How to solo Vl
Well a lot of people have been asking me how to do this, so I decided I'd make a video to show you guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9EtO2R_MP4
No edits done to the video at all, other than speed it up 2x, because it was almost 8 minutes long...
But yeah, this is a typical run, I'll briefly explain what I do.
VL is actually more simple than most people think. My main tactic is to kill anything and everything he summons as quickly as possible.
If he summons boars, kill them as fast as you can, so you can hit as many golems as possible when he summons them, and of course kill the golems as fast as possible so he can't eat them to recover HP.
When he uses potential lock, I right click on my drain and kill myself, or hope that he uses damage reflect, so I can die instantly.
When I'm potential locked I only hit around 300ks... which isn't enough to kill the golems fast enough, so he ends up eating them which reverses my progress, which is why I kill myself as fast as possible.
Other than that, just stay clear of damage reflect, and keep on attacking.
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I don't plan on making more videos.
I only made this one because I got requests, but I guess now that I filled those requests I get hate and smartass comments in response.
Last time I try doing that again.
Whether you intended the video as an edge to showoff or not, the latter is more conveying to us viewers.
Sorry, but be careful with your videos in the future.
Thanks for the video =0 i got discouraged at first trying to solo vl tihnking only a job that has a non mobbing skill can kill vl but now i guess i'll give it a try knowing that it's possible for an aran to solo it.
Whadda pro. Nice job igor
and ima needa improve my range o.o
Couldn't agree more ^
This video guide is fantastic! I'm definitely interested in trying a VL solo now More videos and guides please!
Seemed doable for me, but they REALLY need to fix that "Unable to connect to the game server" that keeps dcing me back to the login screen...
Hey thank you, this was actually really helpful because I had no idea you could still continue the boss fight if you died
I'm off to solo VL <3
yea vl is fairly easy as long as u take care of the mobs fast enough
Oh hey, that's one of the songs on my grinding playlist.
Sadly I don't do enough damage to even attempt soloing it. Golems take me to long to kill.
[quote=changda]When you die do you lose exp?[/quote]
Yes, I'm fairly sure it's 1% per death at most bosses though. (Except Hard mode Hilla for some reason...)
When you die do you lose exp?
@above two : I've gotten PMs from some Arans that have ranges practically identical to mine asking how to do it, as well as a few that have asked me in-game, they were able to hit cap but weren't able to do it somehow.
You're right, it is very simple, but a lot of Arans, even with high ranges, aren't able to do it, I thought this video would help at least a little bit.
This is just smashing through everything with high damage ._.
@Feeling: Eh, I'll probably try it after I level then xD
@OrionTempest : I'm not sure what the exact range would be but, as long as you can hit around 600ks or so on the mobs (boss damage doesn't work on them), you should be able to do it.
VL himself has low HP (550mil), if you can hit 600-700ks on the mobs and consistently kill them, it should be no problem.
Sometimes he can be a real nuisance though. My fastest solo was under 5 minutes (something like 4:30), and once it took me 35 minutes. It all depends on what he decides to do, so don't get discouraged if he's being really annoying at first.
What would you say would be a minimum range to even attempt, with 35% Boss and 120% PDR? xD
@sacklaca123: I haven't noticed a pattern but sometimes he does it very often (like in the beginning of the video), and sometimes he does it much less (towards the end), leading me to believe that it's random. It doesn't last very long though, so not too much of a problem.
@Feeling: renegade shop sells the recipe so its not rare except it takes some ingredients
and when does VL use damage reflect? 1 per minute?
@Niox : Of course that's a given, but I don't think you even need to hit cap to be able to solo VL. The timer is one hour, as long as you can keep the spawns down you should be able to do it.
@sacklaca123 : Aren't those rare / expensive? Might not be worth it, since getting rid of potential lock is so easy lol.
iirc, cleansing potion can cure potential-lock, that could help