Multiboxing Halls of Reflection (HOR) Icecrown 5man

[Tim]

Here is the second in a 3 part series of multiboxing Icecrown 5 man dungeons normal mode guides. You can see our other multiboxing video guides here. This time around we are doing Halls of Reflection (HoR). Our group consists of the following:

• 1x Druid Tank
• 3x Elemental Shaman
• 1x Restoration Shaman

Halls of Reflection (HoR) is essentially a single room with multiple waves of mobs before fighting 2 bosses, and ends with a run from the Lich King himself.

The fight starts out with Lady Sylvanas and yourselves in the very room with the Lich King's sword, Frostmourne. Uther the Lightbringer appears to still be bound to the sword and he warns Sylvanas to quickly exit before the Lich King comes. There appears to be some foreshadowing when Uther mentions that there must always be a Lich King, and that the current Lich King is actually helping the people of world. "Without the control of the Lich King, the scourge of the world would overrun..."

Multiple waves of elites will come at your team at once which, if killed quickly enough, will offer you about 5 seconds to drink between fights to regain mana. My strategy was to put all my guys in the original tunnel that you came in from and simply tank and spank the waves of elites. Be careful to always have aggro on all the mobs or they will punk you caster/healers.

Boss Falric

The fight against the dead captain is mostly about quick dispelling of magic debuffs. Impending Despair will stun its target after 3 seconds if not removed, and Quivering Strike will frequently drop the tank's dodge by 20%. In addition, Defiling Horror will send the entire party fleeing in horror for 4 seconds, while taking damage, and Falric's Hopelessness aura will reduce all players' damage and healing done by 20% (Heroic: 25%), stacking up to 3 times.

Tank and spank for the most part with careful attention to regrouping after his Horror/Fear.

Boss Marwyn

As Falric is more of a warrior-type of boss, Marwyn is similar to a death knight. He uses Obliterate frequently, and focuses on corruption attacks. He will occasionally spawn Well of Corruption underneath a player, which causes Corrupted Flesh, inflicting a Corrupted Touch DoT on its target. He will also cast a dangerous debuff called Shared Suffering which deals damage to a single player, though if dispelled the damage will be dealt to all players.

Again, tank and spank, and you really don't need to put much effort into his DoT.

After the fight

Basically just follow the tunnel down to where Sylvanas is getting pwned by the Lich King. It is amazing that she actually got him down as far as she did. From here, you need to talk to her then run as fast as you can away from the former Arthas until a wall of ice will appear. Immediately turn around and then dish out some pwn to the mobs that the LK summons. Rinse and repeat until the 4th and final wall. From there, blow all your cooldowns once the multiple fat men appear, otherwise you may have trouble. From there simply run away and watch the forthcoming short cinematic.

Below is an entire, unedited video of the run.

[omgMooter]

Also a trick i use that makes the waves/tanking much easier is hiding in the corners of the alcoves in the room. It will force the mobs to have to run around the corner (In a single file) to attack you then simply have the tank grab them while the dps/heals are a step behind the tank.

If the tank is able to pick up all the mobs and the DPS can burn em' down quickly it makes it a piece of cake.

[Lindline]

This instance is wicked on heroics. If you dont deal with the healer early in the wave, itll heal other mobs for about half their life. And being that this is very time intensive, it could spell trouble. If you cant kill the wave before the next wave comes, youll be in some serious trouble and most likely will wipe rather quickly.

Still, this instance is pretty epic.

[omgMooter]

Still, this instance is pretty epic.

Strongly disagree

The waves are dull and overly long. However i do like the escape part. Also people who attempt to give the lich a hug is a little bonus.

[Tim]

I still haven't figured out how to handle the waves on Heroic. They obliterate me so quickly it is digusting.

[omgMooter]

Well have you tried the alcoves?

Their those openings where the 2 bosses are standing anyways theres a little corner that you can hide your casters in and just have the tank poking out so he always gets the aggro