Toughest solo world elite (remaining)

[caldepen]

I suppose this is silly but I went back to Grol The Destroyer while levelling a hunter and fought him at even level (58) and he smacked down my pet inside of 10 seconds and I had to run like a little girl. I can't remember the last time this happened one on one. I have been taking down elite Ravasaurs in Un'Goro two levels above me the last little while, so while running down to the gate to Hellfire, I payed Grol a visit and he taught me a lesson in respect. The odd thing is as well, is all his minions are ten levels below him.

[det]

Hogger?

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[coani]

Silly? Considering he's part of what used to be a tough lvl 60 elite group quest, and additionally requires an item from the quest to enable you to kill him in the first place... :p
Even at 70 I couldn't do him on my lock, due to him being immune to almost all magic. There are, btw, 2 other elites in Blasted Lands which are similarly tough, part of the same quest, and on top of one of the mountains (which you can't access unless you're doing the quest) is a lvl 60 elite demon, who has same immunities & loves to kick you off the mountain to fall down & die. fun stuff!

Then there's the elite demons in the sw corner of Blasted Lands, and southernmost part of Winterspring.. including some named demons lvl 62... and there's an elite demon in a cave in Felwood (part of warlock epic steed quest).

[det]

At least the Winterspring demons and giants became manageable for me as demolock pre-TBC when we got our 41 talent builds.

The Elite in Felwood is friendly when you do the steed quest, at all other times I suppose he is indeed a tough fella...

[TPMdm]

The unnamed elite demons who "block" your path to the Doomguard quest giver in blasted lands

[caldepen]

What are the elites in the game (world not instances) that are impossible to beat with one toon at the same level? It seems Grol is definitely one. I can't think of too many others that I have not been able to freeze trap, feign death, wyvern (then bandage pet) and finally whittle down. Most others you can figure something out but Grol hits too hard, too fast.

And Hogger.Fel Reaver.

[jschild]

There are quite a few 5 man elites, but any 2-3 man elite can be beaten by many, though not all, classes.

[theshard]

There are quite a few 5 man elites, but any 2-3 man elite can be beaten by many, though not all, classes.

I know a pally who got one of the 5-man dragons in Blade's Edge down to 5% before it finally killed him. I forgot the dragon's name at the moment but it was one of those for the Orgi'la quests.

[det]

Well, I was kinda thinking Caldepen means in Azeroth, but in Outland it is pretty much every rare elite you meet. Already the lv 63 Collossus in Hellfire are hard for some classes due to the split, but for examle a rare elite Colossus that spawns in Netherstorm with over 100 000 HP can be kited with DoTs up on it all the way to Tempest Keep basically, where it finally died from the Might (and fast boots) of my Aff-lock

[swaldman]

Are world bosses not included in this? Because there are a fair few of them about...
(Teremus the Devourer, Anachronos, and many others)

As has been mentioned, many elites can be soloed by paladins, locks, hunters, and possibly others (different elites for each, probably).
Prot paladins in particular can do some silly stuff, and for a while there was a thread of "solo challenges" on the maintankadin forum. Soloing a fel reaver (without the help of guards or anything) was the one I remember in particular.

[Oglokum]

a lot of the dragonflight elites cant be soloed.

[Marlous]

I was quite amazed that Emissary Roman'khan, a ?? Boss in Silithus, could be soloed by my lock at 69. The older comments on thott mentioned 35-40 man raids necessary to down him, but to me he was nothing more than that elite mob I had to take on in Zanga who was 2 levels lower than me. That really amazed me.

[Shellar]

The Cleaner.

At least the other tough elites can be taken down with a large enough group.

[jschild]

Well, I was kinda thinking Caldepen means in Azeroth, but in Outland it is pretty much every rare elite you meet. Already the lv 63 Collossus in Hellfire are hard for some classes due to the split, but for examle a rare elite Colossus that spawns in Netherstorm with over 100 000 HP can be kited with DoTs up on it all the way to Tempest Keep basically, where it finally died from the Might (and fast boots) of my Aff-lock


I know both Ret and Prot Paladins (at 63-64) can take down the normal elite Colossuses (Those are the big, horned stone guys right?). Ret just barely, and Prot without too much trouble. If it is a 5 man quest (as opposed to being recommended for 2-3), it's unlikely that you can solo it unless it is Kiteable.

[Gavano]

I know both Ret and Prot Paladins (at 63-64) can take down the normal elite Colossuses (Those are the big, horned stone guys right?). Ret just barely, and Prot without too much trouble. If it is a 5 man quest (as opposed to being recommended for 2-3), it's unlikely that you can solo it unless it is Kiteable.

A friend of mine has a tankadin and pulled almost all elites at once, and thanks to some insane high block/dodge/parry rating he hardly got damaged. Good times indeed, I'll ask him to solo a fel reaver, see if he's up for it :grin:

[Twoflower]

I was quite amazed that Emissary Roman'khan, a ?? Boss in Silithus, could be soloed by my lock at 69. The older comments on thott mentioned 35-40 man raids necessary to down him, but to me he was nothing more than that elite mob I had to take on in Zanga who was 2 levels lower than me. That really amazed me.

he used to be quite a pain back in the days when silithus first got redesigned. didnt think you could solo him.

[Tort]

I solo Teremus the Devourer in Blasted Lands on my prot warrior every time he pops. The shards he drops sell fairly well on my server, and it only takes a few minutes. He is immune to virtually all magic though, so I can see several classes having a harder time with him.

The other three elite quest mobs in Blasted Land are certainly very difficult, due to the fact that they are immune to just about all magic (except shadow bolts, strangely). I had quite a difficult time soloing them on my lock, even at level 65 or so. The dragonflight world dragons around Azeroth really can't be soloed, due to the fact that several of their abilities scale up to level 70 (the noxious breath ability and those damn sleeping clouds decimated a 10 man raid I once joined).

Onyxia can be three-maned these days, although I've never heard of anyone soloing her.

I know both Ret and Prot Paladins (at 63-64) can take down the normal elite Colossuses (Those are the big, horned stone guys right?). Ret just barely, and Prot without too much trouble. If it is a 5 man quest (as opposed to being recommended for 2-3), it's unlikely that you can solo it unless it is Kiteable.

Yeah, I soloed them at around 61 or 62 on my warlock. A warlock really can solo anything that is fearable. The only problem with those guys is the fact they have a very short lease (to prevent kiting), and if they were feared too far away they would reset.

[jschild]

A friend of mine has a tankadin and pulled almost all elites at once, and thanks to some insane high block/dodge/parry rating he hardly got damaged. Good times indeed, I'll ask him to solo a fel reaver, see if he's up for it :grin:

I doubt anyone can solo one of those - the incoming damage would be too high when you do get hit.

It is probably possible to Duo one with a T6 geared tank and healer however.

Take forever, but maybe possible

[coani]

he used to be quite a pain back in the days when silithus first got redesigned. didnt think you could solo him.

He got nerfed from being a raid boss when blizz revamped old elite quests a few patches ago (after TBC release). Same goes for a lot of other elites in Silithus, which are now a lot easier than originally pre-TBC.

[Shellar]

I doubt anyone can solo one of those - the incoming damage would be too high when you do get hit.
Actually, 800+ block value (achievable even before BT) is sufficient to completely absorb his melee attacks, and his stuns can be outranged by standing at the very edge of his hitbox. The true challenge is not to fall asleep while you slowly gnaw him down.

For examples for successful FR solo kills, see this thread (http://www.failsafedesign.com/maintankadin/viewtopic.php?t=1928).

[jschild]

Wow...very cool.

[Laringar]

That elite at the back of the Felwood cavern isn't that big a deal, I soloed him on my druid. Can't remember if I was 60 yet or not... I might have been. I know I was back there for a quest, saw him, and thought "Wonder if I can take that?" Answer was apparently yes.

I was rather disappointed that he didn't drop anything.


Incidentally, I think this thread deserves a mention of the lock who soloed the headless horseman by using pathing to his advantage.

[Marlous]

Incidentally, I think this thread deserves a mention of the lock who soloed the headless horseman by using pathing to his advantage.

Ooooh, yes indeed. In fact, I think it especially deserves a link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Z9NyAgxCs).

I'm not fond of the standard "ooo, look how good I am" videos, but this one impressed me.

[caldepen]

the headless vid is cool even though it is a bit of a gimmick. I play solo quite a bit and it is interesting to find these kind of challenges... yeah I was thinking Azeroth and not the world encounters. I was in Theramore the other day when that sea dragon guy rolled in. Probably need more than one to make a dent in him.

THe other thing now that is funny is how the q rewards in Outlands have affected gameplay back in Azeroth and even more when WotLK comes out.

[dwarfenhelm]

ive watched a bloodelf pala solo teremus the devourer and this wasnt in good gear as it was feb/march 2007 so apart from maybe a little bit of kara gear i doubt he would have been in the epics todays 70's have

[swaldman]

I doubt anyone can solo one of those - the incoming damage would be too high when you do get hit.

It is probably possible to Duo one with a T6 geared tank and healer however.

Take forever, but maybe possible

I'm confused - are we talking elite collossi? I remember duoing the ones in SMV when I was a lvl 70 tankadin in blues, and my partner was a lvl 69 mage. It was knife-edge possible, but we did it :-)

[coani]

swald: they're talking about a felreaver.

[swaldman]

swald: they're talking about a felreaver.

Ah! That would explain things.
I'm pretty sure a prot paladin or two have soloed these, but probably in T6 or the like. There's a thread about it on maintankadin.

[Aerath]

swald: they're talking about a felreaver.

Wonder if I could solo one. From what I remember they didn't hit all that hard.

[caldepen]

Does it still count as a solo if you pull a mob onto some reinforcements? ;^)

[coani]

that's like me soloing black temple with 24 other soloers

[caldepen]

I mean NPC reinforcements.

[Argument]

As a 70 feral druid with heals from my crappy-geared lvl 61 ret pala housemate, a Fel Reaver took about 10 minutes but we did take it down.

As a thank-you I boosted her through Ramparts and Blood Furnace (although I don't think BF 2nd boss is very soloable due to all the adds - the boss himself is cake).

All the way up to 70 I could solo any 2-3 man quests at appropriate level, and the occasional 5-man.

[Janfader]

Toughest elite to beat solo'n type has to be Tusker or that Gruul elite by Gruul's Lair.

I have seen a epic Druid/feral take on Durn to 50% health. She couldn't get enough dps on him. She had 23000 hp! omfg.