Video Project 9

Quickly placing units at the beginning is key. You want Drac to get buffed by your highest attack units, but Gretchen is generally outpaced by your piercers in damage. Therefore, you don't want her to get invig or wings of grace. Drac-Make sure to place your highest attack units within two tiles of him. I could not melt the health bar at A0 like in the CC videos, so I had to rely on my other units to take most of it off. Time his ult to where he is just above 50% health when the boss does a swipe and pray you don't get another one. It's tight. You will not get a second ult off in that phase, but it will start and then finish at the beginning of the next phase. Since you'll be ulting through the bosses weakened phase, this appears to be a wash. Iovar-Pretty much ult on CD except right before the health bar phase. You'll need it to melt it quick. Vera-A1 is key, otherwise bring Hex or Sythra or even Talin. I don't have Hex, but I found that Sythra bursts the health bar quicker, though she had lower overall damage. Mine is also A0, so mileage will vary. Silas-I could not get him to ult cycle fast enough to have him back up for the health bar, so I had to sit on his ults after the first round. If you can squeeze in a second one in time to not take more than three swipes from the boss, go for it. Cassandra- Ult with her halfway through the profane cast and she will take no damage. She self heals enough that I only dropped wood elves for the lols as they were otherwise not being used. She does more damage than most other options, even though only her talent and ult hit the boss. I put her in Hell's Lament for this reason, though soulbound might have been better. She will not stack cataclysm. Her ult hits hard enough that it substantially helps burst the health bar. Make sure she has enough HP to bait profane. Elowyn- Ult with her halfway through the profane cast. For some reason, if I ulted at certain times, someone would die. This appears to line her healing ticks up such that one goes out the second people take damage. Swapping to Tya's balm was the key to keeping people alive during profane. Rivenhald-You'll need a lot of rage regen to get his ult back off if you are following someone like Chady's videos. If you are delaying drac, you don't need as much. As a soaker for profane, I had to swap some pieces to give him more health as he kept dieing. The gear and output of your elowyn will directly impact how much health he needs to live. I found it was more difficult to keep him alive during the first profane than the next two phases....somehow. Durza-Some people alternate his ult with rivenhald for max inspiration uptime. I found that I needed the speed during the health bar, so I blow his ult right away during the first phase. Phases 2 and 3, I was worried that his HP drain would kill people during profane. Just test it and see. Jezebelle- Moral set. She's mostly here to buff Drac. I wasn't sure if they fixed the bug, so I pulled her and replaced her each phase anyway. Gretchen-Was not doing the greatest amount of damage, so I made her fast with a lot of regen. If I didn't get two Ults off before the health bar, I didn't have everyone back up. Don't ult with her until after she takes her last gluttony hit or she's likely to get debuffed. Laya-I don't know why I used her exclusive artifact. A golden scarab would maybe be better. If I could get two ults off in a phase, it would be worth the swap. Nerissa-Swap for Eirlys if you have her. Not having rage regen on this team is killing me. Amelia/Corven-Ult immediately, then hold them for shields thereafter. Could not get them to ult cycle fast enough. Eirlys and better use of Laya would help here. Some top teams use Galloway instead of Corven, I just accidentally pulled a bunch of copies of him. Cainen-Ult on CD unless one won't be up for a shield and you can't break it without him. Garroq-Watched a video showing him doing way more damage in hell's lament and ulting at 1 stack constantly. He did a lot more damage than when I used cataclym at two stacks, so I would agree. Save a second stack if needed for shields. Diao- I should have put her in more attack gear after I solved my healing issues. Swap her to healing if needed. Draelyn-They appear to have fixed her draconic bug. Her shields with her exclusive chest made Rivenblade laughable. The new tank healing artifact is only better healing if she's blocking, else, use the 20% HP artifact. If your shields are overkill like mine, swap her to obelisk. I could not get a second ult out with her and have it back up for rivenblade, so I will be swapping next time to squeeze out more damage. Rorkesh-Apparently dropping the summon, picking it back up, then dropping it again after rorkesh is fully buffed from cataclysm, or anything else, buffs the clone. Mina-Don't ult too early like I did in the video. That's what wiped me, I think.