02-07-2006, 05:10 PM
Just some theorycraft while I'm checking the forums in between classes. What do the changes mean for Hakkar strategies?
The days of using a barefisted rogue to soak up the mind control are gone, replaced by a need to have two tanks on Hakkar fighting for aggro during the fight. This also means there's no reason to keep him at a range, so melee dps will be free to start laying into him. It looks like you'll have to directly dps him now to try and down him before the Enrage kicks in.
Corrupted Blood will now rightly be random to the raid, which does a lot to keep people on their toes. Priests are going to have to be quick to cure this, while Paladins will be out of the cleansing game since they risk wiping off the poison as well. Luckily, the disease doesn't spread like it used to. That could be a nasty way to wipe.
Hunters are going to have an easier time running back and forth grabbing Sons to kill since they can't be slowed.
It looks like they're shifting this fight away from being a flat-out endurance battle. Direct dps on Hakkar is going to be far more important than it was before (depending on the strength of his Enrage).
The only thing I'm wondering is whether he has a cleave that would make things sticky for everyone in melee range. If not, I don't see anything wrong with bringing him right up to the raid to play, rather than stalling him where he stands.
Quote:* Hakkar:
Melee damage reduced.
Cause Insanity should now correctly target Hakkar's current target,
rather than closest.
Cause Insanity will no longer remove all threat gained.
Reduced the damage dealt by Poisonous Blood Siphon.
Increased cooldown on Blood Siphon.
Gained an Enrage ability after 10 minutes in combat.
No longer has the Slow ability.
Corrupted Blood now deals direct damage with a following damage
over time effect and no longer spreads to others in the raid.
Fixed a bug that was causing Corrupted Blood to target the current
target rather than the intended random target.
* Increased duration of Poisonous Cloud emitted by Sons of Hakkar.
The days of using a barefisted rogue to soak up the mind control are gone, replaced by a need to have two tanks on Hakkar fighting for aggro during the fight. This also means there's no reason to keep him at a range, so melee dps will be free to start laying into him. It looks like you'll have to directly dps him now to try and down him before the Enrage kicks in.
Corrupted Blood will now rightly be random to the raid, which does a lot to keep people on their toes. Priests are going to have to be quick to cure this, while Paladins will be out of the cleansing game since they risk wiping off the poison as well. Luckily, the disease doesn't spread like it used to. That could be a nasty way to wipe.
Hunters are going to have an easier time running back and forth grabbing Sons to kill since they can't be slowed.
It looks like they're shifting this fight away from being a flat-out endurance battle. Direct dps on Hakkar is going to be far more important than it was before (depending on the strength of his Enrage).
The only thing I'm wondering is whether he has a cleave that would make things sticky for everyone in melee range. If not, I don't see anything wrong with bringing him right up to the raid to play, rather than stalling him where he stands.
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