Hi everyone. I don't know if "Raids & Dungeons" is the right cathegory for this, but here i go.
Lately i've been soloing Ulduar 25 bosses for patterns. However, it seems like i've come to a boss i cannot solo: Thorim.
I'm fully aware of the bug tactic used to solo it + hardmode, and i've done it for 10men in the past, at level 85. However, i cannot do it anymore for some reasons.
Fight goes like this:
I am a hunter with Posthaste, which is necessary to get it right. I kill the mercenaries, save the captain for last. Kill it, pull lever. I run down the corridor to the Watcher, pull him while the lightning ball is coming for me (which prompts Thorim to yell "Failures! Weaklings!"). Get out, place my traps to aggro the mercenaries once they respawn (yes, i also aggro the Dark Rune Watcher that can be easily missed) and get in again.
If you know how this tactic works, you'll agree with me if i say that so far, i'm doing good. I keep the captain alive and deal with the tunnel like normal, occasionally allowing the Watchers to throw a heal to the Captain to avoid it dying.
However, here comes the problem:
I get near Thorim and kill the captain. He starts his speech. In most cases, when i activate phase 2, Thorim jumps down, stands still, and disappears in a matter of seconds. Maybe 'cause i'm too fast?
Looks like that's the problem. The video i saw says you have to get to him when Thorim says "What is this?". So i get there again, i wait, and as soon as he says that, i get on his platform.
...here comes another problem: he says the normal line, "You dare challenge me atop my pedestal?", which means he's going to jump down. At the same time he says "Failures! Weaklings!", and there goes the instakill lightning ball.
Maybe i've got you confused with all this blabbering, but to sum it up:
-Bug solo tactic goes well until i'm up there, atop Thorim's pedestal
-If i kill the captain and trigger phase 2 too soon, Thorim jumps down but cannot be attacked and despawns shortly after
-If i wait the line "What is this?", which makes him attackable, as soon as i attack, i get instagibbed by the lightning ball somehow.
What am i doing wrong? Did they fix this? Do i need perfect timing? How come i managed it in a few tries at level 85, and now i've been stuck there for days?
Thanks in advance.