Deaths to elevator boss (Blackwing Descent)

The elevator easily is the hardest boss in Blackwing Descent, looking at the number of deaths it causes. Glad it received this recognition. Still pondering whether to try to minimize or maximize this number, in which it is similar to [achievement=594]

The Elevator Boss does, in fact, give epic drops. Just not the type of "drops" you were hoping for.

Getting it down is easy. Keeping it down, however, is insanely hard.

[b][i]BY ELEVATORS BE PURGED![/i][/b]

We needed this so bad aye x3. You'd see a bunch of slowfalling levi'ing and pallies jumping off, and this epic little hunter hop hop'ing on the elevator, only to find as she hops the elevator went down. Go figure. .. /sigh.

I tried to jump down an elevator before... Although it went down faster then I fell, and by the time it got to the bottom, I had no time to use a parachute. =0

Bunny hopping in PvE is a very bad habit that persists to this day, despite all of the elevator god's attempts to remedy it.

Hardest boss in BWD obviously. Near impossible to predict when the friggin thing is about to move, its like its taunting you: "[i][b]Hey, come take a ride on me. OH! Woops! Looks like you just missed me! Dont worry, there is a soft landing on that floor 250 yards down. Or you could always slowfall into that pool of lava. <3[/b][/i]"

Hmph. So many times I failed my Heroic Leap to save myself from dying.. so.. many.. deaths..

I've had my Flexweave Underlay fail to deploy multiple times. I've used it too early and I slowly float my way into lava or into Onyxia. Other times it just fails and cost me a few repair bills. All because the platform goes..."Hey I'm right here...Hurry up...Opps...too slow!"

Easy, you run to the left or right into the wall so when you slowfal l/ flexweave, you don't go into the lava or ony.

Except that typically it's an accident, so the leisure of lining up that drop isn't there :P

Easy, you wait till the last 15 or so yards before slow falling instead of doing it at the start of your fall like a total noob...

Now we just need one of these achievements for Undercity.... Oh, I can get out now! No, don't close! Well at least I can get back on the platfo-... where'd that go?

Our fury warrior would get it 5 times a week.

thankfully for that poor sap, he can now heroic leap at the last minute and be fine.

except I doubt his ability with heroic leap has improved.

The elevator boss has claimed the lives of many Mages and Priests. Close second is the lava boss, with the remains of those who made fun of those Mages and Priests.

meanwhile paladins were laughing at the bottom in divine shield at everyone.

Vent chat: "Elevator boss did it again" "Who? Ups..."

The Elevator is is a [b]four-phase[/b] fight located in [zone=5094]. Raids must pass through The Elevator to continue through the rest of the instance, and is considered a [url=http://www.wowpedia.org/Gear_Check]gear check encounter[/url]. It must be fought every time the raid wishes to pass into the rest of the zone. This encounter does not vary from 10-man to 25-man modes, but groups will have to be positioned accordingly.

[u][b]Phase 1: Up[/b][/u]

Phase 1 begins with The Elevator moving in a rapid pace from the [b]ground floor[/b] to the [b]top of the ledge[/b]. Position your raid near the edge, preferably spread out into two groups to minimize confusion. It only takes a few seconds for the elevator to rise, so have your raid leader call out all movement. It is imperative that you not try to interact with the elevator in this phase at all. Move your Rogues, Priests, and Mages near the front of the group, and keep all other classes to the back. Paladins with good timing may be moved to the front group, but it is ill-advised.

[u][b]Phase 2: Idle[/b][/u]

Phase 2 begins when The Elevator reaches the top of the ledge. Here it will remain for [b]3 seconds[/b]. The forward group must move onto the platform and halt [i]all[/i] movement! Do not try to keep moving forward, and do not backpedal backwards.

The Phase 2-3 transition can be one of the tougher challenges of this encounter. Do not move your character [b]at all[/b] during this transition.

[u][b]Phase 3: Down[/b][/u]

Phase 3 begins after the 3 second window from Phase 2 ends. By this time, if all forward group members aren't full on The Elevator, the fight is a wipe. If done successfully though, [b]you will begin to descend[/b]. Many raiders begin to panic at this time, blowing their cooldowns and adjusting their footing. Refrain from such actions; simply [b]hold your position[/b] while The Elevator takes your character in a [b]downwards fashion[/b].

[u][b]Phase 4: Idle[/b][/u]

Phase 4 is arguably the most-challenging phase of the encounter. The Elevator will reach the ground and [b]suddenly halt[/b]. Be prepared for this sudden change in downward movement, and [b]run forward[/b] off The Elevator and onto solid ground. Backpedaling and strafing are disastrous here, as Phase 4 and Phase 2 share the same cooldown. If the forward group successfully leaves The Elevator, the boss will reset back to Phase 1, allowing for the second group to [b]repeat the same process[/b].

[u][b]Loot[/b][/u]

The Elevator is an unusual encounter in that it drops no loot.

[u][b]Hard Mode[/b][/u]

To activate this encounter's Hard Mode, place a Holy Priest on the edge of the platform. As your tanks pull The Elevator, and the raid runs in behind them, the Priest will cast [spell=73325] on a random target. If you are this target, [b]immediately halt all movement.[/b] This will happen twice, one target per group; however, a well-timed [spell=2825] and a quick raid can bypass this second cast. If neither of the chosen players are killed during the encounter, you have successfully defeated The Elevator Hard Mode.

Honestly i don't C what the big deal is , unless u are not PAYING attention to what u are doing, hopping around like an idiot. First time in there i simply stepped onto elevator when it came up and then went down. How did that pally miss the fact that it was going down and try to jump on last second, then realize his mistake. LOL. i do not know. he was a pally i guess.

That was so needed on the frogger.

First rule of Frogger: We don't talk about Frogger.

[zone=3607] was merely a setback!

this was actually funny.. apparently alot of ppl are wrath or cata kiddies, and never had the pleasure of the to elevators in SSC.

There is an Elevator to Sindragosa for the record

That elevator is inferior. the SSC elevator was 6x the height the BWD elevator taunts you with open views, DARING you to jump off. the Cindy elevator is completely contained, and is basicly a hand-held trip to the floor below.

Using the vast repertoire of engineering tools that I have acquired in my journeys, I shall attempt to overcome the dreaded Elevator boss and catalog the results of my endeavors herein. [b]Day 1:[/b] As the Elevator's primary wipe mechanic, Fall to Your Death, is dependent upon the forces of gravity, I thought to use the tried-and-true [url=http://ptr.wowhead.com/spell=55002]Flexweave Underlay[/url]. While this tactic initially succeeded, it unfortunately activated the Elevator's Heroic difficulty and I was quickly subdued by the Big Pit of Lava that joined the fight. [b]Day 5:[/b] After days of careful calculations, I have determined that the extra velocity provided by a series of [url=http://ptr.wowhead.com/spell=55016]Nitro Boosts[/url] should defend against the Big Pit of Lava's primary mechanic, Fall In and Burn to Death. [b]Day 6:[/b] Nitro Boosts were successful in preventing a wipe from the Big Pit of Lava add. However, they appear to have some sort of taunt mechanic that I was not aware of, as I immediately pulled threat from [url=http://ptr.wowhead.com/npc=42767]Ivoroc[/url], who under normal circumstances should not cause problems during that encounter. [b]Day 10:[/b] Considered utilizing a wormhole generator to bypass Ivoroc, but that train of logic seems circular, as I would only have to engage the Elevator at a later point in time. [b]Day 12:[/b] Lost two more compatriots to the Elevator. Further deaths avoided thanks to quick action on the part of the priest. Damn and blast whatever infernal realm spawned that unholy beast! I have enlisted the help of two paladins to assist; perhaps the Light will protect them where science has failed me. [b]Day 15:[/b] Priest ran out of reagents; the Elevator swiftly claimed his life and one of our other companions. The paladins continue to prove surprisingly resilient to its mechanics. [b]Day 21:[/b] One of the paladins attempted to solo the Elevator while his cooldowns were unavailable, against the wishes of the rest of us. Though he fought valiantly, the Elevator has claimed another victim today. [b]Day 32:[/b] The rest of the group has disbanded, understandably frustrated with the losses we have suffered and unwillingly to waste any more lives in the quest to slay the Elevator. Only I remain: it is not in me to leave a foe unbeaten, not when good men have given their lives in the name of research. [b]Day 37:[/b] The Elevator remains undefeated; all my efforts to exploit any perceived weakness in its defenses have been swiftly and thoroughly thwarted. This place is beginning to strain my concentration; when I am not actively engaged in some activity or another I swear I can hear voices from below. [b]Day 39:[/b] I have determined the source of the voices to be the Big Pit of Lava. Curiously, it makes no attempts to stop me from besting the Elevator: it simply sits there, as if waiting. [b]Day 45:[/b] The Lava calls to me, but I must not listen -- not while the Elevator still lives. But the Lava is so insistent. [b]Day 53:[/b] This will be my last entry. I have finally solved the riddle and revealed the secrets of this place. The Elevator is not an enemy at all; it is a friend, a conduit meant to take us to the Lava, the heart and soul and mind of everything. The Lava sees all, knows all, [i]is[/i] all. It tells me that all I have to do is take a swim and everything will be alright, that everything will be revealed to me -- and I finally see that the Lava speaks only the truth. Now that I know not to fear it, but embrace it, the Elevator proved no trouble at all. I stand now at the precipice, gazing into the Big Pit of Lava. One more step and I will be the greatest raider Azeroth has ever seen.

Ninmecu has looted Lost Diary of Dracomortis, 10silver 23 copper value "The singed tales and ramblings of a poor souls attempts against the most aggravating opponent ever created, gravity and it's ally, ascending and descending platform." ...Bloody vendor trash =(

I was a rosey-cheeked, wide-eyed Holy Paladin... sarcastic, hardly impressed with this raid's monotonous red. And jeez, I was so naive. "It's exactly like ICC, except, you know, fire instead of ice!" I told my easily-amused raid members. Oh, those were such good times too. Fighting and finally downing Magmaw... mastering the Omnitron Defense Jerks. We felt like we were really progressing... that perhaps this game had something in store for us all, a bright future perhaps, maybe a legendary along the way. That was... until we realized the harsh truth....

We weren't quite sure where to go at first... that confusion should've been our first sign that something was very wrong here. But our raid leader, he told us there was a middle way. Some elevator, not far from here, according to some Wowpedia entry. "That should lead us right to the next set of bosses!" he exclaimed. And we were ready. God, were we ready. We were certain that, if there was any raid we could handle right now, it was this one. Perhaps our overconfidence got the best of us... but damn it, we thought we were prepared! We were fully heroic geared! Our DPS was through the roof! Nothing could stop us! Or so we thought....

We finally found an elevator, leading straight down... by the gods... if only I knew [b]just how far down[/b] it really was, maybe it would've been different... maybe we could've avoided what was to come. My raid leader got on that creaky platform, and the rest of us followed behind him. Maybe that was our undoing. Maybe that was the lesson in all of this. Blindly following a leader, one who doesn't truly understand what he's gotten us all into... and to this day, none of us can forgive him for what happened next...

I got to the edge... and I walked off of the edge... but the elevator was no longer there! I had no time to react, no time to pay attention to what was happening. My WoW playtime flashed before my eyes... back when I was leveling... back when I tanked vanilla dungeons... when I first got /ginvited... a red blur swished and swayed, blinding me. And the next thing I knew, I was staring at a dark tiled floor. My dead body was sprawled before me, with a giant, red "Release" button, obscuring my vision, taunting me with a deathly glow. There was dead silence over Ventrilo. I looked around me... and sure enough, there lay the bodies of my friends, my dearest comrades, the very people I had just celebrated victory with... all depleted of HP, of mana... of life.... And I felt so helpless, so alone. I felt like crying... throwing away those psychological shackles that say real men shouldn't cry, and just let loose, then and there. But I couldn't even do that -- /cry wasn't working. There was nothing I could do, to undo what had just happened. I couldn't rez. I couldn't heal. I just laid there, near-comatose, trying to figure out what had just happened.... Really, is this what death is like? Is this how it all ends? Because this was so sick. This was wrong. How could this happen to good people?

That's when the snicker came... a cold, calculating "haha", from over my speakers. It was the raid leader. "You all should probably pay attention." And... this, my friends, was our alleged leader. This was the man that caused my entire raid to perish, incur losses beyond imagination (10 gold or so), not to a boss, but to simple physics... cold, unchanging physics, that insist death is the punishment when you fall several stories down to the hard floor. I'll never forget that day. I questioned our leader... I questioned our creator... I questioned myself. And as hot as that churning lava felt only moments ago... the floor felt so very cold. To this day, that memory scars my consciousness. And until the very end of it all (probably in a few years when a new Expansion is released), I will never forget... the [b]Blackwing Descent[/b].

Some epic stories up in here. <3 I don't think a single BWD raid goes by in which someone does not die to the Elevator. I have only come across it a few times, as I have only raided once in there, but I quite nearly was claimed by the Elevator Boss. It dropped right as I was about to get on, but I thankfully was able to land before it took down more than 80% of my health. So, I have 0 deaths to the Elevator Boss atm...I plan to keep it that way. Unlike our (poor?) resto druid, who I am sure has died many, many times to it. He seems to have the bad luck of saying, "Well, I'll go do it!" and then dying. Makes me very jealous of you paladins with your bubbles. Our tank and holy pally just go "lol nubz" and jump off, turning around to /rude us who have to wait for the boss to come back up.

If you are a mage, help your guildy! slowfall em while they are jumping to their +elavator boss! They will thank you later!

You mean when they've run back in after dying from the lava? ;)

What lava?

You think elevator boss is tough try it on Heroic. It moves 10x faster and doesnt wait you time your jumps on it. Also i killed my raid today on it. Cast Guild Perk Have Group WIll Travel and make sure the cast finishes just as it reaches the top. Watch raid all summon onto thin air :D

Congrats! I applaud you!

Ledge Boss of Sunwell Plateau > Elevator Boss of Blackwing Descent

Love it when a priest/mage tries to leviate/slow fall down.. into the lava lol

Especially when they slowfall down, but instead of lava, they come face-to-face with onyxia, and proceed to wipe the raid. I know all too well the shear terror of a miss-timed levitate, scrambling in vain to cancel it before I fall over the edge to doom not just myself in my foolishness, but the entire raid.

PAladins bubble down lulz

also you can successfully do so and not pull, by check-falling sideways towards chim/maloriak

New pug must-have-to-join inc... : "LFM BWD! COME GARROSH FOR ELEVATOR BOSS DEATHS CHECK"

So I'm wondering what's claimed more kills. The Elevator Boss or the fact that the trash in there has somehow learned how to tame the boss and use it when you try to reset the fight.

Apparently , [url=http://www.wowhead.com/npc=43202]this guy[/url] is the mastermind behind the deadly elevators.

Robot7290... I made an account here.. simply to tell you how much I Lol'd when I ready your BWD elevator raid guild. Best thing EVER. I love you. xoxoxoxoxo

Awesome guide 7290. And as priest i try to start the hard mode as often as possible. Just shows Leap of Faith is the best spell in the game :).

Now we know why it is called the Blackwing "Descent". P.S: It's named after the "real" super hard-mode-only boss of the tier: The Elevator Boss, unlocked by unleashing carelessness.

I'm pretty sure I've gotten this by getting killed by Onyxia/Nefarian while I wasn't in the encounter area below, but up on the ledge. Anyone else have a similar experience?

best thing is to not go on it before it stays still as i jumped right before it was up, i went right thought the elevator and fall to my death xD