Sigh Drak'Tharon Keep Well Novos Specifically....

[blbjtb]

The Blizzard Rapes my face I try to get out of the way but I just get totally Freaking Owned.... Please for the love of God WHAT DO I DO Driving me Up the Freaking wall!

[Xinxo]

This is on your shamans?

Here is what i do.

5 Shamans:

Standing the door killing the 4 adds that come out to take down the shield. Toss 5x Gift of the Naaru on the "main character"

/tar Party1
/cast Gift of the Naaru

Make sure you are using Frost resits totems and 5x healing streams. Chain heal when needed.

I find that once you get this down, the boss becomes really easy. The instance it's self is really fun IMO. I use it for farming Enchanting mats.

Edit: I actually just ran the place then ran Gundrak ( Normal ) With the changes to shamans, I killed Trollgore is 18 seconds >.>

Edit...again.... : If you stand in the door, kinda LOS the boss and let the 4 adds come to you, you don't get any adds that would come down the stairs @ you.

[blbjtb]

Good to know ill keep on trying..

I like that not having the Extra Adds lol

Ya Gonna Toss down a Frost resist Totem That should help

[Multibocks]

1 frost totem, 4 healing stream totems. Make sure you recast watershield every few blizzards to stay up on mana. Once on boss do 2 dps spells 1 chain heal over and over and over. You may need to do 2 chain heals if your spell power is low. Make sure each shaman is target a different shaman for chain heal so nothing is wasted. GL!

[Hachoo]

After 3.0.8 this boss became extremely easy. The DPS goes so fast now he gets maybe 3 blizzards done before hes dead - last night I fought him and only had to chain heal once the entire fight.

Edit: This is with decent gear of course - 2200-2300 SP per shaman with totem of wrath, 15k hp, 16.5k mana.

[Bloodcloud]

Hi, any new ideas on the boss ?
Since recent patches the Adds spawn very fast.

Where do you locate your toons during the 1st phase.

(how can you skip it , where do you have to walk with your team ?)

cheers

[lightstriker]

Hi, any new ideas on the boss ?
Since recent patches the Adds spawn very fast.

Where do you locate your toons during the 1st phase.

(how can you skip it , where do you have to walk with your team ?)

cheers

You can skip Novos by going around him by way of the stairs. I sometimes do him last this way. It helps a lot with pets or summons to aggro the non elites.

I have tried all four positons around him. It really doesnt seem to matter that much. the best positions would be Prega's diagram where the 4 casters gets to you the fastest. If you try Prega's position, be aware that at level you will aggro Novos and start the event right away. you would also have to swing the camera a little bit.

[Prega]

not sure.
maybe this trick still works.
i discovered this position and reported tbh. while casualy drinking there, long time ago. looks me like mobs dont spawn, and i found really strange.

basically, mobs come from stairs, except 4 mobs needed for destroy barrier.
the spot is exactly opposite side then stairs.
in right position you have Novos and back him the stairs. spot is really close to wall.
why tricky? spawn rate was a lot lower and you have to fight just few mobs.

Directly from my Intelligence Team, this detailed aerial photo:

|--------| STAIRS |--------------- |
| ............................................... |
| .............Novos...................... |
|............................................... .|
|__|... |____X______|..... |__|

X is the spot, really on the wall.
not using anymore by long time, i rush in this instance and generally kill mobs directly on the stairs, it s faster.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

not sure.
maybe this trick still works.
i discovered this position and reported tbh. while casualy drinking there, long time ago. looks me like mobs dont spawn, and i found really strange.

basically, mobs come from stairs, except 4 mobs needed for destroy barrier.
the spot is exactly opposite side then stairs.
in right position you have Novos and back him the stairs. spot is really close to wall.
why tricky? spawn rate was a lot lower and you have to fight just few mobs.

Directly from my Intelligence Team, this detailed aerial photo:

|--------| STAIRS |--------------- |
| ............................................... |
| .............Novos...................... |
|............................................... .|
|__|... |____X______|..... |__|

X is the spot, really on the wall.

This is how I do it as well. Just run out of the ice storm and pop elementals when he becomes attackable.

[Seldum]

I had trouble with this instance myself.

But try standing on the top of the stairs while the adds and the elites spawns. This helped me out a bit. I had trouble killing all the adds fast enough when the boss is attackable, and then he would start pwning my casters while my tank tried to tank the adds and the boss.... all to confusing.

Also, I simply move out of the blizzard casting a wild growth.