A couple of groups in my guild took a crack at Malygos/10
yesterday. She's hard! Fun fight, a good challenge, nice to see a boss
we can't kill the first time we see her. Every phase has its challenge:
healing and spark placement in phase 1, disc flying in phase 2. And
dragon control in phase 3.
Phase 3 of Malygos is one of those
obnoxious fights where you possess another creature and use its
abilities; like Teron Gorefiend constructs or the last boss in Occulus.
The abilities are totally different to what you're used to and it's
hard to learn it on the fly in the middle of a raid with an enrage
timer ticking. Fortunately, Blizzard thoughtfully built a Malygos
simulator right in the game for you to practice on. Even better it's a
daily quest that gives you Wyrmrest reputation! Here's how to do it:
At
level 80 go to Coldarra, in Borean Tundra, and speak to Librarian
Serrah in the shield at 33.5, 34.4. She has a quest for you to speak
with Corastrasza. No prerequisites, but you do have to do this trivial
quest.
Go to Corastrasza. She's up high on a platform a bit to the northwest at 29.5, 24.8. Turn in the quest and accept the new quest Ace's High. Once on the quest, talk to her to mount a dragon.
The
dragon abilities in this quest are identical to the Malygos raid dragon
you ride. It's a weird mix of rogue-like energy and combo points,
stacking DoTs like a Warlock, stacking HoTs like a Druid, and a damage
shield that saves your life against the giant Arcane Surge. I've done
the quest twice now and have a pretty good feel for how the DoTs stack,
but still need to get more comfortable with managing energy and making
sure I'm always ready to put up my shield.
Malygos dragons
causes all sorts of UI issues with addons. When you're mounted on the
drake you should see your own frame turn into a vehicle / pet. That
vehicle has combo points; either against itself when healing or against
the enemy when DPSing. It also has an energy bar. XPerl was giving us a
lot of trouble last night but claims to be fixed now. XPerl 3.0.2 which
I just installed does work on the Aces High daily. The Malygos Helper addon also works on the Aces High daily, although it's not very interesting when you're alone.