So my guild is currently 8/13 in heroic 25 man content and we're starting work on Nefarion now. One of the questions we've been tossing back and forth is how many crackles to push in phase 1? If we only push 1 crackle in phase 1 we get to phase 2 about 95%+ of the time. If we try and push 2 crackles, quite often we're either wiping to Onyxia blowing up, or we kill her with just seconds remaining (granted our dps will go up with more familiarity with the fight). Now we don't push ANY crackles in phase 2 as the damage is already so high, however once we push into phase three the entire success of the raid falls on the Add-Tank's shoulders and his healers ability to keep him up through crackles. So if we only push 1 crackle in phase 1, that means our healers have to keep our add tank up through one more crackle with a pack full of angry bone warriors trying to Nom his face.
I've watched many videos on this fight and some say push only 1 crackle and go into phase 3 with Nef sitting around 81% so you can immediately hit a crackle and hit the ground running before the adds spawn again. Then just go from 80%-0 in phase 3. While other videos say that in order to minimize SOME of the pressure in phase three you should push two crackles in phase 1.
What are your guys' opinions on this? How many does your guild do? Do you have any tips or tricks for this fight?
Thanks in advance
Phoenix