| Knowing the best WoW raid strategies will help you | | | | members stay inside this they will gain a 100% bonus |
| get in or lead any raid in WoW successfully. That can | | | | to casting speed and spell damage and a 70% |
| be a pretty hard thing to do if you are to start | | | | reduction in mana cost aswell as a 70% reduction in |
| learning yourself. So it is very important to get some | | | | all healing done. That means that caster DPS should |
| outside help, like a WoW raid guide or such. | | | | stay inside the puddle while healers shouldn't. The |
| However, I decided to share with everyone the | | | | leader has to know these WoW raid strategies to |
| WoW raid strategies I use to defeat General Vezax | | | | relay to others if need be. |
| in the 10-man Ulduar instance. The information will be | | | | Mark of the Faceless |
| very concise so it wont take too much space to put | | | | Another randomly targeted spell done by Vezax that |
| it all. | | | | siphons HP from the targeted member and any other |
| As the raid engages General Vezax, he will cast a raid | | | | member around him in a 10 yard radius. The damage |
| wide debuff called Aura of Despair. This prevents any | | | | the actual spell does is pretty low, but the healing |
| and all normal forms of mana regeneration. This | | | | that Vezax takes is very high so this should be |
| involves spells like life taps and even mana recovery | | | | avoided at all times. Everyone should stay as spread |
| talents and also potions and flasks. The only | | | | out as possible and be ready to move when |
| exceptions are the Protection Paladins Spiritual | | | | someone gets afflicted by this spell. |
| Attunement, Retribution Paladin Judgements of the | | | | Searing Flames |
| Wise, Enhancement Shaman Shamanistic Rage and | | | | This can be spotted by the large spinning graphical |
| the Hunters Aspect of the Viper. | | | | effects around him when the spell is cast. If this spell |
| The only way for the other classes to regenerate | | | | isn't interrupted, every raid member will be hit for a |
| their mana is to kill the gas clouds that randomly | | | | huge amount of fire damage and also receive a 75% |
| spawn around Vezax. Once destroyed they drop a | | | | armor reduction debuff. This can be avoided by |
| green puddle on the ground, which gives a stacking | | | | having one or two raid members that can interrupt |
| buff that regenerates mana at the cost of HP when | | | | this reliably. So you can see how useful some good |
| a member stands inside them. These effects double | | | | WoW raid strategies are. |
| every 2 seconds, so you can only get about 5 or 6 | | | | Surge of Darkness |
| stacks before the damage gets out of control. This is | | | | Another of the WoW raid strategies that some |
| Shadow damage so a Shadow resist buff or aura will | | | | needs to master. Vezax can cast this about every |
| help mitigate this. Aside from this, there are other | | | | 60 seconds and gain 100% bonus to melee damage |
| spells your raids needs to watch out for. | | | | while suffering a 50% decrease in movement speed. |
| Shadow Crash | | | | This can be mitigated by either kitting him and taking |
| A large, slow moving Shadow projectile that is fired | | | | advantage of the low movement speed or by using |
| randomly at a raid member that deals a lot of | | | | a Death Knights Icebound Fortitude ability. Druids can |
| damage to him and everyone in a short radius around | | | | do the same through Bark Skin and the high amount |
| the place where it lands and knocks them away. | | | | of health pool. |
| After it lands, a large black puddle will appear. When | | | | |