finally, the time has come...

[zippy]

Not too sure about melee But in general keep this in mind

Ground phase :
1. watch out for the big swirly circles at all times. I remember hearing he has a huge hit box ,so u can dps from a range and dodge the swirly circles as they come at you. The melee probably died because they got a high sound from this
2. Keep watching the timer for his breath thing , and make sure you move in the correct way if you are targeted. Fail and ull probably be named and shamed

3. Air phase Keep moving, if he targets you, sprint. Don’t stand in the fire

In our runs, melee seemed to avoid the rings much more effectively. I think it's due to the mechanics of melee dps. You don't have to stand still to dps and he has a hit box the size of Stormwind. Ranged dps and healers tend to try to get the cast off and get hit.

 

[zippy]

so, update from the raid on saturday: YAY Im in love with wow again. 3 bosses down, in magmaw, the golem council and maloriak. loads of fun was had! got new pants and a new ring, cant remember what the pants are called (aberration something?) and the lightening conductor band.

did atramedes after, but couldnt get it down in time. any tips though to keeping sound levels down as melee? because I died quick each time, as did the other melee.

roll on 2moro nite

A tip on the rings as melee:

His hit box is huge. Stand max distance you can.

When the rings come, multiple rings come, but they spread out and the distance between them gets larger as move away from the boss. If you are on the edge of his hit box, it's possible to strafe left or right and skip ONLY one ring and you will be in a space between rings. It's possible to not step back at all and avoid the rings. With my warrior, I use my left hand to move using ASWDX keys and strafe keys QE. I use mouse with right hand to hit spells. It helps to have your spells icons more or less in the center of the screen so that you can see their cd and also see the rings. Fire and Movement. The Art of War

 

[Kaine]

further update:

did atramedes no problems last nite as people have mentioned, the hitbox is huge! also got the conclave of the wind down after about 4 tries (noobish tank not jumping when needed) so thats 5 down in 2 raids. not bad considering its only been 4/1/2 hours raiding (other tank was saved to BoT sadly) roll on more raids