The passionate WoW raider has, of course, cleared all raid content, on heroic, oh well, even on mythic! However, for those who are satisfied with the raid browser, we paid a visit to the second wing of Highmaul in World of Warcraft.
Pile of Tectus
I still felt uneasy from the first wing: 15 minutes long, without anyone falling below 90 percent health. However, Tectus proves that the second wing is a bit(!) more challenging. Once you hit Tectus to 1 percent in just a few seconds, he splits into two elementals. These further split into three additional elementals each, spreading various effects across the map. If you’re not quick enough, the entire arena gets cluttered with stone rubble. My first try looked good until… yes, until the boss simply reset. Second try, no deaths, let’s go!
Home of the Twins
A few trash mobs later, my randomly assembled group found itself in front of the ogre twins. Pol and Phemos were also just “better” trash. Except for that one moment when the tank dropped below 30 percent and us healers suddenly got anxious. But after that brief shock, the twins fell, setting everything on fire and throwing rocks at us… Ogres after all.
When Players Suddenly Die
As the last boss, we got to grapple with Ko’ragh. The mage did what no healer hopes for: he actually killed several players. Did Blizzard take the criticism in the forums seriously and make the second wing harder? It seems so. The second tank dies, gets revived, and dies immediately again. The group becomes restless, and many forget to run out of effects out of sheer fear. Everyone also gets a debuff that they must avoid being near other players. With the thought already on epic loot, this costs most of their lives. Yet somehow, we manage to defeat the ogre mage Ko’ragh.
Conclusion
The second wing of the Highmaul raid is somewhat harder than the first. My group took a good 30 minutes and made it through well. Only on the last boss were some players perplexed and probably forgot where the W, A, S, and D keys are located. It remains to be seen whether this slightly increased difficulty will appease the hardcore raid browser raiders.
