Maloriak. hmm. This guy is cool. Got to do my first attempt on him last night, much better fight then Omnitron. Extreme warning: if you ever get any kind of tunnel vision, this guy will wreck you. PAY ATTENTION to his vial changes. Red = stack, Blue = spread out, Green = dps nuke adds (don't stand right next to him when he changes to green phase though, you'll go flying)
All Phases:
Arcane Storm: Big aoe dmg, dps should be interrupting this. Not worth using Healing Rain, as most will be spread out, bounce a couple Chain Heals and they should be fine.
Remedy: Anyone that can remove magic needs to asap. This is a buff to Maloriak that heals him for about 25k and lasts for 10 sec. If you see it, (green vial buff) purge asap.
Red Vial:
Everyone but the add tank will stack near the cauldron for this phase. Perfect time for Healing Rain, however, don't cast it too soon, huge mana drain if everyone is full and the duration ends before anyone takes dmg from his cone. The fire cone (500k dmg divided) is almost always directly after summoning more adds, so when you see that cast, cast Healing Rain. Lots of aoe heals need to go out at that point.
Every so often, one person will get a fire debuff, dealing 9k dmg a sec and any additional magic damage taken by the target increases the damage dealt by this effect by 50% of the damage taken. Basically, they need to move out of the cone til thats gone. Don't get tunnel vision.
Blue Vial:
Maloriak will target a random player and cast Biting Chill. And we thought Cata was all about fire. Biting Chill surrounds the target with a ring that does aoe dmg to nearby players within 8 yards, and does 5k dmg to the target every sec for 10 secs. If melee get this they need to move out of range of other melee until the debuff is gone. Don't get tunnel vision. They will need to be healed through this, so riptides are good.
Flash Freeze is extremely touchy. This is another random target spell that will do 70k to 80k dmg on hit, and will encase them in a block of ice. It will also encase anyone within 10 yards in a block as well. This is why you need to spread out for the blue vial.
Dps need to make sure that the people in the case are healed up to at least ~70%. Breaking the ice causes another 56k to 64k dmg. When one ice block is broken, any other blocks that may have happened will also break, dealing dmg to them as well. Don't get tunnel vision.
Green Vial:
This phase is pretty much an add burn phase, green slime will spew from the cauldron, and will make everyone, adds and Maloriak included, take 100% more dmg. Kill the adds asap, as it only lasts 15 secs and getting some face time on the boss with that debuff is super helpful. Plus, he will summon more adds after that phase, so you don't want any up. Heals need to pay special attention to the tanks, they are usually the only one taking dmg in that phase, and its increased by 100%.
25% HP:
Bloodlust. Don't be stacked if coming from a red vial. He has a soft enrage and will release any remaining adds which hopefully are just the two prime subjects. He will cast fire jets and leave a wake of fire that does about 25k dmg. Don't get tunnel vision. He will also summon an ice sphere near a random target, if it comes within 6 yards of them, it will explode and do about 50k dmg to everyone within 6 yards of it and knock them back. Don't get tun-you get the idea. He also does an acid nova that does 7.5k dmg a sec for 10 secs raid wide.
Basically, this is a big fuck you to healers. Tons of raid dmg, people are all over the place, and by the time you get to that phase your scraping every last ounce of mana you can get your hands on, all while trying not to have tunnel vision yourself. >.<
Try to drop Mana tide totem at about 30%, you want to have healing stream up for this phase (for the heals and fire/frost/nature resist), and 17 secs without it can really hurt.
Unfortunately, we were not able to get him down before raid time ended (even went 15 mins over end time.) But did get him to 8% on our best attempt! Another try tonight and we should have him.
update: got him :)
Good luck and Happy Raiding! -Aktol
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