We just downed Cho'gall last week and we are concentrating on Nefarian now. We had 3 nights last week attempting him, the first and third nights were awful, the second night we were getting to the third phase pretty consistently.
We run with
tanks:
dk
war
Dps:
surv hunter
rogue
bal druid
ele shaman
fury war
Heals:
shaman, druid, pally
http://www.worldoflogs.com/guilds/126559/
We use the druid and pally as tank heals.
Our warrior tank, Armytank, is the one that tanks onyxia and the adds, do you think he's undergeared for this? Should he tank nefarian instead in the first phase?
Ok so the night after we had a lot of good attempts into the third phase, we were having a ridiculous amount of problems.
We have the warrior tank pick up onyxia. We have the raid spread out in the center of the room, and a warrior tank or a frost dk if we switch him out kite the adds.
The majority of our problems the third night came from the healers getting stunned from onyxia's tail when we turned her for static discharge then having a crackle come, while the tanks are behind on health. How can we avoid this? We use the pallys aura mastery to prevent the stun when nef is landing. Should we use this differently?
First question how should we deal with the adds? We always drop traps and actually run the adds around to mitigate damage. Should we just straight up tank them instead with the warrior with a shield and defensive stance? Also the big problem we have is getting to drop the adds in a nice pile on the outside of the platform for p3. The dps will usually die if he gets hit by static discharge and the adds. Is there anyway to deal with this or any suggestions?
P2 is whatever, just interrupt. But how imperative is it to drop nef down 10% in this phase? We can usually swing at least one, but at times we just push the phase. Has anyone ever heard of mind freeze missing or not interrupting the blast nova, or am I just getting a piss poor excuse from someone?
P3, I think most of the fails is the war tank not keeping the adds out of the fire. We were doing it with nef on the side of the room and everyone stacked on the belly. I feel like it might be better to tank him in the center of the room and move him as need to allow the offtank freedom of manuever. My question is should he just straight up tank them rotating cooldowns, or can he time shockwaves after shadowblazes hit to help mitigate damage taken?
Also any tip son mitigating crackle damage? I drop nature aspect, shaman uses spirit link, I don't know if emphasized it but the warriors should be using rallying cry. Are there any other tips on how to take less during this?
Thanks for all help in advance.
---------- Post added 2011-05-09 at 01:43 PM ----------
Anddddd I just checked the logs a little more and the warrior is definitely failing with his cooldown usage.