Scholomance 4 Mages 1 Priest 37min run (Video)

[Broim]

A dedicated 2nd Player running a Priest with 1 player running 4 Mages is not the same as 1 player running both...

While I found the video impressive there were multiple parts that I didn't see as viable for even a very gifted single player. For example, the Priest running large out of sight circles up/down stairs with the 4 mages picking off lagging/following mobs seems impractical for a single player.

Similarly, the Priest was running around all over the place and shackling while the mages were poly-morphing and focusing and I just don't see that as realistic for most single players. I am sure some single players can pull off some of that but certainly not all and people should remember that the video was not a 5 box and it was not 1 single player in the video...

My thoughts are that for PVE for most people having a real tank option would be safer and more realistic & possibly even more efficient as you could AoE clumps down rather than having to poly 3-4 mobs and kill 1 by 1. You would start with smaller clumps but as your gear grows your clumps could grow. With a Tank you can still poly some if/as needed and your keeping the non-poly mobs at bay is more conducive for single player play.

I am not sure why you think this would be hard to even if you played 5 characters. I am new to WoW and I was going to play 4 mages and 1 priest myself, but then my friend wanted to play a priest so I decided to only play 4 mages. I have been multiboxing in others games like Dark age of camelot were I was multiboxing 5-8 characters so I still have a good understanding about multiboxing. Running up and down the stairs with a priest and then press assist + frostbolt on your mages is not that hard, you only need to press 2 extra keys when you are running around with your priest and there is probably otherways you can kill this boss. In the last boss fight one of my mages get ported in to another room and I am easily able to move him around and cast other spell with him and at the same time my 3 other mages are casting frostbolts on the main boss.

Him running around pulling mobs when I was drinking my water probably saved us a min or two for the total run. Shackling a mob with a priest at the same time as you are doing dmg with mages takes 1-2 key presses depending on your keybindings.

The reason why I use polymorph on almost all mobs in this video is because I am using my PvP spec and honestly you dont really save that much time when you aoe small groups. I could aoe if I wanted without taking any damage with my frost shields up but I rather do it super easy and just use polymorph and save my mana.

I am not saying 4 mages 1 priest is the best setup for PvE, I myself hate PvE and I am only playing WoW for PvP and that is the reason why I picked 4 mages. 4 mages 1 priest are probably the strongest setup for PvP and I have been able to farm all dungeons so far without any problems. I have even been able to farm most bosses with just my 4 mages without a tank or healer in my group when I was farming my BIS items. You just need to play smart.