The Nathanos Raid Challenge
1,327Today, we are going to have the biggest challenge yet, with each team having up to 8 people!
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Background:
This challenge, unlike earlier ones will be closer to a true raid challenge, because it isn't limited to a single spec. This means each class can bring tanks and healers... If they happen to have access to it.
Even if you are a pure DPS class, the challenge is tuned around being fast to complete if you have the necessary DPS, since Nathanos only have 176k hp! It is a risk and reward for hybrids to change their spec from DPS into Healers.
To make it more classic like (and for it to even be a challenge) all contenders will only be allowed to wear white and green vendor gear from Stormwind city, that you can purchase from vendors. This means you can't buy anything from Auction House, PvP vendors, or any Tier set.
The health of non tanks in each team will be about 8-10k, and their DPS and armor will be considerably weaker.
Nathanos melee hits for A LOT, about 4-6k. He also dual wields.
He casts a fear quite frequent, which makes nearby players run away.
He also has a stun, which he uses to distance himself to the target
If he is at range, he will do less normal damage than in melee, but every now and then he will use "multi shot" which is most of the time a one shot to the target and people stacking nearby. It does about 8-10k damage
Quite basic abilities, but deadly... He will also be accompanied by guards during the encounter, that will spawn in waves and do 2k melee hits aswell as range damage!
Like other raid bosses, he has a lot of quotes that he will spam during the encounter!
He will also drop some insane gear... but I won't spoil what it is!
The rules are the following:
Only vendor white / green gear
No combat ress / heroism
No consumables
Stay within the arena
You are allowed to try and skip NPCs in the encounter area (tho it might punish you later if you get feared to them) but you are NOT allowed to clear the adds before starting the encounter with Nathanos.
Well, let us see who will be victorious!
SPOILERS -----
I can't go through every class, since there isn't enough description space for it. But one thing I might change for next time is the soulbinds podtender (10 sec "self ress") and Forgeborne Reveries (10 sec delay death)
The reason podtender was allowed is because it isn't really a ress, you don't actually "die", it just prevents the death and then you recover over 10 seconds.
Even if it is really similar, the main reason I allow it is because you don't appear dead. It would be more confusing / annoying for viewers and for the challenge if people who actually were "dead" was able to be ressurrected by combat resses.
The reason I might remove Forgeborne Reveries in future similar challenges is because it is way too impactful for a simple Soulbind. Since it allows you to hold aggro for 10 seconds after "death".
If everyone in every team had that equipped it wouldn't surprise me if no one failed the challenge.
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