Killed Kael again and picked up Lord Sanguinar’s Claim. I think it’s arguably the best healing neck right now in the game until 2 dot 4 hits. Right now, I’m in the midst of compiling a checklist of the best possible Priest gear I can acquire before the next patch arrives. Hopefully that’ll be up … [Read more of this article]
More Upgrades and a Plea for Recruits
Healers: Simplify Your Healing Tank Targets
Nowadays, our raids frequently carry as little as 3 tanks to as many as 5. Keeping track of who’s heaing who can be a bit of a doozy. Even the tiniest confusion or overlap can be wipe a raid. Here’s a quick tip make assigning heals easier. Old and Busted In older raids, we’d have … [Read more of this article]
Finally: The Kael’Thas Death Story
I was debating between that title or 40 Raids and 40 Wipes. But he’s dead. What a thrill! =) We started him at 4:00 and killed him about 40 minutes later. First attempt of the night! That gives us about 4 hours to play with Mount Hyjal. Whoo hoo! Expect a Priest primer on Kael … [Read more of this article]
A Glimpse in the Mind of a Priest
In 10 seconds, anything can go wrong. In upper level raiding, there’s a certain element of micro management that needs to be done. We tried Kael again today and we still could not polish him off. Our best attempt was at 57% in Phase 4. It’s like your trying to get a good solid grip … [Read more of this article]
Raid Juggling
In hockey, there is a term called line juggling. Typically, when a team has difficulty scoring and getting momentum going the coach will start juggling his forwards together in the chance that they will click, find chemistry, and score. On Sunday, Carnage has been able to consistently transition from Phase 3 to phase 4 while … [Read more of this article]
Tip for Shadow Priests on Kael’Thas
Sasstar told me about this yesterday when we were busy heroically wiping on Kael. If you have Shadow Priests in your Guild, what you can do is have them cast rank 1 Shadow Word Pain repeatedly on all the weapons during Phase 2. This will stack the Shadow Weaving debuff (which increases shadow damage by … [Read more of this article]