ArcheAge - Greater Howling Abyss dungeon run (Abolisher tank PoV)
41Greetings everyone.
In today's video we're going to have a look at the lvl 50 dungeon Greater Howling Abyss, a more difficult version of the normal dungeon known as Howling Abyss, which was available at lvl 40 in Hellswamp.
In the lvl 50 version, everything is a lot more challenging and difficult but we can also get some nice pieces of equipment here.
My group composition for this dungeon run was the following: 2 ranged DPS, healer, buffer and of course, tank. As you can see, in this case the tank (myself) is an abolisher, which is a physical based melee tank.
This dungeon requires that all your party members have, at the very least, lvl 45 quest gear, so you can start farming the first couple bosses, specially the first one. It's advised that your group learns how the dungeon works by doing the lvl 40 version too, since the core mechanics will be the same, except some differences added in the lvl 50 one to make it more challenging.
Furthermore, the lvl 40 version can provide your group with interesting loot if dropped of sufficient quality (like arcane or better), which can be better than the lvl 45'ish you can get from questing in Hasla / Karkasse.
As for the abolisher build I used in this run, here's a link to it: http://bit.ly/1rXZMIu
It's a pretty straight forward PvE build for a tank. Terrifying Roar works well for trash mobs, but its debuff doesn't seem to affect bosses, which is a shame; it's still a pretty good AoE debuff for trash, so don't underestimate its usefulness.
To maintain good threat levels, we have Mocking Howl which, combined with Shrug it off from Auramancy, and Guardian passive from defense (50% aggro boost), will give us a nice aggro advantage if we combine it with our other aggro boosting combos.
For this dungeon I also chose to have Protective Wings from Auramancy, since we found it was a very efficient way to avoid magical damage in some of the bosses, but if someone else in your group uses it, you may chose not to if you wish.
Hope you enjoy the video, and see you next time : )
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