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Thread: New to Master Swordsman looking for guide how to hunt Krayts
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Seil
Mon Sep 20, 2004 7:53 am
#1
I recently attained Master Swordsman and I was hoping someone could post a guide on how I should hunt krayts. I have tried a few times to no avail here is my template
Master Swordsman
Master Brawler
TKA 2004
I generally hunt with a speed sliced power hammer /w 33% accuracy, 16%speed, 7% minpower ups.
I getdoc, dancer, and musicanbuffs, and use double does of Brandy and Canape.
When Igotoe-to-toe witha krayt though itfeels like I am doing no damage. I cycle through intimidate then 5 rounds of Head Hit 3.
-Seil
Ogi
Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:06 am
#3
I dont hunt them solo, but can bring them down with the help of one or two friends.
First off, intimidate2 is the key to success. Always always always have the krayt intimidated.
As you stated, buffed - mindbuff -double brandy is needed, also canape is extremly I usually use a pikatta pie too. a CoB macro
is very useful also.
Use a powerhammer, make sure to use one that you swing every sec when doing headhit3. It may have lower max dam than the 10mil
PH you friend has but if you are not speedcapped your DPS(Damage per Second) will be much lower eventhough the higher max damage.
A krayt has about 60% special protection against all, ancient has more, so in the beginning you wont do much damage.
Your friend should have the ability to use stim C's and be able to bleeds.
Now its time to start the fight
beginning with stacking a pair of intimidate2, then mindhit2 to get some extra bleed-damage on him, then just start with headhit3. When the krayt gets below 50% on mind the protection starts to drop and you will do more and more damage.
This will take approx. 10min if both you and your friend does mind damage.
Just beware of the ppl trying to outdamage you.
Good luck!
First off, intimidate2 is the key to success. Always always always have the krayt intimidated.
As you stated, buffed - mindbuff -double brandy is needed, also canape is extremly I usually use a pikatta pie too. a CoB macro
is very useful also.
Use a powerhammer, make sure to use one that you swing every sec when doing headhit3. It may have lower max dam than the 10mil
PH you friend has but if you are not speedcapped your DPS(Damage per Second) will be much lower eventhough the higher max damage.
A krayt has about 60% special protection against all, ancient has more, so in the beginning you wont do much damage.
Your friend should have the ability to use stim C's and be able to bleeds.
Now its time to start the fight
beginning with stacking a pair of intimidate2, then mindhit2 to get some extra bleed-damage on him, then just start with headhit3. When the krayt gets below 50% on mind the protection starts to drop and you will do more and more damage.This will take approx. 10min if both you and your friend does mind damage.
Just beware of the ppl trying to outdamage you.
Good luck!
kilokat
Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:38 am
#4
I'd suggest gving up some or all of your defense stacking and get soem Doc skills, or at the least get enough medic skills to fill the injury treatment spd line and the med use line so you can use stim D's for some bigger heals. This is if you wanna kill them solo. Beyond that, loop CoB, use enough mind food/buffs that you don't die, get some good composite armor adn then hit them with intimidate, then mind hit 1&2 (they stack bleeds) then go to town with head hit 3. Make sure that it's always intimidated and bleeding, and use warcry on it right before you heal yourself. I know some people like to use mind buffs and then eat synthsteak instead of mind foods, but I've found that if I roll out there, do 2 brandies and 2 ahrisa, I'm absolutely fine. I also like to get some 80% cold/70%base armor and then have all eff sliced pieces to get my kin resis up to 88-90%. The cold layered armor has the lowest ham of the 3 layer composite, but all this is pretty unnecessary. I used to kill them solo in 80% kin armor with encumberance slices. This requires a bit more healing fo me, which increases fight time, but it's a lot cheaper in terms of armor cost.
As far as weapons go if you don't have any extra two hand spd over the 80 you've got right now and you've got some good funds I'd use a scythe over the spd sliced PH, at 80 spd you'll get a whole lot better DPS outa it and the resis on canyon krayts and above is all even. Juvies have low blast, so use the hammer for that. Honestly, though, if you don't have the money for a few scythes you should really just go to dant, kill jantas for a while and save some up, cause krayt hunting is a pretty expensive proposition, considering the amount of time you waste finding them (being buffed all the while), the armor and weapons you're sure to destroy,and the low value of most of the loot they drop these days. A few days back I solo'd 5 of them (couldn't find the last spawn) and got nothing whatsoever. I seem to loot a pearl about 1 in 10 times, tissues about 1 in 15, and various crappy segments/scales about 1 in 5 or so. Unfortunately I've yet to find any segments/scales worth puting into armor or selling, and most of the tissues I've looted have been sets of 2 or 3 of the base 30/-.3 stats. Finding out that you've looted a premium pearl can make it all worthwhile, but expect much frustration/dissappointment/killstealing(especially since you're not speed capped).
Regulation
Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:03 am
#5
Id suggest getting 04 0 4 in tka with 4 4 0 4 fencer with your medic that way if you are knocked down you get right back up and into the fight...and intimidate should keep the krayt at bay...plus if you haven't yet you need to speed cap your swords skills...that way you can do more dps...ive had a friend bring a krayt from full to 1/4 mind in around 5 minutes...i know because i was waiting on shuttle lol
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