I was doing the daily quest in Bloody Swampland and one of the Swamp Assassins simply killed me in 2 seconds with this skill when I was nearly at full hp (14k+).
I was almost full HP and it cast Merciless Grip on my Enchanter lifting him into the air and reducing his HP from nearly full to 1 HP and then just did a hit to finish me off! Is this supposed to be normal?
Ya its tough. I use to be able to kill them before they did that but now that they've raised the lvl its harder. I think they only kill you if they crit on you when your up in the air. Sometimes you can just run backwards away from them as they're slow and can't get to you before you come back down. Other times root and step back, transform them, petrify them. ect.
Those mobs are assansis, so I think it's some kind of lethal.. I kill 100 of them and nothing and then 2 kills me in a row. Btw it helps to check what they are casting, if you see them casting this skill, use something, what will interupt them like stun or other disables.
Ya its tough. I use to be able to kill them before they did that but now that they've raised the lvl its harder. I think they only kill you if they crit on you when your up in the air. Sometimes you can just run backwards away from them as they're slow and can't get to you before you come back down. Other times root and step back, transform them, petrify them. ect.
Those mobs are assansis, so I think it's some kind of lethal.. I kill 100 of them and nothing and then 2 kills me in a row. Btw it helps to check what they are casting, if you see them casting this skill, use something, what will interupt them like stun or other disables.
Seeing as an Enchanter means I am melee and have to be in its range to attack, so whenever it does Merciless Grip on me I can't do anything when I'm lifted in the air, reduced to 1 HP and then die from the next hit while still in the air, so escaping at such a moment is impossible.
So the only thing I can come up with is casting the transform or petrification skill while it's trying to cast the grip.
So unfortunately this means that when this skill crits it's an instant death sentence on any melee class regardless what their defense is... that seems kind of ridiculous if you ask me :(
As if they weren't hard enough being light red now and thus having your damage severely penalized despite needing them for the daily quest at lv 85, especially with everyone else hunting the swamp stalkers for the quest item already :(
Can't be helped. You were leveling too fast and might have caught the people who are already 90+. So NC had to make a small correction.
But yea, I noticed the same thing on my archer. Before with chant buffs I could clear them out before they reached me. Spent an extra half hour running around and kiting for 3%. Even came close to dying twice to the lethal. Which would have nullified the point of being there in the first place.
Totally awesome NC. Nothing I like more than considering whether I should go play Star Wars or not.