Hodir

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Arphir Posted: 02-27-2009 1:29 AM

 

Overview

The first boss in Ulduar. Overview is TBD.

Kill video from <Wretched> (partial video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ULzk9EqrnY

This guide is based on information from the Public Test Realm and is still under development. Please check back often for updates.

 

Abilities

  • Biting Cold: Deals increasing periodic damage to stationary enemies.  Movement diminishes this effect.
  • Frozen Blows: Physical damage reduced by 70%, but attacks deal 40,000 additional Frost damage. Hodir will occasionally gain this buff.
  • Flash Freeze: Encases the target in a block of ice. 9 second cast time. Cast every 40 seconds or so. Affects all players who are not standing on a Snowdrift.
  • Falling Icicles: Periodically, snowflakes will begin falling upon a small area of the ground; a few seconds later, an Icicle will fall on the same area, dealing around 12,000 damage to anyone it strikes. Shortly after the Icicle lands, a Snowdrift will form.
  • Snowdrift: Players standing in the Snowdrift are immune to the effects of Flash Freeze.
  • Freeze: Inflicts Frost damage to nearby enemies, immobilizing them for up to 10 sec. Deals around 5,000 damage per target.
  • Melee: Hits a tank slowly for heavy damage.
  • "Toasty Fire" found on Thottbot and can "warm friendly units." Standing near a Toasty Fire will render a player immune to the effects of Biting Cold and Freeze. The Fires are dropped by the Mage NPCs.
  • 8 friendly NPCs are encased in blocks of ice in Hodir's room. Once the fight has started, freeing these NPCs will cause them to assist you in battle against Hodir.

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    Gear Requirements

    Tanks Frost Resistance gear does not seem to be required but can help mitigate the largest attack in the fight (40k Frozen Blows)

     

    Phase One

    • Engage Hodir
    • DPS Hodir
    • Dispel Freezes
    • Free NPCs when you can
    • When Hodir begins to cast Flash Freeze, move to Snowdrifts to avoid being immobilized
    • There are two chests in the room; every three minutes, Hodir destroys one of them. After 9 minutes total, Hodir enrages. It is speculated that each chest contains an epic and that Hodir himself will carry one epic, so the faster you kill him, the more loot you'll get.
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