WoW Cataclysm Guide - Halfus Wyrmbreaker (Bastion of Twilight) Wipe-a-thon 3000

[@cynicalbrit]

@coryconklin14 You can do it with pretty much anything. Ranged is favoured since they'll take less damage overall and don't have to wander into the whirlwind to do damage in the last phase. That said, melee is doing imba damage right now so it's worth having em anyway.

[@cynicalbrit]

@Sageisstupid There are 4 raids on launch that you can do, Bastion of Twilight, Skywall, Blackwing Descent and Baradin Hold (the Cata VoA). Firelands is probably coming in the patch after that. Far as I can tell, BoT and Blackwing Descent all have 6 bosses and each instance has an unlockable uber-boss, Algalon-style. All raids have a heroic mode built in from the start as well as 10 and 25 man variants. Obviously that's all subject to change.

[@cynicalbrit]

@rokjehamers You can't. It is possible it's been changed since (beta is beta), but you CANNOT choose your drake in this current build. The others have a debuffs which basically says they've been knocked the fuck out and will take no part in this fight.

[@cynicalbrit]

@jesh010 Not tranq shottable as far as I am aware.

[@cynicalbrit]

@Statickogle You'll love the next boss, it's hell, a glorious, colourful, burny kind of hell.

[@cynicalbrit]

@WoWHaZ51 Turn 180 degrees. The door is now to your left. Be in awe of my reality-bending powers.

[@OriginAtrocity]

@Braquer It's a feature which was brought in relatively recently to show and remind players just which type of instance they were in (in case they forgot). The number corresponds to the "size" of the dungeon (5 for regular instances, 10/25 for raids), while (at least on the live servers), the skull corresponds to heroic mode or raids.

[@cynicalbrit]

@WrestlingOtaku Different for each raid group.

[@Narrasus]

Really appreciating your Vids! You explain the encounter very well and everyone will get an idea how it works. I watched a few other videos of the raid encounters but not one was as good as yours. Keep up the awesome work, mate.

[@cynicalbrit]

@Hocoboz They don't need my help in looking bad.

[@cynicalbrit]

@Asskikeradz You don't understand how this fight works, I assume because you didn't actually listen to the video. That damage is 100% higher than normal, thanks to the debuff. I was 3rd on the DPS meter. You want to see insane dps? Shoulda seen the Warrior.

[@cynicalbrit]

@sauenkalle Yes, I'm from the UK, a land historically cynical with a low tolerance for bullshit. Got a problem with that? Door is to your left.

[@cynicalbrit]

@LGRXHL Why not actually look at the healthbar?

[@cynicalbrit]

@coryconklin14 Bout the same as far as I know. We've never had anything but the Stone Drake so I'm going entirely off of information pieced together from the forums etc.

[@cynicalbrit]

@ProThesaurus Door is to your left.

[@DanielEspelidPedersen]

@Atheyn He uses: Quartz Castbar Mage Nuggets OmniCC Smaller Blizzard Raidframes It's in the description on his newest videos :)

[@cynicalbrit]

@guns949 Read the EJ thread.

[@ranek1990]

I love the way you say "hits like an absolute truck" all the time :D Great video, nice commentary and im looking realy forward to future videos. Especially Shadowfang Keep!

[@cynicalbrit]

@titus104 premade is premade

[@pureskills815]

@Oggyx it really depends on the dragons that are up. this past week we attempted halfus with the nether, slate, and storm up. thats basically the worst and most harsh combo you can have. this is an insanely hard combo, quite healing intense. and as he stated the slate dragon is pretty fuckin hard. in the all 3 drakes combo, what we did to defeat them was we pulled the storm and nether drake at the same time, that way the Shadow nova the storm drake allows the boss to use is able to be.

[@exxington]

@Mikeanglo there are also alot of those for ranged that melee doesnt have to worry about such as mechanics like vile gas and things similar ect...

[@cynicalbrit]

@GigoraTheInfinate It doesn't mean anything and people should stop reading into literally everything I do.

[@cynicalbrit]

@HarithBK beard and butter :} Perfect name for an all-dwarf guild.

[@kylenorbut]

Huge fan, great video!! Keep up the great work! Just for a suggestion can you make a video describing why you do what you do??

[@GiottoVongola]

@TotalHalibut This seems consistent with what I've seen in the other videos of this fight. Perhaps you can on Heroic mode, but watching a 25man video of this boss I noticed the Bronze drake was knocked out, as were the rest, and the only option appeared to be a Netherdrake. It is still possible that a change took place, though; this is merely something I noticed.

[@pureskills815]

@Oggyx !CONTINUATION OF FIRST REPLY! interrupted, if you do not have this drake up it will be impossible to interrupt the cast because its like a .6 sec cast if you leave him locked. with the nether drake out as well, the debuff stacked on the boss by the slate dragon, is slowed/stopped at 5 stacks, making it WAYYYY easier to tank swap. FOCUS ON THE STORM DRAGON FIRST! once the storm dragon is down, his debuff goes away and the shadow nova is gone. as well as the 1/3 buff you gain from the.

[@italian504]

Phase Three is a nice tribute to the BC boss King Maulgar but with that stone Drake debuff...it could be even harder. And watching some of this is nice to hear that they are using the old BWL Drake Change to make it interesting. I also hope you have a wipe-a-thon for Omnitron. It's a pretty neat boss that keeps you on your toes.

[@GuyN0ir]

Can't wait for your vid of Theralion and Valiona. I loved the yoggscast one, wanna see yours too.

[@Metal4everYAY]

the nether scion i believe will also be a tight one since you see them hitting the enrage timer. And it propablly will take some more time to get him down. And someone here said about the fire shooting dragon if its just here to annoy us. Well instead of giving the boss 1 aoe ability with dmg to all the raid its actually a better feature to put an extra dragon in. 1 Question though if you dont get the slate drake you dont get the healing stacking debuff at all??If y that will be bad

[@GiggityGooh]

@FuriousFoxTheShinobi Its a gear check for dps, and just a workout for healers, tanks, well, they're tanks.

[@guns949]

@widdlestix well im guessing that this is the raid for ilvl213 equivelent gear and then 232 etc there will be 3 tiers when cataclysm launches so like(naxx then toc then icc.)

[@pureskills815]

also, it's probably better to use your bloodlust/heroism/timewarp at the start of the fight b/c the damage increase will be a "make up" for it in the end. helps greatly with the rage timer.

[@RydenDaniel]

@Totalhalibut Why weren't you using Mage Ward? It would certaninly reduce the fire damage incoming and the pushback of it thus making more DPS? Or is it so weak that you waste a GCD?

[@jrkh8er20]

Think you could turn on class-colored bars in the raid frames so we can see your raid comp, or do you greatly prefer having the green bars? Just curious to see who's what.

[@jesh010]

very nice, you guys almost had it on that first attempt, hard luck. you mentioned something about one of the drakes giving the boss a frenzy buff or something like that, is it possible for a hunters to tranq shot it to remove it or is it not a big deal?

[@plzwork33]

@Dixavd I've played wow for a total of 2 hours or so, don't own it, and i still watch. Good commentary, supporting good games, i guess, is just enjoyable.

[@Braquer]

Can you tell me what the little pirate symbol on the top left corner of the minimap with the "10" on it does ? btw nice video as always, keep up the great work.

[@cynicalbrit]

@IeaturCoOkIeS10201 l2read annotations

[@Strelok473]

Shouldn't the boss and the drake be tanked a bit more far from the behemoth dragon if you take more damage if you stand closer to it? =)

[@falenjo5]

I almost wish he played this still. Just to be up to date. And I like his commentary

[@GUARDIANKAYSA]

TB are you going to show us what happens with the other dragon in the fight or is it basically the same thing?

[@dethersux]

Heya mr Biscuit i was wandering if you could mouse over various debuffs/buffs that you gain in the fights?

[@guns949]

tb how much mastery would you require before frostfire bolt would actually be a better option than fireball?

[@soahar]

I'm curious, which school of thought are you? Do you prefer the gatekeeper model for bosses or the warm-up style?

[@Pvasquez211511]

Would the 2nd or fourth drake not be the most difficult drakes to fight? the .5sec interrupt sounds ghastly to me... just curious

[@rwz]

funny encounter, i wonder how a shaman healer would deal with the 0,5s interrupting variant...

[@AllThingsAmen]

@TotalHalibut So ive watched basically all of your cata vids and all of the wipe athons, my question is are these new cata heroics actually going to recquire players to run them at normal difficulty to gear for the heroics and get used to the tactics? cuz lord know WOTLK didnt do that. thanks

[@TheReicHunter]

@Mikeanglo lol try being a hunter when you have to stack on boss. or be really really close to one with a big hitbox.

[@wrestlingotaku6411]

Got a question for ya TB. Do you know if everyone gets the same drake on this boss or is it a different one for each raid group?

[@l1ll3man]

@fuelofmil0 ressistant on bosses were taken away a loooooooong time ago

[@ggfaceslaps]

@TotalHalibut So, is frostfire better than regular fireball?

[@googlymoogly555]

You had a pally healing for this fight correct? Who was Beacon of Light on?(just wondering)

[@rosenrot234]

since you're a blood elf here will you eventually play as a goblin mage and orc mage? i like that you randomly change races in some videos. ^^ even if the trolls my fav

[@fuelofmil0]

question: wouldent it be better, changing to frostmage? cuz alot of bosses in cata are fire (and ofc fire ressistant) firemage: less dmg, less dmg taken. frostmage: more dmg, more dmg taken.. whats best?

[@finaldestination3337]

@TotalHalibut what about throne of the four winds

[@ShiningWolf88]

This sure as hell looks like a great gate keeper boss with the stone dragon set up i'm curious to see the other two in action :)

[@Rockyzach88]

I raid arcane, but I was wondering if you might share what your dps is with this spec.

[@wammerst]

@TotalHalibut not everyone can stream at high enough res to see the numbers.

[@Scrabblet2]

Will we ever see a Wipe-A-Thon 4000 video?

[@Jrossmac7]

@benjiolamb He's not lying I'm afraid. Arcane Blast (with the 4stack debuff - or buff depending which way you look at it), Arcane Power, Improved Mana Gem talent, trinket and perhaps more... that is like... awww

[@tiocsti]

@TotalHalibut You would THINK with buff consolidation currently in place on live, that people would quit asking about it.

[@o0Condrag0o]

@Mikeanglo unlike casters, which are pretty much immune to any form of movement or pressing any key to avoid damage.

[@WhiteSockProductions]

@ProThesaurus It's called Wipe a Thon 3000

[@Univirsul]

@dragonthunder122 It looks like he is using a premade possibly. The character has a different name than his troll.

[@Statickogle]

I was slightly disappointed with the difficulty of this boss, however, I am looking forward to the next video with a boss that is more challenging!

[@darkfire8008]

@Ger01995 i'ld suggest full heroic 346 with as much rep items and vp items as you can get

[@LordFerret920]

TB, what would you say the worst boss blizz has ever designed is? I'm just curious.

[@Fulbor]

@TotalHalibut where the hell do you know from that my door is on the left oO

[@theswedishdude1]

so u let the whelps out just to kill them? instead of just letting them stay in there cage? how does that make sens

[@AllThingsAmen]

Also whats your group composition at? the usual 2 tanks 3 heals?

[@zingmars]

@TotalHalibut He's probably watching the vid in 360p. tho even then it is possible to see how much HP does the boss have.

[@theatheistpaladin]

I side more with the progression philosophy. That way there is a good reason to go all the way thru and allow those not familiar or geared to do some raid content.

[@IeaturCoOkIeS10201]

Why no comments on the baron ashbury video?

[@GunsVsHeads]

Is frostfire ball better the fireball?

[@strangeangel76]

@oo18andy It's a glitch in his WoW interface.

[@skaptiben]

why do people do less dps on dps meters in cata then wotlk??

[@samuraisqrrl]

why is it that all instance load screens are 4:3?

[@Lenthey]

@Mikeanglo its fine, melee dps can move

[@cynicalbrit]

@Cola2k7 l2buffconsolidation. Know what you're talking about before making accusations.

[@Ferociousmeow]

@haydewood Cause you make a lot of the same class for beta if you want to progress. (as the raids have lockouts, same as in normal) and he wanted more than trolls i asume. More curious of why he aint using arcane torrent when he's going oom :3

[@CameronWasmund]

What dps do you pull Totalbiscuit?

[@Jonny011117]

hmm does he target random ppl when he wirlwinds?

[@LaneVermilion]

@Tehdung2 ah. thank you. i havent actually raided before, so i didnt know.

[@sadsore]

so...... 2 heals? is that a good amount for 85 raids?

[@a9xforlife]

We tried this fight last night and he had the 100% attack speed with whelps. Starting the fight (Im a warrior tank), he was hitting like a truck and was stacking the debuff to 7 under 10 second (I have a shit load of mitigation and avoidance). Thus, if you're entering there the first time, he has the 100% speed buff and your guild is geared in 1-2 epic, some heroics, your healers might cry and go oom very quick. Not suggested as a first boss to kill with that buff he has haha

[@POQ4214]

what kind of dps and ilvl do we need?

[@Atheyn]

Yo TB.. Can you post your addons that you use? please and thanks.

[@LGR_FGC]

how much HP has the boss got? just curious

[@gumme1234]

@Trollylulz ehm its hes choice to make the adds come, just get a addblocker addon

[@xSSTWARx]

whats better troll shammy or troll mage????

[@TheLacrosseguy69]

If you have 94k hp.... what would the average tanks hp? like 150K?

[@DarthSears]

Should you reject the fate, the gates of Bastion will forever remain out of your reach.

[@saphcal]

@Dixavd Not yet! Or maybe we just both are...hmmm

[@Tyrish]

Why is he stopping up and stands still for a few seconds? If you said something about it I'm sorry

[@Deverixon]

ive got the caster staff and the caster mail pants out of here. we Downed Halfus on Drenden (guild name Cairdeas) on saturday with the staff and i think and melle trinket drop. we killed the top right drake first then the time drake and after abt 20 differant stats and attempts mixing in Slate on and off we downed him. very hard to heal this Spriests have more trouble on this fight do to the fact of the moving sort of fight, and as a resto shaman i run around in GW staying out of fireballs. GL!!

[@LaneVermilion]

At the risk of sounding noobish, what raid frames are you using?

[@mcchang1032]

"shiz just got real, yo"

[@hurlevent4728]

Lol, have you changed from troll to blood elf?

[@soccerprog226]

So is there a hard mode of this fight? If there is, I feel like you'd be leaving a drake up.

[@ayfsy]

Wipe-a-thons are great!