09-01-2005, 05:10 PM
For the Horde!
Having fought Onyxia (and Magmadar) extensively on the Horde side, our guild uses three techniques to fight off the first bout of fear hitting a tank on engaging Onyxia at Phase III or Magmadar during the pull (which we do using Ice Block for Mag).
1. The Main Tank starts in Berseker Stance and uses Berserker Rage to gain immunity to fear.
2. An undead priest with an active Will of the Forsaken spams dispel on the Main Tank.
3. A Shaman in the same group as the Main Tank drops a Tremor totem.
In the case of Onyxia we put the Main Tank in a group with at least two Shamans. This allows for redundancy on Fire Resistance Totems and Tremor Totems. In particular, as the Tremor Totem dispels fear every n seconds, redundancy in Tremor Totems increases the likelihood that one will go off shortly after any fear.
For additional redundancy we use the Blacksmith's Insignia Trinket on some of our Main Tanks. (And a little WotF as one of our MTs is undead).
All in all, this has never been an issue, there are more than enough ways for the Horde to handle fear without needing the Alliance Solution of Fear Ward.
-kersh
Stonemaul | Dehmien Level 60 Undead Priest
Having fought Onyxia (and Magmadar) extensively on the Horde side, our guild uses three techniques to fight off the first bout of fear hitting a tank on engaging Onyxia at Phase III or Magmadar during the pull (which we do using Ice Block for Mag).
1. The Main Tank starts in Berseker Stance and uses Berserker Rage to gain immunity to fear.
2. An undead priest with an active Will of the Forsaken spams dispel on the Main Tank.
3. A Shaman in the same group as the Main Tank drops a Tremor totem.
In the case of Onyxia we put the Main Tank in a group with at least two Shamans. This allows for redundancy on Fire Resistance Totems and Tremor Totems. In particular, as the Tremor Totem dispels fear every n seconds, redundancy in Tremor Totems increases the likelihood that one will go off shortly after any fear.
For additional redundancy we use the Blacksmith's Insignia Trinket on some of our Main Tanks. (And a little WotF as one of our MTs is undead).
All in all, this has never been an issue, there are more than enough ways for the Horde to handle fear without needing the Alliance Solution of Fear Ward.
-kersh
Stonemaul | Dehmien Level 60 Undead Priest