45 Minute Baron run

[Thairos]

Many members including myself need to complete a 45 minute Baron run to continue our 0.5 tier armor set. If possible I would like to schedule this as a weekly event so that we can get some practice in and a good routine/path to accomplish this task. Even when some of us accomplish this task it would be a good idea to continue this weekly run so that other members can benifate from our experience and accomplish it themselves.

I am thinking of doing this Thursday nights starting at 8:00 pm and possibly another at 9:15 pm server time. First and formost these runs are for the 0.5 armor tier set so those on the quest will be granted spots first.

I have read a few guides and posts about the 45 minute run and found many interesting articles including a way to do the 45 minute run at your leisure but I believe this is an exploit and will not be attempting it. Druids seem to be a great asset as they can innervate the priest causing less down time. The one thing that is apparent is that DPS is the most important thing. That means warriors should be dual weilding or using a two handed weapon. Only on bosses should warriors use a shield for tanking.

A few tips I have read.

Pulls should be constant. Once the last creauture is at 40% life grab the next creature.

Use corners and buildings to draw creatures through line of sight. If they cant see you they have to come find you.

After mini-bosses, two people should clear ziggurat (spelling?).
while the rest continue to the next destination and begin pulling.

While killing the Baroness (the body possesing boss) use all nessesary skills including long cooldowns as she is one of the biggest time sinks in the run. Warriors should use there fear ability just before the boss so that if they are possesed its not used on the party. All casters should stay out of range of baroness abilites.

The Baron does not need to be killed in 45 minutes. You just need to be in combat with him before time runs out.

Do not loot mobs. Only loot Bosses and click need or greed. Do not discuss check your equipment. This can take up large amounts of time. If someone else gets something you wanted don't complain your not there for loot your there for the 0.5 quest.

One trick I have read requires a paladin or warlock and someone that can ressurect. After killing the mage boss (uses ice alot) usually the third boss you can have your group run to just inside the gates to the abomination area cast Divine intervention or have soulstone on the person who can ressurect. Once everyone is dead from all the creatures use the soulstone or release DI and ressurect everyone. This saves a lot of time but can be difficult to accomplish. First everyone has to make it to the gate without dieing. If you go to far into the gate the the abominasions starting comming and the gate closes possibly trappping people outside.

This is just a few of the things I can remember. If you have any other things to add please do so. I do know there is a map of the dungeon with a recomended route and pull order that someone created. I do not have the link though.

I will be scheduling the run on the group calender in game so please sign up there. It apears theres an LBRS run for the next two weeks I will schedule for Wednesdays and maybe switch to thursdays mid october.

[Vicerious]

I just got to the 45 Baron step myself, so I'm very interested in participating. Also, another helpful guide to the run can be found here, at the WoW Wiki. This includes that map that you mentioned, Thairos.

[Belber]

I'd be interested in getting this quest off my books...I've come very close many times but have never managed to have everything go just right. Thursdays would be tough for me but I would try to work something out.

~Belber

[erstyx]

Obsydien and I (and three highly capable people from outside the guild) were successful at this yesterday. A few notes:

- our party was mage, mage, rogue, warrior, priest
- we followed the wowwiki map exactly, with the exception of doing pull D before C and (I think) L before J
- this meant that we did the baroness before the spider, and we did go through the trapped gate
- the other mage was able to clear the ziggurats on his own with a shield (this is a skill I need to learn...)
- we started pulling abominations with about 14 min left, and entered the baron's chamber with 4 min left

We did wipe on the baroness twice before this, resetting the instance afterwards each time. The first time, our priest was MC'ed, and we killed her before she was de-possessed (lesson: be careful with DPS after the MC'ed person goes below a certain percentage). The second time, the other mage was MCed, but the baroness stuck around and kept attacking us (lesson: beware of glitches ??). The third time, we pulled her over by the wagon (basically where the letter C is on the map), and things worked OK.

Hope this is helpful; it would be good if others could share their experiences as well.

[Vicerious]

Congrats on your victory, Erstyx!

The last time I attempted this, my group made it to the Baron just one mibute late.

Our party consisted of a druid, a mage, a priest, a rogue, and a paladin (Myself). The druid and I shared tanking duties over the course of the run and I played back-up for our priest on healing.

The biggest time-sink was probably in a few extra groups we managed to accidentally attract while fighting another group. While these extra mobs did not cause us to wipe, the extra time it took to clear them out and then resurrect the resulting deaths took longer than we had.

All in all, however, I think we did very well and could probably do it on our next attempt now that we know what to expect. Especially considering it was our druids very first trip to Stratholme.

[Thairos]

Last Friday I Thairos, was able to complete the 45 minute baron run with a pick up group. On firday I joined a group looking to do Undead Stratholm. There was no inclination that it was going to be a 45 minute run. Once the group was together the question was brought up are we going to try a 45 minute baron run. We all decided no, we will just go about normally and see how well we do. Our group consisted of a warrior, rogue, paladin (me), mage, and a dwarf priest (which means no fear problems becuase of their racial spell). By the time we defeated the first boss we knew we had a good team but we finished the run out as a non 45 minute run. The group I was with was either well equiped and/or had skill at what they did as there were a few pulls that would have wiped other groups. I was lucky to have been invited to this group. It is very nice when on those rare occasions you find a group that seems to be spot on. After defeating the Baron we decided to reset the dungeon and try the 45 minute run.

We did not use the pull map provided on the internet. Our warrior said he new the pulls and path to take. It ended up being very different then the map on the internet. We ended up pulling almost everything at that first intersection (not at once mind you). He pulled the ghouls on the left, right and straight ahead at the wagon (again not all at once he just pulled more then the map tell you too). First we stayed on the left wall towards the spider boss. Leaving the necromancer mages alone on the opposite side. there is a section there where the buidlings make and alcove with a tree in the middle of it. this is where we pulled everything and used the buildings for line of sight pulls.

After killing the spider boss, the mage and I went into the ziggurat and cleared it while the rest went back to the Baroness and starting pulling again. We made a clear path directly to the baroness. Everyone except the warrior and rogue stood under the wagon. The wagon you see there at the first intersection. THe baroness cannot posses people standing underneath it. Only once did the rogue get possesed but we took him down quickly.

After the baroness (same deal mage and paladin clear ziggurat while others move on) we continued on as if doing a normal baron run we did not go through the rat/bug trap. At the next ziggurat area with all the necromacers we used the buidlings as line of sight pulls. Also very important to concentrate on one at a time don't spread out damage. They have a life draining ability that can be stopped with stuns or paladins cleanse ability (very important Paladins). We did not clear the whole area. just as a normal run the necromancers on the opposite side where left alone. We charged the ice mage boss killed him. (mage paladin clear duty) The rest moved on.

At this point we starting pulling spiders and ghouls to move on and end up pulling those necromancers we left behind as well. Things got bad and so I cast Divine intervention on the priest. It was a wipe but the priest was protected so he ressurected us after enemies went back to there position. Rebuff on everyone and we moved on. There is a group of ghouls just to the left of the main gate to the baron area with all the abominations. We tried to run around them and straight into the gate but the last person pulled all of them in and the warrior had already started pulling abominations. At this point we have 4 ghouls and an abomination (I cant remember their actaul names). Gate closed with everyone inside. Things were hectic but we survived. Due to the long battle with the extra ghoulds the abominations were comming on there own and the warrior kept pulling so we had pretty much two abominations at all times and a third once or twice. Things were getting nuts so we told the warrior hold up we need to rest. Luckely we had a few moments to rest up and gather mana and health back. At this point the baron gives his normal 10 minute warning "are you mortals still here" or something like that now everyone had there time back. We finished off the abominations and the boss. Killed the masses of undead that charge. This next part was a major time saver. The Mage went nuts charged in and aoe'd the Skeletol warriors that came out of the baron doors. My job was to have blessing of protection ready. the priest healed the mage as best as he could and then when the mage was close to dieing I cast Blessing of protection on the mage. Immunity to physical damage and removed agro from the mage. healed mage and he went crazy again with the aoe. That fight went by fast. We made it to the baron with 4 minutes to spar so we ran in drank up rebuffed and kicked him back to hell. Congradulations all around.