Feasibility of Multiboxing in 25man Raids (3-5 characters)

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I have been thinking of something similar but more from the perspective of TBC raid by mainly multiboxers with maybe the main tank or another key role requiring lots of mobility (like a misdirect+kiting+trapping Hunter) being a regular player (or a multiboxer single-boxing that night ;-). That or maybe I could 4box with maybe my brother (or one of my older kids) tanking...

In reviewing multiple standard raid comp videos the group that seems most plausible to me to be 5boxed would be an all ranged DPS group.

The 3Lock+eShaman+Boomkin example you mentioned above seems the most viable as all can stay at range. Hunters could be another option but you may have a hard time if you mixed any melee in there for physical damage enhancing buffs so seems sub-optimal so maybe better to only 3box the Hunters and have players behind the other party members... If I was developing a raid for mainly boxers I would look to see if I could do 2 DPS groups based on Warlocks or all ranged (it may be a bad idea but is what I was thinking when trying to devise a raid of all/mainly boxers).

If you are interested in taking more than one character to a regular raid run by non-boxers the key would be finding a group that would be open to that and building trust by showing competence over time... I think the wisest approach would be to maybe start raiding with an open minded guild as a single warlock and then be ready/flexible if there is a shortage one evening and/or once things are on farm... If one day they are short a Warlock or Boomkin then bring a 2nd character if no one from the bench is available... When folk move on to harder raids they are often more open to bring alts to the lower raids or to raids being run to help gear newbies/etc so those may be good options to get folk comfortable there first...