Heroic 10 man morchok

[dreameer111]

Just started attempting morchok on heroic but after several wipes, we gave up. I have a few dumb questions...

1) when tanking morchok or in my case kohcrom, are you suppose to face the boss towards the crystal or away?

2) when the crystal spawns, do I bring the boss closer to the crystal?

[4KhazModan]

1. It doesn't matter which way the boss faces.

2. As long as the rest of the group is within 25 yards to take the stomp, you are fine. Not too close though, as you may get an unintended double stomp on an unsuspecting dps or healer.

[Deleted]

It doesn't matter which way you face it. You will have to move the boss as close to the crystal as possible to reduce the stomp damage, yes.

Have two good soakers as well. Oh, and if you aren't already, go with 4 healers to be safe.

[obscurede]

it doesnt matter how ur boss is facing. you need to basically make sure that u never take a crystal + stomp. Always take the stomp first, then move to the crystal. Just follow this sequence and you will be fine.

And its oke to have a alot of wipes on this boss. It take alot of coordination and once u get the hang of it, its easy.

Edit : 2) U only bring the boss closer to the crystal after a stomp, so watch the timers.

[Senka]

Morchok technically does no frontal attacks, so it doesn't matter where he's facing. It might help to face him away to reduce the chance someone runs too close to the tank or somehow gets knocked back onto the tank at the same time as Stomp. I've never seen the crystal go off and Stomp hit at the same time, though.

Yes, of course you have to bring Morchok within at least 25 yards of the crystal. If people don't get hit by Stomp, then it's almost guaranteed someone's going to die to it.

[wrathblade]

get a mellee and a tank to stay the 2 closest ppl to the boss for the double stomp dmg.
in our case a pala and a rogue with a warrior and a feral druid.

rogues can use feign for every stomp to reduce the dmg taken by 50%.

when a crystal spawns have the range stay close to the boss untill he does stomp then let them hug the crystal till the beam is BLUE! if it's yellow the take extra dmg from there range to it.

it's a good idea to have healers that can do some burst aoe healing seeing the stomp and crystal explosion aren't that long appart from eachother

also make sure to take the clone boss to the entrance so theres enough range between them.
other then that it's a easy fight aslong as you have some ppl that can take double stomp dmg without dieing. aka rogues with feign ect

[Senka]

Also remember that Stomp is physical damage, so you'll need someone with high armor to soak it next to the tank. Barring that, someone with passive damage reduction would work just as well too such as a Shadow Priest. A Moonkin would probably be best: armor increased to almost plate level and -15% damage taken. A Feral Druid works too as long he can shift into Bear Form in time for Stomp. Otherwise, he'll very likely die.

This is all in the context of not using a Rogue because obviously they're the best for this, undisputed. A Rogue soaker will carry your raid at Heroic Morchok.

[dreameer111]

Thank you everyone for the info.

[Raamm]

Morchock on 10m is the only fight on 10 that is harder than on 25m what was your raid comp might I ask? Your comp should be 2 tanks 4 healers 4 dps. Or you likely won't be able to keep up with the healing (Unless you have some very very skilled healers). Also you shouldn't move morchok in a X or Y axis one you have him in position but you do want to turn him and make sure that his back right foot is facing towards the crystal that will be your dps/healer stacking spots on both sides.

[Deleted]

Morchok 10 man is very easy. Just make sure you take the stomps before you take the crystals.

[Geni]

The damage is really predictable and always go in the same rotation.

Morchok: Stomp -> Stomp -> Crystal -> Stomp -> Crystal -> Stomp -> Crystal -> Black phase
Kohcrom: Stomp -> Stomp -> Crystal -> Stomp -> Crystal -> Black phase

They spawn crystals between the first two stomps and everytime a crystal explodes. Morchok summons one more crystal and stomps one more time more than Kohcrom.

Just stay close for the stomp and have 3 people run for crystal after the stomp have hit (We use 3 dps for the crystal, even the stomp soaker, so the healer can just stand still and top everyone off). After crystal explodes you stand close to boss again with soaker stacked on tank and wait for stomp.

RINSE REPEAT!

Don't forget that the tank will take 100% more damage from bosshits for 6 seconds after stomp.