I am referring to raid and dungeon mobs who charge a random non-tank target, displace them with a knockback, and then return to the highest threat target.
The problem with all of these abilities is that occasionally, the mob in question will get off a single auto-attack on the charged target. There’s really nothing you can do to prevent this, and given that the physical damage is tuned for tanks it very often completely one-shots cloth and leather wearers. This is especially true of the “Dive” the Dragonhawks in Alar’s Room do on the PTR, but it’s also true of a few mobs in Heroic dungeons.
This is something I’ve noticed as well. Its extremely evident in Arc and H Arc. It’s something you just can’t do anything about and honestly it’s kinda gamebreaking in some situations.
Maybe gear for more hp instead of glass cannon, at least in certain situations? As a fury warrior, I’ve been trying to gradually replace glass cannon pieces with pieces with stamina, or at least have them as an alternative, even if it’s a slight dps loss.
A good example for melee is Vengeance Wrap vs. Cloak of Darkness. The latter sims at only slightly less dps, but with a green/purple gem gives 31 stamina, while VW gives zero. Yet no BiS lists I’ve seen even mention CoD’s existence. It does take 4 nethers, but the rest of the mats are cheap, and it is the better overall cloak for any fights with high raid damage, IMO, because of the stamina.
Edit: Cloak of Darkness is actually phase 2, it looks like.
yeah I agree, raid DPSers value stamina about as much as a rogue values intellect, and then they get all surprised when they get 1 shotted by literally everything.
I assumed this wasn’t in phase 1, because wowhead lists it as being sold by apprentice darius (the npc outside karazhan) and not the ethereal dude.
You’re absolutely sure he’s selling it in phase 1? I’ll go to karazhan to check after I’m done my cloth cooldowns, but everything I’ve read says this isn’t on that vendor and isn’t in the game in phase 1.
Also, on topic of displacement charge… charge has a minimum range, often. You can prevent some mobs from using this ability by standing close enough to them, or instead designate someone to take the charge by having them be the only one at range.
EDIT- Nope, the reason no one mentions cloak of darkness is because it’s not in this phase. The ethereal doesn’t have the pattern either.
Well, damn, I just ran my alt into Kara to check (needed to turn in quests anyway), and I don’t see it. Thought I remembered seeing it. I was wrong, sorry.
Wowhead comments says patch 2.2, so we should get it in phase 2.
That’s cute, but it’s wrong. There’s 1 very important thing you can do to prevent this. STACK ON THE BUTT. Get in there close enough to sniff the mobs buttcrack. See, that charge targets players outside of melee range. All you have to do is be in melee range. Also get behind it because chances are the mob might also have a 180 degree cleave too.