User:Raine Valen/Musings/Base Defender

I want to kill the base defender in AB. Simple, concrete objective.
I'm not sure exactly how to go about it, but, form what we know, we can draw a couple of conclusions:

• He can't be targeted.
  • Direct spells won't work.
• He doesn't take damage.
  • PBAoE damage won't work.
• He flees from AoE DoT.
  • This means he is still flagged for AoE, and so still takes non-damage effects from AoE (Presumably, Cry would still interrupt him.)

Here are a couple of things that aren't confirmed:

• Is he susceptible to hexes and conditions?
  • While VoR wouldn't work (he takes no damage), would Viper's Nest still cause degen?
• Can he be knocked down?
  • Earthquake, Dragon's Stomp, anyone?
• How much energy does he have?
  • QZ FTW! No energy = no Base Defense.
• Is he vulnerable to Life Steal/Loss?
  • Unholy Feast, maybe?

So, I'd think the best way to go about it would be:

• This team:
  • 1 R/Rt ranger with bleeding/poison traps (maybe cripple + tripwire, too?), QZ, Toxicity, and Earthbind.
  • 1 monk with very strong redbarring and a hard res.
  • 1 BiP necro with a hard res.
  • 1 ele with KDs and a hard res.
• Drop all spirits.
• Have the ranger die and res until the base defender runs out of energy.
• When the base defender starts using base defense again, the monk powerheals the ranger (999 damage every 5 seconds shouldn't be too hard with Dwayna's Kiss for 600+ from all the enchants for Symbiosis.)
• Ranger drops degen traps.
• Base defender degens to death??

I'll test it when I get really, really bored.