Heroic Shattered Halls

[Bolty]

Then we got to Bladefist. We wiped so many times it's not even funny. We tried 2 DPS on the adds and we could barely keep up, and the blade fury killed someone, and we'd wipe. 45% was about the limit. We tried just burn the boss down and have the tank pick up the adds, and about 35% was the limit. The shaman had to leave and we brought in a boomkin, and we still couldn't kill him before the blade fury killed someone. We were spread out, but just couldn't do it. What strategy do you recommend for those of us who are finding this less of a cake walk and more of a broken glass and hot coals walk?

I'm guessing your rogue and mage were biting it on Blade Fury (Flurry?). That's a fight that, healing-wise, really favors Paladins for their toughness.

How spread out were you? Ideally you want the tank in a corner and the healer on the far side of the chamber, with LOS to that tank and whomever's handling adds. The problem with your group composition is that you're going to have trouble tanking both Bladefist and the adds.

You could then try either the "tank tries to tank everything" strat or the "DPS burns down adds fast" strat with no real tank but the rogue. Having the rogue "tank" the adds (while they're killed as fast as possible) keeps the rogue out of harm's way of Blade Flurry.

Every kill I've had of Bladefist in heroic was different, and it was always because of a different group composition. I remember one group of warrior/hunter/rogue/mage/priest where the warrior tanked the boss on the far side while the four of us killed adds on the stairway up to the platform. The warrior kept the boss so far away from us that Blade Flurry never reached us, and the hunter pew pew'ed the boss while the rogue/mage killed the adds. It worked, after 3 tries. It was delicate because if you go down the stairs too far, you aggro two Assassin adds who will clean you up.

You CAN outrange Blade Flurry, so it's a matter of trying to determine who beyond the tank and healer will have to suffer it. Cloth/leather classes aren't so hot for that.

-Bolty