So, I continue to go on unexpected characters for ToH, and today went as a High Wizard. It wasn't a bad choice this go around based on the monsters I had to fight. It was item that had me nervous...observations about it all below.
Monster
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- Tera: I should have not wussied out and mobbed these and then dividing myself between them with a Safety Wall or Ice Wall, then follow up with SG1 to SG10. That, or went and quickly switched to my imps and just firebolted them one by one with amp. My mistakes got me only 5 pts instead of 10.
- Aqua: Realized I was running out of time and tried to run, but sadly got hit, then posi lagged, then died to waterballs. This round wasn't wiz friendly. This is the only round I 0pts on.
- Agni: Very easy, Ganbanned out the demonstrations, Icewalled, and an Amped SG followed up with a regular JT10 wiped them out.
- Ventus/Pavan 2.0: I honestly had pretty much no hangups this round. I switched to Mavka Bradium Earrings, IW'd, and then spammed ES5 at each one for an easy win.
- Crystal: It barely did much of anything, just amped SG's and potted a few Panacea for the mutes.
Overall: HW wound up a ridiculously strong choice for monster this ToH. I came out with 35/50pts, and coulda made it 40-45 if I hadn't made the mistakes I did.
Item
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THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO SCORE TWENTY EASILY FOR ONCE! Since I knew Tao was off the table with a one shot on HW without SoP, I chose instead to focus on Thana and the TG's. Wound up a good strategy because I was able to make all Black Armors. Ran out of time to get the items for all 4 fancy robe, but got half of them at least.
Overall: Killed one Tao and got lucky with a Hypnotic Glasses which helped me finish with 37 pts. Glad I didn't haveta try farming Bapho too since Tao had to be farmed on this list for the Hypno Glasses.
Trivia
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This was basically gravy for me since I went into Trivia with 72pts already. Got three questions right and ended ToH with 87pts. Questions seemed fair overall, with a decent mix of heRO + official content kinds of questions.
In conclusion: I took the HW ToH challenge and won!
PICKLE RICK!!!!