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Pit of Saron Impressions

posted 2009/10/03 at 5:30 PM by ArgentSun

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Comment by Queggy O.o
Looks awesome! Thanks for keeping us up to date Argent! Comment by Vampirioth thats awesome!\r
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looking forward to the rest of theese guides, especially when loot is released! Comment by Tyrsenus If saronite is named after Yogg-Saron, and this is the Pit of Saron (no "Yogg-"), does that suggest that Saron is a different entity than Yogg-Saron? Or maybe Yogg-Saron was merely part of a larger creature? Comment by Queggy If saronite is named after Yogg-Saron, and this is the Pit of Saron (no "Yogg-"), does that suggest that Saron is a different entity than Yogg-Saron? Or maybe Yogg-Saron was merely part of a larger creature?\r
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You know, Sauron? \r
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1)Why didn't you talk to a gm of some kind?\r
2)Were the phat lewts phat? Comment by ArgentSun If saronite is named after Yogg-Saron, and this is the Pit of Saron (no "Yogg-"), does that suggest that Saron is a different entity than Yogg-Saron? Or maybe Yogg-Saron was merely part of a larger creature?

If you look at my third screenshot, you will notice a huge pit in the middle. It's full of HUGE saronite chunks. They are just gigantic (twice as high as a character would be, and pretty wide). I guess that's why :)

@Arathian, I didn't have the time to wait for one to appear. I will probably go report it in the forums. And there was no loot in the entire place.

And now, a few updates:

General: You will see Tyrannus on his frostwyrm Rimefang as soon as you enter. Apparently he retreats. We did not see them, so it must have been a glitch (but then, the game asked us if we want to get saved to this dungeon ID, so it was probably a glitch).
Ick & Krick: Krick does his Exposion Barrage based on time (or it might even be random). It is not when he hits low health. He also emotes "Krick begins to rapidly conjure explosive mines", if you are curious.
Forgemaster Garfrost: His Deep Freeze spell immobilizes a random target for 8-10 seconds, so they won't be able to hide behind Saronite Boulders.
Scourgelord Tyrannus: I gather he is a fairly simple fight. He is going to jump down from his frostwyrm and engage you. He seems to have a mild Enrage-type spell he does occasionally (emoting that he "...swells with dark might"), and Rimefang will shoot ice spells from the sky, but that's about it.

It is probably worth noting that all the slaves you had freed will be waiting for you at Tyrannus' platform. I don't think they really help you (although it would be cool if they did), but it's nice to have them.

And the epilogue, of course - after Tyrannus is dead, Sindragosa appears out of nowhere, blasts the entire platform with a frost breath, killing every single NPC there. You too should die, but Jaina (for the Alliance, I guess Sylvanas for the Horde?) appear out of nowhere too* and teleports you back to the cave, to safety. After that she walks to the gate you can kind of see on one of my screenshots, and probably opens it in a later PTR build (right now she doesn't do anything but stand there).

* Nowhere is pretty crowded, with all the people popping out of there... Comment by zapscaps Forgemaster Garfrost: My group also agroed him as soon as we engaged a skeleton smith. As previously stated, just aoe them down, and focus on him.\r
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Scorgelord Tyrannus: He will call out a player, and debuff them which will make any dmg they do heal him. Also, his frostwyrm will cast short frost breaths, that, if they hit you will freeze you and make you unable to perform any actions for the duration. I am not sure if it is removable some other way, but it is not dispellable. I never saw it hit near Tyrannus, so the tank and any melee dps should be safe. Comment by blademeld Interesting story, good to hear that it was relatively easy,\r
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Is this is an outdoor dungeon where you can mount? Comment by Skoro From what I gather, Scourgelord Tyrannus and Rimefang have a few abilities.

First, Rimefang:

Frost Breath: Shoots a ball of ice at the ground, putting down a permafrost effect reducing movement speed by 75% (This also affects the boss) and doing some 2.5k frost damage (On heroic) every so often.

Frost Blast: Rimefang will focus on a player (Shown by an on-screen warning emote) and will shoot an avoidable ball of ice at that player, causing anyone in the proximity to be stunned for a few seconds.

Now for Scourgelord Tyrannus:

Overlord's Brand: Causes any damage done by a player to the boss to also damage the tank and any healing done to the marked player to also affect the boss. Can't brand the tank apparently, as everyone else died but me and he no longer marked.

Unholy Power: Scourgelord Tyrannus surges with unholy energy (Shown by an on-screen warning emote), knocking anyone near back and increasing damage done by 100% for 10 seconds. This is very similar to both Anub'arak and General Vezax, as the tank will need to run from him (Just as during Vezax) but also kite him through the permafrost to slow him (Similar to phase 2 of Anub'arak).

The strategy we found was position the boss so when he enrages, the knockback punts the tank over a permafrost spot so when he goes to chase the tank, he is immediately slowed by the ice. Whenever a player is branded, have that player stop dpsing and make sure he does not receive heals. If a player is targeted by Rimefang, everyone start running as fast as possible from the spot that person was just standing.

TL;DR version: Stay out of the bad stuff the dragon shoots, if you see red lightning shooting at you stop doing stuff, kite the guy over the bad stuff when he enrages.

Interesting story, good to hear that it was relatively easy,

Is this is an outdoor dungeon where you can mount?
Yep, you can mount in this instance. Comment by ArgentSun Is this is an outdoor dungeon where you can mount?\r
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The mount screenshot gave it away, didn't it? Comment by lordbovine Scourgelord Tyrannus has one million health on heroic mode, that kinda surprised me a little bit. But he was easy, which didn't surprise me in the least. Hope they give him a buff before the patch is released =p Comment by dairyqueen tl;dr\r
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Did he or she mention the skull in the middle that seems to follow your party? I think was a nice touch Comment by blademeld Is this is an outdoor dungeon where you can mount?\r
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The mount screenshot gave it away, didn't it?\r
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I wasn't looking at the SS's, I rarely do...\r
Anyways, to clarify, you can't fly in the instance? Comment by Secarious You need to kill krick and ick to fight the rest of them Comment by sammion I always went with Garfrost first and it never seemed to bug. The first time we did it, after killing Ick, Krick dismounted and began a scripted dialogue where he told the party something very interesting, before getting killed by Tyrannus who challenges you to fight him. The second time we did it, it seemed like Krick got killed by his own energy mines... but perhaps the tank killed him or... something? Idk. It's definitely gotta be on a timer though, as we didn't hit it the first time. I wonder if it's like some kind of enrage timer?\r
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The tunnel sequence was insanely epic, though... Easily my favorite part of the whole run.\r
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also, two notes: 1. No lewt as of Friday. 2. No flying... but that makes sense, as you could just bypass the trash leading to the tunnel of fun. Comment by ripaaa If saronite is named after Yogg-Saron, and this is the Pit of Saron (no "Yogg-"), does that suggest that Saron is a different entity than Yogg-Saron? Or maybe Yogg-Saron was merely part of a larger creature?\r
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If you look at my third screenshot, you will notice a huge pit in the middle. It's full of HUGE saronite chunks. They are just gigantic (twice as high as a character would be, and pretty wide). I guess that's why :)\r
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@Arathian, I didn't have the time to wait for one to appear. I will probably go report it in the forums. And there was no loot in the entire place.\r
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And now, a few updates:\r
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General: You will see Tyrannus on his frostwyrm Rimefang as soon as you enter. Apparently he retreats. We did not see them, so it must have been a glitch (but then, the game asked us if we want to get saved to this dungeon ID, so it was probably a glitch).\r
Ick & Krick: Krick does his Exposion Barrage based on time (or it might even be random). It is not when he hits low health. He also emotes "Krick begins to rapidly conjure explosive mines", if you are curious.\r
Forgemaster Garfrost: His Deep Freeze spell immobilizes a random target for 8-10 seconds, so they won't be able to hide behind Saronite Boulders.\r
Scourgelord Tyrannus: I gather he is a fairly simple fight. He is going to jump down from his frostwyrm and engage you. He seems to have a mild Enrage-type spell he does occasionally (emoting that he "...swells with dark might"), and Rimefang will shoot ice spells from the sky, but that's about it.\r
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It is probably worth noting that all the slaves you had freed will be waiting for you at Tyrannus' platform. I don't think they really help you (although it would be cool if they did), but it's nice to have them.\r
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And the epilogue, of course - after Tyrannus is dead, Sindragosa appears out of nowhere, blasts the entire platform with a frost breath, killing every single NPC there. You too should die, but Jaina (for the Alliance, I guess Sylvanas for the Horde?) appear out of nowhere too* and teleports you back to the cave, to safety. After that she walks to the gate you can kind of see on one of my screenshots, and probably opens it in a later PTR build (right now she doesn't do anything but stand there).\r
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* Nowhere is pretty crowded, with all the people popping out of there...\r
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Sounds like last boss from Hellfire: Ramparts Comment by Skreeran I was disappointed that Jaina\/Sylvanas don't actually do much in this instance.\r
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They basically say "Get them!" at the beginning, then "Who're you working for?" in the middle, and "Oh noes! Get behind me!" at the end.\r
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Hopefully the FoS and HoR have them do more. Comment by tyrentofthought I just have a single little question: What kind of Proto-drakes were they(what color\/texture\/name). Other than that thanks for all the info :) Comment by rnbw To be honest I'm a bit disappointed that with no former knowledge of the bosses you seem to be able to one-shot them. This is a trend which I see all over Wotlk. On my Warrior we one-shot most of Naxx, on my Druid we one-shot most of Toc10 and then I'm not even talking about instances and heroics. I remember a time where you needed to wipe at least once, sometimes several times, to get to know the boss and its tactics (especially in raids, but also to a lesser extent in dungeons and heroics). Comment by Hituro The issue you had with phasing, where you could not see the portal, I take it that this is also a bug, and not that people who have done all the Icecrown quests will be locked out of this instance?

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