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  • Lightning's Blade
  • 0. VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 08:51:25 PM PST
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VW tanked 3 drake Sartharion 10man from the pull until about 50% of Sartharion's hp (drakes were all dead, aggro was becoming an issue so we had our warrior who tanked the drakes taunt Sartharion). He basically just sat on a corner and ate every lava wave along with any lava damage taken while I spammed improved health funnel. This only worked because of the massively high hp a VW can get while having enough passive damage reduction modifiers to make up for the low avoidance.

VW Stats:
~54k buffed constant HP after the debuff (~72k with his mini last stand popped and its up 30% of the time)
~20k constant armor (just under 28k with Metamorphosis popped).
~200 Fire Resist (wearing the trinket from TK)

My Stats:
Spec: 11/60/0 Imp Weakness/all the pet goodies
31,000 HP unbuffed, close to 40k buffed

Didn't fraps the fight, but I took some screen shots throughout.
http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vwtank1pq1.jpg
http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vwtank2st8.jpg
http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vwtank3bz0.jpg


On a side note, the highest HP I got the VW to was 89775
http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=33643925gw9.jpg

EDIT: To those wondering about positioning my group had the void standing in one of the safe zones at the start so he initially only got hit by one of the lava waves. After awhile into the fight the knock backs from the waves that did hit him planted him in the lava, where he stayed for the duration of the fight. We found that it was more of a hassle trying to reposition sarth and dealing with the tail than to just have him sit in the lava and tank everything with 200+ fr and constant health funnel.

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  • Lightning's Blade
  • 2. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:00:46 PM PST
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We are recruiting a Feral tank btw.

Go to dgangsters.com for more information.

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  • Medivh
  • 3. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:01:08 PM PST
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Incoming nerf. Also pretty amazing.

This is my main. I don't level I just pay $15 to troll the forums all day.
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  • The Scryers
  • 4. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:03:28 PM PST
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In before ten pages.


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  • Runetotem
  • 5. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:23:23 PM PST
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Grats...where there is a will...there is a way!

Bump for hilarity.

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  • Lightning's Blade
  • 6. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:27:14 PM PST
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Ya its true a voidwalker replaced the best Dk in the united states for that.



A VERY SAD DAY IT WAS FOR ME = /

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  • Ravenholdt
  • 8. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:32:23 PM PST
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Q u o t e:
VW tanked 3 drake Sartharion 10man from the pull until about 50% of Sartharion's hp (drakes were all dead, aggro was becoming an issue so we had our warrior who tanked the drakes taunt Sartharion). He basically just sat on a corner and ate every lava wave along with any lava damage taken while I spammed improved health funnel. This only worked because of the massively high hp a VW can get while having enough passive damage reduction modifiers to make up for the low avoidance.

VW Stats:
~54k buffed constant HP after the debuff (~72k with his mini last stand popped and its up 30% of the time)
~20k constant armor (just under 28k with Metamorphosis popped).
~200 Fire Resist (wearing the trinket from TK)

My Stats:
Spec: 11/60/0 Imp Weakness/all the pet goodies
31,000 HP unbuffed, close to 40k buffed

Didn't fraps the fight, but I took some screen shots throughout.
http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vwtank1pq1.jpg
http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vwtank2st8.jpg
http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vwtank3bz0.jpg


On a side note, the highest HP I got the VW to was 89775
http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=33643925gw9.jpg



Pretty good, fellow void-tank. Now get to 100k before I do and I'll be impressed. I only have 4 to go. I'll give you props for the trinket though; I never managed to get one of those and am looking for a run in the near future.

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  • Lightning's Blade
  • 9. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:32:41 PM PST
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Q u o t e:
Ya its true a voidwalker replaced the best Dk in the united states for that.



A VERY SAD DAY IT WAS FOR ME = /


^ Subbed out of 3d 10 man for the first time.

WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN ME. /facepalm


1/6/2008 ~ Illidan, Sylvanas, Lor'themar, Thrall, Cairne.
11/23/08 ~ Naxxramas
11/25/08 ~ Malygos
12/09/08 ~ Sartharion + 3 Drakes
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  • 10. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:41:38 PM PST
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grats, that's just awesome
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  • Ravenholdt
  • 11. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:44:32 PM PST
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Pretty good, fellow void-tank. Now get to 100k before I do and I'll be impressed. I only have 4 to go. I'll give you props for the trinket though; I never managed to get one of those and am looking for a run in the near future.



To amuse you, quoting myself, here's a screenshot:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb299/Farron17/AAAWRATH_VoidTops.jpg


I went to the trouble that time around of screenshotting every piece of gear, but I'm about to log off for the night. Meta armor brought him to 61.78% armor reduc, but that could be higher now. I'm the lock that wrote that void-tanking guide pre-wrath in the tank forums, if you happen to remember. I've sortof, not had the time to re-create it yet.

"If a star were a grain of salt, you could fit all the stars visible to the naked eye on a teaspoon, but all the stars in the universe would fill a ball more than eight miles wide."
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  • 12. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:55:08 PM PST
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i've heard such things mentioned in whispers before, but i had to admit i didn't think the numbers would stack up right in the end. kudos. is there any secret to gear selection, or is it just high hp (and maybe some +armor?) stuff?
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  • Ravenholdt
  • 13. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 09:58:23 PM PST
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Q u o t e:
i've heard such things mentioned in whispers before, but i had to admit i didn't think the numbers would stack up right in the end. kudos. is there any secret to gear selection, or is it just high hp (and maybe some +armor?) stuff?



The talents in the demon tree allow the voidwalker to highly benefit from stacked stamina and armor values. I have over 3000 stamina in my void gear.

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  • 14. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 10:01:45 PM PST
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The talents in the demon tree allow the voidwalker to highly benefit from stacked stamina and armor values. I have over 3000 stamina in my void gear.


oo, me too! can i be an honorary voidwalker? maybe i'm a bit too fuzzy though :(

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  • Vek'nilash
  • 16. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 10:11:09 PM PST
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Grats, that's pretty neat. I had faith in VW tanks after I saw the video of one tanking Illidan; good to see that it carries over in Wrath. :)

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  • Skullcrusher
  • 17. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 10:14:56 PM PST
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-Space for sale-

Congrats! I knew after blizz hotfixed the way pet's health scaled would have a huge effect sooner or later, nicely done.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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  • 18. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 10:15:08 PM PST
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Holy jesus, I had no idea voidwalkers scaled like that. I skimmed the demonology tree and it looks like there's enough modifiers to make voidwalkers take like, no damage.

Do you have any parse of that kill? I am very curious to see what the damage intake is like compared to a traditional tank class
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  • Skullcrusher
  • 19. Re: VW tanks the hardest boss in the game   02/09/2009 10:18:20 PM PST
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I hope blizzard doesn't nerf this. That is pretty awesome.
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