Ring of Acid
The Ring of Acid is part of the Tower of Orthanc raid. In this instance, the Saruman's Acid ring given to one of his minions.
Location
Located in Saurman's Experimental Pit this 12-man raid instance is accessed by entering "Isengard: The Tower of Orthanc" from the Instance Pannel. You must have traveled to the Ox-Clan Camp in Isengard prior to entering the raid.
- This instance can be done Solo by level 115
Instance Overview
The Ring of Acid starts out like the others; the raid must progress through several mobs which all require coordination, crowd control, and two tanks on separate targets before the raid reaches the main boss. If not removed, a corruption on the wargs causes them to howl, reducing incoming healing by 50%. Slugs appear from time to time. They will go over to a player and stop. If the player doesn't move within a couple of seconds, the slug will explode, causing significant damage.
When the raid group reaches Iorweth, the fight has several stages. Iorweth spawns several adds which must be controlled by the tanks to keep the healers alive. He will then spawn two large troll which will need to also be tanked in the traditional manner. Here is where the 'acid' comes in: The entire room will fill with acid. ALL members of the raid must run in circles AND jump in order to avoid being killed by the acid. There are also acid pools which bubble up, causing extra damage. Stopping, even for a one second, will most likely cause a member of the raid to die. After the acid retreats, continue DPS on the trolls. It is advisable that the main tank kill the troll he is holding first, so he can recover in time to tank the boss. Once the trolls die, Iorweth will become damageable for a short time and then the adds start again. Repeat this process several times until Iorweth is defeated. Meanwhile, any player with a yellow debuff (bomb symbol above their head) should cleanse it away from the party, to prevent it spreading to other players.
Challenge
In order to complete the Challenge quest, you quickly need to kill Iorweth's friends (2 Avancs, 2 Dragonets 2 Trolls), as soon as he calls out for them. These need to be killed all together, within a few seconds of each other, or more adds will be summoned. Also make sure to not get coved with acid (as soon as the water level rises), or hit by any acid geysers. In both cases the challenge will fail.