onsdag 24. september 2008

Instances in WotLK Expansion: Drak'Tharon Keep

Drak'tharon Keep is a Troll stronghold between the Grizzly Hills and Zul'Drak zones. Recommended level is 74-76 or anywhere around there. For multiboxing it will be fairly easy I think. A couple of thrash mobs have a void zone ability that hurts alot, but these mobs can be nuked down pretty fast. Other than that you have some thrash towards the end that will constantly fear one character at a time. Final thrash pack is 2 of these mobs, and dealing with the constant fears could be tricky for non-shammy teams.

The instance has 4 bosses in normal. Trollgore is the first boss. A very simple tank & spank fight. Possibly retuned since I was last there. He will occationally call 2 adds to his side (I cant remember if we killed them, or the boss himself killed them) but they die rather fast and the boss will do a Corpse Explotion spell on them. When I grinded the instance this encounter was trivial and we never even got close to wiping.

Novos the Summoner AKA "Undead Aran" is the second boss. When you approach him you'll start an event and alot of adds will come swarming in. They are easily killed and only a few of them are elites. The boss has no aggro-list, but he was tauntable when I did the instance so I was able to absorb alot of his spells (Deathknights are great at absorbing magic damage). This could have made the encounter feel easier than it really was. Again, we were nowhere near wiping in any of our kills, so a simple nuke strategy is probably the answer. I would compare him to Omor the Unscarred, final boss of Hellfire Ramparts.

Edit: I hear they have changed this fight since I was in there, so I'll have to redo this boss to see whats different.

King Dred, the 3rd boss, is a T-Rex which to me felt alittle out of place in this instance. It's a simple tank & spank fight with aoe fears.

Final boss is interesting. A 2 phased fight. The Prophet Tharon'ja phase 1 is a tank & spank phase. When he's taken some damage (20% if I recall correct) he will change form and change all players into skeletons. In skeleton from you're basically a melee unit with some skills. Taunt, heal, shield, and you can rotate tanking him. Since all skills will be the same on all characters he should be easy for a boxer. You might wanna use the taunt skill individually on your characters.

Overall Multiboxing rating: Easy.

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