Learn To Wipe

There comes a time in every progression raider's life, when the raid leader calls for a wipe. Or rather, there will come many, many times while your raid is still learning a fight when the leader calls for a wipe, often at short intervals. So, when that fateful moment comes, do you…

1. …try to do as much damage to the boss before he, she or it wanders over and smites you?


2. …try to do as much damage as possible to everything before either the adds gang-bang you, or the boss wanders over to smite you?


3. …try to outlive the tree and healadin as a point of professional pride?


4. …frantically try to unequip as much gear as possible to avoid a huge repair bill?


5. …none of the above?

If your answer was E, give yourself a pat on the back, if not then <Kologarn>YOU FAIL!</Kologarn>

The idea behind calling for a wipe on a progression fight is to get back up and running as soon as possible; the faster your wipe and recovery time, the more attempts you get in on your current nemesis, and the sooner you are pawing its corpse and poring over the loot therein.

Sometimes, it's worth persisting with a boss that you know you're not going to down, simply because there are aspects that can be grokked better by observation. Managing spores and inoculation on Festergut, or positioning Ice Tombs for Sindragosa's P2 for example.

Most of the time, though, just die already, remembering that you're a warlock and therefore uniquely equipped to die quickly, under your own steam, without taking durability loss:

• Life Tap, Life Tap, Life Tap, Hellfire, win.

Once a wipe is called, nothing else counts.