HoF - Imperial Vizier Zor'lok

TLDR Attenuation video with bad music

I don't think Zor'lok actually has a berserk timer (or if it is it's so lenient that you'll die to the other abilities long before you hit it), so tell people to concentrate completely on not dying to rings. Same with the shields: drop everything you're doing and run there.

As far as the rings go, it seems like one of those gimmicks that you can explain until you're blue in the face ("it's a spiral, just run in a circle"), but they won't really understand what you're talking about until one or three or ten attempts in when they suddenly see into the Matrix or something and go "oh, THAT'S what you were talking about".

The easiest way to soak exhales is just to step directly into the center of the boss' hit box. It'll connect with you since it draws a path from the centroid to the target player.
3 heal him unless you've got a really experienced/geared setup, because the DPS requirement is slim to none and it will make Verves a lot less chancy.
Bring a fucking restoration druid because you will laugh at how minor Verves are if your druid prehots the raid.
Make damn sure that your raid regularly blows all mass CC CD's so they can't be used against you during converts. It sure was frustrating having a 750k wipe because the priest feared the entire raid right as a Verve came down. Thunderstorm, Typhoon, Psychic Scream, etc. Get rid of that shit as soon as it comes off CD.

As posted before, it's all about raid and personal cooldowns. Use a healer CD on 2 of the shells, and get people to use their pots/self-CDs/healthstones/whatever on the 3rd. It will suck your mana dry, but the other 2 phases are very much regen phases with low healing required. It always nicer to have Force and Verve first instead of Rings, but that's just luck I guess.

As for phase 2, follow the same strat - it really depends on the length of CDs/which order you got the platforms/etc in which ones you blow first. Healer communication is key, as they'll have to heal hard and strong on at least 1 of the Shells. Mana at this point is tight. ALWAYS make sure that everyone is inside the shells before the Force starts - every little bit counts, and 0.5 seconds of DPS isn't going to matter.

After the 3rd shell is gone and you've survived, it really comes down to a bit of luck and healer mana. If they've had to spend too much on healing up Sonic Rings / random damage from MCs, you're probably not going to survive the 4th shell. If you find yourself in a spot where everyone dies from the last tick of Force and Verve, it might be a smarter idea to let your weakest DPS die to ensure that the others live. Again, it's a balance thing - do you have the mana to cover for everyone?

If you're dying on the 5th-onwards shells, you might need to look at your DPS. Or pray that you get more Rings in p2, it doesn't seem too consistent.