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So last night I did my first ever Brenner match, with some LS mates. We didn't actually play the game, just used it to duel each other. The other two players were PLD/RDM and BLU/NIN, and I was RDM/BLU. In the one-on-one matches, I easily bested both of them, although the BLU certainly put up a fight in the 3rd and 4th rematches. My question is about the 2-on-1 match we did after that, which I'll get to in a minute.

My strategy for the PLD was: minimal TP feed; this PLD has Atonement, which really hurts, bad. I was his second duel, and I saw him use it to win 3/3 against the BLU (since BLU spells feed so much TP, he'd just Sentinel to ride out the Big-3 Zerg while meleeing, then Shield Bash > Atonement to finish off the BLU once his shadows were down). So in my fight, I kept up Stoneskin so he couldn't gain TP, DoTed him down with Bio, meleed a bit (but not enough so he could WS me), and then nuked his final 30% HP till he died. This strategy worked great every time we fought 1v1.

My strategy for the BLU varied a bit, but generally I'd start with Diaga > Silence (although he would tend to put up more Shadows or Head Butt when I tried to Silence, but eventually it would land). Once he was Silenced, the fight was basically over, and I'd smack him around till he died. One time, he tried to run for it when he got re-Silenced at 40% HP, but I Gravitied him and /sprint-ed over to Vorpal him to death. Other times I'd use Head Butt to interrupt his Big 3, then Silence while he was stunned, and proceed to kill from there. He'd give me some trouble by trying to Stun-lock me, but never actually killed me. At some points I'd just face away and heal myself, letting his spells feed me TP, then turn and Vorpal him for the kill.

However, in the 2-on-1 matches I didn't win. I'd try to Diaga > Silence the BLU (since he's clearly the bigger threat of the two, since the PLD starts with no TP), but the PLD would /sprint up and Shield Bash me to interrupt my Silence and Stun me, giving the BLU time to Disseverment away my Stoneskin and start to Stunlock me with Head Butt while the PLD meleed me for TP and to interrupt my spells. Needless to say, this did not go well for me, and I died multiple times. So my question is this:

What would you do (as a RDM/BLU) to defeat this strategy, or would you just say that a 2-on-1 when one of the 2 is a BLU is just an unfair matchup? Thanks.

11) GM them, they're clearly cheating.

Well, I don't know how the Enmity is calculated (I'd assume same as normal). What I can tell you is that a 100 TP Atonement post-Sentinel+Shield Bash dealt about 650 damage.

Bio/poison/slow2 the BLU, and dagger him, spamming Energy Drain. Aquaveil is damn near overpowered in PvP; maintain it^^

When the BLU exhausts his MP, the PLD has no reason to burn his MP to keep the BLU alive. A BLU with no MP is kinda like a PLD with less sword skill, less defense, less STR/VIT, and no spells or /ja's.

No need to sleep or silence the PLD, unless it's to facilitate converting.

If it were me, I'd just keep bio on em both.

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Move around a bit when you're not casting. Doesn't have to be anything flamboyant or annoying. A little something here n there is enough to keep peoples' eyes off the chat log.

For brownie points, don't talk to em during the fight. Again, you want there to be more activity off the chat log than on the chat log.

Edited, May 20th 2009 7:49pm by IcookPizza

Yes, but it's difficult to use them when he's silenced. Which is pretty much priority 1 when fighting a BLU.

A list of gear/spell setup you use would be great in helping you. Either way, Diaga>Run>Bind PLD as BLU casts utsu> Diaga> Silence> Grav PLD (this is assuming he didn't use fealty through all this)> work on the BLU. He SHOULD go down easily enough. After that the PLD should be np.

It's a bit hard to give a set strat in this fight since really it just boils down to experience with ballista and having fast reflexes. Not to mention if they're smart players they're a force to be reckoned with.

Best advice I can give? Gear for TOTAL defense so you can bring the big 3 damage down in case he somehow gets it off.

Chevio cape, jelly ring, genbbob shield, goliard pants.

That's a good start and not THAT hard to get.

Edit:

Also! Fast Cast is your friend! Loquacious and Relic body or ACP reward = <3

Should be able to get bind off before Mr PLD comes to get you!

Edited, May 20th 2009 9:43pm by Hiswhitewings

Yes we do, however their range is limited. Most of BLU's spells are short ranged so that really works in a RDM's advantage. Even spells like Chaotic eye that have a longer range can easily be useless by turning around thus avoiding the silence effect.

I think in this case, /blm sub is ideal. Start off with Sleepga and use drain/aspir on both jobs. All /blu really gives in this situation is Cocoon. Sure it gives more than that, but because of the cat and mouse style to win, you'll never use much else. So start with Sleepga and then enfeeble both jobs to the point of no return. Blind, Para, Slow would be my suggestion. Para will eat job abilities/spells so it's very possible Fealty, Flash, Cannonball, Shield bash etc can be blocked. PLD's won't sleep long so silence them first. If you can't sleepga both of them, just hit one and try to get the other if they split up. Obviously sleepga is used to over-write shadows. Then cast para first followed by slow and blind and silence.