Editing Tlosk's Colosseum Walkthrough (section)

== Rares ==
True [[Rares Tier 1 | Rares]] are ideal, they last 15 minutes and are stronger, however [[Spectral Mastery Crystals]] are more easily obtained and work well enough. It is possible to beat Colosseum without any rares, but requires a seasoned, optimally configured group, something that gets harder and harder to put together as time goes by and more people get [[Diemos Flagging  |  flagged for Diemos]]. There is a fair amount of flexibility in rare usage, depending on how good your group is. For example some mages might skip the first rare if they have no problem landing on the Ruschk and Mukkir (you do greater damage with the rare though). Or you might have all your mages vuln the Olthoi Demons for 20-30 sec instead of having melees use life rares and vuln them. Or perhaps have a [[Grenades|grenadier]] vuln them. And the magic resist rare can be saved if few or no virindi are attacking you in #14. There are some rares that can substitute as well, such as a [[Magus's Pearl|Focus]] or [[Lich's Pearl|Willpower]] rare instead of [[Resister's Crystal|Magic Resist]] and [[Pearl of Defending|Defender]] instead of [[Evader's Crystal|Melee Defense]]. The bottom line is everyone in the group should be clear on what rares will be expected to be used and when they should be used before the run begins. A local message is now given when a rare is used (normal or spectral) so usage can be verified.

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* [[Hieromancer's Crystal|War Magic]] - #12 Ruschk
* [[Resister's Crystal|Magic Resist]] - #14 Virindi
* [[Hieromancer's Crystal|War Magic]] - #15 Falatacot
* [[Evader's Crystal|Melee Def]] - #16 Swarm Demons
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* [[Resister's Crystal|Magic Resist]] - #14 Virindi
* [[Life Giver's Crystal|Life Magic]] - #16 Swarm Demons
* [[Elysa's Crystal|Bow]]/[[Arbelist's Crystal|Xbow]] - #17 [[Annihilator]]s
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* [[Resister's Crystal|Magic Resist]] - #14 Virindi
* [[Evader's Crystal|Melee Def]] - #16 Swarm Demons
* [[Rares Tier 1|Weapon Rare]] - #17 [[Annihilator]]s
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