Killed it first try on ? as a 632 Ret Pally. Just start at the edge, kick bombs and stay on him, when adds spawn kcik bombs at them and slowly rotate around the arena to not get caught up in the oil. Shield I didn't really need to save CDs for, just focus fire him. Bombs mostly kill adds if you aim them well, or you can go smash them and return to boss after shield. Overall very very simple compared to even ? mode Zek. Next step, ?.
They really need to fix the ball kick mechanic. Very punishing for melee, if the boss is on top of you, you cant kick.
He is in no way shape or form easier than Zekvir. I one shot Zekvir?. I cant even get this guy to 50%. He summons adds faster than you can kill them unless they spawn next to you.By the time you get kicking bombs at them, they take multiple bombs to die, he's summoning more bombs to dodge making it take longer to kill the cronies.The people who write these articles need to actually play the game.
Hard disagree dawn. It was much easier. Not sure what you’re having difficulty with but I wouldn’t blame the article writers. Maybe you are undergeared to be doing it? Adds took a couple bombs kicked over and I used primal wrath once as a feral. Had no issues and killed on first attempt
Someone tried 2?, is it bugged the adds i should shoot with bombs are spawning outside the arena
I was able to get him on the second try as a 629 frost DK (deathbringer).The fight was fun, and it was nice to have a lot of room to move around. Zekvir always felt so claustrophobic which made it a bit more dangerous imo. My only complaint is that the boss hit box overlaps way too much with the bombs and I had a hard time using them. On my kill at around ~10-15% I had maybe 7 adds up due to bombs not being able to be kicked.
The biggest thing here is if you kick the bombs at his goons it does big damage to them. When kicked close the bombs start to blow immediately. Just having the bombs near the mobs is not good enough they need to be kicked. If they are grouped tight enough you can take out the whole trio in 3 bombs. Otherwise yes easier than zek imo.
the issue i'm having with this is that the flamethrower keeps targetting brann, who jumps around with absolutely no rhyme or reason. so a guildie and i are doing this, and as i'm dps, i'm running around grabbing the bombs. but then that's obviously the perfect time for brann to get targeted by the flamethrower, while facing me, and i'm in the middle of the cone path, so i have nowhere to go. i'll admit i'm not the best player, but i know to get out of the cones, and i know the mechanics here, but i'm at the mercy of an NPC putting me in the worst possible predicament for a one shot kill.
took a few attempts but i managed it as a 630 enhance shaman. The biggest problem i had was kicking the bombs, but I got round it by just ignoring the adds untill I could kick a bomb safely.
killed on 4th attempt on mountain thane fury warrior alt (634) ilvl.
On ? he does a constant AoE ability, and his adds that she spawns just make for a complete bullet hell. I feel like this version is harder than zekvir given the absurd amount of movement required for it and how quickly his adds get out of control. Seems like it's either going to be a wait until your very geared to blast it, or wait for a couple tuning passes. Given the ? one is a joke, you can take all the time in the world on that one and still beat it. The other one not so much.
Interacting with the bombs:For those like me who didn't have an interact key set, go to Esc->Options->Controls and turn on "Enable Interact Key". Just under it, bind a key to "Interact with Target".
