S U N risr
5/2/2011 6:15:00 PM
k wrote:
> "John Gordon" <gordon@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:ipmjje$ll7$1@reader1.panix.com...
>> In <b3e11079-0823-49ca-8fd6-15108cbe74db@24g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>
>> Orion Ryder <orionryder@hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I was told that damage to the toon would end it.
>> Right, but for friendly characters holy nova is healing, not damage.
>>
>> But I wouldn't be surprised if holy nova counted as a "damage effect"
>> with an actual damage amount of zero... Interesting.
>>
>
> I've had a horrible time with that boss on my arcane mage - I dread that
> boss and would really like to try to bug him and just move on (blink,
> invis.. ignore him) but so far no one's been willing to try that.
>
> My main problem has been lack of dots .. and then there's DBM, the fight, my
> latency in Australia all combining to suggest what I see and get as warnings
> is totally diffent to the fight as it occurs. It's the single worst
> encounter for me in game and I usually spend the whole time stunned and
> miserable about being a non contributing party member.
>
> I tried the flame orb and flamestrike but that didnt seem to do anything,
> guildies have told me an AoE being an area affect doesnt count as direct
> damage to the boss, so again I just don't have a clue what to do against
> him!
>
> I'm normally the top or at worst, second on recount for both damage and dps,
> but there I am useless.
>
> If holy nova could break me free, I'd really love to have a priest try that!
>
>
>
I do that encounter on my arcane mage, and it can be done without dots.
If you time it right, you can launch your arcane missles and they
reflect back to break you free and prevent the stun. If you miss, you
can Ice block out one time. If you are human, every man for himself
breaks you free. I haven't tried equiping a PvP trinket before that
fight yet, as I haven't needed it. Getting the timing down is tricky
and I still miss it, but I have the two freebies of breaking the stun to
get me through. If you miss it a third time, and nothing you can do
about it, You can help yourself and the healer by having the evocation
glyph (you should as an PvE arcane mage anyway) after yo get stunned,
evocate and bring yourself up to full (or near full) health which should
get you through another miss. If you are with a good group, you can
miss all reflect and get through as rarely will you get to the 4th miss
before you get him down. If your in a bad group, you might run into
trouble a bit with it, but then again - you have other issues wrong with
the group. But the end result is that it is totally doable as an Arcane
mage.
The only encounter as an arcane that I felt I *had* to change to my fire
spec so far, is the 3rd Boss in the new ZA dungeon (the fire boss,
ironically), but it could have just been the groups I've been with. The
whelps need to be AoE'd down as they just do a ton of damage if you try
to get them with Arcane explosion without the tank or someone else
picking them up. By far, the toughest boss of the 6 in that encounter,
IMO....