Why are delve bosses immune to snares when the delve has a candle/poison effect??? You are alrdy limited in ktiing… does blizz hate frost mage or something? I literally cant do anything because my entire defensive tool kit is completely useless. Meanwhile hunter have a pet they can raise over and over and over to tank bosses for them.
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Maybe try Mirror Image followed by Mass Barrier? Alter Time? Ice Barrier, Cold Snap, and/or Ice Cold? How about Greater Invis to drop aggro and let Brann tank while you go back to blasting?
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Bran feigns if you invis, mirror image absorbs 3 hits and then useless, altertime is one hit, mass barrier is 1/3 a hit ice barrier is 1/2 a hit.
How many times you think a boss is attacking?
All of these CDs will be gone in less than 15seconds.
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Does brann really feign if you drop aggro? I intentionally slow my dps sometimes to let Brann get aggro so I can do things better. I kinda try to do the old 5 sunder rule we used to follow back in classic. So essentially my strategy with fights I find too tough is this.
Use some ability to pull the fight that does very small to no damage so the threat level will be low, play keep away for a little bit until brann gets aggro and then wait 5 seconds, Start doing dps but watch my aggro.
I suspect this works with all classes, I don’t do it all the time as I have a self heal but there is a few fights I found it nescessary. Idk if this works for everyone or not though but I wouldn’t see why It wouldn’t, would be bizarre if Brann can only tank for death knights for some reason.
I have on several occasions used Greater Invis to drop aggro onto Brann. He is a little inconsistent about it, but most of the time against bosses he kept fighting.
Mirror Images benefit from Mass Barrier. They are far from useless.
Alter Time I’d say is most of the time worth more than one hit. I’ll meet you half way if you are treating potentially lethal channels that pulse damage as one hit.
If all of those together are lasting less than 15 seconds then I think you are attempting too high a delve for your gear.
Yes, EVERYTIME I have invised he feigns. He also feigns randomly during a fight now and drops aggro.
Melee mobs on mage is 600-800k dmg. My shield is around 800k dmg
Specials are 1.5mil.
Mass barrier is like 400k max…SO the mob eats the barrier and kills the image in one hit
Mages MAIN defense is being able to kite., And they cant do that on bosses.
He only feigns if there’s no one else but him on the agro table. If you invis while having a pet out (Water ele (Does the water ele invis with you tho?) or mirror image) he won’t feign.
Drop the candle/totem. That becomes your safe kiting area.
Also use healer Brann and step on potions. It is really just that simple.
Have you tried doing a slow burn dps in the start and let brann grab aggro, then attempt to kill while managing your dps to keep aggro at a good level? I think that may be blizzards intention to make DPS sort of have to play like they would in a raid or dungeon.
You can’t kite. Thats what im saying. They are IMMUNE to snares and run at like 150% speed
No you aren’t. Put the totem down so it doesn’t lose charge. There’s one on the ground IN THE ROOM as a hint to do that. Plenty of room to stay out of poison pools. You aren’t supposed to outrun autoattacks, and they don’t hurt anyway.
I tried do absotluly nothing but ice lance the entire fight and Brann will feign during the fight so I take aggro even when hes above 75% hp
drop the candle/air purifier
As a general rule you’ll want to drop the candle/purifier every encounter so you have a place to run around, but aren’t burning off your limited number of footsteps.
On boss fights like Waxface position the one you drop so you can LOS the boss’s cast.
to the players right as you enter the room near Waxface.
The plan here is be able to run from one candle/purifier area of effect to the other while having the stairs in a position to block line of sight for the boss’ spell casts.
If they are blocking yours, it’s blocking his. This will give you time to chug a health pot, heal, whatever yo need to do.
You’ll take a bit of damage while in between the the 2 areas but nothing compared to eating the full cost of those spells the boss is casting at you.
even if you can’t break LOS it will certainly give you 2 safe areas to work in rather than 1, and they will be spread out so you’ll have someplace to run.
Brann is a Hunter. Hunters are well known for killing mages, Brann is just doing his job.
You…Cannot…kite… My frost bolt debuff on the boss says "Reduces movementspeed by 0%."I cant even blink away the boss is alrdy on me.
That is really bizarre, I never get this activity. Wonder why he is acting like that for you. That is rough mate Idk how to advise if Brann refuses to grab aggro and your squishy.
Use healer Brann. Step on potions. If you set down the totems they don’t shrink so you can move however you wish. I face tanked the bosses on clothies just by stepping on potions.
You face tanked on a lock with soul link and drain life i gues sbut it certainly wasnt a mage.
Alter, blink, alter is a way to kite. Alter gives you speed too to help get more distance. Images will tank for you, Brann will tank if you invis or block. Definitely have options. I rotated through the whole kit multiple times on a t11 boss with 135 mil hp
Drop the candle and kite it in a circle around the edge of the totem / candle