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By: Aspect of the Hare » Looking Back at a Year O’ Pike

Aspect of the Hare » Looking Back at a Year O’ Pike — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:53:54 +0000

[...] released my wolf so I could snag myself a turtle and attempt to solo Attumen in the name of a necklace which has never dropped. (Guys, I did it two [...]

By: Aspect of the Hare » This is the Greatest and Best Raid in the World… Tribute

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:07:44 +0000

[...] A few of my sisters, who have actually played WoW for longer than I have, but considerably more casually, recently transferred servers to Silver Hand; one of the things that I think enticed them over the most was my promise of “I’LL TAKE YOU TO KARAZHAN. I WILL SO TAKE YOU TO KARAZHAN.” because they had never been. And the other day I did just that; took one of my sisters (the other isn’t quite a high enough level yet) through the entire place with the help of some buddies. She made out like a loot bandit, since she’s sitting at level 70 but WotLK-less, but even better, she got to go on a tour of My WoW Happy Place. (And no, Attumen didn’t drop it.) [...]

By: The Loot Drama Monster « Wild Growth

The Loot Drama Monster « Wild Growth — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:53:25 +0000

[...] of course, it’s the whole purpose of a particular quest, such as Pike’s…in which case, someone taking it from her would be (a) improbable, since she intends on [...]

By: Phiil

Phiil — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:01:03 +0000

Also, I absolutely LOVE the croc (slime) for soloing. Bad attitude works way better than the bear’s swipe for large groups of mobs and does more than enough damage to keep you from pulling any healing aggro.

By: Phiil

Phiil — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:48:20 +0000

I made a video of Attumen a while back…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF1sIGjqUPQ&feature=channel_page
You can see how much damage your pet takes when they are both up, but even with the t5 bonus, t7 level gear, and the best solo buffs available (scrolls on both, 40 stam food, pet food) a few unlucky crits may be enough to take your pet out. Shell shield would help, but may not be enough. However, you should be able to get enough people together to do some “fun runs” of t5 instances, at 80 it shouldn’t take more than 10-15 people, depending on gear and whatnot. As for soloing Ony, fd and spirit bond are your best friends. You can toss up a mend pet, feign, and sit there for a minute or two (out of the way of the deep breath), and continue on your merry way. On Ony you can even use a ferocity pet, stack enough stam and bloodthirsty is more than enough to keep your pet alive. If the fireballs are giving you too much trouble, you can move out of the way if you’re fast enough or wait until she targets you, fd, then hop right back up and start your bandaging (this lets you get off a full bandage without getting interrupted.

By: Ellifain @ Khaz'Goroth

Ellifain @ Khaz'Goroth — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:40:34 +0000

Once i used to love soloing stuff as a hunter, but then i found the protection paladin. Attumen is very easy to solo as a prot pally. I got the mount off him 3 weeks back.
Not ret though.
Thats one boss where you need Defence, armour and lots of Avoidance/Mitigation. Pets are (as far as im aware) rather crittable.
Good luck with ‘shelly’ the turtle

Ellifain @ Khazgoroth

By: Kurasu

Kurasu — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:14:43 +0000

That hunter would be me.

BigRedRhino… er, Ihlos… directed people to come here and give some ideas. Now, I haven’t soloed him myself, but I *have* gone through the trash solo, and can confirm that a turtle handles it without as much issue. Shell Shield, when on autocast, activates whenever the pet is at half health or less. It makes a huge difference. Still, you’ll want to either put it on your pet bar or macro it to your bar so you can slap it at will; you want it popping up the moment Attuman jumps into the fray.

Against Attuman, Shell Shield will damp the damage down, but you might still need more than that. I don’t know how fast the pair of them are bringing the pet down, but one thing you might also need to do, rather than just a spec for soloing/tanking, is a high-stamina gear-up. Pick up the Frost Resistance gear, for example. You’ll be doing a *lot* less damage, but your pet will show the added stamina very solidly. Getting a pet with over 20K health unbuffed isn’t impossible.

Bring scrolls as well. Level VII scrolls are cheap as chips nowadays, so you can probably get a stack of them for nothing, and potentially even get some VIII scrolls. I would suggest experimenting between Armor, Stamina, and Agility for which is the most help in an attempt like this (probably Stamina for the extra HP, as I don’t know if the Agility would be high enough for extra avoidance/armor).

Attumen’s curse is dispellable. Mend Pet should take care of that on the pet. I can’t recall if it’s outranged or targeting random people, unfortunately, so I can’t immediately suggest how to keep it off *you*. If someone can remind me (i.e. tell Pike), it’d be vastly appreciated.

Also, for the record, if you need that turtle’s level up fast, do heroics. Four or five heroics at most, and your pet will be at 80 with all the XP you’ll be getting from those enemies. It’s how I tend to level my pets, when I’m not feeling insane and grinding for six hours in Icecrown’s ‘undead heroes field’.

By: Ziboo

Ziboo — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:11:07 +0000

Tortoises (not turtles imho) are cool – one of the hunters has one named Panzer after the German tank.

Good luck on the solo.

I’m looking forward to that challenge when geared better!

By: Broyrion

Broyrion — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:14:25 +0000

Keep up the good work Pike! I have my turtle Clem at 79 pushing for 80 with intentions of soloing every instance until I can’t anymore. After one too many PUG wipes full of frustration, and not having the time to commit to a more serious guild, I decide to amuse myself and take advantage of hunter solo power!

Bonus points if anyone can figure out where I got my turtle’s name from!

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:45:42 +0000

Hey Pike, have you checked out Warcraft Hunter’s Union? They have a bunch of “Extreme Soloing Guides” that cover how to do exactly what you are attempting. Maybe check them out: http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/guides/

And I’m bizarrely jealous. I wish I had time to attempt all this stuff. For the longest time I had nothing (or rather thought I didn’t) to do so I just futzed around with dailies.
Now I’m raiding 3-5 nights a week and I can barely squeeze in fishing for food, hunting for pet snacks and doing dailies to keep me in flasks and repair costs.

I rather think I have an acute case of “grass is always greener on the other side” mixed with “not knowing what you have ’til it’s gone”.