Voidwalker tanks Illidan, for real this time

by Alex Ziebart Oct 28th 2008 at 6:00PM

The other day, in response to a Hunter pet tanking Gruul, I posted a video of a Voidwalker tanking Illidan... almost. The Voidwalker survived most of phase one, which is quite nearly identical to all of the 'humanoid' phases, so to me that was good enough. It wasn't good enough for everyone though, so they're back with a video of the entire fight.

The Voidwalker tanks all of the phases except for the fire elemental phase, because that requires far more finesse than what you can do with a pet, or they can do on their own. The Voidwalker also didn't tank the demon phase, because there wasn't one. Their gear levels combined with the new talents of patch 3.0.2 and the added raid nerf let them beat the encounter without ever seeing an entire phase of it. That's like opening a bag of Runts to find out someone took all of the bananas. The bananas are the best part, you jerks.

Tags: demon-phase, elemental-phase, gruul, illidan, patch-3.0.2, runts, talents, voidwalker

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Bosses

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video_game_master91 Oct 28th 2008 6:14PM

The bananas ARE the best part!

my2cents Oct 28th 2008 6:17PM

Wow very cool. Then again it's sad to see Illidan become such a pushover. I like the video though. I prefer realtime videos with vent over blurry sped up videos with evanescence music dubbed over...

Kards Oct 28th 2008 6:17PM

At first I was thinking that the Runt reference was off target because I for one don't like the curvy yellow things. But then I realized that probably not everybody enjoys the Demon Phase, so I suppose that's a pretty decent (albeit zany) analogy.

Rock on Pink Hearts.

Nat Oct 28th 2008 6:19PM

gross. bananas are the WORST part! the hearts are the best!

nicholas Oct 29th 2008 12:03AM

yum. i love the hearts. they can take away my banammaaassss

gundamxzero Oct 28th 2008 6:19PM

Eww the bananas are DISGUSTING?? Am I really the only one that always thought they were the worst?

naikrovek Oct 28th 2008 6:38PM

no. banana runts are the worst. worse than candy corn.

thundercougarfalconbird Oct 28th 2008 7:48PM

Worse than Candy Corn is a strong statement, but yes, Banana Runts taste like Cancer mixed with the Presidency of James Buchanan.

frobishlumpkin Oct 28th 2008 10:22PM

Candy Corn FTW you people are diseased!!!

Richelieu Oct 28th 2008 6:31PM

lol. the moonkin was using eclipse. that's embarrassing for him considering its either a miniscule (read: not noticeable) increase or a dps loss. just goes to show you how much lolBT has been nerfed.

muffin_of_chaos Oct 28th 2008 6:43PM

Yeah, who would want to go for minuscule increases in damage when you don't necessarily have to.

Richelieu Oct 29th 2008 1:49AM

you mean when the points could be spent on more beneficial talents? gg.

muffin_of_chaos Oct 29th 2008 6:36AM

Just so you're clear, the talent itself cannot result in a dps loss.

Jonny Oct 28th 2008 6:33PM

I'm sorry but I can't let the statement stand that the banana runts are the best. Green ones are by far. Banana candy in general sux, and this includes Laffy Taffy and even extends to banana popsicles.

Alex Ziebart Oct 28th 2008 6:38PM

Joke's on you, they recently replaced the lime with mango.

Volkrin Oct 28th 2008 7:07PM

Wh-what?! NO! Noooooo!!! CURSE YOU MANGOES! CURSE YOU TO THE DEPTHS OF FRUIT HELL!!

wut Oct 28th 2008 10:37PM

why do you people know so much about runts?

do you happen to keep a bag next to the keyboard for an occasion just like this?

werd Oct 28th 2008 6:41PM

this post could use a little more detail. Whose voidwalker was it? How did they spec?

Was this possible because of the Demonic Empowerment bug in 3.0.2 that hasn't been fixed?