Epic Puck

A fun fight? A test of coordination and attentiveness - and patience. Everyone watches Tankspot videos these days. If you don't, you are either arrogant or not raiding. We walk away from the videos with an "I can do that" attitude.

Assign a kiter to the big ooze. The kiter will run around the outside of the room. They will avoid the splashes of ooze that will come out of the walls when Professor Putricide emotes that he has fixed the faucets. They will also avoid the sprays that come from the big ooze, the little ooze and Rotface. You will see it on the ground and in the air - avoid it. The kiter WILL NOT dps. They will be running about 90% of the time. The kiter will need to keep aggro on the big ooze constantly so they should always be 20-30 yards away. Run, Run around stuff, run through stuff, run through snare stuff, keep aggro. Oh, don't let the big ooze touch you.

When a raid member gains mutated infection, they will need to run out of the middle of the room immediately. When they are far enough away, they will be cleansed to make a little ooze. Two little oozes make a big ooze. The first two kiters will be running to each other toward the outside of the room where the kiter will pick up the big ooze and begin kiting. Subsequent cleanses/little oozes will need to be brought to the big ooze and its kiter. I recommend that the new little oozes be kited to the big ooze kiter and not intercept the big ooze. The AoE damage from the big ooze is painful so getting near him should be avoided.

Keep your DoTs/DPS up on Rotface

BrotherHood finished the first wing in ICC 25 Normal on Saturday with the downing of Deathbringer Saurfang. The fight was definitely a test for the ranged dps and heals. After soft enrage at 30%, the healing and dps was intense. Intense is mild I think.

Alas, the boss hidden amongst the trees of Ulduar - fell.  Ortis, Kelai and Zelig were key components to the first kill as they worked together to produce a plan to defeat her.

A few notes going forward ...

Assign tanks to each of the elementals.  The snaplasher tank should be a paladin or death knight.  A tank type that can generate threat a bit easier than others.  A tank that has good experience on Ignis would be a good choice.  Also assign dps to each of the elementals.  Assign a Shaman to use Earth Bind and Earth Shock.

Assign a kill team for the tree when it pops.

Stand under the mushrooms.

Watch for the exploding cabbage.

Grats BrotherHood on First Kill of Freya in Heroic!

We finally broke through Auriaya on Heroic last evening.  I think learning her was the hardest yet.

A few things of note:  Having four OT was helpful here for the adds.  Misdirect on the pull to encourage the cats to stay put while the raid DPS burns them down.  You should have two dead before the first fear.  Remember to recover in front of the boss as much as you can so that the Screech damage is distributed. Ignore the Feral Defender at first and do not kill it on purpose.  Warlocks should put Seeds on Auriaya and let the Guardians also die by collateral damage from Death Knights and Paladin AoE.  This strategy will reduce the movement of the raid and allow you to concentrate on recovery after the Fear.  It will encourage positioning and interrupts on her when she begins to cast after the Fear.

Using this method, a lot of DPS is necessary.  The raid DPS needs to hover in the 3500+ range.  Understanding buff effectiveness and synergy is also important.  I strongly suggest if you cannot get to the 3500+ plateau as a mage, check with me in game or post here.

Wild.  I opened the Cracked Egg to find [item]44707[/item].

Reins of the Green Proto Drake