Classic WoW Hunter: Solo Dire Maul Tribute (Not So Safe Run)

[@wil4485]

I think the majority of the comments below critiquing this video is missing the point. My takeaway of this video isn't that it is the most optimal precise only way to do Dm runs but just a basic guide to help new hunters get a hang of it I thought the video would be extremely helpful for anybody looking to try it for the first time.

[@SaltyZera]

I can even begin to describe how large my smile is right now :D thank you mate! :)

[@nzx9126]

Hey bro awesome guide, helped me allot. One important thing ivv found! If you pull them with ure pet DO NOT let ure pet actually hit either of them.. pull and instantly return ure pet to stay position, this will prevent them sharing an agro table... this works for me in 6/8 t2 every time.

[@Bunny_sweetheart]

You are a underrated KZbin channel bro this actually helped me understand how to do this run and didn't over complicate things you weren't talking to fast you explained key points. thank you thank you thank you.

[@SaltyZera]

Bless you, mate. That means a lot! I really do appreciate this! Happy Hunting mate, feel free to join the Discord!

[@SaltyZera]

Post your DM Tribute Strategies down in the comments below! Be sure to check out the Discord for even more wealth of Hunter knowledge! Happy Hunting! :D

[@supraepic6855]

This is how I do it. Slip Knot bones jump to ledge though. Saw you try it and miss and did PLAN B which is to scatter 1st orgre and concussive the other to the bottom of bridge. FD/stealth to top (invis pot 18sec is nice, but the 15 lesser works just fine just gotta be on time with your re-appearnce :D). Last guard pull - i just send him towards the pack of 3 as the captain will aggro the pet when he passes anyways then bring him back. The 3 dog that pats, I would frost trap that top edge where they have to go up to the platform instead of where you placed it. Reason is they will trip the frost trap and you can use it then and when they get close you can jump down and now they have to run over it again to get to you. (I have entrapment - which is sooo damn good for this). Good job on the run :) Same path I use when I did m naked run for fun. :D

[@SaltyZera]

Supra Epic thanks mate! I’ll have to practice the bone jump. Lol

[@CrazyZ66]

Oh, the body / scatter pull without the pet on the first ogre group was new to me. Gotta try that out. Thanks for this cool guide!

[@SaltyZera]

CrazyZ thanks m-the!! Hope you have some great luck with anything new you’ve learned here.

[@CrazyZ66]

@@SaltyZera Just did it an hour ago. Works fine for me! Thx again!

[@ThatOneWarrior]

You can also lay a freezing trap for the closest one and scatter shot the other one and run on by.

[@BuckleyUp]

The riskiest thing you did IMO was rush past the second boss and aggro the eye. That wall is very safe just FD and hug the wall walking apposite the boss then you can safely take out the eye and way for the best opportunity to move on from there. Good video though!

[@SaltyZera]

it's true, I never do my runs this way any longer, I literally just hug the wall and relax there. way until Slip goes past me and then I stand up, rez my pet if needed, otherwise recall him, wait for Slip to come back, pet aggroes him and the two ogres, send my pet into a corner with FH and then I run past them to the bottom of the stairs, takes a bit longer to do, but still works wonders.

[@antoniobellu7884]

Fantastic man great vid keep em coming

[@GoodkatNW]

You do not need a wolf. You can send him to attack one of the mobs, and simply run past them. Do NOT cast anything (aspect of the cheetah, etc) as this will cause proximity aggro. I've done hundreds of runs with a cat without issue. With all that said, a wolf helps a bit with the mobs guarding the locked door. Also, you can safely use serpent sting on boss, and if your HP is at a good spot you can shoot king as he approaches/charges you to help with clear speed. His charge doesn't do that much damage, his autoattack is the big one.

[@SaltyZera]

aye, I still haven't found a safe spot on my hotkeys for Serpent or Viper Sting, but it would definitely save a minute off of my kill time for sure. I've never been able to get passed them with a Cat, but I've always found a Wolf useful for sure.

[@GoodkatNW]

@@SaltyZera Stand still, send pet in (cat, whatever), as soon as pet hits the mobs and they start moving, just run past them. Have AOTC on before you send pet in. They'll chase pet and ignore you. Try this macro for Cho (helps to not have to manually target him). #showtooltip Viper Sting /targetexact Cho'Rush The Observer /cast Viper Sting(Rank 3) /targetlasttarget Since viper sting doesn't cause aggro, just cast it during your usual rotation, and then manually auto or arcane him to get threat and pull away from your wolf. It greatly helps with clear speed to get him OOM asap

[@Sandmn05]

To avoid the crippling issue from the warlocks and lose your let, just equip the pvp trinket to remove the debuff. I hope this saves many pets in the future!

[@SaltyZera]

never bothered to get the PVP Trinket and the pet doesn't have a problem b/c he never dies :)

[@cryp_pando]

Good work mate,rly nice content keep it up!

[@SaltyZera]

Baza thanks mate.

[@MannYSJ1080p]

You can get up right away as long as you don’t have entrapment from my experiences.

[@SaltyZera]

idk man, sometimes I feel like it's iffy. I've had mobs just randomly come running me down. but every time that's happened, it was a demon that aggroed first. So it's those little buggers. LOL

[@7justin34]

Great tips, never knew about aggroing king with eyes of the beast maks it so u can wear full 8/8 Giantstalker! Could u posibly make a video explaining your keybindings?

[@SaltyZera]

JA I could probably do that. Yea. Sure.

[@turtlemount6953]

For me I think the feign death trinket from zg rep is really good for this. 2 second reduced cd on fd.

[@machomacho69]

Hey Zera, what are the different strats for the first pull you do with no pet with the different variations of casters? I typically do a really clunky pet pull and send him off to another group. He dies 100% of the time. How do you handle that pull with 2 melee one caster?

[@SaltyZera]

TJ Trumble honestly. These days I’m using Iron Grenades. I knock them both out here. Regardless of the setup.

[@sandsharkvolleyball]

@@SaltyZera Yeah this is the best option I've seen/practiced. You can speed through the beginning much faster if you use a grenade here. Essentially you can keep moving the moment you get into the instance and your first stop is to FD when you go to pick up the key.

[@ormcgazm]

@@sandsharkvolleyball @Zera Quick start that i always use. You have to start your run as soon as you zone in for good timing with the pathing of mobs. You drop off the ledge at 0:45 at the pillar stay against the ledge and go left a little, pull out pet and put on stay run close to that middle walkway group and frost trap as close as u can. Pet pull and send it back to its stay position then run up that middle part, up the ramp to the key but stay on the left side to avoid hyenas, sometimes they aggro and a quick scatter on the closest will help but fd when safe if that happena,, keep running to the middle where the chest is and fd, often u can loot the key then keep running to the door, and use the ramp to fd/deaggro. Your pet will take a couple of hits/frost bolts but you should be able to get a reliable zone oit of ur pet to call out when you get to the first door.

[@Supramandon]

I use my rank 10 pvp gear and don’t have any patching issues. Good to know about the wolf body pull though! To get those 8:8 sweet multi shots off

[@SaltyZera]

aye, indeed. It's something of importance to note. I don't seem to ever get lucky enough though to get them to crit on King. they always seem to crit everybody but him. LOL

[@Mrnatox]

dunno if its just me, but the king agro will turn to me asap when I use a dot on mage - but the mage will keep running for my pet even if I AA it twice. Making the distance between the bigger and bigger over time, and at some point I have to choose if my pet dies or I die :\ Happened to me three times in a row, with 3 resets. Dunno what Im doing wrong :\

[@YuuckFo]

You think you could do a full run for setting up dmt buffs ids. Friendly eyes and clear path for people to run?

[@ShaddyzZz]

Hey mate, smooth run. This is usually how I does it since dying isn't really good gold per hour! Question for you, are you running 5 piece T1 here? Also, do you have imp FD in this video? Thanks mate

[@SaltyZera]

ShaddyzZz I do not. I’m simply running my usual 17-31-3 raid spec. Improved FD is not necessary. And no I am full 8/8 T1 here.

[@zoenna]

Great video! thanks :)

[@patrickklouman8152]

gonna try now...

[@full_metal2452]

Ohhhh Yeah!!!

[@SaltyZera]

LaRueOBR556 haha. I am sorry about the lack of music. I was derping while I edited hahaha

[@Schnot]

Still getting the hang of this myself. Maybe thirty runs and two king kills. I’m determined lol

[@SaltyZera]

Just hang in there man. This isn’t really a recommended Strat to follow if you’re just learning. Please go check out xeroji and his DM runs for that. The guys a champ at this.

[@Schnot]

Yeah I’ll get there. It’s about 20g per run just vendoring the items. Not counting AH value of the pots. Mana pots are around 6g per on the horde side of Pagle. Just a few more king kills and I’ll at least break even for all my efforts haha.

[@SaltyZera]

Schnot that’s it man. Just hang on tight. It gets easier. I promise. I’m so happy you enjoyed the video.

[@Supramandon]

Yeah just break it down into steps. Once you master each section you go super fast! Not zeroji 6 min 56 fast but 15 minutes for us normal people lol

[@entenexpress5457]

Can you do an spec guide? For raiding and pvp?

[@SaltyZera]

EntenExpress sure. That’s an easy thing to dissect sure enough.

[@huuexx]

Turn n freakin burn baby!!!

[@mouser6474]

Are tribute sales still decent GPH? I feel like finding sales on my server is getting harder and harder.

[@SaltyZera]

Mouser64 is day it depends on the server. Honestly it’s something that varies even on my server. I had someone offering to pay 30 gold for a ring. And then I saw someone mention that there’s a discord JUST for my server and sales on there are going for 100 gold. Kinda nuts.

[@Guybrush1993]

Cool guide, but not a "safe run". *Thank you so much for the eyes of the beast tip btw

[@SaltyZera]

i mean, there's one "sketchy" part, but had it been done correctly, it would've been as safe as possible LOL

[@PoliPantev]

@@SaltyZera A safe pull run would include pet pulling the ogres at slipkick and sending them to the warlock near the goblin

[@SaltyZera]

@@PoliPantev I usually do that 9/10 times, but I felt like being frisky. So sue me mate LOL

[@Gorlagg]

@@SaltyZera might be a good tip to take criticism with a positive attitude we like you and your videos and you should be thankful we are not bashing you for your mistakes "sue me" is not an appropriate answer to a genuinely helpful comment

[@Supramandon]

Gehrig Birth nah. Safest is going up the bones to ledge. Then you just scatter the 1st ogre and fd at the stairs. Easiest and fastest method for me.

[@Lrowen]

Hi may i ask what macro are you using? i tried the follow but it doesnt work /petattack /petpassive

[@SaltyZera]

#showtooltip /petattack [@pettarget,noexists] /petpassive [@pettarget,exists]

[@Niska00]

Why you are not using thorium arrows or av arrows? 🤔

[@Gorlagg]

Cause lazy/cheap

[@SaltyZera]

That about sums it up. Lol

[@tommyakis]

He does, I forget what video but he has a ton in the bank. Dont need to farm with them.

[@bricktop2393]

Body pull, eyes of the beast, it doesn’t matter. They will link aggro sometimes regardless.

[@bricktop2393]

Dropping to 4/8 T1 un links them.

[@SaltyZera]

I'm not entirely sure that's true man. I've done more than 20 kills since I've started using it, and I've never had linked aggro.

[@vegardertilbake1]

It's not a matter of wether you body pull or not. What matters is that cho and king aggro your pet at the same tick. When you send your pet in, sometimes cho might aggro first. It happens rarely if you dash your pet inbetween them and stay it there (don't let your pet do any dmg). I've done hundreds of runs, and I can't remember the last time it happened. With this strat, the 5 set bonus becomes irrelevant and you don't wanna gimp yourself.

[@SaltyZera]

@@vegardertilbake1 Amen to that! :D

[@BuckleyUp]

It's all about aggroing them at the same time. If one aggros to the pet first you'll likely get the shared aggro. Just reset and run your pet directly between them

[@killval849]

hey do you need a wolf for the aoe furious howl?

[@mackabeats]

Bloodaxe Worg bro.

[@VracksTSC]

Clicking viper?

[@SaltyZera]

don't really have a place for it on my keybinds, still trying to find a spot for it, but haven't found a home for it yet.

[@OutdoorsPOV]

I like your videos but this is the first one where I feel like there’s a healthy chunk of bad info/tactics. Maybe not “bad” but I just do a lot of things differently than you. I actually just watched your Mara video from 2 months ago and I heard you mention you didn’t like DM Trib runs. Had you not done many at that time or what?

[@SaltyZera]

yea, I just hadn't tried them out at this point. I understand everybody has their own "way" of doing DM Tributes. I'm still experimenting with them every day there's a different strat I'm trying out. I appreciate your viewpoint, and thanks for the comment. I am doing a better job of improving the Tribute run, but folks in the discord simply wanted to see how I run it. and that's how this video came about.

[@OutdoorsPOV]

Zera Nice response. I felt like initially I came off as an asshole. Keep going man, your videos are good. Keep grinding till we suck in AQ lol.

[@SaltyZera]

OutdoorsPOV you got it man!! Don’t sweat it. So long as you are open and honest. I’ll take that any day of the week! It’s easy to see someone’s passion when they approach me in such as way! Happy Hunting friend!!

[@PoliPantev]

This is not in any way safe and you "teach" a lot of wrong things. 2/3 of the traps used are not needed and will more likely get you in trouble then help you, the only places you should use frost trap is when pulling scorpios and on the pull when you open the gate. You dont need furious howl to pull the scorpios . The hounds always go right and killing them is not only slower but can easily wipe a newcomer because if they overwhelm you and you have to feign death when they are on top of you it is very likely to be resisted. There a lot more mistakes that i dont wanna bother with. And lastly for a person who has macro on every spell you sure do click with your mouse a lot of things ... and opening the spellbook ? ! the macro petattack petpassive is plain stupid as you can see with the 2 messed pulls because of it. Please if you are someone looking to do this search for zeroji or honestly every other video on the topic but this one.

[@SaltyZera]

opinions vary mate, try not to cast judgement on something you don't quite have the whole story on ;) your salt is quite tasty though haha

[@nittiograder]

This information is absolutely correct, i have 154 kills on king gordok as a hunter solo farm. Anyone who says that this aint true knows nothing. I also got frustrated from seeing this mistakes in the video. Its frustrating that Zera has a lot of knowledge on playing a hunter in other areas of the game and a big audience that listens to him. And for people to start doing DMT like the video frustrates me so bad.

[@Gorlagg]

100% agree check zeroji he even had a video of the safe method wich is in fsct safe. Dont bother with this video i have 473 kills on king and i just cringed watching the whole thing.

[@SaltyZera]

You guys raise some good points. And honestly. I appreciate y’all’s candor. It’s hard sometimes to look back at a video you’ve done and realize it’s not up to par with other videos you’ve done in the past. So thanks for the criticism. It has been received. And I will make a point to do better moving forward.

[@macy4735]

At least zera doesn't huff his own farts...