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Raiding with Leashes: Wrath of the Lick King Ability Throwbacks
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28/10/2016 a las 12:20
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Bandas con correa IV: La caída del Rey... ¡Ardilla!
has a number of adorable and creepy new battle pets; for players who raided during Wrath, these pets are also steeped in nostalgia. All of the pets are clever throwbacks to encounter mechanics in Wrath, which we'll take a look at!
Ulduar
Ulduar, the prison of Yogg-Saron, was a sprawling raid in Wrath of the Lich King. It had an innovative way to start hardmodes--instead of switching the difficulty of the encounter before fighting, players would have to start the encounter in a certain way to unlock the hardmode. For example: defeating Thorim's gauntlet in 3 minutes or less would trigger his hardmode.
There were two end-bosses in Ulduar that awarded Feats of Strength and titles:
Algalon el Observador
which was only open an hour a week, and
Yogg-Saron
which had multiple hardmode steps.
Outside of the pets, Ulduar is worth farming for
Cabeza de Mimiron
,
Val'anyr, Martillo de los antiguos reyes
,
Garras derrotadas de Yogg-Saron
, achievements like
La gloria del asaltante de Ulduar (25 j.)
, and some
great transmog gear
.
For the short version of clearing Ulduar, check out Henderman's
Burn 'em Down: A Pocket Guide to Ulduar
and for the longer version covering all achievements, please read eidyia's
Ulduar - The Complete Achiever's Guide
.
Rabiosillo de magma
- This pet is a mini-version of the awful exploding trash mobs
Furibundo de magma
before
Ignis, el Maestro de la Caldera
! This fight was healing intense with lots of fire on the floor and the famous moment of being thrown into the molten fire pot (
Horneado (10 j.)
). The pet mimics these fiery perils with abilities such as
Volcán
and
Ola de magma
.
Servidor Runaforjado
- This pet is a mini-version of the
Gólem de hierro endurecido
trash before Kolagarn and the Iron Council. Defeating the Iron Council on hardmode was needed to start the
Disco de datos de El Archivum
quest chain.
Rabiosillo invernal
- This pet is a mini-version of the
Aparecido invernal
trash before
Hodir
. This frosty encounter periodically froze players, dropped icicles, and applied
Frío cortante
to stationary players, reflected in the
Púa de hielo
and
Hielo resbaladizo
abilities.
Ultratonque G0-R41-0N
- This pet looks like the base of the completed
Mimiron
construct, V0-1T-R0N. It has an ability named after the scary
Robot bum XE-321
trash that surrounds
Mimiron
's room. In the Mimiron encounter, players fought different parts of his construct, and then a challenging version fused all together. Perhaps the most fun part of the encounter was hitting the big red button to start hardmode! In Legion, Mimiron is now an ally and helps players
obtain the Beast Mastery Artifact
.
Protocría vinculahierro
- This pet is a miniature
Tajoescama
and shares the ability
Sacudida de alas
with the
Ulduar
boss.
Tajoescama
was a fun boss with a cool harpoon mechanic to bring her down from the air. This pet is also a baby version of the
Riendas de protodraco vinculahierro
mount.
Cachorro del Sagrario
- This pet is a pet version of the
Avizor del sagrario
adds summoned by
Auriaya
. The mobs were notoriously difficulty to deal with, using
Abalanzarse
on players and dealing increased damage if not separated. Defeating Auriaya without killing any cats awards the
La loca de los gatos (25 j.)
achievement.
Quiebrazotador
- This pet is similar to the
Azotador detonante
adds that spawn during the
Freya
fight. These adds exploded when killed, dealing huge amounts of damage. These became even deadlier on hard mode with the abilities
Esencia de Hojabrillante
and
Esencia de Hierrorrama
.
Tentáculo trepador
- This pet looks like the tentacles that spawn on the
Yogg-Saron
fight and also have the ability
Demencia espeluznante
, a reference to a mechanic in the
Yogg-Saron
fight.
Yogg-Saron
was an incredibly difficult fight and required you to keep your sanity low while also precisely killing adds and killing his brain. Obtaining the
¡Primero del reino! Heroico: Ejecutor de la muerte
achievement awarded the title.
Polvo estelar
- This innocent little star bunny has two of
Algalon el Observador
's most difficult abilities -
Cambiar de fase
and
Machaque cósmico
. This was a stressful fight since, when he was released, raid teams only had an hour a week to work on him - afterwards he would disappear. Obtaining the
¡Primero del reino! Defensor celestial
achievement awarded the title.
Trial of the Crusader
Prueba del Cruzado
was the first raid Blizzard introduced limited-attempt mechanics on. When activating hardmode, players would only have 50 attempts to defeat the five bosses. The fewer attempts used, the better the loot reward would be at the end of the raid, including mounts like
Lobo de la Horda presto
and
Corcel de la Alianza presto
on 10-player and high ilvl capes on 25-player. There were special rewards for completing the instance with 0 deaths on 25-player mode:
Caballo de guerra blanco de cruzado
and
Caballo de guerra negro de cruzado
.
Learn more about the instance with SquireKel's guide
The Crusader's Coliseum
.
Fauces Temibles
- If
Fauceácida
and
Aterraescama
from ToC had a baby Jormungar, this would be it! It has both fire and poison abilities, like the boss fight from which it drops. In this encounter, the
Toxina paralizadora
ability which applies a stun can only be cleared by the
Bilis ardiente
ability, which deals damage to players.
Enjambrista nerubiano
- This pet is a mini-version of the adds that spawn during the
Anub'arak
fight in ToC. Most of the fight, until the very end, was dealing with
Nerubiano
adds by placing
Escarcha permanente
on the ground to kill them on, which prevented them from borrowing and also cancelled out
Persecución de púas
in Phase 2.
Cría de snóbold
- This pet is not included in the actual achievement because it has a low drop rate. It is a reference to the
Vasallo snóbold
which would sit on player heads during
Gormok el Empalador
and cast silence via
Sacudir
. They had to be killed as quickly as possible, unless you were going for the
Lumbago (25 j.)
achievement.
Icecrown Citadel
Ciudadela de la Corona de Hielo
is the definitive raid of Wrath of the Lich King. Its final boss is none other than Arthas Menethil, the Lich King himself! This raid progressively unlocked over the course of many weeks; the end bosses had limited attempts as well.
Acquiring
Agonía de Sombras
was a major part of Icecrown Citadel; the player who finished the questline also obtained
Caja de música de Sylvanas
,
Guardapelo de Jaina
,
Tabardo del Iluminado
,
Favor de Muradin
, and
Riendas del destrero de la muerte carmesí
. Farming Icecrown Citadel is still popular today for
Riendas de Invencible
and
Cinta de Precioso
.
Learn more about the instance with SquireKel's guide
Glory of the Icecrown Raider
.
Astihueso
- This mini
Lord Tuétano
has the famous phrase
Tormenta de huesos
as 3 of his abilities - each version costs progressively more of your total health. Bonestorm was deadly if raid members who were
Púas
during the fight were not freed in time.
Vahofétido
- The baby version of
Panzachancro
/
Carapútrea
. These bosses were gross - lots of bile and vomit and gas during all phases of these fights! The
Babosa
is a reference to Professor Putricide's important ability
Charco de baba
. This pool would spread, dealing damage to players, and it was contained by having a player transform into a Muted Abomination and
Cómete los mocos
.
Bracero necrófago
- Scores of these would spawn during the first phase of the
El Rey Exánime
fight. You had to use these adds to bounce around the
Peste necrótica
during the fight in order to kill other, bigger adds - the Shambling Horror. Letting the plague stack very high was needed for
Hemos estado esperando mucho tiempo (25 j.)
.
Hervor de sangre
- A reference to the ability on the Heroic version of
Libramorte Colmillosauro
,
Nova de sangre
. This fight was a serious DPS race - outpacing the damage of the blood abilities was difficult! When Blood Nova hit multiple players, Saurfang would generate more Blood Power and deal additional damage.
Vástago Almarrota
- A baby, un-undead Sindragosian whelp. Famous for her line "Your pathetic magic will betray you!" this fight was all about managing your debuffs and placing ice blocks appropriately.
Alma perversa
- This pet looks like the ghosts summoned by
Espíritus malvados
during the
El Rey Exánime
fight. When you were inside Frostmourne on the heroic version of this fight, these ghosts had to be killed and exploded upon death.
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