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<blockquote data-quote="wolff96" data-source="post: 3724160" data-attributes="member: 342">Shadeydm covered part of this, but let me speak to the rest of it...Vaelastraz is the most frantic fight that most WOW players will ever see.&nbsp; Vael is &quot;the corrupted&quot; because he's been overcome by another's evil magic.&nbsp; He even starts the fight at 30% of max life because he's been fighting the evil so hard.He hands out a buff to the entire raid -- he knows he needs to die before he is completely controlled.&nbsp; The buff gives unlimited mana to all of the casters and unlimited energy to rogues.&nbsp; It lasts for 3 minutes -- after that, the raid is DEAD because you can't keep up with his damage without the constant healing.He also generates a pulsing fire aura (big-time pain if you're not in pretty good Fire Resist Gear) and puts a count-down timer on random people.&nbsp; When the timer goes off, the person it was on dies AND he blows up a bunch of people around him if the raid isn't cautious.What's more, he blows up the tanks at regular intervals as well.&nbsp; Which means that the raid needs plenty of fighters who know how to handle themselves.-------------------------Long story short:&nbsp; Tough, tough fight to learn that requires 40 people to all be at the top of their game at the same time.&nbsp; It also has some incredible story behind it.Even once your guild is 'good' at Vael, some lag or bad luck can wipe the entire effort.Thus the post-traumatic stress that most WoW players exhibit at the mention of the name.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="wolff96, post: 3724160, member: 342"] Shadeydm covered part of this, but let me speak to the rest of it... Vaelastraz is the most frantic fight that most WOW players will ever see. Vael is "the corrupted" because he's been overcome by another's evil magic. He even starts the fight at 30% of max life because he's been fighting the evil so hard. He hands out a buff to the entire raid -- he knows he needs to die before he is completely controlled. The buff gives unlimited mana to all of the casters and unlimited energy to rogues. It lasts for 3 minutes -- after that, the raid is DEAD because you can't keep up with his damage without the constant healing. He also generates a pulsing fire aura (big-time pain if you're not in pretty good Fire Resist Gear) and puts a count-down timer on random people. When the timer goes off, the person it was on dies AND he blows up a bunch of people around him if the raid isn't cautious. What's more, he blows up the tanks at regular intervals as well. Which means that the raid needs plenty of fighters who know how to handle themselves. ------------------------- Long story short: Tough, tough fight to learn that requires 40 people to all be at the top of their game at the same time. It also has some incredible story behind it. Even once your guild is 'good' at Vael, some lag or bad luck can wipe the entire effort. Thus the post-traumatic stress that most WoW players exhibit at the mention of the name. :) [/QUOTE]

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