XT-002 Deconstructor Strategy Guide

When I first stepped into XT-002 Deconstructor’s room, after wiping several times on the trash by the door, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Standing before me was this huge, mechano-giant pacing back and forth; stopping occasionally to pommel his steely fists into the ground. The sight was a little menacing. And then… he spoke. It was a voice unlike any I’ve heard in the 4 years I’ve played this game. It’s the voice of an overeager child, excited at the chance to play with some new toys (ala raid members) yet worried about the possibility of reducing them to a bunch of scraps much like the rubble of toys-past that can be found in each corner of the room. One we got the strategy down, this became fun fight! It’s a pretty simple fight if you have a group of high output DPS and team members who can follow directions.

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Like most of the fights in Ulduar, there are some nuances to this boss that require raid members to pay attention and move away from other players when affected by debuffs. XT-002 Deconstructor drops two different types of bombs:

1. Gravity Bomb – Pulls allies within 10 yards towards the effected player and causes 11,700-12,300 damage

2. Light Bomb – AOE debuff that deals 2,750 damage per tick

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We assign groups to stand on the right and left sides of the room. Members on the left side of the room who have been hit with either of the debuffs move to the left, away from other team members. The group on the right moves right. This prevents team members with either of the debuffs from running into the middle of the group and hitting multiple people. However, it is important that those who’ve been targeted as the bomb don’t run out of the healers’ range.

In our guild, we have the melee stand on top of each other in front of XT and they focus on him for the entire fight; remembering to run left or right away from the group if they become the bomb. Behind them are two groups of ranged players positioned so that they all form a triangle with about 15 yards between each one. The left side moves left when struck by debuffs and the right does the same respectively. The main tank is on the stairs behind XT. The off tank stands in the middle behind the ranged groups.

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The XT-002 Deconstructor has 2 phases. In the first phase, XT will throw a Tympanic Tantrum which dazes raid members and nearby enemies for 2 seconds while dealing 10% damage each second for 12 seconds. Healers need to be positioned in a way that everyone raid member is within healing range since the entire group must be healed through the tantrum. Aside from dodging light and gravity bombs, this portion of the fight is pretty much a tank and spank.

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