Temple of Qarn debacle

[Alistaire]

You can stun "final sting" with "Brutal Swing". Hit it the second that the bee telegraphs FS. The DPS should kill the first bee before it gets "final sting", but if they don't, you can get that one too. It's important that you and the DPS are attacking the same target as "final sting" is started at around 25% of the bee's health. If you're separately burning them down, one or the other might get FS off before you can stun it. Don't forget about Doom from the boss.

Also, strong advice on the Warrior job. Get your Paladin up to 15 at the least.

Because Brutal Swing is off gcd, and because they will re-attempt final sting, hitting it "the second that the bee telegraphs" is a bad idea. It's plenty slow enough to wait halfway thru and if it's not dead, then stun it. Then you've got that much more time to kill it since you won't have a 2nd stun for that bee.

[subteraneanbird]

Are you sure it wasn't the bees that killed you? They have an attack called final sting if they're not killed quickly enough that will nearly kill tanks and instantly kill anybody else.

The first boss also has a mechanic that will one shot anybody that doesn't take the doom debuff off by standing on the glowing panel. It's the first dungeon of the game that starts throwing death out left and right and it catches a lot of people off guard.

Final Sting will always one shot tanks too. It has a very specific way to calculate damage, which is Dmg=target's max HP. The only way to survive it is with adloquium or stoneskin while at full.

[Sanghelios]

Final Sting doesnt one shot tanks as far as i noticed. Might just look like this because the tanks getting additional damage from other mobs.

Anyway, Quarn is one of the harder dungeons. The first boss has the bees, wich should be killed as soon as they appear and the second boss can be pretty stressfull for a healer. The last boss is easy compared to the other ones.

[Firepower]

Final sting USED to one shot tanks, it has been nerfed pretty heavily and won't one shot now.

[subteraneanbird]

Was it? I hadn't realized but it's been months since I've even seen Final Sting in Qarn. Last time i was in Hullbreaker it did the usual max hp hit. Interesting.

[Alistaire]

Final Sting will always one shot tanks too. It has a very specific way to calculate damage, which is Dmg=target's max HP. The only way to survive it is with adloquium or stoneskin while at full.

It was nerfed down to like 80% or 90% or thereabouts. Whether in Qarn or Hullbreaker or wherever. Of course, game calculating another hit or 2 right after the sting can make it look like a one-shot.

[Lollie]

Sch healers can still eat both final stings off the boss adds with adlo and ss up fyi. I "tested" this the hard way over the weekend. They hit for significantly less than the othe dungeon bees though so dont try it with those.