It seems that Brann just doesn’t interrupt during this fight.
Spittle and Regeneration are cast within 15 seconds of eachother.
How am I supposed to interrupt them both, when my interrupt is a 15s cooldown, and brann just sits there doing nothing?
Wait, he regenerates?
I did Zek’vir ? today. I used the Voidwalker meaning I had no means of interruption.
At first I was dying a lot until I realized I should stay near the boss to make the cone AoE avoidable lol
Once I fixed that, zero issues.
EDIT: Oh, I think you mean “??” difficulty and the forums edited the “??” in the title into a “?” because whoever programmed the forums never anticipated that Blizzard would name a game difficulty “??” lol
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Yes. It’s really really stupid.
Have you tried to heal through the spittle and interupt the regenerate? Use a shield? A defensive?
He regenerates? I was just interrupting spittle. I don’t remember there being much else to worry about.
Oh!
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Yes correct.
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If Brann is set to healer, he won’t interrupt but he will dispel the spittle on you
If Brann is set to DPS, he will interrupt, but won’t dispel anything
If you can find a way to also dispel the spittle, then you only need to focus on the self-heal!
Good luck, it’s tough!
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I am using Bladestorm, Avatar, and Odyn’s Fury to dispel the Spittle, but it’s so RNG that I don’t have it reliably available.
hintLook at the hero talents hint
when we did it the tank stayed on zekvir and took care of his casts, the rest of the team focused on the eggs/spider then back on zekvir.
easier if dps has high mobility.
wasnt that bad for a pug
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Yes I am aware of that, however, it requires something to charge to. …
And Brann sometimes just doesn’t throw healing potions out… I went an entire fight, got him to 78% and he didn’t throw a single one… yes he is set to healer.
For Hard Mode, I did not run Brann as a DPS spec, I used him as healer, which means no interrupt. I was on Warrior, so I had a snare break available using Slayer with Relentless pursuit. Between that and Brann’s cleanse, I wasn’t encountering issues. That said, there are some very brutal overlaps you have to be on top of it for.
You may need to leap away. When Zekvir is doing a cast, including spittle, you can run out and get the room to charge, you have to be fast though.
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Exactly this. You’ll use heroic leap to gain distance, and charge to close it.
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That is what I have been doing, but the 45s cd on leap is a bit rough, especially if it’s on cd already due to his completely heinous and random targeting of his Claw Smash.
You mean ?? difficulty.
You’re supposed to interrupt the self heal at ALL times.
If your class doesn’t have multiple ways of cleansing snares, as the Spittle is classified as both Magic and a Snare, you just die.
Brann’s healing will not save you from a combine tick of Spittle’s DoT and a 3 million+ melee hit from Zekvir.
Assuming Brann doesn’t keel over from WALKING INTO ZEKVIR’S ONE SHOTS that is.
lmao.
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I ran 30second CD talent when I did it as arms, which meant the CD was the same as the timing on the charge snare break. That said, try to keep him close to the egg when you peel off for it. If he targets you, you are close enough to rotate around without a movement CD usually. If he targets Brann, you just keep hitting and don’t have to care.
Also, I would grab Bladestorm if you can fit it. That makes you immune to CC effects including snares for the duration.
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So far it’s not the casts anymore, it’s just the absolute RNG of it.
Will brann toss out healing vials this time? No? Ok guess I’ll die.
Will the boss randomly Slam inmy direction after doing a 180? Ok guess I’ll die.
Will the purple portals randomly suck me in and toss me around despite being nowhere near them? Ok guess I’ll die.
Will the camera angle prevent me from using Heroic Leap - No Path Available - or try to jump onto the ceiling? Ok guess I’ll die.
Such a bad design for an encounter.
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That’s not how the portals work. Zekvir on P2 conjures portals during his pull, which causes it to also pull between two pairs of portals. Distance isn’t a relevant factor there.
Otherwise, there is randomness. It’s handleable, with good positioning and knowledge of (some) class kits, but it is definitely not ideal in terms of design due to the inconsistency.
I got him to 22% and then randomly sucked into a portal for no apparent reason and died.
It’s so stupid.
Literally just happened again. 24%. Sucked into a portal then ping ponged around for no apparent reason.