Sartharion Tanking With Voidwalker To Be Nerfed

Posted 16th Feb 2009 04:30 PM by Medievaldragon

Recently, the Township Rebellion Horde Guild and Rampage Guild from Crushridge US realm defeated Sartharion at the Obsidian Sanctuary 10-man with a Voidwalker tanking Sartharion and three Twilight drakes. Now that’s an impressive feat. However, Blizzard is very likely to nerf the Voidwalker as it is not intended to replace a Warrior, Paladin or Death Knight’s function in a major raid dungeon. It’s not an option. The voidwalker’s hit points were increased for PvP reasons, not to outright tank Sartharion. This is what Ghostcrawler said in response:

Blizzard Quote:
I would not expect the Voidwalker to continue to be an excellent tank for challenging raid content.

The health boost was largely for PvP reasons and the damage avoidance was to make up for limitations in pet AI and master control, not to let you opt out of having to manage tons of incoming damage on your main tank. smilesource






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Leviathonlx
Posted 16, Feb 2009 06:28 PM
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Where did you get ‘the voidwalker getting nerfed’ out of that quote? He said it would not continue being a good tank in challenging content which implies encounters in Ulduar.

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Medievaldragon
Posted 16, Feb 2009 08:00 PM
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Ghostcrawler is loved and hated for one thing in particular: Nerfing or Buffing classes. I don’t think letting a voidwalker tank Sartharion is part of the original design for the encounter.

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skroob
Posted 16, Feb 2009 09:05 PM
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“the Voidwalker as it is not intended to replace a Warrior, Paladin or Death Knight’s function in a major raid dungeon”
Posted 16th Feb 2009 04:30 PM by Medievaldragon

What about us druids :(

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hawkmaniaceye
Posted 17, Feb 2009 01:46 AM
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Think he meant more in the future with Ulduar and Patches after that, but most likely VW will get a nerf. Let’s hope they nerf it in a way that it mostly affect Sarth and not everything else, and let’s hope they buff the Tanks tanking so they’re more prefered than a VW, though I doubt it.

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Hojiman
Posted 17, Feb 2009 05:34 AM
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Uh, the notes at the end of the video state that the VW had nearly 80K hp.

Nerf-nuke inbound for certain.

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SSH83
Posted 20, Feb 2009 03:51 AM
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nerf dps across the board.  reduce mob hp in raids and instances. that’s it!  But nooooo, they want to do all the other things instead.

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