Kill any mob (raid bosses) without ever fighting them!

[thaer]

What is it?

This exploit enables you to kill mobs or raid bosses while you're out of combat!

This exploit basically completely ignores mobs resetting to full health/evading, a mechanic put in ages ago to prevent techniques just like this!

What do you need?

Hand-mounted pyro rockets

A class that can instantly drop combat*
Any mob or raid boss.

*Tested on rogue only, should work theoretically on hunters, mages, etc.

How does it work?

This exploit is very simple. You simply get in range of the mob you wish to damage, use your hand-mounted pyro rockets to deal some damage, and instantly drop combat using Vanish, Feign Death, etc. The mobs health will drop and will remain below 100%! The mob's health will NOT reset.

Here's a handy macro to use:

/use 10
/cast vanish

This will make sure you pull off this trick with 100% certainty. Note: Replace Vanish with the correct spell if not a rogue.

What are the uses?

This exploit can be used to basically kill a raid boss without even fighting him, just like the infamous Sartharion disc priest exploit that caused an uproar across the community, where Sartharion's health would drop without ever engaging him, thus allowing him to be pulled at 1% and then killed. This exploit is very similar to that, except it's not limited to Sartharion! (and actually works on live).

Be creative! This exploit can unlock almost limitless possibilities.

Show me some proof!

Here's a video I made quickly to demonstrate the exploit just as was explained in this post (pay attention to the creatures health bar on the right):

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIAcp02pyA"]YouTube - Rockets+Vanish[/ame]

(Make sure to full-screen)

I mount at the end of this short video to show that the mobs health is below 100% and that me and it are both out of combat! This is also not a visual bug, if you pull the creature you will find that its HP did not reset.

Here is two pictures to further proof the validity of this exploit:



In the first picture you can clearly see me stealthed next to the tree, while its name plate (the "real" health according to a post in this thread) also shows that it took some damage.

In the second picture you can see the combat log, I am engaged in combat with the tree, I deal 0 damage to it (I was punching it with no gear on) and yet its health is below 100%, also reflected by the name plate.

Please note: I use the standard blizzard name plates, so in no way is this a trick or false.

Enjoy!

[Krillere]

Move to Elite. + Rep!

[durinz]

This is legendary! Good find! Gonna test if it works with shadowmeld!

[rinye]

if this works, move it to that forum where only top repped people may read it !
Top!

[Aldun]

Omw to confirm now, would be very nice (however the video sorta proves it already). Killing raidbosses is a bit too much of the good thing tho Takes days per boss to kill them with rockets.

EDIT: Confirmed NOT to be working. It's health will go down in the Portrait, but not in the nameplate. Also, when its hp hits 0, it resets to full health again. So again, this does NOT work, it's just client-sided.

Please, next time test your exploit more and try to actually kill the mob with it.

[Trollblod]

Question.. if you do this to a boss with 1mil, do that mean you need to use the rocket (hit for 2k??) 500 times? Meaning you need to wait for the rocket and vanish CD 500 times before you get the monster to low hp?

[Aldun]

Question.. if you do this to a boss with 1mil, do that mean you need to use the rocket (hit for 2k??) 500 times? Meaning you need to wait for the rocket and vanish CD 500 times before you get the monster to low hp?

Yes, it would take about 375minutes to get the boss to 0hp, at which it will reset to full health again (See my reply above you)

[sid1488]

Question.. if you do this to a boss with 1mil, do that mean you need to use the rocket (hit for 2k??) 500 times? Meaning you need to wait for the rocket and vanish CD 500 times before you get the monster to low hp?

I dno why but this post made me rofl.

[XC4T4LY5TX]

Tested this also, like aldun says, its visual. :/ soooo GG on posting a unusable exploits :/

[CheeseProphet]

Lol, boss disappeared and was completely resetted.

No soloing icc :P

[thaer]

Definitely not visual. I assure you, I tested this thoroughly before posting this topic. Upon reading your post, Aldun, I went to test this yet again on a random stag under dalaran. I took off all my gear to ensure that I do as little damage as possible when I engage him. I did rockets+vanish, mob dropped about 3k health. I then punched him for about 200 damage instantly, his name plate stayed at about 60%. I then just killed him normally.

It is certainly not a visual bug, again, I've tested this dozens of times.

[nonymous]

tested as well. didn't work.

[CheeseProphet]

tested as well. didn't work.

It does but 'may be' clientsided...

[thaer]

Lol, boss disappeared and was completely resetted.

No soloing icc :P

It's possible that you didn't do it fast enough. I was testing it on Sartharion earlier, who is supposed to disappear when combat is dropped (see hunter feign death trick). However, if you do this right (basically vanish before the rockets even hit the boss), he does not reset.

[Alisamix]

/use Hand-Mounted Pyro Rocket
/cast Vanish

Works!