Brothers of Arms

[DDanger]

Was surfing on the internet and found this :

Normally, you have to have a group that is dedicated to clicking the orbs on each side of the room at the same time when the boss gets enraged, well, not no more.

All you have to do is have someone run figure 8's around the 2 big columns in the room while having other people feed this person stamina so they never run out. Use stamina pots as well. The rest of the raid just focuses on the boss while it runs around the columns in a figure 8

The reason this works is because, the way the boss works, whoever attacks it 1st? the boss will want to run to that person and put a dot on them and then go attack another person. But if the boss can never reach you to put the dot on, you will never loose aggro, and the other people can just dps the crap out of the boss. If the boss manages to hit the runner however, you have to be really aware who he's going after next, because then you can have that person run around indefinitely while avoiding the dot. So in the end, one person can kite Yeremka till its dead, and people don't have to work on strats, good luck with it.

[Gert]

Helps if you say what boss in the title

As it's Yaremka the Soul Eater this is classed as the riskiest strategy for that boss

[DDanger]

Yep, it is Yaremba...... but wanna share it

[Cassiopeda]

Nice tactic but think it will be adjusted by FC. The normal tactic is really easy on this one, just takes time to get him down.

Couple of things with this boss:
1) He does a dot that can be debuffed by 2 Tosses (plan this upfront so the 2 tosses don't use it at the same time), don't know the exact name of the feat but it removes the dot, dot does about 1k dmg for each tick.
2) boss enrages, use the orbs but not with a countdown like 3 --> 2 --> 1 Click, it has to be Click and the 4 ppl click it. Practise before starting the fight.
3) Casters do the clicking or stand aside and do nothing, magical dmg has no effect on this boss, only melee. They can assist with xbows but only during DPS IN and rangers watch out with the aggro.
4) because GOAD doesn't work, the maintank needs about 4 - 5 clicks to accumulate aggro before melee dps can go in.
5) when melee goes in, they have to stop DPS when the boss enrages and wait till he's at the other side before going back in.
6) When melee dps goes in, they have to start with debuffing combos or spells like a hox does. This is the key to BRC, use debuffs all the time.

--> if the tank looses aggro reset, no point of trying to take aggro back.

It's really easy but takes about 20-25 minutes to get him down.

[Gert]

He does a dot that can be debuffed by 2 Tosses (plan this upfront so the 2 tosses don't use it at the same time), don't know the exact name of the feat but it removes the dot, dot does about 1k dmg for each tick.

I think this is the Thundering Voice feat - it doesn't remove the dot, just silences the boss so he can't put the DoT on...ToS's don't have anything that removes certain damage types (unlike the PoM)...I know there is at least 2 fights in BRC where Thundering Voice is really useful so this must be one (think the other is in Wing 2).

/edit - yep it is Thundering Voice - it's used to silence the boss so it can't use the DoT skill...not sure if other Silence skills work (don't think the Sin silence will work as that does knockdown + silence; Booming Roar on a BS might do the same thing but it's a tier 9 feat so harder to get that specced in - Thundering voice is tier 6 in comparison)

[Cassiopeda]

Indeed it's the thundering voice thingy, knew it had to be used for the dot but didn't know what it exactly did. yeat again another day i learned something new thx for the intel Gert.

[Phorkys]

Ok i am rdy , know what to do , when can we try this ?

[Gert]

Once we get the Garg boss sorted

[Lyss]

Thundering Voice no longer works on raid bosses. Actually it's said to not work on any mobs at all atm

Sauce

[Kendar]

"Another thing not working on raid bosses anymore is Crushing Onslaught from the conqs."

This was part of the reason why I changed to 2hand.. hope it's just bugged

[Alb]

We'll just have to see what the next update will bring in regards to fixes.


BTW ... you left the hollowed ground of DW conqs Kend ????

[Kendar]

Yep

Really wanted to try the nice 2hander I got from Cha, and ofc it's always fun to try something different. Was still top 5 or 6 dps in satursdays BRC run, and will be a much stronger off-tank if needed. Might come in handy in BRC.

But I already miss the speed and cruelty of the DW combos just having some problems finding the optimal build.

Guess I'll stick with 2h for a while, just to see have it all looks when the combo rotation is optimized.. still figuring out what combos hurt the most

[Alb]

that 2 hander is really nice ... sad that I can't use it on my necro :p

[Gert]

ToS's Thundering Voice no longer works here

But Havoc Demos who feat Pact of Earth Walking (Tier 9, lhs, Havoc) can also provide a heal source.

Eat Soul does electric damage so any mitigation/protection for that is also handy.

[Gert]

After trying both timer (via the bot) and watching cast bar for Enrage, I found the cast bar to be easier for me...and seemed to work ok once we got into the swing of things.