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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 4522390" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Some solos have powers which enable them to cope with it to a certain extent - the last solo I used was a young green dragon which had a minor action gaze attack vs Will which can slide a target 2 squares. He could use this to disengage the fighter, allowing him to move and attack somewhere else.</p><p></p><p>The black dragon gets an immediate reaction tail slash which can attack someone that missed it and pushes 1 square.</p><p></p><p>Blue dragons have to wait until they are Elder (level 20) to get an at-will stunning thunderclap which would allow them to manouvre away.</p><p></p><p>Red dragon gets a tail swipe which can push 1 square, but it only happens when an enemy moves into a flanking position, so it isn't very reliable.</p><p></p><p>White dragon is like the blue - has to wait until level 17 elder white dragon to get a stunning attack which can be used more than once (Icy Tomb)</p><p></p><p>Purple worm? I suppose if it swallows someone they can't really stop it moving!</p><p></p><p>Shadow umber hulk has its maddening gaze</p><p></p><p>Beholder has powers that cause a fighter to move, so he's OK.</p><p></p><p>As does the gibbering orb.</p><p></p><p>Hydra doesn't seem to have any tricks it can use.</p><p></p><p>Primordial Naga has a minor action 'wind slam' that can slide targets.</p><p></p><p>So on balance, it seems that reviewing the whole MM most of the solos do, in fact, have a way of moving fighters away from them. Only a few don't, and some of them have to rely on particular triggering actions.</p><p></p><p>I guess that my experience (party levels 1-4) has only really met the lower end dragons which tend to have more difficulty in these circumstances.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 4522390, member: 114"] Some solos have powers which enable them to cope with it to a certain extent - the last solo I used was a young green dragon which had a minor action gaze attack vs Will which can slide a target 2 squares. He could use this to disengage the fighter, allowing him to move and attack somewhere else. The black dragon gets an immediate reaction tail slash which can attack someone that missed it and pushes 1 square. Blue dragons have to wait until they are Elder (level 20) to get an at-will stunning thunderclap which would allow them to manouvre away. Red dragon gets a tail swipe which can push 1 square, but it only happens when an enemy moves into a flanking position, so it isn't very reliable. White dragon is like the blue - has to wait until level 17 elder white dragon to get a stunning attack which can be used more than once (Icy Tomb) Purple worm? I suppose if it swallows someone they can't really stop it moving! Shadow umber hulk has its maddening gaze Beholder has powers that cause a fighter to move, so he's OK. As does the gibbering orb. Hydra doesn't seem to have any tricks it can use. Primordial Naga has a minor action 'wind slam' that can slide targets. So on balance, it seems that reviewing the whole MM most of the solos do, in fact, have a way of moving fighters away from them. Only a few don't, and some of them have to rely on particular triggering actions. I guess that my experience (party levels 1-4) has only really met the lower end dragons which tend to have more difficulty in these circumstances. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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