IT Tactics

General Idea

These DoA tactics are designed to run 5 mesmers in a casual environment, omitting the monk seeder for more spiking power. It is not recommended for inexperienced players.

Tactics specific to 5 Mesmer Tactics

• TK Takes 1st Snake, VoR takes 2nd.
• Edge of Extinction is placed twice in city for both balls. This may sometimes result in the VoR being late for the second spike. Other mesmers should still start the spike.
• While going backway in Veil, the Trench Tank should still pop the trench from the back while the team is doing 6-0. Don't pop if you aren't on time.
• The Me/Mo splits off with the MT after clover to kill necro lord.
• The Me/Mo can kill the MLK tendril, if the MLK is busy with the trench pop.

Optionals

Tanks

• Death's Charge and Dark Escape on Trench Tank.
• Dash on MT.

MLK

• Mistrust over Shatter if your team is really bad at foundry.

Me/Mo

• Shatter over Empathy if for some reason you need stronger spiking. MT should pop a stone after ele lord is dead.

Pros

• The teambuild is capable of a very fast casual run. The extra spiker makes it easier for experienced teams to achieve fast times.
• Everyone has a Shadow step, which makes transitions faster and easier.

Cons

• The builds require experienced players on almost every role.
• No UA or Seed of Life means players are punished harder for mistakes.
• The MT needs to be able to do Jadoth and Ranger without seed.
• Edge of Extinction on VoR means they will be late for some spikes.

Overview

	/ TT	/ MT	/ VoR	/ TK	/ IaU	/ MLK	/ Memo	/ Emo
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Equipment	Optional: Infiltrator's set for Gloom Cave	Low HP armor for Jadoth		Triple sup runes (illusion for Wandering Eye); bow for ele lord	Bow for derv lord		Martial weapon of Enchanting for Seed
Foundry
Entry	Take quest		Take quest	Take quest		Take quest		Take quest
1st room		No SF, Ymlad the Vu
2nd room			Any mesmer can pop a ghastly or a 3-pop					Bond MT with prot and life
3rd room	Ball Dryders	Ball Titans	If you have a summon up try to kill it on the 2nd titan spawn			Focus dream rider
4th room	Tank/ball all waves	Wall second wave, third wave if needed	Put EoE in the crack for the second spawn	Wait for first ball and spike while pushing		Focus dream rider	Wait for first ball and spike while pushing
5th room	Take quest, get ready to take 3rd snake	Go to aggro center	Take quest			Go right - do NOT take quest		Take quest
Snakes	Take Captain (3rd)	Pull groups out of the way	Take General (2nd)	Take Silzesh (1st)	Rush ahead, get EEd	Ping for Captain	Ping for snakes and seed the Emo	Keep snakes alive
Black Beast	Pull Fury				Pull Black Beast, Ymlad its touch		Seed the Emo	Heal IAU, take quest reward
City
Outside	First ball	Second ball	VoR and Unnatural on Manks	Unnatural and ESurge on Manks	Unnatural and ESurge on Manks	Backfire and Unnatural on Sus.	Empathy Manks and help with Sus.
Inside	Left ball	Right ball	Spike right side, and then left				Skip left side to accept quest reward if the snake is not stucked	Let the MT recall you, then stand at the bottom, in range of both tanks. Try to stuck the snake and take the quest reward
Veil
Jadoth	Use cupcake , run to 360, pull first wave to glitch spot for MLK	Use low health set and ball Jadoth				Skip Jadoth, take 360 quest, go to glitch spot, and kill first wave with Wastrel's
360	Pull middle and right hills. SoH middle on 2nd, SoH right on 3rd, SoH middle on 5th.	Wall			Pull left hill	Wastrel's mobs before they come in	Seed the wall	Stand back and do fusepulls
Underlords	Recall MLK; pull Derv	Recall Emo; pull Ranger; Recall Emo again; take quest	Go Ranger		Go Derv and aggro it	Go Derv and stay in recall range	Go Ranger	Maintain MT's range
Trenches	Pop monk trench	Start clover, wall it if possible	Turtle mesmer trench			Go to glitch spot; kill monk trench	Seederino	Turtle (step out to wall)
Lords	Pull monk lord out	Pull clover and wall if possible; use the MeMo for Recall trick on necro lord	Spike clover and ele lord patrol	Spike clover; skip ele lord patrol; solo ele lord	Spike clover and ele lord patrol	Kill monk lord	Spike clover; go with MT and kill necro lord	Wall clover if MT can't; wall ele lord patrol
Tendrils	Get to gloom - pop trench if you have time, or go back way if monk lord was late to die	Take quest, stand on TK for PI, and pull groups in	Kill front left tendril; put EoE before the spike	Kill quest side tendrils with MT, and Recall out	Kill lower back tendrils with a stone (Gaki preferred) and pull groups in	Kill front right tendril	Help with front right tendril if needed	Wall
Gloom
Cave	Trigger cave when team is ready	DC on gloom patrol	Spike gloom patrol	Goltway if trench is not popped	Spike gloom patrol			Tell the TT when you're ready for the trigger
1st gloom group	Grab the stuff outside cave and obstruct it	HoS up; make sure everyone jumps up; recall the MLK and pull in spirits for the TT	Jump up and go with emo - Trigger front group if needed.			Stay in range of MT's recall	Jump up and go with emo - Trigger front group if needed.	EE up and run to catch earths
Earths spawn	Catch incoming waves - dodge earths if the team failed to get them	Tank 2nd wave sanities and earths if you can			Spike 2nd wave; run to rift			Tank 1st earths group; tank second if needed
Cave Spike	Ball all of your aggro	Run to rift	Spike cave			Spike cave		Run to rift
Rift	Take quest, Recall trick, quest run	Pull rift	Let TK Recall you, move towards start	Recall Caller, let TT recall you, recall out	Kill claw with PI, cap rift	Pre-trigger Deathbringer		Cap rift
Deathbringer	Take quest	Wait for settle, jump in	Place EoE in range of Deathbringer and Darknesses	Save echo for Darknesses
Darknesses	Accept quest reward	Pull and tank Darkness group. Alternatively, spike on spawn	Replace EoE if needed	Use echo when the first wave dies				Jump to MT and wall when Earths spawn