Suggestions for Wyvern combat?

[Han Swolo]

So I managed to get myself a lvl 78 poison Wyvern. 0 imprint. Flew him around killing stuff till he hit 80. Came across a lvl 4 fire Wyvern. Figured he would be easy pickings. Well, after a few strafe runs attempting to hit him, and while I saw no visible signs of damage on him, my Wyvern was at 200hp.

TLDR I suck flying my Wyvern. How the heck you actually use them effectively ?

[kampfer91]

Poison wyvern suck at Wyvern vs Wyvern combat , they act like bomber cus theirs poison can kill rider and block an area .

I suggest go for Thunder , or make sure your wyvern is the same type as the target wild wyvern ( exclude the poison for reason above ) .

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by Han Swolo:

poison Wyvern.

There's your problem
Poison is probably the worst Wyvern at the moment
Fire is good for taking on other wyverns
Lightning is good for literally everything else.
If you want to fight other Wyverns, land, let them circle around you, bite and/or use your breath attack on them.

[Han Swolo]

Yea I had heard poison was the worst but ... lvl 4 vs lvl 80? Thats just uncalled for.

[Han Swolo]

Good tips, thanks! I may try landing and see what happens :D When I landed before he would go off and chase other enemies ... hope I can get him to focus me.

[IamBoogee]

Poison actually does a decent amount of damage with breath attack, but just wear a gas mask to protect yourself from it -- that way it doesn't insta kill you LOL

[Isho]

Poison Wyverns are so underpowered compared to the others. Their breath attack does not do as much damage to compensate for the inabillity to dogfight other wyverns, whereas the other two can. You might be able to tank low level fire wyverns by just getting it stuck on you and do bite damage though.

[Rotiart]

Originally posted by Taco:

Poison Wyverns are so underpowered compared to the others. Their breath attack does not do as much damage to compensate for the inabillity to dogfight other wyverns, whereas the other two can. You might be able to tank low level fire wyverns by just getting it stuck on you and do bite damage though.

I don't think it's poison is underpowered, as it is Lightning is overpowered. Fire has ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ range and unreliable hitboxes (Legit, even though the fire breath effect reaches what looks like 50-ish meters, your target has to be within, like, 5 meters.) and Poison is only good for bombing

[Isho]

Originally posted by Rotiart:

Originally posted by Taco:

Poison Wyverns are so underpowered compared to the others. Their breath attack does not do as much damage to compensate for the inabillity to dogfight other wyverns, whereas the other two can. You might be able to tank low level fire wyverns by just getting it stuck on you and do bite damage though.

I don't think it's poison is underpowered, as it is Lightning is overpowered. Fire has ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ range and unreliable hitboxes (Legit, even though the fire breath effect reaches what looks like 50-ish meters, your target has to be within, like, 5 meters.) and Poison is only good for bombing

I agree to an extend, the fire breath is quite unreliable when it comes to hit-reg, but its more convenient for dogfights than poisons which is why I said it was underpowered in a way. After owning a poison and testing them out pretty frequently, i feel like they dont even perform that great as bombers. They take way too many shots to kill pretty basic dinos. I feel like both the fire and poison should match the lightning instead of the lightning being nerfed.

[Hillnor]

The fire wyvern should have a wider aoe with its breath as you see it passing through some enemies and not damaging them (obviously not tested on other fire wyverns), at least it should hit in the graphic aoe. Poison should have a way to match other wyverns or at least make its breath more powerful, meaning it would still be unable o fight other wyverns as equal, but at least it would be a stronger bombarder, for example being able to damage golems and deathworms.

[Han Swolo]

So I tested the "land and bite option." That almost worked! Finally got that lvl 4 super bloody so I assume almost dead. But being immobile means he hit me with two breath attacks. I was at 150 hp when I had to run.

By the way, what is a decent health range for a Wyvern? I put two points in and it is at 2000. Not sure how that compares to what a good Wyvern has.

[Han Swolo]

I like the talk about Wyvern types. This poison egg is the only one I've ever even seen sadly.

I'm practicing with the poison. I can usually hit targets that are still or coming towards me. But it's just impossible to hit a moving target. And most enemies don't intentionally sit in the poison either. I would like a buff ... I've never seen lightening in action but everyone says it's infinitely better than fire, and even a fire Wyvern can destroy my poison ...

[Bignastycupcake]

Originally posted by Han Swolo:

So I tested the "land and bite option." That almost worked! Finally got that lvl 4 super bloody so I assume almost dead. But being immobile means he hit me with two breath attacks. I was at 150 hp when I had to run.

By the way, what is a decent health range for a Wyvern? I put two points in and it is at 2000. Not sure how that compares to what a good Wyvern has.

Imprint them, there's a big difference in health stats. I actually have a poison Wyvern, exact level you had it when raised, and mine started with 2000 HP at 70% imprinting. Though, around all my Wyverns have at least 10K HP, which works quite well, works for deathworms and other Wyverns.

[Han Swolo]

After a little searching, it seems a lvl 1 Wyvern base stat is 1700 hp. Mine started about 1800. At lvl 79. I think I got the major short end of the RNG stick for his health ...

Yea I absolutely want to imprint one but I play single player and still don't have a way to get milk. Had to starve raise this one. Once I get my tapej up to 230 or so speed, I'll build a pen and trap adult females. Till then ... can't imprint. And I'm a looong way away lol. I'm looking forward to getting a good 100 imprint fire or lightening !

[Han Swolo]

Also, 10k hp? Mine gains about 100hp per level. So I would need 8k more hp to do that ... I don't think there are enough level ups to get him even close ...

[Hypocrypha]

Originally posted by Han Swolo:

After a little searching, it seems a lvl 1 Wyvern base stat is 1700 hp. Mine started about 1800. At lvl 79. I think I got the major short end of the RNG stick for his health ...

Yea I absolutely want to imprint one but I play single player and still don't have a way to get milk. Had to starve raise this one. Once I get my tapej up to 230 or so speed, I'll build a pen and trap adult females. Till then ... can't imprint. And I'm a looong way away lol. I'm looking forward to getting a good 100 imprint fire or lightening !

you can easily get milk as a solo player- build a wyvern trap. you just need a fast Argent to kite it inside. once it's trapped, tranq it, grab the milk, and gtfo.