Baron is probably the most fun fight in MC. He isn't that difficult, but everyone needs to know his abilities well in order to win.

Group Setup.

Our baron groups are nearly identical to our Gehennas groups.

Baron Geddon Abilities

Some of these may not be exactly correct, but they should be close:

•Inferno: Baron will periodically stop moving and stop meleeing to perform inferno. Inferno is a series of PBAE pulses (much like warlock hellfire) that get more and more damaging each pulse. He does around 9-10 of these pulses (once each second). The first few pulses are rather tame in the damage department, but the end pulses do upwards of 2000 plus damage. Not even main tanks can handle this sort of damage, so they will need to run from baron when he goes into inferno mode.

•Ignite mana: This is a manaburn dot (400 mana lost and 400 damage done per tick) that needs to be dispelled off of anyone who needs their mana. It's harmless on rogues / warriors. Target chosen by the RSTS

•Living Bomb: This is a 5-10 second timed bomb that will do 2000+ damage to the player plus all of the players in their immediate area. Anyone who gets living bomb on them needs to run away from their raid immediatly so they don't blow everyone up. Target chosen by the RSTS

The Pull and Positioning

After clearing one or two of the closest sets of lava packs, Baron is pulled by a hunter pet to Garr's room.

Positioning is as follows:

As indicated in the image, group 8 moves up to their spot after the pull is finished. Spreading the raid out all the way around baron minimizes our damage taken by living bomb.

Strategy

Once the positioning is set up properly, beating baron is simply a matter of knowing what to do about his abilities. The tank can never forget to run from inferno - if they do they will most likely die. They also should let baron run to them after the inferno is complete.

The absolute most important thing for the baron fight is that noone can forget to run away from their groups as soon as they get living bomb on them. The UI mod we use for baron helps with this immensly.