Just curious, as this is one of my goals, if anyone has attempted to 10-box naxx yet. I'd like to hear about people's experience with the place.
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Just curious, as this is one of my goals, if anyone has attempted to 10-box naxx yet. I'd like to hear about people's experience with the place.
Boy thats gonna be a tough one. Tons and tons of movement on many of the bosses so im not sure if that will be happening anytime soon. That being said my guild washort a healer and 3 dps for 10 man Vault of Arch so I said let me try boxxing it. We 1 shotted it no problem. Wish we would have frapsed it. We will be getting a video of it the next time it resets.
I'm not sure how anyone is going to multibox 4h, Thaddius, Grobbulus -- seems impossible, and Grobbulus is only the 2nd boss in Abom wing. Gluth, Heigan (w/o cheat), Razuvius, Maexxna (cocoons), would be extremely difficult as well I think.
Patchwerk however would be extremely easy, as would Noth I think. Not sure about Anub'Arak, the kiting and OTing is going to be difficult. If you can get past Anub Faerlina will be cake.
Really of the 4 starting bosses (patchwerk, anub'arak, Noth, Razuvius) only 2 seem straightforward and easy for 1-2 multiboxers, and even then you would need a pretty beefy main tank, since you want him tanking all the adds that spawn (instead of an OT) plus boss, and he needs to grab the adds before they 1-2 shot any healers. i.e. you want a tank who has cleared Naxx25 multiple times (35k+ hp unbuffed) to multibox naxx10.
Well, half the fun is working out the stategy. Movement shouldn't be too much of an issue, so long as there is a clear understanding of who needs to move and where they need to move to.
I will be doing this, however I'm doing it patiently and making sure both of my 5 man teams have full heroic gear and mostly epics before I step foot in there. Currently my first team is in great shape to start raiding, and I'm now working on the second team of 5. I should be ready to enter Naxx at least by the end of next month.
I'm not expecting to clear the whole thing right away, although I believe that it could be possible to generate "overpower" strategies for some bosses if you even eventually outgear the instance enough, as it's only designed to be a starter zone. For example, it could be possible at some point to simply spread out through Thaddius and beat the enrage without a buff. If you can burn him well enough without the damage buff from polarity shift, spreading out would make the encounter simply a matter of getting your toons in position in the 15 seconds after Feugen and Stalag go down.
Grobbulus you could have everyone eat the explosion damage and just keep moving out of the clouds, but this would take a lot of extra healing. I may even be able to move the characters out of the group manually every time, though this would be incredibly tough. It could happen though. If it can happen, I will make it happen. :-)
I've tried Anub'Arak with 9 before I got any real gear and got him to 50%. The problem with him is his add does a pretty bad dot, and combine that with what swarm + an add, it becomes hard. I think it is doable with 9+1 MT or OT.
I think the safety dance isn't all that bad, honestly. Once you know the pattern, it's relatively easy since you're dragging all the characters to the SAME location. It'd be quite different if you each had to do a seperate location, but since you move as a group (which is what a multiboxer does naturally), you just have to remember to be on top of your movements and watch for lag to make sure the caboose doesn't get hit.Quote:
Heigan
I'd consider 4 horsemen and things like Saph and Kel to be the more worrisome encounters -- much more individual movement on 4h that you can't just /follow through and things like void zones to worry about when you're on those sides, Saph needs you to spread out and avoid blizzards -- hiding behind ice cubes shouldn't be too bad. Kel's icecubes need FAST reaction from heals and, once again, spreading out to avoid chaining the cubes... plus running out of "void zone" things.
Heigan w/o cheat will be easy just have all your guys on follow to dance
Everyone should be doing this, easiest emblems in the game and fully boxable. So far I have main tanked it while running a pair of dps, I have healed while running 1-3 dps and run 1-3 dps several times. Most of this was in pugs and all successful so that shows how easy this encounter is and how easy it is to box.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Kissell13',index.php?page=Thread&postID=165505#po st165505
A little luck on the rock spikes helps but I found a trick to make it not so nescessary. For the ranged dpsers you are boxing put each of them on a different ranged dps in the group then message them that your character is following so they know to get him out of any clouds that appear. If you character is spiked just move him a tiny bit to break follow so the other guy can get away. I've had to explain it to a couple people but most have seen myself or someone else boxing and figure it out right away.
I have been trying to get the hit on all my guys as to bring them in a 25man Naxx. I have 4 shamans and as soon as they are geared enough I'll be bringing them into 25man, and theres only one tough fight, Thaddius may be super ridiculous, but if I spread my guys out far enough they may not be a problem, their lack of DPS will drag the fight out a bit, so they need enough gear as to not hit the enrage timer, but I am confident that my guild will go with me and make up for the lack of DPS a bunch of non-charged shamans do XD
Anub is easy mode, widow is easy mode, maexx is easy mode
rasuv is easy mode, gothik easy mode, 4h should be fine in 25man.
noth is easy mode, heigan is..OK as long as you move your toons instead of having them /follow, loatheb should be more than a ball of fun.
patchwerk is fine, grobb is fine, gluth is fine, and thaddius as above..
Sapph.. well should be OK if you spread your guys out and hope for good blizzard luck. KT should be good with decent positioning, with all 4 shamans at the back of the room I don't expect any problems.
so with the exception of Thaddius' enrage problem, I don't see that Naxx25 isn't doable with almost anyones boxing setup.
are we talking about boxing naxx with others or solo 10 box naxx ? Those two are vastly different. As we all know that for some encounter, the 10 men version is harder than the 25 men. This makes 10 box even more challenging. kudos for those who are/will be trying.
boxing with others in 25 man naxx on the other hand, It doesn't take too much effort to spam the dps macro and move occasianlly when there is a debuff on your head.
/agree. My guild had me bring my 5 team to 25 man Sarth and things went pretty well, it did take two tries but it was half the raids first time in there , damn lava waves!Quote:
Originally Posted by 'reman',index.php?page=Thread&postID=165572#post16 5572
Not true at all, Except for 2/3 drake's up 25 man is harder. 2/3 is still a matter of opinion alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by 'reman',index.php?page=Thread&postID=165572#post16 5572