Diablo II vs World of Warcraft

[TheDragoon]

When dealing with bosses, there is a BIG difference in who you go after first. In D2, you would take out the minions first. In WoW, it's sometimes good to take out the boss first. so instead of a beefcake of a boss pounding on you, you might have 2 lower level minions hitting you, for significantly (in some cases) less damage.

Generally you have to be pretty cautious and resort to some metagaming for information on this, however. Many bosses spawn additional minions as they drop down in life so it can actually be MUCH safer to take down the minions first so that, at most, you're dealing with 3 mobs rather than 5+ mobs when the boss finally drops. Mr. Smite, Van Cleef, and Hamhock are such bosses where you should really concentrate on the minions first.