some people say he does. But he doesn’t.
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Wait, where does it say it scales with ilvl? I’m pretty sure it does not on either difficulty.
Just get a monk warrior or DK and do it, you don’t have to complete on different characters anyay.
There’s some talk of the fight being extremely difficult because of item level scaling, this is also why some are saying a 559 shadow priest famously put a youtube vid up of a near faultless clear.
Is there any proof to back this claim up? I mean, I’m not exactly doubting it because I’ve noticed some iffy stuff during the fight myself, but I’ve just chalked that up to my imagination.
For instance, it seems like the cocoons will randomly have more or less health each time they spawn; sometimes I can down them almost instantly right as they pop while on the next spawn it’s taking me an age to kill off, but I again I just assume I sometimes get really lucky with crits and sometimes I don’t.
But who knows what’s really happening under the hood.
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Yea, you are way off base here. The health and damage in that fight is static. Hence it gets easier when ilvl is higher.
They have EXACTLY the same amount of HP every time. They specifically even stated exactly how much they have when they made changes to it.
So if we fight him naked we would kill him?
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I’d like to see more evidence to this.
Ok, calm down, easy now. Like I said I fully expected it was just me and my imagination. No need to fly off that handle.
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The boss has static hp I am pretty sure. I am not sure if they messed up and the eggs scale with ilvl maybe?
I killed it in 6 attempts on a 613 WW, no flask/consumes. Brann was specced heals with defensive-minded icons. Here are some tips:
-Stay close to boss as much as possible for dodging mechanics
-Don’t hesitate to hold CDs for the web adds, including lust for bad moments later in the fight
-The fight is long, and as long as you dodge mechanics and kill the adds he will eventually die
-Get a weakaura to help track Brann’s heals and stagger the potion pickups
-Use your defensives if Brann’s heals are down or he’s unconscious because Zek’s melees are huge
-Enfeebling spittle can be removed by your own dispels or abilities that remove snares(like Freedom or Tiger’s Lust)
-Save your kicks for the heal!!!
-Brann will often interrupt the enfeebling spittle cast OR he will dispel it off you before the first tick. Wait a moment and see if that happens before using a snare removal on yourself.
-If a web add spawns across the room, don’t immediately snap to it. This might bait a large cone attack on you and you’re done. Bait the cone attack first and then snap to the web add.
-If you routinely can’t kill the web adds, maybe get some more gear first.
That about covers it. Biggest thing is go in thinking this is a LONG fight and you can’t burst him down. Focus 100% on dodging mechanics more than doing damage.
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The more I learn from these threads the more annoyed I get. Kinda explains how it does seem easier on lower geared alts in t8 delves. This is just dumb if true
Edit: props to OP for recognizing they were wrong and editing the OP to prevent disinformation.
The only scaling in the fight is auto attacks hitting differently based on your armor class (cloth takes less damage). Everything else, health, egg health, ability damage, are constant. Here is a comment I made on Reddit after someone claimed the same thing as OP:
Health of Zekvir and egg as a 614 mage: https://i.imgur.com/PfIugEy.png
Melee attack from Zekvir as a 614 mage: https://i.imgur.com/ZYrrf3G.png
Health as a 516 priest (exact same as the mage): https://i.imgur.com/ZR2Ld1T.png
Melee attacks against a 516 priest (also same as mage): https://i.imgur.com/DDV0JNn.png
There is a difference between armor classes:
As a shaman with a shield: https://i.imgur.com/w1knCrL.png
As a shaman without a shield: https://i.imgur.com/93Knth3.png
As a hunter: https://i.imgur.com/3m3bnHK.png
Zekvir has different melee swing damage depending on your armor class, but he 100% is not scaling with ilvl. Stop saying this, please. Gear makes the fight easier. Just because some guy did it on a 570 priest doesn't mean it's easier that way.
As far as I can tell this whole “zekvir scales with ilvl” originated as cope from the video of a 570 priest killing it, and people can’t handle that because they’re struggling to do it at 610+.
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Did see a video of a Prot Warrior in 580s ilvl do it.
It’s not true lol.
i tried fighting him naked and died horrible also caught a cold as my basement is much colder then the rest of the house
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Too much stuff scales with item level or scales too long. so much so you do not feel like you get any stronger when you get better gear. Not saying gear should make stuff trivial either.
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Wait. Are you me?
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Zek’vir doesn’t scale with ilvl, OP is wrong.
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