LuLu's team build

[Smrterthnu]

Ok,I understand how they can get those minons but how does he keep them alive, since they have health degen

[Hurin66]

Their build has been posted somewhere in these forums.

Anyways they have 2 necros cycle veretas sacrifice, and use blood of the master for extra heal.

[Railen Shatterskull]

The "achilles heel" of Lulu's build is Verata's Aura. However, getting someone in close enough to actually cast it before dying can be tricky, if not outright impossible. I personally consider that strategy a borderline exploit in regards to how they're summoning minions, but I've got to applaud them on one hell of a powerful build and an ingenious implementation of certain key spells.

And Hurin66 nailed it. Cycle sacrifice for minion heals.

[TheNug]

"just exploit the minions ai and use a warrior to attract fire then nuke all the minions." - forgot who i got this from, maybe Darc Syde :p

was wondering can't the other team just steal back their minions with verta's aura?

i would imagine sticking balthazar's aura on a warrior and let him run toward the minions coupled with edge of extinction would work well.

[MasterNightfall]

i would imagine sticking balthazar's aura on a warrior and let him run toward the minions coupled with edge of extinction would work well.

You don't even need EoE.

[Death Sigma]

Okay from what I remember reading a post by LuLu (or maybe someone on his team, someone who was there with him) had stated that they had made a specialized team for this. I believed it had:
2 necro "sacrificers" who saced themselves dead
2 necro "rezzers" who made the minions and helped keep them alive
2 necro "healers" who spammed veratas sac and blood the master to keep them alive
2 monks to rez the necro sacrificers with vengence or something and helped heal the minions
While I think this is pure genious, I can't help but feel it is an exploit at times. Whether it is an exploit or not, you have to admit, this guy really thought up something ownage. Of course, veratas aura would screw their team over, but who really would expect something like that in PvP?

[Noochie]

Lulu didn't actually invent this build. It was suggested to players in the "Tournament Survival" booklet we all got with our pre-order. The build was called Death Nova if I believe correctly. It's not an exploit.

[Croix Rheymis]

No death nova involved reanimating allies, putting death nova on them, then having them suicide and trigger death nova.
Followed by vengeance.

However this build isn't really that ingenious. I mean how hard is it to say.... hmm let's make as many minions as possible.

Let's see.... which are the only minion healing moves? Check.

How are we going to make dead bodies? That's a tough one!

And how are we going to raise the dead bodies? Really gotta brainstorm for such a skill.


Those were the amazing mental feats the creator pulled off.

[Svenn]

I just want to say how sick I am of seeing a new Lulu/minion thread pop up once every week or two, only to regurgitate the same effluent over and over again.

/rant

[Noochie]

No death nova involved reanimating allies, putting death nova on them, then having them suicide and trigger death nova.
Followed by vengeance.


I remeber reading somewhere about going in with a load of minions on you're side. Maybe the build involved a sacrifice with death nova, get 1 minion out of it, repeat.

[Croix Rheymis]

I think there was the death lord character build and death nova team build or something like that. Don't remember the instruction manual too well. What you're saying may work, but it wasn't the original idea behind the separate strategies.

[Hurin66]

Its been posted its been discussed, and there is nothing more left to say.

[LuLuTheMonk]

Okay from what I remember reading a post by LuLu (or maybe someone on his team, someone who was there with him) had stated that they had made a specialized team for this. I believed it had:
2 necro "sacrificers" who saced themselves dead
2 necro "rezzers" who made the minions and helped keep them alive
2 necro "healers" who spammed veratas sac and blood the master to keep them alive
2 monks to rez the necro sacrificers with vengence or something and helped heal the minions
While I think this is pure genious, I can't help but feel it is an exploit at times. Whether it is an exploit or not, you have to admit, this guy really thought up something ownage. Of course, veratas aura would screw their team over, but who really would expect something like that in PvP?
Not quite correct.
2 saccers.
2 Resmers who only do restore life + some heals.
2 Minionators to include verata's sacrifice and blood of the master, and healing spring if you want (this is how you keep all of them alive)
2 monks

Cram in some spirits such as winnowing, fertile season, favorable winds, and predatory season and you are set.

Video is Here (http://files.filefront.com/Raising_the_Dead/;3870317;;/fileinfo.html)

Build is Here (http://forums.gwonline.net/showthread.php?t=349616)

I am glad people have finally caught on that a developer came up with this build. Isaiah Cartwright's interview can be found Here (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/guildwars/preview_6111591.html) scroll down to the Developer Interview 7.

[trowabartan]

I remember a week after I got the game I thought about having someone suicide to intentially get some corpses. Guild thought it was a horrible idea because they'll have dp and be useless. I say they could use blood is power and crap to still be useful. No

By the end of May I start seeing people going screaming about getting owned by mass minions >_<

Friends still don't think it works...

[Kriegar]

It doesn't work that well, but it IS fun.

Find friends who are more willing to try new things. :p