I'm so glad this guide came out. I tried to solo him as a mage last night multiple times and was only able to get him down half way. Hoping this will help.
So many little things that make these fights easier. Here's the macro I use to interrupt, it works no matter if Zek'vir is my main target or my focus (when I'm on the egg cocoon) /use [@focus,exists,nodead][] Axe Toss of course, you need to put your interrupt in there...unless you're using a Felguard. I mentioned it in chat the other day that the Mad Queen's Mandate trinket is an egg cocoon killer...does about 60% of the full health of the cocoon. Other videos have also pointed out that Zek'vir's Lair ? counts as a tier 8 delve and if you get your kills down to under 4 minutes you can essentially max out your great vault in under an hour. However, the best rewards only appear to drop from the first kill of a week...as far as I can tell. Also, the Candle Confident trinket is great...esp if you're Diabolist as your pet buffs apparently work on the trinket summons too. That trinket is why I wish some on would do a list of BiS Delve only gear...it would help for people to understand how valuable some the gear from Delves really happens to be. Anyways, thanks Soul for doing so much for the delvers out here.
@@Alex-kv1tm /use [@focus,exists,nodead][] Axe Toss That's my axe toss macro that throws at the focus if it exist and the [] directs it at my target if there is no focus.
Thank you dude, I spent about an hour bashing my face in with this on my 595 feral. Then instantly changed bran to healer with your suggested curios and 1 shot it
If you get your hands on the mad queen mandate trinket the cocoons become trivial as you can execute them at 60% health on ?? Difficulty. I was able to do ?? on 600 item level with that trinket fairly easily as a fire mage as the cocoons is the only dps gear check. Just make sure the trinket gets the killing blow so it is on a 1 min cd. Rotate it with a dps cool-down so you can always kill the cocoon with no issue every 30 seconds
As a warrior, to deal with the spittle, There are hero talents that a> let your Charge clear you of impairment effects, and you can also take the talent that gives Bladestorm two charges and use bladestorm more defensively than offensively.
so i was putting this off due to some sort of irrational fear that it would be hard. i went in on ? and it was too easy. basic avoidance is the key. his melee hits really arent that bad. you laid out the mechanics and made it easy
Was Demo warlock. Turns out I only needed to focus the webbed egg, walk out of cone and interrupted the dot to win. Before i was being stunned in the cone.
Not that it was required in the end, but was mildly aggravating that the add that spawns from the egg is the only thing I've seen in any delve at any level that actually has diminishing returns on dominate mind... 😮
As a hunter, he does so much more damage to my tank pet than me for some reason (like 1.5m vs 600k) that I gave up trying to have my pet tank, but now with him on me I have trouble getting out of range of fear.
The dumbest part about whoever made this encounter is when he tosses the egg far away to kill then as you're killing it starts casting his shockwave which has too big of a width to dodge at that distance
It was nice to see you bringing out the hunter for the last 3 seconds. I normally walk in with the pets already by my side. You did not say what you felt the gear level should be...my hunter is still at 480. I don't know where all those gear drops happen, but I have not seen it. I have run the follower dungeon and got something for a Plate wearer...I wear mail on the hunter. My RNG is so, so...fun. Good on you for this guide.
As a hunter you should have no problems with 595+ gear lvl he did also mention that to only try this guy if you are clearing +8 delves easily so if your doing that your gear will be a mix of champion & heroic gear which will give you higher ilvl.
@@ginch6448 at that ilvl you would be okay doing tier7 bountiful delves as hunters our tool kit suits this content as we have CC interrupts and self heals . Also use Brann as a healer spec.
I don’t get how brand is a hunter range class his ass alway on my ass just beat him after. 4 dead them I desired to just to let brand do dmg to him while I take care of interupand avoid attack and kill spider yet brand keep coming next to bringing boss close range them boss die all I got was dam toy 23 gold and cosmetic not even a level for the delve pass
Yeah, those eggs... Those eggs are 95% of the frustration on this. I want to add my EXTREME hate for "Bran's STUPID egg" that looks just like the real egg. It's like he's trolling you.
Love your honest and vulnerable take on things. Not acting like an elitist is why I return to your content.
I'm so glad this guide came out. I tried to solo him as a mage last night multiple times and was only able to get him down half way. Hoping this will help.
mage shield can remove the spittle, it is the Energized barriers on the mage points side. so you can save the counterspell for the heal.
So many little things that make these fights easier. Here's the macro I use to interrupt, it works no matter if Zek'vir is my main target or my focus (when I'm on the egg cocoon)
/use [@focus,exists,nodead][] Axe Toss of course, you need to put your interrupt in there...unless you're using a Felguard. I mentioned it in chat the other day that the Mad Queen's Mandate trinket is an egg cocoon killer...does about 60% of the full health of the cocoon. Other videos have also pointed out that Zek'vir's Lair ? counts as a tier 8 delve and if you get your kills down to under 4 minutes you can essentially max out your great vault in under an hour. However, the best rewards only appear to drop from the first kill of a week...as far as I can tell. Also, the Candle Confident trinket is great...esp if you're Diabolist as your pet buffs apparently work on the trinket summons too. That trinket is why I wish some on would do a list of BiS Delve only gear...it would help for people to understand how valuable some the gear from Delves really happens to be. Anyways, thanks Soul for doing so much for the delvers out here.
Raidbots’ Droptimizer tab lets you pick Delves S1 and it will sim your BiS gear targets using only Delves drops.
how do I set it up please im using Mind Freeze tried doing some macros but didnt work
@@Alex-kv1tm /use [@focus,exists,nodead][] Axe Toss That's my axe toss macro that throws at the focus if it exist and the [] directs it at my target if there is no focus.
@@ScottKent ty mate
Zekvir in GV? Not anymore!
Thank you dude, I spent about an hour bashing my face in with this on my 595 feral. Then instantly changed bran to healer with your suggested curios and 1 shot it
If you get your hands on the mad queen mandate trinket the cocoons become trivial as you can execute them at 60% health on ?? Difficulty. I was able to do ?? on 600 item level with that trinket fairly easily as a fire mage as the cocoons is the only dps gear check.
Just make sure the trinket gets the killing blow so it is on a 1 min cd. Rotate it with a dps cool-down so you can always kill the cocoon with no issue every 30 seconds
As a warrior, to deal with the spittle, There are hero talents that a> let your Charge clear you of impairment effects, and you can also take the talent that gives Bladestorm two charges and use bladestorm more defensively than offensively.
Thanks! Great explanation
so i was putting this off due to some sort of irrational fear that it would be hard. i went in on ? and it was too easy. basic avoidance is the key. his melee hits really arent that bad. you laid out the mechanics and made it easy
Great content. Clean and informative. 🎉
Great summary!
Try to keep him (or you in case of ranged) in the middle of the room. That way the egg spawn is always the same distance away and fast to get to.
Was Demo warlock. Turns out I only needed to focus the webbed egg, walk out of cone and interrupted the dot to win. Before i was being stunned in the cone.
I got ? down.. but after the nerf and it just felt bad..super easy (610 lock)..
I havn't tried ?? since the nerfs
Not that it was required in the end, but was mildly aggravating that the add that spawns from the egg is the only thing I've seen in any delve at any level that actually has diminishing returns on dominate mind... 😮
As a hunter, he does so much more damage to my tank pet than me for some reason (like 1.5m vs 600k) that I gave up trying to have my pet tank, but now with him on me I have trouble getting out of range of fear.
Fear doesn't happen more often than disengage cd so once I got used to using that immediately it was much easier
I’ve just been enjoying spamming 8 attempts of level ? to fill up my vault slots in less than an hour
Once he’s unlocked can you farm his lair infinitely? Or do you have to find him in a random delve?
@@The0nlyy just farm his lair
@@The0nlyy once unlocked you go to his lair just fight him, one boss in his room. Leave delve and run right back in super quick
rip
@@yevhenii725 can’t believe they changed it…
killing eggs never fails to do frontal 3 times in a row
The dumbest part about whoever made this encounter is when he tosses the egg far away to kill then as you're killing it starts casting his shockwave which has too big of a width to dodge at that distance
It was nice to see you bringing out the hunter for the last 3 seconds. I normally walk in with the pets already by my side. You did not say what you felt the gear level should be...my hunter is still at 480. I don't know where all those gear drops happen, but I have not seen it. I have run the follower dungeon and got something for a Plate wearer...I wear mail on the hunter. My RNG is so, so...fun. Good on you for this guide.
As a hunter you should have no problems with 595+ gear lvl he did also mention that to only try this guy if you are clearing +8 delves easily so if your doing that your gear will be a mix of champion & heroic gear which will give you higher ilvl.
@@Craig-pk5cc I would be pleased to have 595 gear, but I am wearing 480. I will catch up eventually.
@@ginch6448 at that ilvl you would be okay doing tier7 bountiful delves as hunters our tool kit suits this content as we have CC interrupts and self heals .
Also use Brann as a healer spec.
@@ginch6448 480 questing gear is over 540-550
If everything else fails,just wait till you are around 605.Super easy at that point.
bruh am i just awful i am having touble at 610 ?? difficulty
I don’t get how brand is a hunter range class his ass alway on my ass just beat him after. 4 dead them I desired to just to let brand do dmg to him while I take care of interupand avoid attack and kill spider yet brand keep coming next to bringing boss close range them boss die all I got was dam toy 23 gold and cosmetic not even a level for the delve pass
drums are patched. don't work over lvl 70
Yeah, those eggs... Those eggs are 95% of the frustration on this. I want to add my EXTREME hate for "Bran's STUPID egg" that looks just like the real egg. It's like he's trolling you.