Comments on Twenty Totems: Into Hellfire Citadel

Wow, I got mentioned in a 20totems post! *shuffles...

2008-03-02T14:30:00.000-05:00

Wow, I got mentioned in a 20totems post! *shuffles feet*

It was quite fun barely getting my priest to 58 the day before TBC came out so I could run with For Horde that night...

Here's a tip for Omor the Unscarred. Pre-stage ea...

2008-02-13T15:05:00.000-05:00

Here's a tip for Omor the Unscarred. Pre-stage each of your shaman in a large semi-circle around him (they can run around the large platform without aggroing him). If you have a key bound to move everyone forward at once, you can then have that large semi-circle converge into lightning bolt range and then begin the fight. I just drop 4x grounding totems every time they're up and he never hits anyone.

The advantage of spreading out is that no one gets hit by treacherous aura-- my team takes absolutely no damage whatsoever while killing this boss.

On Nazan, I leave my 3-pack of shammies in a clump caused by /following my main, and simply burn down the rider first. I "tank" Nazan with the main shammy using a Frost Shock or two interspersed to build aggro. I watch the alts screens carefully to make sure a fire bomb doesn't land on them, but if it does, I use my alternate movement keys to step the whole pack forward or backwards slightly.

Works like magic!

(I have keyclone set to only pass arrow keys and DoNotPass WASD, my main movement keys. This is very helpful in a lot of places, especially Ramparts)

As a final note, if you can run Ramparts, the first part of Blood Furnace is even easier. I highly recommend farming the first boss in BF for his excellent Hammer and Belt, which is what my crew is doing now!

Love the blog, mine's at http://overload.clintandcindi.com

Manifesto,I had no idea I could hit him from the g...

2008-02-13T09:27:00.000-05:00

Manifesto,

I had no idea I could hit him from the ground. that will make the fight infinitely easier.

I did go back, and finally took him down by tanking him. It was a huge pain, and I only BARELY pulled it off.

I plan to go back and try your technique, and of course, will be using it in Heroics.

Thanks for the feedback!

Boom

Here's a tip for beating Nazan as a caster group.....

2008-02-13T00:53:00.000-05:00

Here's a tip for beating Nazan as a caster group... maybe even with no tank.
The drake can be damaged while in the air, while the rider is tanked/beats on your stoneclaws.

So, you can keep the rider on the ground occupied/beating on one of your guys. And then get the Drake down to ~10-20% while still airborne, the drake only lands once his rider is at 25%, or dies.

So by burning him down in the air, you can then quickly kill his rider, the drake lands, and you can kill him before he uses any dangerous abilities.

I find even in normal groups, it works out easier to have ranged dps the agro-less airborne drake, while melee wear the rider down.

Excellent post, I'm currently leveling 4 shammies ...

2008-02-12T17:32:00.000-05:00

Excellent post, I'm currently leveling 4 shammies which are now 62 (5th is lingering on my main account @ 40) and will be walking in there with a pally friend very soon. Love the blog!