Cyclops' Eye Shield

Cyclops' Eye Shield

- Artifact For basic information on this encounter see: http://www.visionofsages.net/toa/artifacts/cyclops.html

The few times I had previously done this encounter, I had only done the easy method - killing the neutral cyclops to deactivate the statues and then killing Kertom. A ML9 pet makes doing it that way trivial. I didn't even know about the Kleps/Klops method until Bloodfang on my server sent me a walkthrough for it. Thanks!

Start on the corner of the ramp leading up to Kertom. Pop ML9 pet and move up with the SM on the left side of the ramp in order to activate the statues. If you stay to the left side and put the pet on the left statue, the right one usually aggros the pet as it goes for the left one. Once the left statue is on the pet, send the pet after the right one. At this point, you'll get 3 more red statues on the pet, but they don't hit hard enought to make trouble. Once they are down, put the pet on Go To Target to collect the last 3 red statues (Kertom won't aggro).

Now disband the bot and put the pet on Kertom. Take him down to under 5% (the lower the better) and then release the pet and suicide the SM on Kertom. A cyclops agnomon will run up the ramp and attack Kertom. If he beats Kertom, he will take the Cyclops' Eye Shield and run off. Rez the SM and start down the ramp and you'll be teleported to the ground. Head due south and you'll see the cyclops running to a hill. When he gets there Kleps/Klops will spawn.

Set up with a power font nearby and pull each of them in turn. One of them will have the shield. Both drop some decent loot - certainly better than the ROG staves you'd get off of Kertom.

Some notes about being on Kertom's platform. If any of the statues respawn before the SM dies, the cyclops won't come up and attack Kertom. You'll need to set up on the ramp and start over. If Kertom wins the fight with the cyclops, you'll have to wait for that cyclops to respawn or just kill Kertom.