I was running around last thursday in Nagrad on my druid who was 67 at the time questing and lfg for the elite mastery quests.
I'm heading up to warmaul hill and see Gutripper. I figure what the hell I'm feeling frisky. So I refresh my buffs stealth up and proceed to go through my cat form openers. Pounce > mangle > shred > shred > rip > shift to bear. I got a mangle crit so had a 5 point rip ticking for 453 (AP trinket up).
Now I'm in bear after being hit once in cat. I throw up a fresh mangle then proceed to lacerate. Which I started doing out of habit from being in bear form. Thought I had screwed up and wasted the rage till I realized that at 5 stacks the bleed ticks for 222. This bird is slowing bleeding to death and I'm staying about even with him.
After I get the lacerate stacks up I spend my extra energy on maul (keeping mangle on cooldown) only hitting lacerate to refresh the stack. My ui informs me that I'm below 30% health so hit feral rejuv, and just auto swing. When my health gets low again I bash and run off popping a potion a rejuv and 3 lifebloooms. When he catches up I throw on a fresh rejuv and go back to bear. Restack my lacerates that fell off and wear his *** down.
He dies when I'm at half health and I can't believe it. So I get real confident and start hunting down the other mastery quest mobs. Banthar goes down extremely easy, didn't even have to pot. And Bach'lor goes down but with a but more of a struggle.
I go turn in and then go to down the elephant but was unsuccessful my first few tries. I got her down on the fourth try but I got help from a friendly paladin that happen to be riding by so can't really count that as a kill.
Anyways, I never realized druids were so good at soloing elites. Given I know it's only elites that are not immune to stuns or bleeds. But hell I was impressed.
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Yeah I solo'd all those guys on my Paladin, except for the elephant... I think I had a druid help me, go fig.
Congrats on the kills, I've definately been impressed with a druid's ability to kill elites.
Congrats on the kills, I've definately been impressed with a druid's ability to kill elites.
ive soloed insane **** on my druid. resto druid soloing is the best; you just dont friggin die. takes forever to kill things, but you're damn near immortal.
I can sign that. I tried duelling a resto druid when i was feral druid. It took forever to bring him down.
Resto druid survivability is insane. I managed to last until I was OOM against a warlock, mage and rogue.
Still cant kill anything though >.<
Still cant kill anything though >.<
Oi, that's some true. Druids are kewl. ;]
Frost Mages past 50 are also cool for soloing l33t mobs. With Water Elemental's dps, Frost Nova, Freeze (WE ability), chill effects, Frostbite, Ice Barrier, Ice Block when it get's hairy and Cold Snap to roll over everything again, you can take down a single elite 3-4 levels above you, no problem. Sure you'll pop a 3, 4 minute cd with a chance that you'll have to pop an 8 min. one, but damn, unless you get oom, you're on top.
Frost Mages past 50 are also cool for soloing l33t mobs. With Water Elemental's dps, Frost Nova, Freeze (WE ability), chill effects, Frostbite, Ice Barrier, Ice Block when it get's hairy and Cold Snap to roll over everything again, you can take down a single elite 3-4 levels above you, no problem. Sure you'll pop a 3, 4 minute cd with a chance that you'll have to pop an 8 min. one, but damn, unless you get oom, you're on top.
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simply, druids ftw although we might be occasionally discriminated against
I just rolled a druid a couple of days ago and got it to level 14 just before a romp around the Barrens had me staring thoughtfully at a level 15 elite pig-man. I didn't know what class it was...it had robes so I assumed caster. I figured, "What the hell? Let's see what this horned bear can do." (Somewhat related aside: I have this thing with leveling low characters where I don't spend any of their talent points until level 20 or so. I just find it fun to go from "meh" to "rawr!!" at level 20 when spending all of the talents will make a noticeable difference, rather than subtle progression.)
Turns out the level 15 elite was a Shaman class with twice my MP and about the same amount of HP (compared to me in bear form). I still managed to keep myself alive long enough for him to exhaust his MP before I was finally able to finish him. It was my first "real" test of popping in and out of bear form to keep myself alive through a very, very long solo fight. (On a couple of occasions I had to kite him away from where I was fighting him because the mobs I cleared to get to him were starting to respawn before it was over.) It was also an absolute blast :D
Turns out the level 15 elite was a Shaman class with twice my MP and about the same amount of HP (compared to me in bear form). I still managed to keep myself alive long enough for him to exhaust his MP before I was finally able to finish him. It was my first "real" test of popping in and out of bear form to keep myself alive through a very, very long solo fight. (On a couple of occasions I had to kite him away from where I was fighting him because the mobs I cleared to get to him were starting to respawn before it was over.) It was also an absolute blast :D
Jimpadan, you are making me sad. I am dieting and every time this thread gets bumped, what I see in the thread index is "Talk about a bad ***."
Aurelius, Level 14 druid impressiveness is much more impressive, as pre-20 the leveling is tough.
My problem is that at level 52 I'm feeling a little too invincible. So if I'm fighting 3 and I get 2 adds, I figure, eh, stick it out, you're a druid! Corpse run. On the bright side, when you forget to put away your fishing pole, you can kill that elite giant anyway.
Aurelius, Level 14 druid impressiveness is much more impressive, as pre-20 the leveling is tough.
My problem is that at level 52 I'm feeling a little too invincible. So if I'm fighting 3 and I get 2 adds, I figure, eh, stick it out, you're a druid! Corpse run. On the bright side, when you forget to put away your fishing pole, you can kill that elite giant anyway.
My rule while leveling up, at least until hitting Outlands, was that anything up to 7 levels higher, or 2-3+ levels elite, or 2 elites my level or 1 below, was doable. I don't remember exactly when this started, but I do vividly recall fighting the level-41 gorillas in southern Stranglethorn when I was 34. And those aren't squishy.
There are exceptions, of course, as some elites are much more elite than others. The elite Felguards in the Tainted Scar in Blasted Lands, for instance, were easy enough with a healer behind me but, being immune to stuns, gave me trouble solo even after passing them in level. I'll have to give it a shot again in my current gear.
There are exceptions, of course, as some elites are much more elite than others. The elite Felguards in the Tainted Scar in Blasted Lands, for instance, were easy enough with a healer behind me but, being immune to stuns, gave me trouble solo even after passing them in level. I'll have to give it a shot again in my current gear.
just wait until 20 when you can spec feral charge aurelius. having a spell interrupt available (that isnt bash) makes a huge difference, even if it takes a wee bit of range to use.
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On the bright side, when you forget to put away your fishing pole, you can kill that elite giant anyway.
So true. I remember shifting out while questing and realizing I was still wielding my fishing pole.
I also vividly remember questing within Bael Modan Keep with all red armour and weapon... I might have had a belt left but everything else was broken. The weapon broke first and I had to be careful not to get hit after the armour went (I joined up with a warlock and we let the voidwalker tank), but not much stops a druid ;D
And we have so many 'oh ****' buttons. I especially love the sequence of war stomp, rejuv, heal, regrowth. Hard on the mana, but very effective. Bear has bash and charge. And if a fight goes bad, travel form and away!
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I especially love the sequence of war stomp, rejuv, heal, regrowth.
Oh yeah? Well I have... wisp... um...
So there!
Alliance FTW!
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Edited, Oct 18th 2007 7:53am by teacake
ever seen 5 shadowmelded moonkin?
damn straight you havent. if youre not dead instantly then the white lights will blind you.
Edited, Oct 17th 2007 9:39pm by Quor
damn straight you havent. if youre not dead instantly then the white lights will blind you.
Edited, Oct 17th 2007 9:39pm by Quor
I always try to solo the 2-3 group quests before asking for some help and 5/10 of them can be soloed 3/10 can be soloed after I die once or twice, 2/10 are impossible to solo. :)
Yha I've learned that anyting I can't stun or bleed I don't need to try and solo.
thats pretty much the druid check-list.
can it be stunned? if yes, then youre good to go.
can it be rooted? if yes, then youre good to go.
can it be cycloned? if yes, then youre good to go.
if it isnt vulnerable to at least one of those three things....bring another druid.
can it be stunned? if yes, then youre good to go.
can it be rooted? if yes, then youre good to go.
can it be cycloned? if yes, then youre good to go.
if it isnt vulnerable to at least one of those three things....bring another druid.
Quor wrote:
thats pretty much the druid check-list.
can it be stunned? if yes, then youre good to go.
can it be rooted? if yes, then youre good to go.
can it be cycloned? if yes, then youre good to go.
if it isnt vulnerable to at least one of those three things....bring another druid.
can it be stunned? if yes, then youre good to go.
can it be rooted? if yes, then youre good to go.
can it be cycloned? if yes, then youre good to go.
if it isnt vulnerable to at least one of those three things....bring another druid.
You forgot Hibernate, Quor.
Can it be Hibernated? If yes, then make sweet love to it and it'll be your pet forever!
Edited, Oct 19th 2007 12:05am by Mazra
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lol. thats true. hibernate allows for easy-mode soloing of many beastys and dragonkins. starfire > hibernate > starfire > hibernate > starfire > hibernate....
Quor wrote:
just wait until 20 when you can spec feral charge aurelius. having a spell interrupt available (that isnt bash) makes a huge difference, even if it takes a wee bit of range to use.
I specced Feral Charge when I hit 20 tonight, but for the time being I'm loving cat form so much I probably won't be seeing much use of it. There's something oh-so-delightfully evil about Prowling up the butt of a same/+1 level thunder lizard before unleashing hell that will probably keep me amused for at least a couple of hours. >:D
I did just the same thing today - soloed the mastery quests on my 67 druid. I found the easiest way to solo any hard mob as a feral druid was prowl in, open up with the regular pounce-mangle-shred rotation, 5-point maim them when you have the points, pop out, heal up if you need to, then go into bear. In bear keep up 5 lacerates and mangle at all times and burn that sucker down. Bash-heal and frenzied regeneration as necessary. If the mob is susceptible to hibernate then it should be a cakewalk as you can pretty much heal up as much as you want.
Wow I'm impressed that's for sure. I was on my Shaman(65) and didn't even bother trying to solo it. I called for help and a kind 70 Mage offered to do it for me if I would heal him. Good thing I healed him because each hit from the elites on him were taking out a good 15%-20% of his health.
Here's another awesome testament to Druid survivability. I hit 68 on my Druid yesterday and got flightform (woot). I decided to fly around Blade's Edge Mountains and "discover" every part of it (reveal it on the map). I'm flying around, not paying much attention, and I get knocked out of flight form. I'm too close to the ground to wait for combat to wear off so I shift into cat to see if feline grace will save me. It does, but I'm at about 1k health and I've aggroed a nearby orc. She comes up and starts banging on me so I heal up as fast as possible and start to fight back. I notice after a little while that this orc can really take a beating - I look at it's portrait and lo-and-behold it's a 65 elite. Hmmm... 65 elite orc - getting knocked out of flight form - I've landed in Thunderlord Stronghold! (The Horde outpost in Blade's Edge). I finish her off shifted back into flight and high-tailed it out of there.
I tell ya, only a Druid could survive getting knocked out of the air into the enemy's base!
I tell ya, only a Druid could survive getting knocked out of the air into the enemy's base!
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I tell ya, only a Druid could survive getting knocked out of the air into the enemy's base!
I tell ya, only a Druid could survive getting knocked out of the air into the enemy's base!
Not quite true, similar thing happened to me(hunter) as I was happily minding my own business flying over that Horde outpost in Blade's Edge, luckily low enough to not die from falling dmg. Got agro, FD! since I doubt I could have soloed 3 guards, wait a lil, run out and tada!
But I do have a 43 Druid, so that was probably it ~ ~
Quor wrote:
lol. thats true. hibernate allows for easy-mode soloing of many beastys and dragonkins. starfire > hibernate > starfire > hibernate > starfire > hibernate....
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