Myrkris
2006-02-12, 12:21 AM
Here's some post-patch commentary (from Feb. 9) on the Thekal fight. Our problem was the aggro wiping everytime he did the knockback. I like the idea of using mana drain to minimize his summoning tigers, and fearing/sleeping any he does summon.
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Thekal's Abilities
Thekal has several abilities that he uses in the fight. They are as follows:
Heal: Thekal can heal himself as can his zealots. This heal is an instant heal ability. It is important to drain his mana quickly so he can be effectively fought.
Re-Animate: Unless Thekal and his two adds are killed withing ten seconds of each other, they will regenerate and come back to life. This is the exact same style of ressurection as the Core Hounds in Molten Core.
Knockback: In Tiger form, Thekal has an AE Knockback attack that sends players very far from the boss (it will also break agro).
Thekal's Charge: Thekal has a random charge attack that he will use to those inside his charge range. After making the charge attack, Thekal should return to the Main Tank, or the last person with agro.
Calling: After switching to Tiger form, Thekal can make a summon that calls forth 6 tiger adds. This can be interuppted and requires Thekal to use Mana.
Strategy
Three tanks are a MUST for this fight; as Thekal and his two Zealot adds need to be tanked away from each other and brought down at roughly the same time. The party should be split evenly amongst the three, with a slight bit more DPS centered on Thekal to make sure that all three are downed at about the same time (within 10 seconds). If the three are not downed within 10 seconds of each other, they will end up rezzing and come back at full health.
The first phase is not really hard to manage, but requires that players pay attention to damage meters on the mobs (The "v" button will display this, or CTraid has Main Tank Tracking). With the above in mind, the first phase of the battle shouldn't be difficult..
Phase two of the fight is where things start to go "crazy". At 0% health, Thekal will transform into a large Tiger and also wipes his agro list, so the main tank needs to be on him right away or else he will run wild amongst the raid. A secondary tank should be ready to grab agro if needed as Thekal does a knockback attack at this point in the battle.
At this point, there should be an effort on behalf of the raid to deplete Thekal's mana and continue to keep him under 250 mana as much as possible; to prevent the summoning of Tiger adds. A third tank should also be dedicated to dealing with any Tigers that may show up during phase two.
If you feel confident in your abilities to deal with Thekal without using mana drain; it is best to have a Warlock/Druid tag team any adds that do come in. The Druid can sleep and the Warlock can fear any Tiger adds. While Feared/Sleeped, the Tiger adds should be DOTed, thus making them die rather quickly.
With a third tank to watch for adds, and his mana being kept under 250, Thekal should prove easy to down. Just be sure to keep the DPS up on him and watch that the main tank has agro after knockbacks!
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Thekal's Abilities
Thekal has several abilities that he uses in the fight. They are as follows:
Heal: Thekal can heal himself as can his zealots. This heal is an instant heal ability. It is important to drain his mana quickly so he can be effectively fought.
Re-Animate: Unless Thekal and his two adds are killed withing ten seconds of each other, they will regenerate and come back to life. This is the exact same style of ressurection as the Core Hounds in Molten Core.
Knockback: In Tiger form, Thekal has an AE Knockback attack that sends players very far from the boss (it will also break agro).
Thekal's Charge: Thekal has a random charge attack that he will use to those inside his charge range. After making the charge attack, Thekal should return to the Main Tank, or the last person with agro.
Calling: After switching to Tiger form, Thekal can make a summon that calls forth 6 tiger adds. This can be interuppted and requires Thekal to use Mana.
Strategy
Three tanks are a MUST for this fight; as Thekal and his two Zealot adds need to be tanked away from each other and brought down at roughly the same time. The party should be split evenly amongst the three, with a slight bit more DPS centered on Thekal to make sure that all three are downed at about the same time (within 10 seconds). If the three are not downed within 10 seconds of each other, they will end up rezzing and come back at full health.
The first phase is not really hard to manage, but requires that players pay attention to damage meters on the mobs (The "v" button will display this, or CTraid has Main Tank Tracking). With the above in mind, the first phase of the battle shouldn't be difficult..
Phase two of the fight is where things start to go "crazy". At 0% health, Thekal will transform into a large Tiger and also wipes his agro list, so the main tank needs to be on him right away or else he will run wild amongst the raid. A secondary tank should be ready to grab agro if needed as Thekal does a knockback attack at this point in the battle.
At this point, there should be an effort on behalf of the raid to deplete Thekal's mana and continue to keep him under 250 mana as much as possible; to prevent the summoning of Tiger adds. A third tank should also be dedicated to dealing with any Tigers that may show up during phase two.
If you feel confident in your abilities to deal with Thekal without using mana drain; it is best to have a Warlock/Druid tag team any adds that do come in. The Druid can sleep and the Warlock can fear any Tiger adds. While Feared/Sleeped, the Tiger adds should be DOTed, thus making them die rather quickly.
With a third tank to watch for adds, and his mana being kept under 250, Thekal should prove easy to down. Just be sure to keep the DPS up on him and watch that the main tank has agro after knockbacks!