Part of the greatness that is playing a Paladin is the ability to solo old content. Right now, DKs are still the kings of mastering vanilla WoW and TBC raids and dungeons, but we pallies are not far behind.
Most of what I have read on soloing Bloodlord for the Raptor Mount has been focused on either protection or holy specced pallies. I am really not that patient, so a slow and long fight does not interest me. Let me get in, get out, kick some ass, and collect my loot! Anything I run I try to do as ret.
So, here is how I am downing Bloodlord as ret. It really isn’t that hard.
1) First stop in ZG is always Bloodlord for me, so I run straight there, avoiding any mobs on the way. As I get to his area, there are 4 mobs at the entrance you have to fight. Pull them inside to the right, opposite the raptor pack to the left, and put your back to the wall. Burn them down.
2) I clear the raptor pack next. I don’t really have to worry about this to get to the boss, but I clear it for the hell of it.
3) Now time for the boss. For this, I pop Devotion Aura, Seal of Light, and Blessing of Kings. Just to be safe I will eat a Dragonfin Filet. This combo has proved to be the most effective for me. For judgement pusposes, I am always judging light unless I am at less than 10% mana. My stats are at about 19k HP and 6k mana.
4) I run towards the stairs and one shot the mob at the bottom. As Mandokir comes down to get me, I run up the stairs to the top of the platform and fight him at the very back. This is so when he fears me, I only run 1/4 of the way down the stairs, thus preventing me from aggroing any of the packs at the bottom. When I am out of fear, I run back to the back edge of the platform and continue fighting.
5) At the very first, both Mandokir and his Raptor are up, so I pop Avenging Wrath immediately and burn down the raptor as quickly as possible. This enrages Bloodlord, creating the hardest part of the fight. However, the enrage only lasts for a minute or two, so you have to survive. I use the usual FCFS rotation, minus consecrate, as it is a huge mana drain for this fight. While enraged, I usually have to pop Lay on Hands, because Divine Shield is still not available from the AW. I will use Flash of Light from Art of War as often as I need, and may have to cast the occasional Holy Light. I also use Divine Plea everytime it comes off CD. Right towards the end of his enrage, he is at about 60% hp. Sometimes I have to use Divine Shield when it comes off cooldown from AW, but it just depends on how the fight is going.
6) When his enrage ends, his dps drastically decreases, and I start laying on the damage. I will still need the occasional heal, but it’s cake and he goes down pretty quickly after that. This part is very manageable, and if you can survive the enrage, you are golden.
No raptor for me thus far, but at least it’s an easy 22g or so each time I get him down. 30g counting vendored loot he may drop.
Good luck to all those going for their mount!
Khor
How do you make you raid grp to get into these areas, i would guess that you just borrow someone else but does this mean they have to sit unable to quest while ur in there?
I have been able to take down raptor boss but i struggle with making the raid as my mates are offline most the time now days?
is there a trick or do you have ppl that are happy to sit idle?
also thansk for all the info you post its really nice to see and has helped my Pally alot
Hey Teturact! Actually, getting into raids to solo content is very easy!
1) Invite one player and convert to raid.
2) Run inside.
3) Once inside, find your invited player in the raid interface, right click, and remove them from group.
4) Voila! Done. Now you can stay in the instance solo!
When you remove a player from your raid, you can still stay in. However, do not leave group yourself, or you will be booted out of the instance.
Hope this helps!
PS I just tell people it will take all of 5 seconds, which it usually does. They do not have to remain in the group for you to stay in!
I tried to take took down both of the mount dropping bosses here. I have 3 peices T9 and a peice of Sanctified T10, this boss was a pain but still no luck. Good guide, thanks.