Issues with Madness 10M Normal

[Superlative]

Hello,

This week we had a few nights on the Madness encounter. We figured out our group's best combination for the islands (green, red, yellow, blue) and we are able to consistantly make it in to phase 2 now. We are lacking about 4 million damage to kill Deathwing though. We have been burning BL at the beginning and also on the 4th island to beat the Cataclysm timer. I was wondering if anyone has any tips for getting through this? I am thinking we cannot use BL on the 4th island to actually complete this encounter. Our raid missed a week of raiding because we had multiple vacations going on, so maybe this is just a lack of gear. I don't think that is the case.

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[Herecius]

Using Bloodlust at the end rather than on the final tendril is a good strategy, but does require solid DPS in order to beat the Cataclysm timer. Basically, your ability to nuke the hell out of the bloods before any regenerate will directly influence your ability to beat the timer. It's also possible (again, if DPS is strong) to ignore the second set of burning tendrils and burn the tentacle down, though your healers will have to be strong as well.

[Kardone]

@Herecius yeah agreed, getting those bloods down in one nuke before they regen is really good.

Our strat has been to have one dps pop a big cd for the 4th wing tentacle (well until we outgeared it after the first kill) to beat the timer but of course wait for the cataclysm cast for the extra dps boost from the aspect.

Then in p2 we did this: attack DW NO CD'S, kill fragments, kill terrors, attack DW NO CD'S and STOP at 11%, kill fragments, time warp/bloodlust/heroism, kill terrors, zerg DW with everything you've got and ignore 3rd set of adds.

With this method you can help your healers out a ton since DW's raid wide aoe increases significantly at 15, 10, and 5% so holding at 11 and then zerging through it makes your raid spend less time in the 'o crap' phase. Everyone needs to be using self defensive cd's and dream for the 11 to 0 burn. Raid CD's should be chained when possible. Healers go hard in the paint and keep everyone alive.

Side note: It's ok for a grown man to cry if your tanks are both chosen as targets for shrapnel and have to burn their dream cd. It's also ok to swear at deathwing and say things about his mother once you kill him.