Dana looked at the detailed map that Quinn and the other tanks of the Overlord Ranked groups had made of the Dungeon they were going to today.
It was intended for twenty-five people, and normally, they brought two main tanks, four off tanks and three clerics with them.
That was enough that the other sixteen spots could be pure damage dealers, and they shouldn’t have any issues. Today, they had an extra cleric, one of their regulars. They didn’t want to trust all the healing to the new mbers, and one of their Clerics was a Black Dragon, who would be better suited to dealing damage than healing most of the ti.
Ophelia would be assigned one of the off-tank roles on the right flank.
The hope was that with Tessa in the group, the extra buffs she could give them would make up for the loss of a dedicated damage dealer.
Little did they know, Nachtia was fully geared for damage output, and her equipnt had both [Crushing Blows] and [Shatter] on it, so if she stayed in dragon form her paw and claw attacks would be devastating.
"In summary, keep in formation A until we get to the first boss, where everyone but lee fighters should be at the edge of the marked circle to remain out of the area damage effect.
Do not stand in the fire.
Then, return to formation A as we move through the second section. There is a chance that we will get Earth Elental spawns out of the walls or piles of rubble after the front line has passed, which is why we bring four off tanks.
If you see a stone construct forming, move to intercept.
Then, the second boss, ranged fighters remain in the middle, and the tanks will pick up the twin bosses as they appear from the edge of the structure.
Then, it’s the sa thing until the third boss, which is a simple hack and slash. The boss is on an enrage tir, and its damage increases every five seconds. So, the faster we get it down, the less our healers hate us.
The damage will hit everyone, so we’re counting on the area healing effects to keep everyone going." He finished.
Lotus gave him a cheerful salute, and their experienced healer gave the boss a grim look, wondering if it was a good idea to replace all the other healers with newbies who had just made it to Overlord.
They did seem to be pretty well geared, though.
He couldn’t inspect the gear while they wore it, but it all looked like crafted Overlord Rank gear. So, they might actually be the highest output mbers of the team.
With everyone assembled, Quinn led them all to the Dungeon and paid the group entry fee. The Guild in charge of this particular Dungeon had decided to collect in advance, but for the more experienced Guilds, the fee wasn’t that high.
The loot from the Dungeon wasn’t great, even on a good day.
When they stepped into the Dungeon, the usually carefree Lotus suddenly beca focused, and Ophelia winked at her before transforming into a massive Dire Bear that made every other mber of the group look tiny.
At least until Nachtia transford into her dragon form.
The Black Dragon was assigned to the tail position of the group with Dana, who laughed and motioned for Tessa to hop on the dragon’s back the way she usually rode Thor.
It would give her a better view of the battle, and she was already used to mounted combat while healing.
Nachtia gave Dana a wry smile as she was chosen to replace Thor for the run. He was technically still an Overlord, so maybe they could bring him along on the next run, once they had proven to themselves that they could do it without the overpowered defensive buffs.
Tessa’s blessings made everyone pulse with faint red holy light, and Quinn led the group into combat.
That was when they realized they were about to have so problems.
Dana sent her Golems to the front lines, while she remained back to attack from a distance, despite being a blade specialist.
Her position here was to defend the healers.
But the Golems tripled attack speed and auto-parry managed to pull Earth Elentals away from the tanks on the first pull, and when they used a taunt to get them back, the ones on the other side were drawn by Ophelia.
The damage differential was simply too high.
The first fight ended abruptly when Nachtia stomped on the Elental attacking Ophelia, and Quinn motioned for them to pause.
"Alright, I will admit, that wasn’t the greatest start. Do either of you have threat reduction abilities?" He asked.
Dana and Ophelia both shook their heads.
"We will talk to your Guild Leader after the run. It’s best if the mage doesn’t draw the trash mobs away. Though for Ophelia it’s understandable, as she is a Tank Class, so there is nothing in her skill set intended for monsters to ignore her.
Change of plans. Send the Golems to fight with the main tanks, so if they do draw attention, the monsters won’t move. Ophelia, you get extra attention from the healers if you need it.
That’s the best we can do for now."
The next group was a bit smoother, as the tanks simply let a few of the elentals go to the Golems, who had no issues dealing with them. Dana had more than one skill for improved damage, on top of her equipnt. But she also had [Durable Constructs] which had granted her Golems their first set of equipnt back when she was just a budding young mage.
The thought made Dana laugh. It had only been a few years, and they had flown by far faster than they had any right to.
However, it wasn’t her inattention that annoyed the group. She was still casting spells.
It was Lotus singing as she worked, and dancing in the Dungeon, that was making it hard for everyone else to focus.
"No. That song is expressly forbidden. Off limits, never to be ntioned again." A middle-aged Warrior insisted.
"But I like that one. I even changed the wording. {Baby Snake do...}"
A hand clamped over her mouth, and the Cleric laughed.
"He’s got five kids, don’t antagonize the poor man. Just pick another song, maybe a hymn. They’re used to battle hymns." He suggested.
Lotus shrugged and renewed the healing totems in the backpack that Rae made for her.
"Alright. I have a better song. We can keep going now."
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