Preventing your own death – in the hard version of WoW Classic this is important. An engineer item saves many lives.
The way to level 60 in World of Warcraft Classic is tough. It’s even tougher in the “Hardcore” version of the game, because there a single death permanently costs your character’s life. Once dead, there is nothing left to do but delete the character.
Therefore, many players try to secure themselves with as many items as possible to escape death in case of an emergency. But few can match an engineer item.
What item are we talking about? We are referring to the “Target Dummy”, which is an engineering item that summons a small dummy that immediately taunts all nearby enemies and draws their attention. The player Verdidically_ reveals in the subreddit what makes these items so good:
Target dummies are cheap. On [my realm] you can craft them for 8 Silver each.
They attract aggro almost instantly. The stone claw totem may take a few seconds for its pulse, but the target dummy only takes about 0.5 seconds after you set it up.
They have huge amounts of health for their level. Keep in mind that you can get them as early as level 14 or so, when normal mobs have between 100 and 200 HP and elite mobs maybe between 400 and 500. The dummies already have 968. […]
Later, there are even better dummies that have significantly more health and can even tie multiple elite opponents to themselves at once.
These dummies are often combined with a “Hurtigkeitstrank”, allowing your character to flee even faster. With this, it’s even possible to escape the nasty local guards of the enemy faction – they usually make quick work of player characters.
The community swears by dummies: The general usefulness of dummies in WoW Classic Hardcore is undisputed – anyone who doesn’t have one as an engineer is simply leaving a big safety item behind.
- “That is simply true and the only reason my warrior is still alive at level 50.”
- “Do you want to know the best part? You can even use them on dungeon bosses! Verdan in the Caves of Wailing or Arugal in Shadowfang Keep or Aukmai in the Depths of Black Grotto. There’s just some extra safety against the hard-hitting bosses.”
Do you also have any items that you swear by? What has saved you from premature death in WoW Classic HC?
