09-07-2009, 02:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-07-2009, 02:37 AM by Pantalaimon.)
Quote:It's much easier to work after getting one or more of their deadly melee down, then switching back to healers once your interrupts and undispellable CC is on DR.
I have to strongly agree with Conc. I don't think we've ever wiped on non-heroic FC with mains, but we never kill a healer first. The fight simply doesn't get any "easier" until you kill a DPS. Kill all the healers you want, but you're still all tense due to the one-shot possibility of hunter + rogue + mage all picking the same target and bursting them down in 0.5 seconds.
One particular strategy that may help is to "chain" death grips. Place a DK 30 yards from your kill target (we usually kill the 2H warrior first if he's up, enhancement shaman if the warrior isn't), and another DK 30 yards further from the first, with virtually the rest of the raid. Lay 2 frost traps between them and your raid, and pull with death grip - the second DK then pulls the kill target to your raid, and you blow heroism. With decent dps, you should be able to kill your target before their healers break their CC and run the 60 yards to you (while snared).
Edit: just saw Lissa suggested the same strategy, except pulling the tree out and banishing it. Honestly, you have so long until the rest of the mobs get to you I'd just kill it, even if it's a healer. Just might have to run a bit more interference on the rest of the FCs to get the healer down before you have to scatter and kite, etc.