WoW Cataclysm Guide - Baron Ashbury (Shadowfang Keep) Wipe-a-thon 3000

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Wipe-a-Thon 3000 continues with the first boss of Heroic Shadowfang Keep, a real nightmare by the name of Baron Ashbury. Watch a progression of wipes in order to learn this fight for yourself and spot the potential pitfalls you will encounter.

[@cynicalbrit]

@Gorinrogue He refused because it would nerf his DPS too much. I switched to Frost to create the MS debuff because my dps would still be competitive.

[@cynicalbrit]

@ShowTheMachine The answer would be to watch it again.

[@cynicalbrit]

@freakyfreeky You seem to have gotten that mixed up with the reality of 'people leave dumb comments and make asses of themselves and then get called on it'.

[@jordanownjoa]

I've been watching your videos, or should I say listening to you for many years. Loved the days of WCRadio. If you too feel like a true BISCUIT FAN like this!

[@Gyroglle]

I think this encounter is a brilliant one. I like how basically everything makes specific things very useful. I.e. sufficient interrupts 'cause of the casts and the use of lightwell 'cause of the confined space.

[@cynicalbrit]

@TheMegaKhaos Actually no, you have to kite him to Vael's room for a guaranteed binding. Oh I'm sorry, you wanted mechanics that you didn't just conjure out of thin air...

[@cynicalbrit]

@lolmies123 That's the shittiest reason I've ever heard.

[@xXxhere2killxXx]

Hey you're the funniest WoW commentator and make me and my friends laugh alot. Thank you from Sweded

[@imagnome123]

i think this boss gets in your head, its like he is toying with you throughout and it gets you fustrated so you lose focus, fuck up and die, blizz is using psychology in their boss fights simply amazing

[@cynicalbrit]

I wonder, do some people have memories like goldfish? If you've used KZbin for any length of itme, how could you NOT understand the concept of 'it'll look better once it's fully processed'? I would like KZbin to place a big, glowing red sign above all unprocessed videos that says 'MORONS, IT'S NOT FINISHED PROCESSING YET, COME BACK WHEN IT HAS'.

[@cynicalbrit]

@chogally How the fuck should I know?

[@cynicalbrit]

@Alex2zl Except it's not, at all. Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal, plus hey we have no idea if you're even in the beta. It is not an easy boss, plenty of guilds and plenty of players no doubt better than yourself and me have wiped on it plenty and those are people who can string a sentence together and leave feedback on the beta forums, rather than the drooling masses which will scream for nerfs on this encounter.

[@GwaveProductions]

THANK YOU BLIZZ FOR MAKING WOW HARD AGAIN *Remembers the good old days of CC and whipes*

[@cynicalbrit]

@Chessyfan How about you watch the video and look at it?

[@doubleas2380]

Ty for all your uploads tb :)

[@dfinsrud]

thanks for releasing a new wipe-a-thon video :D

[@ddstar]

Can't wait for cata.

[@Minifisen]

blue bears...hell yeah! I'm so making a troll druid with a kickass mohawk!

[@cynicalbrit]

@ShowTheMachine Give me one good reason to be nice to morons and trolls.

[@75338]

Awww man. I miss old TB. Someone needs to collect everything funny or sarcastic or salty the guy said or did online, and publish it in a video or online document.

[@itsnickkee]

we were mage, moonkin, warrior tank, priest heal and me as a rogue.. and we had some problems at the beginning but it wasn't to hard for us.. the key to the fight ist to kick the heals.. the aoe heal after 2 kicks so your tank is not dying form the next hit

[@cynicalbrit]

@SuperUltraFunDude Isn't this what I said? Time it right?

[@HonakoGreen]

@Zng0o You do know that heals got a massive nerf right?

[@cynicalbrit]

@TheDominionOfElites Oh please, most of my subscribers are virgins, I don't need any more.

[@surfertron20000]

Great Video as always!

[@cynicalbrit]

@ultraviolent29 I can't take that comment seriously considering your name is ultraviolent29 :P

[@Gordyan_Knot]

@TotalHalibut Not only that, but 720p IS available even when processing.

[@0SgtRoadkill0]

bleugh gonna really have to learn my new tanking spec thanks to cataclysm. although by 85 hcs hoping I will have got the whole tankin thing by then thanks for the vid mate

[@lukeiib0ii]

Watching this fullscreen is full of win :D

[@dogontoast]

totalbiscuit does the best non blizzard wow videos on the internet. Simple as

[@Muiic]

Be patient, it takes some time for youtube to make hd possible. If you don´t like the 240p. wait 15 - 20 min and watch in 720p.

[@raidwipe]

@TotalHalibut You can use red annotations as a short-term solution

[@zBatboyz]

Ty for hard bosses Blizz, will be fun to try em out the first weeks til they get WotLK faceroll again!

[@cynicalbrit]

@Zng0o I love non-beta players who come along and say stuff like this. I look forward to their unstoppable tears when these bosses rip them a new asshole because they're actually quite hard.

[@Helmerich1992]

TB what was your group composition. I know of the rouge, you, and the pally. Also is there really a ideal group along with specs that would be optimal in this fight. This looks like one of those fights that you love to hate. Also can you line of sight the phase 2 transition? Me being a enhance shaman would make line of sight difficult. Sorry for long comment, thanks for great vids.

[@MrAzhrarn]

That fight really looks like a healers worst nightmare, I can see this being quite a challenge for me to heal this once I get to that content on release. Druid DoTs may help a little, but I certainly can't match the AOE heals of your priest. =D

[@guns949]

cataclysm will mostly affect wotlk healers who won't be used to having to heal so much damage at once and having to manage the heroics which really are heroics so i dont think you will see brand new healers in heroic dungeons like you did in wotlk.

[@darkkrenify]

looks like alot of fun

[@Gorinrogue]

Rogues should use wound poison on this fight, to give that mortal strike debuff the whole fight. Also, shadow resist might also help :)

[@haosultist]

ever tried out a group composition with two healers? Might be worth trying out.

[@realtimeV]

did they buff the boss, besides the health? because i remember the last time I did this dungeon, we one shot this guy. I do know that I was using rebuke every chance I got though plus there was a rogue....we did get the achievement for not letting him heal himself though

[@molodirazz]

i was wondering ... what would happen if you opened the prisoners? the mastiffs and stuff?

[@900RedChocobo]

As you are frequentrly running out of mana, would you recomend non-mana dps classes for this boss (hunters and rogues)?

[@ultraviolent29]

@TotalHalibut Steady on!

[@Paybays]

TotalBuiscuit best podcast... ever!

[@KYROLUS-REX]

Looks like we will need a Hunter, rogue and a warrior tank / bear tank to avoid oom of the DPS and tank.

[@SanityIsForTheWeak0]

I don't really know if this is an idea or question, but if the casters stay up stairs, will they still get hit by the 'WTF-Psycho-Murder-Shaodw-AoE-thingy'? If not, that would make the battle way easier... right? >.>

[@MrTaylork1]

@Zng0o that's the kind of assumptions that will be crushed into dust in cata. the fights are unbelievably hard. you can't just blame the healer everytime like in wrath.

[@MotivationGone]

How does the scaling seem at 85 atm? Meaning the balance between damage dealt in X time and healing done in same time. Yes, I know the numbers aren't probably "finished" but asked anyways cuz I can.

[@Shablo5]

hey TB... did the goblins here level from 1-85? Or does the beta allow you to have premade 85s?

[@TheSuperweavile1]

@jackdda1 go to interface and go to action bar and there set left bar right bar

[@morfolomax]

@TotalHalibut God i love your answers.

[@Arnold242]

You're awesome TB

[@simpsonboy96]

is this like the only reason widow venom for hunters is in the game?

[@kacperos000]

@TotalHalibut could you show the archeology profession in on of your vids ? :D

[@Outofrangelol]

Awesome they buffed the health of heroic bosses. Hopefully it stays that way. Im guessing by the first week of people doing heroics they will probably nerf them because of the massive QQ

[@Jamezama]

Baddass video Mr. Biscuit, slightly dissapointed you don't have that very manly staff though

[@radizoor]

Awesome TB! Keep it up :D

[@imagnome123]

@2theAJ dude dont provoke the biscuit seriously, its a death sentence

[@thedizcostu]

Totally awesome videos as every time! Plx continue your work! Greetings from germany! Guys, thumbs up for him! :D

[@matmu3290]

Let him heal more get yourselves above 20 percent, and yes he heals more but the fight is designed around it, and so steady let healer keep mana up no need to heal people fully just enough to survive

[@comedylov]

@jordanownjoa *Likes the video* There. You happy.?

[@Clackergille]

keep up the good work, TotalHalibut!

[@narc071c]

I'm looking forward to healing that :)

[@Scottow]

Wow this place has changed

[@jam191]

@TotalHalibut agreed

[@darkdonkey147]

I watch these video's even tho i don't play WoW :)

[@themegajohan]

Ehm...... can you still use Arcane in Cata ?

[@Evosion8900]

When does the grand opening of TrollfaceDotJpg start ?

[@cynicalbrit]

@XploiT5 Congratulations, you have shit internet and want to take it out on the rest of us.

[@InF3Kt0]

I was going to ask about this....

[@TheZombinator1]

@PythagurasProduction damn man i was 6 seconds late >.

[@Rajin90]

@TotalHalibut Didn't know that, sorry.

[@Felrez2332]

with stay of execution have it give a 4% mana regen

[@WhuDrecords]

Quality is quite low, what happened?

[@comedylov]

@MicrosoftHabbo *Thumbs up the video* Done.

[@Rajin90]

There's no HD :(

[@zingmars]

I actually think that these people are trolling. There is no way they don't know about the processing part. But yeah idd @TotalHalibut - there is a need for the 'It's not processed yet' sign.

[@dooditsprinny]

@Zng0o yeah sorry, aside from idiots not waiting a few seconds for the tank to grab aggro healing is easily the hardest job in cata

[@chogally]

so whens is Jesse's next video coming out =)

[@Felrez2332]

im happy to be a pally now :D

[@alexpower33]

True fans watch it in 240p, than again in high quality (:

[@WildlifeRecon]

@TotalHalibut Because perhaps you can bring them something up. Maybe make them a bit smarter..

[@Darkray222]

@wownacra wait its still buffering

[@BBrazak]

give it like 30 min to an hour to get better quality, its always horrible quality when a video is first uploaded

[@IxMAKExUxGOxLOL]

@ShowTheMachine He's called CynicalBrit, not PoliteBrit XD

[@CMM_Nac]

no 720p?

[@Dalle89]

@kacperos000 he allready have a video for that..

[@paldankt]

@TotalHalibut i second that :P keep up the awesome videos

[@Bowza2301]

@TotalHalibut Agreed, it's not exactly the hardest concept to grasp, i assume you people have brains, please use them.

[@KYROLUS-REX]

@MelnaisMednieks Who does?

[@escafallen]

@TotalHalibut derppp!

[@ScreamoBaptism]

@TotalHalibut british insults are so damn fun! (:

[@kronosblack]

What build is this?

[@Cynder200]

Hehe. theyve really Stepped up from the old Kind.

[@suckmeLOSER]

strangely on my pc it;s not unprocessed it's well, hummm.. processed :P

[@petman367]

Dont know which place!!!

[@Azalea__Rose]

Total, I really feel sorry for you having to go through all these comments until you find ones that are something more than people trying to show off just how ignorant they really are

[@AlmightyWerd]

@TotalHalibut You shouldn't. Simple. People don't learn unless they are slapped about a bit. If you know what I mean...

[@Astor4o]

@TotalHalibut Are you seriously reading the comments? I feel kind of sad for you...Must be hard. Peace. PS: Nice video thanks for the guide ^_^

[@Dalle89]

@TotalHalibut Man I admire your patience to answere stupid ppl every video you put up.. Great videos mate ! keep it up