So, we tried Ra'Den Last night and unlike other guilds which steamroll it we didn't, sadly we don't have a monk tank, and we don't have a disc priest either. Combine this with the fact our Melee is generally our strongest DPS we ended up with a less then perfect setup.
I tanked it as I'm the RL and I didn't feel comfortable letting my prot paladin raidlead since he's a bit of a cunt when it comes to other people and what not.
Next week we'll have a resto shaman there so I gain a nice 10% hp but I have to admit I did have some issues, some thing I noticed and i'm wondering how other warriors that solo tanked this acted with it.
- When you blow him up (so 4th and 7th waves of balls) BW Fatal Strike countdown resets, which actually fucked me up once. Need to keep an eye on energy/keep counting as the old timer is running to mititgate it.
- I tried to help out my healers by Blocking -> Putting up a Barrier, I also sometimes used Impending Victory. I have to admit this screwed me over a good few times, sometimes Ra'Dan would be a dear and delay the strike enough for me to gain the 60 rage required, other times he'd squish me like a grape. (Including our best attempt @ 42% , granted I would have died from the damage as I didn't have enough health/mitigation from other sources).
How do you manage your rage properly? I'm thinking of just not barrier AT ALL and just using my rage on Impending Victory right before the strike/Shield Blocks. I feel since we're three healing it I shouldnt need to but I'm a mitigation machine @ heart and not putting up that precious barrier... :'(
Other option might be still using Barrier but making sure i'd have a revenge & SS ready instantly afterwards and maybe spread my shouts/beseker rage aswell or something. I just noticed that If i maximise my mitigation I get in trouble with my rage sometimes.
Any other cool tips some people can share? (Looking @ you guys Klaus & Eddy, even though eddy is a 25 scumbagger!)
(Generally we lust @ pull btw, with upgrades and our DPS i feel Phase 2 will most likely be a push over compared to Phase 1, standing still and nuking while keeping up the raid seems pretty trivial. How is tank damage in Phase 2? Fatal strike goes away afaik but I imagen he still melees like a baws, or is it neglectable compared to tank damage in P1.)
Our last & best attempt, should this be interesting; http://www.worldoflogs.com/reports/t...?s=8208&e=8470
Runing with unending rage, which I prolly can change to Victory rush but... I'm not sure if i'd be comfortable, the 120 Rage makes it easier to manage in this specific fight I feel.