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Fallen Protectors Heroic Guide
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Introduction
Hi all,
I created a guide for my guild as reference for Fallen Protectors Heroic, describing our original kill strategy.
I'm a big fan of text guides in conjunction with video guides and I feel that each has their own merits when preparing for a new encounter during progression. I'd also recommend the Fatboss, Evrelia and Gabestah video guides as a great resource ahead of any progression. Links to these video guides can be found below the text guide I've created.
Hopefully this guide can be of use to other people as well.
Disclaimer: This guide is aimed at the 10-man Heroic version of the Fallen Protectors encounter and not all of the information presented may be applicable to 25-man Heroic. This is not a definitive strategy and also assumes a basic knowledge of the normal encounter and the changes to mechanics on Heroic. Other strategies and kill orders are entirely plausible, but this is what we will be using for our first kill and I can vouch that it works for us!
For links to my other Heroic boss guides, check out the Index Thread.
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Raid Composition
Recommended composition - 2 tanks, 5-6 DPS, 2-3 healers.
With better gear, it will undoubtedly become more easily 2 healable regardless of healer composition, but if you don't have 2 well geared and strong healers, 3 healing it should still leave no problem meeting the enrage.
Ranged DPS are preferrable over Melee, as they can stack more easily for AoE healing.
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Overview
The major change on Heroic is that during any one Desperate Measures phase, the other 2 bosses continue using all their normal abilities, resulting in a much higher damage output on the raid.
The bosses will be pushed into Desperate Measures in the following order: Rook > He > Sun. If you are struggling with the Garrote damage on Rook's 2nd Desperate measures, it may be preferable to swap Sun and He. Bear in mind that a Paladin with Clemency talented is ideal for this as they can use Blessing of Protection to cleat 2 raid members of Garrote early on and then an additional time later in the fight, but other abilities such as the Dwarf Racial Stoneform also work. As the damage during Sun's Desperate Measures is much higher on the raid than during Rook's Desperate Measures, this is unlikely to be the case.
After all 3 have been pushed through Desperate Measures once, the process begins again, meaning that the fight works out as follows:
Rook to 66% > He to 66% > Sun to 66%
Rook to 33% > He to 33% > Sun to 33%
Finish them all off within 30 seconds of one another.
There is a 10 minute hard enrage timer, which shouldn't be too much of an issue for most guilds unless one of your DPS dies too early in the encounter.
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Strategy
P1 (A)
Heroism at the start and stack all of the adds up until Rook's Desperate Measures. Cleave off Rook.
Rook's Desperate Measures
He tank picks up Misery as it knocks back and puts crap on the ground, as does He, so he can focus on the Gouges and keep the ground clear near the raid. Raid stack on Sorrow and bring Gloom in, interrupt rotation to not let any Shocks through. See the Useful Macros section for an interrupt and yell macro.
P1 (B)
Tank He and Rook on Sun all the time, as the Noxious Poison will reset when He goes into Desperate Measures so that Sun's Desperate Measures isn't a pain. Cleave off He.
He's Desperate Measures
Most raid comps will have a couple of classes that can fully mitigate the damage. We throw the Mark of Anguish to our Death Knight with externals on him (Hand of Sacrifice, Vigilance, Iron Bark) and when the damage starts getting sketchy, the Mark is thrown to a Hunter for double Deterrence and then a Mage for Iceblock. See the Useful Macros section for a mouseover macro for throwing the Mark of Anguish between raid members.
P1 (C)
Tank Rook and He on Sun, but make sure not to cover the entire area in Noxious Poison before Sun goes into Desperate Measures. A couple of % before Sun goes into Desperate Measures, pull Rook away from Sun so that a badly timed Clash doesn't fill the protective shield as soon as it spawns. Cleave off Sun.
Sun's Desperate Measures
Each tank on a different big add outside the bubble, defensive tank CDs are only really needed in this phase. Cleave off the big add so that the little adds and He / Rook are taking damage as well. Healing CDs are used during this phase, Devotion Aura is very useful. Watch out for any Noxious Poison left by He in the protective shield and line up round the edge of the shield on the same side as where He is, so that if Rook Clashes within the shield it doesn't pwn the raid. During Sun's Desperate Measures, any cleave damage done to the small adds is mirrored on the big adds, which means that cleaving should be encouraged. During Sun's Desperate Measures, any cleave damage done to the small adds is mirrored on the big adds, which means that cleaving should be encouraged.
Repeat
This is then repeated as follows:
P1 (D) = P1 (A)
Rook's Desperate Measures
P1 (E) = P1 (B)
He's Desperate Measures
P1 (F) = P1 (C)
Sun's Desperate Measures
P1 (G) - Final Burn
At this stage, all 3 bosses will be sub 33% and must be "killed" within 30 seconds of one another, or they will heal up. The final burn can be handled in exactly the same way as P1 ( A ), tabbing between the bosses to bring them down evenly, as you would on normal difficulty.
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Summary:
- P1(A) - Heroism and CDs
- Rook Desperate Measures #1 - AoE healer CD if needed.
- P1(B)
- He Desperate Measures #1 - Aim to line up some DPS CDs and can use either single target mitigation CDs or immunities to survive the add.
- P1(C)
- Sun Desperate Measures #1 - Aim to line up some DPS CDs and will need some AoE healer CDs.
- P1(D) - Heroism and CDs
- Rook Desperate Measures #2 - AoE healer CD if needed.
- P1(E)
- He Desperate Measures #2 - We use our second pots here to ensure that nobody dies to the add! Aim to line up some DPS CDs and can use either single target mitigation CDs or immunities to survive the add.
- P1(F)
- Sun Desperate Measures #2 - Aim to line up some DPS CDs and will need some AoE healer CDs.
- P1(G) - Finish them off, bringing them down as evenly as possible.
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General Tips:
- As previously mentioned, the Garrote that He applies to random raid members can be removed using Blessing of Protection or Stoneform. This is probably best done just before Sun's Desperate Measure to reduce the damage on the raid during the high AOE damage that ensues at that point, but could also be used to reduce the damage going out during Rook's Desperate Measures as more Garrotes will be on the raid at that point. I have no doubt that other abilities will also work, Divine Shield and so on.
- Sun's Sha Sear is very painful on Heroic. At any time when the raid is "stacked", bear in mind that it's still possible to be slightly spread - within the boundaries of an Efflorescence or Healing Rain is a good guage. As soon as you are targetted by Sha Sear, it's imperative to move away from other raid members. This ability is interruptible as well, but is Sun's standard nuke and is rapidly recast.
- I recommend using a mouseover macro to transfer the Mark of Anguish between raid members. See the Useful Macros section for an example.
- The damage going out on the person fixated with the Mark of Anguish increases over time, if you don't have any outright immunities to soak it, use external cooldowns such as Hand of Sacrifice and Pain Suppression, in combination with personal mitigation to survive it for as long as possible. Pass the Mark on before it gets too sketchy, don't risk a death.
- If you aren't using Blessing of Protection to clear Garrote from raid members, it can be used to fully negate damage whilst holding the Mark of Anguish.
- Some groups have reported success pushing Sun and He into Desperate Measures at the same time. The reason for this is that the Noxious Poison is cleared from the ground and reduces risk when stacked in the protective bubble Sun creates. However, as long as the He tank is careful not to totally overload the area around Sun with Noxious Poisons, this shouldn't be an issue. This would only be necessary if you were doing the Rook > He > Sun order anyway.
- Create an interrupt rotation for Gloom during Rook's Desperate Measures. For instance, we use:
Repeat this twice and Gloom should be dead before a 3rd set. Prot Paladins in particular can always hold off on an Avenger's Shield for an extra interrupt if someone messes up. Calling who is next on your voice communication software of choice and/or a macro letting the next person know it's their turn makes it run a lot more smoothly. Glooms Shocks deal massive damage if let through and are likely to cause deaths! See the Useful Macros section for an interrupt and yell macro.
- Frost Deathknight
- Elemental Shaman
- Prot Paladin
- Hunter
- Use your second pots wherever your raid is struggling most, ideally lining it up with some kind of DPS cooldowns. I wouldn't advise using Heroism other than at the start as it makes the best use of everyone's CD and Legendary procs, however if you aren't having any issues on the enrage timer, you could use it in another place, or even delay your whole raids cooldowns for use with it should you be having trouble with a specific Desperate Measures.
- More to be added.
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Useful Macros
Mouseover Macro for Passing the Mark of Anguish between raid members:
Interrupt and Yell Macro for Gloom:/stopcasting
/click [@mouseover] ExtraActionButton1
/target mouseover
/yell PASSED MARK OF ANGUISH TO <%t>
/targetlasttarget
(note: replace INTERRUPT with the name of your interrupt ability and replace XXXX with the name of the next person in the rotation.)
If you are putting Gloom on focus and nuking multiple targets, then the makro can be amended to:#showtooltip
/cast INTERRUPT
/yell GLOOM INTERRUPTED, XXXX UP NEXT!
#showtooltip
/cast [@focus] INTERRUPT
/yell GLOOM INTERRUPTED, XXXX UP NEXT!
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Video Guides:
Below are some video guides for further reference, bear in mind that not all aspects of the strategies or tips described in the videos may be shared with my own information, but can be used in conjunction with the guide for a better overall idea ahead of progressing on this encounter.
Fatboss Video Guide:
LINK
Evrelia Video Guide:
LINK
Gabestah Long Video Guide:
LINK
Gabestah Short Video Guide:
LINK
Gabestah Tank Video Guide:
LINK
Gabestah DPS Video Guide:
LINK
Gabestah Healer Video Guide:
LINK
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Reference Links
For a full list of Gabestah Video Guides, please check out his thread HERE
Icy Veins Fallen Protectors Guide: http://www.icy-veins.com/the-fallen-...d-strategy-wow
Healer CDs Tips: http://www.healercds.com/siege-of-or...trategy-guide/
Shadow Priest Tips: http://howtopriest.com/viewtopic.php?t=4538
MMO Champion Discussion Thread: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...len-Protectors
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Change Log:
- Added line breaks and colour formatting to make reading easier.
- Added a Video Guides section, with Fatboss guide.
- Added Evrelia's heroic guide to the Video Guides section
- Added a Useful Macros section, with Gloom interrupt macro.
- Added a mouseover Extra Action Button usage macro to the Useful Macros section.
- Added some additional tips for Mark of Anguish.
- Added some additional tips for interrupting Gloom.
- Amended the kill order to reduce the number of Garrotes going into Sun's Desperate Measures.
- Amended raid composition advice.
- Amended Sun's Desperate Measures info to advise cleaving the small adds.
- Added the long, short, tank, DPS and healer Gabestah video guides.
- To make the thread a bit easier to navigate, replace the embedded videos with links.
- Added a Reference Links section and some links.
- Added link to index thread for other Heroic guides.
- Added links to Facebook, Twitter and Blog.
- Fixed link to website.
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