10-31-2009, 06:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-31-2009, 06:24 AM by Swiss Mercenary.)
DPS numbers on this fight are inflated, thanks to Phase 3. As such, if you aren't getting to phase 3, they will be lower.
If you have 2 strong paladin healers, you should be able to 2-tank this fight. Beacon makes Gormok a joke. If one of the paladins gets a snobold on him, Aura Mastery Concentration Aura, and burn it down ASAP.
My guild always used 6 healers and 2 tanks for it. In Phase 1, the paladins, druid hots, and myself (Resto Shaman) are doing the bulk of the tank healing. Towards the end of the phase, when a tank gets high DOT stacks, we chain healer and tank cooldowns.
Phase 1 is the real DPS check - if you can clear it without Heroism, you can beat the fight. We found that we were about 20 seconds off, until we went from 3 tanks to 2, and from 7 healers to 6. After that, it was only a question of everyone surviving Phase 1 and 2, and the fight was in the bag.
You shouldn't be concerned so much about overall raid DPS, or your top performers, as looking at the weakest links, and doing your best to improve the performance of those people. Another DPS tip is that in Phase 1, have ranged that get Snobolded run into the Melee pile - and have the melee classes target those Snobolds, while hitting the boss with their cleave abilities.
Come to think of it, "Cleave" is the answer to DPS in TOGC. Bring the class, not the player, and all that. Warlocks and Hunters need not apply.
On the bright side, if you can down Beasts, the next 3 hard modes are, in compraison, very easy. Twins is downright sad, if the raid stacks at the door.
If you have 2 strong paladin healers, you should be able to 2-tank this fight. Beacon makes Gormok a joke. If one of the paladins gets a snobold on him, Aura Mastery Concentration Aura, and burn it down ASAP.
My guild always used 6 healers and 2 tanks for it. In Phase 1, the paladins, druid hots, and myself (Resto Shaman) are doing the bulk of the tank healing. Towards the end of the phase, when a tank gets high DOT stacks, we chain healer and tank cooldowns.
Phase 1 is the real DPS check - if you can clear it without Heroism, you can beat the fight. We found that we were about 20 seconds off, until we went from 3 tanks to 2, and from 7 healers to 6. After that, it was only a question of everyone surviving Phase 1 and 2, and the fight was in the bag.
You shouldn't be concerned so much about overall raid DPS, or your top performers, as looking at the weakest links, and doing your best to improve the performance of those people. Another DPS tip is that in Phase 1, have ranged that get Snobolded run into the Melee pile - and have the melee classes target those Snobolds, while hitting the boss with their cleave abilities.
Come to think of it, "Cleave" is the answer to DPS in TOGC. Bring the class, not the player, and all that. Warlocks and Hunters need not apply.
On the bright side, if you can down Beasts, the next 3 hard modes are, in compraison, very easy. Twins is downright sad, if the raid stacks at the door.