I find the posts above saying that Morphaz is soloable very hard to believe. As a 56 rogue with better stats than listed above, I got completely owned, getting Morphaz to only half health, it wasn't even close.

The two dragons hit for 300 each, plus they have special attacks for another 300 plus a long-lasting DoT. I would like to see a 56 rogue solo this.

The cloak is the only ideal reward here. The mask and boots will be replaced very quickly in Outlands, probabaly right at or shortly after 60. The cloak, on the other hand, has a fall mod, which is pretty much non-existant unless you are an Engineer. This allows me to get a parachute cloak as an Enchanter/JC. Cloak is the only permanent item here, and such the only item that will last in the long run, just like the trinkets on other class rewards vs their gear.

Just as an update for everyone - it seems like you can no longer use the lovely idea posted above. I saw that and I was excited to think I'd be able to get the needed mob solo.

Unfortunately, they've linked the two mobs per another post I found. So, even when they reset, if you shoot again you get both. In my experience... this = bad ju ju ;)

Just wanted to let you know, before you take the trip.

I have 3500hp, used Mass of Mcgowan main and Heartseeker in off. 1 nightslayer item, rest blues. 23% to crit, 610 attack power.

used 1 thistle tea, 1 major heal pot, +25agi pot, +25 str pot, +450 armor pot (no other outside buffs).

Preparation/CB specced.

Just use distract to take him away from the other one, they are linked so other guy will come immediately, just aggro once he's n the other side to buy time. Pull with ranged or ambush&nbsp towards Eranikus, fight in that little nook and you won't get knockbacked. 2x evasion and 2x cold blood will do the trick, although it was pretty close. (1st try).

PS. He is immune to blind and instant poison, so don't bother.

Duo'd this quest with a 60 NE Warrior (who happens to have the rank 14 PvP items).

He used his gnomish invisibility cloak to sneak by the mobs and then used Shadowmeld. Once we were in the Morphaz room, I distracted to pull them apart, and he charged Morph. Full DPS, he dropped pretty quick. Am now the proud owner of an Ebon Mask )

Edited, Tue May 16 17:55:03 2006

Starting with the Oozes.&nbsp Pick pocket them, then Kill them.&nbsp Suprised the hell out of me when I Pick pocketed one!

Big Bad Dragon.&nbsp Duo This, Distract Morphaz and un load on him when the other dragon gets o bit away.&nbsp They are linked so no amount of distance will allow you to pull her solo.&nbsp They are immune to Poison :(

GL :)

So, this is still doable, however, I used a different strategy.&nbsp I used the same strat I use to solo Lord Incendris in BRD, for farming the Ace of Elementals.&nbsp I have a 22/3/26 Hemo build.

So, same deal, nature protection pots, etc. etc. all the usual buffs.&nbsp Distract, just to stop movement.&nbsp Stealth up, and opened with Hemo, then 4 more hemo's to get 5 combo points.&nbsp Vanish.

Then step out of agro rang, (the little nook)&nbsp But make sure not to deselect Morphaz, you have to keep these 5 combo points on him.&nbsp Once you're all healed up, food buff etc.&nbsp Down your nature protection pot.&nbsp Wait 2 minutes.&nbsp Then drink a Magic Resistance pot.&nbsp (it lasts 3 minutes but the cooldown is 2, so If you wait 1:45 before going in, you'll be able to drink a healing pot before the fight's over as well.&nbsp The magic res pot. will give you an additional +50 to all resistances.)&nbsp

Distract again, open with ambush (if you have imp ambush/oppertunity). Directly follow your ambush opener with a 5 point expose.&nbsp Then launch in to him.&nbsp give him everything you got.&nbsp With the ambush opener, prep and 2 cold blood evis's, he's pretty much dead if you land them.&nbsp once he died, I looted him, vanished, and waited 10 minutes.&nbsp Then I went in to kill the other guy, using the same method.

Opening with a 5 point expose is key.&nbsp It makes your cold blood evis's rock.

And that is why those with no interest in looks always end up with the coolest and best gear. Prudence ftw!

Seriously though, Blizzard isn't always spot on with item appearances so always trying to look good will eventually get in the way of being at the top of your game at some time or another. (Has anyone seen a Tauren in the Embrace of the Viper set? *shivers*) And I've noticed that, especially as a rogue, the only way to look unique is to wear the things that everyone else doesn't consider "cool looking" for a rogue. I mean, yea, Blood Elf Bandit Mask does look pretty cool, but who doesn't have it? (Or the imitation?)

If you really want to be smart about this, you would get the cloak. If you want the mask because of pure looks, there are be plenty of other BA rogue masks that sort of match its style, and many that look cooler. The boots are good and would be a bit of help, but most people by now should be comfortable with the nuances of stealth to not really need the stealth level 1 increase (at least all the rogues I know). If you still want the boots, take a look at the list in the comments on this page...
-Stealth Boots List-

The cape is a wise investment for a few reasons...
I. It stacks with safe fall (which apparently lets you fall from the cliffs in AB and still keep stealth);
II. Unlike Paracute Cloak or the Skyguard's Drape, the effect is constantly applied (Equip effect);
III. And also unlike the above two cloaks, you do not need 225 Engineering or Revered status with the Sha'tari Skyguard for use.

These three reasons should be enough to convince anyone to get the cloak. It's just the fact that, like many have already said, it has lasting value, and is relatively unique for how easy it is to acquire. The other items are just not that unique. However, if you really want the mask or boots, its your loss (lets just hope if you're in my battlegroup your an ally lol :)

Save yourself some time on the Ooze quest step. You can pickpocket them, and get fragments.

Just got done soloing Morph after my 3rd attempt. My gear is mostly blue with a few epics, my HP around 3800. Combat spec 20/31 with DalRend set.

First time I went in unprepared. After sneaking to the dragons, I distracted Morph, garroted and proceeded to beat him down. Got him to 25% health before I died.

Second time, I had Greater nature absorbtion potions on me and I equiped my lifestone. Again I distracted, proceeded to beat him down to 5% health before I died .. lifestone healed me for 306hp (6 over the minimum) =( .. their normal hits were between 250 and 300 damage with crits at 500+

Third time again I had greater nature absorb, since the cooldown on my lifestone wasnt up, I equiped my gnomish shrinkray. Once again .. distracted, garroted and proceeded to beat him down. As my evasion was wearing off I hit the shrinkray and that knocked Morph's average hits down from 250-300ish to 160-200ish. This did the trick as I finished off Morph, vanished out and hid in that little alcove that seperates the 2 rooms. Ran back and looted when Haz was at farthest distance.

One thing I noticed .. the Greater nature protection potion was overkill, their acid breath did not eat through it the 2nd or 3rd time. You can prob get away with the normal ones (much cheaper too)

Felhide Cap > Ebon Mask and Felhide cap is easy to do stealth runs for. Go for the boots, and put a minor speed enchant on them, they're great for PVP, you'll have a better chance on getting the opener on another rogue, and you'll be able to sneak around better, super ninja style.

Drakonious
60 Rogue (Bleeding Hollow Server)

this other guy said that out of all of them, the most useful would be the cape, as it has less damage from falling that stacks with the already less damage from falling.

i thought this would be pretty useless compared to the boots and its increased stealth level. but its actually good.

id say that out of the three, the mask is totally crap. theres easily an upgrade out there.
the boots are good, but it does interfere with your set bonuses.
overall, id take the cape. it doesnt interfere with any rogue sets (SC/NS/BF) and its actually saved my life when falling and needing to stay stealthed.
well it saved my flash powder...

not many hostile players follow an invisible player off a cliff :p

i think that people should get the cape.&nbsp Sure, stat wise its the worst item, but ur never gonna get an opportunity like this again.&nbsp In probably a week, if u try hard enough, u could probably get something better than the quest rewards anyways.&nbsp Plus with the safe fall passive ability that u already have, ur gonna be avoiding a lot more damage now

For those interested, Ebon Mask is 41 AEP Ghostshroud and Shadowcraft are both 47 AEP. Darkmantle is 64.
The Whisperwalk Boots are 25 AEP SC boots are 32 and a pair of green Mighty Boots of the Monkey are 30.
The Duskbat Drape is 16 AEP AV honored reward cloak is 25 and the best green (Masterwork Cape of the Monkey) is 21.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about: take a look here and here.
Note that this of course ignores the special abilities of the boots and cloak, but should give you an idea of overall effectiveness.

Edited, Tue May 2 10:27:38 2006

But it isn't very pretty, and depends on a whole lot of luck combined with the willingness to die a lot and use expensive potions each time around. BTW, since you cannot use poisons, at least put sharpening stones on.

The especially lucky aspect for me the last time around (besides getting good to-hit and damage rolls) was that I laid a Rupture on it, then died, but one tick of the rupture was enough to kill Morphaz before it returned to health. That was my best run and without rupture I would still have not killed it.

On the other hand I was freaking out that the corpse would decay before I got back. It didn't and actually stayed a bit after. Must be a mistake on Blizzard's part, they put the graveyard too close to the instance.&nbsp :D

Hi

Here you go, 3400hp, full blues + 1 Nightslayer piece, Mass of McGowan/Heartseeker, 450 armor pot.

http://files.filefront.com/morphaz_rogueavi/4228066/fileinfo.html

I've been looking in the sunken temple in Swamp of Sorrows and also entered the instance there inside the temple, but I can't find Morphaz.
Could anyone give a description where I can find him? Or coordinates even!
Thanks.

Well i would go for the Cape, everything else will be changed anyway, when you obtain the quest at ~52 you'll get other/better items with lvl 60. The cloak however is a nice gimmick to have, just because it has a unique ability.
Less fall dmg ftw =P

Both are linked and fly in a circle together now.&nbsp Intended the kill-Morphaz-and-vanish method.&nbsp I tried distract and that did nothing... I couldn't even get close enough to cheap shot without him spotting me... couldn't do it from behind as they're too fast for me in stealth.&nbsp Got 25% damage on morphaz and had to vanish.&nbsp Of course I'm only level 52... don't solo unless you're way higher.&nbsp You may as well do this with the rest of the ST quests in a full group if you're going to do it at my level.

this chain quest is easy, the only hard part is deciding which reward to choose

i got the boots, and i'm happy because the next day ghostshroud dropped (being the only leatherwearer in the group i got it)

did the quest at 50, i'm 55 now and i still have the boots, but i wear ghostshroud so i'm happy with my decision

....nobody gets the cape.....i use my level 45 seargents cape with +3 agil enchant on it, it works fine, i plan on getting cloak/cape of the black baron

I tired this serveral times and everytime Hazzas would turn around just after I shot Morphaz. I'm guessing they fixed this :(

What I did:

1. Distracted Morphaz
2. Waited for Hazzas to reach other side of room
3. Bow pulled Morphaz
4. Waited till both we're in melee range
5. Vanished
6. Shot Morphaz before Hazzas got to his reset .
7. Recieved beating by BOTH.

Can some please verify this does or doesnt work now, plz?

Well I tried this over and over and over. In my opinion the vanish pull trick is now fixed. Probably in 1.10 or in an update therafter. Booo.

Whoever said the cape is worthless is wrong.&nbsp Out of that set, that's the one you want.&nbsp Trust me.&nbsp Stealth boots come again, I have another pair at lvl 60 that are better than those boots, the helm is to laugh at.

However, you will find plenty of times when falling is best or just easier to get around and you don't want to break stealth.&nbsp The safe fall helps and this will help even more.&nbsp I mean on a constant basis when going to searing gorge, I land, turn around and jump right off the cliff on my mount.&nbsp Or when in LBRS and we are done with the last boss, we come back to the Ogre area and jump off.&nbsp

Actually it was funny, this one time the only low lvl in our group (a hunter) followed me cause I was ahead of everyone and there is a beam you can drop onto before dropping all the way down, so I landed on that, no damage.&nbsp Then went down again and like a second after I dropped he hit the ground and died, I took no damage or little if I did lol.

I wouldn't wear this cape constantly, only when I'm dropping.&nbsp I have the Baron cap and I'm quite happy with it.

And at this lvl, I'm just going to get a couple of my guildies and monkey stomp ST :\&nbsp I could probably kill both the dragons by myself cause I have blade flurry/Cold Blood but eh, rather get some loot drops.&nbsp Or even this: https://classicdb.ch/item=21782

Though I have dal'rend's MH now.

edit: also when just stealing to certain targets in instances, it is safer o quicker (or just an emergency) you can drop off something.

Hemm... boots or mask?... what should we get?... well its just the way you are spect if you have a high crit % already I would say keep stacking it with the mask.. if you dont plan on haveing a high crit %, and like to sneek every where then get the boots..

Like I said before... I try as a rogue to have as much Agility as I can get... so if 1% crit= 24 agility, then its like the mask has

+11 to stam
+24 to agility
and + what ever to strength to get a +36 attack power

so the bonuse for the mask is what I look for when I build a rogue... and way more bonuse then the boots

The dragon you speak of is located in The Temple of Atal'Hakkar in the Swamp of Sarrows.&nbsp If you've been reading the thread, the only people solo'ing this dragon are 60's, so at 50, you'd definitely need another rogue and probably a druid to tackle just the dragon without a group.&nbsp Everyone could stealth up to where he is located.&nbsp Check out an instance map to.

https://classicdb.ch/zone=89

Use the map of the instance, it should tell you.

After wandering aimlessly through the forests of Azshara for hours, tracking down encoded fragments, this part of the quest is easy. Just round a decent ST group and take out the required boss, it is one of the easier ones there.

whoever made this quest should be shot

pretty easy if you ask me

60 rogue

combat sword specced, krol blade MH, heartseeker OH

3243 hp
640 ap
22.59% crit

first thing I did was distract morphaz, the one you need,&nbsp garrote as your opener, then evasion, SnD, then adrenaline rush, spam SS, 5 point evis, SS until evis to death.&nbsp I did have to use a major healing pot though.&nbsp oh and btw, this was my first time.

the boots are like nightscape 2.0

the mask, meh, it's a good mask for lvl 52, but it's replaced later on

the cape is nice too, it stacks on safe-fall

Yes, horde can get this. Talk to your trainer, or just go talk to Lord Ravenholdt. Have to be lvl 50 though