All information here can be found at http://paragonwiki.com/Hami_Raid
I'm very open to discussion on this. I'd like to be involved in a raid that manages to break Hami.
<h2><span class="mw-headline"> Overview </span></h2><p>Attempts to defeat Hamidon, generally referred to as Hami Raids,occur regularly on most servers. These are loosely-organized eventsthat bring together many, many players, all hoping to acquire a single Hamidon Enhancement or a rare recipe.</p><p>With the introduction of Issue 9, Hamidon was revamped and a newstrategy needed to be produced to defeat the Hamidon. The new Hamidonwas designed to be archetype- and powerset-independant, which meanseveryone will be able to contribute and there are no specificallydesirable builds for a player to have when undergoing an encounter.Additionally, Villains have their own opportunity to defeat Hamidon.</p><p>
</p><a name="Roles"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Roles </span></h2><a name="Raid_Leader"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Raid Leader </span></h3><p>Single person who coordinates the raid. This person has theresponsibility of organizing the various teams, and coordinating thetiming of certain actions within the raid.</p><a name="Yellow_Teams"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Yellow Teams </span></h3><p>The Mitochondria Antibodies are susceptible to melee attacks, whichmeans that one or more team of melee-oriented fighters will be neededto deal with them. It is also a good idea to have one member with GroupFly or Group Energy Flight in order to keep all teammates always withinmelee range of the target.</p><a name="Blue_Teams"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Blue Teams </span></h3><p>The Mitochondria Electrolytes are susceptible to ranged attacks,which means that one or more team of range-oriented fighters will beneeded to deal with them.</p><a name="Green_Teams"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Green Teams </span></h3><p>The Mending Mitochondria need to be held for fear of terriblethings, which means that one or more team of hold-oriented fighterswill be needed to deal with them in addition to those who will dodamage to them.</p><a name="Buff.2C_Rez_and_Teleport_Teams"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Buff, Rez and Teleport Teams </span></h3><p>A buff team will be needed to provide mez protection, increaseddamage, etc. to the other teams who will be attacking Hamidon. Inaddition, it is imperative that one group of people have the ability toteleport everyone who may have fallen to safety, then to resurrectthem.</p><p>
</p><a name="Phases"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Phases </span></h2><p>As of April 4, 2007, this is the current strategy used to defeat Hamidon.</p><a name="Yellow_Phase"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Yellow Phase </span></h3><p>What has been shown to be effective is that a single team of meleefighters can rapidly pop in, defeat one or two Mitochondria Antibodies,then pop out before danger sets in. This is made possible in large bythe Essence of the Earthinspiration, which negates most of the damage dealt from various partsof Hamidon. While better strategies are certain to exist, this is theone which was first used to take out Hamidon on the Issue 9 closed betatest.</p><p>A Buff Team applies various mez protections to a single YellowTeam, then the Yellow Team goes after a target. What has been done onTest is that one person has Group Fly, and another has Team Teleportwith enhanced range. This allows the team to use Essence of the Earth,then immediately move in to attack the target. In this way, it has beenshown that two Mitochondria Antibodies can be removed in the one-minutewindow when the EoE is active.</p><a name="Blue_Phase"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Blue Phase </span></h3><p>The Mitochondria Antibodies are the primary damage from the Hamidon,and once they're removed, the rest is relatively painless. Now, ataunter with some healer and buff support can move in andsinglehandedly draw Hamidon's aggrowhile Blue Teams take out the Mitochondria Electrolytes. Again, due todamage and status effects, it is advised that the Blue Teams have buffsupport before engaging the targets. This time, however, the buffteam(s) can go in with the damage dealers to help out throughout theduration of the phase.</p><p>All Mitochondria Electrolytes can be taken out in a singlesweep. When everyone helps with the same target, the mitos can be takenout by running a lap around the nucleus.</p><a name="Green_Phase"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Green Phase </span></h3><p>The Mending Mitochondria have a powerful force field that resistsnearly all damage of any type as well as providing considerabledefense. There is also evidence to suggest that they will activateMitosis when they are being defeated, so Hold powers are necessary todefeat them. When it is held, a Mending Mitochondria's defense anddamage resistance buffs drop, meaning that any damage dealer availablecan help to take it out. This is the easiest phase in the Hamidon raid.</p><a name="Nucleous_Phase"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Nucleus Phase </span></h3><p>After the mitochondria are removed, only the nucleus remains. While it has some powerful attacks, its aggrocan be held by a single taunter, who in turn can be kept alive withhealing and mez support, often both held by the same player. At thistime, anyone with debuffs and damage will attack the nucleus, slowlydealing damage. The resistances were set up such that a full zone of 50players is essentially necessary to defeat the nucleus. However, withenough firepower and debuffs, the Hamidon can be defeated.</p><a name="Blooms"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Blooms </span></h3><p>When the Hamidon reaches 75% HP, a full set of mitochondria willspawn. This is known as a "bloom." All yellows, blues and greens willappear just as they did when Hamidon spawned. However, once they arecleared a second time and Hamidon's HP reaches 75%, another bloom willnot occur. Instead, a bloom will occur at 50% HP. The finalmitochondria bloom will occur at 25% HP. Afterwards, the Hamidon's HPcan be drained entirely and he can be defeated.</p><p>The Hold Phase of the old Hamidon raid is no longer feasible,as it takes 30 or more players to Hold Hamidon, and even so only for asecond or two. Even if Hamidon is held, however, mitochondria willspawn.</p><p>When a bloom occurs, the sudden onset of powerful AoE attackswill effectively wipe any player in the cytoplasm. Since it is notpossible to evacuate the cell while keeping up sufficientdamage-per-second, this wipe is unavoidable. The devs have alsoindicated that it is unlikely to avoid. Because of this, certainprecautions need to be taken to keep everyone in the zone.</p><p>A couple players dedicated to teleporting teammates andresurrecting fallen players need to be available for when a bloom takesplace. This way, all players can be evacuated from the Hamidon andrevived in order to take out the mitochondria once more.</p><p>
</p><a name="Success"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Success </span></h2><p>When the Hamidon is defeated, a trial reward dialogue will appearoffering a random Hamidon Enhancement, random Rare Recipe, or thestandard Single Origin Enhancements.</p><p>
</p><a name="Failure"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></a></span><span class="mw-headline">Failure </span></h2><p>Hamidon Raids are no longer in danger of failing, as there cannot beany circumstances where it becomes impossible to defeat Hamidon. The "<a href="http://paragonwiki.com/Yellow_Dawn" title="Yellow Dawn">Yellow Dawn"of the previous Hamidon has been dealt away with, meaning that thesituation will never turn hopeless. Since mitochondria spawn invariablyat certain levels of HP for Hamidon, the situation is controlled andcan never cause the Hamidon to be impossible to defeat.</p>
I'm very open to discussion on this. I'd like to be involved in a raid that manages to break Hami.
<h2><span class="mw-headline"> Overview </span></h2><p>Attempts to defeat Hamidon, generally referred to as Hami Raids,occur regularly on most servers. These are loosely-organized eventsthat bring together many, many players, all hoping to acquire a single Hamidon Enhancement or a rare recipe.</p><p>With the introduction of Issue 9, Hamidon was revamped and a newstrategy needed to be produced to defeat the Hamidon. The new Hamidonwas designed to be archetype- and powerset-independant, which meanseveryone will be able to contribute and there are no specificallydesirable builds for a player to have when undergoing an encounter.Additionally, Villains have their own opportunity to defeat Hamidon.</p><p>
</p><a name="Roles"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Roles </span></h2><a name="Raid_Leader"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Raid Leader </span></h3><p>Single person who coordinates the raid. This person has theresponsibility of organizing the various teams, and coordinating thetiming of certain actions within the raid.</p><a name="Yellow_Teams"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Yellow Teams </span></h3><p>The Mitochondria Antibodies are susceptible to melee attacks, whichmeans that one or more team of melee-oriented fighters will be neededto deal with them. It is also a good idea to have one member with GroupFly or Group Energy Flight in order to keep all teammates always withinmelee range of the target.</p><a name="Blue_Teams"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Blue Teams </span></h3><p>The Mitochondria Electrolytes are susceptible to ranged attacks,which means that one or more team of range-oriented fighters will beneeded to deal with them.</p><a name="Green_Teams"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Green Teams </span></h3><p>The Mending Mitochondria need to be held for fear of terriblethings, which means that one or more team of hold-oriented fighterswill be needed to deal with them in addition to those who will dodamage to them.</p><a name="Buff.2C_Rez_and_Teleport_Teams"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Buff, Rez and Teleport Teams </span></h3><p>A buff team will be needed to provide mez protection, increaseddamage, etc. to the other teams who will be attacking Hamidon. Inaddition, it is imperative that one group of people have the ability toteleport everyone who may have fallen to safety, then to resurrectthem.</p><p>
</p><a name="Phases"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Phases </span></h2><p>As of April 4, 2007, this is the current strategy used to defeat Hamidon.</p><a name="Yellow_Phase"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Yellow Phase </span></h3><p>What has been shown to be effective is that a single team of meleefighters can rapidly pop in, defeat one or two Mitochondria Antibodies,then pop out before danger sets in. This is made possible in large bythe Essence of the Earthinspiration, which negates most of the damage dealt from various partsof Hamidon. While better strategies are certain to exist, this is theone which was first used to take out Hamidon on the Issue 9 closed betatest.</p><p>A Buff Team applies various mez protections to a single YellowTeam, then the Yellow Team goes after a target. What has been done onTest is that one person has Group Fly, and another has Team Teleportwith enhanced range. This allows the team to use Essence of the Earth,then immediately move in to attack the target. In this way, it has beenshown that two Mitochondria Antibodies can be removed in the one-minutewindow when the EoE is active.</p><a name="Blue_Phase"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Blue Phase </span></h3><p>The Mitochondria Antibodies are the primary damage from the Hamidon,and once they're removed, the rest is relatively painless. Now, ataunter with some healer and buff support can move in andsinglehandedly draw Hamidon's aggrowhile Blue Teams take out the Mitochondria Electrolytes. Again, due todamage and status effects, it is advised that the Blue Teams have buffsupport before engaging the targets. This time, however, the buffteam(s) can go in with the damage dealers to help out throughout theduration of the phase.</p><p>All Mitochondria Electrolytes can be taken out in a singlesweep. When everyone helps with the same target, the mitos can be takenout by running a lap around the nucleus.</p><a name="Green_Phase"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Green Phase </span></h3><p>The Mending Mitochondria have a powerful force field that resistsnearly all damage of any type as well as providing considerabledefense. There is also evidence to suggest that they will activateMitosis when they are being defeated, so Hold powers are necessary todefeat them. When it is held, a Mending Mitochondria's defense anddamage resistance buffs drop, meaning that any damage dealer availablecan help to take it out. This is the easiest phase in the Hamidon raid.</p><a name="Nucleous_Phase"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Nucleus Phase </span></h3><p>After the mitochondria are removed, only the nucleus remains. While it has some powerful attacks, its aggrocan be held by a single taunter, who in turn can be kept alive withhealing and mez support, often both held by the same player. At thistime, anyone with debuffs and damage will attack the nucleus, slowlydealing damage. The resistances were set up such that a full zone of 50players is essentially necessary to defeat the nucleus. However, withenough firepower and debuffs, the Hamidon can be defeated.</p><a name="Blooms"></a><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Blooms </span></h3><p>When the Hamidon reaches 75% HP, a full set of mitochondria willspawn. This is known as a "bloom." All yellows, blues and greens willappear just as they did when Hamidon spawned. However, once they arecleared a second time and Hamidon's HP reaches 75%, another bloom willnot occur. Instead, a bloom will occur at 50% HP. The finalmitochondria bloom will occur at 25% HP. Afterwards, the Hamidon's HPcan be drained entirely and he can be defeated.</p><p>The Hold Phase of the old Hamidon raid is no longer feasible,as it takes 30 or more players to Hold Hamidon, and even so only for asecond or two. Even if Hamidon is held, however, mitochondria willspawn.</p><p>When a bloom occurs, the sudden onset of powerful AoE attackswill effectively wipe any player in the cytoplasm. Since it is notpossible to evacuate the cell while keeping up sufficientdamage-per-second, this wipe is unavoidable. The devs have alsoindicated that it is unlikely to avoid. Because of this, certainprecautions need to be taken to keep everyone in the zone.</p><p>A couple players dedicated to teleporting teammates andresurrecting fallen players need to be available for when a bloom takesplace. This way, all players can be evacuated from the Hamidon andrevived in order to take out the mitochondria once more.</p><p>
</p><a name="Success"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"> Success </span></h2><p>When the Hamidon is defeated, a trial reward dialogue will appearoffering a random Hamidon Enhancement, random Rare Recipe, or thestandard Single Origin Enhancements.</p><p>
</p><a name="Failure"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></a></span><span class="mw-headline">Failure </span></h2><p>Hamidon Raids are no longer in danger of failing, as there cannot beany circumstances where it becomes impossible to defeat Hamidon. The "<a href="http://paragonwiki.com/Yellow_Dawn" title="Yellow Dawn">Yellow Dawn"of the previous Hamidon has been dealt away with, meaning that thesituation will never turn hopeless. Since mitochondria spawn invariablyat certain levels of HP for Hamidon, the situation is controlled andcan never cause the Hamidon to be impossible to defeat.</p>
