Morchok is the first boss in the Dragon Soul raid instance. Here’s what a hunter needs to know about the normal mode encounter:
- A team of 7 ranged in 25-man (or 3 in 10-man) mode runs to each Resonating Crystal when it spawns. You will know you are close enough when your yellow beam turns blue.
- When not soaking a crystal, group up behind the boss to split the Stomp damage. A glyphed Raptor Strike will help mitigate this damage.
- Avoid the Black Blood of the Earth. Use Disengage to quickly move behind spikes and LoS the Black Blood. Hunters can continue to dps during the Black Blood phase if they LoS the blood by standing in back of two spikes that are close together.
Here’s a video of the encounter from Razhan, a survival hunter:
For more hunter strategy guides see Dragon Soul: Boss Strategies and Videos for Hunters
Has anyone tested putting down a Snake Trap prior to Stomp to help soak up damage? It’d be nice to be able to use that ability and make Hunters a must-have for the raid.
Eidotrope at OutDPS stated: “Preliminary views of the logs suggest that Stomp is only split between players, and so Snake Traps are apparently not helpful for eating damage shares.” So no, snakes don’t soak any damage.
use snake trap in all my trap rotation esp at this boss.