Illustra Continues Karazhan
Illustra got a chance to pickup with the Karazhan run with Apex of War. On this leg of the run, I was the only Warlock, which is sort of nice. On the previous run, we had cleared through Opera pretty cleanly, so we used the side entrance and cleared our way to the Curator.
We used our relatively successful layout to setup for the fight. Healers bunched up in the middle, while the two Hunters took up positions at the wings. Casters such as myself spread out in the back area. As a Hunter in the fight, the instant damage means that usually the Hunters are fighting for aggro on the astral flares, while the casters help to burn them down.
As a Warlock firing Shadowbolts, it takes a few seconds to get my damage out there, so I’m relatively safe from astral flare damage. We only had one tank (Cidemo) for this run, which made it interesting. I dropped a few DoTs onto the Curator, and I think I managed to soak up several of the Hateful Bolts.
We did manage to one-shot the Curator. He dropped the Garona Signet Ring (needed on by Flynti) and the Gloves of the Fallen Defender (needed on by Cidemo, I think as a second pair for him). The fight lasted 6 minutes and 3 seconds.
We did very well clearing to the Shade of Aran with only a single tank. Having 3 shackles really helps, as well as 2 pets with Growl enabled. If healers are also focusing on keeping the pets alive, using only a single tank to clear trash can be effective.
The Shade of Aran was a good clean fight. When he does his Magnetic Pull, a Warlock can still refresh 3 DoTs as you’re running to the perimeter of the room, so that helps out. I joined the Hunters in the sweet spot zone during the Blizzard spell to end the fight. During the elementals phase I was able to keep one successfully banished and one feared. I got one Shadowbolt off on the tank target elemental, and apparently someone else killed the other elemental before I ever saw it.
The Shade of Aran was one-shotted as well. He dropped Pauldrons of the Justice-Seeker (Flamingarrow and Tullus won shards) and the Tirisfal Wand of Ascendancy (needed by Graise). The Shade of Aran fight lasted 5 minutes, 59 seconds.
We cleared to the Chess Event and won on the first attempt. It’s no surprise, though. As long as the event doesn’t get bugged, Chess Event is a pretty simple encounter. I played two different Footmen (Pawns) during the encounter. The chest contained the Mithril Chain of Heroism (Khalie won the shard) and the Legplates of the Innocent (Minnieme won the shard).
Feeling pretty confident we went on to challenge Netherspite up in his room. We’ve had mixed success with Netherspite in the past, but we were on a one-shot roll tonight. As a Warlock, I split duties with a Hunter on absorbing the Blue Beam. The goal is to get a few DoTs off, maybe a Shadowbolt, and then use Life Drain to keep my own health up. The strategy works great. The first two attempts resulted in wipes, as we lost the “second tank” (meaning, our dps Warrior sharing the Red Beam) very early. We downed Netherspite on the third attempt. He dropped Shining Chain of the Afterworld (needed by Tullus) and Uni-Mind Headdress (needed by Katare).
All in all, another successful run.
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