Leaping Flames

[Last Starfighter]

Sometimes it feels like I'm being chased by leaping flames on h stagehelm. I watch his energy, but it seems like I don't have enough time to move out of the way. We've had no problems with the encounter, and have been clearing it for a while now, but it I'm having trouble maintaining my concentration because many times I'm in the path of leaping flames. How can I better foresee where the cat is going? And move away in time?

[Licarius]

be at MAX range and you should have ample time to move. Start running before he jumps.

[Byzet]

Strafe at like 95 energy, save a few instants for this time, such as reapplying dots or arcane barrage or whatever, I don't know your class.

[asharia]

max range and start moving before he reaches full energy

i have a 230ms ping and no runspeed enchants/talents and it works

[Last Starfighter]

be at MAX range and you should have ample time to move. Start running before he jumps.

How do I know which direction I should be running?

[Deleted]

How do I know which direction I should be running?

I think it's good that people with lesser mental capabilities get to raid nowadays as well, I truly do.

[Protohype]

I think it's good that people with lesser mental capabilities get to raid nowadays as well, I truly do.

This. This. And this again.

[TyrianFC]

How do I know which direction I should be running?

This is an amazing quote. Not sure if serious?

[Juni]

How do I know which direction I should be running?

Not sure if troll or just speshul?

[Valamivan]

How do I know which direction I should be running?

I believe the correct direction is "the hell away". Hope this helps.

[TyrianFC]

I believe the correct direction is "the hell away"

But the op wants to know which direction this is! How does he know which direction 'the hell away' is?

[Deleted]

He jumps at the point you were standing, not at a random point in the room. now go and answer your own question^^

[glycerethe]

No wonder Blizzard said that they made contents harder, people could dodge 3x malleable goos in LK and now they found themselves having difficulties dodging this, and malleable goo used to be fatal at 0% buff.

Maybe DBM should just add the count down for h domo to warn people to start moving when the boss hits 95 energy, just like they did for seeds lol. Too bad Blizzard destroyed the mod that highlights the areas where malleable goos land, else the OP wouldnt have made this thread.

[Last Starfighter]

I believe the correct direction is "the hell away". Hope this helps.

I'm not talking about when he targets me. I guess I worded it wrong. I'm getting caught on the edge of flames when space is becoming an issue on 25's.

[PBitt]

Yeah, as others have said, it helps to stay at or very close to max range, and be moving already when he is jumping or you won't have time to move out unless you have blink/portal/disengage, etc. It's kind of annoying I suppose but it's the only way to guarantee not to lose it. In 25 man you'll probably need to run backward instead of to the left or right as there are a lot of people but I've never really done it on 25 man mode.

[Deleted]

How do I know which direction I should be running?

Art thou serious? Run away from the possible impact zone without entering another. This means don't run to other people.

[Nukleus]

I'm not talking about when he targets me. I guess I worded it wrong. I'm getting caught on the edge of flames when space is becoming an issue on 25's.

Why did you make this thread? If the boss dies, then no biggie, no point for this useless thread.

[Callypso]

I'm not talking about when he targets me. I guess I worded it wrong. I'm getting caught on the edge of flames when space is becoming an issue on 25's.

Urm, the same still applies even when space gets cramped. in order to reduce the likeliness of getting jumped on tho, make sure you stay away from as many people as possible. I noticed that on any ' spread ' boss people tend to position like this when room becomes small:

A -- B -- C -- D

Instead of

AB ------ CD

The latter positioning makes no difference for A and D, and will reduce the chance of getting hit by <insert AoE here> for B and C by 33%. In words: It's better to hug 1 person than to be a bit away ( but still in range) of 2-3 people.

That said... on Staghelm in specific, there's no harm in using the inner circle if space gets cramped. Just make sure you keep away from the melee as much as you can and DEFINITLY let any jumps on you still be out of melee range.

[SkyBlueAri]

How do I know which direction I should be running?

I understand his dilemma tbh. And here is my explanation: He experiences his own paradox in which his logic of "the fastest way out" is in every direction so he has no choice but to stand still for a second before randomly selecting one and hence gets struck by at least a tic of leaping flames.

[Jonuts]

How can I better foresee where the cat is going? And move away in time?

You can start by pressing "W". If that isn't sufficient, you can press whatever key you have bound for strafe (any direction that isn't TOWARDS fire works).