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I felt sure that if you dont attack LR he wouldnt spawn them, or he just spawns a couple of pets and no more.
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Well, the fact is you MUST defeat LR to complete the STF, so you obviously have to attack him; the usual trick is having an empath with the taunting tanker, who also has to use LOTS of luck inspirations, away from the rest of the team meanwhile they destroy the pylons (a good place is the door of the tower), and then the team gathers and defeats LR.
Beware, when LR has less than 1/3 of health bar he will spawn LOTS of pets.
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It was the stage where we take the Pylons out that i was asking about. We have a healer dedicated to the tank who taunts LR while we take the Pylons, but LR is spawning his pets, so many of them that no matter how much you heal the tank he still goes down.
So my question remains, can anyone remember if LR spawns his pets if you DONT attack him at this stage?
I suppose part of the reason for asking is, the first time we ran the TF we know the tank had Mudpots on and LR was spawning pets, but last night the tank said he did not have Mud Pots on, but he still got the huge amounts of spawn.
I think that the tank may have had Mud Pots on and then turned them off too late... thus making the spawn, thus faceplanting when it got too much, thus quitting TF in frustration (much to our dismay.
We will be running the TF again tonight and i'd like to hear from Tankers that have done this stage. Could anyone please confirm, does LR spawn pets when he's not attacked? 
Tidgy
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LR will still spawn pets. Get rid of the blue tower earlier (Speed boost and Power boost) so he spawns less, less often.
And if your stoner is getting beaten, then I worry. Get an invul/ tank, then the pets are actualy counting towards his defence 
We had the tower order as Red/Green/Yellow/Blue i think...certainly not Blue as priority. Will try that though Xemulas, thanks for tip. 
Yes i was concerned that the Stone tank was getting flattened, but i did put a bit of that down to his healer being a controller and not a defender, thus the heals not being as much. Good point about that too. Willpower or Invulnerable tanks would be great for the larger spawns!
Cheers for the help folks
Tidgy
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We had the tower order as Red/Green/Yellow/Blue i think...certainly not Blue as priority. Will try that though Xemulas, thanks for tip.
Yes i was concerned that the Stone tank was getting flattened, but i did put a bit of that down to his healer being a controller and not a defender, thus the heals not being as much. Good point about that too. Willpower or Invulnerable tanks would be great for the larger spawns!
Cheers for the help folks
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You'll be surprised to know that it's probably down to the stoner's lack of using insps properly (which i'm presuming, if he a) got flattened, and b) quit in frustration). It's more important to pack insps than people realise. Though i guess that's the part of me that does this without deaths or temps every Sunday, getting the best of me
Oh! and Red/Yellow (Damage and Tohit), Green last, for sure. as that's his regen (hardly helpful to tank's suvivability, only good when you decide to bundle him)
When my Rad defender tanked LR last saturday (yes you read that correctly) I used my debuffs and attacks to keep his agro. I didn't get one spawn till he was down to 1/3rd of his life. I stayed in melee constantly though am wondering if there's a difference when you make a gap.
Oh and I've never taken down the blue tower before recluse, only after he was dead as something to do while chatting
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If you stand and simply taunt LR with an aura or the taunt without physically attacking him (when the pylons are being defeated) he WILL spawn extra banes, this also happens when your not in definate melee range (ie headbutt would be a viable attack)
Basically, dont just sit there taunting, actively attack him, for one reason or another he wont spawn banes until the 1/4 health hail mary play
Done this more times than ive had hot dinners on my inv/ss tank and never had a problem apart from the time i was too busy communicating with the team to attack him. (not realising that he had to be hit) Basically, tell your tank to try and kill him, LR wont get scratched, but then neither will your tank
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We had the tower order as Red/Green/Yellow/Blue i think...certainly not Blue as priority.
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Our Sunday MoSTF squad use the Red/Yellow/Blue/Green order, purely to stop his power boost effect, with max flier time all 4 go down easily within the 18 minute window. Some people will tell you blue doesnt matter, but we always take it down to be safe, whats 3 minutes to kill a tower vs another 3 hours to try next week after a failed attempt?
Of course! DOH! *slaps head* ow... 
Thats why i remember the tanks not having mudpots on back when i used to do this TF. It was the taunt in mudpots, not the attacking part! Gah! Brilliant, thanks....are you free to tank tonight?!!
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Of course! DOH! *slaps head* ow...
Thats why i remember the tanks not having mudpots on back when i used to do this TF. It was the taunt in mudpots, not the attacking part! Gah! Brilliant, thanks....are you free to tank tonight?!!
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Working till 10 tonight im afraid, but feel free to contact Xem and I if you ever need help with this TF in the future, we're dab old hands @ it
Thanks for the offer and the advice
Tidgy
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Oh! and Red/Yellow (Damage and Tohit), Green last, for sure. as that's his regen (hardly helpful to tank's suvivability, only good when you decide to bundle him)
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Very surprised to hear a stone tank being major effected by LR, especially when too many people revere them as demi gods... remember Stoners have their weaknesses too!
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Hi all,
I have joined a couple of recent STF attempts and since it's been nearly a year since i done the TF my memory is a little rusty.
Does Lord Recluse spawn his pets when you JUST taunt him? i.e. Mud Pots is off and no attacks are made on him. Just taunt.
The Tankers that have joined us have done really well, but the pets LR spawn have finally beaten them down. I felt sure that if you dont attack LR he wouldnt spawn them, or he just spawns a couple of pets and no more.
Can anyone confirm?
Tidgy
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