[WoW] AOE Paladin Boosting, when to move on to next instance?

[Ramesses]

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I tried this yesterday. My first run I used the Petrified Lichen Guard shield with a felsteel shield spike Zolo died in about 2 minutes. For the next runs, I only used the Petrified Lichen Guard to clear the trash and used my other shields without spikes for Zolo himself. Zolo lasted much much longer when I only used ret aura and BoSanct. I believe it was 3 cycles of the colossus trinket, so about 6+ minutes. On the next attempt, I feared Zolo every time I could bubble myself. This prolonged the fight a bit and also caused Zolo to drop another skeleton totem whenever fear broke. My twink was level 45 when I started and 48 when it was time to raid BT. On my best run, I reset the FuExperience statistics counter and hit 200k xp/hr. Obviously, the true number is lower including clear/travel time to the boss, but when you're actually at Zolo, you can crank out a lot of exp.

If you view the big circle as a clock, you have 6 possible locations for Zolo to spawn. If he spawns at 11 o'clock or 1 o'clock, you can leave the twink right there near the entrance portal which makes the run much faster. Tip: Make sure you have sense undead on. I think out of the 6 times I did this yesterday, Zolo was at the 7 o'clock position 3 times, 11 o'clock 1 time, 1 o'clock 1 time, and 9 o'clock 1 time.

Some good info! Thanks!

Is Zolo considered undead? If not, how did you fear him? With your alts?

[Gurblash]

http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=5712. He's undead yes

[Dafa]

Is that leveling method more tailored for 1-2 alts in group or can 4 alts get good xp off the skeleton kills?

[Ruodhaid]

Just reset zolo when at he is at 10%, jump down to the dragons, he will evade and reset, you can run op again

the respawn rate of trash trolls is however insane, so you want zolo to be on the first platform i just keep resetting the instance untill i got him at that platform, and then i use that instance / evading trick for the rest of the time

[Ramesses]

Just reset zolo when at he is at 10%, jump down to the dragons, he will evade and reset, you can run op again

the respawn rate of trash trolls is however insane, so you want zolo to be on the first platform i just keep resetting the instance untill i got him at that platform, and then i use that instance / evading trick for the rest of the time

Now THAT is what im talking about. Thats what i was looking for!!

[Tdog]

35->50 in just over 10 hrs.
160k xp/hr sustained for 5 hour session. (Includes hearthing to Stonard for repairs and running back in).

Just reset zolo when at he is at 10%, jump down to the dragons, he will evade and reset, you can run op again

the respawn rate of trash trolls is however insane, so you want zolo to be on the first platform i just keep resetting the instance untill i got him at that platform, and then i use that instance / evading trick for the rest of the time

1. Funnily enough this is the exact same thing I figured out. Resetting, refinding Zolo, Clearing to Zolo for your alts is a huge time sink and not worth it. When you first enter the zone take only your 70 to scout ahead and find if Zolo is in one of the first 2 platforms (11 and 1 o'clock positions on the minimap). If you're careful you can run right up to the platforms w/o aggroing a single mob. If Zolo is not in one of the first platforms reset the instance till he is.

2. Once you have found Zolo on either the 11 or 1 o'clock platforms clear the 3 mob packs on the stairs as you're running back to the entrance where your lowbies are.

3. Now that you have your alts at Zolo's platform make sure they are out of aggro range of the skeletons and also the pats in the stairway (Was really only a concern in the mid 30's for me).

4. Now that you're ready to pull Zolo you need to understand how this works. You're not actually trying to kill the skeletons with your reflective damage, you simply need to tag the skeleton with any sort of damage to be able to recieve xp for your alts. The skeletons are only summoned for 45 seconds and then they will automatically die. If durning that 45 seconds you do even 1 point of damage to them your alts will recieve the xp once the die.

-HOWEVER-

As some of you have noticed too much reflective gear can kill Zolo super quick resulting in alot of unneeded down time. After several hours I finally figured out that the only thing you need to do this BoSanct. NO SHEILD SPIKE, NO RETRIBUTION AURA!!! Use Devotion Aura unless you're armor capped which at this level is probably around 18k ac, then you could probably just keep concentration aura on.
-BoSanct, Spike, Ret Aura = Zolo living for 6 mins.
-BoSanct, Spike = 12-15 mins.
-BoSanct = 30+mins.

Again you're not actually killing the skeletons, you're just tagging them and they will automatically die after 45 secs. which is plenty of time for you to get a block off on one of their attacks which will proc BoSanct and tag them for you lowbies. Don't use conscreation either.

Try your best to not accidently melee Zolo. Each hit probably knocks off about 1 min. of his life and he loves to try to get in front of you. He is also transparent and a pain to see at times.

5. Once Zolo hits roughly 8-10% I heal up to full, at 3% I jump off the platform trying to avoid the dragonkin, and straight back to Zolo's platform, heal up, switch out gear if needed, and get back too it.

6. Once your gear is all broken and you have to repair, unless you really want to spend the money on a repair bot which I wouldn't recommend, hearth to Stonard (or Nethergarde for alliance), repair and ride straight back. Again being careful you should be able to run all the way to the platform w/o aggroing anything which is another reason you will want to have Zolo on one of the first 2 platforms. Rinse and Repeat for as long as you got the time.

7. Some of you are probably finding out this can be quite expensive in repair bills. I recommend buying 2 sets of green level 65-70 gear "of the elder, eagle" if you don't have the Figurine of the Colussus or "of stamina" if you do. You will also need about 3-4 shields per set of armor. Not only do you not need great gear to do this but it's too damn expensive to justify using your high quality gear for this.

With a measly 370 defense and no additional blocking, dodging, parrying, Figurine of the Colussus, CD's, or w/e other gimicks I can easily last indefinitely. Simply use SoW to build up mana in between heals, switch to concentration aura heal up, back to devotion aura, and continue using SoW. If you get back to full mana before you need another heal, use SoL to prolong the time before you need to heal yourself again. If your gear starts breaking durning mid fight don't freak out. Just focus and keep using SoW and make sure you're getting all you're swings in. I've actually gone on indefinetly with all broken gear excluding my shield. It is a pain in the ass to do it though and I don't recommend it but I'm simply pointing out that if you're gear does break mid fight don't reset, just keep going. Each reset sets you back alot of xp/hr.

If you do have the Figurine of Colussus this is ridiculously ez-mode as you can simply use the trinket once every 2 mins. and that should be all the healing you will need till your gear breaks.

8. This probably sounds more complicated then it is. Once you have done it a couple of times you'll see that this is super ez-mode. You don't really have to be paying full attention once you get it down and in fact to illustrate how easy it is, I wrote this whole post pretty much while using this strategy. GL!!!

[Tdog]

Also wanted to point out that I think a Shaman and a Druid might be able to do this as well. For the Shaman use a low level shield spike, healing totems, figurine of the colussus. Druids use rank 1 thorns and should be armor capped with as much dodge gear as they can muster. Warriors might be able to pull this off if the have a Figurine, low level shield spike, and defensive stance.

I don't know for sure on these classes as I haven't tried them and also the lack of BoSanct might not work out for them too well. If anyone does try them out, please let us know how it went!

[daviddoran]

I happen to have the Naglering, which does 3 damage, which is enough to tag em, but not enough to kill zolo too fast. Trouble is I am holy and I don't have nearly the staying power of a tankadin. I do have some tanking gear (couple heroic plate and some kara ones) and the Nightbane tanking shield, but I had better results with my skullflame shield a bit more reflective damage, less armor tho, and it has a spike but its life steal keeps me alive longer. I actually died before zolo But I got an amazing amount of xp, and because im holy, my heals heal for a lot, so with concetration on, and spiritual focus, I can heal without interruption, until my mana runs out (my tanking gear is mostly warrior stuff so no INT, and i only have 6300 mana in that gear)

Is it worth it to respec? Even with my half tank/half healer gear? The xp I am getting on my 41 (now 42 lol) hunter is crazy. As soon as my team reaches 35 this is a MUST for any instance booster. I will probably do it until the mobs are grey, just cause its so easy. I can actually watch the xp bar move... I can't wait to try this with a prot spec. Any tips for a build? It's basically just gonna be a boosting build just for this...

[Tdog]

I happen to have the Naglering, which does 3 damage, which is enough to tag em, but not enough to kill zolo too fast. Trouble is I am holy and I don't have nearly the staying power of a tankadin. I do have some tanking gear (couple heroic plate and some kara ones) and the Nightbane tanking shield, but I had better results with my skullflame shield a bit more reflective damage, less armor tho, and it has a spike but its life steal keeps me alive longer. I actually died before zolo But I got an amazing amount of xp, and because im holy, my heals heal for a lot, so with concetration on, and spiritual focus, I can heal without interruption, until my mana runs out (my tanking gear is mostly warrior stuff so no INT, and i only have 6300 mana in that gear)

Is it worth it to respec? Even with my half tank/half healer gear? The xp I am getting on my 41 (now 42 lol) hunter is crazy. As soon as my team reaches 35 this is a MUST for any instance booster. I will probably do it until the mobs are grey, just cause its so easy. I can actually watch the xp bar move... I can't wait to try this with a prot spec. Any tips for a build? It's basically just gonna be a boosting build just for this...

BoSanct is a must for paladin boosting. When you are taking damage from literally hundreds of mobs this blessing lowers the incoming damage by a tremendous amount. TBH this is the only time this blessing really shines. Yes you may be able to heal for much more in holy spec but you are also taking alot more damage. With a proper "boosting" spec you will only need to heal every 3-4 mins.

Again I don't recommend using any raid tanking gear either, yes it will do just fine keeping you up but the reality is you just don't need it and it costs way too much in the long run to repair it. Spending a mere 180g I bought my paladin a complete "of the elder" set along, some rings, a neck piece, 3 shields and she is sitting at 11.5k hp, 370 def, 140 mp5, 200 healing and I don't have a single problem keeping myself up indefinitely.

If I was to respec holy and put on my +2100 healing set I'd probably be OOM long before Zolo was ready to die. You also don't block or parry when you are casting a spell, so even though you aren't getting spell push back you are taking alot more damage every time you need to heal.

[daviddoran]

So I respecced to Prot, my it's wonderful! I mean I loved being holy and healing, but it sucked for anything solo. I can't believe I didn't do this before! I guess I was afraid of paying too much gold to go back and forth. It will be kinda moot though, as I am leveling 2 more paladins, one on the same account as my main and another on my 2nd account. Then I can keep one holy and one prot on the same acct and not worry about spec. Hell, I love pallies so much, I'll probably make a dedicated Ret pally, and tri box

Anyway, as prot spec, with BoSanct, i lasted MUCH longer. Especially with my Skullflame shield, the lifesteal once upped my HP by 5%! I am gonna look for any other lifestealing stuff, and maybe I can just live indefinately...

It's just rediculous how fast the xp builds up. In just a couple hours (most of which me trying out different gear/resetting/dying) i got 2 levels out of my hunter.