Comments on: BRK Hex Lord Malacrass

By: Mithrilina

Mithrilina — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:35:00 +0000

-@Sempai: On Hyjal trash, the AoE squishies push the hunters back to 5th-10th place in the raid, some of them clocking 3.5k dps and higher. On boss fights, we’re at the top, my personal best dps against Malacrass being 1314, and Morogrim Tidewalker 1354 - not counting my pet in either case. BM hunters far behind, with or without pets counted in.

When played correctly (auto, steady, arcane, multi-shot all on spam), MM can indeed do ridiculous dps, regardless of what people say. The mana drain is terrible, but there’s a price to pay for everything. (On the other hand, a MM hunter who doesn’t know how to play his class/spec is a shameful thing, and often suffers an “accidental” Misdirect courtesy of a “bug” in a macro.
Apparently Black Temple makes BM dps shine above MM dps, but I used to hear that very same thing said about ZA… then TK… then MH. So I suppose I’ll wait and see.

-@Anchovy: Good to know! I’ll consider that next time we do Hex Lord Malacras. Now I wonder whether mages’ Ice Block would also stop his Soul Siphon…

By: Anchovy

Anchovy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:02:57 +0000

He didn’t Soul Siphon the hunter, I noticed. When he does that, I’ve found you can FD out of it. He might get one set of traps down, but after the FD, he won’t do anything hunterish.

By: Sempai

Sempai — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:07:40 +0000

I always went max shadow resist on my pet for this fight. If you have 2 pieces of T5 your pet should never die on this boss.

@BRK - congrats on getting the kill without a rogue kicking, however having a shaman surely helps shocking.

@ Mithrilina - IF your MM hunters are pwning the rest of your raid. wow… have the rest of your DPS learn2play

By: Mithrilina

Mithrilina — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:13:43 +0000

Huntards (or in my case, huntarts) for… the… WIN!

In my guild, our top hunters (two MM, one BM) make up the top 3 dps positions in any raids we do, from humble little Karazhan to SSC/TK and Mount Hyjal.

There are exceptions such as AoE-heavy fights where the squishies shine, but over the course of most raids our damage output simply owns.

Just to be “fair” on the squishies, I normally do overall and boss kill damage announcements with pet data separated from owner data… and then we still own, but by less of a margin.

Would that all hunters knew what they were truly capable of given thoughtful gear selection and socketing and a bit of time spent in the macro interface and in the delightful presence of Dr.Boom.

Perhaps then we would be a more sought-after dps class in raids.

By: Rotseh

Rotseh — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:22:24 +0000

@Maevet:
Are you sure it’s the Spirit Bolts that kill your pet? Usually, hunters forget to pull back their pet if the Spirit Drain is Druid (Thorns) or Paladin (Consecration) or Warrior (Whirlwind) or Warlock (Rain of Fire). If your pet has taken or is still taking damage from these sources, it naturally is much harder to bring your pet alive through the Spirit Bolts.

SR3/SR4 plus some Greater Stamina and Avoidance Rank 2 (!) should be enough to keep your pet alive. Make sure the Shadow Protection buff is also given to your pet. Throw in some Sporeling Snack for good measure.

If you eventually have and wear some SR gear, your pet is also going to benefit from it, so SR2 may be enough.

By: kunukia

kunukia — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:05:14 +0000

@Fahr and Bacon
Well, I can actually play for hours at a time, it is the focus that is needed in a raid or even a group, and the confusion and speed of the stuff on vent and in chat is exhausting also. On the plus side, I often run with my RL son, and he helps me by letting me not communicate, I mean, he and I will be on TS, and if I have to say something quickly, he will do it for me; he can type faster than I can think. Darn kids that grew up in the computer age.

By: Maevet

Maevet — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:01:08 +0000

even with SR3 stam food, and mend pet ticking I still lose my pet atleast twice durning those god awful spirit bolts

By: Fahr & Bacon

Fahr & Bacon — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:09:14 +0000

@kunukia

I found I was not able to do much raiding due to my family needs at all hours with little ones, and although the hunter nerfs have hurt our soloing instances so well, many are still doable.

Trying to run them in an hour or less does make it a bit more of a challenge though for sure!

By: Rotseh

Rotseh — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:01:51 +0000

What also really helps with this fight is to know that if you keep Hexlord Malacrass above 97% HP — thus no damage on him beside the tank in the beginning — the Spirit Bolts only tick for 500 or less and can easily be handled by the healers. This gives you all the time to kill as many adds as you need to.

By: Rotseh

Rotseh — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:59:26 +0000

Shadow Resistance gear (for instance the BT one) really makes this fight trivial.