Thursday, June 18, 2009

Affliction Warlocks - Naxxramas Frostwyrm Lair!

And here it is, the end! 2 Bosses here, but they are not pushovers, so lets get this show on the road!

Sapphiron

This is an Affliction Locks dream fight. We have the upper hand here because not only do we not have any frost spells, but we have quite a good range (even tho his hit box is large already) for our casts.

At the start of the fight you'll be attacking his side. Stay as far away from his front (cleave) and back (tail swipe) at all times. You'll want to keep an eye out for his blizzard (you really can't miss it), and be sure to NOT be standing in it. It moves at random so try to keep a good distance from it, it hurts, and slows you down. Lay your DoTs on, shadowbolt the hell out of him. When he starts taking flight, keep DPSing! You have a good 5-10 seconds before he starts laying out frost tombs. Take cover when you can, and keep doing what you're doing. Keep an eye on your life taps. If a lot of your raid is standing in a blizzard, dont life tap. The healers will be too busy keeping them alive. Best time to life tap is just after a frost tomb.

15 Minute enrage on this beast, I have never seen it reached. So have fun!


Kel'Thuzad

The last fight, the one that yields the best rewards, and the one that requires the most teamwork.

Doomguard is fantastic for this fight :) So bring him out. Soul well for your raid, and make sure your demon is on passive for Phase 1.

Speaking of which,

Phase 1 -
Everyone will be grouped in the center. No one, especially pets/demons will move outside. You don't want to pull more mobs than are already coming. You yourself will be dealing with the skeletons as well as the banshees. Your demon you'll set to attack the abominations.

Phase 2 -
Make sure ALL the mobs from phase 1 are dead before engageing KT. Once they're all down, you will position yourself somewhere where you are still in range of the boss, but not within 10 yards of anyone around you, at all times. In fact the only time you should move is when there is a Shadow Fissure under you (red void zone). They can kill you instantly, so when one pops and you're in it, stop casting and move fast. Once its gone, go back to where you were.

Another thing to watch for is when he mind controls members of your raid. As a Warlock, we are decent for crowd control. Fear is usefull here for most teamates, or banish if theres a tree drood MCed.

Other than that, its a fight mostly on the heads of your offtanks and healers. If all goes well this can be all done in under 10 minutes from start to finish. It's not nearly as hard as most make it out to be, and the loot rewards are fantastic!

And thats all she wrote! Hope these posts were helpful to you all, and can't wait to get back to the grind with more class tips for you all!

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