Ghost of Scrapyard

Hi

Yesterday, i saw him for the first time, but without seeing his lvl, i dunno if was a good idea to attack.

I read that giant monsters "change lvl" depending on the player lvl, but a lvl29 MM (bots/dark) have any chance to do it alone? (after fight protean and die over and over again, I'm more cautious. Btw... thanks to the Lvl49 who finally help me)

(as usual, soz for my english)

A fully spec'd out MM with an eye towards AV stomping could probably do it.

A level 29 MM? Unlikely. Not necessarily impossible, but it would take a specialized build.

Giant Monsters (GM's) automatically scale thier damage taken and damage given to the
level of the character attacking/being attacked (so a level 50 fights a GM like it's a 50 and a level 30 fights a GM like it's a 30).

The Rikti Invasion mobs and the Zombie Apocalypse mobs do the same sort of scaling.

However, GM's have a metric-ton of hit points and a healing/regeneration rate to match.

There are folks who can solo them, but it usually takes a specialized "arch-villain killing" build to do it. You need massive damage output and a good source of anti-regeneration (or vice versa) to keep ahead of thier healing curve.

The bot blasts do have -regen so that definately helps, but I'd expect that 29 is just a bit too early in the character's career to solo GM's (most of them at least).

I forget what level the scrapyarder followers tend to spawn at, but that could also be a consideration if they aren't deep grey to you yet (GoS gets a lot of those follower mobs with him).

Thanks for your answers

I still in my first month playing and after "Protean" I started to be more careful in doing things

All level-less monsters have a level - for scrapyard, IIRC it's 25-30. You only notice it at a point when the mob gets easier even with the level scaling code.

For example, invasion rikti with the code are a base of level 30 - which combined with the number of powers a low or high level character has is why they are a bit harder or easier for the lower or upper level characters.

I know his followers are level 24. If you can take out an even level AV you have a /chance/ (but AVs are +4, GMs +5 to their level)

You can solo a GM with the right build. I've done it on a Rad/Sonic defender.

Illusion/Rad controllers have the easiest time of it, but I've heard of other combos doing it too.

Your level 29 mastermind? Probably not gonna happen. Might be doable once you hit level 50 and start really tweaking your character, but at level 29 you haven't even gotten your second pet buff power yet.

... This has probably gotten a bit technical for someone who's only one month into the game.

Dear OP: Giant Monsters are _designed_ to be beaten by, roughly, ten or twelve ordinary, not-built-for-crazy-stuff, characters. They con deep purple for a reason.

Yes, it is possible that if you're running the right character, with the right build, and a lot of temporary powers, and it's the second full moon in a month, you can beat a Giant Monster by yourself.

For reference, Archvillians are easier than Giant Monsters and I've got one character who's soloed an Archvillian. (one Archvillian.) And I've been here almost seven years.

So ... I wouldn't try it.

I just fought GoS in a team of 8 villains i was using my lvl 23 nin/nin stalker one character was a lvl 50 but almost every one else was lvl 40 or less, i died twice while fighting and we managed to get GoS away from his mob entirely so we didnt even have to face the mob, and as a stalker my biggest problem with that fight was either running out of end or his awesome knockback this was the first time i ever took down a GM, i tried once before with my lvl 32 Necro/Dark MM and a friends lvl 22 demon/pain dominator, it didnt work at all.

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