77 Hunter solos Onyxia
by Mike Schramm 
Aug 14th 2008 at 3:30PM
Chalk up another piece of evidence for just how trivial the old world stuff will be when Wrath releases -- here's a video of a Hunter at level 77 (on the beta servers, obviously) soloing the original raid boss herself, Onyxia. There's a little more info about how it was done over on the WarcraftMovies page -- the only way to deal with all the whelps was to max out AoE, so he used a special talent blend just to do this. And it looks like he just dodged or ate the Deep Breaths, as I doubt even a 77 Hunter would be able to put up enough "dots" to down her before she can do too many. Roar of Sacrifice also got a lot of usage -- it's a pet talent that lets a Hunter avoid half of his pet's health in damage. And he says the two-piece set bonus from Hunter T5 helped a lot, too -- over the fight it added up to quite a bit of healing.
Not too shabby. And at 77, this means there's still three levels (not to mention all the endgame gear) to grow. Maybe the fact that Blizzard is revamping/replacing the old endgame isn't so bad after all -- when it's this easy for the highest level players, it's time to move on. Unless, of course, they make soloing Ony an achievement.
[via BRK]
Filed under: Hunter, Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Expansions, Raiding, Bosses, NPCs, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
deviationer Aug 14th 2008 3:42PM
uhg. Deep Breaths are RANDOM. There is nothing you can do to prevent or limit them.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Onyxia_(tactics)
"There were many theories about deep breaths being caused by clumping, not enough DPS, or the number of debuffs on her, however Jeff Kaplan stated in a video interview with the developers in June 2007 that the trigger for the Deep Breath is "totally random" [1]. The Brady Games World of Warcraft Dungeon Companion confirms that she has a random chance to perform a Deep Breath attack every time she moves."
Mike Schramm Aug 14th 2008 3:59PM
You can limit the amount of Deep Breaths by bringing down Ony as fast as possible. When they happen is random, but the longer she stays up there, the more she'll do. I've clarified the post.
Jay Aug 14th 2008 3:48PM
I would like to know how many arrows were used for this borefest.
LostOne Aug 14th 2008 3:52PM
Big deal, people have soloed Ony at 70.
http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/05/26/druid-solos-onyxia/
imparush Aug 14th 2008 3:54PM
sure but this is a dps class not like the druid or paladin who soloed ony
Falcio Aug 14th 2008 3:56PM
Yes, but that was a Paladin. A tanking class.
A Hunter, wearing Mail, and a pet, formerly a pain to keep holding aggro, was able to take it down, a feat that hasn't been done for a DPS class.
Really, this is less a great feat in the history of WoW and more a good way to show how good the new pet system will be for soloing. I can tell you I'm excited, at least.
phisquare Aug 14th 2008 5:29PM
@Falcio
Because soloing as a hunter now is so painfully difficult?
danielsdata Aug 14th 2008 3:53PM
Roar of Sacrifice is bugged. The kill would have been more impressive if they had kited whelps around rather than abusing the known issue.
jesper Aug 14th 2008 3:55PM
"the only way to deal with all the whelps was to max out AoE, so he used a special talent blend just to do this. And it looks like he just dodged or ate the Deep Breaths, as I doubt even a 77 Hunter would be able to put up enough "dots" to avoid one."
as Blizzard explained in one of the 1UP show episodes (1up.com), the deep breath onyxia spell was completely random, and not affected by the position of players or how many dots were up, even though seemingly most players were under the impression it did.
SpaceDog Aug 14th 2008 4:40PM
I think it's a joke relating to the linked video.
wane Aug 14th 2008 4:04PM
Grats you just got Roar of Sacrifice nerfed.
danielsdata Aug 14th 2008 4:07PM
It's a known bug that the damage is not being transferred to the pet. They just used it a lot.
Freelier Aug 14th 2008 4:05PM
Wake me up when a rogue solos her.
Nicholas Abstraction Aug 14th 2008 4:12PM
Lol i like how they used the noggoholic videos music lol
i love those songs
epsilon343 Aug 14th 2008 5:09PM
Do you know what the first song was? I'm just replaying the video because it sounds so good.
Nicholas Abstraction Aug 14th 2008 11:39PM
its a sarah mclachlin song, name: World On Fire, Junkie XL remix. So make sure its the right song, its also like 11 or 12 minutes long, he sped it up a bit in the video. the next song is Tears from the moon, but I forget whos it by.
Genso Aug 14th 2008 11:44PM
The first song is Sarah Mclachlan World on Fire (Junkie XL remix) if I recall correctly.
Andostre Aug 14th 2008 4:13PM
That video could have been about ten minutes shorter. Cut scenes!
Vellesta Aug 14th 2008 4:26PM
There actually is an achievement for soloing Onyxia in Beta right now, but it's marked as being a "test" achievement, so I'm doubting it will go live.
lormaes Aug 14th 2008 5:04PM
you can only prove you pwn when you are a warior taking her down at 77 (try and die)