Heroic Beasts, 25 Man

[Lissa]

Any tips out there from those that have worked through beating this encounter on heroic mode?

Having finally put some time in on Yogg25 last night and taken him out, I am turning our raids towards heroic mode ToC25.

After an hour on beasts, I'm honestly not sure we have the DPS for it yet, so DPS benchmarks or tips would be appreciated, as would tips on keeping the 3 tanks alive (lost tanks during phase 1 every pull).

This what I've garnered from talking and reading:

The raid has to average around 6.25k to 6.5k DPS per DPSer

Three tanks seems to be pretty standard for the first two fights (more on why three is useful below).

When you start getting to late in Gormak, tanks should take a maximum of 1 impale and then it should be removed by a Paladin HoPing them (Pally tanks should allow another Pally to us HoP on them instead of using DS as they will need DP). If even a second Impale gets on the tank at that late stage, there is a good chance they can be killed between casts even with heals pouring in.

Cooldown use is highly required, without proper use of cooldowns you're likely to lose tanks especially on Gormak late.

When Dreadmaw is roaming, have two tanks on him, one primarly holding him until they get the Burning Bile. Once the initial tank has BB, the other tank taunts and the tank that has BB clears poison from those that get poisoned from Acidmaw.

Icehowl requires everyone to be on their toes and requires everyone to react immediately as you no longer get the speed buff, this means that if someone near the charge target doesn't move immediately to get out of the way, the raid will wipe if Icehowl hits someone (since you can't clear the enrage and he almost one shots tanks in normal while enraged).