Enhancement Shaman Legion Mage Tower Legacy Challenge Guide

By wordup Updated: 2021/12/06

DoomhammerMage Tower BuildingThe God-Queen's Fury

This guide is about the Legion version of the Mage Tower Challenge, that isn't accessible anymore.

Click here for the updated Enhancement Shaman Mage Tower Timewalking Challenge Guide

Artifact Tints

Enhancement - Typhoon

PreparationGearLegendariesRoots of ShaladrassilPrydaz, Xavaric's Magnum OpusSephuz's SecretEye of the Twisting NetherConsumables

Flask of the Seventh Demon (Flask of Ten Thousand Scars also works here for survivability, if necessary)

Nightborne Delicacy Platter or Lavish Suramar Feast

Defiled Augment Rune

Potion of Prolonged Power

Talent ChoicesCapacitor TotemJarl VelbrandAscendanceCrashing StormTactics

Sigryn, who you encountered in the artifact unlock quest in 7.2

Runeseer Faljar who was the follow up quest

Lastly Jarl Velbrand who completed the chain

SigrynOrb of Valor

Jarl Velbrand has 256mil HP, and will exit the fight first when he reaches 0%

Runeseer Faljar has 293mil HP, and will exit the fight second, again at 0%

Sigryn has 342mil HP, and will be very low when the first two are dead due to the shared health pool, and the encounter will end when she reaches 20%.

Jarl VelbrandHurl AxeBerserker's RageEarthbind TotemBladestormCapacitor TotemSunderingRuneseer FaljarShadowboltRunic DetonationSpirit WalkAncestral KnowledgeDoom WindsSigrynThrow SpearHexBlood of the FatherDark WingsBlood of the FatherHexTips & TricksCrash LightningBlood of the FatherAstral ShiftElemental HealingSpirit WalkWind ShearShadowboltAncestral KnowledgeAncestral Knowledge

Comments

Comment by seacow21

Thanks for the guide. One seemingly minor tip (but important) is to not interrupt ancestral knowledge right away when you get the shield down but rather wait until right before the cast completes. Knocking the shield off early can get you 10 to 15 seconds of free dps where Runeseer Faljar is not casting shadowbolt (or another ancestral knowledge), which speeds this fight up considerably.

I would also suggest not attacking the Runeseer for the short times that Sigryn is out of hex. You don't want fel patches all over him when you need to get through ancestral knowledge. Hit her and Jarl away from the Runeseer until hex DR is up, switching back to the Runeseer only for ancestral knowledge.

Comment by 1766817

One thing I wish any guide for this challenge (as enhancement) would be clear about is how to keep the Runeseer and Velbrand separate. Perhaps I'm doing something horribly wrong, but no matter what I seem to do, after Velbrand's berserker rage is over, he runs towards the Runeseer, plops himself there, and starts throwing axes. If I attempt to go close enough to the Runeseer to pull him away from Velbrand, it doesn't work as Velbrand just switches to melee and follows me, too.

This isn't an issue for the first 20%~ of the encounter's hp, but after that when dark wings and ancestral knowledge start activating at increasingly regular intervals it becomes nearly impossible to stay alive while doing damage to at least one of the group, when the two of them are constantly next to each other, and Sigryn is hexed (thus no damage to her). Sigryn I have no trouble with directly cause she is hexed for the majority of the fight, however her dark wings attack does seem to bug out for me occasionally, though. I often find myself unable to see the val'kyr she summons, only the *swoosh* effect they have when moving across the screen.

Perhaps that is intended, but whether it is or isn't, the real issue I seem to have is just spacing between Valbrand and Runeseer. I can do enough damage during the ancestral knowledge phases, run fast enough to get all the runes, and dodge the val'kyr with relative ease (again, sometimes their models simply do not appear, and the only indication I have that Dark Wings is active is Sigryn's voiceline, and the purple lines that fly by when they move across the arena. Doesn't happen every single time Dark Wings is cast, but it happens enough that I've noticed it).

Didn't mean for this to become a "here is everything I have trouble with" post, but I guess it did become that. Maybe I should just wait on the challenge until I'm above 900 ilvl or have better legendaries (only have 2 since the beginning of Legion. I love legendaries so, so much /s).

Anyways, guide is pretty good; helped me learn the mechanics, which is exactly what a guide should do. Again, I seem to be having problems with spacing the Runeseer and Valbrand away from each other, but seeing how I haven't seen anyone else complain about that, it's probably just me.

Comment by 643772

This is one of those things like the warlock green fire quest that really can make you toss your mouse across the room if you make even one slight mistake in maximizing your abilities.

Like the warlock quest, I'm expecting many, many, many deaths on it but I'll get it done someday.

The fact remains, it's 100% do-able- just don't give up.

Comment by mz1991

Is Jarl Velbrand bugged? He won't stop hurling axes even if I'm in melee range.

Comment by druagamaniac

so this is bugged, i stood on a rune 3 times and it just got smaller and exploded, nice hit detection

Comment by YungGnome

Some parts seem incorrect, maybe Blizzard did some stealth changes.

Sundering doesn't do much, neither Bladestorm nor Ancestral Knowledge can be interrupted by it. In fact Ancestral Knowledge can only be interrupted by Wind Shear.

Comment by Telanore

Warning: Both Hidden Satyr neck enchant and the Torment the Weak relic option from the Crucible may (most likely will) break the initial Hex on Sigryn if you pull her away with Lightning Bolt! For a safe pull, use Purge to pull her away from the other two, as this doesn't proc either effect.

Comment by Zaydene

A few macros I used to assist with this fight

#showtooltip
/cast EARTHBIND TOTEM
Simply drops Earthbind Totem at your feet so you can save a click

#showtooltip
/target Sigryn
/cast Hex
/sw 85
/sw play
This will target Sigryn and hex him and then start your Stopwatch timer for 85 seconds. Once the timer is done you can safely reapply Hex to combat DR

#showtooltip
/target Runeseer Faljar
/cast Wind Shear
Targets Faljar and kicks him

I also noticed Sundering does not actually do any interrupting, so don't rely on it to help you during Bladestorm. I'd just ghost wolf and run out if LST is on CD

Comment by Cyberium

Runeseer Faljar spawns purple runes, some times three, sometimes two, occasionally very hard to spot under other special effects, and I suspect occasionally they became invisible under the floor, likely a bug.

Comment by Melandroso

Great guide! I did it first try with no clue as to how to enhance and with a fully-loaded artifact.

- I made weakauras to track the Landslide and Flametongue buffs
- pressed other keys randomly
- ignored Sigryn (other than hexing her for the Blood of the Father)
- used CDs (Ascendance, Bloodlust, Ascendance) for the Ancestral Knowledge
- ran over runes and tried to avoid Valkyrs
- tried to keep them together, but not really focusing on it

I had settled in for a long afternoon of learning the fight ... but killed it on my first attempt. Hurray!

Enhancement Shaman Legion Mage Tower Legacy Challenge Guide

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