WotLK - Ulduar - Flame Leviathan (10man)

Shabu and I (Koro) are two 5-boxers. Basically our setup was to have 1 Siege, 1 Demo, and 1 Cycle per group. That way everyone is in a vehicle from each group.

We placed the siege engines in the southeast and southwest corner (right in the corner with no extra room). Shabu and I manned the driver seat of a demo so as to maximize dps. The cycles we kept on follow for the most part. The demos roamed the field freely.

We placed the siege engines in the corners so as to distract XT from the demos and keep them safe for most of the fight. We did not put any dps up onto the actual Flame Leviathan, so we got the Shutout Achievement. We also didn't shoot down pyrite. When FL chases a demo, we lay down tar and run away. This ensures that there is a constant stream of dps on FL at any time during the fight.

The best way to approach this fight is to start out with the two siege engines in position, and just wing it from there.

Tip: When he first selects a person to chase, switch to the motorcycle alts and lay down tar in front of him so that he doesn't actually hit the targetted person. The first targetted person (if they're a demo) should stay in the very back of the corner with the siege engines. If he switched to the siege engine already in the corner, it's no problem. They're basically there solely for distracting FL and soaking damage... It doesn't matter if they die.

Since it's the weekly again I've been trying to come up with a strategy to 5 box this sucker... I've seen the videos of people solo'ing it and seems like it'd be more than doable for a 5 man team.

Here's one of the vids of someone soloing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWzOGV6kuUQ

Ah I see they nerfed it for solo'ing :( but still think we 5 boxers could figure something out!

Its pretty easy for a 5 boxer tbh

1 Seige 1
2 Seige 2
3 Demo 1
4 Demo 1
5 Demo2/chopper

set up up seige in top right and bottom left as you face the gates (so they are as far apart as possible)
shoot down a ton of pyrite before you attack levi

-use demo to keep up pyrite stack
-use this macro to collect pyrite (char 4)

/tar liquid pyrite
/cast grab crate

if levi targets demo then speed boost away collecting pyrite while you go
if levi targets seige let them take the pounding and dps with demo

You should down him in about 3 mins providing you can keep pyrite stack up

toon 5 is not really needed its personal choice if you prefer to go chopper or a little extra dps at the start

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Originally Posted by Whowantstoknow

Its pretty easy for a 5 boxer tbh

1 Seige 1
2 Seige 2
3 Demo 1
4 Demo 1
5 Demo2/chopper

set up up seige in top right and bottom left as you face the gates (so they are as far apart as possible)
shoot down a ton of pyrite before you attack levi

-use demo to keep up pyrite stack
-use this macro to collect pyrite (char 4)

/tar liquid pyrite
/cast grab crate

if levi targets demo then speed boost away collecting pyrite while you go
if levi targets seige let them take the pounding and dps with demo

You should down him in about 3 mins providing you can keep pyrite stack up

toon 5 is not really needed its personal choice if you prefer to go chopper or a little extra dps at the start

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You rock man! I can't wait to try this out!

I 2 manned it last week, 2 demos stacked the pyrite up to 9 then refreshed it to 10 right before it dropped off. Fired the normal attack otherwise. If your gear is a little low (we're mostly in 264+, wear PVP gear for the ilvl!) then there should be enough time to stack 8, refresh to 9 before it drops, refresh to 10 before it drops. Don't forget flight time on the pyrite barrel so fire with about 3s left on the DoT.
If you kite him diagonally you can have him target swap 3 times before he'll kill a demo. Take him to the front right corner then to the back left corner, then again to the front right corner (kills the demo there) then again to the back corner (will kill the demo there). But it should be plenty of time to down him.

Flame Leviathan was the weekly on Uther this week, and I figured I'd give it a shot, and Whowantstoknow's strategy worked like a champ once I figured out what the heck I was doing. And now that I've done it, I may do it every week just for the heck of it! Thanks!

This may seem silly but I had a really hard time on the trash. A friend and I (each 5 boxing) tried to give Flame a try. We wiped on trash 4 or 5 times. We tried to go slowly but were always overwhelmed by the third row of pillars. Spiders mucked it up too.

Both of us were leading with a demos and I thought that I was shooting down choppers pretty well.
Maybe for trash we should lead with siege engines for the trash.

I don't think that the boss will be a problem but we can't get to him. Any and all advice is welcome.
Thanks.

Apologies if this question seems silly but were you destroying the pillars the mobs stream out of?

Yeah we were taking them out.

I think I led with sieges when I did the trash yeah.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Whowantstoknow

Its pretty easy for a 5 boxer tbh

1 Seige 1
2 Seige 2
3 Demo 1
4 Demo 1
5 Demo2/chopper

set up up seige in top right and bottom left as you face the gates (so they are as far apart as possible)
shoot down a ton of pyrite before you attack levi

-use demo to keep up pyrite stack
-use this macro to collect pyrite (char 4)

/tar liquid pyrite
/cast grab crate

if levi targets demo then speed boost away collecting pyrite while you go
if levi targets seige let them take the pounding and dps with demo

You should down him in about 3 mins providing you can keep pyrite stack up

toon 5 is not really needed its personal choice if you prefer to go chopper or a little extra dps at the start

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You sir, are a hero. :)

FL was the weekly this week, so I decided to try this strategy and it took me 7-8 attempts before I figured it out as I had never even stepped foot into that place. For any new guys trying this, I'll spell out a few things that I found confusing. First, I didn't realize that 3 was in the demolisher, and 4 was a passenger. I was trying them in separate demolishers the first 4 or 5 attempts. I was close to quitting as I wasn't even close to killing him.

I was also confused by "shoot down a ton of pyrite before you attack levi". Since I saw the pyrite by the enterance, I was using the chopper to move it into the room first. I didn't realize you shoot the stuff out of the air. Even doing it the hard way, I cleared him on my DK/paly team by running around and swapping between 3 and 4 to drive and shoot down the pyrite. After I figured it out, I tried it again on my shammy team and 1 shot him.

To sum it up for the guys that have never attempted this fight, simply follow his instructions above, and you'll be doing all the movement/fighing from toon #3.

Thanks again!