The Great Thief - Chapter 1107

Chapter 1107

Chapter 1107: Bullying the Star Players

Translator: Halcyon Translations  Editor: Halcyon Translations

The key phrase was “stacking up to fifty times” . Fifty times was a considerable amount, but it was much better than stacking infinitely .

It was not that they could not kill the Fire Elementals; they just had to kill them strategically .

However, Lu Li decided to play around with them to create a false impression that it was difficult for him to achieve First Clears . Other players would always struggle in dungeons, but the Blackrock Depths run seemed much smoother under the command of Lu Li .

Even Sorrowless was completely impressed by him throughout this dungeon .

In the second run, none of the Fire Elementals were killed and all the pressure was placed on Azure Sea Breeze’s shoulders . Slowly but surely, Ambassador Flamelash grew stronger and bigger in size .

Fifty stacks meant that his attacks were 2 . 5 times stronger .

When other Bosses became enraged, oftentimes the buff they received to their attack was not even close to 2 . 5 times . As such, they had to fight Ambassador Flamelash as if he was constantly enraged .

When the Ambassador Flamelash actually became enraged…

Azure Sea Breeze was unable to survive even with his defensives activated .

Normal attacks were doing around 1000 HP in the beginning and 5000Hp at the end of the fight . They were on pace to be completely wiped .

“Both strategies don’t seem to work; we have to look for an alternative strategy . What if we pulled the Boss away from the Fire Elementals?” Lu Li suggested .

On the third try, Azure Sea Breeze kited the Boss and dragged it around the map while the DPS classes followed closely behind .

After a long while, the Fire Elementals burst into flames, setting the floor ablaze . They were discouraged because this was no different from actually killing them .

“Extinguish the fire, quick! Lu Li, what kind of terrible idea was this?” Azure Sea Breeze accused and gave up while the Boss continued to beat him to death .

When they were resting at the bar, their moral was very high and each of them was filled with excitement . However, after being wiped three times, hopelessness became their number one enemy .

Major guilds often had alternate First Clear parties to switch around in case the first team became discouraged and stuck . However, Lu Li never bothered with that .

He had spent a lot of time in his past life studying different dungeons and he was able to conclude that there was not a single dungeon in the game that was impossible . This was because the game developers would be crucified if they were to create a dungeon that was impossible .

The first two team wipes in this dungeon were opportunities to learn for future runs .

“We’ll only kill some of them this time . Sorrowless, Hornet’s Nest, you two stand where I put the markings on the minimap . If Fire Elementals spawn there, you two must kill them as fast as possible . Unforgettable Maple, Phantom Gaze and Hot Twitch, you three do the same as well at the three locations that I mark out,” Lu Li began to explain .

This time he was serious . Although the strategy wasn’t too flashy, based on Wendelian and Sorrowless’s expressions, it was clear that this was a good plan .

This was the next obvious plan of approach . If they were wiped, whether they kill the Fire Elementals or not, the next logical plan was to only kill a few of them . This way, the fire on the ground would not affect the Boss fight and the Boss could not absorb the Elementals to gain up to maximum stacks .

In the end, the Boss only accumulated around 30 stacks, which was around 1 . 5 times the attack . Azure Sea Breeze was definitely strong enough to tank the damage .

Usually, teams would bring more ranged DPS classes to this dungeon in order to save time . Ranged classes were able to kill the Fire Elementals from afar while also dealing DPS to the Boss . However, they didn’t have many class options in the All-Star team .

Because of their lack of coordination and team chemistry, they were wiped again .

However, this time, the morale was much higher because everyone realized that they had found the correct strategy .

In Dawn, whether it was PvP or PvE, dying and running back to your dead body was a daily occurrence . It was almost impossible to reach max level without dying at all .

This time, Lu Li moved around the personnel because he had realized that Hot Twitch had dealt more damage than Hornet’s Nest, possibly due to the attack speed of Hunters .

As such, Hot Twitch was paired with Sorrowless and the other three were grouped together . That way, the two groups would be more balanced and efficient .

As the battle continued, Ambassador Flamelash began using empowered Fire Blast .

His Fire Blast was quite different from an average Mage’s fire blast . For Mages, Fire Blast was an instant-cast damaging skill, while Ambassador Flamelash’s version really emphasized the word ‘blast’ .

Flamelash began bombarding the melee players who were standing far away . If it wasn’t for Lu Li’s strategy of instantly killing the Fire Elementals and containing the flames, the melee classes would have been completely incinerated . Everyone managed to avoid the fire except for poor old Elevenless .

After entering stage three, the annoying Fire Elementals finally disappeared .

Abassador Flamelash then began casting Conflagrate . This caused the players to take fire damage over time and would spread to surrounding players .

However, everyone knew how to position themselves, retreat, attack and stay alive at the right timing without needing to be told what to do .

Ambassador Flamelash was finally killed, leaving behind some spoils of war for the All-Star team .