User:Raine Valen/Musings/Base Defender

I want to kill the base defender in AB. Simple, concrete objective. I'm not sure exactly how to go about it, but, form what we know, we can draw a couple of conclusions:
 * He can't be targeted.
 * Direct spells won't work.
 * He doesn't take damage.
 * PBAoE damage won't work.
 * He flees from AoE DoT.
 * This means he is still flagged for AoE, and so still takes non-damage effects from AoE (Presumably, Cry would still interrupt him.)

Here are a couple of things that aren't confirmed:
 * Is he susceptible to hexes and conditions?
 * While VoR wouldn't work (he takes no damage), would Viper's Nest still cause degen?
 * Can he be knocked down?
 * Earthquake, Dragon's Stomp, anyone?
 * How much energy does he have?
 * QZ FTW! No energy = no Base Defense.
 * Is he vulnerable to Life Steal/Loss?
 * Unholy Feast, maybe?

So, I'd think the best way to go about it would be: I'll test it when I get really, really bored.
 * This team:
 * 1 R/Rt ranger with bleeding/poison traps (maybe cripple + tripwire, too?), QZ, Toxicity, and Earthbind.
 * 1 monk with very strong redbarring and a hard res.
 * 1 BiP necro with a hard res.
 * 1 ele with KDs and a hard res.
 * Drop all spirits.
 * Have the ranger die and res until the base defender runs out of energy.
 * When the base defender starts using base defense again, the monk powerheals the ranger (999 damage every 5 seconds shouldn't be too hard with Dwayna's Kiss for 600+ from all the enchants for Symbiosis.)
 * Ranger drops degen traps.
 * Base defender degens to death??