So, I learned something useful today.

Mark of the Faceless only heals Vezax for actual damage done. Shielded people will not heal him for any absorbed damage.

And that's.... one to grow on.

If we have rosendruid for this on a somewhat regular basis, he can also gain mana from casting lifebloom in shadowcrash. Might be a better option than running to clouds, and safer for the tank too.

So apparently enhance shaman healing isn't whacked like Ret healing.

Improved stormstrike - http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=51522

Here are a few lessons that BoM learned when we finally killed Vezax on Sunday.

1) Clouds dropped near Vezax work just fine. There is no radius around him where they don't return the mana.

2) If you have more than four ranged people, it works well to move a few healers into melee range. You end up with fewer needs to move to get to Shadow Crashes and less interaction with Mark of the Faceless.

3) A Paladin tank + Disc priest meant that we didn't have to kite. A few times it got a little close when Pain Suppression was still on cooldown.


Let's just say that two shaman and a disc priest is not a strong combo for healing on Vezax. It worked but mana was a problem for all three of us.

Hard Mode

If you allow all 6 Saronite Vapors to spawn without killing them, and while Vezax is still alive, a Saronite Animus will spawn. The Animus will make Vezax immune (well, 99%) to damage (but he will not cast Searing Flames). The spawning of the Animus is considered the beginning of the hard mode.

Shadow Crashes will still exist however.

Also, shadow crashes are much, much more frequent. While the hard mode is easier to get to in terms of clouds spawning and HP on the general, ranged DPS and healers will have to move around much more frequently.

I am not sure if the Animus requires a separate tank or not. I know he is not tauntable etc, so misdirects are important if the tank doesn't snag it (it spawns where Vezax initially stands).

What I am actually more concerned about is this: we do not have this achievement: http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=2996

HM Vezax guarantees an instagib if you are hit with a Shadow Crash.