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

[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.

[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.

[angeldeelite]

here's my vid of doing the keep a while ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo8mHaatfeo
never had any problems with this place even now on heroic but i can see why its a hard one.
on novos i just out heal and resist anything the frost can do and the adds are pathetic just chain
heal and keep your water sheilds up

[Aenar]

This Boss hurt me the first time.

I fought at the base of the stairs and burned all the mobs down, not realizing there's no time to eat/drink before the boss. So was around 25% mana (and mostly blue gear) when I was able to attack. Healer went oom fast with chain heals, then wiped. The next few runs I skipped the boss by running into the room and toward the stairs, then around the boss. I once tried to just run along the wall behind it, but agro'd and had to fight.

When I fight now, I stand at the bottom of the stairs but around the corner (either side) and hide behind a pillar. The trash mobs that run down are destroyed by magma totems. The 4 mages that you need to kill can be focus fired (and silenced if you need to pull them closer). The only X-factor is the elite orge-trolls. Just focus fire it like the mages. with the totems wiping the trash, should have 75%+ mana for the actual fight.

I run my tank up to the boss and do my thing. The others stay back, finish off the adds, then focus fire & heal. If the blizzard hits them, I just chain heal til its done. With enough HP (I'd say 15k+) or resistance, it shouldn't be a huge issue to stand in it.

In the end, this zone is nice because you can skip this boss & t-rex if you aren't comfortable farming them.