Has this ever happened to you?
Youre on a team that is doing a series of AV missions, & the team leader asks Does anyone have anymore AVs.
You respond I have Find the source of the psychic energy mission.
Someone shouts out Thats the clock king, thats the reason Ive been working off debt all week.
Next thing you hear Look at the time, gotta go Need to call it a night My wife just got home, bye all My supergroup is calling, cya & you find yourself alone.
Why is this the case you might ask, simple the Kings Alpha Strike is a wicked PBAoE Psionic attack that does more damage than most ATs Health bar, it can even one-shot some tanks.
Before you say Oh God no, Im going to be stuck with this mission forever!
Never fear, here are 5 easy steps to defeating the Psionic Clockwork King.
Step one: Lower your mission difficulty.
Now some of these steps should be obvious, this is one of them. The Psionic Clock King is rough even on heroic, theres no sense in making your task any harder for yourself, and you can always turn the difficulty back up when the mission is done.
Step two: Stock the team with the right ATs for the job.
There are certain ATs with a high degree of defense against or resistance to psychic damage.
(e.g. Stone Armor Tank with Mineral Armor, Dark Armor Scrapper with Obsidian Shield, Dark Miasma Defender with Shadow Fall).
BTW, Shadow Fall provides resistance to psychic damage for the entire team.
There are also certain ATs that can be very useful in other ways.
Any controller with pets can use them to absorb the alpha strike, thus sparing the team from the blow.
An Illusion controller with Phantom Army would be ideal since that pet cannot be killed.
Debuffers like Rad or Dark Defenders can reduce the amount of damage hes putting out.
An Empathy Defender with Fortitude can buff the team against psychic attacks, but cant buff themselves.
Empaths remember to stay away from the King & that Alpha Strike.
Step three: Time to breakout the temp powers youve been hoarding.
You know those temp powers youve been saving for a rainy day.
** News Alert - Paragon City Weather Bureau forecasts torrential downpour coming. **
All kidding aside temp powers such as the Wedding Band given out by Stephanie Peebles after her last mission can pull your fat out of the fire. Now is the time to use them.
Step four: Dont forget to use Inspirations!
According to Statesman, the new Damage Resistance Inspiration works against all forms of damage.
I would recommend chugging a couple of them along with a couple of defense inspirations before & during the fight.
Again this one should be obvious, but there are heroes out there who try to go through fights without ever using any inspirations at all, insights, rages, lucks, respites etc
Dont Worry, use them; more will drop as you fight. If worse comes to worse, you can always buy the small size before your missions & replace them with the larger varieties as they drop.
Step five: When all else fails, set the mission for one.
This means the team travels to the door/ portal where the mission is located, the entire team disbands. The mission holder resets the mission for one (he/she clicks on another mission setting it, then clicks back on the mission Find the source of the psychic energy, that will set it for one person).
The mission holder then enters the mission alone & after he/she is inside then they will send invites to the rest of the team.
(e.g. to invite your former teammate Captain Death, type /invite Captain Death, repeat this process till the entire team is inside).
Once youre all inside dont forget to return the star to your former team leader, simple courtesy, remember we are all heroes after all.
Here is a recap of all the steps.
Step one: Lower your mission difficulty.
Step two: Stock the team with the right ATs for the job.
Step three: Time to breakout the temp powers youve been hoarding.
Step four: Dont forget to use Inspirations!
Step five: When all else fails, set the mission for one.
As another incentive, remember you need to clear this mission out for Tina Macintyre in order to pick up some of the missions you will need for the Portal Jockey Accolade (Hydra mission for Multidimensional badge & the last mission in the Praetorian War storyarc gives you two AVs (Neuron & Anti-Matterleader) that you will need for the badge). Those are missions also given by Tina.
Otherwise you will need to depend on the generosity of someone else broadcasting that they have these missions & are looking for people to join their team.
Lastly, remember some of the steps in this guide can be applied to other AVs or towards other difficult missions that you have.
Good Luck & send my regards to the King.
