Soloing the STF!

I'm trying to solo the STF!!! I'm not finished yet and I'm not sure if I can.
This was on an Illusion/cold/fire Controller

Here's how it all went down up until the last mission.
1st Mission- Killed the pipes no biggie, Arbiter Sands and his endless ambushes were simple enough.

2nd Mission- I killed the 4 AV's easy enough. Viridian was a bit tricky because he runs when decoys are reactivating.

3rd Mission- Killed the 30 vines, and killed the tree.

4th Mission- Got the key on the 3rd chief, started killing the 4 av's.. They were all pretty easy since PA is perma. I just broke Line of sight when they were resummoning.(They tend to get a shot in at me while they're appearing.)

SO, when I got to Dr. Aeon I was a bit worried. He summons what looked like 6 EB's.
I tried every strategy i could think of, I tried killing his EB's, but they just resummoned. I tried killing him and ignoring them but he aggroed to me because my decoys were busy attacking the EB's.

I only had 1 death up to this point. I died on Arbiter Sands because of the endless ambushes, which I was unaware of. And I don't even know how many times I died fighting Dr. Aeon. I logged for the night due to frustration.

So yeah that was my attempt at soloing the STF, I mainly posted this to challenge everyone to attempt it! Although I'm not sure if it's even possible, duo'ing it might be a more realistic challenge. Dr. Aeon is the hardest AV I've tried soloing, I personally feel like soloing him will be harder than the 4 AV's and LR.

I'm going to try some more when I log back in, if I complete it i'll post all of the screenies I took during it. If anyone has a strategy for killing Aeon let me know!

for a non level shifted toon, without nukes and shivs i would think it be impossible because you just could not debuff the +4 AVs enough to kill them, not to mention its extremely hard to single pull them

aeon and LR both have pets, making it also extremely difficult for a ill troller to do because the decoys attack whatever and cant hold that much aggro

Yeah its a regular run so i could get some temps and shivans/nukes. I planned to pull two at a time on the last mission.
And for LR i was going to rely on sleet/insps to deal wity the bosses he spawns. I have extremely high dps when my decoys do as they are told so killing LR SHOULDN'T be too bad. And yes im level shifted

Confuse Aeon prior to agro'ing...he'll summon his copies when the PTOD drop and the confuse kicks in, and they will attack him. Then confuse the EB clones as well, since his confuse will drop when the PTOD come back on. Choose the dark and rad ones first. Will take three applications for an EB.

That oughta keep those fighters off our tai--..err I mean help you beat him!

Ahhh I didn't even try that!!! Going to go try it!

Im not against using temps and pets to be honest. I think if you, by yourself, solo a task force that some teams of 8 fail. Then you are awesome! : I'm getting nukes now.

Well, I got kicked from the TF when I entered Warburg to get the nukes... Fail.

Thats too bad. Now get those NUkes, grab some new Shivans, dig out your Wolves, rent a robot from Vanguard and get back at it please.

I might be mistaken, but I was under the impression that having an autohit power, such as Snow Storm, on Lord Recluse (the STF version) would prevent him from spawning his banes until his final "Bane Nova" ambush. At least whenever I've run it and had someone keep a toggle on him (or a tanker with an autohit aura, such as Invincibility), he never called them in.

Congrats on making it that far! That is a serious accomplishment. You should try it again, I bet with the temp powers and confuse tactic you could pull off the Dr. Aeon fight!

Well the thing is, Dr. Aeon's phase isn't perma. I tried earlier today for round 2(without the nukes/shivans.) and failed once again. But I did notice he can be attacked even without the temp, but he does phase throughout the fight. The main problem seems to be my decoys attacking his minions, and not him. So when I attack him I steal the aggro and it results in a Total Focus to my face.

Also, I did get the shivans tonight, as well as all 3 nukes. The only problem is, I really wanted to have those for the final mission

I don't have snow storm unfortunately... but honestly, if it helps me solo the STF then I'm not afraid of respeccing into it. This is my main character and has done pretty much all of the high end content with ease. So conquering the only thing that has stopped me dead in my tracks would make me very, very happy!

Going to run it again tomorrow!

He will spawn the banes when he reaches around 20% HP no matter what you have hitting him. At that point the summons can no longer be interrupted.

I tried soloing him at even level on my Illu/Cold, but couldn't do it. When the number of banes go past 10 it's impossible for PA to keep them all aggroed and they'll also stop DPSing Recluse making stuff again more difficult. More banes keep popping in and you're making slower progress on the main enemy, not pretty. On top of that, Sleet and Snow Storm aggro everything PA hasn't hit yet meaning a whole lot of banes coming your way.

Yeah, that tends to be my only challenge when fighting AV's. When the decoys get distracted and I'm sitting there wailing away at the AV. They tend to come on over and destroy me

I went and got all 3 nukes. I have shivans and will have HVAS and Amy the Ward when I fight him. I'll wait until the end to use it all. But even if I fail after getting to his banes. On the inside I'll be happy knowing I came 30 seconds away from soloing the STF

Hmm, I'm considering starting it up tonight... But I have a few questions about my build to be honest. I'm wondering if Superior Invisibility would be better than having Arctic Fog for the Dr. Aeon fight. And I'm also trying to find an alternative epic to take, I don't like having the Fire epic. I HATE Fire shield.

Anyways, I'm going to post my build, I'm sure there are a ton of things wrong with it, but Perma decoys was hard to get on an ill/cold. =/

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best ST attackchain for an illussion troller is: BLIND-SW-APPBLAST-SW [APPBLAST= fireblast, iceblast, mentalblast or hurlbolder (not as good as the others)]
you should slot blind with 4 bisilisk gaze and one acc/dam HO

That's good to know. I always wanted a more than 2 power attack chain. I THINK that losing the 2.5% from the sleep set for the Basilisks set wouldnt hurt the recharge on PA too much, especially with my T3 Spiritual Recharge alpha. Anything else wrong with the build?

If you confuse Dr Aeon before you agro, he will summon his pets as an enemy to him too, so they will help with damage.

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Originally Posted by VoodooGirl [*]Watching out for the Spinning Disco Portal of D00M!*

mids with alphaslot support is out now
as i didnt know your alpha i didnt select any
i made a few changes:

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Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Illusion Control
Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Teleportation
Ancillary Pool: Fire Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Spectral Wounds -- Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Decim-Acc/Dmg(3), GJ-Acc/End/Rech(3), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(9), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(13), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(17)
Level 1: Infrigidate -- TmpRdns-Acc/EndRdx(A), Achilles-ResDeb%(34)
Level 2: Blind -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(5), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(9), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(13), HO:Nucle(15)
Level 4: Ice Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(5)
Level 6: Flash -- UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold(A), UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg(7), UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg(7), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg(15), UbrkCons-Dam%(17)
Level 8: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(11)
Level 10: Glacial Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(11)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Zephyr-ResKB(A)
Level 16: Boxing -- Amaze-EndRdx/Stun(A), Amaze-Acc/Rchg(23), Amaze-Stun(39), Amaze-Stun/Rchg(46), Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg(48)
Level 18: Phantom Army -- S'bndAl-Build%(A), S'bndAl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(37), ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(46), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(46)
Level 20: Arctic Fog -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(21), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(21)
Level 22: Tough -- ImpSkn-ResDam/EndRdx(A), ImpSkn-ResDam/Rchg(23), ImpSkn-EndRdx/Rchg(25), ImpSkn-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(25), ImpSkn-Status(31)
Level 24: Group Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 26: Spectral Terror -- U'spkT-Acc/Rchg(A), U'spkT-EndRdx/Fear(27), U'spkT-Acc/EndRdx(27), U'spkT-Fear/Rng(34), U'spkT-Acc/Fear/Rchg(40)
Level 28: Benumb -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(29), RechRdx-I(29)
Level 30: Deceive -- CoPers-Conf/EndRdx(A), CoPers-Conf(31), CoPers-Conf/Rchg(31), CoPers-Conf%(34), CoPers-Acc/Rchg(40)
Level 32: Phantasm -- ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(A), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(33), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33)
Level 35: Sleet -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(36), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36), Posi-Dam%(43)
Level 38: Heat Loss -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(39), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(39), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(40), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(45), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(48)
Level 41: Fire Blast -- Apoc-Dam%(A), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(42), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(43)
Level 44: Fire Ball -- Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg(45), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(45), Posi-Dam%(48), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 47: Recall Friend -- Zephyr-ResKB(A)
Level 49: Fire Shield -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(50), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Clrty-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+(43)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(37), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(37)
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 16,5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 16,5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 16,5% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 16,5% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 16,5% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 16,5% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 16,5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 16,5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 2,5% Defense(Energy)
• 2,5% Defense(Negative)
• 1,25% Defense(Ranged)
• 2,25% Max End
• 131,25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 2,2% Enhancement(Terrorized)
• 4% Enhancement(Confused)
• 48% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 5% FlySpeed
• 114,45 HP (11,25%) HitPoints
• 5% JumpHeight
• 5% JumpSpeed
• Knockback (Mag -8)
• Knockup (Mag -8)
• MezResist(Confused) 12,5%
• MezResist(Held) 12,5%
• MezResist(Immobilize) 15,25%
• MezResist(Sleep) 16,9%
• MezResist(Stun) 12,5%
• MezResist(Terrorized) 12,5%
• 20,5% (0,342 End/sec) Recovery
• 72% (3,057 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 8,19% Resistance(Fire)
• 8,19% Resistance(Cold)
• 2,5% Resistance(Negative)
• 5% RunSpeed
• 3,5% XPDebtProtection

He did mention he's using the Recharge Alpha in the post right above yours. On a side note. Looking at both builds I like the changes you made to the build. And factoring in the T3 all his debuffs and PA are perma..aside from Sleet which is one second off..but that's understandable with the rubbish recharge on Posi Blasts.

Although at this point with the T3 in Mids he can safely get rid of 16.25% of his recharge bonuses and STILL Have his PA and all debuffs at Perma. Especially with the T4 coming up in a couple weeks.

Edit: I'm trying playing with the build seeing how he can easily dump some of the recharge from it. There are actually quite a lot of possibilities he can do with his powers now. For example, he can drop the Decimations from Spectral Wounds and simply Frankenslot it for Maximum Damage/Recharge and Good accuracy, and then do the same for Fire Blast (Or whatever Epic he chooses). Or he can Lose the set in Tough and put three Titanium coatings for the HP bonus which will free two slots. Get rid of the set in Spectral Horror and save some slots. Then add a sixth Slot in Blind for a pure Damage or another Nucleolus, and sixth slot with recharge to Sleet so it's truely perma. Plus a lot of other possibilities. This is a little mind boggling lol. It will be extremely hard to come up with something definite without direct input on all this from the OP. But still interesting to see what I can change in it.

dont forget PA has to have the recharge on 56.9 sec for perma (all others arent permanent)