Soloing Old Content

[Dr. Wuky]

Btw, Mandokir should be soloable if you have enough gear to burst him down (and use DB for decapitate for 8 extra seconds).

However:
I don't know if you know me - but some infos about the cata bosses:
T11
- Omnotron Normal killed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89BPwv34aC0 (HC is possible)
- Magmaw Normal killed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNO_Wz4P7nQ (HC is possible)
- Chimaeron is not possbile as warlock
- Maloriak Normal is possible but I didn't try it.
- Atramedes Heroic killed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koGRs8FFtw4
- Nefarian Heroic is impossible but Normal >MIGHT< be possible, we will see (maybe not until T15/T16 gear).
- Halfus Normal killed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zSZKIYJWGI (Heroic is maybe possible)
- Valiona & Theralion Normal killed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ve-ytHNws (Normal version is a joke - Heroic is possible but I didn't try it)
- Ascendant Council should be possible on normal mode as tank demo lock (impossible as aff without spell lock + the debuffs tick REALLY hard)
- Cho'gall Normal could be possible, didn't try him yet
- Sinestra is impossible as warlock
- Conclave of Winds is also impossible as lock
- Al'Akir Heroic killed: http://i.imgur.com/iFhTh.jpg (Normal version is a joke - first kill with i455 or so)

T12
- Alysrazor Heroic killed: http://i.imgur.com/ocZ8u.jpg (Both versions are a joke and the normal version is also with low gear possible, my first kill was on the first day of L90 with iLvl 435: http://i.imgur.com/IYrhG.jpg)
- Beth'tilac Normal killed: http://i.imgur.com/0WIMw.jpg (Heroic is doable with more gear: ~510+)
- Shannox and Ryolith are also doable (Didn't kill them myself yet).
- Baleroc is impossible
- Majordomo and Ragnaros are possible I think.

T13
- Morchok, Zon'ozz, Yor'sahj and Madness have already been killed (and gratz to you guys, I didn't try it and won't try it until I'm finished with T11/T12)
- I wouldn't say that Hagara is impossible (Our pet can kill the tomb & if it hasn't been changed then our pet could also be used to activate the totems)
- Ultraxion is impossible with T14 gear, maybe doable with T15/T16 gear.
- Blackhorn is doable.
- Spine - tbh I don't know if he is doable or not.

Feel free to ask if you have some questions about some bosses or if you think that some bosses are impossible or not or lets just discuss the one or other thing.

So long.

[ati87]

Not sure if he's doable right now. The only way I've seen him soloed was from tanks. They used to be able to pop CDs for the Decapitate then kill him in a few seconds due to the crazy vengeance. Vengeance has been changed since then to avoid this kind of abuse so I doubt they could do it now. I think if/when we reach a point where we can safely survive a decapitate we would kill him before the next one.

Indeed tanks survived the attack only because they used many defensive cooldowns (or used another ways to cheat death) and then killed the boss right away because they had a ton of vengeance.

It might take a few expansions because I think the damage done by the attack of the boss is a million + or something.

[Spektroman]

Halfus Normal killed: http://i.imgur.com/xSUMn.jpg (Heroic is not possible until we have T15/T16 gear, maybe not possible at all @90)

Do you mind sharing your strategy? Halfus kicked my butt repeatedly in dark apoth form. And he obliterates my voidlord in about 2 hits. So how do you do it?

[Netherspark]

- Spine - tbh I don't know if he is doable or not.

If you're alone at spine Deathwing will attempt to roll every couple of seconds, it's impossible to keep him level. You have to consantly move side to side to keep him from rolling but sometimes it doesn't register quick enough to make him stop.

Indeed tanks survived the attack only because they used many defensive cooldowns (or used another ways to cheat death) and then killed the boss right away because they had a ton of vengeance.

It might take a few expansions because I think the damage done by the attack of the boss is a million + or something.

Mandokir's decapitate does 15 million damage. Even if you survive that he immediately puts a dot on you that does 50% of your HP in damage every 2 secs.

[Harsesis]

It might take a few expansions because I think the damage done by the attack of the boss is a million + or something.

When I looked it up on WoWHead it was about a 14-15mill hit. When mathing it out the best I could come up with would be to combine UR + DB + Health Bump from VW. This would allow you to take the hit and a single tick of the dot afterwards. That means you have from pull to up to 10sec after the decapitate to kill him. Assuming he does Decapitate 10sec into the fight (total guess) you would need about 4,813,652/20 = 240682 dps. This number would of course go down the longer the initial decapitate takes and go up the shorter it takes. This burst is doable I think but it would take full buffs and I would want to pop food and flask for a single fight like this. I'll probably give it a try when I get closer to BiS or next tier.

[Deleted]

If you're alone at spine Deathwing will attempt to roll every couple of seconds, it's impossible to keep him level. You have to consantly move side to side to keep him from rolling but sometimes it doesn't register quick enough to make him stop.

That's annoying but that doesn't make him impossible to solo. As you say we'd just have to constantly move side to side the whole fight (KJC yeah!).
(Not saying it's doable now, just that the roll isn't the issue).

[Strafer]

Btw, Mandokir should be soloable if you have enough gear to burst him down (and use DB for decapitate for 8 extra seconds).

However:
I don't know if you know me - but some infos about the cata bosses:
T11
- Omnotron Normal killed: http://i.imgur.com/bIcoF.jpg (HC should be possible, will try it next ID)
- Magmaw Normal killed: http://i.imgur.com/Uo9Ym.jpg (Oh how I hate him, I don't think that HC is possible with T14 gear, but I will look)
- Chimaeron is not possbile as warlock
- Maloriak Normal/Heroic should be possible but I didn't try it at all.
- Atramedes Heroic killed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koGRs8FFtw4
- Nefarian Heroic is impossible but Normal >MIGHT< be possible, we will see (maybe not until T15/T16 gear).
- Halfus Normal killed: http://i.imgur.com/xSUMn.jpg (Heroic is not possible until we have T15/T16 gear, maybe not possible at all @90)
- Valion & Theralion Normal killed: http://i.imgur.com/ts20e.jpg (Normal version is a joke - Heroic is possible but I didn't try it)
- Ascendant Council should be possible on normal mode as tank demo lock (impossible as aff without spell lock + the debuffs tick REALLY hard)
- Cho'gall Normal could be possible als tank demo lock, didn't try him yet
- Sinestra is impossible as warlock
- Conclave of Winds is also impossible as lock
- Al'Akir is easy killable as lock (First time I killed him it was with iLvl 460 and btw HEROIC is possible - will try it next week!)

T12
- Alysrazor is a joke at 90 (http://i.imgur.com/IYrhG.jpg - Killed her on the first day at L90 with iLvl 435 or so - btw mount dropped on the second kill ) and heroic is doable.
- I don't know if the other bosses are doable, but I don't see it why not. Baleroc and Shannox might be harder then the rest but hey, nothing is impossible :P

T13
- Morchok, Zon'ozz and Yor'sahj have already been killed (and gratz to you guys, I didn't try it and won't try it until I'm finished with T11/T12)
- I wouldn't say that Hagara is impossible (Our pet can kill the tomb & if it hasn't been changed then our pet could also be used to activate the totems)
- Ultraxion is impossible with T14 gear, maybe doable with T15/T16 gear.
- As it has mentioned before: Blackhorn is maybe doable.
- Spine - tbh I don't know if he is doable or not.
- Madness could be possible.

Feel free to ask if you have some questions about some bosses or if you think that some bosses are impossible or not or lets just discuss the one or other thing.

So long.

Damn, I'm impressed.

[Dr. Wuky]

Do you mind sharing your strategy? Halfus kicked my butt repeatedly in dark apoth form. And he obliterates my voidlord in about 2 hits. So how do you do it?

Sure, use Siphon Life, Soul Shard & Demon Hunting as glyphs.
And btw, Halfus is only doable if you don't have the Slate Dragon up (aka Halfus & MS), all other buffs are manageable.

Pull Halfus with the Imp to the stairs to the valion&theralion hallway (or if the netherscion isn't up then to the opposite direction) and release the netherscion OR the timewarden and instanly begin to cast Summon Voidlord. Your Voidlord should tank both of them and you should focus the dragon down. Don't forget to use Curse of Enfeeblement in p1 via soulburn. That's all.

Btw, Magmaw video:

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Is it still possible to kill magmaw w/ DA & Glyph of Soul Consumption?

[Strafer]

So, Naxx25 is possible right? :P

I wanna get my hands on The Turning Tide >.<

[Nerraw]

That one probably won't work for transmog for a while, not until they loosen the restrictions. Main Hand weapons can't be transmogged with One Hand weapons, which all swords are nowadays.

[Strafer]

well that changes with 5.2.

You will be able to transmog.

[Nerraw]

Oh, so it's confirmed that'll be one of the changes?

To the beer-cave!

[jaymzkerten]

They haven't made an official announcement, but they said that they want to lift the restrictions on weapon transmog so that you can do 1h/mh transmogs as well as transmogs between similar weapon swing types, so staves/polearms and 2h axe/sword/mace.

[jaymzkerten]

The roll is an issue.
It forces you to kill tentacles (or at the very least find a way to interrupt fiery grip in less than 3 seconds, which even with a perfect set of dots is pretty much impossible and/or will kill the tentacles anyway). If you don't, you get gripped and can't prevent the roll anymore. While you don't technically wipe (gripped = can't fly), it makes the amalgamations fly away and you're back to square one.

If you kill tentacles, you end up with a bazillion amalgamations and stacking them is a nightmare/RNG fest.

As an affliction warlock it shouldn't be too terribly bad, you can have your pet tank the amalg right on top of the tentacle, and when grip is about to come up you throw dots on the tentacle and have the pet attack it when grip starts. While the grip is going you can spam soul swap so that when the grip breaks you immediately pull the dots off of the tentacle to keep from killing it.

All of this assumes afflic will be the most viable spec to do spine, but if it isn't I'm sure the pet's DPS alone might suffice for breaking grip.

[Nerraw]

They haven't made an official announcement, but they said that they want to lift the restrictions on weapon transmog so that you can do 1h/mh transmogs as well as transmogs between similar weapon swing types, so staves/polearms and 2h axe/sword/mace.

Pretty epic if they do implement it. I've been cursing the fact that I can't use the weapon that goes with the T5 set because it's Main Hand and not One Hand.

[jaymzkerten]

Pretty epic if they do implement it. I've been cursing the fact that I can't use the weapon that goes with the T5 set because it's Main Hand and not One Hand.

Talking about Tempest of Chaos?

[Strafer]

GC has made it official.

So it's coming in 5.2

[Nerraw]

Talking about Tempest of Chaos?

Yep, that's the one! Didn't discover it couldn't be used on Loshan until after I pulled out my full T5+extras from the void storage. Talk about a monetary setback...

[jaymzkerten]

You want the grip to be broken instantly(as in really instantly) though. It might happen at time = 5s left before roll, but it might also happen at t=3s or something more annoying.

I might underestimate the pet's DPS or overestimating the amount of damage needed, but the odds are that you might break the grip ony to have Deathwing roll anyway (you can't just swap sides at the last second, he'll roll regardless if you do that)

In that case I wonder if the part of the roll that ejects you from his back occurs throughout the roll or only at the start of the roll. If it is the latter so long as you can put down a lock port you could just port back to the spine after getting launched and you'll be fine for the rest of the roll.

Alternatively, you could put your port on top of one of the openings so that if you break a grip too late you can port to the opening and should be held down quick enough to not get launched.