The Boosting and Power Leveling summary thread

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@mercbeast Can you demonstrate this method? I have a hard time understanding exactly. Is it viable somehow with 4 low levels and 1 raid geared 60 lock?

You might be able to do it semi-effectively by getting the mobs in range of a VoidWalker and using the voidwalker's Suffering spell to build aggro on everything within 10m. If the Voidwalker does start to take too much damage then you can Health Funnel though I am not sure if that builds aggro on the Warlock or Voidwalker or both. For gathering the mobs quickly you could try to use the eye of killrog to speed around and group up mobs and then when the eye goes down the mobs should aggro to the Warlock and if the Voidwalker is next to the Warlock it's Suffering AoE should get them on it.

A SoulLink Warlock would likely be best for the above and having a Priest nearby would allow for some additional healing on the Voidwalker though eventually that may cause the aggro to shift to the Priest (which would be fine if the Priest can tank the incoming damage).

Overall a very tanky healer like a Paladin is likely one of the best options due to the self-healing and high mitigation.

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You might be able to do it semi-effectively by getting the mobs in range of a VoidWalker and using the voidwalker's Suffering spell to build aggro on everything within 10m. If the Voidwalker does start to take too much damage then you can Health Funnel though I am not sure if that builds aggro on the Warlock or Voidwalker or both. For gathering the mobs quickly you could try to use the eye of killrog to speed around and group up mobs and then when the eye goes down the mobs should aggro to the Warlock and if the Voidwalker is next to the Warlock it's Suffering AoE should get them on it.

A SoulLink Warlock would likely be best for the above and having a Priest nearby would allow for some additional healing on the Voidwalker though eventually that may cause the aggro to shift to the Priest.

Overall a very tanky healer like a Paladin is likely one of the best options due to the self-healing and high mitigation.

So You're saying I get my 2 mages priest and warlock in 1 group and warlock alone, then just gather up a bunch of mobs that my mages will be able to Aoe down while keeping aggro on the blueberry? Or as Mercbeast mentioned i can keep them all in the same group if i kill 48+ like satyrs.

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So You're saying I get my 2 mages priest and warlock in 1 group and warlock alone, then just gather up a bunch of mobs that my mages will be able to Aoe down while keeping aggro on the blueberry? Or as Mercbeast mentioned i can keep them all in the same group if i kill 48+ like satyrs.

Anytime someone mentions tapping by the lower levels I believe that means they are in a separate group from the ones holding aggro.

I believe that Merc is saying simply that from:

Note: I believe the following would fall under Approach 6 in the initial post at the top of this thread...
For boosting characters of level ~41 and below the level 60 "Support" character(s), separate from the boosted character(s), just build/hold aggro on the mobs while your boosted characters kill them; The mobs used in this support phase are mobs that are likely grey to the level 60 support characters and at reasonable level to the boosted characters (at most yellow/orange) and the level 60 character never damages them.

Note: I believe the following would fall under Approach 2A in the initial post at the top of this thread...
From level ~42 and above, the level 60 "kill" character(s) will also gather the mobs and build/hold aggro on them but the difference this time is that the mobs are at least green to the level 60s (which means level 48+ mobs). The character(s) to be boosted are still not in group with the level 60s and then must tap the mobs by doing at least 1 point of damage to them. With lots of mobs this would be from some kind of AoE like AE, consecration, engineering bombs, etc. After the mobs are tagged by the group to be boosted, the level 60 "kill" character(s) then kill the mobs (ideally by AoE from the 60s).

So with the above in mind I believe your raid geared level 60 Warlock would remain alone and separate (group-wise) from your group to be boosted (4 lover level characters) in both of the above phases.

In the lower levels I would try to group up appropriate level mobs for the lower level characters with the voidwalker or an eye or maybe riding around on a mount with the void following and then when you have a decent sized group stop and have your VoidWalker do AoE Suffering and as needed you Health Funnel to him. In the end it may be the Warlock (ideally a soul linked warlock) who ends up tanking if the Health Funnel builds aggro on the Warlock and not the VoidWalker... That being said the Voidwalker should be able to pull aggro back periodically via Suffering... Once you think the Warlock/Voidwalker has built up enough aggro to hold/keep the mobs, then your separate party that you are tying to boost AoEs down the mobs...

Once the boosted characters get to the higher levels (maybe level 42+) that can consistently AoE tap level 48+ mobs, you essentially still gather the mobs like in the lower levels but then, after they are tapped by the lower level characters, you then AoE them down by the level 60(s).

A Warlock's success in this will likely in part depend on how the Suffering spell works... If it is more like a shout where it builds up threat then it will help alot but if it is only a Taunt that puts the Void at the top of the threat list then the only way your Voidwalker/Warlock will build lots of threat will be though the Health Funnel...

Hopefully the above makes sense and I believe is consistent with what Merc is saying... A Paladin would be better as he can not only heal himself but also the toons being boosted if/as needed all of which builds aggro on the Paladin...

Note: I believe the following would fall under Approach 2B in the initial post at the top of this thread...
I hope this doesn't confuse you more but there is another approach you could try in the lower level range that is exclusive to pet classes... In this approach your high level warlock & pet still do NOT group with your lower level characters to be boosted (needs to be at least a party of 2+ characters being boosted)... In this approach you let the pets kill the mobs after they are tapped by the characters... You could try with any pet like imp, succi, or felhunter and just let them one-shot mobs 1 by 1 or try to AoE with a Voidwalker but to AoE from the VoidWalker you need to be able to give the Voidwalker some way to AoE (like via reflective damage from a Paladin's retribution aura, a Fireshield from another Warlock's imp, Thorns from a druid, etc)... In this case, as long as your level 60 does no damage and all the damage/killing comes from your pet(s), the lower level characters should get full XP even on low level mobs that are gray to the Warlock (according to the testing)...

Please reply back and let us know if this has cleared up any confusion and/or if you have remaining questions... If you try any/all of the above please report back if your results match up with other folk's results...