Zevitus, Aakita, Utehk + Challenge Mode 
by Tomatoh
Z, U and A is a tricky encounter if your guild is not mostly HM geared from original DOV raid instances. The thing to watch out for on this encounter right away is 'Combat Madness'. This effect is a curse that lands on Scouts and Mages in your raid. It will always be present on someone in your raid so if you cure it will just reappear on someone randomly.
Combat madness pretty much makes you unkillable but it also roots and stuns you in place and also massively power drains anyone with 15 meters of you. Your raid must position themselves away from anyone with Combat Madness.
The second effect to watch out for is Backlash. This detriment has a percentage chance to be cast on you while in combat with 'U'. People not watching for the detriment 'Backlash' can easily kill themselves as Backlash reflects damage done by you back onto yourself.
The script in this encounter generally requires you to kill U, then A, then Z in that order. If killed out of order you will get a message saying that the generals power has increased due to some kind of imbalance. A HM geared raid can easily kill 'A' first to get rid of the Combat Madness cursing as fast as possible and be able to handle the increased power of the other two very easily. Some guilds will not be able to however.
A good setup strategy for this encounter knowing that Healers will never be cursed is to have two tank groups. One handling the main named, 'Z' and the other handling the other two addon named, 'U' and 'A'. Learn what is best for your setup but setup your raid knowing that healers and tanks will not get the curse.
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Challenge Mode
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In Challenge Mode this fight is pretty similiar to the normal version with a few notable exceptions. First, tanks can now also get the curse so take this into account for your pull spots.
Secondly you will HAVE to kill them in the order it is meant to be. The damage increase is much, much higher if they are killed out of order as some will do in normal mode. So you will have to kill them in the order of 'U', 'A' and then finally 'Z'.
Backlash does alot more damage back to you if not watched for properly. Backlash will nearly one-shot every high dps that doesnt pay attention and probably two-shot most everyone.
Inferno of War does even more massive damage with the ability to practically one shot your MT without preparing your MT with good wards, stoneskins and death prevents.
The fight can be handled the same way as normal mode if you have a good pull spot and your guild is used to killing them in order. If your guild always killed 'A' first this might be a bit of a pain to work on because it will be an entirely new encounter to you.
Good Luck.
Combat madness pretty much makes you unkillable but it also roots and stuns you in place and also massively power drains anyone with 15 meters of you. Your raid must position themselves away from anyone with Combat Madness.
The second effect to watch out for is Backlash. This detriment has a percentage chance to be cast on you while in combat with 'U'. People not watching for the detriment 'Backlash' can easily kill themselves as Backlash reflects damage done by you back onto yourself.
The script in this encounter generally requires you to kill U, then A, then Z in that order. If killed out of order you will get a message saying that the generals power has increased due to some kind of imbalance. A HM geared raid can easily kill 'A' first to get rid of the Combat Madness cursing as fast as possible and be able to handle the increased power of the other two very easily. Some guilds will not be able to however.
A good setup strategy for this encounter knowing that Healers will never be cursed is to have two tank groups. One handling the main named, 'Z' and the other handling the other two addon named, 'U' and 'A'. Learn what is best for your setup but setup your raid knowing that healers and tanks will not get the curse.
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Challenge Mode
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In Challenge Mode this fight is pretty similiar to the normal version with a few notable exceptions. First, tanks can now also get the curse so take this into account for your pull spots.
Secondly you will HAVE to kill them in the order it is meant to be. The damage increase is much, much higher if they are killed out of order as some will do in normal mode. So you will have to kill them in the order of 'U', 'A' and then finally 'Z'.
Backlash does alot more damage back to you if not watched for properly. Backlash will nearly one-shot every high dps that doesnt pay attention and probably two-shot most everyone.
Inferno of War does even more massive damage with the ability to practically one shot your MT without preparing your MT with good wards, stoneskins and death prevents.
The fight can be handled the same way as normal mode if you have a good pull spot and your guild is used to killing them in order. If your guild always killed 'A' first this might be a bit of a pain to work on because it will be an entirely new encounter to you.
Good Luck.
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Feyero
08-04-2012, 04:21 AM
I can confirm that G4 does NOT get the curse on HM
EQ-Raiders
04-08-2012, 03:58 PM
Updated strategy to reflect the recent changes made to this encounter. Curse is no longer restricted to Scouts and Mages in groups one and two but the entire raid. Same changes to challenge mode. Also updated the information on the Inferno of War aoe from Challenge Mode.
Good Luck.
Demilitch
03-20-2012, 01:32 PM
Agreed. I guess we just never changed it up from the intended order. We just pull all three and burn them down U - A - Z. Long ago we had issues with the difficulty increase that happened if you killed A first. Once we overcame that, we just never changed it.
Sude
03-20-2012, 12:29 PM
No, AUZ is the *easy* order in EM, not the *correct* order.
Demilitch
03-20-2012, 12:28 PM
A-U-Z isn't technically the right order in EM either.
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