Tonkah wrote:
As a healer that struggles to enjoy high-level mythic keystone dungeons, I've come up with some pointers that if combined, will make more challenging content go much smoother. I will avoid the "know the fights", "don't stand in fire", and "don't pull adds", as those are a given.
TL;DR: Treat the dungeon like Vanilla WoW, where tank threat-gen, dispels, stuns, silences and CC are top priority.
General
Leader
- Mark targets for CC, focus DPS, etc.
- Talk about pulls before they start, where necessary
- Coordinate when Heroism/Time Warp/Drums of War and battle-rez are to be used
- Let dead people know if they should release & run back, or wait for a rez
Healer
- Anticipate damage
- Prioritize dispellable debuffs
- Call out if you need mana
- Use proactive crowd control on every pull. Continually CC throughout the fight.
- Use stuns and interrupts on cooldown (ranged silencers should do their best to help wrangle-in loose casters)
DPS
- Use proactive crowd control on every pull. Continually CC throughout the fight.
- Use stuns and interrupts on cooldown (ranged silencers should do their best to help wrangle-in loose casters)
- Use survivability cooldowns and self-heals if you drop below 50%
- Smart DPS > More DPS
Tank
- Don't over-pull. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
- Don't break CC
- Position the group so that adds don't get accidentally pulled
- Use proactive crowd control on every pull. Continually CC throughout the fight.
- Use stuns and interrupts on cooldown
- Don't assume that everyone knows how to skip the trash
- Keep an eye on healer mana
Affixes Needing Strategy
Skittish
The tank produces 80% (75% in 7.2) less threat. During combat, a fixed amount of threat is also periodically awarded to a random player.
Healer
- Save your cooldowns for DPS that pulls aggro
DPS
- Install Omen Threat Meter and turn on the audio notification.
- On AoE fights, wait 5 seconds before starting (3 seconds for ranged DPS)
- On AoE fights, switch targets when getting too high on threat
- If you pull aggro, immediately use threat-reduction cooldowns (if you have no threat reduction, then use survival cooldowns and STOP DPSing)
- If a hunter or rogue is present, threat redirection techniques can be used to start DPSing without having to wait.
Tank
- Be ready to taunt
- Make a mouse-over macro that taunts target-of-target for super-speedy/accurate taunting
- Turn on target health bars (they turn yellow if someone other than you has aggro)
Necrotic
Healer
- Keep the tank topped off at the beginning of each pull
- Use damage mitigation abilities toward the end of the pulls when healing is less effective
DPS
- Focus target enemies (prioritize high-attack speed enemies first)
- Use AoE slows and stuns to give the tank a chance to clear necrotic stacks
Tank
- Utilize stuns, roots, fears, fight mechanics and speed boosts/pots to clear necrotic stacks on longer fights by kiting
Bolstering
DPS
- Damage targets evenly so that they all die within seconds of each other.
- Switch targets frequently, if necessary
Tank
- Avoid pulling strong mobs together with packs of weak mobs.
Raging
DPS
- Focus target each enemy. Avoid cleave or AoE, if you can.
Quaking
Everyone
Explosive
DPS
- Switch to the orbs and focus them down the instant they spawn
If you do the above things. Your healer will have a regular time instead of a horrible time.
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