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Easiest Heroic for a new 80?
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Post by
Kerli
Well I just leveled to 80 yesterday, and I was hoping to try out either high end regular dungeons for gear, or if possible, try some easy heroics to start.
What would be labeled as an "easy heroic"?
I'm a DK tank with 542 Defense at the moment and I need some help.
Thanks. :)
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161859
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Post by
Kerli
UK
K, I was kinda thinking that, but I wasn't sure.
Thank ya.
Post by
TheChilliGod
I actually think Nexus is easier, but that's just me.
Post by
Kerli
I actually think Nexus is easier, but that's just me.
Well I'll try both so thanks. =)
Post by
Groff
I would say VH if you get the right bosses ;p
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Post by
Jaysap
Culling was actually my first heroic, one week after I hit 80. That was back in early December and people actually ran normal 80 instances. If you've done it and know what to expect it's quite doable.
Culling, UK, Nexus, AzN and VH were my first, in that order. They're all quite easy as a fresh tank, but UK, Nexus and VH as others have said are the best choice.
As a side note, that very first heroic run I was fortunate enough to get a
Royal Crest of Lordaeron
(after spending about 1k on a
Titansteel Shield Wall
, grumble grumble). That was December 12th. I finally replaced that shield with a
Shieldwall of the Breaker
on Thursday. That's 7 months using the same shield! I was a happy man that day.
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292710
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Post by
fenom
Violet Hold is one of the easiest and fastest, but make sure to read up on it on wowhead (if you havent done it) because some of the bosses can be tricky if youve never done them.
Honestly you should be able to tank most things right away, just look at a DK tank gear list and start running instances for specific gear.
Post by
pezz
UK is absolute cake since they nerfed the first two rooms. They use to be a combination of big pulls and nasty enrages to surprise new tanks but I don't think the mobs there enrage at all anymore, so there's really nothing to UK.
Post by
echo808
i say UK is easier than Nex only cause Nex has that mini-boss that only shows in Heroic...and some new 80s dont know about him.
for me at least, i hate Big Void too...i always have a hard time finding the void, too much bright white on the screen.
Post by
Cross88
Nexus is easy, but the final boss can be very hard for healers who are inexperienced with the heroic version of the fight. Culling of Stratholme is easy assuming you aren't trying for a timed run.
I also think Drak'Tharon keep is an easy heroic. The final boss of that dungeon is a joke. The second-to-last boss, King Dred, is the only one you really need to worry about.
On the flip side, the hardest heroic dungeons, in my opinion, are Old Kingdom and Gundrak. The Occulus is by far the worst, requiring a level of coordination on par with most raid encounters.
Post by
pezz
The Oculus is actually pretty easy but for some reason no one can manage to understand it. For some reason the instruction 'if there's a big, glowing, exploding ball of death/laser beam try to move away from it or at least not towards it' is only difficult for people to understand in the Oculus. If you know where to fight the bosses in Gundrak it isn't too bad, but do stay far away from Old Kingdom. I was healing that once, and 4k hps isn't enough to keep the entire group alive on some trash pulls in that instance unless everyone is very quick at moving out of aoe's.
Post by
Valer
I'd be careful about VH obviously if u wipe you have to go through the whole thing again repeating bosses without getting loot.
Post by
Mileron
I'd be careful about VH obviously if u wipe you have to go through the whole thing again repeating bosses without getting loot.
You do get rep, though.
Post by
Mahema
I agree on Occulus but Gundrak? I never thought it was that hard. It's another "don't stand there" instance... ;)
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261871
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Post by
echo808
With your usual retard PUG players, you won;t get past the first boss as moving from poison nova is apparently hard!
yeah QFT...but once you get pass that, it aint so hard.
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