This mechanical giant blocks the way to the Antechamber of Ulduar. With a voice reminiscent of Elmo and an obsession with toys, fighting XT-002 and its Tympanic Tantrums is kind of like fighting a infant on steroids.The fight itself is fairly straight-forward and DPS-intensive, with the main challenges coming from the adds that need to be AoE'ed as quickly as possible.
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6.9 million (10-man)19.5 million (Heroic)Gravity Well - XT-002 occasionally launches a Gravity Well at a random raid member. The Gravity Well charges the target with dark energy, causing them to explode after 9 seconds and pulling any players within 10 yards into the gravity well, dealing approximately 12,000 shadow damage (15,000 on Heroic).Light Bomb - XT-002 occasionally launches a Light Bomb at a random raid member. The Light Well does approximately 2,500 holy damage (3,500 on Heroic) to the target per tick and any raid members within 10 yards for 9 seconds.Tympanic Tantrum - XT-002 deal 10 percent damage every raid member (and pet) every second for eight seconds and dazes nearby raid members. Occurs approximately every minute.Summon Adds - Every 25 percent health, when the Deconstructor exposes its heart, it also will summon adds from the four junkheaps in the corners of the room. The adds spawn randomly and can come from any number of the corners at one time. The adds are as follows:XS-013 Scrapbots - Scrapbox head directly to the boss and when in range, are ingested by XT-002 and heal her for approximately 1 percent health per bot. XE-321 Boombots - Boombots explode at 50 percent health and can easily wipe a raid if allowed to detonate too close to the group. On the plus side, their explosions also affect the other trash mobs and can be used to kill nearby Scrapbots.XM-024 Pummelers - Can be offtanked away from other raid members (does aoe damage, and has knockback).
2 Tanks2-3 Healers - While do-able with two, is easiest done with three healers to deal with the mass raid damage during the Tympanic Tantrums.5-6 DPS
If you have a Warlock in the raid, be sure every raid member has a Healthstone to use on the first Tympanic Tantrum to help out the healers.
The following macro describes example raid assignments:/rw XT-002 Incoming/raid MT: [Tank 1]/raid Pummeler OT: [player 1]/raid Healing MT [healer A], OT [healer B], Raid [healer C]/raid Add Control (AoE) East Side: [player A]/raid Add Control (AoE) West Side: [player B]/raid Call out if you get behind on addsBefore the pull, you will have to clear several trash mobs on the junk piles to the left and right of the door. Be careful to stay out of range of the pathing boss as you do so.
Main Tank Upon pulling XT-002 the tank should position the boss at the base of the stairs opposite the entrance. This location will help extend the time for many of the add spawns to reach the boss. DPS Begin DPS as soon as possible and go all out, however save all cooldowns for when the Heart drops at 75 percent health (as well as 50 percent and 25 percent). Every minute XT-002 will cast Tympanic Tantrum. The one-minute cooldown is tied into exposing the heart however, and can be avoided with high DPS groups. Upon the Tantrum triggering, every one in the raid will begin to take 10 percent damage every second per 8 seconds. Healers Healers can rely on group heals if everyone is close enough together or HoTs if the raid is topped off before the Tantrum starts. Focus should be paid to any members that have been hit by Gravity Well or Light Bombs immediately before Tympanic Tantrum as their damage will be much greater. Raid To help out the healers as much as possible, all raid members should have a Health Stone if there is a Warlock in the group. The Health Stone can be used during the first Tantrum, a Health Pot during the second, etc. Any members that have any form of self-healing ability should use their ability to help out.All raid members should be aware of their surroundings at all times and if they get Light Bomb or Gravity Well, they should immediately run away from all other raid members. The same can be said for any members standing near someone who has been Gravity Welled or Light Bombed.
At 75 percent health, XT-002 will state that it is tired and will drop its Exposed Heart out from between its legs. The Exposed Heart has approximately 1.5 million hit points (7.5 million in Heroic) and takes double the damage that the boss does (with all damage done channeling through to the boss). DPS At this point, all DPS should focus on the heart and trigger all cooldowns (do not kill the Exposed Heart however, if you don't intend to do hard mode). This is also a good time to pop Heroism if you have a Shaman in the group. Melee Melee should continue on the heart during the entire time it is exposed. OT and AoE The AoE raid members assigned to add control should continue focusing fire on the heart while keeping track of their respective trash heaps. Once adds spawn they should break off the heart and deal with the trash mobs. Boombots should be taken out first, well before they reach the raid. They can be utilized to kill surrounding Scrapbots. All Scrapbots should be AoE'ed down as quickly as possible so they do not reach the boss.The OT should run around and grab any Pummelers that spawn, OTing them to the side. As long as your DPS is on target with the boss, the raid should not have to bother with the Pummelers.Once the XT-002 pulls its heart back in, the encounter switches back to Phase 1. OT and AoE Despite Phase 1 resetting, all the adds remain and AoE must continue to be dealt with before returning focus to the boss. The OT can continue to tank the Pummelers through the fight, if at any point, he or she is dealing with too many, some of the DPS may have to branch off and help burn them down.
If in any of the Exposed Heart Phases the raid kills the heart, Heartbreak will set in, triggering the Hard Mode. XT-002's health will reset to 100 percent and both damage and health will be increased. In addition to the regular attacks, two new ones will be added to the XT's arsenal:Life Spark: Light Bombs also summon a Life Spark, which damages all nearby targets with Nature Damage.Void Zone: Gravity Bombs also summon a Void Zone that deals 5,000 (7,500 on Heroic) Shadow Damage to anyone who stands inside of it.
Nerf Engineering (Heroic and Normal Difficulty) - Defeat XT-002 Deconstructor without him recovering any health from XS-013 Scrapbots.Nerf Gravity Bombs (Heroic and Normal Difficulty) - Defeat XT-002 Deconstructor without any raid member dying from a Gravity Bomb.Nerf Scrapbots (Heroic and Normal Difficulty) - Defeat 20 XS-013 Scrapbots within 12 seconds using XE-321 Boombots.Must Deconstruct Faster (Heroic and Normal Difficulty) - Defeat XT-002 Deconstructor in 205 seconds.Heartbreaker (Heroic and Normal Difficulty) - Defeat XT-002 Deconstructor after destroying his heart.
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Some guildie feedback: "One of the healers can be given the basic assignment of OT/Raid, not just OT. If you want to expand more, the OT will need more healing focus as he gets more adds on him as the fight goes on. Healers should help DPS during the heart exposure, as there should be no damage except on the OT, and remaining light bomb/gravity wells."