).

He Drop Sleeves Of Element Alauras too

MAGIC ITEM NO DROP
Slot: ARMS
AC: 15
STR: +35 STA: +20 HP: +55 MANA: +100
SV FIRE: +15 SV COLD: +15 SV MAGIC: +15
WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC
Race: HUM ERU HIE DEF GNM IKS



Edited, Sun Dec 15 12:09:54 2002

Wow. For arguments sake I'm not going to bust chops. I've had various folks of different classes tank different mobs they shouldn't be. Warrior's are meant to be a SHIELD. Nothing more. Rangers are meant to DEAL DAMAGE as well as Paladins and SK's ( Though truthfully I've had all three of the previously mentioned tank various mobs ). I had a VERY high Ranking Ranger tank my Druid Epic Fay. She died, not first, but still died, decked out and belonging to a VERY high end Guild. The SA was a Paladin, she died as well ( Not too decked out though ). Second shot we did it because we had a SHIELD tank and they dished. Worked nicely.
Like I said, I am not putting down any class, but I've done ToV and have yet to see anyone aside from a Warrior or Paladin Tank. Truthfully I've seen some damn good of all classes tank out things they shouldn't.
But the fact of the matter here is we want to know about this mob, not what anyones specific class can do best due to stats and what not. On average... would it take 3 groups? Less? More? Each server has different people do different things in different zones to different mobs. Tactics without insult. You'd be QUITE suprised at what some folks can and can't do. Estimated number, DPS on this mo fo, spells ( if any ) it casts, AoE proc's... flurries.. enrages... summons... those are the questions.
I'm quite sure that all of you ( or the majority rather ) have done some spectacular things. I have a 61 Druid / 60 Cleric / 57 Warrior. I play all three at once, sometimes just 2. On a RARE occasion I'll play just my Druid. But going into here we need to know if it's a 2 group minimum?
Granted it's more of a 55 plus zone. So let's keep it real and to the point.

Holy ****, check this guy's AE.

180000 hp dot... wow.

This guy also drops Hoop of Emptiness (earring):

MAGIC, LORE, NO DROP
AC7, +6 DEX, +6 CHA, +9 AGI, +80 HP, +70 MANA, +8 CR, +8 MR, +8 FR, +8 DR, +8 PR
Effect: Nullify Magic
(right click)

Recommended Level: 55

This guy is perma-rooted, which means he cannot move at all. This guy also has a nasty rampage that hits 5 targets at once. Rampage is essentially a proc, meaning it can only go off when the person the mob is hitting is in melee range. Now, Perma-root is a little different than normal root, because with perma-root, the mob follows normal aggro rules instead of attacking the closest person in range. This mob's rampage is very bad. It requires 5 tanks and some very strategic and well-planned healing. To forego the rampage proc, and all the hassle that goes with it, you can simply have someone keep aggro on the mob while staying out of melee range. A Hybrid is best for this because they can use high-aggro spells to keep aggro while remaining out of melee range, and they have the hp/ac of a melee class, so whenever the mob summons, the hybrid can stay alive long enough to back out of combat. This majorly reduces number requirements on the raid and cuts out a little unneeded work.

This guy also drops Tendonslicer, 15/20, Backstab +10%, 10str 15sta 10agi 80hp 7sv Magic, Fire, Cold
Effect: Tendonslicer (55% snare + 50pt aggro reduction)
Lucky me that it dropped while i was there, whee.