Dead Hills - Xulous Prime
*[10/18/2013] NOTICE: This post has been modified to reflect amendments posted within this thread *
Zone & Instance Info Gather Zone: The Dead Hills
NPC Name: Templar Gemma
NPC Location: Marked on mapKeyword to Enter: Ready
Flag & Key Requirements | Zone Flag: | | None |
| Event Key: | | None |
| Group Mission: | | None |
| Event Flags: | | Ethernere - The Doomscale Horde |
* Minimum to be Piggy/85'/pushed into raid: Nothing required.
Brief Event Overview & StrategyAs we deal with Xulous Prime, we are faced with several mechanics:
Xulous Prime randomly target AEs areas with
Festering Pustules - 19k DD + 31k DoT (2 minute duration,
Disease counters 120!).
For EACH
Festering Pustules DoT that fades without being cured a hard hitting penalty ROTTING CORPSE ADD spawns and casts
Decaying Flesh - 19k DoT + 5k MANA DRAIN + 3k END DRAIN (permanent effect while the add remains alive). Rotting corpse adds also cast Festering Pustules DoT.
When Xulous Prime reaches 80%, 40%, 20% HP it targets a player and spawns a disease cloud AURA that follows around the random player target.
Throughout the event, MAGGOTs spawn at ooze locations. If Maggots are not killed in time, we get Mosquito adds.
* Warning: DO NOT CAST DISEASE ON XULOUS PRIME or it will POWER UP (hit harder) and REGEN HP.
STRATEGY:
Festering Pustules DoT - It's CRITICAL this DoT is CURED before it fades above everything else!
Players targeted by the AURA are to kite in one of the designated kite areas.
Maggots - Tank assigned to each Ooze location to AGGRO outside of melee range of maggots, while assigned direct melee assist to kill and keep maggots dead.
Range DPS (Wizards, Magicians, Necromancers, Rangers) - ALL RANGE DPS ON XULOUS PRIME.
Paladins - Splash to help cure DoT afflicted players and heal.
Bards - Continue to help cure via /rt by assignment. Add kiters to ETW to monitor for curing DoT.
Everyone please review the positioning diagram further below for kite area locations and other information.
Xulous PrimeHits for: 30000
Abilities: Single-target Rampages, AE Rampages
AEs:
Toxic Blast - 60k+ DD and knockback/up (Caster PB, 60' range)
Festering Pustules - 19k DD + 31k DoT (2 minute duration,
Disease counters 120!)
AURA - Cloud of DiseaseXulous spawns a Cloud of disease at set HP intervals (80%, 60%, 40%, ...) that paths towards a random player.
Anyone caught in the aura is hit by
Breath of Xulous Prime - 34k DoT + Spell SLOW + SNARE (The stench of decay renders you weak.)
The aura moves VERY SLOWLY. If targeted, you can easily move a short distance and turn around to see it coming at you. This allows for easy kiting within a small area, please take advantage of it. Leashing the aura to middle is BAD because you get warped to middle along with it (and snared), and other players may inadvertently be caught in it there as a result.
* Visual Effects Note:
Depending on your EQ settings, you may have the visual effects off to show the aura particles. To turn on, ALT-O for Options, Display tab, under Particles (Spell tab) adjust settings to: [Near Clip: Near - Density: Low - On For: ME+NPC - Opacity 30%]
Rotting Corpse AddsPenalty add for EACH DOT that fades without being cured in time spawns a "
Rotting corpse" add.
The add casts
Decaying Flesh - 19k DoT + 5k MANA DRAIN + 3k END DRAIN (permanent effect while the add remains alive).
In addition, the add also casts
Festering Pustules - 19k DD + 31k DoT (2 minute duration,
Disease counters 120!)
Positioning
- Oozes marked in GREEN
- Raid SPREAD OUT (DoT is targeted AE 20' range).
- Xulous Prime RED position.
- Multiple Aura Kite locations to deal with multiple auras (80%, 60%, 40%, ...)
Curing DiseaseIt's not the sole responsibility of your healer to cure you. There are many classes that can cure disease, and a
Distillate of Immunization (1 min refresh) potion cuts the counters in HALF (removes 64 disease counters).
When groups and assigns are made, they're done so with curing in mind for this event. In other words, each group has 2-3 classes that can cure disease.
Classes other than Druids, Shaman and Clerics that can cure disease:
Important:It's important when curing someone not to just blindly cast your spell X number of times based on how many counters it cures. Look at their buffs when you're curing them. You don't know, but they may have used a
Distillate of Immunization potion, and took that 120 counters down to 56! So as a Ranger for example, instead of casting twice, you'd only have to cast once. Saves time.
The same above example goes for classes self curing. Using a potion or an AA to cut down the counters, then follow up with a few spell casts. A Necromancer for example can use
Embrace The Decay (AA), then use a
Distillate of Immunization potion, and remove the last counters with a single cast of
Eradicate Disease.
Class that have no ability to to cure can also help by using a potion to cut the counters down and that'll save your group members and/or bard time.
HotkeysFor classes that cannot cure disease. You're either assigned a bard (do not ask for a cure from a bard unless assigned), or you ask in group.
Set up a hotkey for these actions to save time. Include a voice message for the group one. For example:
/vg 6
/group Cure please!
For those assigned a bard, you don't need the voice, because it's a tell and used to quick target via /rt:
/tell Soandso Cure please!
Text / Audio Triggers - Mandatory
ALL Mandatory SetupTriggers for DoT and when caught in disease cloud.
GTT File: cotf-dead-hills-xulous-prime.gtt * Updated: 10/18/2013
Pattern references:
Cloud of disease personal emotes (different ones, depending on the aura)
[Sat Oct 12 17:54:08 2013] A cloud of disease begins to form around you.
[Sat Oct 12 22:55:08 2013] A cloud of disease moves toward you
Festering Pustules DoT
[Sat Oct 12 22:03:41 2013] You have taken 20748 damage from Festering Pustules by Xulous Prime
[Sat Oct 12 23:00:13 2013] Your flesh begins to bubble and ooze. You have taken 12480 points of damage.
Festering Pustules DoT DMG
[Thu Oct 17 22:18:07 2013] You have taken 20748 damage from Festering Pustules by Xulous Prime
Caught in disease cloud ref:
[Fri Oct 11 01:09:17 2013] The stench of decay renders you weak.
[Fri Oct 11 01:09:18 2013] You have taken 16926 damage from Breath of Xulous Prime by Cloud of disease
Rotting Corpse Decaying Flesh Effect
[Sat Oct 12 22:03:35 2013] A Rotting Corpse begins to cast a spell. <Festering Pustules>
[Sat Oct 12 22:03:35 2013] A Rotting Corpse begins to cast a spell. <Decaying Flesh>
[Sat Oct 12 22:03:41 2013] You have taken 12870 damage from Decaying Flesh by A Rotting Corpse
