"Prioritise clearing the curses on the Main Tank and healers no matter their position . Main Tanks, spread out into a triangle shape . As soon as the Boss teleports next to you, use Taunt immediately . "
The curse was simply too damaging . This curse turned Shazzrah into a Boss who could slaughter players far too easily .
With Lu Li at the helm, the chances of dispelling the curses were much higher .
Originally, the Mages needed to judge who to dispel first, but that was no longer a problem . By following what Lu Li said about clearing the curses on the healers and MT, they could use the weaker dispels on the DPS classes .
"We can stand in a circle so that it wouldn't teleport too far," someone suggested .
Lu Li always encouraged innovative thinkers, so people were always free to suggest methods that seemed like they could work . If these suggested methods worked and made life in the dungeons easier, they would be rewarded with DKP and their contribution would be taken into account when distributing items . After all, Ruling Sword was a dungeon-clearing guild . There were principles when clearing Instance Dungeons, not just whoever offered the highest DKP .
This suggested method of positioning themselves in a circle seemed viable, so Lu Li quickly organised everyone's position .
The new formation meant changes to players' tendencies and chemistry together . The way to work on this was through deaths or squad wipes . Many people didn't like to enter Instance Dungeons because multiple squad wipes were inevitable .
The most difficult aspects of this fight were the Boss' AoE Arcane Explosions, as well as the curses and teleporting .
After wiping multiple times, everyone figured out the patterns of the Boss . It would teleport at approximately every 40 seconds, which was quite a regular occurrence . When they neared that time, they immediately became on guard and observed the Boss' movements tightly . When the Boss suddenly moved in a different direction, it would teleport immediately after .
It was here that Azure Sea Breeze was able to show off a little by successfully taunting the Boss .
The Warriors that Lu Li came in contact with in his past life were never on the same level as Azure Sea Breeze .
There was also Shazzrah's Deaden skill . Warriors could use Shield Bash to interrupt the skill . A skilled Warrior's productivity far surpassed any other class . The squad wipes near the end of the fight would no longer be the Warrior's faults . Actually, it wouldn't be the Mages' faults either . Sometimes they would just be unfortunate and wipe .
The squad experienced wipe after, but Lu Li suddenly realised that they were improving and succeeding in their attempts .
There was only around a third of the Boss' HP left, while only five players had died . It was an extremely successful run of fighting Shazzrah .
He didn't remind the team that they were nearing the end of the fight . He only placed more focus on his commanding and was more reminding in his instructions . Most players didn't realise this, but the ones who were more alert noticed this slight change in his style of commanding .
As they continued fighting, Shazzrah suddenly went berserk .
Berserk?
Didn't the Boss only go berserk when it reached low HP?
"Everyone, use your burst damage . Hachi Chan, get ready to cast Tranquility when I say so . Healers, just spam your skills . This is it – winning or losing . Mages, remember to clear the curses," Lu Li said, suddenly raising his voice . If they couldn't clear it after reaching this point, then they might as well give up today .
"Wow we're nearly at the end! Haha, we are going to be successful this time," Azure Sea Breeze laughed as he used mitigation .
Shazzrah wasn't a Fire-element Boss, so they didn't need to wear Fire-resistant gear . If they didn't need fire-resistant gear, then Azure Sea Breeze's equipment was the better set . There was much more mitigation . He could use it when they were in tight situations and he could guarantee his survival .
Over the duration of the Boss' Berserk state, tremendous damage was dealt to the team, but he finally fell . A huge amount of EXP was rewarded and three players gained skill points .
At that time, Ruling Sword already had four level 60 players, which meant that they had four of the five Level 60 players in the whole of Dawn . The other level 60 player was I No Understand from Glory Capital .
From this statistic alone, it could be assumed that the Instance Dungeon clearing in other guilds were much more difficult and unenjoyable .
Otherwise, their best players wouldn't have hit a wall in levelling .
The items were being distributed and Lu Li took the gold for repairs compensation . The stones were fairly ordinary, so they werekept by Lu Li alongside the rare materials .
There were three skill books, which wasn't too rare, but what surprised Lu Li was the Enhanced Arcane Explosion skill book .
This was the first drop of an Enhancing skill book in Molten Core .
Four Mages faced each other . At the end, Lu Li made a decision to give it to Short Road . He was already a pro-player in training, and the contract had already been assigned . To forgo training him and giving him the resources that he needed to flourish was simply a waste .
Enhanced Arcane Explosion was an Instant Burst skill, instead of an incantation that it required before . It wasted too much mana to be used when fighting monsters . However, this Enhanced skill would be quite strong in a PVP context . Therefore, with this logic, he decided to give the book to Short Road . It wasn't that Lu Li was targeting Lonesome Flower, but he hoped for Lonesome Flower to collect a T1 set instead from this Instance Dungeon .
After this came a few Gold and Dark Gold items . Some were wanted, while others were not . Those who wanted them purchased them at a low price .
Next was a pair of T1 Priest shoes, which ended up with March Rain .
There was also a pair T1 Thief shoes, but these were slightly worse than Lu Li's Champion's Boots .
After all, the Champion Boots gave an extra skill point in Kick and a chance at Silence . The second unique effect was a rare Shadow Step . With the set effect in consideration, the T1 shoes were slightly better in terms of base properties, but the unique effects were far weaker .
Of course, Lu Li wouldn't dare to raise the price of this, unless he wanted to live alone for the rest of his life . As such, Water Fairy took the shoes for a bargain .
There was also blueprint – Formula: Enchant Weapon – Spell Power . This was quite a valuable item .
Shazzrah wasted a lot of time, so after Lu Li allowed the team to rest for a while, they continued .
In the meantime, the small monsters would be difficult to kill, but they got past them with relative ease . Soon, they arrived at the front of the 7th Boss, Sapphiron . After clearing all the monsters around it, there were still four Flamewaker Priests guarding the Boss .
It was the same scenario that was repeated in the Molten Core multiple times . However, there was also a different mechanic each time .
The lesson from the first squad wipe was not to pull all four together . Instead, they just needed to find four people to each pull one monster . Furthermore, they could prevent the Flamewaker Priests from healing each other by pulling them away from each other . After all, they were Priests, so it wasn't surprising that they could heal each other .
After killing these four, they could then fight the Boss .
In the process of doing so, Thieves' Kick was extremely useful here . It was obvious that two Thieves were not enough in this Instance Dungeon . However, there was no need to rearrange the team composition because other classes were also able to interrupt skill animations .
The hardest part was still fighting the Boss . It would enter Berserk when it reached certain thresholds of its HP .
However, Lu Li and his team handled this pretty well, so they did not suffer many squad wipes . It took around two hours for them to defeat the Boss, which was much faster than Lu Li anticipated . He even began to consider attempting the 8th Boss, Golemagg, today .
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