10-01-2005, 02:00 AM
Combat in Ragefire Chasm
Things started off pretty sloppily. In particular, if you watch the video you can see me (Grimlurker) running around trying to kite, when I didn't have aggro anymore. It was several fights in when Cryptlurker pointed out the trick of using the target's target frame. Not having much experience with kiting anyway I did a lot of silly running. It sure didn't matter, things were not dangerous at all. The main danger was not getting in much damage before things died.
The troggs were actually tougher than the cultists for this group. They have a very fast run speed, so they would close much more quickly. A cultist caught in a single pull wouldn't reach the party despite being elite.
Oggleflint
Our first named fight was over the lost satchel. We sheeped the two guys in the front, and were planning to focus fire the boss.
![[Image: flint.jpg]](http://brettandbecky.net/wow/icp/flint.jpg)
But unexpectedly he didn't pull. We hollered on teamspeak not to hit the boss, but Demonlurker's shadowbolt was already on the way.
![[Image: flint_oops.jpg]](http://brettandbecky.net/wow/icp/flint_oops.jpg)
No matter though, this was easy.
![[Image: flint_lights.jpg]](http://brettandbecky.net/wow/icp/flint_lights.jpg)
Taragaman the Hungerer
The next boss was Taragaman, a big bad melee boss. Unfortunately I forgot to take screenshots, and Xame forgot to run the video for this fight. Perhaps later I can add some if someone else took some.
At any rate I drew aggro first, and started to run. I figured a good strategy given the terrain was to actually run through him. My friends would be hitting him as he came toward, then again as I went away. Bad idea -- his first hit stunned and he proceeded to hammer me within an inch of my life before I could get away. At least I kept the priests busy.
After he went down, we celebrated a little bit.
![[Image: taragaman.jpg]](http://brettandbecky.net/wow/icp/taragaman.jpg)
We proceeded through the instance. We got much better at sheep nuke frost nova rhythm, handling the normally tricky four pulls with quite a bit more ease than even a normal party.
Jergosh the Invoker
By the time we reached Jergosh, we were in full swing. The battle was on!
![[Image: jergosh_engage.jpg]](http://brettandbecky.net/wow/icp/jergosh_engage.jpg)
We got to employ our favorite formation which is a loose circle around the mob, causing him to run around bouncing aggro.
![[Image: jergosh_circle.jpg]](http://brettandbecky.net/wow/icp/jergosh_circle.jpg)
He fell with far less drama than with Taragaman.
Bazzalan
Really on a roll by now, we also took down Bazzalan.
![[Image: bazzalan_engage.jpg]](http://brettandbecky.net/wow/icp/bazzalan_engage.jpg)
He was no match for us.
![[Image: bazzalan_down.jpg]](http://brettandbecky.net/wow/icp/bazzalan_down.jpg)
Funnily enough, we killed every last cultist, and we did not get one of the spellbooks for one of the quests. So if we're to complete it we'll have to go back.
Holylurker took some good video clips which illustrate some of the principles we tried to use. Once they are edited I'll be putting them up soon too.
I have to say that being a mage in the ICP is a total blast. As bonemage said, you're CC, puller, tank, and DPS all rolled into one.
Another interesting bit -- I think there was only one item which was an upgrade for anyone. A lot of that is probably due to some pretty heavy twinking of gear. I think Grimlurker has more health than my level 18 warrior :o
Next: Video
Things started off pretty sloppily. In particular, if you watch the video you can see me (Grimlurker) running around trying to kite, when I didn't have aggro anymore. It was several fights in when Cryptlurker pointed out the trick of using the target's target frame. Not having much experience with kiting anyway I did a lot of silly running. It sure didn't matter, things were not dangerous at all. The main danger was not getting in much damage before things died.
The troggs were actually tougher than the cultists for this group. They have a very fast run speed, so they would close much more quickly. A cultist caught in a single pull wouldn't reach the party despite being elite.
Oggleflint
Our first named fight was over the lost satchel. We sheeped the two guys in the front, and were planning to focus fire the boss.
But unexpectedly he didn't pull. We hollered on teamspeak not to hit the boss, but Demonlurker's shadowbolt was already on the way.
No matter though, this was easy.
Taragaman the Hungerer
The next boss was Taragaman, a big bad melee boss. Unfortunately I forgot to take screenshots, and Xame forgot to run the video for this fight. Perhaps later I can add some if someone else took some.
At any rate I drew aggro first, and started to run. I figured a good strategy given the terrain was to actually run through him. My friends would be hitting him as he came toward, then again as I went away. Bad idea -- his first hit stunned and he proceeded to hammer me within an inch of my life before I could get away. At least I kept the priests busy.
After he went down, we celebrated a little bit.
We proceeded through the instance. We got much better at sheep nuke frost nova rhythm, handling the normally tricky four pulls with quite a bit more ease than even a normal party.
Jergosh the Invoker
By the time we reached Jergosh, we were in full swing. The battle was on!
We got to employ our favorite formation which is a loose circle around the mob, causing him to run around bouncing aggro.
He fell with far less drama than with Taragaman.
Bazzalan
Really on a roll by now, we also took down Bazzalan.
He was no match for us.
Funnily enough, we killed every last cultist, and we did not get one of the spellbooks for one of the quests. So if we're to complete it we'll have to go back.
Holylurker took some good video clips which illustrate some of the principles we tried to use. Once they are edited I'll be putting them up soon too.
I have to say that being a mage in the ICP is a total blast. As bonemage said, you're CC, puller, tank, and DPS all rolled into one.
Another interesting bit -- I think there was only one item which was an upgrade for anyone. A lot of that is probably due to some pretty heavy twinking of gear. I think Grimlurker has more health than my level 18 warrior :o
Next: Video