Ordinarily, I'd post something like this over at UOForums, but i decided to stick it here, first.
Today, I proved to myself that I can "solo" big monsters without Ultima's help. I didn't actually *finish* Medusa, but that was only because it was time to take my wife out to dinner.
Here's how I did it:
Templates: 1 x Tamer Bard Mage; 1 x Stealth Tamer; Cu Sidhe and Greater Dragon.
0) Set piles of bandages at strategic points, in case the worse should happen
1) Set the stealth tamer and his G Dragon in a corner
2) Mount the Cu Sidhe and annoy Medusa with Mind Blast until she unfreezes all the statues. Kill the statues one at a time with the Cu.
3) Lure Medusa to the stealth tamer and invis yourself. Let the Dragon aggro on Medusa
4) Stay two tiles behind the G Drag and vet it. Dismount the Cu and mount an ethy.
5) DO NOT attack Medusa with the Cu.
6) When Medusa creates an evil twin, kill it with the Cu. It takes a bit of fast finger jabbing, but you can vet and G Heal both animals quickly enough to keep them both alive.
7) Feed your pet a tasty treat or a deliciously tasty treat to raise stats, if you so desire.
This was slow, because it was my first time. When I got medusa down to about 1/5 health, I noticed she was mortally wounding the dragon much more frequently, which prevented me from healing. A Spellweaver might have a bit on an advantage, there.
A fully trained G Drag was only doing about 50 points melee. I didn't have 120/120/120 bard skills, so I couldn't get discord running.
Two G Drags might be better, but then I would likely have died when trying to run from a rogue G Drag Evil Clone.
You don't even need EUO - I just used UOSA and 2D running on the same machine.
Let me know your technique!
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