Xandro Blooddrinker vs noob: unexpected result

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Varkorium wrote:

Ranger vs. Exile: pew pew, kite, pew pew = win :P

Not _any_ Exile - i repeat, this Xandro guy is proper Ranger's nightmare! You show me a video where you "pew pew kite, pew pew win" him - THEN i'll believe you it's possible. No, really. Anything else in the game i've met so far - yep, "pew pew kite = win" works. But with this guy, it doesn't.

Whole point of this whole darn topic, you see? :)

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Fins_FinsT wrote:

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Varkorium wrote:

Ranger vs. Exile: pew pew, kite, pew pew = win :P

Not _any_ Exile - i repeat, this Xandro guy is proper Ranger's nightmare! You show me a video where you "pew pew kite, pew pew win" him - THEN i'll believe you it's possible. No, really. Anything else in the game i've met so far - yep, "pew pew kite = win" works. But with this guy, it doesn't.

Whole point of this whole darn topic, you see? :)

Sorry, I was not belittling your kill, well done!

And yes, ALL exiles are easy as ranger, if you don't stand in their attacks :P

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Varkorium wrote:

Sorry, I was not belittling your kill, well done!

And yes, ALL exiles are easy as ranger, if you don't stand in their attacks :P

Ah, no worries, this was one rough clash anyways.

But i disagree about this particular Exile. For most/all _other_ exiles, you surely are correct: "just don't stand in their attacks". Problem with this guy is simple: in order not to stand in his attack (note how large area of that Ground Slam is, and then ADD quite some more, since it hits well around edges of its visible graphic effect), - you have to run away from him pretty much all the time.

Even then it'd be no problem, occasional shot "now and then", and after few minutes tops of shoot-and-run, he would drop dead no problem - except, not with his health regen! See, if you are darn high-level, dish out some 6-digit DPS, - then yeah, his regen will be too weak, too slow, you'll be able to kill him "normal ranger's way". But for a no-twink no-trade solo character just starting A3 merciless - nope, you won't be able to.

I think most map-running rangers would have at least real hard time trying to kill him with kiting, too.

Nicely played, but tbh the nro 1 killer for archers is blue leapers and devouers..You'll see when you find the first pack in a +monster damage/turbo/vulnerability map with powerful crits or so.

Exiles/bosses are only hard if faced in a tiny room, if you have the time&space to manouver, they're just loot pinatas ;D

Nice.

I remember first encountering exiles as a melee.

They scared the shiet out of me.

And most of them was un-killable for me :(

So props for killing Xandro like a man.



Arrivederci,


-MANrauder out-

Thanks!

I checked my challenges, apparently i killed many Exiles without even noticing that those were Exiles... Xandro is indeed an exception. Met him again today, this time in level 67 area, while i was only 65.

"Round 2". :D

Recorded it also, this time starting with him at full health, using CwDT (lvl1) + Lightning Warp, Temporal Chains and Arc. And much better bow, which dropped for Fins_ in Marketplace. And yet, Xandro was still quite a pain. %)

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Fins_FinsT wrote:

In the BLUE Corner , we have the Champion XANDROOOOW BLOODRINKER -

:::Boos from the crowd :::

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Fins_FinsT wrote:

And in the RED Corner, we have the Challenger: FINS, the SCIOOOOONNN ARCHER!

:::the crowd kind of cheers, some are busy checking out the rest of the spectators :::

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Fins_FinsT wrote:

dropped me a Chaos orb for Xandro's death. Neat.

:::ROARS from the crowd at Xandro's defeat:::

Congrats and nice creative method, will have to give it a whirl one a future character.

usually dont click those vids but I did and have to say its very well played.


You evaded like a demigod at first, then you seem to keep very calm and just kill the guy.

Job well done buddy

I'm not sure if any reworking of the mechanics have nerfed Xandro to an extent. He used to attack much quicker and stunlocks weaker characters. Becoming stunlocked doesn't happen so much now, so he's piss easy to kite. And he drops better loot compared to other exiles.

Thank you everyone for cheering replies. You guys welcome me so much, i just don't know how to thank you all enough. So i guess i'll just say to you all: THANKS! :)

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THEHORNEDRAT wrote:

I'm not sure if any reworking of the mechanics have nerfed Xandro to an extent. He used to attack much quicker and stunlocks weaker characters. Becoming stunlocked doesn't happen so much now, so he's piss easy to kite. And he drops better loot compared to other exiles.

Oh, he's quick alright. You can see how darn quick my health drops at the start of the "round 2" video. Most life gone in just like 1.5 seconds or so, see? :) :)

It's just that it is rather difficult for him to remain fast when he's chilled from the damage i inflict, and on top of that, cursed with temporal chains all the time in round 2 - from constantly happening lvl 1 CwDT procs which cast that curse on him. ;)