Wowhead's Guide to Proving Grounds: Strategies, Bestiary, and Rewards

Опубликовано 11.09.2013 в 12:46 perculia

Арена испытаний

Rewards for beating various difficulties.

Rules to keep in mind for gear scaling and instance buffs.

Bestiary details for tank, healer, and dps challenges.

Detailed breakdowns of all waves on Gold and Endless, including some charts and videos.

DPS: Esoth is a hunter in <Something Wicked> on Whisperwind, where he's been doing 25-man heroic progression raiding since Wrath of the Lich King. He writes the Survival Hunter thread on Elitist Jerks and maintains other WoW tracking projects on his personal blog, Esoth.com. He can also be found on twitter as @Esoth.

Healing: Hamlet has been playing WoW since 2005 and has raided at all levels from casual through top progression. He's best known for various theorycraft projects including Druid guides and spreadsheets on Elitist Jerks, and other posts on a blog he maintains with me here. He can always be found on twitter as @HamletEJ.

Tanking: Llarold has been tanking since Vanilla WoW, and is currently the MT for <Royal Militia>, a progression-oriented 10-man guild on Bleeding Hollow - Alliance. He writes and maintains the Brewmaster Monk thread on Elitist Jerks and streams raids on http://www.twitch.tv/palm_strike.

Click the cut to view the Proving Grounds guides!General Overview

Proving Grounds allow users to select Tank, Healer, or DPS challenges. You can queue up from class trainers, or Мастер испытаний Ротун by the Temple of the White Tiger.

Proving Grounds come in Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Endless difficulties. In Endless mode, you simply go on until you fail the challenge.

In addition, gear plays much less of a role in Proving Grounds success--all gear is scaled down to ilvl 463, like it is in Challenge Modes.

There are three types of Challenges--Tank, Healer, and DPS.
As a tank, you must protect Ткач туманов Сикари from enemy waves, who will heal and dps.

As a dps, you will be killing mobs on your own--no help. You will get a ticking bomb icon over your head and have a limited amount of time to kill each wave, noted by Таймер.

As a healer, you get a full party of NPCs to heal: Чародейка Каван, Защитник Ото, Сули Выживающий, and Убийца Ки.

The mobs you fight, which all have "Illusionary" names like Большая иллюзорная банши and Малый иллюзорный аквалит, come out in set waves.

Rewards

Bronze: Испытать себя: боец, бронза (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: лекарь, бронза (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: танк, бронза (90-й уровень)

Silver: Испытать себя: боец, серебро (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: лекарь, серебро (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: танк, серебро (90-й уровень)

Gold: Испытать себя: боец, золото (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: лекарь, золото (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: танк, золото (90-й уровень)

Endless Mode has achievements for completing 10, 20, and 30, as well as titles for reaching 30 waves:
Испытать себя: боец, бесконечный режим (10 волн) (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: боец, бесконечный режим (20 волн) (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: боец, бесконечный режим (30 волн) (90-й уровень), The Proven Assailant

Испытать себя: лекарь, бесконечный режим (10 волн) (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: лекарь, бесконечный режим (20 волн) (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: лекарь, бесконечный режим (30 волн) (90-й уровень), The Proven Healer

Испытать себя: танк, бесконечный режим (10 волн) (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: танк, бесконечный режим (20 волн) (90-й уровень), Испытать себя: танк, бесконечный режим (30 волн) (90-й уровень), The Proven Defender

Ты не так это делаешь! (90-й уровень)Лучший результат в базовом испытании бойца (бесконечный режим) на арене испытаний (90-й уровень)Лучший результат в базовом испытании лекаря (бесконечный режим) на арене испытаний (90-й уровень)Лучший результат в базовом испытании танка (бесконечный режим) на арене испытаний (90-й уровень)Gearing Rules

Any item above ilvl 463 are scaled down to ilvl 463; items that are 463 or below are not affected or scaled up.

Any trinket of ilvl 463 or higher is a valid choice because of the wide selection of unique procs, so you have a wide array of trinkets to consider compared to armor.

For specs that use hit and/or expertise (all non-healing specs), if you were hit/expertise capped normally, you will remain hit/expertise capped in a Challenge Mode.

Tier set bonuses are not active, and neither are Sha-Touched Gems, legendary meta gems, or legendary cape procs.

Stats from flasks, enchants, other gems, and profession bonuses are not reduced.

Instance Rules

Inside the Proving Grounds, there are several NPCs that offer amenities:
Надага Ткачиха Душ provides a Soulwell.

Мистик Звездное Перо lets you reforge your gear. It's possible you will want to prioritize different stats in this 5-man environment than you do in your raid gear.

Мисс Нефритовая Лапа sells Jewelcrafting supplies.

Поставщик Эхорут sells secondary stat food, although you probably want to bring your own primary stat food.

Xuen's PresenceМастер испытаний РотунProving Grounds: DamageDPS Basic Tips

Reevaluate your talents and glyphs.
Several talents have zero effect in the proving grounds and in many cases there is nothing you can do about it, but in some there may be a single talent that at least has some effect.

You will never take damage so healing and damage reduction talents have no effect.

Movement speed is important, even for ranged, because of kiting the amber globules and Guardian position requirements. Movement speed filters: talents, specializations, Abilities

Most enemies do not have enough health for the kind of single target damage rotations you may be used to on a raid boss. The only enemies with enough health for this are the Большой иллюзорный ша and Малый иллюзорный ша, and those favor a build that emphasizes the 20 second burn phase.

buffs are provided forfoodflasksЯнтарная сфераМалый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщикБольшой иллюзорный янтарный прядильщикБольшой иллюзорный стражникМалый иллюзорный стражникБольшой иллюзорный метатель банановМалый иллюзорный метатель банановИспытать себя: боец, бесконечный режим (30 волн) (90-й уровень)DPS BestiaryLargeSmallБольшая иллюзорная баншиБольшой иллюзорный шаМалый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик and Большой иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик

Projects a slow moving, amber globule that moves towards the caster. When it hits a target, everything a short range is encased in amber and takes 50% increased damage for a brief amount of time (Янтарная сфера). Pets appear to be immune to being encased.

Also note that if you are standing too close to the enemy unit you will be encased too, although the radius is short enough that melee should still be able to position themselves appropriately.

The Amber-Weaver's cast itself starts facing you, is 3 seconds, and can be interrupted - although you probably do not want to interrupt it. As soon as the cast starts, a faint silhouette shows where the globule will appear, and this starting location does not change regardless of your position afterwards.

You could get the Amber-Weaver to start a cast and then run behind it to get it to trap itself, if you wish.

Большой иллюзорный метатель бананов and Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов

These are one of only two mobile enemies in the DPS proving ground, but they can be slowed and CC'd.

They run all over the map and throw bananas at you (Веер бананов), which reduce your hit chance by 70% (Бананобуря). You probably will not have time to get off a cast at 1.5 seconds or longer, making these enemies a huge pain.

Большая иллюзорная банши and Малая иллюзорная банши

Relatively low health enemies that exist for 10 seconds for the Small variety, and 15 seconds for the Large variety, before exploding (Таймер) and causing you to fail the challenge. These are always a high priority.

They are the second mobile enemy, but their pathing is similar to a disoriented target. This is mostly just a concern when trying to trap them in an amber globule.

Большой иллюзорный мистик and Малый иллюзорный мистик

Healers. They only have one heal spell (Иллюзорное исцеление) and it can be interrupted. They are also susceptible to most forms of crowd control and stuns.

Большой иллюзорный стражник and Малый иллюзорный стражник

Their mechanic is basically the same as the Sha of Fear minions in that they face a random direction and project a shield that deflects all damage from that direction (Сущность скверны).

This is a channeled ability and there is some downtime between channels and at the start where they are vulnerable from any direction.

Большой иллюзорный ша and Малый иллюзорный ша

Large add with lots of health. These have two phases - one with a Защитный барьер up in which they take 50% damage, and a vulnerable period (Без защиты!) once that shield expires in which they take 300% damage. The shield lasts for 40 seconds and the damage taken increase lasts for 20 seconds.

The damage on them with the shield up is not completely wasted but you definitely want to have everything off CD for when the shield fades because you will be doing 6 times the damage.

Большой иллюзорный убийца and Малый иллюзорный убийца

These enemies have no abilities and are basically glorified target dummies.

Большой иллюзорный вредитель and Малый иллюзорный вредитель

Low health enemies that come in packs of 6 - 18 and have no abilities.

DPS Strategy and Charts: Gold Waves Малый иллюзорный убийца (x2), Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x2). Time: 0:30.

When amber globules strike an enemy that enemy takes 50% more damage for a few seconds so you probably want to tackle the two Малый иллюзорный убийцаs first, kiting these globules into at least one of them.

Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x1), Малый иллюзорный убийца, Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов (x1). Time: 0:35.

You probably can't get a globule to hit the Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов here, but if you take out that Banana-Tosser first it should be easy to make the Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик trap itself.

Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов (x1), Малый иллюзорный мистик (x1), Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x1). Time: 0:40.

Consider using CC on either the Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов or Малый иллюзорный мистик if you are having trouble interrupting heals while dodging bananas.

Большой иллюзорный мистик (x1), Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов (x1), Berserking Buff (x1). Time: 0:40.

Here you are presented with the first Berserking buff - you'll get another in a couple waves. They increase your damage by 30%. Please note that you do not have to use it on the wave it appears - e.g. if you are having trouble with wave 5 but find wave 4 really easy, save it for wave 5.

Also, this is the first wave with a Large creature - this Mystic has a lot more health than you fought in the last wave.

Малый иллюзорный стражник (3x), Малая иллюзорная банши (3x) Time: 0:45.

Pet classes can benefit from having their pet damage one Guardian while you damage another - to reduce pet movement time. Pets will always attack from behind. These are small creature types so this phase should not be hard unless you are attacking from the front.

Большой иллюзорный вредитель (4x), Малый иллюзорный вредитель (2x), Малый иллюзорный мистик (2x). Time: 0:50.

This is a simple exercise in making sure you can CC a target. The Малый иллюзорный мистикs will not start casting a heal until something is damage so you have plenty of time to get set up at the start if needed.

Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов (x1), Малый иллюзорный стражник (x1), Малый иллюзорный мистик (x1), Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x1), Малая иллюзорная банши (x1), Большая иллюзорная банши (x1), Berserking Buff (x1). Time: 0:55.

This is probably the biggest combination of different enemies faced so far, but you do have a buff if needed.

Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x2), 1x Малый иллюзорный ша, Малая иллюзорная банши (x1). Time: 1:00.

Малый иллюзорный ша will take 50% reduced damage for 40 seconds before losing their shield and taking 300% damage for 20 seconds - or 6 times as much damage as their previous phase.

It's probably not worth trying to save amber globules for his increased damage phase because you will not have much time to finish off the Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик afterwards. Just get the two Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщикs down before the Sha's shield falls off.

Малый иллюзорный мистик (x1), Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов (x1), Малый иллюзорный ша (x1), Малая иллюзорная банши (x1). Time: 1:15

Nothing really new here - just kill the Малый иллюзорный мистик and Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов and start working on the Малый иллюзорный ша (no CDs yet!) until his shield falls off.

Большой иллюзорный убийца (x1), Большой иллюзорный ша (x1), Малая иллюзорная банши (x2). Time: 1:20

The Sha is now Large so the health difference should be noticeable. There won't be enough time for a second burn phase, but you will be able to pick up a couple more percent if you didn't get it down in the first one.

DPS Strategy and Charts: Endless Waves Большой иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x3), Малый иллюзорный вредитель (x6).

You can use the Янтарная сфераs either on the Малый иллюзорный вредитель pack in the center, or on the Большой иллюзорный янтарный прядильщикs themselves. This is one of the most generous rounds in terms of damage requirement.

Малый иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x1), Малый иллюзорный мистик (x1), Большой иллюзорный стражникs (x2), Малая иллюзорная банши (x1) at 0:30.

All of these mobs are CC-able, and in fact I preferred to trap the Малый иллюзорный мистик so that I could aim Янтарная сфераs at one of the Большой иллюзорный стражникs.

Note that the Малая иллюзорная банши does not appear on the map - Banshees always appear in the center circle and are not present at the start of a round. This is a "Small" Banshee so it has very little health, but will detonate after 10 seconds and end your attempts, making it a high priority when it appears.

Большой иллюзорный метатель банановs (x2), Большой иллюзорный вредитель (x18).

They all start in the center, but note that the Большой иллюзорный вредительs fan out in a star pattern. Earlier in the PTR they were easily AoE'd, but now some classes will likely only be able to AoE a subset of them. You should still have plenty of time for this round if you can handle the Большой иллюзорный метатель банановs quickly.

Большой иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x1), Большой иллюзорный стражник (x4), Малая иллюзорная банши (x1) at 0:30, Berserking Buff (x1).

There's a large damage requirement here if you need the Berserker, but you may be better off completing this wave without using it, because the requirements for the latter 5 waves are also very high.

You will absolutely want to use the Янтарная сфера on the Большой иллюзорный стражникs and unleash strong burst damage while they are taking the increased damage from it.

Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов (x1), Малый иллюзорный мистик (x1), Малый иллюзорный ша (x1), Малая иллюзорная банши (x1) at 0:30.

The Малый иллюзорный ша is in the center and the Малый иллюзорный метатель бананов and Малый иллюзорный мистик start on opposite sides. Note that the Sha's Защитный барьер will fade just after the Малая иллюзорная банши dies (and everything else should be dead).

Большой иллюзорный мистикs (x2), Большой иллюзорный вредительs (x6), Berserking Buff.

CC really isn't required for any of these waves except for maybe this one - unless you have multiple interrupts at your disposal.

Note that disorient effects like , which would normally cause an enemy to resume casting immediately when it wears off, seem to put the enemy's ability on CD in this case. Also, the Большой иллюзорный вредитель are packed close enough together for AoE this time.

Большой иллюзорный янтарный прядильщикs (x2), Большой иллюзорный стражникs (x3), Большой иллюзорный метатель бананов (x1).

You'll want to use the Янтарная сфера on the diagonal line of Большой иллюзорный стражникs, but the Большой иллюзорный метатель бананов will make this difficult if you do not CC or kill him quickly. There is a lot of damage required for this phase so you may want to have some CDs ready.

Большой иллюзорный мистик (x1), Большой иллюзорный убийца (x2), Большая иллюзорная баншиs (x3) at 0:45, 0:30, and 0:25.

The theme of this phase is being able to do enough damage (and interrupting heals) in order to deal with the banshees. These are of the Large variety which means they have more health than the Small and last for 15 seconds instead of 10 - note that the second and third Banshees will overlap!

This wave can be deceiving because the banshees don't show up until later - if you aren't almost done with the other adds by the time these start coming out you will be in trouble.

Большой иллюзорный янтарный прядильщик (x1), Большой иллюзорный метатель бананов (x1), Большой иллюзорный стражник (x1), Большой иллюзорный убийцаs (x2), Большая иллюзорная банши (x1) at 0:30.

CC'ing the Большой иллюзорный метатель бананов or killing it quickly will make it easier to use the Янтарная сфераes on the Большой иллюзорный убийцаs and Большой иллюзорный стражникs.

Большой иллюзорный ша (x1).

On wave 5 you faced a Малый иллюзорный ша and a few other mobs - this time it is just the Большой иллюзорный ша, but he has way more health.

This wave has the highest DPS requirement and will likely require several CDs and/or the Berserker buff. Once again you have 40 seconds during which your abilities have little effect, followed by a 20 second burn phase.

Proving Grounds: HealerHealer Videos: All DifficultiesHealer Basic RulesЗащитник ОтоСули ВыживающийЧародейка КаванУбийца КиВозрождениеHealer BestiaryБольшой иллюзорный потрошитель, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель

Rippers are basic melee mobs that Защитник Ото will pick up and tank. They have no abilities. All of the mob types other than Rippers are immune to crowd control other than stuns, so if you have fears or other CC, you may as well use them occasionally to stop a little bit of damage from Rippers.

Большой иллюзорный певец улья, Малый иллюзорный певец улья

These frequently cast an AoE called Ультразвук that does substantial damage to the whole party.

Малый иллюзорный певец ульяs generally require you to use groupwide heals to heal off the party without spending inordinate amounts of mana. Большой иллюзорный певец ульяs can get the whole group to low HP in only a few casts, and require heavy groupwide heals or major cooldowns.

Ультразвук can be interrupted, and Убийца Ки and Чародейка Каван will occasionally do so anytime they are DPSing a Hive-Singer. If your class has any interrupt or stun abilities, Hive-Singers are the best place to use them. It's only a 1 second cast, but if you can stop it when possible you will noticeably cut down on your healing load.

Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени

Immediately after spawning, they channel Вызов лавы, which scatters some fire patches on the ground at range. Interrupting this immediately after the cast ends (and the channel begins) will stop most of them, which is helpful since the NPC's occasionally step in them.

After that, they stand still and chaincast a Огненный шар (Small) or Огненная глыба (Large) on random targets. The Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени is generally not threatening on its own, but the Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени can spike someone down in about 3 casts even with no other damage. You can see who's being targeted by Flamecallers while they cast, so if you show that information in your party frames it's a big help. The Огненный шар/Огненная глыба are also interruptible, which is something you might do if there's no Hive-Singer out.

Большой иллюзорный аквалит, Малый иллюзорный аквалит

In addition to doing moderately high tank damage, Aqualytes periodically cast the Водяная бомба debuff on a random party member. It's 6 second Magic debuff that, if it expires undispelled, will explode for a large amount of damage on everyone within a small radius (roughly 10 yards) and a knockback.

You should be able to dispel every one, with the exception of one particular wave (Endless Wave 4) that has two Aqualytes and requires you to let some explode. Make dispelling these a priority in any wave.

Большой иллюзорный копатель, Малый иллюзорный копатель

A generally light-hitting mob with one important ability. Each Tunneler will periodically tunnel under the ground to a random party member (Зарыться) and Чавканье them, doing some immediate damage and leaving a fast-ticking physical DoT that lasts until the person is healed up to 90% HP.

It is important to heal off Чавканье as quickly as possible with whatever fast heals you have. Allowing it to remain for more than a few seconds will cause you to spend much more mana in the long run dealing with it, and if it lasts until another one appears or another wave spawns you can get very far behind on healing. Keeping people topped off during Tunneler waves is important.

Be especially careful when Защитник Ото is Чавканьеed, since it can be hard to heal off if he is taking a lot of damage otherwise.
Consider adding a special highlight for Чавканье to your frames.

Большой иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный завоеватель

A hard-hitting melee mob with high HP. They have an Исступление that significantly increases their melee damage for about 10 seconds (you can see them casting it, and they will also get very large).

Each Conqueror will usually only Исступление once, a few seconds after it spawns, but occasionally one will last long enough to Исступление again. You generally should expect to use cooldowns of various kinds to help deal with Исступлениеs.

Importantly, Защитник Ото has his own Глухая оборона that he will use if it's available, so if you either watch for his yell or have Глухая оборона indicated on your frames, it can help you decide whether to use your own. Защитник Ото will use his Глухая оборона in non-Conqueror waves if you let him get very low, so you want to make sure you don't let that happen.

Healer Strategy: All DifficultiesЦи-полетСвятой карательWave 1: Малый иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:25.

Not much to do yet. Cast a few heals on Oto.

Wave 2: Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:30.

Still, only Oto is taking damage, so basic single-target heals are all you need.

Wave 3: Малый иллюзорный певец улья, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:45.

The addition of a Hive-Singer requires you to use basic group heals. If you're anticipating working on Gold or Endless soon, you can use these waves to get the hang of interrupting them.

Wave 4: Большой иллюзорный певец улья, Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, 1:00.

Harder version of the previous wave. The group damage from the Большой иллюзорный певец улья is high, so heal aggressively; mana shouldn't be an issue in Bronze. Feel free to use a cooldown, but save something for the next wave.

Wave 5: Большой иллюзорный потрошительx2, followed by Малый иллюзорный певец ульяx2, 1:30.

Essentially a longer version of the last wave, and first use of a delayed spawn.

Wave 1: Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:35.

Another warmup wave to start. Heal Oto.

Wave 2: Большой иллюзорный певец улья, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:35.

An easier version of a Bronze wave, but don't be surprised by the Hive Singer's damage.

Wave 3: Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:40.

The introduction of Flamecaller. A Small version isn't likely to kill someone when there's no other damage, but it's a good chance to see how they work. Notice how Вызов лавы has a cast and then a channel. A good habit is interrupting them just the channel starts, and then they will not cast it again.

Wave 4: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:50.

Now the higher-damage version of the previous wave. The Large version of the Flamecaller can kill someone with consecutive casts if you don't heal the target. If you have an indicator on your frames for who's being targeted, you can see how it helps anticipate the damage here.

Wave 5: Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, Малый иллюзорный певец улья, followed by Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, 1:00.

Wave 5 where more enemies start to get combined to test your ability to handle them at once. The Малый иллюзорный певец улья isn't so bad on its own, but the delayed spawn Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени can be dangerous if people aren't topped off when he appears. Use a cooldown or two here, as they should be back up during wave 8.

Wave 6: Малый иллюзорный аквалит, Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:55.

Introducing the Aqualyte. Nothing special here, this wave is just demonstrating that you need to dispel. Watch out for higher tank damage when Aqualytes are added.

Wave 7: Большой иллюзорный аквалит, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, 1:00.

Combining the Aqualyte and a Flamecaller doesn't pose too much trouble, just don't forget to dispel while you watch the Fireballs.

Wave 8: Малый иллюзорный певец улья, Малый иллюзорный аквалит, followed by Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный потрошительx2, 1:05.

A more intense wave than anything before to cap off Silver. Do not forget about your cooldowns; most or all should be up and they will make a big difference. Heal off the initial Hive-Singer's damage, so you don't surprised by the Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени on the delayed spawn.

Wave 1: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:35.

An easy starting wave. You should be able to get through it without spending much mana.

Wave 2: Большой иллюзорный аквалит, Малый иллюзорный певец улья, 0:45.

This is a good time to practice interrupting the Малый иллюзорный певец улья while there isn't much else going on. Another easy wave that you want to handle efficiently.

Wave 3: Малый иллюзорный певец улья, Малый иллюзорный копатель, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:40.

The first introduction of a Tunneler is already a bit tricky. Чавканье and Ультразвук at the same time can require a lot of burst healing to top the person off. Interrupting Ультразвук is helpful for avoiding having to spend a lot mana on this.

Wave 4: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Большой иллюзорный копатель, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель 0:55.

There is some RNG here, since Огненная глыба and Чавканье on the same target can hurt. The Большой иллюзорный копатель will survive a bit into wave 5, which is a high-damage wave, so you really want to avoid getting behind on dealing with Чавканье and having anyone at low HP.

Wave 5: Большой иллюзорный аквалит, Малый иллюзорный копатель, followed by Малый иллюзорный певец улья, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, 1:05.

A large, busy wave with two sets of spawns marks the halfway point. This is a very good wave to use a group cooldown, usually once the Малый иллюзорный певец улья has gotten its first few casts off.

Защитник Ото can take a lot of damage too, between the Большой иллюзорный аквалит and potential Чавканьеs--heal him carefully because you want to save both your own tank cooldowns and his Глухая оборона for the upcoming Conquerors. The Малый иллюзорный певец улья and Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени appear near Мастер испытаний Ротун, about 15 seconds into the wave, if you want to try to interrupt them.

Wave 6: Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, Малый иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель, 0:55.

All tank damage, and your first Conqeror. Focus on Защитник Ото at the end of the last wave; the group will be fine once the Hive-Singer is down, and you want him topped off to start here. Ideally he will Глухая оборона this Enrage, but be ready with your own cooldown if it's needed.

Wave 7: Большой иллюзорный копатель, Малый иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный певец улья, 1:05.

This wave has a few things going on, but is generally calmer than the last few. Focus on handling Чавканье quickly and using efficient heals to cover the rest.

Wave 8: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный завоеватель, 1:05.

An easy wave, since the only damage is Защитник Ото and the Огненная глыба targets. Just don't get too comfortable and let someone sit low with the Огненная глыбаer out. The party tends to clean up this wave early, so you have a moment to get everyone fully topped off before the last two.

Wave 9: Большой иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, followed by Малый иллюзорный певец улья, Малый иллюзорный аквалит, 1:20.

Your first Большой иллюзорный завоеватель. You generally have to survive this plus two Enrages in wave 10, so plan cooldowns accordingly. Otherwise everything is familiar. Try to save any important cooldowns for wave 10. The Большой иллюзорный завоеватель will be at low HP when wave 10 starts.

Wave 10: Большой иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный копатель, followed by Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный аквалит, followed by Малый иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный певец улья, 1:30 (but time doesn't matter since you continue until all mobs are dead).

Three sets of spawns, testing everything you've learned so far. The important thing to watch is Защитник Ото, who will have a danger phase both times when a Conqueror spawns and enrages. Try to give a cooldown for whichever one he doesn't Глухая оборона. Your group cooldown or best throughput cooldown is best used at the busiest part of the wave when the Hive-Singer spawns, allowing you to keep focus on Защитник Ото and Чавканьеs. Make sure not to miss a dispel with everything that's going on.
Once most mobs are dead, you still have to be careful because the last one or two mobs tend to be Conquerors, and they might Enrage a second time. If you're out of mana and cooldowns, it can still be dangerous.

The mobs have a buff, Бесконечные волны, that adds 1% damage each wave (i.e. in wave 20, every mob type is doing 20% more damage than it did in Gold).

The same set of 10 waves repeats endlessly, but of course doing 10% more damage each time.

Each wave is one minute long (knowing this helps plan cooldowns). There is a 15 second break after every 10th wave where can be out of combat, but the last mob of the wave has to die before you can drink. Sometimes the combat break is brief, so be ready to drink right away.

Wave 1: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный потрошительx2.

Easy wave, focus on handling efficiently.

Wave 2: Большой иллюзорный певец улья, Большой иллюзорный аквалит, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель.

Generally easy also, but the Большой иллюзорный певец улья does a lot of damage, and a 3-minute group cooldown can help handle it (and will be up again at wave 5). Watch for Сули Выживающий to pull aggro at the start.

Wave 3: Большой иллюзорный копатель x2, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель.

An easy wave provided you don't get behind. Don't start this wave sitting low from the Большой иллюзорный певец улья, since you have to handle two simultaneous Чавканьеs at the beginning, and usually once again after a few seconds. If you keep your instant heals ready for the Чавканьеs, the wave will go smoothly. The group finishes this early, giving you time to regen.

Wave 4: Большой иллюзорный аквалит, Малый иллюзорный аквалит, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени.

The unique wave with two simultaneous Водяная бомба debuffs. Each time they cast, try to see where both go before deciding which one to use your dispel on. Your priority should generally be: Убийца Ки, Защитник Ото, Чародейка Каван, Сули Выживающий, yourself. Melee come first since they are most likely to hit each other if you let them explode, and then Чародейка Каван since she sometimes stands in melee to AoE. Letting it go off on yourself is best since you can always move away from people as it happens, but the NPCs don't.

Wave 5: Большой иллюзорный завоеватель, Большой иллюзорный певец улья, followed by Большой иллюзорный копатель.

A high-damage wave on both tank and group. Focusing on interrupting this Hive-Singer helps a lot. Around the end of this wave is the second good place to use a 3-minute cooldown, to help recover from the Hive-Singer since the start of wave 6 is hectic.

Wave 6: Малый иллюзорный аквалит, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный копатель, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель.

A bunch of small mobs pop in an once (it's near the door, and might be a good time for a group stun). There will often be a Малый иллюзорный потрошитель and a low-HP Большой иллюзорный завоеватель up from wave 5 still. Worry first about handling the first Чавканье and watching for the first dispel, and stopping Вызов лавы if you have the attention. The small mobs will die off quickly once you're stablized.

Wave 7: Малый иллюзорный завоеватель x2, Малый иллюзорный певец улья.

An calmer wave, but double Малый иллюзорный завоеватель might call for a tank cooldown, especially if Защитник Ото doesn't have his own.

Wave 8: Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени x4, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель.

Another unique wave, consisting primarily of completely random spike damage. Dangerous spikes can happen at any time, especially in later cycles of Endless. There may also be a Малый иллюзорный завоеватель up on Защитник Ото for the first few seconds. You will have to spend a lot of mana here, especially since the beginning of wave 9 is very dangerous and you should be topped off.

Wave 9: Большой иллюзорный певец улья, Малый иллюзорный копатель, Малый иллюзорный аквалит.

These will pop in on the opposite side of the room while there's still a Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени or two up. The Ультразвук and Чавканье that happen right as they pop in will require immediate action with large heals on the target (often Сули Выживающий since he stands towards the middle of the room). Once the Flamecallers are down you still have to deal with Ультразвук/Чавканье happening (both from Large mobs). This the 3rd time in the 10-minute cycle where you should expect to use a 3-minute cooldown.

Wave 10: Большой иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, followed by Малый иллюзорный аквалит.

If you got through wave 9 whole, you should be able to get through this, unless you're completely out of cooldowns or mana for dealing with the Большой иллюзорный завоеватель. As the last mob is dying, top off the group fully, so you can start drinking the moment it dies, and continue drinking for the first dew seconds of the next wave if necessary.

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Ткач туманов Сикари has 1.4 million health, and if she is brought to zero, the challenge ends. She is a member of your group, so heals like Призыв статуи Черного Быка will affect her.

Ткач туманов Сикари uses only one heal, a HoT that heals for 70k every 2 seconds. She will maintain 100% uptime.

If facing three or less enemies, Ткач туманов Сикари will cast Сфокусированный выброс ци into the mob with the lowest remaining percentage of health until it dies, then continue on until all are dead. When facing four or more mobs, she channels Сверкающая нефритовая буря. Her single target damage is considerably less effective than her AoE damage, but her Сверкающая нефритовая буря will break CC's that break on damage.

Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель

Rippers appear in every difficulty.

Rippers are simple, low-priority, and only threatening in packs.

Малый иллюзорный сборщик, Большой иллюзорный сборщик

Foragers appear in every difficulty.

Foragers are dangerous in groups with Чавканье and should be CC'ed and dpsed down quickly.

Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени

Flamecallers first appear in Silver.

When Flamecallers spawn, they spew gouts of flame around the arena over 3 seconds, forming Озеро лавы where they hit. Озеро лавы last for 30 seconds after hitting the ground. Standing in Озеро лавы will stack a debuff on you, Горение лавы, that burns you and increases your damage taken.

Causing mobs to walk through Озеро лавы will burn them for significant damage as well. Make judicious use of lava to bring down mobs more quickly and get through dangerous waves.

Small mobs cast Огненный шар and large mobs cast Огненная глыба.

Большой иллюзорный ветростраж, Малый иллюзорный ветростраж

Wind-Guards first appear in Silver.

Wind-Guards deal moderate damage and cast Удар крыльями, a knockback on a 20-second cooldown. It knocks the tank back about 20 yards and reduces threat by 99%, which generally will cause it to make a beeline toward Ткач туманов Сикари.

A quick taunt will nullify the knockback's threat reduction in most situations, but when facing multiple Малый иллюзорный ветростраж, such as in Endless Wave 6, they can be very dangerous if you don't position yourself intelligently.

Удар крыльями is not an AoE, so placing your back toward the center of the room and tanking near the barricades will cause them to launch you right to Ткач туманов Сикари. When they drop threat and run to her, they will wind up running right to you as well.

Малый иллюзорный разбойник, Большой иллюзорный разбойник

Ambushers first appear in Gold.

Ambushers use one skill, Веер бананов, which deals considerable AoE damage. Their autoattack damage is negligible.

When Ambushers spawn, they head directly for Ткач туманов Сикари. Taunting Ambushers off of Ткач туманов Сикари and keeping them out of range to hit her with Веер бананов is the utmost priority.

Большой иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный завоеватель

Conquerors first appear in Gold.

Conquerors use two skills that must be handled with care.

Сильный толчок deals significant damage in a cone in front of the Conqueror and stuns any targets hit for four seconds.

Исступление causes the Conqueror to gain 200% increased damage, 50% increased attack speed, 150% increased movement speed and immunity to crowd control.

Move out of Сильный толчок immediately and use defensive cooldowns to survive Исступление (particularly against Large Conquerors).

Tank Strategies: All DifficultiesTraining:Overview:Wave 1:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный потрошитель

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 30 sec

Notes: This wave is the simplest thing you will ever tank in your WoW career, and demonstrates that you understand how to pick up and tank a single add.

Wave 2

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный потрошитель x 2

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 40 sec

Notes: Similarly to wave 1, this simple test gives practice in picking up two adds.

Wave 3

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный сборщик x 5

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 50 sec

Notes: This test demonstrates how Ткач туманов Сикари responds to numerous targets and teaches you to hold numerous adds at the same time.

Wave 4

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, Малый иллюзорный сборщик x 5

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 55 sec

Notes: Again, this tests your ability to tank numerous small adds, but now introduces a large add you should focus.

Wave 5

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный потрошитель x 2, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель

Mid-Wave Spawns: (30 sec) Большой иллюзорный сборщик x 2, Малый иллюзорный сборщик x2

Duration: 60 sec

Notes: Wave 5 features the first mid-wave spawn, which are a big part of Gold and Endless, and teaches how to pick up newly spawned adds while maintaining threat on current adds, an important basic tanking lesson.

Training:Overview:Ткач туманов СикариWave 1:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный потрошитель, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 40 sec

Notes: Similar to Bronze, Silver starts slowly with a simple 2-add pickup wave.

Wave 2:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный сборщик x 3, Малый иллюзорный сборщик x 3

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 40 sec

Notes: Again, you are eased into tanking a handful of small mobs. The Малый иллюзорный сборщик's DoT debuff is the most dangerous part of the wave, and AoE CC will reduce their damage considerably.

Wave 3:

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Большой иллюзорный потрошитель

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 40 sec

Notes: Wave 3 introduces the Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени. Tank it and the Большой иллюзорный потрошитель in lava and this wave is easy.

Wave 4:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Большой иллюзорный сборщик x 2, Малый иллюзорный сборщик x 2

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 40 sec

Notes: This wave tests your ability to tank the enemies in lava. If you can move the Малый иллюзорный сборщик through lava, they will go down quickly, but if you walk through lava yourself they will hit unnecessarily hard. Tank them in lava while staying out.

Wave 5:

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель x 2

Mid-Wave Spawns: (35 sec) Большой иллюзорный сборщик x 3

Duration: 50 sec

Notes: The primary challenge in this wave is positioning yourself to pick up the Большой иллюзорный сборщик as they spawn while staying clear of lava. Use the lava to burn the Rippers and Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени down quickly and the damage once the Большой иллюзорный сборщик spawn will not be dangerous.

Wave 6:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный ветростраж, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 55 sec

Notes: This wave introduces the Wind-Guard. Be prepared to taunt when it knocks back.

Wave 7:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный ветростраж, Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Большой иллюзорный потрошитель

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 60 sec

Notes: The Wind-Guard returns along with a Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, and they can combine forces to push you into a fiery death. Make sure you don't have lava behind you and you will be just fine.

Wave 8:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный ветростраж, Малый иллюзорный сборщик x 4

Mid-Wave Spawns: (40 sec) Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель

Duration: 1:05

Notes: This wave teaches the importance of positioning and remaining aware of surroundings. The mid-wave Flamecaller can be dangerous if you are unaware, or helpful if you use it to burn down the Малый иллюзорный сборщик. Always be prepared to reacquire threat once the Wind-Guard knocks back.

Training:Overview:ИсступлениеВеер банановТкач туманов СикариWave 1:

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный ветростраж, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 40 sec

Notes: Gold starts off more complex, immediately bringing in a Малый иллюзорный ветростраж. Always be ready to taunt after a knockback.

Wave 2:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Большой иллюзорный сборщик x 2, Малый иллюзорный сборщик x 3

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 40 sec

Notes: Like Silver Wave 4, Gold Wave 2 combines a Flamecaller with Малый иллюзорный сборщик. Simply burn them down without burning yourself and this wave proves no challenge.

Wave 3:

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный потрошитель x 2

Mid-Wave Spawns:
(35 sec) Малый иллюзорный разбойник

(25 sec) Малый иллюзорный разбойник

Малый иллюзорный разбойникТкач туманов СикариWave 4:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный ветростраж, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель

Mid-Wave Spawns
(45 sec) Малый иллюзорный разбойник

(35 sec) Большой иллюзорный разбойник

Большой иллюзорный разбойникWave 5:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени

Mid-Wave Spawns
(35 sec) Малый иллюзорный ветростраж

(30 sec) Малый иллюзорный разбойник

Малый иллюзорный ветростражМалый иллюзорный разбойникWave 6:

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный завоеватель, Большой иллюзорный потрошитель x 2

Mid-Wave Spawns: None

Duration: 60 sec

Notes: Wave 6 introduces the Conqueror. Handle the Сильный толчок and Исступление correctly and it should be easy enough.

Wave 7:

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный ветростраж

Mid-Wave Spawns: (35 sec) Большой иллюзорный разбойник

Duration: 1:05

Notes: Much like wave 4 built upon the introduction of Ambushers by adding a Wind-Guard, Wave 7 builds upon the Conqueror by adding both a Малый иллюзорный ветростраж and an Большой иллюзорный разбойник. Don't be afraid to use defensive cooldowns if the Conqueror Исступлениеs while you are tanking it and the Большой иллюзорный разбойник. Alternately, single target CC (Bash, Hammer of Justice) on the Большой иллюзорный разбойник can work wonders.

Wave 8:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный завоеватель; Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени

Mid-Wave Spawns
(55 sec) Большой иллюзорный разбойник

(40 sec) Малый иллюзорный разбойник

Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламениБольшой иллюзорный завоевательБольшой иллюзорный завоевательБольшой иллюзорный разбойникWave 9:

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени

Mid-Wave Spawns
(1:40) Малый иллюзорный разбойник

(1:30) Большой иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный ветростраж

(60 sec) Малый иллюзорный разбойник

(55 sec) Большой иллюзорный разбойник

Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламениБольшой иллюзорный завоевательМалый иллюзорный разбойникWave 10:

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени

Mid-Wave Spawns:
(1:45) Большой иллюзорный завоеватель x 2, Малый иллюзорный ветростраж

(1:35) Малый иллюзорный разбойник

(60 sec) Большой иллюзорный разбойник x 2

Большой иллюзорный завоевательБольшой иллюзорный разбойникБольшой иллюзорный завоевательИсступлениеTraining:Overview:Бесконечные волныThe Proven DefenderWave 1

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный ветростраж, Большой иллюзорный потрошитель

Notes: Endless starts off simple and easy.

Wave 2

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный сборщик x 4, Малый иллюзорный сборщик x 4

Mid-Wave Spawns: 45 sec Малый иллюзорный разбойник, 30 sec Малый иллюзорный разбойник

Notes: With ten total mobs, this is the biggest wave you will face in all of Proving Grounds. None of the mobs hit particularly hard on their own, but the combination of eight Foragers stacking Чавканье and two Малый иллюзорный разбойникs can be dangerous. CC is valuable on this wave.

Wave 3

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени x 2, Большой иллюзорный потрошитель x 2

Notes: A Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени and Большой иллюзорный потрошитель spawn on opposing sides of the room in front of Ткач туманов Сикари. The Большой иллюзорный потрошительs quickly make a beeline toward Ткач туманов Сикари, and picking them up should be no trouble. Bringing the Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени s together requires interrupts and crowd control, and is a more difficult task depending upon which class you are playing. As long as the Большой иллюзорный заклинатель пламени s are not allowed to freely cast into Ткач туманов Сикари, all will be well and the lava will make quick work of the Большой иллюзорный потрошительs.

Wave 4

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный завоеватель, Большой иллюзорный ветростраж

Mid-Wave Spawns: 40 sec Большой иллюзорный разбойник

Notes: This is a dangerous combination of mechanics, but as it is only a three-mob wave, this is very manageable. Be prepared for the Большой иллюзорный ветростраж's knockback, be ready to move out of the Малый иллюзорный завоеватель's Сильный толчок, and pick up the Большой иллюзорный разбойник as it spawns. You can also let one of the Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени freecast into Sikari, to cut down on the amount of damage done to you. The biggest danger is that one of the mobs may survive into the following wave.

Wave 5

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени, Малый иллюзорный потрошитель x 2

Mid-Wave Spawns: 45 sec Малый иллюзорный разбойник, 30 sec Малый иллюзорный разбойник, 15 sec Малый иллюзорный разбойник

Notes: Use the lava to burn down the Малый иллюзорный потрошитель, Малый иллюзорный разбойникs and any remaining mobs from last wave and the third Ambusher should be the only mob alive when it spawns. A solo Малый иллюзорный разбойник is no danger. Whenever picking up Малый иллюзорный разбойникs while Озеро лавы are active, position yourself so that when you taunt they will run through Озеро лавы on their way to you. This should painlessly (for you) get them doused in lava without having to get close to it yourself.

Wave 6

Initial Spawns: Большой иллюзорный ветростраж x 3

Notes: This wave is incredibly beefy. Ткач туманов Сикари will only be dealing single-target damage, and this trio will often chain knockbacks to launch you well across the room and get some free dps time into Ткач туманов Сикари. Good use of the barricades and ranged threat will keep them off of her and on you. Chances are high that two of the three Большой иллюзорный ветростраж will be alive going into the following wave, and this is the most dangerous aspect of this wave if you handle knockbacks correctly.

Wave 7

Initial Spawns: Малый иллюзорный завоеватель, Малый иллюзорный сборщик x 4

Notes: The only significant danger in this wave is the Малый иллюзорный завоеватель's Сильный толчок and the sheer number of mobs you will likely be facing. Bring as much CC and damage as you can to whittle their numbers down quickly, and you will fare well. Due to Ткач туманов Сикари's lackluster single-target dps, you may wind up with a Малый иллюзорный завоеватель or even a Wind-Guard alive going into the next wave, but that shouldn't be a threat.

Wave 8

Initial Spawns: 3x Малый иллюзорный заклинатель пламени

Mid-Wave Spawns: 50 sec Большой иллюзорный разбойник, 40 sec Малый иллюзорный разбойник, 30 sec Большой иллюзорный разбойник, 20 sec Большой иллюзорный разбойник

Notes: Use Озеро лавы to make quick work of the first three Малый иллюзорный разбойникs and this wave won't prove threatening. If you fail to burn them down quickly, prepare to use CC or defensive cooldowns because they will hit hard.