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All of the latest Mists of Pandaria newsTwo Bosses Enter: Moam vs. Hakkar the Soulflayer
by Elizabeth Harper 
Dec 8th 2007 at 11:32PM
- Trample: an AoE melee attack that does moderate damage.
- Drain Mana: drains mana from multiple targets, with a nearly unlimited range.
- Arcane Explosion: when Moam reaches 100% mana, he does a high-damage arcane explosion which also tosses its targets into the air for additional fall damage.
- Summon Mana Fiend: every 90 seconds, Moam will summon 3 Mana Fiends to assist him in battle. They are capable of casting arcane explosion and a counterspell.
- Turn to Stone: every 90 seconds, Moam will turn to stone for 90 seconds or until his mana reaches 100%. During this time he cannot attack, but he will regenerate mana.
For players, Hakkar is a gimmick fight. If you know the trick to the fight, the execution is simple, but if you don't know the trick, you'll never beat him. For his abilities, we're going to presume that he's on his own, without any support from his priests or priestesses, which leaves a simple encounter for us to think about. Hakkar brings down his opponents with the following abilities:
Moam drains mana, but Hakkar drains life -- so which one would win out in the end? It's nearly time for you to to tell us, but before that, a reminder: we're considering these two bosses with approximately equal health and approximately equal damage output capabilities. We aren't making this into a math equation of who's got more health than who, so when you cast your vote, cast it on fighting style, not highest level.
- Corrupted Blood: a shadow damage DoT
- Blood Siphon: a channeled spell that stuns the target, does damage, and heals Hakkar for about five times the damage done. Hakkar casts this like clockwork every 90 seconds. (For player raids, the trick is to get poisoned by nearby mobs -- then Hakkar's Blood Siphon will siphon the poison and damage him instead of healing him. Without this, he simply heals too much to be killable.)
- Enrage: after 10 minutes, Hakkar will enrage, greatly increasing his damage output
Moam drains mana, but Hakkar drains life -- so which one would win out in the end? It's nearly time for you to to tell us, but before that, a reminder: we're considering these two bosses with approximately equal health and approximately equal damage output capabilities. We aren't making this into a math equation of who's got more health than who, so when you cast your vote, cast it on fighting style, not highest level.
Filed under: Raiding, Bosses, Two Bosses Enter
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Zeplar Dec 9th 2007 12:45PM
If anyone has an illegal server (I know my friend runs one), they might actually put these bosses next to each other and report on the outcome.
Zeplar Dec 9th 2007 12:45PM
If anyone has an illegal server (I know my friend runs one), they might actually put these bosses next to each other and report on the outcome.
bluenei Dec 12th 2007 9:33PM
this raises a good question, wouldn't hakkar get mana from the mana fiends because they are arcane elementals, and also, you need a really good blizzard-like private server where all the bosses work to get the real outcome of these bosses fighting
if the mana fiends coment proves right, moam wins, if it doesnt, which i think it wont, hakkar wins
Matrim Dec 10th 2007 12:08PM
Moam's a chump.
Based on Lore Hakkar is a GOD, Moam is just a construct.
Based on Skill Moam wouldn't hit full mana untill long after the adds and by then Hakkar will just siphon all of them FTW.
KingOreo Dec 12th 2007 12:43PM
Hakkar wins, tested it in a private server, moam dies, while hakkar is still at 50%.
Take into account that they didn't used most of the abilities against each other, just good'old melee fight (dunno why they didn't used abilities, others bosses do...)