[HOLY] Nefarian 10 man PHASE 2

[harky]

Extending P3 is not the right thing to do. It is possible, but possible and 'good' are entirely different concepts. You should only consider it if your healers are fairly weak.

Phase 1: Always get 2. Phase should end with Nef at 72-75%. There is absolutely no reason to not get 2 in this phase.
Phase 2: Get as many as you can. You should get 1 easily as Nef will be at nearly 70% right around the time you're topped off. A second can then be called off if healer mana won't hold up. 2 is recommended.

This means phase 3 should start at 50-60%. If your DPS are strong you'll likely need to stop DPS to position in phase 3 so that he isn't pushed under 50% early.

And yes, there is quite a bit of RNG in phase 3. Primarily in the order the adds come up in relation to their positioning. This can cause a lot of problems at the ~20% mark, where most guilds suffer their P3 wipes.


Either way at the OP: You should not be entering P2 at 20% health. You should be at full health with the exception of random shadow flame barrages (make sure to spread out when waiting for the lava). People should be taking no more than 5 ticks of the lava. You can get as few as 4 if you have good timing. Getting on the platform at 20% is going to screw you. Make sure people are spread on the platform. You can have up to 4 people on a platform spread so that no more than 1 player is hit by a single bolt. Don't be afraid to use PW:S. Even as Holy this is a good use of a GCD just prior to the hit. You should know exactly when the hit is coming and feel free to be as inefficient as possible to make sure your platform is at 100% when it hits. Make sure classes with cooldowns use them. Rogues should Feint. Hunters should Raptor Stike (glyphed). DKs should AMS... etc. We have our DKs take AMZ for Nef, which is especially useful. Phase 2 is about minimizing damage as much as it is about dealing with damage.

[jonish]

You are talking absolute nonsense here, and giving very bad advice.
While in 10man its certainly very possible to start p3 above 70%, it makes the fight as a whole so much harder. You should always aim to do at least 1, preferably 2 crackles in phase 2, that makes phase 3 a hell of a lot easier and less suspect to RNG.

huh , ive only killed it effortlessly for a month doing this exact strat already. Their are obvious variations to how you can do it , but no , it does not make phase 3 "harder" it just extends it which is irrelevant if your kiter knows what he is doing.