Legendary Vanquisher as solo mesmer

Here is a video to sum up how I managed to be the first ever Guild Wars player to get Legendary Vanquisher fully solo (henchmen, heroes, other players, cons, p-cons, summoning stone and PvE-only skill from EoTN were all forbidden).
How I killed Rotscale HM as solo mesmer: • Rotscale HM as solo me...
Musics in order:
Sappheiros - Reaching out
Dimatis - Celeste
Grégory Van Praet - Stay Awake
Sappheiros - Embrace
Isolated - Countless
Sappheiros - Distant
Ikson - Youth
Ikson - Bloom

[@nicgreenisen1399]

In moments of weakness in my life, I always reminded myself that somewhere out there, there probably was some hardcore french dude ironman-solo-vanquishing all of GW as a Mesmer. I guess I was right! Bravo!!

[@Nao-ti3rp]

In moments of weakness in my life, I like imagining someone trying this as Para or War 😂 thanks btw :)

[@DoneJinzzz]

Massive respect! So cool to see that this was done for the first time when the game is 17 years old. Also, very much appreciate the English subtitles and in-depth analysis:)

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Thanks! Aside from being skilled enough, I think that the fact that you need both the idea to try that and the time, patience and determination to actually try even if you think it is probably impossible, explains why nobody had tried or done that before

[@puo2123]

Because its absolute nuts

gz man!

[@Boom3120]

your turn!

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Thanks Péter! Agreed with Dargas, your turn now!

[@marcosteruel2455]

Very impressive feat and nicely explained. Hats off man, GG

[@iii1429]

This is seriously impressive

[@solanmse]

Very impressive, I'm in deep awe! Also a very well made video!

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@jameshart3869]

That is absolutely nuts. Good job dude!

[@mrd12369]

Amazing accomplishment. Very well made video thank you!

[@paulyounger1190]

Amazing accomplishment, great video as well.

[@konrr506]

Dude you are literally insane! Very impressive

[@zedius24]

This is so sick! Massive respect

[@emanate0]

dude thats nuts. congrats on this accomplishment

[@plookandplay]

Un GROS BRAVO à toi Nao ! :D

[@mattar9524]

Très impressionnant et extrêmement bien retranscrit (enjeux, difficultés, détails). Je découvre ta chaîne en même temps que cette vidéo. Bravo !

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci beaucoup ! Je ne promets pas d'être hyperactif sur KZbin, la plupart des gens me retrouvent sur Twitch :)

[@scroogemcduck6195]

Insanity! Great job!!!

[@SavantApathy]

Genuinely impressive. I played GW for many years and I can't imagine how long it must have taken to understand the skills needed to solo vanquish each area!

[@Huckle777]

Well done! Inspired me to give it a try

[@wolfen8622]

wow!!! thats insane!!! what a feat!!!! good job mate

[@stonekraken3700]

Impressive, nice work!

[@KazimirCody]

Well done!

[@janwuthrich4171]

Wow crazy. Huge congratz.

[@RaccManiacc]

Beaucoup trop fort. Respect !

[@ninjamaru5624]

Quel monstre 😮 la patience et le talent sont de mises

[@tizfunky9057]

Again. This is unreal. You should legit be proud of doing this

[@khk336]

T es complètement zinzin ! Bravo à toi !

[@Spartan21111]

Biggest CHAD in the universe

[@boudioul2629]

Félicitations NAO, un grand bravo pour ta persévérance. Tu le mérites. bisous, Philippe.

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci BOUDIOUL

[@stakkod]

Wow! Well done!

[@thhhpopopopo2100]

Un énorme gg ! Ça a du être une belle expérience. Et ça donne envie de s'y mettre :)

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Je ne peux que le conseiller ! Le moindre truc réussi en solo fait très plaisir, c'est une toute autre expérience de jeu et on apprend énormément 🙂 Si tu te lances et que tu as besoin de conseil n'hésite pas !

[@MUSHMVM]

Wtf c'est COMPLETEMENT INCROYABLE

[@DooMonTouR]

J'ai pas les mots tellement c'est ouf, je pensais pas que c'était possible et pour avoir fait le gwamm je ne peux que m'incliner de respect. Incroyable tout simplement, félicitations ! vraiment bien tourné en plus comme vidéo Je vais suivre tout ça sur twitch si possible ! Bon courage pour la suite !!

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci beaucoup ça fait plaisir ! Et à bientôt sur Twitch du coup :)

[@gkoogz9877]

This is awesome

[@elemair9210]

J'ai pas les mots pour décrire cet exploit... légendaire

[@AnkhOfAscalon]

Incredible

[@taggerung890]

J'aime bien de te regarder et de voir comment tu a trouvé un moyen de surmonter tous les obstacles dans le jeu, c'est incroyable !

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci beaucoup ! :)

[@YouGruff]

This is the art of gaming, personal challenge not following the herd, chapeau!

[@DarkDevil6767]

Absolutely incredible. I can't image how close you had to be at some points to go insane :b Nah, you did really well and your thoughts and explanations were great as well. Thank you for all this effort you put into your videos but also into one of the greatest games of all time. You, sir, have truly mastered guild wars 1😂😂❤

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Thank you for your nice message! Experiencing disconnections in horrible areas is what made me loose my mind the most (imagine being kicked of Joko's Domain after 10 hours in the area) 😅 What is so great about this game is that I feel like I still learn so much every day I play this game, even after accomplishing this

[@DarkDevil6767]

@@Nao-ti3rp oh.. This is almost a hellish nightmare. What I like the most are the sheer endless possibilities to create and play different builds. Very unique! Had to sub since gw1 content creators deserve support!!

[@dillionmcrich]

This is one of the most unbelievable gaming achievements I've ever heard of. This is the kind of thing I'm going to feel the need to rant about to friends who've never played Guild Wars, and I'm going to be completely unable to describe how and why this is so magnificently impressive.

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Thank you for the kind words :)

[@dillionmcrich]

@@Nao-ti3rp Every bit deserved. The fact that this is even possible is one of my new favorite things about Guild Wars.

[@tizfunky9057]

There's not many that would understand but there's enough that do. Crazy achievement across all games and all times.

[@mariabs1903]

Bravo pour ton parcours ! Je me suis abonnée, c’est grâce à des personnes comme toi qui me donnent envie de m’améliorer dans Guild Wars (et oui je joue toujours xD)

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci ! Ce jeu est une pépite 😁

[@paulboura2753]

Vraiment trop motivé !

[@pioupioupistache7133]

GG et merci, c'est grâce à ton stream que j'ai recommencé GW 😁

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Ça, ça me fait hyper plaisir 😁 tu es déjà sur le discord communautaire ?

[@Remi-gm4fx]

crazy son of b. Huge respect

[@ooflord702]

Damn, and here I'm thinking that I henchmened vanquished all 3 campaigns and feeling 💪 Then watching a Mesmer solo everything makes me feel weak. Rotwing gave me a hell of a time. I can only imagine what you went through.

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Vanquishing with henchmen is definitely not an easy task, you should not underestimate your success! As solo, at least AoE were not worse than single target damage 😅 What profession did you use btw? Rotscale was definitely hard, there is the complete video on my KZbin as well :)

[@ooflord702]

@@Nao-ti3rp Ele, did all 3 in succession after Nightfall was released. I kind of cheated in a way as I used TextMod to highlight areas not mapped and squeezed and extra few % points glitching through gates in Cantha 🫣.

[@puo2123]

Absolute incredible. And then even made it harder with no pcons/cons/pve oly skills

[@zwimlil7731]

Bien joué!

[@galaxian23]

very well done I am very impressed this is certainly an amazing achievement! very informative as well... to me you are already a god amongst mere mortals

[@zuzki_kun]

i really want to start a ritualist run.. but im not sure if Rits are able :D I will also add this is very inspiring. The structure to this video is incredible gg

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Thanks! Rit should at least be able to finish the campaigns I think. Keep in mind that SoS will not be available early though (if you plan to organise your strategy around SoS). Anyway, playing solo is so fun and teach you so much things, I highly recommand it!

[@nichtich4028]

HUGE! Gz from germany

[@Jimmothy]

I miss playing Guild Wars, those were good times. No game has captured the Mesmer magic again. (I played Dervish/X)

[@Nao-ti3rp]

True, never felt the same feeling in any other game... even with mesmer on GW2 The game is still active if you want to come back at some point :)

[@kulukay]

Por eso GW es uno de los mejores juegos de la historia, con uno de los mejores sistemas de habilidades existentes (seguramente el mejor) que te permite hacer éste tipo de cosas. No deja de sorprenderme... ¡INCREIBLE la habilidad, el conocimiento y la paciencia para llevar acabo esto... y la locura como para intentarlo! ♥

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Thanks! ❤ everything about this game is so great I agree!

[@vincentmoto463]

Pioufff ça me rappel des souvenirs. Presque 3000 heures sur guilde wars. C'était clairement mon jeu préféré. Et toutes mes félicitations pour ton exploit. Ça donne envie de te suivre dans ta quête

[@Le_Fullmetal]

That's rookie numbers.. 8k+

[@floyando]

T'es un zinzin de l'espace c'est ouf de faire ça gg

[@greg_TiVi]

Bravo Nao, c'était chouette en plus de venir te regarder en stream. On espère que les challenges futurs seront encore nombreux! Prochain, Necro Solo vanquisher? :)

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci Greg :) Je te laisse le Nécro t'inquiète, j'ai un GWAMM qui m'attend :p

[@Warkrunner]

I remember back in the day soloing all of Prophecies because I was bored, and now I feel like I want to do this again: but, from zero, new account, and legendary survivor. I agree to the challenge of using no PvE only skills. As soon as ANet split PvP and PvE in Nightfall, that's when the game started to die. If ANet takes their old game and gives it a few game modes, like death = delete or ironman (and the ability to play the character normally after completing the challenge mode), I bet you many players will come back. Many of the "new" games today are not as good as the oldies. Better to give them some polish and revive them with some form of monetization strategy to keep them alive. I'd pay for that

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Don't know about the second part of your message (people often debate about that on gw reddit) but you should definitely start a run again if it's appealing :) Serial Experiments managed to beat Prophecies as solo ironman without dying (as Monk) and I think he is the only one so far. I personnally am superbad at not dying because my playstyle is very agressive and greedy most of the time

[@danielsmith6896]

Darn I’ve played through 3/4 campaigns in order as a warrior with henchies and heroes. Didn’t know opening the xunlai chest made you no longer ironman even if nothing was in the chest. Congrats on the amazing achievement btw!

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Thanks! Don't worry, ironman rules are not that fixed and it's up to any ironman to choose the ruleset he wants to use (the main goal being to have fun). I personnally allowed trading with mat, rune and dye traders, which saved me from hours of mat farming and gave me a significant money advantage compared to other solo ironman (almost all of them do not allow traders of objects with price depending on other players). But if I had had to hard farm to buy all those signets of capture, I probably wouldn't have done elite skill hunter (and who knows if I'd have had the motivation to get so far after that). Finally, you probably got almost no advantage from having access to an empty chest anyway. You clearly still belong to the ironman community :)

[@danielsmith6896]

I appreciate the kind words. Is there a community of iron man players you would recommend? @@Nao-ti3rp

[@synt4x.93]

Nice

[@poppypoppy2898]

Impressionnant. Respect ! Si jamais, une commu/guilde/alliance fr qui joue encore dans les commentaires ? :3

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci ! Nous avons créé, il y a un an, une communauté française Guild Wars, avec une Alliance et un discord (nos objectifs sont, entre autre, : rassembler les joueurs isolés qui souhaitent jouer à plusieurs, aider ceux qui en ont besoin, avoir un discord sur lequel les streams francophones de Guild Wars sont annoncés, et faire des défis originaux ensemble). Tu peux rejoindre le discord (et une des guildes si ça t'intéresse ensuite mais ce n'est pas une obligation) via cette invitation : discord.gg/yxuzm4Cc Sinon, il existe à ma connaissance au moins une autre grande Alliance francophone (les [TS] et cie) que tu devrais pouvoir contacter en jeu si tu tombes sur l'un d'eux :)

[@samybou9041]

bravo

[@xewi60]

mais MAIS WHAT j'ai du mal a comprendre comment c'est possible

[@Nao-ti3rp]

En insistant "un peu" et avec la meilleure classe du jeu 😁 et surtout en oubliant que c'est impossible !

[@cyrildaviaudangelis945]

Monstrueux, au delà du fait que le défi à l'air incroyable dur, c'est surtout ta patience et ta détermination qui m'impressionne. Je suis curieux de connaitre les drops que t'as pu avoir pendant tes runs, doit y avoir quelques pépites même si je doute que tu ai ramassé quoi que ce soit vu la perte de temps, sans compter que t'as pas unlock le coffre..

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci ! Mon meilleur drop est un bouclier céleste OS q8 tactique double bonus qui vaut sûrement pas mal, mais je l'ai chopé en NM. La plupart du temps mon inventaire est saturé donc je ne garde que très peu d'objets par zone. Mais bon, sur ce perso, avec tout ce que j'ai déjà ramassé, j'ai pu acheter mes gants du chaos, et j'ai encore environ 130 ectos + 500 crochos achetés aux marchands, sans compter les 300k que j'ai dépensés rien qu'en sceaux de capture, donc il ne fait aucun doute que l'argent monte relativement vite :)

[@DnisD]

WOW!!!!!

[@Zen_Note]

My french is quite rusty but: Tu es vraiment fou.

[@diablotin7583]

Enorme respect pour le travail que tu as fais ! C'est impressionnant, j'ai pu assister à quelques clean de zones en live lors de tes streams. A quand le prochain défi ?

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci pour ton commentaire ! Le prochain défi a commencé samedi sur Twitch : vanquish Eye of The North. J'ai aussi un défi en duo sur le feu. Pour l'instant les streams sont peu fréquents mais ça devrait revenir plus fréquemment dans les semaines à venir :) tu peux aussi me retrouver (et même me rejoindre si tu joues toujours) en groupe les mardi et jeudi soirs sur la chaine Twitch de avclucky :)

[@Boom3120]

Appars les montées de son du micro, chouette la vidéo, bravo pour le challenge et la traduction en anglais en dessou ! Bonne continuation 😎

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci Dargas ! Promis je m'achète un micro correct un jour LUL

[@Ash-bf9oi]

J'aime bien le sauvé la mise en vocal mais en anglais écrit=save my ass :) sacré Nao(Haerrion)

[@Nao-ti3rp]

C'est le traducteur qui a proposé ça au début... et je l'ai gardé xD

[@Nico-dx4vg]

Have you uploaded this run? Would like to check it out

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Hi, sorry but which run are you talking about?

[@gnihtyreve]

I need a paragon solo video

[@Nao-ti3rp]

You can find some videos of Shade doing some solo Paragon stuff (see for example kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5ClqoqXgZZlfKMsi=kKOUci0cCRV3gVf4). I think he is stuck at Moddok Crevice but have not played for a while As far as I know it's pretty much it. Not only Paragon is one of the worst for solo content, but also most people focused on Prophecies only and you cannot start Prophecies as a Paragon

[@casualsa]

you should try some eotn dungeons

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Good idea! I plan to try some of them at some point :) but some of them look impossible and I want to try to vanquish EoTN first

[@justice_1337]

Next challenge will be to learn keybinds !

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Way too hard for me 😅

[@joachimlavandes5708]

Haha très sympa, bravo je pensais pas que cette idée pourrait pousser. Et le nombre de golds sur le perso du coup ? ;) Vu qu'il n'y a pas Xunlai, c'est peut être comptable ? Bravo en tous cas, milles bravos. :)

[@joachimlavandes5708]

Question bonus : combien de fois un p'tit mob a été oublié car il a continué sa ronde alors que le reste du groupe gisait au sol ?

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci ! Si tu parles du nombre d'objets golds, les taux de drop sont les mêmes qu'en farm. Donc disons jusqu'à une quarantaine d'objets golds dans les plus grandes zones (si faveur des dieux active). Si tu parles d'argent, l'argent que je me suis fait sur le perso m'a permis d'acheter plus de 500 crochetages (750k), dans les 200 ectos (disons 1000k avec les prix qui varient), mon armure (environ 80k) + l'argent que j'ai encore sur moi (environ 90k), soit un total très approximatif de 2000k. Ça reste évidemment peu rentable comparé à du farm. En ce qui concerne les mobs oubliés, ça arrivait mais en réalité très rarement. Comparé à du vidage de zone en groupe, je ne me déplaçais pas au hasard, et je tuais les ennemis lentement. Et les patrouilles, quand on tue doucement, finissent par nous retomber sur la tronche alors qu'on est déjà en combat, donc c'était les groupes à tuer en priorité en général :) mais c'est arrivé bien sûr

[@slamspam]

:O

[@Whykrazzgopve]

très bonne vidéo bien joué, on peut te voir en live qq part ?

[@Whykrazzgopve]

il faut que tu mettes ton lien twitch en bio !

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Merci beaucoup ! Je stream sur Twitch (et les live devraient reprendre avant la fin du mois), j'ai ajouté le lien en bio mais le revoilà : www.twitch.tv/naospacien À bientôt sur Twitch du coup ;)

[@Whykrazzgopve]

@@Nao-ti3rp Merci bcp pour ta réponse ! Je serai là à ton retour !

[@galaxian23]

not that you can official count it but is it possible to solo vanquish eye of the north?

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Yes it is! I did it the year after and made a video about it as well, with more gameplay: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZm6kICJiregq7Msi=JveYQdK8Uh9hevM-

[@galaxian23]

@@Nao-ti3rp damn well I know what I'm watching today

[@EinfachLuap]

Great Achievement, congrats! I would actually watch the video if it was in english. No offense but reading subtitles for half an hour just ain't my thing... :P

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Thanks and no worries :)

[@xewi60]

je pense qu'on peu dire que tu est le joueur de guild wars ultime

[@candyboy6563]

gggg

[@LoriB02]

Since I can't reply to your reddit. Look on here for builds to defeat shiro - there should be a few. I know ele is a very quick one on that. There's also apparently a really easy way to do eternal grove even with just hench and get master.

[@Nao-ti3rp]

Hi Lori, you probably misunderstood my rules since I do not use any hench or heroe, and that is why it is so hard. About defeating Shiro, Ele uses the skill from Kuunavang and I do not have the same skill as mesmer. Also I think you need a warrior hench to kill shiro as Ele with the strategy you are talking about, but I may be wrong.

[@E36_shayne]

We all know this is only getting done by someone French or German let's be honest

[@seun263]

This MMO it's so legendary !!!!!!! GW 2 it's a bullshit

[@sadwasp2676]

wtf srsly????????

[@Nao-ti3rp]

:)

[@titu608]

Noob.

[@Nao-ti3rp]

D: 💔

[@kaiserschnitselsr.9228]

/Cares

[@EmissaryOfSmeagol]

Well done!

[@marianpuchaly]

Incredible

[@markrothrock5995]

Well done!