The Gauntlet

Thursday, February 17, 2011

 The Guardians of theGauntlet
When you enter Barad Guldûr, the first thing you will see is a gate with two animated suits of Armour standing either side. Beyond lies the Gauntlet - a devastating series
of stairs leading up to the first Raid Boss, Durchest.
Start by attacking the Armoured Shadow-Mace, and tanking the Armoured Flame-Axe. Once the Shadow-Mace is dead, ensure the Raid is split into two groups: a melee
group, and a ranged/tactical group 15+ m away from the Axe. When the Armoured Flame-Axe reaches 7k, all melee classes should run away to avoid its lethal Inferno
attack!
The gate opens once the two Armoureds are defeated.

Armoured Flame-Axe Armoured Shadow-Mace

Morale: 98,800
Immune to Fellowship maneuvers. Morale: 98,800
Special ability does not activate if kept above 88,600 morale. Immune to Fellowship maneuvers.
Special ability does not activate if kept above 88,600 morale.

• Armoured Axes gain 2 x Vile Haste corruptions every 7 seconds.

• Axes possess a 360-degree 15m AoE that damages all targets in range, and interrupts
inductions. Ranged and tactical classes should stand in a group more than 15m away from the
axe.
• Axes also use their Frail ability to reduce the armour value of the Tank to 0.
• Armoured Maces gain 2 x Vile Power corruptions every 7 seconds.
• Armoured Flames possess an Inferno distributed AoE tactical fire damage attack that inflicts a
• Maces place a -100% Non-Threatening debuff on the main Tank, and then proceed to run off and
ridiculous amount of damage. It will target one member of the Raid randomly, with text similar
hit the next target on their threat list. The Tank should pick up the Mace from its chosen victim
to "The Armoured Flame-Axe begins conjuring an inferno at [Insert Name]'s feet" appearing in the
once the debuff wears off.
general chat log.The Inferno damage can be distributed across the Raid if all ranged and
• Armoured Shadows can either Fear a target for 7 seconds, or place a Seed of Shadow on a
tactical classes group up, and all melee classes stand within 5m of each other.
random player. Use a lvl 75 fear pot, a Minstrel's Cure Fear, or a Captain's Muster Courage
The Runekeeper's Do Not Fall to Flame skill can eliminate all damage for members of their
abilities to remove. Failure to do so will inflict damage, and spread the Seed of Shadow to those
Fellowship (i.e. the 6 players in their Fellowship).
around you!If a fear pot fails, alert the Raid and a Captain can use Master Courage, or a Raid
• When the Armoured Flame dies, it automatically casts an Inferno at its feet! Melee classes
Member use a fear salve to remove the effect.
should run away from the Armoured when it reaches 7k or less!
In a dire emergency, run away from the Raid and take the damage!
• Maces can also stun and knock back their target.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

 Adds--The Gauntlet

Guldur Uruk Guldur Warg Guldur Goblin

Morale: 39,520 Morale: 17,784 Morale: 17,784
Immune to Fellowship maneuvers.
• Possesses a 180-degree frontal AoE attack.
• Also performs a 360-degree AoE attack that
inflicts 3k + damage.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

 Group Formation and Tactics
Inside the Gauntlet the Raid will need 2 Tanks: one at the front of the group, and one at the
rear. The Tank's PRIMARY ROLE is to pick up and tank Uruks.

The rest of the Raid should be positioned in-between the Tanks, at least 10m away from them
unless in melee with an Uruk, as they have a powerful AoE attack.

See the pretty picture? That's how the Raid should be organised!

Adds will be arriving from infront and behind the Raid as it moves through the Gauntlet. To
manage the number of Goblins and Wargs assaulting the Raid:
• Use 3 Raid Assists: The 2 Tanks,and a DPS assist
• DPS Assist: Focus on the Wargs followed by Uruks. Occasionally kill goblins
• Goblins and Wargs can be CC'd (crowd-controlled),
• You do not need to kill all of the Goblins attacking the group before the Raid moves
onwards.
The Raid's mantra is, "Kill Wargs, then Uruks, then MOVE!"

Thursday, February 17, 2011

 Layout
Beyond the gate into the Gauntlet is a set of stairs to the right. When a player steps
through the gate and over the threshold, the Gauntlet begins.

Tank the two Uruks and kill the adds downstairs. Once everything is dead, climb the
stairs to the first landing (the blue arrow represents stairs leading up to Square 1 in
the illustration above).

The square room-shaped areas represent a section of the Gauntlet. Uruks will
come as follows:
• Square 1: An Uruk will arrive from the front.
• Square 2: Uruks will arrive from the front & back.
• Square 3: An Uruk will arrive from the front (& back if the Raid is too slow).
• Square 4: A rest square - when all adds are dead, eat food.
• Square 5: Uruks will arrive from the front & back - lots of adds to manage, go
crazy with the AoE and CC.
• Square 6: Uruks will arrive from the front & back - again, lots of adds.
• Square 7: An Uruk will arrive from the front (& back if the Raid is too slow or
unprepared).
Once the front Uruk in Square 7 is dead, run up the stairs - this stops any more
Uruks from spawning. Two Armoureds will stand on a landing at the top. DO NOT
RUN ONTO THE LANDING, just the top of the stairs.

Kill any remaining adds, and then prepare for the final two Guardians

Thursday, February 17, 2011

 The Guardians Before Durchest
Armoured Black-Sword Armoured Black-Mace
Morale: 98,800 Morale: 98,800
Immune to Fellowship maneuvers. Immune to Fellowship maneuvers.

• Armoured Swords gain 2 x Corrupt Defences corruptions every 7
seconds.
• Swords inflict a Traumatic Wound debuff reduces the Tank's morale to
60% of normal,
• Swords also possesses a frontal AoE Cleave attack that distributes
damage across three targets.
• Armoured Maces gain 2 x Corrupt Defences corruptions every 7
seconds.
• Maces place a -100% Non-Threatening debuff on the main Tank, and
then proceed to run off and hit the next target on their threat list. The
Tank should pick up the Mace from its chosen victim once the debuff
wears off.
• Maces can also stun and knockback their target

Thursday, February 17, 2011