Maloriak Strategy and Tactics Guide
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Boss: Maloriak
Location: Blackwing Decent
Progression Requirement: Needed to advance
Difficulty Level: Hard
Encounter Focus: Waves of Adds, DPS race to enrage timer.
Guide Status: BETA, this guide is still being refined. Please check for updates regularly.
Maloriak Abilities
Arcane storm: Raid wide AoE Damage, can be interrupted.
Summon Adds: Maloriak will summon adds in groups of 3. He will summon a total of 18. The more adds that are up, the harder they hit. They also apply a stackable debuff on the raid team, the more adds, the worse the debuff. Double trouble.
Maloriak will throw vials into a Cauldron at certain intervals, the effects of Maloriaks Vials are below
Red Vial: Maloriak performs a cone shaped frontal AoE attack which damage is divided by the number of targets it hit.
Blue Vial: Maloriak freezes you in an Iceblock, they can chain so keep clear and will need to be dps'd to release the trapped player.
Green Vial: Maloriak heals, this needs to be spell stolen or purged, all adds get Acid Slime debuff making them easier to kill.
Summon All Adds: Maloriak will summon all the adds he didn't get to summon at phase 1 (in case you interrupted the casting) to a total of 18 adds, plus 2 bigger adds. With all the massive damage you're going to take, you want to get to this phase with no "leftover" adds from phase 1.
Magma Jets: Frontal cone shapedn AoE that leaves an environmental hazard on the floor. Dont stand in the fire!
Maloriak Raid Setup
As with any new raid if its your first time inside start with more healers and gradually work down to what you need.
Raid Setup (10 man):
3 Tanks
2-3 Healers
5-6 DPS
Raid Setup (25 man):
2 Tanks
7 Healers
16 DPS
Maloriak Tactics
Tank the boss facing away from the raid team due to the frontal cone shaped AoE.
When the add's start spawning have your off tank (s) pick them up and move them to one side, you will need massive healing on the offtank at this stage and your raid team will need to be using some forms of crowd control. Druids roots are effective here, as are traps and other snares. Your DPS will need to be nuking the boss at all times while doing all they can to keep the adds tied up so the Off Tank doesnt get overwhelmed.
When the Red Vial is thrown, stack on your MT.
When the Blue Vile is thrown, get out the way of it's target.
When the Green Vial is thrown, AoE nuke the adds.
At 20% Maloriak will start to bring into play other abilities, it's at this point that the fight really becomes intense. A lot of healing will be required and the raid will need to be situationally aware and able to move positions. Maloriak will randomly cast Magma Jets, this will leave areas of burning AoE on the floor, it will also inflict massive damage on any raid member that is stood in front of the boss.
Have your MT kite the boss around the room ensuring there is room for the rest of the raid team to do their jobs while not standing in AoE. Be aware that periodically there will also be crystals spread around the room, these are designed to push you into the fire, just try and avoid them and you should be fine.
That's it for this boss, sounds easy but in practice it's a lot more difficult. Good luck and check back often for guide and tactics updates.
Keep it real,
Cybac.
Maloriak Kill Video - BETA
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 December 2010 13:48 Written by Cybac Wednesday, 24 November 2010 23:12