[Maelstrom]

Here's some good info on the cycle.

Credit: Scirocco

There are several "named cycles" in Skyfire that seem to have a better chance of dropping spells. Kill one of the mobs on the cycle, and the next one pops at random a minute later somewhere within the spawning area for that particular cycle.

There may be as many as four named cycles going at once in different locations, according to reports. I personally can only confirm three. The easiest to spot is the "Inner Cycle" in the SW near the BW zone. The mobs here spawn in the flats south of the mountain just north of the zone, and roam the area to the east (past the wall) and west. They can go up the mountain as well.

The "Outer Cycle" in the SW is just a little bit north and NE of the Inner Cycle, and you can often find named cycle mobs from both on tracking if you are near the wall.

The other two cycles would be one farther to the east near the other zone line, and one further to the inside.

The following mobs can appear in each cycle, in random order:

Black Scar
shadow drake
soul devourer
Guardian of Felia
lava walker
wandering wurm
wurm spirit
Faerie of Dismay
Felia Goldenwing
Eldrig the Old

Mobs to root and dot.

Go for those with the less hitpoints. Botomless gnawers and feasters, wyverns, wurms, mature wurms. Skyash and skycinder drakes are possible too, but they have more hit points for their level and seems to have a higher MR. You could also try normal chromadracs, although you need to keep a safe distance between you and them to avoid their spells (boiled blood and dispell). Even when pulling, always keep Spirit of Cheetah memorized just in case you got dispelled. This spell is a true life safer in this zone.

Couple more observations:

At level 54, Elder Wyverns are a bit too tough. You can kill them but no other mob in this zone (not counting chromos or lvl 60s....which you should be avoiding anyway) will send you running to the zoneline as much. They resist your darks and fears alot. I've killed them. If you're persistent, you can do it but often it takes two pets, medding, and running LOL. Simply not worth it at level 54.

That being said, the Mature creature lines are what I really look for at this level. They're tough but manageable. The exp is really nice. I'm referring to Mature Wyverns, Mature Wyrms, Old Wurms.

Drakes: Skyfire is much like the mature. They can be tough but worth it. Skycinder are not too much tougher than Greater War Boned or Tatterback Gorillas and exp is about the same.

The Bottomless devourer/gnawer/devourer etc... are all pretty easy and can occassionally drop a nice spell.

Skyfire_Special1 (Spawngroup id: 1507) 30 second respawn
Skyfire_Special2 (Spawngroup id: 1508) 60 second respawn
Guardian_of_Felia (91005) [44] = 5%
Faerie_of_Dismay (91012) [47] = 5%
a_wandering_wurm (2186, 2187, 91031, 91083) [47-50] = 2%, 2%, 2%, 2%
a_shadow_drake (91063) [47] = 5%
Felia_Goldenwing (91081) [45] = 2%
Black_Scar (91088) [45] = 5%
a_lava_walker (2190) [52] = 5%
a_wurm_spirit (2208) [47] = 5%
a_soul_devourer (2207) [46] = 5%
a_bottomless_feaster (2183) [46] = 11%
a_skycinder_drake (91006) [47] = 11%
a_mature_wyvern (91003) [48] = 11%
a_mature_chromodrac (91052) [49] = 11%
a_mature_wurm (91053) [47] = 11%