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by Alex Ziebart 
Mar 21st 2011 at 8:00PM
No, ladies and gentlemen, you are not hallucinating. Due to popular demand Two Bosses Enter is making its comeback today, pitting boss against boss to separate the best from the rest. Every Monday we list the rules and abilities, then you vote for the winner. As each winning boss moves on, we create the new match up and the battle continues until only one boss is left standing.
In this first season of the Cataclysm world tour, there are a few details of the format you should know about.
- Not every boss is included in this season of Two Bosses Enter. We've chosen 16 participants. If your favorites are missing from the roster, let us know in the comments and we'll try to include them next season.
- Of those 16 participants, you only know 12 of them. There are four wild cards in the roster, and you won't know who they are until the week they enter the ring for the first time.
- We've returned to a purely poll-based system of determining winners. However, particularly creative comments about the encounter will be highlighted when the winner is announced the following week.
- You can see this season's tournament ladder right here.
Now, on to the matchup: Ozruk versus Asaad! Ready? Fight!
| Ozruk | |
|---|---|
| Asaad |
The rules of the ring
- The WoW Insider Ring is considered neutral territory, where both combatants are able to access their usual encounter mechanics and abilities. If you can't visualize it inside the squared circle, visualize it someplace else -- but you must take into consideration all of each bosses' abilities and mechanics.
- Assume that each opponent is intelligent and capable of strategic thinking.
- All of the competitors' abilities, including crowd control and other effects to which bosses are usually immune, work on their opponents (with apologies to considerations of lore on this point).
- Assume that the opponents share similar levels, health pools, and comparative overall damage output.
- Don't get caught up in gameplay mechanics and what actual players might do in each encounter.
- Don't neglect style, story, and scale. Everything is a factor; seeking balance is your goal as a spectator and judge.
Break yourselves upon my body!
Ozruk, guardian of the World's Heart, approaches the squared circle with his own theme music. This boss has been the bane of rookie tanks around the globe. Will Asaad be able to accomplish what thousands of paladins, warrior, death knights, and druids could not?
Ozruk's arsenal includes ... If you haven't witnessed Ozruk's gleaming, perfectly chiseled body yourself, perhaps you'd like to learn more about his flawless physique or read other adventurers' first-hand reports.
You tread upon the sacrosanct! Mortals have no place amidst the clouds.
Can the air itself break the earth? Can the wind move the mountain? Can the storm reign supreme over such finely crafted abdominals? Asaad's control over all things weathery have destroyed endless DPS with the ol' root-and-scoot. Will it be enough to carry him through this matchup?
Asaad's toolkit includes ... What? You've never seen Asaad up close, you say? Well I'm positively shocked! In fact, you could say I'm blown away. Why not learn more about the winning djinn, or read what others had to say about him?
The battle begins!
Remember, Two Bosses Enter matchups are all about substance and style, not gameplay, mechanics, and numbers. Don't base your strategies on player tactics, which opponent has been easiest or most difficult for you personally, or the difficulty of each opponent relative to instance progression. Vote for the spirit of the battle as set forth above. Set aside differences in opponents' health pools, game level, and actual damage output. Absolutely no game mechanics nitpicking!
Set aside the world order -- let the WoW Insider Ring determine who's the champion! Your votes determine the outcome in WoW Insider's series of fantasy deathmatches, Two Bosses Enter, One Boss Leaves.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 5)
Raven Mar 22nd 2011 1:46AM
Thun-der-dome!
Iirdan Mar 21st 2011 8:13PM
When the elements collide, mortals will suffer. As the winds of Asaad batter away at Ozruk, the rock golem stands resolute, budging not an inch. Asaad, discouraged by his complete inability to effect a change in Ozruk's composure, switches tactics and begins to blast the earth giant with bolts of lightning.
The tactic proves effective, and the once proud earth golem crumbles under the force of the lightning. He is not finished, however, and begins to charge the elementium plates that comprise his body. As the djinn continues to channel lightning into the golem, the plates become fully charged and the lightning is directed back at the djinn! Ozruk gets back to his feet as the air being recoils from the force of his own energies.
Seizing the momentary reprieve, Ozruk runs up to the djinn and paralyzes him to prevent any further attempts at the giant's life. With all his might, Ozruk creates elementium spikes from his body and shatters the djinn. Under the weight of elemental earth, the incapacitated djinn falls to the ground. The earth has claimed victory over air.
InfiniteAbyss Mar 21st 2011 11:29PM
This. It has RP elegance and it actually makes sense. This may not be pokemon but Ozruk easily trumps anything Asaad can bring to the to the table.
cloudhopper013 Mar 21st 2011 8:14PM
Ozruk is also sexier. What, don't say you weren't pleasantly surprised a little when you first heard him say it. You know what quote I'm talkin' about... ;)
Sky Mar 21st 2011 8:48PM
sounds gay
SR Mar 22nd 2011 2:28AM
I lol'd hard at Sky's comment. Downrate inc. but... It was a pleasant rudeness.
thegatherer Mar 21st 2011 8:16PM
I'm sorry, if you have a wind/lightning powered guy against a rock/earth powered guy, its going to be the rock dude every time.
shadowhowl1900 Mar 21st 2011 8:17PM
Ozruk hands down...
if anything pokemon has taught me is that dont try to kill ground-type with electricty...poor pikachu against brock :(
razion Mar 21st 2011 8:20PM
Maybe we can find Asaad a water-flood conductor to train with...
shadowhowl1900 Mar 21st 2011 8:36PM
thats why i picked Squirtle
Hollow Leviathan Mar 21st 2011 8:17PM
Assad is cordially invited to break himself on Ozruk's body:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elUVA0O93Oo
My theory is that Asaad is shamed into retreating until he can counter-attack with his own Wind Chimes solo.
Hollow Leviathan Mar 21st 2011 8:19PM
I now feel shame, seeing upon closer examination that you linked the music already.
Edeesis Mar 21st 2011 8:19PM
Ozruk uses Elementium Bulwark, Asaad uses Static Cling.
Asaad is frozen in place. Ozruk uses Ground Slam.
Ozruk uses Paralyze. Poor poor Asaad didn't dot himself!
Ozruk uses Shatter.
Asaad dies and Ozruk gets a free Chaos Orb!
Kaphik Mar 21st 2011 8:18PM
Does Asaad have his own forum topic about him versus the world? I think not. Ozruk wins.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2089283482#1
Mystic69 Mar 21st 2011 8:23PM
Its funny how a boss like Ozruk (who was one of the worst before nerfing/fixing) can be such a contender in a competition like this :)
adam200 Mar 21st 2011 8:19PM
While the whole "Ground > Electric" argument is valid, I would've picked Ozruk because of that damned Elementium Bulwark. No Supremacy of the Storm or Chain Lightning for Asaad, or it'll just kill him.
That's a REALLY annoying fight as a caster. -.-
Leliana Mar 21st 2011 8:22PM
*FIGHT!*
Ozruk: BREAK YOURSELF UPON MY BODY
Asaad: Dude, wtf?
Ozruk: FEEL THE STRENGTH OF THE EARTH
*Asaad dies*
*Ozruk puts on Asaad's turban as a trophy*
Fletcher Mar 21st 2011 8:27PM
The idea of Ozruk wearing the turban is oddly amusing to me - I'm still laughing!
TobiasX Mar 21st 2011 9:11PM
If Ozruk wins, which he should, the next fight featuring his image needs to have Asaad's turban on his head.
jfofla Mar 21st 2011 8:22PM
The Vote Seems confusing.
The Header says "One boss leaves" Then you have the Boss Names.
Does that Header imply you are voting for the boss that leaves, or is it a traditional vote for which is the winner?