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My rad corr was use the last time I tried the Nictus first strategy. As I recall the Nictus were either highly resistant to debuffage if not outright immune. Romulus however is another matter.
Nowadays I just pummel Romulus into the dirt 4 times, much for satisfying.
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Not only more satisfying but more rewarding. You don't get xp, inf or drops from the nictus as far as I know. And yes, Rom can be debuffed and held. I've heard that some of the powers from the Cold Domination set work on the nictus. I'm just trying to find out if that's true and how effective it is.
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The Nict are virtually impervious to any debuffage from what I've seen. Better to just smash Romulus 4 times.
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It depends on what archetypes you have in your team how you go about doing this. All the guides I have read have a different strategy and claim it to be the best. I have done the TF three times (not claiming to be an expert) and each time went about it differently. First time we took out the nictus and then Rom last. It was quick and easy. Though I should explain that it was during beta, and at the time the healing nictus was not healing at the time. Second run we tried that and went for the spawning nictus first. We then took out the mire nictus and attempted at the healer. We were there for the longest time. Some of the team left. In the end we then went to rom and defeated him, let the nictus suicide res him and beat him up a second time. Third time we were in there for hours dying left and right. Everyone argued, "healing nictus first, healing nictus first." But he healed himself and every other av within the healing range. And I don't care what people say, you can argue with me till the end of time. That nictus healed himself and the others. And I checked the attributes of that twilight grasp, it's pretty wicked. So after six or seven wipes I decided to take charge and told everyone to get the summoning nictus first. If you are going to take out the nictus first I believe the spawning one is the primary target in debuff/buff heavy teams. People argue all the time about it, but taking it down first was our reason for victory in this instance. My reasoning: those nictus blasts have slow effects. The heals, taunts and holds were all affected by the slow and we just couldn't hold out. After that one was down everyone decided to go after rom again. We did, and got him down, the mire nictus ressed him. There was a surgeon, and the team argued who ressurected rom, but it was the nictus because at this point it was only rom and the healer. We then had a tank solo the healer while another tank pulled rom around the corner while close enough so the healer wouldn't follow him. Being around the corner, we were "blocked" targets and the nictus couldn't feed off all of us. We defeated rom again. At this point, he was out of range for the nictus to res him. At this point we all charged the healer and took it down VERY slowly. I would have preffered letting it res rom and fight him again.
There are many ways of going about it and I think any tactic that leads to victory is a good tactic. I don't believe there is a "perfect" way to do it after all I have read and experienced. You should go about it how it works best for your team whether you go for either of the nictus or rom first. Either way, it takes a bit of time and can be extra challenging. Just don't give up because it's obviously not impossible. Best of luck to everyone!
