Theriocephalus
Amateur Veteran
Since: Aug, 2014
Amateur Veteran
Nov 4th 2021 at 12:23:00 PM
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Since most examples here are from video games and, as a Mooks subtrope, this is fairly game-centric by definition, would it make sense to sort the example list like video game tropes usually are — i.e., a section for game examples listed by genre and then a non-game section at the bottom?
Patchwerk... If I recall correctly, some guilds adept at theorycrafting added the numbers up and said it was MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to beat him, even if you had the Best DPS Class/Spec, with the Best Gear, and the Best Rotation DPS, and the raid dps was entirely comprised of these, tanks and healers.
If it wasn't him, it was someone else of this era. Nobody tested it before release.
After Pandaria (and only then because you were level 90, and there was no level scaling), if you went back to solo that raid, one of the bosses in Naxx unlocks the progress gate mid-fight; but if you killed him too soon, the raid was Unwinnable, because the gate is never unlocked. From Smash Mook to Cherry Tapping in 2 or 3 expansions.
Edited by Gonemad