2011-04-13, 04:15 AM
1. I'd need to know your current defense in order to approximate how much damage you take from buffed, unthreatened tail. That said, %HP is top priority, while %def is secondary. %M.Def won't do anything significant for a Pally, and you should be to tank all of HT's magic attacks anyway. Also, even with Achilles and craptons of defense, I wouldn't reccomend having less than 20k HP if you plan on being able to tank the tail.
Edit: %str is better than %def, for reasons explained by Stereo in the following post. >_>
2. Achilles, and Guardian are both extremely useful; Achilles basically makes you ~18% tougher in terms of damage you can take (and makes you able to survive somewhat after a 1/1), while Guardian gives you a 30% chance to ignore getting seduced, on top of the random block chance. Stance is also crucial, as it allows you to stay on the rope and lessen your risk of walking into the tail. The godmode from divine shield is also great, but shouldn't be something you'd want to rely on. Lastly, Hero's Will is your panic button. One point in HW should be taken early, but the skill should be taken last. Assuming you want to HT on it ASAP (and don't want to wait to 154 to max all these skills), these are my reccomendations:
If your squad can't kill tail quickly:
1 HW
Stance
Achilles
Guardian
Divine Shield
HW
If your squad CAN kill tail quickly:
1 HW
Achilles
Guardian
Divine Shield
Stance
HW
3. Wheels are useless to a seduce mule. If you wheel, you get sent to the back of the seduce order, and the next person to enter becomes the seduce mule. This does not happen if you get resurrected (though the next in line still gets targetted by seduce while you're dead). Also, having a seduce healer saves your squad a headache if you can't kill HT extremely quickly. Try to find one if you can.
Edit: %str is better than %def, for reasons explained by Stereo in the following post. >_>
2. Achilles, and Guardian are both extremely useful; Achilles basically makes you ~18% tougher in terms of damage you can take (and makes you able to survive somewhat after a 1/1), while Guardian gives you a 30% chance to ignore getting seduced, on top of the random block chance. Stance is also crucial, as it allows you to stay on the rope and lessen your risk of walking into the tail. The godmode from divine shield is also great, but shouldn't be something you'd want to rely on. Lastly, Hero's Will is your panic button. One point in HW should be taken early, but the skill should be taken last. Assuming you want to HT on it ASAP (and don't want to wait to 154 to max all these skills), these are my reccomendations:
If your squad can't kill tail quickly:
1 HW
Stance
Achilles
Guardian
Divine Shield
HW
If your squad CAN kill tail quickly:
1 HW
Achilles
Guardian
Divine Shield
Stance
HW
3. Wheels are useless to a seduce mule. If you wheel, you get sent to the back of the seduce order, and the next person to enter becomes the seduce mule. This does not happen if you get resurrected (though the next in line still gets targetted by seduce while you're dead). Also, having a seduce healer saves your squad a headache if you can't kill HT extremely quickly. Try to find one if you can.