Lord Rhyolith Heroic Hunter PoV

[mrstinky127]

Hey ive jsut come back from a break from wow since 4.1 and my guild wants me to go with them for Lord Rhyolith Heroic, i have not really raided in firelands yet so i wondered if anyone of you have some good tips for a hunter on this fight ?

[InTeNsO]

- Survival spec is fine here
- watch the ground, so many shit on the ground and vulcanos firing all over the place, effects on mass
- MD the fragments to the Tank
- MD the spark to the Tank
- Ice traps for the blobs to slow them (as SV use it on CD, mass proc inc)

[Striipes]

I'd actually suggest staying MM due to the AoE being almost on par but the single target capabilities being much greater for burning him in phase two as well as Readiness for a double Deterrence on Concussive Stomps during phase two which are deadly.

MD Fragments to tanks for sure but Sparks shouldn't be an issue and you'll find yourself on cooldown for it for one of the two types of mobs so I'd just stick with MDing Fragments only. Listen to vent calls about leg switching, DPS appropriate targets (sparks when on 5+ stacks to not waste DPS but to also make sure the tank doesn't get gibbed, AoEing Fragments whenever possible especially before they Meltdown people - check the buff on them to see the timer).

For Magma Flows (the lines of fire coming out from craters, I believe there's 5) just stand relatively far away from any crater and keep an eye out to spot any flaming volcano peaks rising from the center, this signifies Magma Flows is incoming, if you're an ample distance away from the crater they're trivial to avoid.

That's all I can think of right now, good luck on this rage-worthy, cluster-fuck of an encounter.

[Zuchi]

I'd actually suggest staying MM due to the AoE being almost on par but the single target capabilities being much greater for burning him in phase two as well as Readiness for a double Deterrence on Concussive Stomps during phase two which are deadly.

Quoted this for truth ^^ Deterrence 2x in p2 is very useful. You'll have 3 or max 4 stomps in p2 depending on how many dps players you have. Being able to completely negate the damage of the last 2 stomps is really useful and will help your healers a lot (Boss superheats, increases his dmg to unhealable around 3rd or 4th stomp).

#showtooltip Deterrence
/cancelaura Deterrence
/cast Deterrence

This is useful macro for p2. Press once you pop deterrence, press it again to cancel. Works for Beth'tilac p2 as well ^^

rage-worthy, cluster-fuck of an encounter.

Yea, we had so many 1% wipes on this boss, its really frustrating. Along with few bugs & unlucky volcano spawns, and you can spend a week on this boss ^^

[scaptim]

Here are a couple hunter pov vids for this fight I looked at when we tried this boss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaHDRo0xLSk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmKAD8LJpZ0

We have hunters md and be on fragments first. At around 6 stacks, we switch to the spark and kill it. Repeat till the boss has about 5% armor, at which point we lust and burn the legs while still popping volcanos. This should push you in p2 before lust is over. Save Deterrence for 3rd or 4th stomp. We didn't really need Ice traps because we have 2 boomkins and their mushroom aoe slows as well. If you have trouble with low % wipes, switch your pet before going into p2 for another CotW.

[Vamperica]

SV Vs MM is going to be based on who you are with. 25 man it probably ends up being whatever you like, but in 10 man it is a more important question.

SV: Better for adds in P1 shitty for P2 burn

MM: Because we don't get focus back on kills it is kind of shitty for P1, but you get more for the burn phase...just make sure you used your CDs before the first spark so they are up again just before the burn (@4:15ish).

Id also suggest keeping the pet on assist. It seems to bug out trying to follow the boss and ends up doing nothing to contribute.

[Zoroaster09]

This is a video of me doing is as SV in 10 man heroic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4kStUVDHTo

P1 is about control and positional awareness.

Make sure your healers and ranged dps are always between the boss and your Spark tank ... that way your fragment spawns are always within range of you, and you can MD them to the tank when he/she has a Spark up.

Always have MD up on the Fragments when there is a Spark alive.

When fragments spawn and there is no spark up, have dps hold their AOE until the tank has them all.

As soon as the 4th spark spawns, pop hero and all zerg the boss (ignore all volcanos and adds - all zerg the same leg).