Comments on Nerf this Druid: A Resto Druid's Guide: Kologarn

@Matt: Yes - exactly. I'm going to add this into m...

2009-05-13T16:56:00.000-07:00

@Matt: Yes - exactly. I'm going to add this into my post. Last time I was in there, I definitely had to start running WAY before DBM told me to. Otherwise, it was too late. Which might be why Sergio was having problems before =(

Do not rely on DBM to tell you to move for the eye...

2009-05-13T16:39:00.000-07:00

Do not rely on DBM to tell you to move for the eye-beams. DBM message tells you when you are taking damage from the eye-beams, it does not tell you if you are the target of them. When they first appear they are on either side of a given character however there isn't a raid announcement saying who this is. If they spawn near you, you need to move, head to the back and start making an arc around, if they start following someone else who you were standing near you can go back, but if they keep following you, just run around until they disappear.

In our raids it's not uncommon for 3 or 4 people (25 man) to start running when they appear since it's not always easy to tell who they are targetting.

Yeah, >.< I keep reminding myself to take my...

2009-05-09T06:31:00.000-07:00

Yeah, >.< I keep reminding myself to take my own SS when I'm there, but ALWAYS forget. This Monday I should be able to get one. Thanks for reminding me!!

So, funny story. I was going to write this exact s...

2009-05-08T21:40:00.000-07:00

So, funny story. I was going to write this exact same kind of post for holy priests, but I was like, "Hmm.... I need to SS it next time I'm in Ulduar because I don't wanna steal some picture...."

And the pic you used is the same one I was going to steal, hahaha.

I guess that's the difference between 10's and 25'...

2009-05-05T05:28:00.000-07:00

I guess that's the difference between 10's and 25's then. In 10's the Right Arm only has 530K HP, boss 6.8M IIRC. The Grip is released after 8-ish seconds or way less damage than 450K.

We indeed go all DPS to the Right Arm, because not only does it damage the boss, it also disables him from gripping players == less strain on the healers. I'm not saying you should, but it's an option. You could also opt for killing his Left Arm, so he doesn't do his raid-wide sweep for 45 secs, it's just what you as a raid prefer ^^

I believe you have to do 450k damage to the arm to...

2009-05-04T10:20:00.000-07:00

I believe you have to do 450k damage to the arm to get it to drop the players. When you kill the arm, it also reduces his health by 15%. I haven't heard anything about his arm health and body health being connected, other than the "kill the arm, he loses 15%" thing.

So should you go all out on the arm once it spawns? That might actually be a decent strat.

As for the eyebeams, you should be able to see them and run away in time. But even if they do hit you once before you can run away, they only do about 4.5k damage... maybe the eyebeams are happening right after a shockwave? I'd say popping barkskin when you see it coming would be a good idea too.

Did this boss first time (in 10's) last weekend. I...

2009-05-04T02:49:00.000-07:00

Did this boss first time (in 10's) last weekend. It's... interesting.

After like 20 wipes (for some reason we got a lot of petrifying breaths, bloody tanks :P ) we eventually nailed him yesterday. With 3 trees, a let's say, less than optimal raid-setup, and an undergeared OT. I'm sure with proper setup we'll nail him relatively easily.

With only the 3 trees running around it was pretty much a free-for-all, with focus on the tanks and the gripped person. In this role I can definitely see the benefit from a haste-build, which I didn't have :P

@the Right Arm -- Are you sure that DPS-ing the arm is the cause of it dropping the gripped player? I think it's just a set amount of time? Nevertheless, we used the "kill Right Arm, switch to body"-tactic, so no way of telling. Didn't see it mention here, but arm and body have a shared health-pool, so I don't see a reason to switch to the Arm only when he's holding someone? Or is there a difference between normal and HC?

@the eye-beams -- The beams start out parallel to one another, before they focus to 1 point. If you're in the middle of those two beams, you're it. If you're not, you're not ^^ I used Barkskin here if I'm targetted, not on shockwave.

All-in-all, nice short intense fight, I like it!

My raid is struggling with the laser beams. Is the...

2009-05-03T19:04:00.000-07:00

My raid is struggling with the laser beams. Is there any advance notice of who he's going to target? Whenever Deadly Boss Mods announced that he was targeting me, the 0.5s it took to turn around and run was too much... I get one shotted. Same experience for most of the raid.

Thoughts?

Doomkin pretty much nailed my reaction to our firs...

2009-05-01T17:00:00.000-07:00

Doomkin pretty much nailed my reaction to our first run :D

it's a fun fight, for sure

I really like this fight. There's not much that's ...

2009-05-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

I really like this fight. There's not much that's cooler than seeing him pop up from the ledge when you're not expecting it!

*Oh lets run up the stairs here, la-de-da, oh cool a room, looks pretty, I wonder whats in -- HOLY BLOODY CRAP!! THERES A GIANT GUY THAT JUST STOOD UP TO KILL US!!*

*Interestingly, he does yell "None shall pass!"...

2009-05-01T12:19:00.000-07:00
*Interestingly, he does yell "None shall pass!" when you aggro him. ^^He also says "Just a flesh wound" when he regrows his arm... both quotes from Monty Python's infamous Black Knight. (Gandalf's line is "You shall not pass!")

Fun fight. :D

2009-05-01T12:18:00.000-07:00
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