Blocking Acid Demo

[Vorashnik]

Yeah, I've been thinking before that def-piercing toys like ice pick are the bane of paladins...I was wrong. That honor goes to the Biochemist's Acid Demo. x_x

How would a pally go about negating Acid Demo from a Insta-cast enemy? I wanna know mainly what I can put on my char that'd actually block/negate or at least significantly reduce acid demo damage. >_>; I tried party with pneuma priest, since the green stuff's supposed to counter ranged attacks like AD. That did less than nothing. >__>;;;

[Mieu]

Once upon a time they invented a card that was part of a two-card combo.  Each of the cards subtracted a certain stat, which would only be restored when both cards were worn by the same character.  One of these cards subtracted VIT.  When a character with no (literally 1) VIT wore that card, they technically had negative vitality.  Whenever an alchemist targetted them for Acid Demo in PvP, they would 'Miss,' due to a lack of vitality for the mechanics of the skill to act on.

This was about a year ago, so I don't know if they've fixed it since.  Literally an exploit of sorts, and I'm guessing you wouldnt want your pally running around without any vitality whatsoever.  But thats the only thing off the top of my head that blocks acid demo.

[Slaw]

Wouldn't just defender be enough? That should be 80% ranged reduction right there.

[Glenn]

AD goes through Defender Slaw


Bypasses:
-Defending Aura
-Guard
-Flee & DEF
-Raydric Card if the user's weapon is non-forged elemental or endowed.

Blocked by:
-Kaupe
-Pneuma (missed hits consume bombs)
-Blinding Mist (bombs not consumed)
-Additionally, misses on characters with 0 VIT.

Methods of reducing damage:
-Ghostring Card
-Lowering VIT
-Skills: Assumptio, Kyrie Eleison, Skin Tempering (if caster uses a non-forged fire or fire endowed/converted weapon)
-Anti-Demi Human gear (i.e. Thara Frog card, Poo Poo Hat)
-Anti-Ranged gear (i.e. Long Mace)

*credit to ragnawiki

[Vorashnik]

I should have noted that the ADs I'm needing blocked aren't lobbed by players, but certain monsters and thus no bombs are needed. And I reiterate that Pneuma did less than bupkus against these monsters' AcidDemos(which are equivalent to player skill except they don't need the bombs, and it's like no-elements so anti-elements stuff won't work either); I tried the pneuma and it failed miserably. >_>;

And poo hats are removed on the server I play, replaced by Hyegun Hat since the admin in charge of that stuff -hated- the poo hat because it's a pile of turd on your head. <<;

What the heck are Kaupe and Blinding Mist? o_O

And yeah, can't lower vit as the mobs that accompany the AD-spamming mob require that you have vit to survive them since they do significant damage in their own right(though luckily Defender and Autogaurd DO work against them, but then there's still the problem of the AD spammers.).

[ArcAngelArtemis]

Kaupe is a Soul Linker skill I think. The one where you dodge, any attack once. And blinding mist is most likely the prof skill.