Number of tanks Firelands

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Anyone know how many tanks will each of the firelands bosses require?
For 25 man raids that is.

[Djuntas]

I bet 3 at most as any other raids since.. BWL? Cant think of any bosses that required many tanks but 1 boss in MC and classic naxx.

[Warhunt]

The Ryolith encounter only needs one. On both sizes.

Spider boss (names elude me atm), will need 2 on 10, 2 on 25. Some strats may need 3 on 25 I guess (boss, top adds, little adds?).

Heroic versions will be fundementally different we are told.

[Téuntjûh]

Give a boss that needs 5 tanks!

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Give a boss that needs 5 tanks!

Majordomo Executus
The four Horsemen needed even 8 tanks with the original 40 man strategy.

I don't remember there were more encounters that neede more than 3 tanks since the introduction of 25 man raids.

[edanna]

Majordomo Executus
The four Horsemen needed even 8 tanks with the original 40 man strategy.

I don't remember there were more encounters that neede more than 3 tanks since the introduction of 25 man raids.

Maggy Lair during BC was like 6-7 tanks and in BT you used like 4-5 tanks for some fights

[Asur]

Mag only needed 3-4, fury warriors could tank the shit out of adds 1 and 2

[Ciah]

Some guilds used 3 tanks on 10man, and 4-5 tanks on 25man for Halfus progression...

[shadowkras]

Some guilds used 3 tanks on 10man

We used 3 tanks for the first half of halfus, simply because the healers need some breathing room and healing 2 tanks tanking everything WITH a healing debuff can be really stressing.
So 2 tanks swap for the debuff and one drake, while the other (that never gets mortal strike), tanks everything else.
Goes like a breeze.