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Flame Leviathan - Boss Strat

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Flame Leviathan

How FL Vehicle Gear Scaling works
This section is thanks to the hard work of Ferrante, a Death Knight in The Goon Squad on Kel'Thuzad. It's noted that 25-man scaling looks to be the same as 10-man.

After doing half an hour of equipment swaps and jumping in and out of the motorbike, I have determined with reasonable confidence how the vehicles scale with increasing quality of gear for the current implementation of the vehicle based fight in Ulduar. Here are my observations in the 10 man version:

- Shirt, tabard, offhand, and ranged/relic slots do not affect vehicle scaling.
- This does mean an ilvl 226 1 hand weapon is better than an ilvl 213 2 hander.
- Enchants and gems do not affect it either, it is based solely off item level.
- An ilvl 200 blue is equivalent to an ilvl 187 epic. Experimenting with other combos of blue/epic gear gave me reasonable confidence that a blue item is equivalent to an epic 13 levels lower.
- An empty slot is equivalent to an ilvl 0 epic
- This does mean equipping an ilvl 0 blue such as Insignia of the Scourge

Empirically, taking the average ilvl of your gear (subtract 13 for each blue, 26 for each green) and dividing by 15 (total number of applicable slots), then subtracting 170 will give you the percent increase of the health points of your vehicle compared to base - it cannot be decreased though (naked is a 0% increase).

Thus: All ilvl 200 epic gear => 200-170 => 30% increase in vehicle hp. All 226 would be a 56% increase,

I did some limited testing of vehicle damage:
Naked: 2148 average attack with 171 attacks Avg 213 gear: 3038 average attack with 160 attacks 3038/2148 = 41.4% so that seems to be within the margin of error for the expected value of 43%

• Siege Engine Driver - Able to ram down buildings, knock back enemies with a silence, and boost speed to ram in or out of harm's way.
  • Siege Engine Passenger/Gunner - Brings down pyrite ammo in the air, and assists in shooting targets on the ground.
• Demolisher Driver - Launches long-range fireballs and special pyrite barrels that deal massive damage.
  • Demolisher Passenger/Gunner - Salvages pyrite ammo and refills the demolisher, can also load the player into the demolisher to be launched.
• Chopper Driver - Plants inflammable oil slicks and can quickly pick up any players on foot to protect them from danger.

Salvaged Chopper - 504, 000 HP, 1 driver and 1 passenger
This motorcycle model is very fast and moves very adroitly (it can strafe, for example.) It can carry a passenger.

Abilities

• Sonic Horn - Sends a wave of force in front of the motorcycle, causing 6300 to 7700 damage to all enemy targets within 35 yards in a frontal cone.
• Tar - Drops a pool of tar for 45 sec that slows the movement speed of enemies within 10 yards. Tar can be ignited. Lasts for 45 sec. 15 sec cooldown
• Speed Boost - Fires the fuel injectors on the bike, increasing its speed by 100% for 5 sec.
• First Aid Kit - Heals your passenger fully over 4 sec. 1 min cooldown

Salvaged Demolisher - 428, 000 HP, 1 driver and 2 passengers
This vehicle moves slowly but has ranged attacks and can even catapult its passengers. It can carry a passenger, who can grapple the pyrites from the ground and loads them one by one as abilities that deplete them are used.

Drivers Abilities

• Hurl Boulder - Hurls a massive boulder into the distance, dealing 27000 to 33000 damage to enemies within 8 yards of the explosion. 10-70 yd range
• Hurl Pyrite Barrel - Hurls an orb of blue pyrite into the distance, dealing damage, but consumes ammo. 10-70 yd range
• Ram - Rams any enemies in front of the demolisher, dealing 19000 to 21000 Damage and knocking them back. Also deals 2160 to 2640 siege damage to buildings. 4 sec cooldown
• Launch Passenger - Launches the Demolisher's passenger into the air

Passenger's Abilities

• Mortar - Fires a miniature explosive blast, dealing Fire damage to all enemies in the target area. 1 sec cooldown
• Anti-Air Rocket - Fires an explosive missile directly forward, detonating when it has travelled 90 yards, hitting any enemies within 10 yards.
• Grab Crate - Use your hook and chain to grab the targeted crate. This allows you to pick up Liquid Pyrite off the ground, which reloads the demolisher.
• Increased Speed - Injects liquid pyrite into the engines, increasing movement speed by 100%. Lasts 20 sec.
• Load into Catapult - Load yourself into the catapult arm, using yourself as ammunition. 30 sec cooldown

Salvaged Siege Engine - 1,451,000 HP, 1 driver + 1 turret controller + 2 passengers
This vehicle demolishes towers as you clear the gauntlet and kites the Flame Leviathan. It can carry a passenger.

Driver's Abilities (Front Center Seat)

• Ram - Rams any enemies in front of the demolisher, dealing 22501 to 27501 Damage and knocking them back. Also deals 2850 to 3150 siege damage to buildings. 40 Energy.
• Electroshock - Shocks all targets within a 25 yard cone in front of the caster. It also interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 4 sec. 20 Energ18% of base mana, Instant cast, 10 sec cooldown
• Steam Rush - Put the steam engine into overdrive for a short duration, rushing forward, dealing siege damage and knocking back enemies. 40 Energy, 70 yd range, Instant, 15 sec cooldown

Turret Controller's Abilities (Back Center Seat)

• Anti-Air Rocket - Fires an explosive missile directly forward, detonating when it has travelled 100 yards, hitting any enemies within 10 yards. 0.25 sec cooldown
• Cannon - Fires a cannon blast. 20 Energy, 10-70 yd range, Instant
• Shield Generator - Activates the shield generator on the Siege Engine, absorbing a limited amount of Physical, Fire, Frost and Arcane damage taken for 5 sec. 1 min cooldown

• Flame Vents - Inflicts 3000 Fire damage each second to enemies around the caster. Lasts 10 seconds. 50 yd range
• Battering Ram - Rams the target, dealing damage and knocking it forward. Deals 100% Weapon damage and causes the target to take 50% more damage for 20 seconds.
• Gathering Speed - Increases movement speed. This buffs increases the speed of the Flame Leviathan by 5% for 10 minutes and stacks up to 20 times. Causing a Circuit Overload will reset the stack count to 0.
• Turrets - The Flame Leviathan has 4 turrets. Passengers in the demolisher can be launched at him where they can destroy the turrets and then hit the Overload Circuit which stuns Flame Leviathan and causes him to take 50% more damage for 10 seconds.
• Missile Barrage - All machines and players not in one will take 700 damage every 1–2 seconds.

• Tower of Storms (purple) - Leaving this tower up gives Thorim's Hammer to the Flame Leviathan. Thorim's Hammer deals Stormstrike damage to all enemies nearby. Additional damage is taken if directly under the impact location.
• Tower of Flames (red/orange) - Leaving this tower up gives Mimiron's Inferno to the Flame Leviathan. Mimiron's Inferno deals 150,000 Fire damage to all nearby enemies and leaves a flaming blaze behind.
• Tower of Frost (sky blue) - Leaving this tower up gives Hodir's Fury to the Flame Leviathan. Hodir's Fury deals 150,000 Frost damage to all nearby enemies and entombs them in ice.
• Tower of Life (green) - Leaving this tower up gives Freya's Ward to the Flame Leviathan. Freya's Ward 13,500 to 16,500 Nature damage to all nearby enemies, and summons Guardians of Nature to surround the enemy.

• 2 Salvaged Siege Engines - Both have passenger to do some damage and shoot down flying crates.
• 2 Salvaged Demolishers - Of which both have passengers (one dps and one healer), to be thrown onto the Leviathan.
• 2 Salvaged Choppers - No passengers except when having to ferry passengers back from the Leviathan to the Demolishers after an Overload.

• 4 Salvaged Siege Engines - Two of which have passengers to do some damage and shoot down flying crates. Multiple ones incase one dies (if testing shows we only need two even on Heroic Mode, then we will put that change here).
• 9 Salvaged Demolishers - Five of which have passengers (3 dps and two healers), to be thrown onto the Leviathan.
• 5 Salvaged Choppers - No passengers except when having to ferry passengers back from the Leviathan to the Demolishers after an Overload.

• Firesoul
• Combustion Bracers
• Lifespark Visage
• Shimmering Seal
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• Overcharged Fuel Rod
• Boots of Fiery Resolution
• Constructor's Handwraps
• Embrace of the Leviathan
• Glowing Ring of Reclamation
• Pendant of Fiery Havoc
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