http://rockers.wikid.de/uploads/bwl_nefarian.jpg
(Sorry, this got a bit complicated. The "Safe" areas only refer to the Bellowing
Roar. The Shadowflame angle is approximate.)
P H A S E - I
After talking to Nefarian, Drakonids spawn from two entrances in the room. For
each instance id two brood afflictions are randomly chosen for them. Each
entrance spawns one type. The Drakonids will continue to spawn until 42 of them
have been killed. Then Nefarian lands --> Phase II.
Nefarius himself runs around the room during this phase, casts shadowbolts and
sheeps players.
P H A S E - I I
Nefarian (bid dragon) lands.
Nefarian Shouts
Nefarian tries to **** each class to maximum effect, this is what will happen:
Priests - Must not heal, otherwise the target will get a stacking debuff with
each heal that lands (lasts 20-30 seconds)
Druids - Stuck in catform
Rogues - Will be ported to Nefarian and cannot move
Mages - Random polymorph of other raidmembers into giraffs/cows/etc. (Ice block
can counter this, also LoS)
Warrior - Stuck in Berserker Stance
Warlocks - Spawning infernals
Hunters - Ranged weapon in use will break (unequip before each class call)
Paladins - Nefarian becomes immune to melee damage
Shaman - Hostile totems
Apparently these happen one at a time... remotely similar to Bloodlord
Mandokir's "I'm watching you"
Bellowing Roar
Simple AoE fear. Can be countered by Fear Ward and Berserker Rage. LoS check.
Tail Whip
Stuns briefly. (damage? duration?)
Cleave
Frontal physical AoE (not yet exactly sure about its AoE angle, seems to be
somewhere between 90 and 120°)
-75% healing curse
Dispellable -75% healing curse on the current aggro-holder. Has to be dispelled
P H A S E - I I I
At 20% Nefarian resurrects the previously killed drakonids as undead.
--- Our current tactic -------------------------------------------------
PHASE I
We split raid into two independent teams. They are camping one spawn point each.
Rogues and Warriors of each team stand right in the gate to the cave where the
Drakonids spawn. Via /assist they focus all damage on one after another and kill
them as fast as they spawn. The warriors in the teams will mainly use
cleave/retaliation/sweeping strike/whirlwind whenever available to get as much
aggro on them as possible. Mages/Warlocks keep the are under constandt
blizzard/fire rain. No more than 4 drakonids should be alive at one time. Those
who get shadowbolted by Nefarian during this phase have to be healed quickly.
Usually Nefarius pesters the team at the spawn point near the room entrance.
(we usually have 3 warriors on each side)
(in case of red drakonids warlock AoE has no effect on them, so we have mages in
one team, warlocks in the other)
PHASE II
3 Priests and 3 Druids together with MT1 (fearwarded) go grab Nefarian and
position him correctly while the rest of the raid kills the remaining Drakonids
(spawns stop when Nefarian lands)
From here on its a straight forward fight. Every now and then a AoE fear and a
class shout.
Warlock: as soon as the infernals spawn they have to be killed ASAP to prevent
them from going rogue on casters.
Priests: the moment the shout goes off, all priests have to immediately cancel
their channeled heal, sit there and do nothing until the debuff wears out. If a
heal lands, the targetted player gets a stacking DoT DoT each time a heal lands.
Renew and shield can still be cast.
Druid: the druid shout doest do anything bad to druids, they are just stuck in
cat. However this naturally takes away a lot of healing.
At all times, especially just before a fear, the MT should have a full set of
HoTs on him to bridge the heal-less time.
Last but not least the rogue shout: This one just ports the rogues in front of
Nefarian in a stun lock. If they get hit by Nefarian's Shadowflame or a couple
of cleaves they die. To counter this, Nefarian is always positioned at an angle
(see illustration) and in case of a rogue call immediately turned to the
alternate position.
Last but not least nefarian casts a -70% healing curse on the MT. Has to be
dispelled immediately (druids job).
Mages: Since the mage class call can mess up the tanking and healing quite
severely if not dispelled asap, we keep mages in a position without LoS to the
MT and Healers (see illustration)
PHASE III
The Drakonids we killed before rise back to life in the exact spot they were
killed before. At 22% all mages and warlocks get in position near the spawn
points to kill off the bone constructs immediately with AoE. A hunter sets up a
frost trap in the middle of the bone pile on each side to slow the initial
movement of the spawns.
Mages keep the spawns in nova-lock (using a limited invulnerability potions to
get away). Ideally the mobs are all locked down until they are dead. As soon as
the first mobs are immobilized Fire Rains and Blizzards are used to kill.
Once the main packs are dead, the spawns that managed to escape are killed and
the fight resusmes as normal for the last 20%
--- MODS -------------------------------------------------
The following mods simplify the fight quite a bit:
1) is an addcounter. This add counts deaths of teh drakonids. it uses the CTRA
channel to sync with the othe rplayers to provide accurate figures. One player
per group should have this mod installed and set tinto reporting mode by typing:
"/nef report".
http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2642
2) is an improved announcer for all special abilities. This one has to be on the
MT. iT is turned on by typing "/nefarian on". Most notable "improvement" is the
class call warning a few seconds before it actually goes off... this gives
everyone (especially hunters) time to prepare for a call.
http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=2662
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