Dragonfable | Pirate - Never Apart (Patroclus First)

End is a scam.

Achilles: https://dragonfable-endgame.fandom.co...
Patroclus: https://dragonfable-endgame.fandom.co...
This run took 45 turns, 1 HP, and 1 MP Potion - the only other HP Potion used was the plundered one.
Music used:    • DragonFable BGM - Symbiotic Darkness ...  

Happy Pride Month everyone! To celebrate, I will be fighting a pair of roommates. Now, you all know how hard this fight is. When I returned to the game, you made me think it was hard as well.

It is not.

However: Anti-hitcount? Check. Uncapped Stacking Bonus and Allres? Check. Forcing Dragon unequip? Check. So, Pirate is definitely not doing it, right?

I refuse to believe this. If you were to evaluate a fight in that manner, every fight is difficult for Pirate. However, it's important to realize that Patroclus has 10 Crit and Achilles has 25. Neither get access to Crit buffs. So... yeah. I allow Achilles to set up Spears Up for two rotations so I can meaningfully chip him down without his Allres buff ramping up. During this time, we use a bastardized 4-turn nuke rotation to rack up heavy chip damage on him whilst shielding his first rotation and Patroclus' +Bonus buff attack (which won't apply the Bonus if it can't land, minor Crit vs BPD RNG involved), after which we Lime-Aid his debuffs and shield Patroclus' termination (outside of being a nuke, you absolutely want to prevent him from applying this to himself). After that, our cooldowns have been lowered enough to start a standard burst cycle against Patroclus, but we still use Fury and Plunder to rack up chip damage on Achilles.

Backstab is used after Achilles chooses Spears up the second time. However, we have enough time to chip him to the health range we need for a burst and some flop to kill him. So we bring him down, and unleash a proper burst cycle on Patroclus. Another bastardized burst cycle is needed to take him down, but by this time we just hide behind shields to avoid negative effects whilst conserving HP and MP for the enraged Achilles solo. Patroclus dies relatively quick and painlessly.

Achilles is a different matter. Fortunately, Crackers and Sealegs both line up with his nuke, so you can tank the nuke for a very long time. However, you do not have unlimited time, as Achilles' ramp-up also affects his other skills to the point where his fillers will make short work of you even with shields up. So we wait for him to complete one rotation and try not to hit him to prevent him from stacking Allres. When we can, we burst him, and then turtle for a bit until we are able to take him down completely with a third bastardized burst cycle.

Yes, this run involves RNG. However, it's still very doable and a viable method of clearing this fight in this manner for the Stygian Doomknight custom. Feel free to attempt this - just note that my gameplay wasn't 100% optimal after Patroclus died (lol purging Dragon Scout with Lime-Aid) so you could reasonably make some changes for a better clear, but the fight is not as tight as you would be led to believe.

Stat Build: 200 STR 136 END 109 CHA
Dragon Build: 200 Protection 200 Magic 200 Assistance

Default Build:
- Glaive of Eternal Peace IV [Slotted: That, Cysero's Hammer]
- Wings of the Thousand Flames
- Relic Deathknight Circlet
- Ancient Dragonlord Helm III
- Parallel Chaos Amulet
- Exalted Blaster II (Doom)
- Paper Coil III
- Legion Bracer
- Baby Chimera (a few turns)

BPD+Allres Build:
- Soulforged Scythe / Ancient Energy Blade III
- Wastes Wanderer's Cloak III
- Eulin's Charm III
- Protean Symbiotic Helm III
- Parallel Chaos Amulet
- Paper Coil

MPM Stack:
- Standard BiS

-Health Swap:
- Standard BiS

Useful Links:
- Inn Progression Guide by @LucilleDF : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D...
- Falcon's Nest Discord Server:   / discord  

Credits:
- ‪@amplifiedtrash‬ and ‪@anonimuss69420‬, for helping me realize this stupid early game scythe is BiS BPD+All for Ice elemental damage.
- ‪@AstralCodex‬, for pretty much inspiring every NA run I've ever done.