Magisters' Terrace 2nd Boss Vexallus made easy

[Mortehl]

I could reply exactly what I've done already and finish with "You'll see that I'm right" too, but that'd be destructive. I'm going to parse a combat log of that asshole of a boss. I'm getting that debuff every now and then and the only thing that could possibly hit them is consecration. I'm as certain that it works as you are that it doesn't.

Snake, all due respect sir but consider that all others have experienced that their AOE is not doing and you have. I'm not calling you crazy but empirical evidence suggests that we're right and you're wrong. Simply run the instance again and pay close attention to the energies.

[Aarek]

I think the reason for us killing flares could be one of our 8 billion reactive damage abilities. I've personally seen the flares dying and me getting the debuff thing happen. The only true way to discover the reason is for a parse.

[Hearthy]

I could reply exactly what I've done already and finish with "You'll see that I'm right" too, but that'd be destructive. I'm going to parse a combat log of that asshole of a boss. I'm getting that debuff every now and then and the only thing that could possibly hit them is consecration. I'm as certain that it works as you are that it doesn't.

Do you have the Darkmoon Furies trinket? That proc could be killing them.

[Snake-Aes]

I could reply exactly what I've done already and finish with "You'll see that I'm right" too, but that'd be destructive. I'm going to parse a combat log of that asshole of a boss. I'm getting that debuff every now and then and the only thing that could possibly hit them is consecration. I'm as certain that it works as you are that it doesn't.

Snake, all due respect sir but consider that all others have experienced that their AOE is not doing and you have. I'm not calling you crazy but empirical evidence suggests that we're right and you're wrong. Simply run the instance again and pay close attention to the energies.

I know that. I'm insisting on it because They are dieing, i'm getting the debuff, and i'm not attacking them.

I could reply exactly what I've done already and finish with "You'll see that I'm right" too, but that'd be destructive. I'm going to parse a combat log of that asshole of a boss. I'm getting that debuff every now and then and the only thing that could possibly hit them is consecration. I'm as certain that it works as you are that it doesn't.

Do you have the Darkmoon Furies trinket? That proc could be killing them.

Must be it? I only use that trinket in this instance(qq lemme dodge spells!). Does the trinket proc off spells? Does the energy melee? I have yet to see Pure Energy live enough to do it's aoe.

Our inherent reactive damage abilities are all linked to physical damage, aren't they? Ret aura only procs in melee swings, holy shield only on melee swings and ranged attacks(not spells), what about DMC:Vengeance? Am I missing something?

Consecration works differently than other aoe spells. It's an environment dot that can't be resisted. All other aoes are active straight aoe damage.

[Mortehl]

Consecration works differently than other aoe spells. It's an environment dot that can't be resisted. All other aoes are active straight aoe damage.

It might be DMC:Vengeance. That retarded ass card has pulled bosses by accident when I've cast holy shield right before I meant to actually pull, and other assorted atrocities.

As for Consecrate, it is an environmental dot as you describe, but it is still subject to the same ANTI AOE rules as totems and other AOE immune targets use.

[Aerfalle]

Consecrate doesn't kill them. Also, someone said they don't consecrate during this fight? How does that work? You already can't block any of his attacks, how are you getting enough threat?

Snake -- I have had mysterious debuffs during this fight as well. I normally use the DMC card, but have been swapping in the Violet Badge and (come to think of it) haven't seen any mysterious debuffs since.

This boss is tough. I've run this many times and have had a mix of good and bad encounters with this boss. It's actually kind of mind boggling that anyone is posting "he's easy, l2p" (not literally, but that's the meaning)

[Arcand]

It's actually kind of mind boggling that anyone is posting "he's easy, l2p" (not literally, but that's the meaning)

It's impossible to ask any question about a boss without getting a few worthless drive-by "I've never had any trouble therefore I'm better than you" posts. Makes me miss killfiles.

[Lookit]

Yes, DMC:V will definitely kill the adds. Hence mystery debuffs when you haven't so much as targeted them.

Also, pro tip:

The First Boss of Heroic Magisters' Made Easy: Make sure at least 1 healer and 1 dps make it into the room with you, without getting locked out. Completely trivializes the fight.

[Snake-Aes]

Yes, DMC:V will definitely kill the adds. Hence mystery debuffs when you haven't so much as targeted them.

Also, pro tip:

The First Boss of Heroic Magisters' Made Easy: Make sure at least 1 healer and 1 dps make it into the room with you, without getting locked out. Completely trivializes the fight.

So true...rofl. First time I did this fight the healer was locked out.

Everyone had to use a healthstone but no one died =D

Well, the boss did.

[ldeboer]

Consecration works differently than other aoe spells. It's an environment dot that can't be resisted. All other aoes are active straight aoe damage.

It might be DMC:Vengeance. That retarded ass card has pulled bosses by accident when I've cast holy shield right before I meant to actually pull, and other assorted atrocities.

As for Consecrate, it is an environmental dot as you describe, but it is still subject to the same ANTI AOE rules as totems and other AOE immune targets use.

Yeah it is slightly weird I too have had the debuff and infact had stopped consecrating because of it and I dont have the card think I had the figurine of colussus and dabriri on at the time have never had the card
yet I know that consecrate doesnt work I was chasing them the other night dropping the dam thing on them and they wouldnt die I had to whack them.

[Garov]

Consecrate doesn't kill them. Also, someone said they don't consecrate during this fight? How does that work? You already can't block any of his attacks, how are you getting enough threat?

I haven't had any major issues with keeping threat on him and not consecrating. DPS splits off to kill sparks which lowers their threat on the boss. I pull with wings popped and throwing the shield. I keep Seal of Light on him. I know most of you guys are saying consecrate doesn't make a difference on the debuffs, but I notice a significant drop of situations where I would get the debuffs when I don't consecrate. I'm not saying my way is right and yours is wrong. I'm just saying I've noticed it work for me. I've worn my darkmoon card every time I've gone in here btw.

[Snake-Aes]

Threat is an issue for me because I rarely run without a high-dps group. They do like to go hiper on overload, which is always fun. The dot debuff increases their damage a LOT, so I can't afford not to consecrate on this boss(I actually ninja any Energy that is dangerously left alone for the threat boost).

"Damn, 8k eviscerate" says it all for me :/

[sweeney]

Anecdotal evidence: Arcane Explosion doesn't kill Pure Energy. Our mage thought maybe they were immune to arcane damage, but it seems more likely that it's the AOE flag, like totems.

Also, I've not gotten the debuff unless I specifically targeted Pure Energy and whacked them, *or* had Retribution Aura up. (I don't have DMC:V). That's with Consecration ticking pretty much the whole fight.

I don't know exactly how the mechanic works for certain, but that's what I've observed.

[Dorvan]

I've killed adds without ever targeting them...I don't have a combat log to go back and check the cause of death though.

[2ndNin]

Warning: Anecdotal evidence ahead

Consecrate does seem to kill them.

However, in their normal spawn positions they are not on top of it, and tend not to move through it. If you move up and consecrate on top of them it can hit them and kill them, I do not tend to wear the DMC card, but do use ret aura (so that may explain it). Well just me, seems to work tbh.