Nihilum vs Brutallus video
by Adam Holisky 
Apr 6th 2008 at 7:30PM
The flag ship raiding guild Nihilum has released a great video of them taking on Brutallus, one of the new 25 man Sunwell Plateau bosses. The video is available from several sources, and the downloaded version is of quite high quality. The version provided above, a stream from File Front, is also pretty good.
The video itself is taken from the standpoint of their main tank, Kungen, and runs for just over seven minutes. Most interesting is the additional pieces of information Nihilum provides about their raid setup. For guilds attempting him, looking at a successful raid composition can be a major piece of information. The raid setup Nihilum uses is:
- 1 Protection Warrior: Kungen
- 1 Feral Druid: Sanduckhan
- 1 Retribution Paladin: Gaap
- 1 Enhancement Shaman: Zanzijan
- 1 Fury Warrior: Starym
- 3 Warlocks: Clinkz Buzzkill Jinxarn
- 3 Mages: Darmor Hath Vyrre
- 2 Shadow Priests: Muqq Melghor
- 2 Resto Druids: Marilyn Sykostig
- 2 Holy Paladins: Gd JohnnyR
- 3 Resto Shamans: Neg Ghorok Bananeen
- 3 Rogues: Epi Cloze Inthya
- 2 Hunters: Toorum Ahoq
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Hokuto Apr 6th 2008 7:54PM
Resto druids? Nilihum? *snort*
Nogun Apr 6th 2008 8:31PM
Have to fill the void Holy Priests left behind somehow.
Oh where are the days we ran successful naxx raids with 8 Holy Priests.
dan Apr 6th 2008 8:12PM
Last I checked Nihilum wasn't even in the top 40 worldwide guilds on wowjutsu....
Kryptonls Apr 6th 2008 8:17PM
You do realise guilds on there are also ranked by the drops they get - so if Nihilum haven't been farming BT 24/7 for the last 10 months, (which nobody in their right mind would do) then other guilds will gain more points and be listed higher than them; and it also depends on drops.
If a guild gets lots of Warglaives drop, then guess what - they will earn more points on the WoW Jutsu site.
You know, the FAQ's are there for a reason.
dan Apr 6th 2008 9:33PM
Yes. And if you read the faq for it you'll realize wowjutsu awards marginal points for repeated kills.
dan Apr 6th 2008 9:35PM
Besides, Nihilum was top of the list before 2.4. Which means they got credit for farming BT etc as much, moreso, than anyone. All this means is other guilds have pulled ahead of them post 2.4. Perhaps momentarily.
matt Apr 6th 2008 10:34PM
Not in top 40!? Then this video on how to beat Brutallus is totally worthless!
Kryptonls Apr 7th 2008 5:18AM
"And if you read the faq for it you'll realize wowjutsu awards marginal points for repeated kills."
Yes - but if guilds repeatedly get the top drops then they will earn more points.
You will also recall how then the Illidan race was on that when other guilds killed him, they were only fractions of points away from Nihilum anyway.
So your new point is...?
dan Apr 7th 2008 5:39AM
Not a new point. The same point.
The quality of drops have nothing to do with the points you're awarded. Only evidence of the first time boss kills. And then infinitesimal incremental points per kill after that.
All of that is made pretty clear in that faq you mentioned.
Kryptonls Apr 7th 2008 9:46AM
Let's go back to your original point because you clearly have some issues with this topic...
"Last I checked Nihilum wasn't even in the top 40 worldwide guilds on wowjutsu...."
And?
dan Apr 7th 2008 7:12PM
Pretty sure that's covered off in my post from 4-06-2008 @ 9:35PM.
but if you want more clarity here goes:
Nihilum is not the "flagship" guild at this point in time as the author suggests. Say what you will about wowjutsu but it is objective, unbiased, and the closest thing to a popularly accepted leaderboard for pve content in WoW. It's certainly historically accurate to give that crown to Nihilum for all their consistent and persistent excellent effort and will likely be so again but right now that honor goes to another guild(s). That's all.
Nevets Apr 6th 2008 10:15PM
LootFTW has had a video up for awhile now, from their GM Mar's (mage) POV on the Brutallus kill. Just a FYI really, if u wanted to see the fight from another perspective.
Rocnroll Apr 6th 2008 10:23PM
Interesting that they do not have a Holy Priest, I had heard that they did not usually run with one. I would swap out one or two of the resto Shamans for Priests. The utility that Priests bring to a raid is hard to replace.
Yes, for the record my main is a Disc/Holy Priest (31/30). Improved Divine Spirit and Power Infusion FTW!
But, if it works for them, then it works. There is more than one way to take down a boss. :)
Dryss Apr 6th 2008 11:11PM
The best stream of the video is definetly from Vimeo:
http://www.vimeo.com/859520
vildand Apr 6th 2008 11:41PM
So I guess all the guilds who's already done this can now welcome Nihilum to last month? Neat.
Alchemistmerlin Apr 6th 2008 11:59PM
Sorry, 3 and 8 already beat you to, generally, this same comment.
Welcome to a few hours ago.
khaynu Apr 6th 2008 11:48PM
One of the main reasons they probably bring 3 resto shaman instead of subbing in a priest etc, is not just only for the heals but they can bring a lot of dps buffs for dps intesive fights that other healers cannot. So, including the enhancement shaman, thats 4 heroism/bloodlusts, along with totem buffs for multiple groups.
Nosophoros Apr 7th 2008 2:22AM
Actually, Nihilum feels that resto shammies are excellent healers. It has something to do with the way Chain Heal scales with +healing or whatever, but anyway, they seem to be all over the shammies nowadays.
Charles Apr 7th 2008 10:38AM
They bring so many shaman to Brutallus because they want every group in the raid to be covered by Grounding Totems if possible.
Derick Apr 7th 2008 12:22AM
could have at least changed the fucking viewing angle....
this video is boring.