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Bane of Battler

Classes that can use:  INF, MINS, SCOU, ARMS, PAL, REAV, MERC, NS, RANG, HERO, CHA, BM, DRU, WARD, BARD, SB, WAR, THAN, SKLD, BER, SAV, HUNT
Artifact XP: earns experience from any rvr  (1.68 patch, Feb 19, 2004)
1h or 2h, slash damage, dps 16.5, spd 4.1, bonus 35%,
Comments on Solo, Grouped, or Battlegrouped:   This has been done with 5 people.

Artifact Level Abilities Gained
 Comments/Pictures
Constitution version - 2 Hand
 Dexterity version - 1 Hand
0
 Strength +15
Constitution +15
Bonus to armor factor:  10
 Strength +15
Dexterity +15
Bonus to armor factor:  10
1
 Crush 6%
 Crush 6%
3
 Slash 6% Slash 6%
5
 Thrust 6%
accuracy boost
 Thrust 6%
accuracy boost
7
 Bonus to melee combat speed 3% Bonus to melee combat speed 3%
10
 Bonus to melee damage 4%
melee absorption debuff
 Bonus to melee damage 4%
melee absorption debuff

accuracy boost: Target's chance to strike successfully with melee attacks increased
    Value:  ?
    Target:  Self
    Duration:  1 min
    Casting time:  2.0 sec
    Spell has a chance of casting when this weapon strikes an enemy

Battler / Magma Battler - Each version of the Battler / Magma Battler had the melee haste bonus reduced by 2% and the melee damage bonus reduced by 1%. The slash, crush and thrust resistance bonuses were each increased by 1%.
The accuracy bonus for the Skill of the Gladiators spell on Battler has been reduced.
(1.68 patch, Feb 19, 2004)

melee absorption debuff: Reduces the target's absorption (ABS) factor, resulting in worse protection against melee attacks.
    Value:  19
    Target:  Targetted
    Duration:  1 min
    Casting time:  instant
    Recast time:  8 sec
    Radius:  350
    Damage:  Cold
    Also casts:  melee absorption Value:  19
    This spell is cast when the item is used.

Credits: Uloi, Annadale, Gwydain, Anty, Baylok, Aalye Candria

 At level 5 it procs an accuracy boost that lasts for one minute and increases your chances of hitting with melee by 50%. The sword procs a lot, so basically this is like a self buff that's usually up.

At level 10 it gets the secondary magical ability, with an ABS debuff of 19. (Turn studded into cloth, plate essentially into studded, etc.)   Nov 22
- Gwydain

Yeah, I should clarify some of that info. I've been playing around with it in a duel with my bot.
The proc that improves your chances of hitting melee also increases the damage you do. The message is 'You swing your weapon with great skill and force.' My unbuffed level 50 (RR5) pally was hitting my unbuffed level 50 (RR3) shaman for 61-81 pts unstyled (29+15 slash spec), ignoring all attacks that had crits. When the proc went off the unstyled damage went up to the 84-110 range unstyled for the duration of the effect not counting crits. (I didn't do long logs or anything, just hit 20 times or so to get an idea of the range.)

The secondary magical effect is on a 15 minute timer regardless of the listed recast time. When the effect is used, your target has their ABS debuffed by 19, and your ABS is buffed by 19. The shammy was hitting me for 23-30 pts initially, but once the ABS buff was used the damage dropped to 17-22 until the effect wore off. Similarly, the shaman was taking signicantly more damage while his absorb was debuffed (I was hitting him in the 90-100 range while he was debuffed and then the proc went off and then I was doing 100-135ish).

Note that the debuff can be resisted like any other debuff, and the first time I tried it on my shammy he did resist it.    Nov 22
- Gwydain

Leveling the Artifact:

kobolds
lurikeens
elfs
Iconnu
Avalonian
not sure about Frostalfs

The Battler levels from the actual experience gained from killing an opponent (of the appropriate race - Elf/Lurikeen/Iconnu/Avalonian in my case) in RvR.  Sometimes I noticed killing one of these races and getting realm points, but no exp - with the message stating "you have killed this enemy recently so no experience is awarded."  It seems to me the realm point timer and RvR-exp timers are different (RP timer roughly 15 mins, RvR-exp timer being longer) -- so you may not get exp for every opponent you gain RP's off of.  The amount of RP's necessary to level the Battler really depend on how many of the appropriate race you run into, and how many actually give exp (even though they may give RP's).  It took me roughly 1 million RP's, took a guildie roughly 800k, and another BM I spoke to claimed it took 500k (reason to believe it took a little more, though -- around 800k seems more accurate).  Jan 19
- Anty

Strategy:

Picture of a Battler battle  Dec 22  - Khabalseed
Another picture  Dec 28  - Mazor
Picture of Battler in non-epic mode   Jan 17  - Tacopants
Drops off Battler at 10k,20k in Ashen Isles   Nov 5  - Gorthak PoweredByGuinness
The island is surrounded by lava, but there is a bridge at the south end that is NOT on Kallisti's map of Ashen Isles.    Nov 7
- Gorthak PoweredByGuinness

Route to get to Battler  - map by Tacopants
Upon getting to chimera island and the fourth bridge you will see some elite taur defenders. These are really bad ass mobs and 3 of them are easily more difficult then battler himself. Jump off the left side of the bridge before you get to the end and you can avoid the taur all together.
Edit: One more thing.. this map shows no bridge to get to battler's island, but trust me it's there.
Easily killable with 1g, and yes he is completely immune to magic damage of any type afaik.  Jan 17
- Tacopants

we dropped Battler with 5 people. 1Blademaster, 2 Wardens, 1 Druid, 1 Bard. One Warden went down twice in the battle and we saw no apparent change in the Battler's damage output, no noticeable blade turn effect, and no obvious blade/blunt combat styles. we did see the ding both times though. May be an interesting side note to the encounter that he didn't change any with so small a group   Nov 24
- Killington Aielborn

 You can kill him no problem with half a group if you get him at his lowest level (after he's been killed, or after a server reset). You can tell how high level he is based on his height. At his lowest level he's shorter than a Briton, at his highest level he's jotun-sized.  Jan 16
- Gwydain

mob will level up on killing players and absorb the powers of the dead   11/5
- Yoggoth

 Best way to beat him is to kite with all tanks spamming snare styles.  Jan 16
- Manacle

Tips:

battler starts at lvl 75 (easy).. but each death dings him. he can supposedly get as high as 83 (dragon is 85).
eeven landrine with the spear was easier.
battler doesn't reset level unless he dies or server reboot  Jan 16
- Killets

i did battler 2 times today. the first time, i knew we needed numbers cause lots of hibs fed him levels before us so i brought 3fgs...real easy...2nd time i knew he was low level...did it with 8 men gank squad setup...all i can give for advice is that it helps to have a s/s something. i would say that it could be done with 6 probably being a good time/loot ratio. thats assuming hes in his non-leveled form...feed him a whole grps worth of deaths tho...your gonna need numbers thats all there is too it.   11/8
- Jusst

 The battler is one tough mob. Trevin took credit for making him. Every time he kills someone he dings. Every 3 minutes he takes on the abilities of someone that he has killed. He can only hold 8 classes in his kill queue at a time thankfully. Thus, his class changes through out the fight, changing his abilities and vulnerablities so don't be surprised if what was working a minute ago suddenly isn't.   11/5
- Nostruum

Drops:

Screenshot listing drops   11/10   - Intuit
Screenshot listing different drops   11/7  - Ghargamel
Screenshot listing even more drops    Nov 24   - Killington Aielborn

Battler sword artifact
Legendary weapon component

From what I heard it's a slash weapon and you get to choose what type of slash weapon it is when you activate it.    11/7
- Twinkletoes Flintstone

Leather Sleeves
 22 con/str
6% slash/thrust
+2 melee
+40 hits
150 ablative
- Runvus

 Tempered Ember Tainted Sleeves
Leather sleeves
Dex 22
all melee 2
Con 22
Hits 40
crush 6
slash 6
health buffer 150/50-10 min dur
Utility 113.3    Jan 19
- Senastar

he dropped 8 items. Artifact, Legendary weapon component, and 6 other weapons/shields.   11/6
- Ghargamel

Scroll pieces:  Bane of the  Battler

Piece 1 of 3
Nebkare Siam-he warlock, Ausar Siam-he warlock, Kakhet siam-he Warlock
Piece 2 of 3
Setau Siam-he warlock, Taharga Siam-he warlock, Sahathor Siam-he warlock
Piece 3 of 3
siam-he plebian, siam-he sacrificial escort, siam-he chanter, Taharga Siam-he priest
Apprentice's List information provided by Mystr Byrnz

Warning when hunting for the Bane of the Battler scrolls:

While me and a friend was hunting the north bridge for the bane of the battler scrolls (killing Tuar Skopos on the bridge), I notice the two statues to my side looked like they moved sometimes.
 
Sure enough, me and my cleric friend were about to log near one of the statues when I noticed the tail waving back and forth. As I noticed, it jumped off its pedistle and whent right after the cleric. It conned red (we are 50s), and hit about 20-30 less damage than the taurs but attacks noticeably faster. Me and him took it with very little trouble, was like fighting a tuar skopos. We also dove for the now alive statue on the opposite side. Both dropped nothing of special interest but junk look and 1 gold and a bit of silver.
 
I was pretty shocked to seeing them move, as I have camped for 5 hours befor this day, and about 3-4 hours prior to them attacking us. I do not recall any text across my chatbox or actionbox. They just up and became aggressive MOBs. Careful being around those things when attempting to hunt this bridge for the Tuar Skopos.     11/12
-Lothire

 Me and a group from my guild killed the sphinxes in the northwest corner of Typhon's reach to get a cloak artifact.
Just after we did this we ran to do the Ring of Fire and at the bridge we met 3 dead ppl that had been hunting for the scrolls mentioned in your help for bane of battler. They said the sphinxes suddenly came alive and killed them so I think that those statues may come alive if the sphinxencounter is done successfully.   Nov 17
- anonymous

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