Avoid Fire Bomb AoE on Gormok (Totc10/25)

[Ciccone]

Terms searched for:

"Priest"
"Levitate"
"ToC25"
"Gormok"

If this has been posted before and knocked off the search filter then I apologise for the repost.

The idea behind this "clever use of game mechanics" is simple. Basically, the first boss of the Northrend Beasts encounters will cause patches of fire to spawn on a player via the abilities of the adds he introduces into the encounter - the Snobold Vassals. Normally, these Fire Bombs deal direct damage in the region of 5.1k health and leave a flame patch that damages those that stand in it. Additionally these patches also apply a rather heavy hitting DoT that stacks on those that bathe in the yummy flames for too long.

However, if a player with Levitate is hit with a Fire Bomb they will only take the direct damage of the strike and will not cause a flame patch to spawn nor will they receive the DoT. This can help decrease the damage the raid takes and allow for more time and healing resources to be devoted to the tanks who can take rather large spike damage.

Personally, I would not recommend re-applying Levitate during the fight due to waste GCDs but the exploit may be of some use to the raiders amongst yourselves especially on the Grand Crusader trial due to the heavy spike damage on the tanks.

I will attempt to get a hold of some screenshots tonight. Again, apologies if this is a repost and any moderators are welcome to delete if this is the case.

[frank123321]

It is a repost, but i can't find the post.

[Feliny]

It's a repost, but I can't find it either. Also I heard rumors that one can get banned when using that, but I'm not sure. So be careful, don't use it too often :/

[Ciccone]

Ahh, thanks for pointing it out guys. Any chance someone can remove this then?

And yes, I wouldn't go around flaunting that you can easily beat certain encounters because of bugs like this.

[pct]

It's probably moved to elite, which is why you can't find it.

[ßetray]

Well, it 'was' a repost but apparently the original has disappeared [not in guides, elite guides, exploits or elite exploits] so yours is good to go (or rather stay).

[Papageorgio]

Been using this exploit for a while now.. Heard about it here so it is a repost. Haven't been banned for it either and been doing it every week for about a month or so.