The One About Vergo... Cursed?
I've been hearing some players speculate that Vergo The Cursed is bugged and thus, un-killable. But this is not actually the case. There are a few things to take note of:
1) Vergo The Undead
Why is it that the HP bar of Vergo The Cursed gets to zero and Vergo is still not dead?
This is because he goes into an 'undead' mode, whereby he will start to regenerate HP at an incredibly fast rate. Once he goes into this undead mode, his regenerated HP will remain a ???? mystery. This is the case in V2.1.18. From what I have heard from IMC, in V2.4 onwards, the possibility percentage of this undead mode has been reduced significantly and most of the time, Vergo will die swiftly without going into undead mode.
Despite his HP reflecting 0, be aware that his HP is regenerating and you will need a VERY strong party to continuously hit him. If people start leaving, Vergo's HP regeneration speed will exceed that of the damage done to him and it will be back to square one.
And yes, the people who enter the scene when Vergo is in undead mode, will see Vergo's HP as being maximum, even though the people who have been there from the very start will see it as zero. Don't panic: This is normal. This merely means that Vergo's HP is regenerating and remains a ???? mystery.
2) Need Moar l33t 92 weaponzzz
Frankly speaking, you will need Elite Level 92 weapons to be able to easily defeat Vergo The Cursed. Vergo has a DR of 57, while the best Elite 84 weapons give an AR of 52. Except the fact when you +5 or if you manage to enchant the Elite 84 weapon to a +3 Attack Rating Option, otherwise it is not possible to efficiently damage him. FYI, Elite Level 92 weapons will be much more easily attainable once we hit V2.4.
Does this mean it is impossible to defeat Vergo The Cursed in our current version V2.1.18?
Nope, it is still possible. But you will need a very large number of strong players in order to take him down and even so, you might probably have to whack for about 2-3 hours after his first physical death before your party can take him down. The thing is, you cannot afford to have players leaving halfway through the raid because the HP regeneration which will restore him to his all-powerful self again.
Ideally, in order to prevent his insane rate of HP regeneration, it would be good to stun him with say, Wizard's Hole Of Darkness, and of course to have good tankers and many high damage ranged attackers to complement.
3) The Sweet Spot
Talk about backdoors that programmers just love implementing...
There is a certain sweet spot on the cliff that permanently stuns Vergo. If you are one of the lucky 1% to be able to find it... then it just might be time to buy a 4D lottery ticket.
I heard that one of the factions in Cervantes actually managed to find it once and only once. Their tanker fighter was never able to find it ever since. Nevertheless, despite being unable to find Vergo's sweet spot again, this same faction managed to take him down a second time using some extremely well thought-out strategies (which I am afraid I am sworn to secrecy about - after all, it's their secret, not mine). Even so, it took them 3 hours after Vergo went into undead mode to take him down.
Well, hope that helps answer some of the burning questions on your mind regarding Vergo.
P/S: Just for the fun of it, I tried using Irawan, equipped with a Level 100 Knuckle of 3 Kings to solo Vergo on the test server. It took me a good two hours after he went into undead mode to take him down. ;)
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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Hrin, I'm a bit confused by your post. When exactly does Vergo go into this "undead" mode? Near 0% (like 5-10%), making it harder to dps him down those final percentage? Or do you mean he goes Undead at 0% and gets a 2nd life bar or something?
And also, you say that stunning with HoD will help dps past the regen. Do you mean it's best to use HoD to stun right before he goes Undead, and it will prevent him from going Undead, allowing you to dps him and kill him at 0% like normal? Or do you mean once he goes Undead, stunning temporarily stops his regen?
Thank you for the clarification :)
Hi Jin~
Vergo goes into undead mode the moment the HP bar that is visible reaches zero. This is when he starts to regenerate HP at an insane rate.
There is no prevention of undead mode happening. However, by stunning him when he goes into undead mode, this will help to slow down his regeneration rate immensely for the time that HoD has been cast upon him.
:)
Thank you Hrin! Sounds very interesting. Does that mean he only has a small amount of HP left when he turns into undead mode since we see him at "0%"? So technically if we stun him around 1% then dps him for those 20 or 30 sec of stun, he will be able to die without getting his hp regen?
And is there anything special about Wiz HoD stun as opposted to other stun methods?
I'm just worried that my clan might not have enough dps to kill Shappen. We brought his first life bar to 0% after about 15 minutes.. is that a lot compared to clans who can actually dps past his regen?
Thanks again :)
15 mins is pretty good for the current version, given that lvl 92 elite recipes are not available yet.
Wiz HoD is better than other stun methods because there is the highest probability of stunning => 75% chance of stunning as compared to other stun methods.
Bosses are generally a lot harder to stun. :)
Again, thank you for your comments. So if we manage to stun Vergo near 1% and dps him down during this stun, is it possible to kill him without worrying too much about his unnatural HP regen?
And one more question about your original post: when one of our players relogged during the fight, he did indeed see Vergo at about 98%. Are you saying that this isn't necessarily his "actual HP", but just some bug that occurs when he is in undead mode? And he may, in fact, have much less than the HP the relogged player sees?
Thanks, and sorry for all the comments; we were just so frustrated when we couldn't kill him at 0% and want revenge :)
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