Something interesting I noticed when we mopped the floor with Animated Shield's ass earlier tonight.
I've never paid attention during the other times we fought the Shield, but I know we always get assrammed. Except for tonight, when it went down faster than a high school chick in the varsity team's locker room.
This may or may not have had anything to do with it, but I felt like it was at least worth some consideration.
http://hosted.planetether.net/Shield1.jpg
http://hosted.planetether.net/Shield2.jpg
http://hosted.planetether.net/Shield3.jpg
My attacks seemed to have been doing ridiculous damage after I stole that Phalanx. The damage definitely wasn't normal.
1) Is this Phalanx dispellable without Aura Steal? If so, this definitely needs to be part of the "standard" strategy for fighting him. If not, then it seems like THF is pretty crucial here.
2) Did I just get really lucky with my attacks here procing on the extremely high end of the scale, or could this particular Phalanx be more on the level of like a "Phalanx IV", ridiculously strong?