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Commento di 20

One of the more frustrating mobs needed to kill for the hunter epic bow/staff quest. The best way to do it is to speak with him when he is towards the top of the ridge on the northwest corner of his 'round'. This allows you to kite him directly west to the road and then the rest of the fight is you running on the road.

Some things to keep in mind. 1) Obviously you must serpent sting him. 2) You must alternate between serpent sting and rank 1 Arcane shot. Otherwise he just resists your continued application of serpent sting. 3) Aspect of the cheetah is required, however, you can not get out of his range either. If you exceed the max range for shooting for any length of time, he will just bug out and go back to the start. If you get to close, you get the crappy curse. 4) get Restorative potions made. once every 3 seconds you will have the curse removed. this should be good enough so that if you accidently get into a close range, then you can still complete the encounter. 5) if you are running up hill at all he is faster than you and 'flys' to catch up. you must be ready to cunc shot him at this point. otherwise, you will just die.

Have a couple people help you, mostly to help kill the cats that are between the road and the starting point, and be prepared to try about 5 - 10 times to just get a 'feel' for how fast he is, and how often you need to apply the serpent sting. Should be easily accomplished by the second time he reappears. good luck!

Commento di 7049

(Strategy from TKA something)

Strengths:
* Enrages periodically, greatly increasing its DPS
* Casts Demonic Doom, that makes you look like a demon and causes 350 shadow damage every 3 seconds for 1 minute

Weaknesses:
* Easily kited, running at normal speed
* Serpent Sting does 350% damage to this demon, having a damage debuff effect on this demon that stacks if you re-apply it
* Demonic Doom has a limited range that it cannot be casted outside of
* Enrage can be removed by using Tranquilizing Shot

Strategy:
No brainer really. Just kite him with Aspect of the Cheetah on (but be careful not to run out of range). Keep Serpent Sting on at all times and Concussive Shot her whenever he gets close. It is important to remain beyond 30 yards of the Demonic Doom, yet within range to use Arcane Shot so that he continues chasing you. If you rely completely on Serpent Sting for damage, he will break aggro and return to where he started. Once you apply Serpent Sting, count to 4, and apply it again before it wears off (the damage does stack). You will be able to see this by a 2nd damage listing "Stinging Trauma", which will continue to increase each time the sting is applied. Also, be sure to clear the area you plan on fighting so as to not get dazed by another NPC wandering by.

* Additional items to bring: Major Health/Mana Potion

Suggestions:

If you know a friendly enchanter, get your boots enchanted with Minor Speed (however, keep in mind that the line between Demon-ization and being out of range is small - you don't want to go TOO fast)

If you're having trouble with Demonic Doom, consider packing a few Restorative Potions along (Removes 1 magic, curse, poison or disease effect on you every 5 seconds for 30 seconds)

If you bring friends, have ALL your party members in front of you on their mounts to train ALL the mobs away that you may run into. Alternatively, if you catch him right about at the South-western tip of his path, you take him from there up to the road and kite along there with less chance of encountering other NPCs

Commento di kreghx

Strengths:
Enrages periodically, greatly increasing its DPS
Casts Demonic Doom, that makes you look like a demon and causes 350 shadow damage every 3 seconds for 1 minute

Weaknesses:
Easily kited, running at normal speed
Serpent Sting does 350% damage to this demon, having a damage debuff effect on this demon that stacks if you re-apply it
Demonic Doom has a limited range that it cannot be casted outside of
Enrage can be removed by using Tranquilizing Shot

Strategy:
No brainer really. Just kite him with Aspect of the Cheetah on (but be careful not to run out of range). Keep Serpent Sting on at all times and Concussive Shot her whenever he gets close. It is important to remain beyond 30 yards of the Demonic Doom, yet within range to use Arcane Shot so that he continues chasing you. If you rely completely on Serpent Sting for damage, he will break aggro and return to where he started. Once you apply Serpent Sting, count to 4, and apply it again before it wears off (the damage does stack). You will be able to see this by a 2nd damage listing "Stinging Trauma", which will continue to increase each time the sting is applied. Also, be sure to clear the area you plan on fighting so as to not get dazed by another NPC wandering by.
Additional items to bring: Major Health/Mana Potion

Suggestions:
If you know a friendly enchanter, get your boots enchanted with Minor Speed (however, keep in mind that the line between Demon-ization and being out of range is small - you don't want to go TOO fast)
If you're having trouble with Demonic Doom, consider packing a few Restorative Potions along (Removes 1 magic, curse, poison or disease effect on you every 5 seconds for 30 seconds)
If you bring friends, have ALL your party members in front of you on their mounts to train ALL the mobs away that you may run into. Alternatively, if you catch him right about at the South-western tip of his path, you take him from there up to the road and kite along there with less chance of encountering other NPCs

Commento di 8876

Ahh ... Artorius...

I remember that fight...
Against popular belief, this quest can be easily soloed by a hunter on his (or her) eic quest. There is a spot near the very south of his route where you can kite him up a short hill to the road. There are no stealthed cats, just a bear and chimera which u need to clear before beginning. Once you are on the road, head south towards Everlook.

For me, he died in the middle of the ravine right before town. Its hard, but doable. good luck.

One more warning: when he drops below 20% life or so, he will slow down a little bit. be careful not to run out of agro range. he got me that way once.

All the strategies say he will take extra damage from serpent sting thru another debuff. It may not seem like he has it, because it will not register on his bar: if you see it, he is too close and you will be turned into a demon very soon.

I found a rotation of Rank 9 Serpent Sting and Rank 1 arcane shot to work best. Serpent sting, count to 12. At 6 use arcane shot. At 8 and 2 use serpent sting.

you may need a mana potion, but thats about it.

Good luck, he's tough

Commento di Nines

Artorius likes to evade bug around terrain. Keep applications of serpent sting upon him, tap him with rank 1 arcane shot (just to keep him interested ;) ) and imo use concussive shot to ease him around any tough terrain.

The majority of your damage in this encounter will be the "Stinging Trauma" he receives from stacking serpent stings. With a buffed arcane shot now though you can deal a decent chunk of damage with even rank 1 arcane shot.

If you stop him at the most southwestern part of his route you can kite him directly south to the road and from there towards Everlook.

Commento di Razzle

Currently bugged as of 2.4.2. He despanws as soon as the encounter starts.

Commento di Temeryx

Currently bugged as of 2.4.2. He despanws as soon as the encounter starts.

I did this today, he did despawn on me when I attacked him with my pet.
Freezing trap glitch still works, successfully looted his head.

Commento di Thottbot

this guy is insane. he hit my pet for 6093 so i feigned to avoid being slaughtered. he's sick

Commento di Thottbot

Never done the hunter epic q before, but maybe all these lvl 60 elites (Simone, Klinfran, Solenor, Artorius) hit them hard, who aren't "allowed".
He may not hit that hard on hunters, who are doing the quest.

A paladin friend accidentally found Simone -- Simone attacked once for 5000+dmg, and he died. Ouch.

Commento di Thottbot

The demons for the Hunter epic quest are all killed in specific ways. The fact that this demon hits hard is moot because you should never melee it.

Commento di Thottbot

This guy is just plain lethal, AoE'd me for 4978 damage and I was atleast 15yds away (did the same to he druid with me). Avoid him, unless you know what you're doing!

Commento di Thottbot

I was crusing along on my mount to do some grinding, had no idea this guy was here... Walk by him and he runs over and hits me for 28051 dmg. Dead.
omfg

Commento di Thottbot

u must kill him alone ! no pets or other chars can attack him or he will do the insane dmg attack on all of u and u will fail to the quest .... if u need a guide , do what a did and go to www.tkasomething.com and check "the hunt for Lok'delar staff of ancient keepers"

Commento di Thottbot

can we have someone heal us but not hit him?

Commento di Thottbot

no, no heals either.

Commento di Thottbot

Found him wandering a circle near 57, 19 in winterspring.

Commento di Thottbot

U have to kill the demons ALONE! but u can get buffs before starting ... If one of ur friends or ally's trys to attack the demon... He might just kill him and u or run away and u'll get a punishment for 3hrs ... :O

Thats why its not ALLOWED to use other party memebers or other friends that isnt in ur party ... Or even pet ... Ur allll alone here ... :O

Check this Homepage out: http://www.tkasomething.com/avatarfaq.php
In that homepage u can find all that u need to do the epic hunter quest :)

Commento di Thottbot

can anyone confirm that you would do more damage to this guy with talent points into serpent sting an/or the rank 9 serpent sting cause if so....this would be one eay fight
plz and ty

Commento di Thottbot

I am assuming if you dont down him with in a time limit he despawns? I was on my 3rd attempt and the mobs respawned so i took the time to reclear them and when i got back to him he was gone.

Commento di Thottbot

hit my mage for 33k hp, so ya i died... hey what the heck, ya know? 59,20 bottom of the area. ok hunter quest. oops

Commento di Thottbot

I used rank 9 serpent sting and I am 5/5 Imp on that as well. Kited him perfectly.

Commento di Thottbot

Can he start evade after i while if i shoot arcane shot all the time?

Commento di Thottbot

I am on this quest right now.

So far I did Un'Goro-demon & Silithus-demon.

This isn't that easy as many probably think.

First of all - the Burning Steppes boss hits you for 0,5k - 2,3k if you haven't putted on your Scorpid Sting.

And so far I am scouting the area of Winterspring to find Artorius.

I want my Lokky and Rhokky now! :)

Commento di Thottbot

and it is not the kiting that makes this battle difficult.

It is all the mobs around the Demon. You need atleast 2-3 people to run around taking aggroing from mobs around the hunter doing the quest.
Otherwise it'll be a "wipe".

Commento di Thottbot

Has anyone tried this since 2.0? I read up on killing him, but when i dropped a frost trap and had cheetah on, he caught up to me really fast and killed me in like 5 sec with his demonic doom.
Does anyone know if he has been beefed up since 2.0? Anyhelp would be nice

Commento di Thottbot

YOU CAN NOW EASEYLY KILL THIS DEMONS SOLO YOU DONT TALK TO THEM AND MAKING THEM IN TO A DEMON JUST PUT DOWN A EXPLOTION TRAP AND THEY WILL ATTACK YOU THEN YOU CAN KILL THEM IN HUMAN FORM OR WHAT EVER THEY LOOK LIKE WITH OUT THE SHADOW ATTACKS AND STUFF TAKE YOU 20 MIN TO DO HOLE THING LOL HAVE FUN

Commento di Thottbot

bring a restorative pot with u and if he puts his demonic doom on u it will dispel it and even if he does it again the restorative pot will dispel that as the pot removes 1 magic curse or disease every 5 seconds for 30 seconds, this made the fite soooo much easier

Commento di Thottbot

Either I strongly overestimated this quest or I got lucky, but this quest was extremely easy. Serpent sting and arcane shot (rank 1) and concussive shot is all you need. I blew a mana pot near the end but I think I had enough mana without it (just didn't want to risk it).

Jump shot is key. Get that down before you try it. Double serpent sting rank 9 and he goes down faster than any of the others (at least for me it seemed that way). Thought it would have been a lot longer... but hey.

Also, I didn't bring anyone with me. Nobody to aggro mobs, nothing. Just clear out the area and try to get to the road asap. Once you're on the road, you ain't gonna be seeing any mobs. Do note, though, that when you're going uphill, he's faster than you (so concussive shot helps. I also laid a frost (not freezing) trap near the bottom of the first hill and waited for the cooldown before starting it up.

Also... if you aren't getting the emotes for him being hit by the serpent sting, don't worry. I wasn't either. I think if you're at max range you're out of range of the emote. Just watch his HP. If it's falling, you're doing it right.

Commento di Thottbot

Yes indeed you can now kill the demons in human form. Just lay a freeze trap down and go at it.

Commento di Thottbot

You could always kill them in human (Taren/gnome/whatever) form - but they don't drop heads unless they're in demon form.

Commento di Thottbot

Haven't attempted it yet, but I've read everything that has been posted and I'm gonna attempt it tonight. Wish me luck

Commento di Allakhazam

What is being said is true, you cannot use your pet. I am unsure if this is true for the ungoro demon since she also uses a pet, you might be able to use your pet to engage hers but I have not verified this. However I have tried to use my pet on others and they have instantly despawned

Commento di Allakhazam

As of patch 1.12, the four hunter demons appear to respawn roughly hourly, after as little as 20 minutes since the last despawn.

If you are not a hunter and aggro one of these demons, it will attack you with a "Fool's Plight" AoE for 4,800 - 24,000 damage.

If a hunter has already engaged one of these demons and you help in any way (buffing, healing, dispelling, or attacking), the demon will despawn. The same thing happens if the hunter attempts to use his pet.

This demon can frenzy and will cast a debuff that will turn you into a demon and do 791 shadow damage every three seconds for a minute. The debuff ("Demonic Doom") does less damage when Artorius is not frenzied, but it will still kill you. The debuff has a range of 30 yards and can be resisted. To beat this demon, you must stay out of range of this spell.

The strategy is to activate the demon near the road and kite him down the road using Aspect of the Cheetah and Concussive Shot to stay out of range of his debuff. Bring friends to distract the rather nasty beasties in the area and clear a path for you.

If he casts the spell, use a Moist Towelette or a Restorative Potion to dispel it. A Greater Shadow Protection Potion will give you a little more time to use these. Note that as of Patch 1.12, these items no longer seem to work, reporting "You fail to dispel Demonic Doom" in the combat log.

The Firetail Scorpids in the Burning Steppes have a fire-based DoT that they will cast if they get too close. Practice kiting them in preparation for the Artorius fight. If you can kill one without it hitting you with its fire spell, you're in good shape for Artorius.

Edited, Aug 31st 2006 at 2:21pm EDT by Kathucka

Commento di Allakhazam

a real hunter should allways have to rely on his/her pet. to all the people who think that your pet is needed it isnt :) only really challanging one is the on in un'goro dealing with her pet aswell, limits kiting down alot.

Commento di Allakhazam

and it's also duable with 2 hunters in the grp. you can pay someone to kill them for you just remember ffa loot!

Commento di Allakhazam

He is part of the Hunter epic quest. You have to solo him (without your pet).

Stave of the Ancients

Commento di Allakhazam

Additional info: the time of respawn is 3 hours. He is showing as Artorius the Amiable, You have to talk with him and he is now a demon. You have 15 mins to kill him now. After that time he is going back to hell.

edit: During the fight demon can not have somebody else o his aggro list except hunter doing his quest, or he will despawns

As quests description says: "You MUST complete this task by yourself."

edit2: When you are kiteing him uphill, the distance is going to be short faster than on even terrain. Thus, use Concussive shot when climbing the hill

Edited, Thu May 25 07:06:49 2006

Commento di Allakhazam

WHy can't you undertsand? You may not have any kind of help by a player, but you may use you pet.

Commento di Allakhazam

WAHAHAHA WITHOUT YOUR PET!
OMFG best thing i've ever heard!

Commento di Allakhazam

This boss is vulnerable to serpent stings. Not only that but this boss has a strange property that also causes serpent sting to stack on him. He has a debuff that he'll put on you that pretty much guarantees death (a DoT that does 800 damager pet tick).

The strategy to beat him is to kite him with serpent stings and the occasional arcane shot to make sure it stays aggroed on you (use rank 1 arcane shot to save mana for serpent sting). Have Aspect of the Pack/Cheetah on. Make sure you have a kiting path that you plan to use. Either clear the mobs in the way ahead of time or have some friends "train" the mobs when you engage the demon.

It has a lot of HP (over 20k) but because serpent stings stack, he'll be be taking a lot of damage every tick. Whole fight is less than 3 minutes but it's 3 minutes of kiting perfection.

This demon is usually the first one hunters kill for their epic quest. It has the most basic strategy to defeat. If you're comfortable with kiting, especifically with jump-shots, this fight should be a cinch.

Commento di Allakhazam

A guide for the hunter epic quest
http://free-zg.t-com.hr/tlovey/epic.htm

It is a really good guide! it explains every single thing good

Commento di Allakhazam

Is it possible to use your pet to agro OTHER mobs that are in your way?

Can't see any issues with this but I'll check tomorrow to be certain.

Commento di Allakhazam

So this guy is up around Frostsaber Rock huh?

Should be fun ...

Commento di Allakhazam

so sry.. no pets.. this is the last mob i gotta do for the bow.. been tuff .. better be worth the trouble

Commento di Allakhazam

If you see someone fighting this, Or any other lvl 60 demons. If you see a hunter fighting a level 60Elite in: Silithus, Un'goro, Burning Steppes, Winterspring, Then do not at any time help him (Buff him attack the demon).

Thanks

Commento di Aldenvyoid

~CLASSIC WOW STRAT~

Name: Artorius the Doombringer
Location: Winterspring
Spawn: 55,11ish in the North part of Winterspring just east of the 2 NPCs at the tents.
Path: His path takes him south from the northern edge, parallel with the road but just off to the east of it.
Consumables: None - Demonslaying Elixir & Mana Potion could be helpful to increase dps
Buffs: Aspect of Cheetah

Strat: This was the 2nd hardest demon and more so because of the adds and also getting used to staying 30+ yards away. Don't worry, this method I have for you will allow you to do this solo and not have to worry about adds during the encounter. What you want to do is wait for Artorius to path down to about 57,21ish. This is a low lying area between the various mountains but is a great spot to stop him and pop him into demon form. You will end up kiting him west up to the road. It is a slight incline but does not have any cliff sides or anything to worry about getting stuck on. Once he gets there, pop him into demon form and go kill the adds between him and the road. There are probably 2 chimeras and 3-4 bears you will need to kill, but there is plenty of time to do that and then go get some attempts in. Once you kill the adds, run back down, drop immo trap and mark him, then drink. Start off by aimed shot > concussive > serpents sting and start backing away. As i said, it is a slight incline up the hill towards the road so just monitor your range. A few rules I followed to make this easy;

1) Always keep serpent sting up on him - main form of damage
2) Always use arcane shot rank 1 as soon as it comes off CD - this ensured he would never leash back
3) Always use concussive shot as soon as it comes off CD - this helped manage his speed and my distance
4) Do not reapply hunters mark, he wipes the debuffs periodically

I always used concussive shot off CD because it helped me better manage the kite and to stay at the range I needed. The way I monitored my range was by looking at my arcane shot ability, if it was greyed out because I was too far I would ease up, hit him as soon as it was off CD and keep running. Remember, I wouldn't waste alot of time/money on pots and buffs because if he hits you with the dot you are most likely dead. I don't think I even used a mana potion doing it this way.

Hope this helps!

Ryuichi
60 Orc Hunter
Fairbanks - Horde

Commento di Malkavus

He has ~23k HP. Before kiting you can remove from him 5k+:
1. Start the dialogue
2. Put the Freezing trap on the range ~30y
3. Pull him with Aimed shot ->conclusive shot->multi shot->scattering shot->Aimed shot from Freezing trap
4. Run to lure him into the trap
5. Run into the far distance, Aimed shot him again. Now run and kite.

Notes:
1. Before the fight you can mange his movement by talking to him (he will stop for a while) and clearing the ground from trash mobs. Until you will use dialogue option which will threat him as a daemon, you are safe.
2. He isn`t cast his debuff on steps 3-4, so you will have time to go into the safe distance. But on step 5 if he will be close enough, he will.

Commento di Kalashnkov

If you are getting turned into a Demon I have the fix that makes Artorius the EASIEST demon to kill of them all.

Do this quest in Eastern Plaguelands:
When Smokey Sings, I Get Violent

And and use the Moist Towelettes quest reward to cleanse the debuff:
Moist Towelette

They worked 100% of the time for me and you have 10x to let you keep kiting after being turned into a demon (because of the range issue).

Enjoy!

Commento di Robelu

Probably the most frustrating quest for me, I get turned into a demon every time, on my best try it had 8000hp left, and I had no mana at all.
Since yesterday, I must have tried a good thirty times, but I'm not at all comfortable with the kitting.

Artorius the Doombringer

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