[Sunken Temple Zolo Boosting]The tips and Tricks

[Overflo]

First off id like to introduce myself to the Dual-Boxing community i began last week after a couple of months of viewing these forums to get myself on my way with 5 shaman, the journey has been interesting thus far and I thank everyone who has contributed to these forums in helping people like me who at first had no idea what the heck was going on.

I have recently entered Sunken Temple and did alot of research before i did in order to not find myself running around in circles all the time.

I have come across a few interesting discoveries that i could not find on these forums, due to them either not being suggested or me not searching hard enough.

Zolo is a boss in Sunken Temple who spawns totems, which spawn skeletons these skeletons despawn after 45 seconds and give experience to surrounding party members, the logner zolo stays alive, the more experience the party gets, many prot pallies can keep zolo alive for extremely long periods of time which nets in extreme amounts of experience.

Unfortunately this guide is a bit biased i dont have experience doing this with any class other then a pally, though i know other classes are capable of it, some suggestions will be very pally oriented and not capable by other classes.

The 2 deciding factors in how much experience you can get from zolo while boosting alts are:
1) How long you gears durability lasts
2) How long you can keep zolo alive.

There is no permanent solution for your gear however there is a permanent solution to keeping zolo alive indefinetly(this is not the reset technique)

1)For your gear, your best bet is to purcahse green or white shields from vendors or the AH, the more shield you carry on you the longer you can tank Zolo, Paladins have many tricks when their gear is completely broken, bubbles on cooldown to get a heal off, if specced for zolo uninterruptable healing, lay on hands and ardent defender, I try to carry about 10+ shields with me and always have prot rings/ammies/trinkets on if you can for avoidance purposes. If you are an engineer carry lots of cash and a repair bot and you are good to go. Also Figurine of the colossus is a must have trinket to do this unless you plan on bringing a healer along.

2)Now for keeping Zolo alive, if you have atlas loot it shows you all the trolls that appear in the centre, now maybe by coincidence/luck this happened for me but i found their spots are random but their order will always stay the same, so zolo will always have the same 2 trolls to the left and right of him. I am not however sure if the order can flip, i havent run into that problem yet, but like i said this isn't conclusive it seems to hold true.

There is another troll usually to zolo's right named Mijan, this troll is the key to keeping zolo alive forever, you do not need to be careful with your dps, just make sure you aren't trying to burst Zolo down and Mijan will keep him alive forever. Mijan has a large mana pool and only ever seems to use it to cast renew, heals and thorns which generally keeps him at full mana for the entire fight.

This way your gear will break but you will get the most bang for your buck having downtime only when your gear is broken into oblivion, white shields work fine, use max rank BoS to reduce incoming damage, if you have the moroe's trinket use it everytime it is up to maximize your durability. I would advise against using the blocking trinkets because it eats your durability very quickly.

Spamming rank 1 consecrate will insure you tag all the skeletons and not ever lose out on experience, maximizing your xp/hour, levels 35-50 could not possibly go any quicker, and could not possibly bore you anymore but it is well worth it.

Side notes: You must clear the path between Zolo and Mijan and you can never pull a witchdoctor with you once you've started, if you get sheeped then your alts will wipe most certainly.
-All troll bosses can be reset so you can't just tag mijan to Zolo you have to constantly hit him so he does not run back to his circle.
-once again bring lots of shields, buy 40 white shields and you will probably never run back to repair. your gear will be broken but bubble/heal and lay on hands should be enough to keep you alive, your health will drastically drop though so use your own discretion
-prot gear is the most effective as your avoidance will help keep your durability intact for much longer, though it creates a more expensive repair bill :(

Id like for anyone else with suggestions to please include them in this post, if anyone has any questions about what I have mentioned I will do my best to answer them.

The purpose of this thread was to help people like me who were constantly searching for more efficient ways to powerlevel your toons.

Peace, Overflo

[Zub]

You'll find alot of information on this in this thread (http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=94181#post94181) as well.

It can also be done successfully with a prot warrior, a resto shaman, and possibly a bear tank.

With the shaman
I would suggest you use Earthen Elixir, Earth Shield, Lichen Guard shield, Healing stream totem, Stoneskin totem and Wrath of Air. Basically the Lichen Shield will tag the mobs for you, all you have to do is stay alive while mobs are beating on you. Earth Shield and Healing Stream totem should do this alone if you're sufficiently geared. I'm in Kara/GL/ZA gear and never had to do anything else, and mana regen makes me stay at 100% mana.
Advantages:
- none really, but if you only have a shaman available you can do it :-)
Disadvantages
- costly. As you only block 5-10% of the attacks, you gear will all be damaged, giving you high repair costs. My shaman can last about 40 minutes before he needs to go repair.
- slower xp than paladin/warrior. Due to the low block rate, not all mobs will be tagged, and therefore you will miss some skellies and not get xp for those.
over the 40seconds they are spawned they will each hit you about 15-20times, so still a good chance they get tagged, but not all.
- You need to use you high level gear to do this as you'll need good healing/regen and armor to mitigate the damage. The lichen guard is an easy solution for tagging mobs, but you can also use a iron shield spike on a different shield if you want.


With the Warrior
All you need is enough avoidance to be untouchable by level 49 mobs. Someone recommended the "tankpoints" addon to check this and it helped me lots to check my avoidance.
With enough dodge/parry/block and the miss chance, you'll eventually never be hit by the mobs. It doesnt matter how much hp or armor you end up having because no skeleton will ever harm you... until your shield is broken.
Advantages
- Cheap. Only your shield gets damaged, and since armor is not important here (avoidance is, not mitigation) you can use a white shield that you find on vendors in starting zone.
Note however that with 40%+ block your shield will get damaged *very* quickly, so try and get the cheapest shields with the highest durability you can. I've used "Metal Buckler" which has 85 durability and costs 1g30 to buy, and about 9silver to repair when at 0 durability.
- Efficient. to have that much avoidance you'll probably pack about 40-45% block. which means that the shield spike on your shield will most probably tag all the skellies that hit you, giving your all all the xp you can get from these. Also, as long as you have shields to use (with spikes) you can last forever. Only your shield gets damaged, the rest of your armor does not.
- It is something quite enjoyable to have about 40-50 skeletons on you, and see a stream of block/miss/dodge/dodge/block/parry/block/miss/dodge... on your screen :-)
Disadvantages
- you need to be well geared to be able to pull this out, I've done it with a warriro geared in GL/ZA/Kara gear but if you have lower avoidance and you will get hit, eating through your hp and durability little by little. Eventually you will need a heal and repairs. With enough block however, using the figurine of the collossus at any time will refill you hp bar completely (+10-12K hp easy)
Note, a "Metal Buckler" lasted about 5-8 minutes when used on the warrior

My shaman's gear can be found here (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Shadow%20Council&n=Ghur)
My wife's warrior can be found here (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Shadow%20Council&n=Lexeene)
Note that i tried to do it with my own warrior (here (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Shadow%20Council&n=shaiah)) and could not do it.

Hope this helps.

[Stabface]

OK, I'll bite... If you didn't read about Zolo in the various threads on this site.. where did you read about it ?
Actually I'm serious here, I'd like to know more sites that have tricks like this one.

BTW a lot of posts about this here... 1st one is the mother of all Zolo threads pretty much.
[WoW] AOE Paladin Boosting, when to move on to next instance? ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=8099')
The downside of boosting with Zolo (no gear) ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=9540')
Zolo Trick - Can't get heals off... ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=10392')
Looking for instructions on Zolo boosting trick with a 70 Resto shaman ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=10140')

[Overflo]

to answer your question stabface i found my information about the healing technique from http://wow-exploits.blogspot.com/2008/06/wow-wxploitsunken-tempel-leveling.html it gives you a video of one strategy used also, but does not show the Mijan technique though they mention it and after trying it you will not be dissapointed, definetly saves a ton of time doing this method

[Zub]

hum

wow-exploits.blogspot.com/2008/
i don't believe Zolo boosting is an exploit tho. And if it is, we should probably not discuss it here then

[Tidomann]

In this particular instance, it's not really exploiting, but more taking advantage of a boss.. I guess that is exploiting >_<.. Boosting in general is not. I say this is more of a leveling tip, rather than a leveling exploit

[Overflo]

I'm sure a GM would just say a creative use of game mechanics. They must know that this form of powerleveling is possible and the fact that they have done nothing about any of the forms of powerleveling through instances must say something. Besides if they wanted make skeles worth 0 xp or significantly lower xp then problem solved, id prolly still do it for lower xp though i only look at my screen to change broken shields and trinket while i do other stuff online.

[Marathon]

There have been people on these forums who have contacted Blizzard about the Zolo power leveling thing, T-dog I think, and they did not get it was an exploit answer. I personally leveled all 4 of my shammies from 35 to 58 using Zolo and god only knows how much time it saved me.

[Knobley]

Seems to me the Zolo trick deserves wikification by someone qualified to do it.

[Bena]

Mentioned this in the other thread.. if you stand on the corner of
platform and let Zolo stand to your left and back (7 o'clock) he will
not take any damage and will last forever (well up to when you decide
to go repair).

[puppychow]

It will get nerfed by Blizzard, it creates too large a gap between "normal" leveling and power leveling - while SM/etc are maybe maximum 2x faster than leveling normally, the Zolo trick is 4-6x faster or more. And it will eventually be used by botters, china farmers, people who ebay WoW accounts, etc, especially as word of it spreads more and more. When you see 20+ 70 pallys in sunken temple, pretty much assume the next week its getting hotfixed (so far on my server just 1-2, including myself :)

Anyways couple more notes, from a paladin doing it. First, as mentioned, your shield doesn't matter. Get a high durability one, and lots of them. I bought the 85 dura ones from Stonard, just so I can clear bags of them if I need. I set my hearthstone to Stonard, and every few hours jump down, hearth back, repair, and run back. I actually do NOT have the trinket from shattered halls and my prot gear is ok (blues + few epics), you have to monitor it more closely and use seal of light + attack skeleton + use bubble every cooldown/heal. I might respec to support imp conc aura + holy talents so you can heal anytime. The most important buff as a paladin is sanctity aura. You do NOT need to attack anything, except to get seal of light going if you want (make sure not to attack zolo or mijan!). You do not need retribution aura either, you can use conc or devotion (doesnt matter much). The skelies despawn after 40 seconds and give XP as long as you did some damage to them, which sanctity aura will. If your gear is good enough you can actually take virtually no damage, but its very hard as a pally since you need a ridiculous amount of dodge/parry/block rating - a epic'd warrior has easier chance of this. Really, really try to get the trinket from shattered halls, it will make it much easier. Sadly 8 runs so far and no trinket for me :(

[valtrex]

I should be trying this this weekend. I dont have the trinket but I should be able to pull it off still. I dont know how long I can take the repetition though :D. My 4 shammies did 20-29 in SM and a few more levels I'll tote them out to ST.

[Tdog]

I'm sure a GM would just say a creative use of game mechanics. They must know that this form of powerleveling is possible and the fact that they have done nothing about any of the forms of powerleveling through instances must say something. Besides if they wanted make skeles worth 0 xp or significantly lower xp then problem solved, id prolly still do it for lower xp though i only look at my screen to change broken shields and trinket while i do other stuff online.[WoW] AOE Paladin Boosting, when to move on to next instance? ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=79181#post79181') Post #65 ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=79181#post79181')

[Overflo]

puppychow: Ya getting the trinket is a huge pain, my best advice is find a healer who needs the rep and is willing to do countless runs with you, make it known you are only their for the trinket. Respecing a bit into holy isnt a terrible idea either, i have one friend who only specs into 21 prot the rest holy that way he can last as long as his shields permit, with seal of mana he can holy shock every once and awhile when his trinket is down or just spam FoL until its off cooldown, just another option for you that way you can still do some pve content(providing you have some holy gear) without being gimped, divine illumination is nice but not entirely necessary.

Valtrex: it's not as painful as RFC/SM powerleveling its actually rather satisfying, the only time you work hard is clearing space for your alts to not pull aggro to zolo/mijan afterwards, gear depending of course, you could probably have the internet up on another screen or some form of instant messaging to talk with friends. The trinket definetly makes it less of a babysitting process on your pally, all you need to watch for is shield durability and when your health is low/trinket off cooldown.

Last night I lasted 3hours with Zolo before all my gear broke and my alts went from 39-47, the entire time,excluding the last 20 mins where more babysitting was required due to broken gear, i was watching red vs blue episodes and listening to music while surfing these forums :D.

[Tdog]

It will get nerfed by Blizzard, it creates too large a gap between "normal" leveling and power leveling - while SM/etc are maybe maximum 2x faster than leveling normally, the Zolo trick is 4-6x faster or more. And it will eventually be used by botters, china farmers, people who ebay WoW accounts, etc, especially as word of it spreads more and more. When you see 20+ 70 pallys in sunken temple, pretty much assume the next week its getting hotfixed (so far on my server just 1-2, including myself :)
Actually...believe or not Blizzard buffed it. The skeletons use to only be lvl 47 allowing you to max out at 56. About 2 weeks ago they made the skeletons lvl 49 which now allows you to finish at 58 and head straight into outlands. The thing is that this change ONLY buffs Zolo boosting. Which means you can almost assume that Blizzard specifically buffed this on purpose.

[Tdog]

Seems to me the Zolo trick deserves wikification by someone qualified to do it.
In the other thread in post #292 ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=93540#post93540')

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3994/wowscrnshot072608100405eq0.jpg

You can see on the pic that if you stand on the elevated portion of the platform that the skeletons will all try to "path" the same way to you and pretty much all stack up in the exact same spot. Now if you turn your back to Zolo enough so that his attacks no longer get blocked and you of course don't have retribution aura on Zolo will never take damage and last indefinitely. You will no longer need to reset Zolo nor need Miljan. The only reason you would need to stop would be to repair. However since you can actually do this with no durability gear equipped as long as you got enough shields you can keep going forever. It does suck with no gear though but it's doable :)

[Overflo]

oddly seems as if blizzard is supporting this form of leveling even if it wasn't intentional, let hope they further support our cause :D but i can't see them nerfing it now, the seem to have taken their stance on boosting and it moreso has to do with lowbies tagging mobs and getting full experience as higher level finishes them. They haven't done much to change boosting in instances so my guess is they won't. Only time will tell i guess.

Edit: TDog, am definetely going to have to try that out tonight, i like using rank 1 consecration that was im certain ive tagged all the mobs, but thats moreso for being safer then sorry, im sure BoS tags them all or shield spike would tag all of them over their 45 second duration but their is a small % chance you will miss some over the course of time, i guess all thats left is the math of which is more efficient the small amount of exp lost in the freak incident that you don't tag one every once and awhile, or the time lost getting mijan, requires to much work to do the numbers without any data :p but it probably pretty conclusive that the time saved from this corner method steers it ahead.

the only minor problem, mostly for me, is that id have to keep my shamans a little more vulnerable in order to get the healing totems on my pally, but i dont start using those until most of my gear is broken anyways so once again not a big deal. hoping to get to 58 tonight using this strategy.

[ImaHealer]

I plan on giving this a try in a lvl or two...
my paly is an Engineer and will just bring
a repair bot or two :-)

[valtrex]

Seems to me the Zolo trick deserves wikification by someone qualified to do it.
In the other thread in post #292 ('http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&postID=93540#post93540')

http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3994/wowscrnshot072608100405eq0.jpg

You can see on the pic that if you stand on the elevated portion of the platform that the skeletons will all try to "path" the same way to you and pretty much all stack up in the exact same spot. Now if you turn your back to Zolo enough so that his attacks no longer get blocked and you of course don't have retribution aura on Zolo will never take damage and last indefinitely. You will no longer need to reset Zolo nor need Miljan. The only reason you would need to stop would be to repair. However since you can actually do this with no durability gear equipped as long as you got enough shields you can keep going forever. It does suck with no gear though but it's doable :)

Where are the lowbies at while you are standing here? In the nearby stairwell right before you get here?

[Overflo]

ya usually in the stairwell out of line of sight, they can pull the skeletons if they get to close so the stairwell should be sufficient enough to prevent that from happening.

Also TDog, i have a question about the corner strategy. When i normally do Zolo he constantly moves about infront of me always changing positions despite the fact my position ever changes, i dont even look a different direction. Does this strategy eliminate that from happening and he stays relatively stationary in that one position?

[puppychow]

It will get nerfed by Blizzard, it creates too large a gap between "normal" leveling and power leveling - while SM/etc are maybe maximum 2x faster than leveling normally, the Zolo trick is 4-6x faster or more. And it will eventually be used by botters, china farmers, people who ebay WoW accounts, etc, especially as word of it spreads more and more. When you see 20+ 70 pallys in sunken temple, pretty much assume the next week its getting hotfixed (so far on my server just 1-2, including myself :)
Actually...believe or not Blizzard buffed it. The skeletons use to only be lvl 47 allowing you to max out at 56. About 2 weeks ago they made the skeletons lvl 49 which now allows you to finish at 58 and head straight into outlands. The thing is that this change ONLY buffs Zolo boosting. Which means you can almost assume that Blizzard specifically buffed this on purpose.
We don't really know why Blizzard buffed Zolo skellies, they reworked 2.4.3 to be a little more level-curve friendly including some other minor changes in ST and other instances, could have been part of that. It could have been a random dev helping a friend boosting. Enjoy this while we can, its just too easy exploitable by botters and chinese farming companies to stay alive forever.

Re: alts, I can actually position them about 10-15 steps from zone in entrance if Zolo is near path. There is a little L shaped corner right by the first two mobs on the left side stairs up/down, I just duck them into there and they get the XP - look at your mini map basically, as long as you can see all 5 toons you should be ok. I switch to the combat log when I start to make sure I am getting the XP from the spot. That way you never have to worry about respawns or the alts getting aggro (of course your alts can't "do" anything to help your main either)

[Stabface]

Last night from L39-40 I did 1/2 a level with only Rank 1 Blessing of Sanctuary, and the rest of the level spamming Rank 1 Consecrate every ~20 seconds. Theory being that each skeleton lasts 30 seconds, and only the initial tick of Consecrate counts for tagging (or at least it used to be like that), so every 20 seconds means I guarantee to tag every skeleton.
My XP went from ~190K to ~200K per hour, a slight improvement but not really worth the extra babysitting IMO. It does mean I was missing the occasional skeleton with just Sanctuary. I have ~30% block IIRC, Armory has me in the wrong gear set right now.

[Overflo]

Definetely good to know stabface have to keep that in mine, usually i dont mind the consecrate every 20 seconds keeps me busy between reading listening to music and that, makes the time go by faster and before i know it a couple of hours go by but am glad to see their is a bit of a difference for putting in the effort to consecrate every once and awhile.

[Overflo]

I'm praying to god not lol i was hoping to get them to outland but i wouldn't be suprised, guess i'll find out when i get off work tonight, or if someone has a conclusive answer.

If it is though can't complain got from 35-47 in about 4 hours of zolo so be glad if i caught the tail end of it.

[puppychow]

I can confirm I'm at zolo now and his skeletons are only giving 1 xp or about 2800 xp/hour :(

[Overflo]

well goodbye zolo /end thread :( gg

[Lorune]

U US guys had downtime already then i guess ?

cause EU for now i got 5 hours till down time and am at lvl41 :p

[FabFive]

My level 30 shammys just cried a single tear.

This weekend I was going to bring them all the way to 58 :P

[NevadaGuy]

Dam, too much press.

I almost had my girls to 35 :(

[Sanctume]

Damn, I only have 2 sessions. Oh well, I got my 3rd paladin from 38 to 50; and 4th shaman from 41 to 52/53.

[Lyonheart]

I have been running SH the last few days non stop and no damn trink yet! I was honored.. ill be exalted after a few more runs tonight. But i want the trink and i wont do any other instance until I get it. What sucks the most is SH has only greens, very rare random BoEs and the shards from DEing the boss loot. So doing the entire instance for this trink is painful when it does not drop! why couldn't they have put it on Murmur or the last boss in SV? hehe Those two places are cash cows!

[Overflo]

I have been running SH the last few days non stop and no damn trink yet! I was honored.. ill be exalted after a few more runs tonight. But i want the trink and i wont do any other instance until I get it. What sucks the most is SH has only greens, very rare random BoEs and the shards from DEing the boss loot. So doing the entire instance for this trink is painful when it does not drop! why couldn't they have put it on Murmur or the last boss in SV? hehe Those two places are cash cows!

Say what?!

Shattered Halls is way easier than Shadow Labs.

Especially if you are a prot pally, in bad gear my pally would do these runs with nonstop pulling, only mobs that i ever took caution on were the ones with the MS debuff, and once i got savagery off them i never pulled them again. I abosultely despise Shadow Labs, would do heroic SH in blues before id go back to Shadow Labs.

[Stabface]

He's not saying SH is harder, just that its less profitable to run - which I totally agree with. You'll come out of SL with a bunch of Aldor rep items which sell for a nice premium, fel armaments sell for as much or more than a LPS right now it seems... smaller market volume though. And the only tough part for me in SL is the ogre boss. He's not too hard even if you burn cooldowns right off and gear for Stamina.

But anyways offtopic, Zolo is nerfed, long live Zolo! amirite?

[Phelon]

This was nerfed last night. I just went to do it today and you no longer get experience for the skeletons. Zolo also dies ALOT faster.

[Overflo]

Yep you can skip those ms dudes they are a serious pain if your healer isnt geared well/you aren't geared well, otherwise id wait till they half kill themselves and then take them down.

Ya i re-read the SH/SL post, my bad profitability is pretty good if you are going to have to do an instance countlessly, I'm just not a big fan of that ogre boss :D probably because last time i tanked him i didn't have any mana pots and was in all blue tanking gear(some not even tanking gear) and couldn't pick aggro up after the MC.

[Stabface]

Yes, you can run right through the center of the rooms where the gladiators are -- pull the mobs on the other side first that are fighting the training dummies, sometimes if you fight by the training dummies then you get the gladiator adds from the sides for whatever weird (buggy) reason.
For the gauntlet I just strafe (to avoid daze) all the way through to the end with the Shaman in tow, picking up adds with Rank 1 consecrate, then pop Figurine, wings, consecrate and focus fire on the elites while Fire Nova / Magma Totem take care of the non-elites. Easy mode.


To keep this somewhat on topic - do the adds in the gauntlet give XP? Because there's an infinite supply of them.... :D

[Lyonheart]

I have been running SH the last few days non stop and no damn trink yet! I was honored.. ill be exalted after a few more runs tonight. But i want the trink and i wont do any other instance until I get it. What sucks the most is SH has only greens, very rare random BoEs and the shards from DEing the boss loot. So doing the entire instance for this trink is painful when it does not drop! why couldn't they have put it on Murmur or the last boss in SV? hehe Those two places are cash cows!

Say what?!

Shattered Halls is way easier than Shadow Labs.

I'm not talking about easy or hard.. they are both easy for me. its about the time it takes and the loot that drops. SH has only trash loot and greens ( besides boss loot to DE ) And random BoE blues. But both SL and SV have all that plus Marks/Motes..Armaments..Herbs..Mining nodes..more chests..on and on. I'm just saying that clearing SH = way less profit than SV or SH hehe. They are all on easy farm for me ( normal mode)

[Toned]

Ya they do, but so does the lycelum for lowbies. (shit exp for lycelum).

[Lyonheart]

Those packs on the sides are easy if you wait until they are fighting and their HPs get lower than 40%. I do that then focus fire the main guy and the adds die with one nova and a few ticks of magma. But I only pull them if an unlocked chest is behind them hehe. ( i got savagery on my first run )

[raz]

Anyone know if they also nerfed the skellies on Rivendare in UD Strat? I'm disappointed since my druids are getting close to what was the Zolo level range.

[Overflo]

I've always just blown through them... at first it was difficult, but doable.. I think the very first time i used heroism to get through them. My team now chains pulls them. :D

I haven't been able to get past the gauntlet on heroic (haven't tried in awhile either), so I don't know about that.

But skipping them!? Oh man.. farming priest gear will be so much faster now! ty

Np man after quite a few runs of it i found it you could so after i got savagery never a point to touch them.



Yes, you can run right through the center of the rooms where the gladiators are -- pull the mobs on the other side first that are fighting the training dummies, sometimes if you fight by the training dummies then you get the gladiator adds from the sides for whatever weird (buggy) reason.
For the gauntlet I just strafe (to avoid daze) all the way through to the end with the Shaman in tow, picking up adds with Rank 1 consecrate, then pop Figurine, wings, consecrate and focus fire on the elites while Fire Nova / Magma Totem take care of the non-elites. Easy mode.


To keep this somewhat on topic - do the adds in the gauntlet give XP? Because there's an infinite supply of them.... :D

That is a good question i wonder how many people have brough lowbies wit them i always wondered how pwoerleveling in SH would be but not because of those mobs, moreso because of the efficiency of a pally doing the instance, but ya we need to do someone to try it.

Edit: on a side note forgot to mention it earlier but Fursphere, your avatar kicks ass makes me chuckle inside a bit everytime i see it.

[daviddoran]

Man, I wish I had worked harder this weekend! I slacked a bit and only got my team to 52, so it's not a total loss, but still sad for all of my future toons. So now, I guess I will stay in SM Cath until 40, then to somewhere else...