I officially hate Mana Tombs.

Group: Pally, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Hunter
Levels: 65

Trash:
  • Ethereal Scavenger
    These little bastards will drop aggro randomly and go and beat on your healer. Taunt them and it works for a second or two and then they go back to the healer again. I either CC or DPS these guys as quick as possible.
  • Ethereal Crypt Raider
    They do a mortal strike which can be annoying with two of them and others on the tank. They also do a charge but this is one of the easier trash mobs to deal with.
  • Ethereal Priest
    Easy. They heal, bubble and do Holy Novas. I don't think they heal others, just themselves. I usually don't worry about these guys, don't even CC them as they are by far the least problematic of the adds.
  • Ethereal Sorcerer
    These can be a pain in the ass if you leave them up too long. They will summon two arcane elementals which can hurt if thrown into the mix while already tanking three trash mobs. The arcane elementals can be killed quickly thoughly.
  • Ethereal Darkcaster
    SWP that ticks for 1K. Dispel quickly. On the tank I can still deal with the 1K ticks but if you aren't paying attention to the rest of the group a SWP can kill one of them.
  • Ethereal Spellbinder
    Summons two mana wraiths if left too long. The mana wraiths do shadow bolt volleys. Similiar to the Sorcerers but these guys do an Immolate, dispel it.
  • Nexus Stalker
    Ok, this is where the *real* problem starts. These little assholes do a GOUGE and then they go over and poison your group and the poison ticks for 1K. Dealing with 1 of them is not too much of a problem as you can burn it down quick. I can also death coil / fear it off the group. Getting 3 or 4 of them at a time is a royal pain when your tank gets chain gouged.
  • Ethereal Theurgist
    Easy again. Nothing to worry about.
  • Nexus Terror
    The fear is a little annoying but it doesn't drop aggro so all good, just make sure the tank doesn't get feared out of healing range. I switch to shadow resist aura for these.
  • Mana Leeches
    No problems.



Bosses:
  • Pandemonius
    I tank him on the right side of the room. I can get the entire group into a corner and the tank with her back against a tomb. The most difficult part is to get my camera positioned so I can actually SEE. I get an announcement when he shifts but not when it drops.

    First thing I discovered is that Shadow Resistance Aura and Shadow Protection does not stack. Annoying. I decided to go with Shadow Protection (less than the aura) to free up Auro of Retribution to help with aggro.

    Pally pulls with Avenger's Shield, judges, consecrates and tanks till the first shift. Once he comes out of it the DPS opens up. After the shadow bolts I top up whoever needs it while still keeping the tank up. Rinse, repeat. I also unbound my priest's jump key as things tend to go down the tubes when the priest is doing a big heal and he shifts and I hit jump to interrupt the casters and it interrupts the priest and the tank gets owned.

    I had numerous wipes on my first Pandemonius kill to get my strat down and I got him 2nd attempt on the 2nd kill. Hopefully 1-shot next time and maybe he will give me my shield as well.
  • Tavarok
    Tank and spank. Really easy. Keep group topped up and Bob's your uncle.
  • Nexus-Prince Shaffar
    le sigh
    Haven't been able to kill him yet. He comes with his 3 beacon adds that need to be dealt with asap. My intial attempt was to tank the 3 beacons and the Prince and then kill the beacons 1 by 1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! The beacons do 1K+ magic damage each and the boss will hit you for 1K+ magic dmg frequently. Even if the tank can get aggro on all of them the incoming damage is way too much.

    Ok, new strategy. Hunter gets a beacon, mage gets a beacon, warlock gets a beacon. Pally pulls boss and at the same time the DPS opens up on their beacons. Had moderate success so far. I get the beacons down and then everyone switches to the Prince. I used a kind of sticky targeting to get the DPS to stick to their beacons till they were down. Then I discovered the sticky targeting approach completely screws me on subsequent beacons as the DPS will now "stick" to Prince Shaffar.

    Still working on my strat. Any tips/ideas?
  • Escort event
    Only attempted it once and didn't get past the first room. I remember the event as being pretty difficult even for a regular 5 man group. The hardest part is to get control quickly especially when you have Spellbinders and Sorcerers thrown in that will spawn mana elementals and mana wraiths. Dealing with four mobs and getting those spawned really ruins your day.