It is a terribly designed encounter.
My Fury Warrior 625 took 85 pulls to kill.
My Retribution Paladin 596 took 2 pulls to kill.
Class and Spec DRAMATICALLY change how easy / difficult the fight is.
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Far from my favorite. I did maybe a couple dozen pulls on him last night on my 615 ret main. Starting to get to the second phase, so maybe with more practice and some gear Iâll get him down before S1 is over⌠but itâs not fun.
Iâm a well below average player and I had a blast getting Mage Tower done on my main spec during Legion. Probably 60 - 70 pulls at a minimum. Loved it. By comparison, Zekvir is just frustrating and kind of boring. I donât know if itâs the length or repetitiveness or RNG or what.
And thatâs to say nothing of things like my best attempt despawning because I had to bubble a fear dumping aggro on Brann who then promptly jumped out of the room with the boss in tow. Sigh.
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Found the problem. The fight is a DPS check, youâre meant to do it as DPS. You can do it as a tank but youâre making it harder on yourself, itâs not the gameâs fault.
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Is there any benefit to mind control an add
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I pulled twice and decided to come back when itâs nerfed. Life is too short for Zekvir.
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You wonât get any rewards for doing it (if itâs even accessible) in season 2.
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Should be easy fight for DK. Probably any spec even.
The Mechanics are fine its the spell queue system that is the issue⌠the way the abilities come out on that fight are a giant pain sometimes and make it not fun.
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After you.
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My comment was made out of frustration. Your comment was made to try and diminish my efforts and no one thinks youâre cool. Get a life - and preferably out of your moms basement.
Honestly, if you have no way to deal with the spit, youâre at the mercy of Bran RNG. Itâs awful game design
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HowâŚ
Itâs not even a DPS check on ? difficulty.
Playing any DPS spec (barring maybe 1 or 2 out of the 20-whatever we have) with the correct talents to deal with spittle trivializes that fight. Hardly just a Shaman thing. Itâs hardest for tanks and healers, probably.
Thereâs a balancing act there. Once things start taking too long it becomes a game of doing everything correctly for that long without making a mistake, which for some folks will be harder than playing a little less safe and killing it in 5 minutes instead.
Weâve had raid encounters like this where the main difficulty was not messing up 9 minutes deep.
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Not only patience and doing it correctly, but fighting RNG with add spawn points, Brann not doing his job, potion drops, my pet getting feared/killed so no interrupt etc.
Iâll try it more often if the RNG didnât frustrate me, despite my iLevel and âperfectâ play.
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Iâve only had a couple of sessions of serious attempts and I can get him around 25% health left but inevitably my hand will cramp or I get an itch or something dumb that distracts me into being one shotted lol
OP: âZekvir ? has terrible mechanicsâ
Looks at Delve Feat of Strength
Has Let Me Solo Him from 1/5/25
Topic was made on 1/5/25
Me: âHmmâŚâ
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Just got ?? down!
After getting him close to 10% multiple times, I took a break to knock out the timewalking event, hoping for a weapon upgrade in the weekly cache. Instead of a weapon, RNGesus graced me with a Hero level Mad Queenâs trinket, which did enough burst to essentially let me swallow an entire egg every 2 minutes. That allowed me to save my wings and Wake for the other eggs, bursting them down fast enough to focus on dodging, interrupting his heal and cleansing spittle perfectly.
Hat tip to Tsulong for the weakaura that made his spittle impossible to miss (GIANT ICON) as well.
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We have already seen a priest beat zekvir ?? Naked
Itâs really easy, you just donât stand in the poop and you win.
Gratz!! Itâs a good feeling to finally get that done.
I screamed so loud, I scared my dog and my cats. lol.
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Exactly this. I hate the potion and egg RNG. Zekvir makes me run in one corner, bran drops the potions in front of the doors, and now try to survive 3 hits while youâre trying to reach the potions. 2-3 million per melee hit is silly. Especially when Zekvir decides to target the egg with the AOE slam, and I have to step aside while precious seconds are counting down.
And that purple skin is just awful. If they added a mount like the mechasuit, or record of queen Ansurek (or however you spell her name) Mount I would take the bite and grind it.
Props to people who did it. It requires parents and commitment. I donât have any of those traits. If I fight is long so that I can use my time defensive CDâs twice, Iâm out. To long.