One tanking H Marrowgar [10/25]

[xcrossover25x]

[Note] This requires at least 2 pets.

I made a similar thread like this back in January, but since then class mechanics have changed and there is now an easier way to accomplish the same thing, since I didn't want to necro a thread and there are some changes I decided to post a new one.

Old Thread: http://www.mmowned.com/forums/world-...marrowgar.html

Marrowgar has an ability called Saber Lash: Saber Lash - Spell - World of Warcraft

Saber Lash is his main damage ability, it's what requires tank healing (For the most part) on this fight.

Saber Lash is considered an AoE.

Now if you're a class that has a permanent pet, (Unholy Death Knights, Hunters, Warlocks, Frost Mages) you should have noticed in 4.0.1 you gained an ability for your pet called "Move to" where you can select a spot on the ground to move your pet to.

What you can do with this is, have your main tank stand in a set position every phase 1, place your pet on that set position. Since all pets receive 90% reduced damage from AoE effects these pets basically reproduce having three tanks, except for the fact that the pets won't need healing.

This exploit is more useful if you are low on tanks, or going for a speed kill. This isn't really needed but it is infact an exploit and can be useful in select situations.

Hell even if you have more than two pets in your raid you can just put them all in the set position and require next to no tank healing.

(If only there was still the hunter pet bug around, that would be funny)

Thanks for the read, enjoy.

[MadameGrip]

Cool spotted

[HigherThanGod]

How is this an exploit? It is working as intended.

[xcrossover25x]

How is this an exploit? It is working as intended.

Reducing the need for a tank / making a fight easier with having more dps and requiring less healing = exploit.

[Arakkoa]

Not that you need more than 1 tank for heroic 10 man atleast...

[Yemmiz]

Might not be needed, but nevertheless really nice find .

[frozenthorn]

Reducing the need for a tank / making a fight easier with having more dps and requiring less healing = exploit.

Wrong, this would be considered creative use of game mechanics, not exploiting.

Interesting strat though.

[AzureKaitou]

Is there a difference between your current and old thread? Seems like you just rephrased your old post and put it up again, or am I missing something?

[xcrossover25x]

Is there a difference between your current and old thread? Seems like you just rephrased your old post and put it up again, or am I missing something?

The "Move to" Feature makes this available for all classes with a pet.

[HunterTricker]

This is not an exploit.

[Ssateneth]

This is not an exploit. People have been tanking bosses that do huge aoe attacks with pets since the start of LK as far as I know.. Go look up the video where a voidwalker tanked Sarth 3D (before zerging was possible).

[Wreck]

That might work... But if you want it easier just get a Feral tank with 275 iLvl+ He'll do Fine )

[CheeseProphet]

1 Who cares if this is an exploit or not, it pretty much fits in this section. This tarded raging is in every thread, srsly who cares.
2 It is an exploit, using a PET to tank an ENDGAME boss... "unintended use of game mechanics" IIRC

[Heinkel]

This is not an exploit. People have been tanking bosses that do huge aoe attacks with pets since the start of LK as far as I know.. Go look up the video where a voidwalker tanked Sarth 3D (before zerging was possible).

Maybe, but there's a reason why pets try to get behind NPCs when attacking. And the reduced AoE on pets was added to prevent them from dying on Boss AoE (VoA bosses for example) when not managing them. The 90% reduced AoE on pets isn't really intended to be used on a mechanic that forces 2 tanks on the Boss (at least for the entire fight).

[ihasmanners]

Video of a gorilla solo tanking 25 marrowgar (normal), pre 4.0 (no move to button).
YouTube - Bubbles Meets Marrowgar