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simpletom
05-31-2008, 01:18 PM
After seeing alot of ony solo kill videos come up on the interenet i started thinking seriously about what would it take for a five man group to be able to clear the other old 40man pre-bc content.

ive not read or seen anything of anyone actually trying this out, so im here asking if anyone has tried it or put serious thaught to what the group build up would look like. I havent done mc since before bc and even then it was only on my lock so its very hard for me to think about what kind of damage things do to a tank.

anyway this is the group set up i initually have been thinking of

Prot Paladin, Resto Shaman, 2 x SL SL warlocks and a shadow priest.

Prot Paladin, i chose to tank because it can give blessings to all other people in the group, fire res aura, has fantastic aoe tanking, can heal himself, uses mana, (i decided this was a good factor as it will benifit form both the shadow priests VT and the shamans mana totems), can cure curses

resto shaman, fire res totems, self res, good direct heals for the paladin, totems to buff every one in the group, i suppose if desperate earth elemental to tank an add, and my fav chain heal goodness.

Warlocks, i decided slsl mainly so that if needed they can drain tank, im takeing a wild guess here but i think they could handle most of the boss adds with a sl void up, can bannish, have great fire res with felhound, soulstones, healthstones, pets for additional tankage, (really i think any really fire res intence tanking one of the warlocks will be doing)

shadow priest, for the buffs, the ve healing, the vt mana return, the shadow spell damage increase for the warlocks, another healer avalible if needed,

MC i think with this set up if all goes to plan (useually doesnt) then shouldnt be too hard, BWL on the other hand i think is pretty complicated, right off the bat trying to control razorgore, the only solution i could come up with was haveing the shadow priest on the mind control orb, paladin tanking in the middle with seed of corruption mayhem, shaman whishing he was somewhere else rather than healing thru the mess.

But the more i think about it the more i really want to give this ago, so i was wondering is there anyone else who has tried this or put any serious thaught into how it could be done?

really i just need the confidance boost to click create character and give this a try :p

And on other notes does anyone have any idea up to what point content has been five manned?

Maz
05-31-2008, 01:51 PM
http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/12/27/3-man-group-conquers-molten-core/

Canasou
05-31-2008, 02:08 PM
five man group to solo

Sorry, but really struck me funny.



Anyway, GL keep us posted!

Kaynin
05-31-2008, 03:17 PM
Well, Garr is the only boss that has been solo'd so far, due to many bosses needing several key things to work.

MC has been done a few times by a group of five on my server tho, they're set up is this.

Prot paladin
resto druid
disc/holy priest
frost mage
combat rogue

This is why this set up would work in all fights in mc.

Mage/druid = decursing
Paladin/priest = dispelling
priest = fearward (magmadar)
Rogue = sustainable dps over looooong fights
Two healers = in good gear, endless healing capabilities.
Druid = res in case somehting goes wrong. (oops)

You really need decurses and dispellers tho. And some form of sustainable dps (hunter could work as well), whilest probably not essential, would make it all a whole lot nicer.

Also, should get tier5+ quality gear too, in my opinion. :P In your set up, whilest you could rely on decursing with felpuppies. (olol). I wouldn't want to rely on it, get a mage or a druid MINIMAL one preferable one of both tbh. :P

simpletom
05-31-2008, 03:18 PM
solo as in one player :p

ill keep you posted the group is sorta mish mashed atm all different levels as im picking characters from other groups ive made previously, and ill take a druid to tank and use the paladin to heal till i get to 70 when i can put my shaman into the mix.

and the same group that Maz linked did manage to down Razorgore too

edit

just saw Kaynins post, i still think that its still possible with this group, i dont really have a whole lot of experience with playing mages, but they seem far more mana intensive than warlocks, and bringing in a rogue into the mix will just make alot more things to think about like moveing him out of aoe etc.

i think ill stick with what im useing atm, as ill be leveling up a druid with the group anyway just as a stand in healer till the team is at 70 when the shaman can take over.

As for gear sadly i dont really have access to t5, but ill farm pvp marks at 68 odd and fingers crossed season four will be in so i can buy S2 with honor, this ontop of any gear i can get from badges should mount up to t5ish quality.

Kaynin
05-31-2008, 03:22 PM
Still, you need at least one decurser, and since in some fights the decurser is pretty busy, having a few back up characters is nice to have, 3 man is sure possible, but they did have tier 6. :p

yarr
05-31-2008, 05:00 PM
hm, that's a pretty good idea bringing a shadow priest, i went into MC/ony with my group (pally, 3 ele shamans, holy priest) and had severe mana problems, on all my characters... even with BoW, JoW, and mana totems. My pally tank ran out of mana then i started getting aggro problems on my shammys. Pally wasnt taking enough damage = didnt get enough mana back. And so i wasnt able to keep my threat up, and the fight ended up lasting for a while. And this was just with the first giant pack!! =P

Ill try going back in once i get a good spell-damage set on my paladin. But i may try speccing one of my shamans to resto, and speccing my priest to shadow, and see how that goes! VT could go a long way!

Toned
05-31-2008, 06:33 PM
hm, that's a pretty good idea bringing a shadow priest, i went into MC/ony with my group (pally, 3 ele shamans, holy priest) and had severe mana problems, on all my characters... even with BoW, JoW, and mana totems. My pally tank ran out of mana then i started getting aggro problems on my shammys. Pally wasnt taking enough damage = didnt get enough mana back. And so i wasnt able to keep my threat up, and the fight ended up lasting for a while. And this was just with the first giant pack!! =P

Ill try going back in once i get a good spell-damage set on my paladin. But i may try speccing one of my shamans to resto, and speccing my priest to shadow, and see how that goes! VT could go a long way!

VT + Mana Tide Totem.

Xzin
06-01-2008, 10:10 AM
I still maintain you can 40 box MC solo :)

Sun
06-01-2008, 01:27 PM
I still maintain you can 40 box MC solo :)now thats funny....but doable 8)