77 Hunter solos Onyxia
Aug 14th, 2008
Chalk up another piece of evidence for just how trivial the old world stuff will be when Wrath releases -- here's a video of a Hunter at level 77 (on the beta servers, obviously) soloing the original raid boss herself, Onyxia. There's a little more info about how it was done over on the WarcraftMovies page -- the only way to deal with all the whelps was to max out AoE, so he used a special talent blend just to do this. And it looks like he just dodged or ate the Deep Breaths, as I doubt even a 77 Hunter would be able to put up enough "dots" to down her before she can do too many. Roar of Sacrifice also got a lot of usage -- it's a pet talent that lets a Hunter avoid half of his pet's health in damage. And he says the two-piece set bonus from Hunter T5 helped a lot, too -- over the fight it added up to quite a bit of healing.
Not too shabby. And at 77, this means there's still three levels (not to mention all the endgame gear) to grow. Maybe the fact that Blizzard is revamping/replacing the old endgame isn't so bad after all -- when it's this easy for the highest level players, it's time to move on. Unless, of course, they make soloing Ony an achievement.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
8-14-2008 @ 3:42PM
deviationer said...
uhg. Deep Breaths are RANDOM. There is nothing you can do to prevent or limit them.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Onyxia_(tactics)
"There were many theories about deep breaths being caused by clumping, not enough DPS, or the number of debuffs on her, however Jeff Kaplan stated in a video interview with the developers in June 2007 that the trigger for the Deep Breath is "totally random" [1]. The Brady Games World of Warcraft Dungeon Companion confirms that she has a random chance to perform a Deep Breath attack every time she moves."
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8-14-2008 @ 3:59PM
Mike Schramm said...
You can limit the amount of Deep Breaths by bringing down Ony as fast as possible. When they happen is random, but the longer she stays up there, the more she'll do. I've clarified the post.
8-14-2008 @ 3:48PM
Jay said...
I would like to know how many arrows were used for this borefest.
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8-14-2008 @ 3:52PM
LostOne said...
Big deal, people have soloed Ony at 70.
http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/05/26/druid-solos-onyxia/
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8-14-2008 @ 3:54PM
imparush said...
sure but this is a dps class not like the druid or paladin who soloed ony
8-14-2008 @ 3:56PM
Falcio said...
Yes, but that was a Paladin. A tanking class.
A Hunter, wearing Mail, and a pet, formerly a pain to keep holding aggro, was able to take it down, a feat that hasn't been done for a DPS class.
Really, this is less a great feat in the history of WoW and more a good way to show how good the new pet system will be for soloing. I can tell you I'm excited, at least.
8-14-2008 @ 5:29PM
phisquare said...
@Falcio
Because soloing as a hunter now is so painfully difficult?
8-14-2008 @ 3:53PM
danielsdata said...
Roar of Sacrifice is bugged. The kill would have been more impressive if they had kited whelps around rather than abusing the known issue.
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8-14-2008 @ 3:55PM
jesper said...
"the only way to deal with all the whelps was to max out AoE, so he used a special talent blend just to do this. And it looks like he just dodged or ate the Deep Breaths, as I doubt even a 77 Hunter would be able to put up enough "dots" to avoid one."
as Blizzard explained in one of the 1UP show episodes (1up.com), the deep breath onyxia spell was completely random, and not affected by the position of players or how many dots were up, even though seemingly most players were under the impression it did.
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8-14-2008 @ 4:40PM
SpaceDog said...
I think it's a joke relating to the linked video.
8-14-2008 @ 4:04PM
wane said...
Grats you just got Roar of Sacrifice nerfed.
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8-14-2008 @ 4:07PM
danielsdata said...
It's a known bug that the damage is not being transferred to the pet. They just used it a lot.
8-14-2008 @ 4:05PM
Freelier said...
Wake me up when a rogue solos her.
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8-14-2008 @ 4:12PM
Nicholas Abstraction said...
Lol i like how they used the noggoholic videos music lol
i love those songs
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8-14-2008 @ 5:09PM
epsilon343 said...
Do you know what the first song was? I'm just replaying the video because it sounds so good.
8-14-2008 @ 11:39PM
Nicholas Abstraction said...
its a sarah mclachlin song, name: World On Fire, Junkie XL remix. So make sure its the right song, its also like 11 or 12 minutes long, he sped it up a bit in the video. the next song is Tears from the moon, but I forget whos it by.
8-14-2008 @ 11:44PM
Genso said...
The first song is Sarah Mclachlan World on Fire (Junkie XL remix) if I recall correctly.
8-14-2008 @ 4:13PM
Andostre said...
That video could have been about ten minutes shorter. Cut scenes!
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8-14-2008 @ 4:26PM
Vellesta said...
There actually is an achievement for soloing Onyxia in Beta right now, but it's marked as being a "test" achievement, so I'm doubting it will go live.
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8-14-2008 @ 5:04PM
lormaes said...
you can only prove you pwn when you are a warior taking her down at 77 (try and die)
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