Okay I just started work on this. Zekvir ?? Is much more RNG aggravating than Mage Tower. And I just went and redid the havoc mage tower and ret paladin for the armor sets.
Zekvir ?? The random Bran fearing out of the room and resetting the encounter.
The RNG of where eggs spawn. None of it feels fun or interesting or even feel like I am making progress on learning the fight.
I have gotten into phase 2 twice (keeping in mind just started this today) and am already hating the random āyou failā checks between where eggs spawn and the damn door.
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Both have a max range at which theyāll go. Keep to the center of the room as much as possible and these things wonāt happen
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The fix came in mid september, it has actually been months since then. And 609 is a pretty normal ilvl to do it at.
he is not that hard, just make sure to kick his heal and play the rest as intented, get out of the circle, get out of frontal, avoid portals, kill eggs, whats so hard about it
Phase 2 it definitely felt like spittle was coming faster. He said 30 seconds, maybe he meant phase 1? I donāt know I wasnāt sitting there with a stop watch but it certainly felt to me like it was coming more often than in phase 1. Egg as well felt like it was coming faster.
LOL that is literally what I was saying the whole time. So you were just arguing for the sake of arguing. /smh
That used to happen prior to the September 24th nerfs. Egg spawns you can set your watch to now, and they added the animation to buffer against spell queueing issues.
I think we can all agree the boss would be better if it didnāt crit, but effective potion + defensive usage does mitigate against them very effectively. And while egg spawns are random to an extent, if you arenāt zipping off to them instantly and instead take into account zekvirās position and a rough idea of what heās going to do next then unless youāre really undergeared and need that 100% uptime then you have the ability to deal with whatever he throws at you with good play.
Sometimes you get lucky and donāt need to play as well though, but that isnāt preventing you from killing it.
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Just a āsheās deep breathāing moreā from me then. /shrug
Never said it was. Just that catching a bad crit at a bad moment is rng the fight doesnāt really need and that higher ilvl would let you eat it more easily. But somehow that was a āradicalā opinion.
As a BM hunter hereās what helped me:
-Stay close to him and stay in the middle as much as possible. This helps with positioning because if youāre far away when he does the wide brown frontal you will not get out of it if youāre in a bad spot.
-Lose the muscle memory to disengage out of bad spots. I died so. many. times due to this. You have to save disengage for the spittle.
-Watch your trigger finger when disengaging the spittle. Wait till itās actually on you. I disengaged to fast so many times and always died as a result.
-Do not run through him to get away from the frontal. Esp that white thin frontal. You will get stuck in the webs underneath him and die. Side step. Quickly.
-You will have to res your pet. This fight is very different as you are the tank not your pet. You have take the hits. Just use turtle to res pet.
-There is a weak aura that tracks brans potion so you donāt waste them. Get that! Make sure you have one on you at all times when heās meleeāing you.
-Everyone probably knows this but healer bran is the best bran. Heās still dumb and he stands in bad while telling you not to stand there but heās doing his best lol. I used Amorphous and Idol of the Earthmother. The idol made a huge difference compared the Porcelain.
-You only have a limited time to deal with the add. If your gear is low save cds for it. I didnt have to at 619. A few times the add spawned but with very low hp so I just stunned it and then killed it. If it gets itās cast off you will die.
-I did it at 619 but itās not a gear check. Not even for more hp. You just get one shot anyway and for his melee just keep Branās potions rolling on you. No amount of gear will keep you from getting one shot from most of his mechanics.
It took me over 160 attempts and my kill lasted 7 minutes and 32 seconds. Super embarassing compared to my husbandās 20 attempts on his 597 ret pally. He didnāt even do ?. Just straight into ??. (he slept on the couch that night!!)
GL! If I can do it anyone can!
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Oh that is some BS. Iād have been pissed if this happened to me.
I used a /tar egg macro (for my mage) to help with finding the eggs but I imagine itās a little more of a pain for melee.
The advice to stay near the middle of the room is good.
This used to be super important, and ofc still helps, but the egg now does have like a 3~ second spawning animation where it flies out of him and materialises before becoming attackable.
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Not radical.
Just wrong.
You stated you took like 7.5+ or something million damage. You arent surviving that with more ilvl. You are surviving that by knowing mechanics.
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I beat him today so I can come here and say this. Skill issue
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I had many wipes as a melee DPS class before getting the kill in less than 20 pulls on a ranged DPS class. My advice is RUN - BACK - IN after all of Zekvirās abilities.
Zekvir casts Claw Smash cone ability? Dodge, RUN - BACK - IN
Zekvir casts Anglerās Web ability? Side-step, RUN - BACK - IN
Zekvir casts Horrendous Roar? Run out, RUN - BACK - IN
Zervir summons Cocoon? Wait for him to cast next ability, which will be one of the above abilities before proceeding to the Cocoon, then RUN - BACK - IN
And why should you RUN - BACK - IN? Most importantly, because it is impossible to predict which of Zekvirās abilities will come after the summoning of the Cocoon. Also, because the Cocoon is both a distraction and a priority. The counterplay is prioritizing it but not ignoring the other mechanics which are far more detrimental if ignored.
All classes have some way to free themselves from the effects of Enfeebling Spittle. You need to make yourself very familiar with that ability and use it after assessing if Brann helped or not. Brann Flakes can only dispel every other Enfeebling Spittle so be mindful when you use your dispel. You do not want to overlap your ability with his.
Use a macro to interrupt Zekvirās Regenerating Carapace and Blood-Infused Carapace, and ideally one that will allow you to interrupt the heal and not change targets in case you working on the Cocoon add.
Final advice, disable DBM and most if not all boss timers. The only timer worth tracking is Zekvirās heal in P1 and P2. All the other abilities are visual and having the DBM lady talking non-stop and glitching out is a distraction.
Remember RUN - BACK - IN and you will win.
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That low key makes sense.
Correct me if Iām wrong but you donāt necessarily have to defeat him. You just have to stay alive long enough to get his horn-thingy to drop.
The key to winning is just running around like crazy and staying out of stuff, I think. Try running low delves until he pops up and you can practice there. Load up your gear with speed stats.
Thatās when he confronts you within a delve, he has his own lair which as 2 separate difficulties as well.
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Correct, I wasnāt sure which they were referring to. Thanks for the clarification.
I forgot to put one of the most important things in my earlier post. A macro for interrupting his heal. You donāt have to switch from the egg. Just make sure to put him on focus before the fight. Yes I forgot a few times and then wondered why the stupid macro didnāt work lol. One of the times he was almost dead.
Also P2 is easier. Youāll have so much practice in P1 that P2 goes quick. Just remember when he fears itās not just a circle you have to get out of but he shoots balls in 3 directions. Theyāre easy to avoid if you know theyāre coming. A quick side step is all you have to do.
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