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Rextroy Solos Maut Through 500% Damage Increase Berserk With 160% Versatility from Gear
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2020/08/25 at 11:59 AM
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Rextroy has soloed
Maut
through
Enraged
using 160% Versatility, taking the boss down in just under 17 minutes. To survive the damage from
Enraged
, a 500% damage increase, as well as an amped-up
Shadow Wounds
ticking for 1,500,000 every two seconds, he had to stack lots of versatility from gear, socket versatility gems, and use
Conflict and Strife
with
Avenger's Shield
.
This encounter took a great deal of preparation and here's all the items, talents, and Ny'alotha adds used to get the job done:
To survive all the damage taken, there was 4 key pieces I had to use
160% Versatility for 80% DMG Reduction
Capped
Last Defender
(50% Dmg Reduction)
Bulwark of Light
(160k absorb shield every global)
30% Dodge from
Trajectory Analysis
To obtain this much Versatility, I had full socket with Versatility, full Versatility amplifiers aswell.
Aegis of the Deep
also granted me a massive versatility bonus (especially when under 35% HP).
Vantus rune and other consumables that grants versatility.
Ancients' Bulwark
trait, granting me Versatility when standing still
The last trick which people don't know about (at least I haven't seen anyone talk about it) is that
Conflict and Strife
major for Protection Paladin makes your Avenger Shield double your
Strife
versatility on every cast. Even when it ain't interrupting or silencing anything. This was the last key part to obtain 160% versatility.
Now let us talk about the encounter itself
One important thing is that we NEED to keep adds alive, and also aggro the type of adds that doesn't screw us over during the boss. The adds I used were
Void Fanatic
(most important)
Anubisath Sentinel
(those who doesn't have knockback or
Mortal Strike
), one of the Shatter NPCs before
Maut
s room. Aswell as Gryth'ax, the small boss before Elevator.
Almost everything else had an effect that would cause a wipe. Fears (from seers), max HP reduction (from behemoths), enemy healing (shadowmender) etc.
The only other type of mob that might have worked were Initiates, however they stand still and cast all the time which makes them not as good.
To keep the adds alive, I used
Judgement
instead of
until he went into
Berserk: Ravage
. I also made sure to not do any type of AOE unless necessary (
Shield of the Righteous
)!
Some things to know about the encounter itself is that you have to be quick out of the AOE silence on the ground, since you won't be able to use most of your abilities. Also during his
Shatter
phase, he will stack up a damage boost. If you soak the orbs he should only get a 9% damage boost during each phase.
Also keep in mind that you don't need to do much DPS during shatter phase to get through it (a tleast in lower difficulties). He loses a lot of mana by himself...perhaps random groups will someday learn that!
Also he goes into berserk after 10 minutes of combat!
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Comment by
BigRed
on 2020-08-29T03:39:30-05:00
At this point, who cares? Clearly I think he is bored and looking for any way to find some clever way of using game mechanics to do something your normal player wouldn't do.
I strongly suspect that a lot of people care judging from the usual amount of comments under Rextroy articles and the fact that both Wowhead and Blizzardwatch find it worth posting about. I personally care because I enjoy to see what happens when you push gameplay systems to their extremes. Or in other words:
The power of Math
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