Getting a Goblin to Drop Their BombFollow

Does anyone know a reliable way to do this, or is it based purely on chance?

I personally have heard two theories: sheer damage (like interrupting a spell), or getting the goblin to change who they are targetting. Unfortunately I haven't found anyone with the time to help test this out.

So, any ideas?

I have seen this method work multiple times, but it is dangerous. If you provoke RIGHT befor he throws his bomb, he will drop it. This does massive damage to everyone, but will most likely kill the goblin. It usually drains 75% of the goblin's health.

I forgot about shoulder tackle and shield bash and brainshaker and other skills that "stun" the enemy. This will not make him drop the bomb, but prevent him throwing it at all.

If you have a bard in your pt, he can sleep the gob just as he is readying his bomb toss. Foe Lullaby (single) takes 2 seconds to cast. I read this somewhere a while ago (it was a JP player doing this), and my bf (lv 60 brd) tried it out, and if the timing is right, it will stop the gob from tossing the bomb.

No, I am not trying to STOP the goblin from using the bomb entirely, but to get it to DROP it and suicide.

So sleep/flat blade/shoulder tackle/shield bash do not work.

I have heard to rush the gob as soon as you see him getting ready to get the bomb. I have tryed it in partys and it has worked but when i do it soloing it works less often.


in a pt 75% of the time
soloing 40% of the time

IMO

A proper dropped bomb will do (a)very little damage to all party members and (b)no matter how much HP the goblin has, it dies. The telltale sign is the "oops" type sound of the bomb falling followed by the (funny) motion of the goblin looking down at the bomb.

They have a pretty reliable pattern to bomb throwing. They will usually do it if they get to about 50% HP before you do, and again when they have very little HP left. However, I have had weird flukes where they go for the bomb with tons of health. If they drop it even with full health, they will die. This has been tested up to the Robber/Poacher level.

Still, with spells like Stun that can block a bomb throw completely, why bother trying to get it to drop it? Just stun, clobber, EXP.

SubZero, it's a TP based move.

Depending on the timing, Stun and sleep affects will cause it to either stop, or drop it. It all depends on timing.


I've noticed provoking it back and forth while it's getting ready will cause it to drop as well, but never had it work with just 1 voke.

Then can someone explain how a Goblin Smithy in Yhoatar Jungle who has been fighting for a mere ten seconds can 1. Do a Bomb Toss, 2. Do ~370 damage to everyone in the AoE, and 3. Kill itself?

For all those using 'stun WS' (ie. Shoulder Tackle, Flat Blade, Leg Sweep, etc), it may help to know that the higher your TP charge is, the better chance of stopping an enemy doing whatever they're doing is. 100% TP is certainly no guarantee to stopping a bomb, this is something I know from long experience.

There are so many theories behind this, but the only thing that's certain, is that 'stun' effects (Flat Blade, Shield Bash, Weapon Bash, Stun, Brainshaker, Shoulder Tackle etc.) will interrupt the bomb toss. I strongly believe that the bomb is a TP ability, and stun attacks will also lower the enemies' TP if used at the right time.

I've also relied on a solid dropkick to the face. Thats right. What now Smithy?

things i've noticed and nothing scientific:
1. any action that has a stun effect will prevent a bomb toss UNLESS the action was resisted (stun spell) or the action occurred too loate (WS). i fire my shoulder tackle macro whenever i see bomb toss or see him go constipated. There is no Wait time in my macro, so it fires immediately. Whenever I'm 2 or 3 sec slow w/ the macro, my tackle hits too late and the bomb is still tossed. Those who are using WS and not stopping the bomb, it's because you are too slow.

2. when i'm fighting easy to weaks, they tend to drop the bomb very often. maybe they are scared of me?

3. gobs can toss a bomb whenever he feels like. ever fight a Robber and have him toss one 2 seconds into the fight? That seems to be the norm in Gustav tunnel.

4. Damage is variable based on the health of the gob. Near full health robbers have literally blown up PLDs while near dead robbers don't nearly do as much.

5. There's bomb drop and there's the suicide bomber. Bomb drop causes little to no dmg to the party. The suicide bomber causes uber dmg to party while killing the gob. Again, the best example I've seen was in Gustav where the gob throws it after 2 sec. Blows up himself and leaves everyone in red/orange or face dirt. Like someone else mentioned, the bomb drop has a distinct noise and he will look down.

6. There's no limit to how many bombs they have. I've had a gob throw 4 bombs.