Hu Die Lan
Chapter 572 An Embarrassing MT
This time, the output players were already aware of their positions. When the four stone statues staggered and crashed into the platform, everyone acted in unison.
There was no need to control the output, no need to worry about OT (over-taunting). Because this style of play didn’t control aggro, but the situation. It utilized the skill effects of continuous attacks to keep the target in a state where it couldn't retaliate. In this state, where was the aggro? It didn't matter at all.
After a fair Heroic Leap, Invincible Most Handsome still pulled out a stone statue. Behind him, the Knight's Spirit cooldowns of Seven Blossom Leaves and several other knights were perfectly timed. They were already lined up, ready to charge one after another and then use Heroic Leap. The timing wasn't difficult to grasp; the Knight's Spirit cooldown was the most accurate clock in this coordination.
Everything was a repeat, and compared to the first time, everyone had completely grasped the intention mentally this time. Although the execution couldn’t be said to be perfect, it was definitely much better than the first time.
Invincible Most Handsome? At this time, he was single-handedly tanking a stone statue again, surrounded by a bunch of priests. The first time, they didn't know, but now they had learned about Invincible Most Handsome's ability to make up for the lack of equipment with skill. The priests weren't nervous anymore. As a result, they weren't nervous, and Invincible Most Handsome wasn't nervous either. He didn't dodge as carefully as before when he was single-tanking, and he changed to the most simple, stand-and-tank style.
As a result, relying on his outstanding low-end equipment, he quickly made the priests nervous again. The priests were depressed and wanted to bang their heads against the wall. But now, Invincible Most Handsome had shown everyone his absolutely outstanding MT (main tank) ability, and they didn't dare to neglect him. Moreover, they all knew that the previous tanking method was extremely demanding on operation, and it must have been very tiring. It was fine to use it at critical moments, but it was excusable to save energy when it wasn't necessary.
The priests exerted their strength, and Invincible Most Handsome didn't face any danger even when he was standing still. The increasingly skilled coordination between the other knights and DPS (damage per second) obviously strengthened the output. This wave of four stone statues was destroyed faster than the previous wave; at least Invincible Most Handsome didn't have to use a roar again.
The four stone statues fell, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief again. But this time, the leader, Happy Sheep, was in a very different mood. After this wave, his goodwill towards Invincible Most Handsome increased a lot.
Just because when gathering monsters, Invincible Most Handsome didn't use an arc-shaped charge, but organized everyone's positions, pulling the four stone statues into a row, and then simply using a straight-line charge.
Invincible Most Handsome didn't choose to show off his skills, but chose to organize cooperation and execute the safest, simplest, and easiest plan. This was what Happy Sheep appreciated.
As the leader of the guild, he considered things from the team's perspective and hated guys who liked to show off their personal heroism the most. This Invincible Most Handsome, in a situation where he had the conditions to show off and act as a hero, adopted a method that seemed complicated but was actually simpler and easier to implement. This kind of attitude was actually not seen in many players.
Moreover, after this fight, Happy Sheep realized that Invincible Most Handsome had created a new way to play for them, and this method didn't require him personally. Leading the monsters to stand in a straight line, a straight-line Heroic Leap – any knight could do it. This set of tactics could be said to be quite practical.
In the following waves of stone monsters, sure enough, several knights could compete to be the one gathering the monsters.
There were a total of 24 stone statue monsters, four of each class, so players were used to treating four as a group. Which six classes the six groups of stone statues would be was randomly determined each time they entered the dungeon.
After a thrilling experience, Happy Sheep's team successfully passed two groups and had a new, not-so-difficult set of tactics. In the following four groups, Seven Blossom Leaves and 3rd tank, 4th tank, and 5th tank each took on the role of the focus of monster gathering once, and they all completed it quite successfully.
As one group of stone statues after another fell, everyone gradually realized that Invincible Most Handsome was not simple. When Invincible Most Handsome said anything again, there was finally no booing. If there was booing, it could only be done silently in their hearts. Because Invincible Most Handsome's strength was a fact, and everyone had admitted this in their hearts.
After passing through the stone statue corridor and walking through a section of mechanisms, they finally reached the mechanism guarded by the first boss.
At this time, as soon as they touched the mechanism, the boss would appear to stop them. And the player who touched the mechanism would be regarded as the aggro target by the boss, and the aggro was quite high. In the Sky Mausoleum dungeon, establishing aggro against the nine minor bosses was super easy. The MT just had to touch the mechanism, and the aggro generated would be incredible. With just this one action, the MT's aggro was stable enough, and the DPS could start attacking from the moment the boss appeared.
The Sky Mausoleum hundred-player dungeon was obviously not a dungeon that created difficulty in terms of aggro. The difficulty of this dungeon lay in the generally high attack power of the bosses and monsters, so in the eyes of ordinary players, this was a dungeon that heavily relied on equipment. When players' equipment levels gradually improved, there weren't many technical difficulties in this dungeon, so the Sky Mausoleum was only rated as a medium-difficulty dungeon.
It was precisely because this dungeon relied heavily on equipment that Invincible Most Handsome's set of level 70 gear, which was obviously somewhat low-end, seemed so unreliable in everyone's eyes.
So now, when Invincible Most Handsome stood in front of the first mechanism as the MT, waiting for everyone to rest, although everyone had recognized Invincible Most Handsome's strength, there were still people who voiced their doubts.
"You're going to tank?" someone asked.
"Of course."
"Can you do it?"
"If I can't, then we'll switch people!" Invincible Most Handsome said easily.
Everyone fell silent. This straightforward answer really made it impossible to find a reason not to let him go.
"You do it!" Happy Sheep, as the guild leader, spoke. He also wanted to use the boss to test how strong this Invincible Most Handsome really was.
The guild leader had spoken, so naturally no one had any more objections. After everyone rested and indicated that they were okay, Happy Sheep signaled that they could start the fight. Invincible Most Handsome immediately touched the first mechanism.
The number one boss immediately appeared and launched a powerful attack on Invincible Most Handsome without any hesitation.
Every player in Happy Sheep's team knew the power of the number one boss's first attack, but in front of Invincible Most Handsome, it ultimately turned into fleeting clouds.
Because he dodged it!
As long as you can dodge, then all attacks are fleeting clouds.
The boss's actions were naturally much faster than those of the stone statues. The players watched nervously, and in the blink of an eye, several rounds had passed. During this time, the priests held their crosses up and down, up and down, but they still hadn't released a single skill.
Invincible Most Handsome hadn't been hit yet.
Just like when facing the stone statues, Invincible Most Handsome seemed to be most focused at the beginning and could rely on dodging to last for a while. But now he was facing a boss, a boss that not only attacked fiercely but also moved faster. If Invincible Most Handsome could still dodge for several rounds like this, then it wasn't just a matter of concentration, but also his hand speed had reached a certain level.
But the priests were still nervous, because they knew that once Invincible Most Handsome was hit, their recovery would have to keep up. His equipment didn't allow for much breathing room. So although they looked very comfortable at this time, they were actually extremely nervous. They kept repeating the action of raising and lowering their crosses, not daring to relax in the slightest.
"Start killing!" Suddenly, everyone heard someone shout, and then they realized that it was Invincible Most Handsome telling everyone that they could start outputting. Everyone was so engrossed in watching that they had forgotten the main thing.
The DPS who had come back to their senses rushed up to attack, and the priests who had been nervous but had nothing to do were now definitely busy.
Because the boss's attacks weren't so stably one-on-one, and there would always be some collateral damage during the attack. As a result, the intended target of the attack, Invincible Most Handsome, dodged them all, but these melee DPS who were resisting the side effects were hit one after another.
Everyone was already used to being hit like this. But today, being hit like this immediately triggered an unprecedented event.
The priests' healing and recovery hadn't been used on the MT yet, but instead, they were serving them first.
So in the segmented statistics of the healing list at this time, one DPS player after another was seen queuing up on the list, and Invincible Most Handsome, the MT, was like a stone sinking into the sea, making everyone feel ashamed.
"This is really..." Some players in the team who had time to whisper to each other tried hard but couldn't find a suitable word to describe it.
And the priests were speechless after looking at the segmented statistics of the healing list at this time. Due to Invincible Most Handsome's excessive performance, their workload had severely declined. After all, healing and recovery mainly served the MT, and the DPS were only lightly injured, so they could just throw a skill at them when the time was right.
As a result, they were only doing this kind of work now. At this time, the data of the priests on the healing list was so low that it was unbelievable. If this were shown to others, they would definitely think that the priests in their team were collectively slacking off. But the truth was: they didn't want to slack off, but they didn't have the chance!
What a dilemma! It was really a dilemma. This dungeon run was so embarrassing!
"Keep an eye on it!" Happy Sheep was afraid that this situation would make everyone relax, so he quickly reminded the priests.
Finally!
Invincible Most Handsome, as the MT, was hit by the boss. Everyone was overjoyed! The priests rushed up to recover Invincible Most Handsome. They really couldn't adapt to a boss fight where they didn't heal the MT.
And Invincible Most Handsome's concentration seemed to be broken at this time, and he was attacked continuously afterward. However, with his continued persistence in dodging, he didn't put too much pressure on the DPS.
In a word, even when facing the boss, his operation could still make up for the shortcomings in his equipment.
But this boss fight wasn't like fighting the stone statues, where there would be a change in the monster gathering that would allow him to relax completely. He needed to single-handedly tank the boss all the way to the end. And he needed to continue this kind of operation. Would this guy be okay after persisting through an entire boss?
Everyone was wondering.