Additional Mythic Zskarn Nerfs (or Another Bug) with Patch 10.1.5 - Increased Cooldown on Abilities

Live Posted 2023/07/13 at 10:20 AM by Squishei

Unstable Embers were not being castAdditional Mythic Zskarn Nerfs

Cooldown of Dragonfire Traps increased to ~34 seconds (was 30.5 seconds)
Cooldown of Shrapnel Bomb increased to 45 seconds (was 30 seconds)

Pre-10.1.5 Trap Timings

Post-10.1.5 Trap Timings

Pre-10.1.5 Bomb Timings

Post-10.1.5 Bomb Timings

Impact of the Changes

Less Mechanics - There will be 1 less trap set and 3 less bomb sets before Enrage at ~5:30. Good for melee uptime, and less time having someone run away clearing bombs. This may also lead guilds to avoid using 3 tanks anymore and in general 4 more spaces in the room at the end of the encounter.

Consistent Spell Queueing - Depending on how Zskarn felt, he could change the order of his abilities based on spell queueing, leading to different encounters. These changes should remove those opportunities for him to mess up his spell queue by completing avoiding overlaps where his ability cooldowns line up.

Avoiding Overlaps - Speaking of overlaps, the difficult overlaps of Traps (4) + Lines + Knock and Tactical Destruction (2) + Traps (5) have been spaced out, leading to more time between mechanics.

Comment by Swalshy4Just nerf this boss to the ground. It’s a Blizz disasterComment by kowaikokoroWill zskarn receive more changes by the end of the tier than sepulcher? Or will the devs keep pushing the narrative that zskarn was killed as intended, find out next time on dragonball zskarnComment by THOTIHOTTIECould just remove the fight?Comment by shashafooyThe fight definitely felt a little easier on reclear. One thing we noticed is that there is an overlap of a trap set and dragonhead 4 where we had traps spawn in the safe area when dragonhead fire was the largest that killed several of us a few times. Just had to save some trap clears for the safe spotComment by HavocR88Some nerfs on Rashok would be niceComment by FrokoNoticed that timers were off yesterday during farm. It is pretty laughable that we killed M Zskarn 4 times, and every single time it was a different fight.

Legit hope that the guy responsible for this boss is not allowed to make decisions about boss design in the future.Comment by OldGromm"Testing your resistance to extreme ~~temperatures~~ nerfs."Comment by ShaneTheInsaneSome nerfs on Rashok would be niceComment by XoveroathxWill zskarn receive more changes by the end of the tier than sepulcher? Or will the devs keep pushing the narrative that zskarn was killed as intended, find out next time on dragonball zskarnComment by FignewtunNever let whoever designed zskarn to design a boss ever again.Comment by KarashoteSome nerfs on Rashok would be niceComment by XimuThis boss has be pants on head stupid. Your original design for the boss is what Liquid did, last 5 or so % in the safe spot. Then you let over 70+ guilds cheese it 50% or more to get into the hall, then nerf it mid week bricking lower ranked guilds. Now this week the boss was literally just not doing mechanics and hundreds of guilds moved past this because of it.Comment by KerathrasJesus Christ! How many times are they going to nerf this joker? If the fight warrants all of those nerfs how the hell was it allowed to ever go live the way it was? At this point just put a giant red button at the entrance to the boss arena that one shots him and gives everyone loot.Comment by SaruyaSome nerfs on Rashok would be nice