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picked up http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=50809, which means we cleared what's available of ICC... next time I'll have a frost spec ready for Saurfang (I'm on kite duty).

Yeah Saurfang is the 4th boss in ICC. I don't know that I'd recommend what we did, I will explain:

Saurfang periodically spawns 2 bloodbeasts (5 in 25 man). They will increase his energy every time they hit someone, which is really, really bad. We did this 10 man. Our tactic was to kite them to prevent them from hitting anyone.

Most of the raid sat on top of Saurfang. I stood off to the left and a hunter stood off to his right. We each took one bloodbeast each time they spawned. I (as arcane) hit it with slow and then would hit and run until it died. A DK would come out (chains of ice) and help us if we were having trouble. There was usually only time for one or two shots at the boss in between spawns. We 2 healed it, so that really left 5 DPS (minus the DK occasionally) on Saurfang. It was a bit rough.

While this did work, it was not efficient.

Next time (probably tomorrow night), I'm going to try using a full permafrost (60%70% slow) Blizzard to grab both bloodbeasts myself. If I need help downing them, I hope to keep them near the boss so we can try to AoE them down without losing too much DPS on Saurfang. I think this strategy also scales better to 25 man, but we're not to Saurfang yet there. The ~1k DPS hit that I take should more than be made up for by allowing 1 additional DPS on the boss full time (or getting a third healer, or something).


This is really my first time on "progression" raiding, having come in when things were on farm before. I'm sure it's old news to the pros here, but I think having that fully specced Blizzard is helpful even on the harder trash pulls in ICC.

edit: 100 posts, yay!

Edited, Dec 17th 2009 7:02pm by boquaz

Edited, Dec 17th 2009 7:31pm by boquaz

Yeh we did tried him last night again. I used Frostbolt 1 (1 sec cast, slow 40% for 8sec) on both the 2 adds, frosttrap was down by hunter on the stairs, I aggro that mob to me so I can kite, using frostnova and Cone of Frost (also slows target 50%))

Also I putted Amplify Magic on everyone.

If dmg is good on adds they are down in no time, but it's more important they dont hit anyone...

It is a dps-race, and we did not make it yet, we came till 4% grrrr. Max 3 bubble's on peeps is healable for our 3 healers. Maybe next time take another DPS-ser and try with 2 healers.

BTW, That Pirateship Fight (3th boss) is IMBA! Best fight ever if you ask me, that's loads of fun ^^

I was on a cruise all week so I missed my guilds first 25man kill of saurfang. Remember, aoeing the adds does not work as they have 85% resistance to all aoe attacks. I'm going to stick with arcane + slow for kiting I think. Also a tip for the adds is to tank them against the door, they will all spawn ontop of each other making it easier to pick them up and slow them.

How is the airship fight "imba" which means it is imbalanced? It definitely is easy loot though...

Edited, Dec 19th 2009 11:36am by Anobix

By Imba I mean Great! Fun! Real good!

Darnit, rolled 84 and 93 yesterday on 2 real nice drops ICC-10 (neck) and ToC-10 HC (tricket), got beaten twice by 90 and 97 rolls grrrr...

At least we got that Saurfang-dude down :)

On Tuesday I was granted the 25man Malygos mount by rolling a 97 on it. It is gorgeous, too bad it isn't 310, but that's okay.

Nice, the very first token to upgrade ur T-10 item wich dropped for our guild (killed Saurfang last night) was mine :)

So first T10.25 (?) in the pocket!

Hehe, funny thing was that when you trade ur T-10 item + token, you'll loose your T-10 item... So there I was fighting with no chest on for an hour ^^

Oo, that's next for me, too, a lock. But first, I've got a shaman and priest on the way up (60+). I've caught the alt fever! :) Love the heirlooms (and RAF too!).

Picked up Abracadaver (10 man) last night! My first staff in quite a while (somehow missed a staff in both Ulduar and ToC). The cadaver which spawns is disappointingly small.

Yeh, me too last night! Cadaver is only 5500HP and small yeh and 15 min. cooldown is a bit dissapointing, although I love the looks of the staff itself and it's got sjitloads of Haste on it :)

That's great! That fight can be a lot of fun.