Withered Army Training

[Siobhan]

Moderator note: moved to Q&A.

After a LOT of procrastinating on Suramar stuff, I have unlocked the Withered Army Training and I'm having some problems, like dying really fast. Have any other fire mages had any issues?

[Delandel]

Not really. The only thing that makes me sweat a little is Dro, and maybe the Spider boss at the end.

Pull as little at a time as possible. For heavier hitters, put up Frost Shield pre-pull, Rune of Power, and burst the target down. For the elemental dudes, counterspell their barrage and then dragon's breath to interrupt their death explosion thing. Remember to berserk your army after engaging the stronger foes.

For Dro, pop all your CDs: Time Warp, RoP, Combustion, give him everything you've got, then start kiting him, keep up Frost Shield, use Cauterizing Blink or Cold Snap (I use Blink), and your berserked withered should handle him.

I started clearing the dungeon with 840 gear and 15 withered. Now I do it with 849 gear and 15 withered; the difference is that less of my withered die so I have more loot at the end.

[ardomur]

First things first, don't try to clear the instance on your first try
There are chests scatterd around the scenario and they give your army boost (like +25% damage, +25% life, berserkers who taunt etc.) the point is to get as many as you can of those chests (you need 5 - 10 withered to teleport these out). After the 3rd or 4th time you should have every chest and that is when you start to make progress.
Dro is really the most dangerous guy, everything else can be kited. If you have 2000 Mana to spend for the Army its really going to help you a lot.
If you have like 20 withered with you (with the buffs) your own damage is maybe around 5-10% (depending on your CD's you put out). If you go up to 30 or more Withered you just have to tag the Mobs and watch them die.
I ended once with 50+ Withered (i don't remember the exact Number) and even the last to Bosses i just tagged and they died running to me, i didn't use my CD's once because the damage is just crazy.
Right now i take 650 Mana or so and stil clear every Boss, so the main thing is to get those Buffs to your Army!