Comments on: Hunting Northrend Beasts Heroic Mode!

By: Chul

Chul — Sat, 08 May 2010 19:53:07 +0000

Big problem I ran into on Icehowl was latency, I typically raid at 350+ and getting out of the way was always a pain. I didn’t think about putting pack on, but I got hit a lot because of the delay when I start running.

By: Phyllixia

Phyllixia — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:26:37 +0000

I had trouble following your post until I realized “submerge” meant both “stationary/static” and “underground”… I’m used to using “submerge” only when they’re both fully submerged. Could just be me that had that problem though :)

By: hunter22

hunter22 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:33:01 +0000

We put 2 tanks on dreadscale at the start of p2 & have the OT taunt when the MT (Warrior) gets fire debuff. He then can intercept the person w/poison, so that’s another way to do it.

By: euripidesoutdps

euripidesoutdps — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Our strat was to burn acidmaw regardless of his phase, and since one of our tanks doesn’t have a major armor debuff, we made sure that tank was always on him whether he was being kited or not.

By: Negathle

Negathle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:58:08 +0000

I was also placed on stationary-worm-tank duty for multiple weeks. It’s easy enough to keep threat up, but having some MDs help, too. When Dreadscale is stationary, best to go AotV during this phase to conserve/regain some mana, since you will have no threat but some DoTs to compete with.

By: negathle

negathle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:55:46 +0000

And, yes, you can do it fast enough to prevent deaths. It’s a sad fact that it was the first priority shot I spammed once the stun ended.

It is easy to clear if you keep your raid on one side of the stadium, which is easy if he is tanked along the side for the melee.

By: negathle

negathle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Or you can save multiple GCDs and just hit Tranq to clear the enrage. Weeks ago, when my old guild discovered they nerfed the encounter and allowed the enrage to be dispelled, we were as surprised as everyone else.

By: euripidesoutdps

euripidesoutdps — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:05:56 +0000

Assuming taunt DR isn’t up, that’s a good point. I might add a disengage to try and kite him a bit.

By: hunter22

hunter22 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:37:55 +0000

By the way, if someone gets trampled and you’re feeling brave, you can Distracting shot and deterrence tank Icehowl for a few seconds, and feign before deterrence wears off. This will protect the tanks for most of his enrage. Caveat Emptor however – his ferocious butt attack can’t be parried.

By: hunter22

hunter22 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:32:55 +0000

Also, tranq doesnt work on icehowl on heroic

edit: Hmm, I read apparently they nerfed the heroic, so tranq shot now works. Didn’t know that, I guess I’ll have to try that if someone fails.

Sorry about that!

By: euripidesoutdps

euripidesoutdps — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:29:58 +0000

Thanks- fixed. We don’t even do that in regular, so I never got exposed to that restriction.

By: hunter22

hunter22 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:27:01 +0000

Small point – you can’t disarm him on heroic.

By: euripidesoutdps

euripidesoutdps — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:24:45 +0000

Good tip- thanks!

By: popototo

popototo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:07:29 +0000

on Icehowl you can switch to aspect of the pack as soon as icehowl jump into the air to bump you against the wall, it will help you and closest friends to run and avoid the crash