Yep, he was really easy. Took a little bit to spread the raid out right and get tank living worked out, but he fell over fast.
The healers can comment on this, but the start of the fight seemed by far the most dangerous part. The damage done when he's active is all that's tricky. The split part seemed easy to handle, particularly once we were killing/healing most of the spawns. Burn CDs and stuff early and it will be really easy to do again.
I'd say a little bit harder than Morchok from Dragon Soul, but not by much!
Stuff hits harder. Phases last longer, might run out of room with pools.
Swell always clockwise, try to avoid it.
Swelling Corruption: Don't stack it too high. Kill adds. AOE.
P2: Handle more adds so the void zone in the middle of the room doesn't get too big. Maybe dip your toes in with cooldowns up to shrink it.
Don't miss the buffs from the adds blowing up.
They both put the raid on the doublewide chunk of pie at the back (West) end of the room and tanks on the next wedge over. Positioning that way would give us more room without having to rotate the raid, which seemed like one of the things causing us trouble Thursday.
We had some great suggestions from Moon and Bronco, this came together nicely. The congo line into a central mass dispel worked well. We moved through the phases very quickly, which seems key. We also learned we can survive a few deaths as long as we're still clearing fast enough to beat the enrage timer.
Yep, he was really easy. Took a little bit to spread the raid out right and get tank living worked out, but he fell over fast.
The healers can comment on this, but the start of the fight seemed by far the most dangerous part. The damage done when he's active is all that's tricky. The split part seemed easy to handle, particularly once we were killing/healing most of the spawns. Burn CDs and stuff early and it will be really easy to do again.
I'd say a little bit harder than Morchok from Dragon Soul, but not by much!
For Science!
Doing my last minute homework on heroics.
Fat Boss guide: http://youtu.be/E-viay6eizg
Vox quick guide (the regular guide is 20 minutes long): http://youtu.be/XcEUJSAEUGo
Stuff hits harder. Phases last longer, might run out of room with pools.
Swell always clockwise, try to avoid it.
Swelling Corruption: Don't stack it too high. Kill adds. AOE.
P2: Handle more adds so the void zone in the middle of the room doesn't get too big. Maybe dip your toes in with cooldowns up to shrink it.
Don't miss the buffs from the adds blowing up.
I took a look at some fight replays on Warcraft Logs.
http://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/ZFxr2mPTXngQh4Dp#fight=1&view=replay
http://www.warcraftlogs.com/reports/ngzX784KRkHmbdrj#fight=5&view=replay
They both put the raid on the doublewide chunk of pie at the back (West) end of the room and tanks on the next wedge over. Positioning that way would give us more room without having to rotate the raid, which seemed like one of the things causing us trouble Thursday.
Let's get this guy down.
We had some great suggestions from Moon and Bronco, this came together nicely. The congo line into a central mass dispel worked well. We moved through the phases very quickly, which seems key. We also learned we can survive a few deaths as long as we're still clearing fast enough to beat the enrage timer.