The OS3D Zerg

I personally lack interest in doing 10-man runs. It just doesn’t feel as epic as getting 25 people together and downing bosses for me. I am, however,  of the opinion that 10-man runs are actually more difficult most of the time, especially hard modes.

Well, until you outgear the encounter.

We never attempted The Twilight Zone before Ulduar came out. Then one day out of the blue about a month ago, guildies started organizing zerg runs. I have to say, when you pick out the right people to do 5k DPS or more, it completely trivializes the encounter.

I got my first go at it last night. I finally got my title (but lost the roll on the mount, boo) and I have to say, zerging is a million times less complicated than doing it the intended way.

We run with 1 tank and 1 healer for the 80-some-odd-second DPS race. After about 82 seconds (not too clear on the timer), Shadron will land and Sarth will become immune. Between starting the encounter and Tenebron’s first portal, no one really takes any damage except the tank. Healing through the damage is unbelievably easy.

The only frustrating part is the RNG. Thirty-percent of the fight is luck. We tank Sarth in the gap of waves from one side so if the fight starts off from 2 waves from the other side and everyone has to move, it greatly narrows the margin for error in the DPS check. If you get lucky and all waves come from the side you’re standing, then it becomes significantly easier.

We ran a melee-heavy group, equipped with a feral druid and enhance shaman for Heroism. Around 30%, our feral druid taunted Tenebron and ran like hell to kite him around the entire instance so we had a significant DPS loss at this point.

And I learned that there was no escaping death for me. Ever. We did it with a warrior tank and standing on Sarth’s hind legs rendered any kind of AOE move useless while I eventually got chewed up by elementals and the first spawn of whelps from Tenebron’s portal (you’ll only get 1 spawn before he goes immune).

The DPS says the fight is a rush for them. Too bad I can’t say the same.  :P