Rikkukin the Defender

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Rikkukin the Defender

Name:	Rikkukin the Defender
Zone:	The Ascent
Level:	80
HP (approximate):	3,500,000
DB:	217
DI:	138
Melee Abilities:	None

1 Mob Information
- 1.1 Emotes
2 Strategies
- 2.1 Strategy 1: Tank-Controlled
- 2.2 Strategy 2: Mobile Raid
3 External Links

[edit] Mob Information

Rikkukin the Defender is a large, silver, oriental-style dragon. He resides on the peak of an instanced version of The Ascent.

The central element in the Rikkukin fight are the emotes. Rikkukin's DPS output is not that heavy, and he has an average amount of hit points. As such, this article will focus mainly on the emotes. In addition to the emotes, Rikkukin also casts Breath of Rikkukin on himself, although the regenerative effects of that spell are pretty insignificant; and has a zonewide AoE, Crystal Chill Fog, that the raid must contend with for the course of the fight.

[edit] Emotes

Rikkukin pulls his right arm back, preparing to cut a swathe through his opponents with his razor sharp claws.: Rikkukin is preparing to fire a 90^o cone AoE out of his right side. The cone AoE is called Clawed Swipe; it hits everyone within its range with a 5000DD.
Rikkukin claws at those on his right flank.: Rikkukin has fired the right-side cone AoE.

Rikkukin pulls his left arm back, preparing to cut a swathe through his opponents with his razor sharp claws.: Same deal as the right arm; Rikkukin is about to fire a 90^o cone AoE from his left side. Same spell, Clawed Swipe; hits everyone in range with a 5000DD.
Rikkukin claws at those on his left flank.: Rikkukin has fired the left-side cone AoE.

Rikkukin twirls his tail, preparing to swat away those fullish enough to take up position behind him.: Rikkukin is preparing to fire a 90^o cone AoE behind him. This cone AoE is Tail Sweep, and does 7000 instant damage.
Rikkukin swats at those behind him with his tail.: Rikkukin has fired the backwards cone AoE.

Rikkukin rears back and fills his lungs, preparing to exhale a cone of ice.: Rikkukin is preparing to fire a 90^o cone AoE directly forward. The AoE this time is Rikkukin's Cone of Cold, and does 5000 direct damage.
Rikkukin exhales a cone of deadly ice.: Rikkukin has fired the forward cone AoE.

Rikkukin twists his body so that the ambient light starts to reflect from his silvery scales.: Rikkukin is preparing to blind every player who is facing towards him, using Blinding Light

Rikkukin's skin seals over with a caustic sheet of malleable ice. The protection will soon make him impervious to melee and magical attacks.: Rikkukin is preparing to freeze himself in such a state that he cannot be damaged, and that he regenerates his hit points.
Rikkukin (Frozen Aura) focuses inwardly and heals his wounds through sheer force of will.: As long as Rikkukin's name is "Rikkukin (Frozen Aura)", he cannot be damaged in melee, and reflects all spells. He also regenerates hit points while in this state. It does not last long, however.

[edit] Strategies

The Rikkukin fight can be done one of two ways, both are based heavily around the emotes. In both strategies, the entire raid (excepting the tank) must turn to face away from Rikkukin when the blind emote fires, and the raid has to stop attacking during the frozen aura emote. There should be two players assigned to cure blind on the tank, although it isn't 100% crucial.

[edit] Strategy 1: Tank-Controlled

The easier, and vastly more popular, strategy has the tank controlling Rikkukin. The raid does not have to pay any attention to the cone AoE emotes; only to the blind and frozen aura ones. Each time a cone emote goes out, the tank will turn Rikkukin such that the rest of the raid will not be affected by the cones:

Rikkukin pulls his right arm back, preparing to cut a swathe through his opponents with his razor sharp claws.: Tank turns the mob such that Rikkukin's left side is facing the raid.
Rikkukin pulls his left arm back, preparing to cut a swathe through his opponents with his razor sharp claws.: Tank turns the mob such that Rikkukin's right side is facing the raid.
Rikkukin twirls his tail, preparing to swat away those foolish enough to take up position behind him.: Tank turns the mob such that Rikkukin is facing towards the entire raid.
Rikkukin rears back and fills his lungs, preparing to exhale a cone of ice.: Tank turns the mob such that Rikkukin is facing away from the rest of the raid.

When the blind emote goes out, everybody except the tank must turn away from Rikkukin to avoid being blinded. There should be two players assigned to cure blind on the tank, although it isn't 100% crucial. Everybody must stop attacking when Rikkukin goes into his "Frozen Aura" mode.

[edit] Strategy 2: Mobile Raid

This strategy is will take longer for a guild to get down-pat than the first, but some guilds opt to use it, because it requires more discipline from every raid member, not just the tanks. In this strategy, when Rikkukin does an emote that he is preparing a cone AoE, the entire raid runs to avoid it. The tank must keep Rikkukin facing the same direction the entire raid. When the blind emote goes out, everybody except the tank must turn away from Rikkukin to avoid being blinded. There should be two players assigned to cure blind on the tank, although it isn't 100% crucial. Everybody must stop attacking when Rikkukin enters his "Frozen Aura" mode.