Guardian Druid Mage Tower Challenge

Por CowoftheDream Última atualização: 06/6/2018 Patch: 7.2.0

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About the GuideO retorno do grão-lordeCowmurdererDreamTeàmTotal: 174th try is success!Artifact Appearence OverviewGetting PreparedTalentsEspinheirasRugidos GuturaisAfinidade com RestauraçãoTrombada PoderosaGuardião GalácticoGuardião de ElunaArtifact WeaponDestroçarGarras SerrilhadasFortitude do Círculo CenarianoLuz da Lua EsplendorosaTalha-carneSemblante PatagóricoLegendaries

Ekospectro, Criador de Mundos: It increases Thick Hide also Ysera's Gift by %75 for more survivability.

Vestes de Bucha: Since we need a lot of DPS, I am highly recommending to get this legendary before you are going to start this encounter. It increases your Thrash radius and damage by %25. It is really good against nether minions, Inquisitor fight and also for last phase of the encounter.

A Dama e a Criança: Some of people that have been completed the Kruul challenge have been using this legendary with Luffa's Wrappings. If you have enough survivability and doesn't have good damage you can go with Balance-based legendary which is this.

Consumables, Trinkets etc.AgilityVersatilityMasteryHaste

Kit de Planador Goblínico: You should have get this item before you want to start. This is really good against knockbacks by infernals, eyes or Kruul. When you get knockback, you can use this item to return back to your place. You can use in combat also in every 3 minutes.

Tambores da Fúria: Since we need a lot of DPS to kill Kruul and finish the challenge, you HAVE TO use Drums of Fury to get enough haste for damage done and survivability. You HAVE TO use it in Phase Two in order to kill because Phase 2 kind of DPS check.

Tartare de Urso: I was using Bear Tartare when I had killed Kruul. As tank, we need movement speed to ran away from infernals or Kruul's big green circles and get out Inquisitor's circle before we have more stacks. That's why you should use it. Whenever you kill eyes or nether minions you get movement speed, it is really good option for use. But still if you don't need movement speed you can use Travessa de Iguarias dos Filhos da Noite or Prato de Peixe Empanado em Sementes.

Poção do Poder Prolongado: I saw a lot of people using Poção da Guerra Antiga but I highly recommend to use Potion of Prolonged Power because it gives you DPS and Survivability increase. Don't forget to prepot before start and before Kruul which is in PH2.

Frasco do Sétimo Demônio: It increases our main stat which is Agility. I don't recommend to use Stamina Flask because we have already enough HP thanks to Bear Form.

Runa de Aprimoramento Profanada: You can use Defiled Augment Runes for increasing your stats. It is optimal if you have enough golds to buy it. Since i am poor druid, I didn't use.

Pedra de Vida: Before you go into encounter you can invite a warlock to your party and you can take healthstone from him/her. You can also use one time healthstone in the encounter.

Resíduo da Nascente da Noite Coagulado: This trinket have a lot of good survival benefit for tanks. You should use it in Kruul fight, stacks to 10 and you can use it instantly, every 20 secs you are gaining one stack. It is really good for survive also trinket's main stat is really good stat for tank. In my opinion you should at least one surival trinket like this also one dps trinket wise like Cálice de Linfa Pesadelar. Why I am using the Goblet? This trinket gives us our primary stat boost also if you are lucky you will get stable Versatility time to time. Again, I recommend to use one survival trinket and one dps trinket for this encounter.

Enchants and Sockets

Marca do Pelego Grosso: It gives bonus armor time to time for physical damage reduction.

Vinculação da Versatilidade: As I told you before we need Versatility for reduce damage taken, healing done and damage done. That's why we are using this enchant on finger items (rings).

Vinculação da Agilidade: For your Back Item enchant you can use either Binding of Agility for DPS or Dádiva de Versatilidade for DPS and movement speed. In my opinion, you should use Binding of Agility.

Olho de Sabre da Agilidade: You should get one Agility socket to one of your sockets.

Safira da Voragem Versátil: If you have one Agility socket in your socket, rest of all should be Versatility.

Tier Set Bonus?Encounter Bosses, Adds and SpellsInquisidor VarissGrão-lorde KruulPhase 1 - Spells and AddsAura de DecomposiçãoDilaceração MentalDrenar VidaOrbe AtormentadorEncarada QuestionadoraInfernal FumeganteRessonância VilArrebentarRessonância VilArrebentarHorror do ÉterGarras PsiTempestade EtéreaGarras PsiProfeta VelenDefesa SagradaPhase 2 - Spells and AddsIMPORTANT NOTE:AniquilarPisada EtéreaReflexão RetorcidaStrategyPhase 1Fúria do AdormecidoPele de ÁrvoreInstintos de SobrevivênciaFúria do AdormecidoFúria do AdormecidoPhase 2Pisada de GuerraFúria do AdormecidoInstintos de SobrevivênciaVideos From Other PlayersRelodr

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Comentários

Comentado por zengun

This guide is a bit crap...It relies on specific legendaries...

Comentado por Hostik

"You can kite the Kruul to avoid fel green circles, but I do not recommend it because we need a lot of DPS before he kills us."

Horrible advice. You definitely should kite Kruul on the edges of the platform.
And when he jumps and in the air, you can jump out of the way, and when he lands you can avoid it entirely.
Btw, kiting and dpsing aren't mutually exclusive, you can and SHOULD do both at the same time.
Also, Resto affinity sucks, only take Balance for range.
Charge is more valuable instead of roar, in case of a knockback (IMO).
And highly recommend Incarn over GG (this one is too - IMO).

Comentado por Bahahamut

interestingly enough, english _was_ the author's first language, it's just that after so many mage tower grinds, their verbal capacity was reduced to a nearly incoherent level...

Comentado por Roflp0pz

Do you know if the apperance is "account bound" or "soulbound" to the character that killed Kruul? Also will you be able to still use the apperance if paying for a change to another race?

Comentado por MacPzesst

The worst part of this challenge, by far, is that Velen has a really bad habit of putting orbs down right on top of you.

Comentado por Totheknee

Here's how I tackled this.

I did the challenge on my 25th attempt with 134 artifact levels, 937 ilvl, Luffa + Ekowraith. Talents: 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1. Last attempt lasted for 3:14.

Given this setup, this is pretty much "cheesing it", although I pretty much stopped active tanking during WotLK, and I'm a casual extraordinaire. Therefore, it was still a relative challenge for me, with all due respect to people who achieved it under less favourable circumstances. I think I understand what you went through, I tip my hat to you all.

Some pointers from me.

1. Macros helped immensely, I had five of them, and I'll list them all, in order.

/cast Skull Bash

Thanks to Treufuß from EU Blizz forums for that one.

This one is to interrupt Variss's Drain Life.

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/castsequence Swipe,Thrash

Saving one button for a utility skill. Worked like a charm for me with those pesky Horrors.

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#showtooltip
/target Highlord Kruul
/target Tormenting Eye
/target Inquisitor Variss
/target Inquisitor Variss
/cast Moonfire

Thanks to Devdas from US Blizz forum for that one

Moonfire the heck out of them.

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/tar Highlord Kruul
/cast Skull Bash

Just in case, I had a specific one to interrupt Kruul's Twisted Reflections.

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/use Drums of the Mountain
/use Potion of Prolonged Power
/castsequence Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc,Rage of the Sleeper

A small, overkill surprise for Kruul.

2. More tips.
-Bear Tartare, Flask of the Seventh Demon and Lightforged Augment Rune went before Phase 1. Drums of the Mountain and Potion of Prolonged Power, along with other burst skills went the second Kruul arrived. I had no need for any offensive cooldowns in Phase 1 (looking at you, Incarnation).

- Use orbs, just try to save one orb for Phase 2. I needed one.

- You might be tempted to keep looking at Kruul's HP during Phase 2. Don't. Focus more on the area, on Velen's HP once in a while, and of course - on DBM warnings.

- Max zoom out + jumping during Phase 2 helped me a lot with Annihilation and these barrier thingies.

- I didn't use any defensive skills strategically (as in, right skills at the right time), as I had a feeling that my current setup and an orb didn't really require a strategic use of defensives. The one time I used them was spamming them all during one "oh shizzle" Phase 2 moment during my last, sucessful run. A macro could work for that, methinks.

- For me, Phase 1 was all about spamming 3 macros (swipe/thrash, moonfire and skullbash) in the right time. While running in circles is relatively necessary, don't forget you can always change direction, especially when you're getting to the opposite side of the pool with Horrors spawning. Velen dies almost instantly to them.

- Phase 2 was utter chaos. I believe I did about 20 tries without the overkill macro, drums and pots, and all failed miserably mid-Phase 2. Introducing drums and the pot seem to helped immensely. After I introduced the macro, I had one attempt with me dying at 1% (and watching Kruul kill Velen before the dots could finish him off) and a second one where Velen died before me, also somewhere near 1-2%. Third one was a charm.

- Don't forget, that the 10min drum cd resets upon reentering the challenge.

- Moonfire the shizzle out of Kruul. Modifying the Moonfire macro to include him sounds like a good idea, but I didn't do it.

That's about it. Good luck to you!

Comentado por Constrictors

Last minute THANK YOU! for the guide, and macro tips from Totheknee. I had been using a different guide that suggested haste gems and an INT back enchant? Whatever, switched to the Vers/Agil in the guide and used the Swipe/Thrash, Moonfire, and Kruul killer macros, and got it in two tries after. Total wipes at 91,, started at 916 ilvl,, completed at 925 with Prydaz,, and The Sentinel's Eternal Refuge legendaries. Good luck, and don't give up! So what if we need PTSD meds after! lol

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